chapter 1. nouns
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(GRADE VI)
CHAPTER 1. Nouns
(GRAMMAR & COMPREHENSION)
Nouns are naming words that are used to name persons, places, animals,
things, feelings or ideas.
Kinds of nouns -
Proper Nouns
Common Nouns
Collective Nouns
Abstract Nouns
Concrete Nouns
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Collective nouns
Collective nouns are words that name a group of persons, places, animals or
things which are thought of as a single unit.
Examples:
a murder of crows, a choir of singers, a pack of wolves, a pride of lions,
a bunch of grapes.
Abstract nouns
Abstract nouns are names of things that do not have a material form. They
refer to the name of ideas, concepts, feelings and events. We cannot see,
hear, smell, taste or touch them.
Examples:
truth, honesty, confidence, idea, justice, responsibility, hope, childhood.
Abstract nouns can be formed by adding suffixes like -ship, -ment,
-dom, -ness and -ity to the nouns, verbs and adjectives.
friend + -ship = friendship
judge + -ment = judgement
firm + - ness = firmness
Concrete nouns
Concrete nouns are names of things that have a material form. We can
experience them through our five senses. We can see, hear, smell, taste
and touch them
chair, hair, scooter, keyboard, sugar, oil, smokeExamples:
A. Write a suitable proper noun for each of the common nouns given below.
1) a television
2) an actor
3) a refrigerator
4) a laptop
5) an apartment
6) a teacher
7) a school
8) a monument
9) a street
10)a mountain
11)a sea
12)a golfer
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B. Read the passage . Identify all the nouns and place them in the correct
columns.
The Bhurj Khalifa of Dubai is the tallest skyscraper in the world with a height
of 829.8 metre. Burj is the Arabic term for 'tower' and hence its name is
understood as 'Khalifa Tower'. The building was named in honour of the
President of the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan and was
designed by Adrian Smith, a famous American architect. The building's design
reflects the culture and history of the region. The building has both private
residences and hotels. It has 57 elevators and eight escalators. Over a 100
out of a total of 900 apartments in the tower are said to be owned by Indians.
C. Write whether the following words are abstract or concrete nouns.
1) book __________
2) girl __________
3) love __________
4) peace __________
5) loyalty __________
6) mouse __________
7) anger __________
8) intelligence __________
D. Pick the odd one out from the following group of common nouns. Then,
identify the rest of the group as abstract or concrete and countable or
uncountable.
1) tiger, truth, wood, soldier, book truth - concrete and countable
2) idea, tree, situation, plan, principle ____________________
3) car, honesty, wisdom, truth, justice ____________________
4) milk, water, confidence, coffee, wood ____________________
5) strength, wealth, beauty, key, fun ____________________
6) love, care, poverty, sugar, health ____________________
7) pen, egg, anger, chalk, umbrella ____________________
9) glass _________
10) trust _________
11) tree _________
12) confidence _________
13) wall _________
14) toffee _________
15) picture _________
16) juice _________
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8) death, statue, failure, traffic, money _____________________
9) joy, lamp, window, banana, teapot _____________________
E. Using the suffixes given in the box, form abstract nouns. You may use a
suffix more than once.
-ship -hood -ity -ness -dom -th -ry
F. Complete the sentences with appropriate collective nouns from the box.
1) child
2) friend
3) woman
4) captain
5) kind
6) leader
7) heal
8) king
9) free
10) brave
11) slave
12) dark
13) real
14) equal
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plague battery colony congregation parliament bunch
army school bouquet murder company
band bench brood clump flight
1) Each of the guests was greeted with a ________________ of flowers.
2) The hunter was attacked on the foot by an ____________ of ants and he
missed his target.
3) A _______________ of crows hovered over the hut all evening.
4) The fox could not resist the temptation of having the ___________ of grapes.
5) A _____________ of actors from Bollywood had gathered at the film
festival this year.
6) A ____________ of musicians were seen playing hymns by the roadside.
7) Tom was very eager to let the _____________ of hens out from the coop.
8) The High Court has called for a special ________________ of judges.
9) The investigation team discovered a _______________ of guns from the
deserted apartment.
10) The entire harvest this season was destroyed by a ___________ of locusts.
11) The haunted building was visited by a ______________ of owls every night.
12) He had to climb up a ______________ of stairs to meet the manager.
13) A _________________ of worshippers had assembled for the morning
prayers.
14) Harry was only little aware that he was amidst a _______________ of bats.
15) The train made a lot of noise as it went past a _____________ of
ashokha trees.
16) We saw a ________________ jumping in the sea.
G. Read the questions and write appropriate answers. Then, underline the
nouns you have used and classify them.
1) Where was the 2016 Summer Olympics held?
2) Which events did India win medals in?
3) Who represented India in these events?
4) What medals did they win for India?
5) Who represented India in gymnastics?
6) What qualities does a player require to participate in the Olympics?
Chapter 2. Nouns: Number
Nouns can be singular or plural.
We use the singular form of the noun to talk about one person or thing.
a boy, a table, an aeroplane, a teacher, an elephantExamples:
We use the plural form of the noun to talk about more than one person.
boys, girls, windows, doors, teachersExamples:
Uncountable nouns do not have plural forms.
breads (x) bread (✔ )
salts (x) salt (✔ )
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10) When forming the plural of compound words, we add -s to the main word.
Nouns of Foreign Origin
Some nouns in English are taken from other languages. These nouns form their
plurals in different ways.
Nouns that are Same in Singular and Plural Forms
There are some nouns which are which are same in singular and plural forms.
Examples:
advice, deer, baggage, music, species
There was a deer roaming around in the park.
This reserve forest has many deer.
Nouns that are Always Plural
Some nouns cannot be used as singular. They are always used as plural.
goods, congratulations, scissors, sunglasses, trousers, shorts, Examples:
thanks, clothes
I need to buy a pair of scissors.
Which brand of sunglasses do you prefer?
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Nouns that Look Plural but are Singular in Use
Some nouns look plural (end with -s), but are singular in use
mathematics, gymnastics, aerobics, economics, newsExamples:
Mathematics is my favourite subject.
Nouns that Look Singular but are Plural in Use
There are nouns that look singular (without ending in -s) but are plural in use.
: police, cattle, people, clergyExamples
The police are investigating the case.
We use is with singular nouns and are with plural nouns
A. Write the plural forms of these nouns. Some nouns may not have plural form.
1) dress _______________ 9) furniture ___________
2) match _______________ 10) country ___________
3) shelf _______________ 11) medium ___________
4) information _______________ 12) fungus ___________
5) woman _______________ 13) daisy ___________
6) hobby _______________ 14) knowledge ___________
7) rubbish _______________ 15) dictionary ___________
8) child _______________ 16) police ___________
B. Underline the nouns in these sentences. Make a list and change their form
into plural nouns or singular nouns.
1) The stadium in the city is getting painted.
2) The choir sings well.
3) You need a strong person to help you in a crisis.
4) A passer-by helped me find the way home.
5) The vet in the zoo looked after the injured deer.
6) Please buy me a loaf of bread, butter and sauce.
7) I think I saw a mouse under the furniture.
8) Do you think the stranger could give me some information?
9) My great-uncle had a surgery.
10)I can hear the cry of a pony.
11)The teeth of the mouse are rotten.
12)The photos of the mathematics teachers are hung on the hallway.
13)I bought bouquets of roses, lilies and orchids.
14)We are listening to the news for information on the measles outbreak.
15) Are these men and women hungry?
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C. Fill in the blanks with the correct noun forms.
1) I am looking for our ______________ at the airport. (baggage, baggages)
2) Please get me two big ____________ .(salmon, salmons)
3) The hotel _________ were waiting to welcome us. (staff, staffs)
4) I love the beautiful ___________. (scenery, sceneries)
5) We need two ___________ to play this game. (dice, dices)
6) I am preparing for three ___________. (quiz, quizzes)
7) I think I left my _______ at home. (glass, glasses)
8) I don't know where the __________ is ! (plier, pliers)
9) I need a pair of ___________ for tomorrow's play. (trouser, trousers)
10) Please bring me as many ________ as you can! (candy, candies)
D. Fill in the blanks with correct words.
1) The first two sets of match _______ over. (is, are)
2) The media _____________ making him look like he's guilty.(is, are)
3) Brussels ______ the capital of Belgium.(is, are)
4) ____________ those the new cards you bought
5) There ______ two dozen cookies in the bag. (is, are)
6) Aerobics ______ my favourite form of exercise (is, are)
7) Diabetes _____ a difficult disease to live with. (is, are)
8) This species of birds ______ almost extinct. (is, are)
9) Physics _______ the toughest subject I have studied. (is, are)
10) Three spoons of sugar _____ too much for a cup of tea. (is, are)
E. Write a paragraph describing the contents of your school bag. Make
sure you use the correct singular and plural forms of the nouns.
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Chapter 3. Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Nouns that can be counted and take the plural form are called countable
nouns. They answer the question, 'How many?'
Examples:
The child wanted a toy.
The gardeners are watering the plants.
Nouns that cannot be counted and do not have plural forms are called
uncountable nouns. They answer the question, 'How much?'
Examples:
Can you get me a glass of water, please?
The entire city was covered in sand after the dust storm.
Uncountable nouns do not have the plural form. They are paired with words
that show the quantity of the noun.
Examples:
two bags of garbage, one loaf of bread.
A. Underline the countable nouns and circle the uncountable nouns in
these sentences.
1)There are many restaurants in Bangalore.
2)I need information about the tribes of North East India.
3)My aunt owns several paintings by Raja Ravi Varma.
4) I was disgusted to find a strand of hair in my food.
5) Please take as much rice as you need.
6) Minakshi always takes a lot of photos when she goes abroad.
7) There aren't enough chairs in the classroom.
8) There's lot of traffic today.
9) My uncle gave me a great deal of advice.
10) Sunita has long, black hair.
B. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box:
many, some, any, a, the , much, few, little, a lot of, a piece of
1) They weren't _________ boxes left.
2) Johnny has __________ old toys.
3) There is ____________ ice cream left in the freezer.
4) The curry needs a ____________ salt.
5) Help yourself to __________ cake.
6) There are still a _________ wolves in the woods.
7) I don't have _____________ cash with me at the moment.
8) I'm surprising my sister with ________ kitten.
9) _________photo was taken ten years ago.
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10) Would you give me __________ advice?
C. Correct the errors in these sentences and rewrite them.
1) The sceneries in Nainital are beautiful.
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2) It's not safe to drive during a rainy weather.
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3) The neighbours are unpacking lots of furnitures.
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4) Many of India's history was spent under colonial rule.
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5) I have received no informations about the theft.
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6) Please call the local police immediately.
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7) I heard this news at night.
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8) I hope you didn't go through many trouble to get there.
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9) Reshma wants to work with the poors.
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10)The UN representatives are working for peaces in many countries.
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11) Please pack your luggages on time.
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12) There are few orange in the basket.
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13) How much bananas did you buy?
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14) I haven't got many time left to complete the work.
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15) How many money does he earn?
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D. Write the recipe for you favourite snack. Make sure to specify the number
or quantity of ingredients required for making it. Then, circle the countable
nouns and underline the uncountable nouns in your recipe.
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RECAP
1) Nouns that can be counted are called countable nouns.
2) Nouns that cannot be counted are called uncountable nouns.
3) We can use a, an and the with countable nouns.
4) Only the can be used with uncountable nouns.
Chapter 4.Nouns: Gender
Nouns that refer to humans or animals that are male are of
masculine gender.
king, host, lionExamples:
Nouns that refer to humans or animals that are female are of female
gender.
queen, hostess, lionessExamples:
Nouns that refer to both male and female are of common gender.
doctor, teacher, babyExamples:
Nouns that refer to non-living things or a collection of living things
(collective nouns) are of neuter gender.
pen, school, armyExamples:
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Ships and countries are denoted using the feminine gender.
India is our motherland. Her sons and daughters bravely fight for her.
INS Viraat was decommissioned. She was towed out of Kochi.
Nature is also commonly called 'Mother Nature' and referred to using female
pronouns.
The masculine gender is used for the country of Germany.
Forming of the Feminine Gender Nouns
A noun is masculine gender can be changed to its feminine form by:
1) adding -ess to the noun in masculine gender.
In some cases, the spelling has to be changed slightly when forming the
feminine gender by adding -es.
2. using entirely different word.
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3.changing a part of a compound word while keeping the other part unchanged.
A. Match the nouns of masculine gender with the correct nouns of
feminine gender.
B, Write the opposite gender.
1) king - __________
2) bull- __________
3) priest- __________
4) stag- __________
5) ram- __________
6) emperor- __________
7) filly- __________
8) horse- __________
9) widow- __________
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C. Fill in the blanks with the opposite gender of the underlined nouns.
1) The host and the ___________ welcomed the guests.
2) My _____________ and great - aunt lived in Dehradun.
3) I was reading a story about a _________ and a witch.
4) Ladies and ___________ welcome to the show.
5) Meet my ______________ and daughter, Hemanth and Hema.
6) Don't the bride and the ______________ look lovely.
7) There was a documentary on the Emperor and the ___________ of China.
8) Is that he-bear? I thought it was a ____________.
9) Last year, our school had a ___________ . This year we will have a
headmistress.
10)The ______________ and Princess of Lithuania are visiting Delhi.
D. Rewrite the sentences by changing the underline nouns to their opposite
gender. Make other necessary changes as well.
1) The tigress and the lioness were in different cages.
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2) My father and uncle like to play badminton.
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3) The mistress summoned the maidservant.
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4) The actress autographed the waiter's handkerchief.
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5) The girl couldn't believe that she was an heiress.
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6) The queen and the princess went for a walk.
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7) Is the sorceress more powerful than the witch?
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8) The Duke welcomed the Baron.
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9) The landlord owns a peacock.
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10) The bride smiled at her father-in-law.
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E. Imagine that you visited a farm. Write a short paragraph describing the
animals you saw there. Include as many masculine and feminine gender forms
as possible.
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RECAP
1) Nouns have four genders : masculine, feminine, common and neuter.
2) Masculine gender nouns refer to the female persons and animals.
3) Feminine gender nouns refer to the female persons and animals.
4) Common gender nouns can refer to both male and female persons and animals.
5) Neuter gender nouns refer to non-living things.
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Chapter 5.Possessive Nouns
Possessive nouns show ownership. We add 's to the end of a noun to show
ownership.
Example:
This notebook is Shaunak's (It belongs to Shaunak)
Possessive Nouns Usage
Possessive nouns can be used
1) to show possession
Examples:
Darren's laptop
Mary's room
2) to show relationship
Examples:
brother's friends
mother's cousin
3) to show authorship
Examples:
Tagore's songs
Shakespeare's plays
4) when inanimate objects are personified
Examples:
the nation's resources
the moon's gentle light
Traditionally, possessive nouns are only used for living things.
The watch's strap (x)
(✔)The strap of the watch
5) to show the duration of time to complete something
Examples:
a month's vacation
a week's delay
6) before the word worth
Examples:
a rupee's worth of peanuts
fifty rupees' worth of spices
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Forming Possessive Nouns
1) If the noun is singular, we add 's to the end of the noun to show possession.
Examples:
dog's bone
Tina's dress
2) If a proper noun ends in -s, we can show possession either by adding 's or
just apostrophe (')
Examples:
Tess's ring
Charles' aunt
Hastings' room
3) When a plural noun ends in -s, we only add an apostrophe (') at the end
of the word.
Examples:
dogs' collars
tractors' engines
4) If a plural noun does not end in -s, we add 's to the end of the word
to show possession.
Examples:
women's club
men's team
worker's reunion
5) For compound words, we add 's only to the last word to show possession
Examples:
father-in-law's cars
commanders-in-chief's batons
6) If two or more people own the same thing, we add 's only to the name
of the last person.
Examples:
Carol and Sarah's flat
Daljeet and Parmit's teacher
7) If the possessions are owned separately, we add 's to the names of
each person.
Examples:
Tia's and Parveen's school projects
Mohsin's and Ratul's report cards
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A.Change these phrases to possessive nouns.
1) the bags of my friends
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2) the notebook of the detective
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3) the light of the lamp
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4) the aunt of my friend Sweta
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5) the memory of my smartphone
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6) the father of Dennis
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B. Change the singular possessives to plural possessives
1) the child's box
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2) the remote control's batteries
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3) the woman's dress
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4) the company's worker
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5) the goddess's jewellery
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6) the tree's branch
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C. Replace the underlined words in these sentences with possessive nouns.
1) the white coat of the doctor was missing.
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2) The product sold by the salesman was impressive.
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3) The wedding of Lina is next month.
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4) The house of Mr.Gupta is very old.
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5) The hostel for girls is under construction.
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6) I need to buy some books for children.
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7) Laxman wants to join a club for men.
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8) The uniform of the student was dirty.
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9) The poetry of Tagore is worth reading.
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10) I need the blessings of my teachers to succeed.
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D. Correct the errors in these sentences.
1) Dorris favourite dog was Foxy.
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2) Ginas best friend is Wilma
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3) The pets would often run into other people's property.
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4) Katrina had to take away her three cat's toys from them.
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5) Kiran's sister's -in-law office is in Borivali.
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6) She saw different animal's tracks' on the sand.
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7) Rons' brother likes to read.
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8) Two doctors treated my mothers' swollen foot.
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9) Bird's bodies are light, so they can fly easily.
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10) A crocodile's jaw's are strong.
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E. Complete the sentences with the possessive forms of the nouns in
the brackets.
1) My uncle is my _______ cousin (mother)
2) This is our ___________ car. (teacher)
3) ___________ and ____________ bags are red. (Sunita, Suneela)
4) The cinnamon cake is not to ____________ taste. (everyone)
5) Where is the ____________ toilet? (ladies)
6) Let's meet at ___________ house. (Hazel)
7) Mr.Mohanty is __________ father.(Sara)
8) These are our _________ rabbits.(friends)
9) Would you invite __________ and ___________ friends too?
(Ranbir,Raveena)
10) Let's give all the ____________ workers a feast.
RECAP
1) A possessive noun shows to whom something belongs.
2) We generally add 's to a noun to show possession.
3) Names of non-living things cannot be used as possessive nouns.
6. PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word that can be used instead of a noun.
Example:
Vina arrived late. Vina had a headache.
Vina arrived late. She had a headache
Types of pronouns:
Pronouns can be of different types. Some of them are -
1) Possessive Pronouns
2) Reflexive Pronouns
3) Emphatic Pronouns
4) Demonstrative Pronouns
5) Interrogative Pronouns
6) Relative Pronouns
7) Indefinite Pronouns
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Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns are used instead of nouns for persons or things.
He lives in USA.
It is a tall building.
They are wealthy and famous.
The personal pronouns are I, we, you, he, she , it , they , me , him,
her, them and us.
Personal pronouns can refer to the speaker (first person), the person
spoken to (second person), or the person, place or thing spoken about
(third person).
Examples:
I went to Gangtok last week. (first person)
You are a graceful dancer. (second person)
He designed a new game. (third person)
They want your address. (third person)
The personal pronoun it is used:
1) for things without life, for animals and for babies.
Examples:
I had a blue cap. I lost it.
The cat jumped down. It landed on a dustbin.
The baby was thirsty. I gave it a glass of water.
2) as an empty subject. We often use it as the subject in sentences
referring to time, weather, temperature or distance. This is called an
empty subject. This subject does not carry any real information.
Examples:
It is 10 o'clock. It is Monday. (time)
It is hot. It is sunny. (weather)
It boils at 40° Celsius (temperature)
It is 80 kilometres from here to Pune. (distance)
3) to refer to something that cannot be identified .
Example:
I think it is made out of rubber.
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A. Fill in the blanks using appropriate pronouns.
1) Barsha, _____________ is very friendly, lives next door.
2) Tania _______________ baked the cake.
3) The man, __________ was staying at the Taj Hotel, met my uncle.
4) ___________ gets excited very easily.
5) ______________ is an old house ___________ was built in the British
period.
6) Ratan is one of my closest friends _____________ I have known for a
long time.
7) The new auditorium will be inaugurated next month by the Chief Minister
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8) Mumbai, __________ is the largest city in India, where my brother lives.
9) ______________ is waiting for you at the bus stop?
10) _______________ is really cold today.
B. Fill in the blanks using the given pronouns.
(Who, When, Whose, Which, What)
1) _____________ of these boys is the champion swimmer?
2) ___________ blazer has Amrita borrowed?
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3) ___________ games did Vivek play?
4) ___________ was complaining about the meal.
5) ____________ did you meet just now?
C. Rewrite the sentences after correcting the errors.
1) Who made this basket? Myself made it.
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2) Raman got an award. They were the best performer.
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3) One of our teachers has gone home. They will return next week.
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4) I and she are classmates.
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5) Do the work himself.
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6) Some of my friends has decided to go on a holiday together.
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7) This book is my.
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8) He is stronger than I.
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9) He himself hurt.
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10) The student are getting restless. She is hungry.
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D. Circle the correct answer.
1) She doesn't like looking at her /herself in the mirror.
2) I am teaching myself/me to play the drums.
3) Did you cut your hair himself/yourself.
4) I prefer our house to their/mine.
5) That's not my pencil box. This is mine/my.
6) Please keep that wet umbrella of your/yours.
7) Those keys are hers/her.
8) Who's/Whose/Who is this bat?
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E. Complete the sentences with suitable pronouns.
1)We know a lot of people _____________ live in Assam.
2) The woman ____________ fell badly hurt.
3) ______________ was the name of the boy ______________ bicycle
you borrowed.
4) He is the child ___________ lives next door.
5) I don't know the name of the woman to ___________ I spoke on the phone.
6) I was looking for the book __________ had a red cover.
7) ________ were where you last night?
8) _____________ did you know when the lights went out?
9) _____________ is the name of the girl ____________ won the prize?
10) ______________ why did they go?
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COMPREHENSION - 1
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
The Happy Prince
'Far away,' continued the statue in a low musical voice, 'far away in a little
street, there is a poorhouse. One of the windows is open, and through it I
can see a woman sitting at a table. Her face is thin and worn, and she has
rough, red hands, all pricked by the needle, for she is a seamstress. She is
embroidering passion flowers on a satin gown for the loveliest of the Queen's
maids of honour to wear at the next Court-ball. In a bed, in the corner of
the room, her little boy is lying ill. He has fever and asking for oranges.His
mother has nothing to give him but river water, so he is crying. Swallow,
Swallow, little Swallow, won't you take the ruby out of my word hilt and give
it to her? My feet are stuck to this pedestal and I cannot move.'
'My friends wait for me in Egypt,' said the Swallow. 'They are flying up and
down the Nile and talking to the large lotus flowers. Soon they will go to sleep
in the tomb of the great King. The King is there himself in his painted coffin.'
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'Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow.' said the Prince, 'won't you stay with me
for one night and be my messenger? The boy is so thirsty and the mother is
so sad'
'I don't think I like boys,' answered the Swallow. 'Last summer, when I was
staying on the river there were two rude boys, the miller's sons, who were
always throwing stones at me. They never hit me, of course - we swallows
fly far too well for that - but still, it was a mark of disrespect.'
But the Happy Prince looked so sad that the little Swallow was sorry. 'It is
very cold here,' he said but still, it was a mark of disrespect.'
'Thank you, little Swallow,' said the Prince.
A. Answer these questions.
1) Describe the poor woman.
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2) What is the woman doing?
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3) Who is the little boy? What is he doing?
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4) What does the Prince ask the Swallow to do?
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5) Where are the Swallow's friends? What does he say they are doing there?
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6) Why does the Swallow like little boys?
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7) What does the Swallow think was a 'mark of disrespect'?
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8) What does the little Swallow finally agree to do?
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B. Complete the sentences with the correct options.
1) The woman was embroidering ___________ flowers on a ____________ gown.
a) rose, silk
b) passion, satin
c) jasmine, satin
2) The boy is asking for _____________
a) oranges
b) apples
c) chocolates
3) The Swallow wants to go to ___________ where his __________ are.
a) Egypt, lotus flowers
b) England, friends
c) Egypt, friends
4) The Prince wants the Swallow to take a _____________ to the woman.
a) emerald
b) ruby
c) diamond
C. Find words from the story which mean the following.
1) decorate a garment by stitching patterns on it
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2) the handle of a weapon
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3) a person who delivers messages
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4) the base on which a statue stands
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5) impolite behaviour
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D. Underline the nouns and circle the adjectives in the passage.
'Far away,' continued the statue in a low musical voice, 'far away in a little
street, there is a poorhouse. One of the windows is open, and through it I
can see a woman sitting at a table. Her face is thin and worn, and she has
rough, red hands, all pricked by the needle, for she is a seamstress. She is
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embroidering passion flowers on a satin gown for the loveliest of the Queen's
maids-of-honour to wear at the next Court-ball. In a bed, in the corner of
the room, her little boy is lying ill. He has fever and is asking for oranges.
His mother has nothing to give him but river water, so he is crying. Swallow,
Swallow, little Swallow, won't you take my ruby out of my sword hilt and give
it to her? My feet are struck to this pedestal and I cannot move.
COMPREHENSION - 2
Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
A Tragic Story
There lived a sage in days of yore,
And he a handsome pigtail wore;
But wondered much and sorrowed more,
Because it hung behind him.
He mused upon this curious case,
And swore he'd change the pigtail's place,
And have it hanging at his face,
Not dangling behind him.
Says he, 'The mystery I've found -
Says he, 'The mystery I've found!
I'll turn me round,' - he turned him round;
Then round and round, and out and in,
All day the puzzled sage did spin;
In vain - it mattered not a pin -
The pigtail hung behind him.
And though his efforts never slack,
And though he twist and twirl, and tack,
Alas! Still faithful to his back,
The pigtail hangs behind him.
- William Makepeace Thackeray
A. Answer the questions.
1) What was unique about the sage?
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2) What does the 'curious case' refer to?
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3) What was the sage's solution for this 'curious case'?
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4) Did the sage stop trying? Which line tells you about this?
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B. Complete these sentences with the correct options.
1) The sage swore that he would ___________________________
a) change the pigtail's place.
b) change the pigtail's length.
c) change the pigtail's case.
2) He wanted the pigtail to _____________________________
a) hang at his ear.
b) hang at his face.
c) hang at the top of his head.
3) After all the sage's efforts, ______________________________
a) the pigtail moved slightly from its place.
b) the pigtail stayed in the same place.
c) the pigtail hung from a different place.
4) This is a tragic sage's effort, ___________________________
a) the pigtail never moved despite the numerous efforts made by the sage.
b) the sage is sad because of the place of his pigtail behind his head.
c) a wise sage is trying in vain to change something that can't be changed.
C. Find words in the poem which mean the following.
1) long ago - _________________
2) attractive- _________________
3) thought about- _________________
4) sturdy- _________________
D. Write the antonyms of these words.
1) handsome
2) behind
3) found
4) out
5) faithful
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- _________
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E. Complete the summary of the poem with appropriate prepositions.
Many, many years ago there lived a wise man _____________ a good-looking
pigtail. But the man was very upset because he didn't like that his pigtail hung
behind him. He wanted it to hang _______ front ______ him, ___________
his face. He decided that if he turned himself __________ the pigtail would
change its position. So he started moving ____________ and down, and round,
hoping that the pigtail's place would change. _______ his efforts, the pigtail
never moved. This didn't stop the man - he kept moving even though there
was no change.
COMPREHENSION - 3
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was born in 1807 in Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln.
When Abe was just nine years old, his mother died and his sister Sarah took
care of him until his father remarried. Lincoln had less than a year of
schooling. The family owned a Bible and he spent many hours reading it.
By the time he was 17, he knew he wanted to be a lawyer. When he was
21 years old he moved to Illinois and spent a year laboring on a farm. When
he was a shopkeeper he tried to be honest and fair. He still wanted to be a
lawyer. In 1836 he passed the test and became a lawyer. It was during this
time he was elected to the Illinois legislature by the Whig party. He became
good at debating and public speaking. Lincoln was Inaugurated president in
March of 1861. Five weeks later the Civil War began. Lincoln wanted the
United States to remain one nation. Two years later, President Lincoln wrote:
“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either
to save or to destroy slavery.” He was able to realize both of his goals.
In 1863 he issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves in the
Southern states, and the country was able to remain a united nation.
Eventually all the slaves in the United States became free. On April 14,
1865 President Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln were attending a play at Ford's
Theater in Washington D.C. While there he was assassinated and died nine
hours later. The events that occurred during the time that Abraham Lincoln
was president included the attack on Fort Sumter and the start of the Civil
War (1861 -1863), the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), the Conscription
Act (1863) and the Gettysburg Address (1863).
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Answer each question.
1. What do you know about Abraham Lincoln's early life?
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2. What did Lincoln do before 1836?
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3. What did Lincoln say and what did he do about the Civil War?
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4. How was Lincoln assassinated?
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5. Write the achievements of Abraham Lincoln?
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COMPREHENSION - 3
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
During his youth, he experienced strong influences that had a profound effect
on his later life. His grandfather and father were experts on the mechanics
of voice and elocution. Alexander's mother, who was nearly deaf, became an
accomplished pianist and inspired him to undertake big challenges. At age 12,
while playing with a friend in a grain mill, he noticed the slow process of husking
the wheat grain. He went home and built a devise with rotating paddles and nail
brushes that easily removed the husks from the grain. By age 16, Alexander
had joined his father in his work with the deaf and soon assumed full charge of
his father's London operations. In July, 1870, the family settled in Ontario,
Canada. There, he set up a workshop to continue his study of the human voice.
Graham Bell is best known for his invention of the telephone. While trying to
discover the secret to transmitting multiple messages on a single wire, Bell
heard the sound of a plucked string along some of the electrical wire. One of
Bell's assistants, Thomas A. Watson was trying to reactivate a telephone
transmitter. After hearing the sound, Bell believed he could send the sound of
a human voice over the wire. After receiving a patent on March 7, 1876, for
transmitting sound along a single wire, he successfully transmitted human
speech on March 10th. Bell's telephone patent was one of the most valuable
patents ever issued. The Bell Telephone Company was organized on July 9,
1877. On July 11, 1877, Alexander Graham Bell married Mable Hubbard.
In 1880, he established the Volta Laboratory, an experimental facility devoted
to scientific discovery. He also continued his work with the deaf, establishing
the American Association to Promote Teaching of Speech to the Deaf in 1890.
In the remaining years of his life Bell worked on a number of projects. He
devoted a lot of time to exploring flight, starting with the tetrahedral kite in
1890s. In 1907, Bell formed the Aerial Experiment Association with Glenn
Curtiss. The group developed several flying machines, including the Silver Dart.
The Silver Dart was the first powered machine flown in Canada. He later
worked on hydrofoils and set a world record for speed for this type of boat.
In January 1915, Bell was invited to make the first transcontinental phone call.
From New York, he spoke with his former associate Thomas Watson in San
Francisco. Bell died on August 2, 1922, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia,
Canada. The entire telephone system was shut down for one minute in tribute
to his life.
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Answer the Questions.
1. Tell the family background of Alexander Graham Bell?
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2. What did Graham Bell do to remove the husk from the grain?
A. He developed flying machine. ____
B. He built a devise with rotating paddles and nail brushes. ____
C. He made the Silver Dart powered machine. ____
3. Describe in detail the biggest invention of Graham Bell.
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4. What were the achievements of Graham Bell from 1880 to1907?
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5. How did the people tribute him when he died?
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6. Which invention of Graham Bell inspired you the most and why?
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COMPREHENSION - 4
Read the passage and answer the questions that follows
A Little Princess
But Lottie was a determined little person. If Sara would not tell her where she
lived, she would find out in some other way. She started late one afternoon on a
voyage of discovery, climbing stairs she had never known the existence of, until
she reached the attic floor. There she found two doors near each other, and
opening one, she saw her beloved Sara standing upon an old table and looking out
of a window. “Sara!” she cried, “Mamma Sara!” She was aghast because the
attic was so bare and ugly. Sara turned round at the sound of her voice. What
would happen now? If Lottie began to cry and any one chanced to hear. She
jumped down from her table and ran to the child. “Don't cry and make a noise,
” she implored. “Isn't it?” gasped Lottie, and as she looked round it she bit her
lip. She was a spoiled child yet, but she was fond enough of her adopted parent
to make an effort to control herself for her sake. It was quite possible that any
place in which Sara lived might turn out to be nice. “Why isn't it, Sara?” she
almost whispered. Sara hugged her close and tried to laugh. She had a hard day
and had been staring out of the windows with hot eyes. “You can see all sorts of
things you can't see downstairs,” she said. “What sort of things?” demanded
Lottie, with the curiosity. “Chimneys—quite close to us—with smoke curling up in
wreaths and clouds and going up into the sky—and sparrows hopping about and
talking to each other just as if they were people—and other attic windows. It
all feels as high up—as if it was another world.” “Oh, let me see it!” cried Lottie.
“Lift me up!” Sara lifted her up, and they stood on the old table together and
looked out. The sparrows twittered and hopped. Two of them perched on the
chimney top nearest and quarrelled with each other fiercely until one pecked the
other and drove him away.
Answer the Questions.
1. What did Lottie find when she reached the attic floor?
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2. How did Sara make Lottie curious?
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3. What was Lottie fond of?
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4. What did they see from the window?
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5. Are these statements True or False:
A. Lottie was a determined person. ____
B. The attic was furnished and tidy. _____
COMPREHENSION - 5
Read the passage and answer the questions that follows
A Missing Cat
The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for
over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, a fifty-six
-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She
said that Clyde, her seven year-old cat, didn't come home for dinner more than
a month ago, so she called the police. When the policeman asked her to describe
Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but
was missing half of his left ear, and was and completely white. She then told
the officer that Clyde was about a foot high. A bell went off. “Is Clyde your
child or your pet?” the officer suspiciously asked, “Well, he's my cat,” Mrs.
Brown replied. “Lady, you're supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing
CATS,” said the irritated policeman.”Well, who can I report this to?” She asked.
“You can't. You have to ask around your neighbourhood or put up flyers,” replied
the officer. Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot than an 8”x11”
piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of
her street just off the interstate highway. The billboard had a phone number
on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture
of Clyde from Mrs.
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Brown's picture album and put it on the billboard for all to see. “But how can
people see it when they whiz by on the interstate?” She asked. “Oh, don't
worry, ma'am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of
the day, the interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves.” They told
her if it would cost only $3,000, a month. The month has passed, but Clyde
has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown
called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard
for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.
. Answer the Questions
1. Give the description of Clyde?
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2. Did Mrs. Brown use a flyer or the billboard?
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3. How much did it cost?
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4. Did she find Clyde?
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COMPREHENSION - 6
Read the passage and answer the questions that follows
Mangroves
Many tropical and sub-tropical shores are home to a unique group of large
shrub like plants called mangroves. These plants tend to form dense, submerged
'forests 'along shorelines, thanks to their adaptive ability to survive in sea water
that's too salty for other land plants to live in. Mangroves achieve this through
salt and leaves that excrete it into the water. Mangroves make up and enhance
the ecological diversity. Their complex root systems serve as nursery habitats
for marine life as well as providing the substrate for algae, sponges and like sea
grasses, mangroves are instrumental in building sediments along shorelines and
lagoons. It might be hard to imagine their breadth if you're reading this in
northern Europe, but just imagine the following…The nation of Belize features
the highest overall percentage of forest cover of any of the Central American
countries, its mangrove cover. A 2010 satellite-based study of Belize's mangroves
by the World Wildlife Fund observed that mangrove spread over 184,548 acres,
which is the equivalent of 3.4% of Belize's territory.
Answer each question.
1. What are the mangroves and where are they cultivated?
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2. How do mangroves form?
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3. Do mangroves have adaptive ability?
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4. How do mangrove root systems serve as a nursery?
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5. Which Central American country covers the highest area with mangrove?
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6. What was the study of World Wildlife Fund about the mangrove?
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COMPREHENSION - 7
Read the passage and answer the questions that follows
The Tempest By William Shakespeare
Prospero, the Duke of Milan, was a learned and studious man, who lived among
his books, leaving his dukedom to his brother Antonio, in whom he had trust. But
Antonio wanted to wear the duke's crown himself. With the help of Alonso, King
of Naples, he managed to get into his hands the dukedom with all its power and
riches and they took Prospero to sea and forced him into a little boat with no
mast. In their cruelty they put his little daughter, Miranda into the boat with
him. But one courtiers Gonzalo was true to Prospero. He secretly placed in the
boat some fresh water, provisions and Prospero's precious books. The boat was
cast on an island, and they landed in safety. This island was under the spell and
the spirit Ariel was still remained in prison. Prospero was a great magician. When
Miranda was grown up, she was so sweet and fair to see. It chanced that Antonio
and Alonso, with Sebastian, his brother, and Ferdinand, his son, were at sea
together with old Gonzalo. Prospero, knowing they were there, so he raised by
his art a great storm, and Prince Ferdinand leaped into the sea. But Ariel
brought him safe ashore; and all the rest of the crew was landed unhurt. While
the tempest was raging, Prospero showed his daughter and told her that it was
filled with human beings like themselves. She, in pity of their lives, then Prospero
told her the story of his life. Ariel had work for Prospero. Ariel led the spell-
bound prince into
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the presence of Prospero and Miranda. Prospero appeared before Antonio, Alonso
and Sebastian in his proper shape as the Duke of Milan. They repented, so he
forgave them. Alonso, lamented the loss of his heir. But Prospero drew back a
curtain and showed them Ferdinand and Miranda playing at chess. Great was
Alonso's joy to greet his son again, and when he heard that the fair maid with
whom Ferdinand was playing was Prospero's daughter, so all ended happily.
Answer each question.
1. Who was Prospero and to whom did he gave his dukedom?
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2. What did Antonio do with Prospero and who helped him?
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3. Who were travelling in the ship and what happened with them?
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4. What did Prospero show his daughter and what did he tell her?
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5. Did Prospero forgive them all?
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6. Why was Alonso depressed?
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COMPREHENSION - 8
Read the passage and answer the questions that follows
The Wonderful musicianThere was once a wonderful musician, and he was one day walking through a
wood all alone, he said to himself, “I will bring out a good companion.”So he
fiddled so that the wood echoed. A wolf came up to him. “Oh, a wolf!” Said
the musician, “Ho, how finely you play! I must learn how to play too.” “That
is easily done,” answered the musician, “you have only to do exactly as I tell
you.” “I will obey you,” said the wolf. They came to an old oak tree, which
was cleft through the middle. “Look here,” said the musician, “if you want to
learn how to fiddle, you must put your feet in this cleft.” The wolf obeyed,
but he took up a stone and wedged both his paws that the wolf was a prisoner.
After a while he said to himself, I will bring out another companion,” and fiddled
away in the wood. This time a fox came “Oh, fox!” said the musician; the fox
said, “O musician, how finely you play! I must learn how to play too.” “That is
easily done,” said the musician, “you have only to do exactly as I tell you.”
“O musician,” answered the fox, “I will obey you.” So as they came to a footpath
with a high hedge on each side and taking hold of a hazel-branch bent it down
to the earth, and said: “Little fox, if you wish to learn something, reach your
left foot.”The fox obeyed. When the knots were fast enough he let go and the
fox, shaking and struggling, in the air. The wolf meanwhile had struggled, and
got himself out of the cleft. Full of anger he hastened after the musician to
tear him to pieces. The fox cried out, “Brother Wolf, help me! The musician
has betrayed me.” The musician had again played his fiddle and a woodcutter
with his axe under his arm, came to listen to the music. “It was a man I wanted,
and not wild animals.” And then he began to play so sweetly that the poor man's
heart was filled with joy. And there came the wolf and the fox. Then the
woodcutter raised his shining axe, and stood in front of the musician. Then the
animals ran back into the wood, and the musician, played once more to the man
to show his gratitude.
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Answer each question.
1. What did the musician say to himself?
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2. Who did come first and what did the musician do with him?
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3. When did the musician fiddle with who came out next?
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4. What did musician do with the fox?
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5. How did the wolf and the fox get themselves out?
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6. Who came last when the musician fiddled?
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COMPREHENSION - 9
Read the passage and answer the questions that follows
THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS
By Beatrix Potter
Once upon a time there was an old cat, called Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, who was
an anxious parent. She used to lose her kittens and they were lost always in
mischief! On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard. She
caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. The cupboard door was
not locked, so Moppet and Mittens pushed it open and came out. They went
straight to the dough. Somebody knocked at the door, and Moppet jumped into
the flour barrel. Mittens ran away to the dairy. The visitor was Mrs. Ribby.
Mrs. Tabitha came, “Come in,” Cousin Ribby, “I'm in sad trouble I've lost my
son Thomas; I'm afraid the rats have got him.” They returned to the kitchen.
Ribby, dragged Moppet out of the flour barrel. “Oh! Mother,” said Moppet,
“there's been an old rat in the kitchen, and she's stolen some of the dough!”
They found Mittens, “Oh, Mother,” said Mittens, “There has been an old rat
in the dairy, and he's stolen a pat of butter and the rolling pin.” Ribby said,
“We must send for John Joiner at once.” When Tom Kitten saw that his mother
was going to bake, he determined to hide and fixed upon the chimney. He
climbed up. All at once he fell in the dark hole. “What do you mean by tumbling
into my bed?” said the rat. “Anna Maria,” squeaked the rat. All in a minute
she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with
string. “Anna Maria,” said the old man rat (whose name was Samuel Whiskers),
make me a kitten dumpling roly-poly pudding for my dinner.” “It requires dough,
a pat of butter, and a rolling-pin,” said Anna Maria. The rats came back and
set to work. First they smeared him with butter, and then they rolled him in the
dough and the rolling-pin went roly-poly. When all at once there began other
sounds up above and the noise of a little dog, scratching! “We are discovered
Anna Maria; let us depart at once.” There was nobody under the floor except
the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten! The cat family had quite recovered and Tom
Kitten into a hot bath to get the butter off. After that; there were no more
rats for a long time at Tabitha Twitchit's.
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Answer each question.
1. Who was Tabitha Twitchit and why did she lose her kittens?
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2. Who helped her in finding Moppet and Mittens?
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3. What did Moppet and Mittens tell to their mother?
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4. Where was Tom Kitten?
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5. What did Samuel Whiskers and Anna Maria do with Tom Kitten?
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6. How did they find Tom Kitten and who did help them?
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COMPREHENSION - 10
Read the passage and answer the questions that follows
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean.
There lived in a certain village a poor old woman who had collected a mess of
beans, and was going to cook them. So she made a fire on her hearth, and, in
order to make it burn better, she put in a handful of straw. When the beans
began to bubble in the pot, one of them fell out and lay, never noticed, near a
straw which was already there; soon a red-hot coal jumped out of the fire and
joined the pair. The straw began first, and said, “Dear friends, how do you come
here?” The coal answered, “I jumped out of the fire by great good luck. I should
have been burned to ashes.” The bean said, “I too have come out of it with a
whole skin. I should have been cooked like my comrades.” “Luckily I managed to
slip through her fingers.” Straw said. “What had we better do now?” said the
coal. “I think,” answered the bean, “that as we have been lucky as to escape
with our lives, we will go together into foreign lands.” The proposal pleased the
two others, and they started on their travels. Soon they came to a little brook,
and as there was no bridge. The straw was struck with a good idea, and said,
"I will lay myself across, so that you can go over me as if I were a bridge!" So
the straw stretched him from one bank to the other, and the coal, quickly
trotted up to go over the newly-made bridge. When, however, she reached the
middle, and heard the water rushing past beneath her, she was stopped, and
could get no farther. So the straw began to get burnt, broke in two pieces,
and fell in the brook, and the coal slipped down, hissing as she touched the
water. The bean, who had prudently remained behind on the bank, went on
laughing so excessively that she burst and now would she certainly have been
undone forever, if a tailor on his travels had not by good luck stopped to rest
himself by the brook. He took out needle and thread and stitched her together
again. The bean thanked him, but as he had sewn her up with black stitches,
all beans since then have a black seam.
Answer each question.
1. Where were the straw, the coal and the bean?
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DATE : 01.06.2020
2. How did the coal, the bean and the straw save their lives?
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3. What plan have they made for themselves?
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4. What did the straw and the coal do to cross the brook?
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5. What happened with the bean?
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6. Who did help the bean and how?
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