ENGLISH SYLLABUS

Rewrite the following sentences

Ria has a doll. She plays with it.

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John is tired. Don’t disturb John.

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Mohit needs balls. Give Mohit two balls. Mohit plays with balls.

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The children are playing. the children are making a noise.

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A crow is sitting on a branch. The crow is black.

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Word Meaning

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Ditch __________________________________________________________

Delight __________________________________________________________

Poacher __________________________________________________________

Sturdy __________________________________________________________

make sentences

hollow _________________________________________________________________________

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Melody _________________________________________________________________________

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Passage _________________________________________________________________________

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Trapped _________________________________________________________________________

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reference to contest

“son, may be the rhino is sad because the poacher come & rill them.”

Q: Who is the speaker of the above line?

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Q: Why was rhino sad?

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Q: Why did the poacher kill the rhino?

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Q: What happened next?

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Complete the lines

Munu lives in a village and _________________________________________________.

He plays pipe to ____________________________________________________________________.

The rhino disappears ________________________________________________________________

Word Meaning

Amazement __________________________________________________________

Glittering __________________________________________________________

Grab __________________________________________________________

Mutters __________________________________________________________

Sets-off __________________________________________________________

Make sentences

Ashamed _________________________________________________________________________

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Offers _________________________________________________________________________

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Pair _________________________________________________________________________

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Selfish _________________________________________________________________________

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Returning _________________________________________________________________________

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Q: where did find the magic shoes?

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Q: why were Sona’s friends jealous of her?

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Q: what happened to the shoes in the end?

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Q: why was Sona happy even after the pair of shoes was torn?

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Word Meaning

dawn __________________________________________________________

dusk ______________________________________________________________________

precious __________________________________________________________

without fail __________________________________________________________

loads __________________________________________________________

reference to context:

“carrying passengers, carrying mail, bringing their precious loads in without fail.”

Q: name the poem and the poet.

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Q: what do trains carry?

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Q: what does precious loads mean?

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Q: make a sentence of passengers.

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Word meaning

Assembles ________________________________________________________________________

Condition _________________________________________________________________________

Gravest ___________________________________________________________________________

Courtiers __________________________________________________________________________

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Thrilled ___________________________________________________________________________

Q what did king Krishnadev Raya give to each courtier? Why were the courtier puzzled?

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Q what did Tenalirama buy for himself?

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Q how did Tenalirama fulfil the king’s condition?

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Q ‘The courtiers have no reply.’ Why?

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word meaning

bobbling _________________________________________________________________________

heels ___________________________________________________________________________

loap ___________________________________________________________________________

pretend _________________________________________________________________________

“Bend to the floor ……………………………figure eight.”

Q Name the poem & poet.

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Q write the rhyming pair from the given line.

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Q what rules should we follow when we bend to the floor?

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Q why should we exercise daily?

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Word meaning

Avoid _____________________________________________________________________________

Barrel _____________________________________________________________________________
Overjoyed _________________________________________________________________________

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Strange ___________________________________________________________________________

Q what did the funny looking man do when Rip Van Winkle placed the barrel on the ground?

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Q who did Rip Van Winkle, call after waking up? Did he get any response?

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Q why was Rip Van Winkle overjoyed?

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Q what incident in the story suggests that Rip Van Winkle was a kind man?

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Make sentences

Dipped ____________________________________________________________________________

Ignored ___________________________________________________________________________

Lazy ______________________________________________________________________________

Recognised ________________________________________________________________________

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Grammar
Arrange the following words in alphabetical order:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

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March, April, May, June, August

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Apple, mango, pear, papaya, watermelon

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Chart, chalk, bench, chair, pencil

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Sand, water, shell, crab, umbrella

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Singular plural Singular plural

Bird Fox

Wolf Month

Bus Knife

Glass lady

Bench Army

Tooth goose

Child woman

Boy day

Wife deer

Sheep mouse

Write the sentences by changing the gender of the underlined words

Her uncle has two sons.

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A tiger runs fast.

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An old gander was walking through the yard.

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Our landlord is a nice man.

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Write the plural form of the nouns given in brackets.

The _____________________ (leaf) of the tree have dried up.

The _____________________ (roof) of both the houses are damaged.

The _____________________ (child) are playing in the garden.

The _____________________ (tooth) have decayed.

The _____________________ (valley) of Jammu & Kashmir are beautiful.

The _____________________ (leaf) of the tree have dried up.

Write the singular form of the nouns given in brackets.

The ____________________(donkeys) lost its way.

The ____________________(babies) played in the cot.

The ____________________(benches) needed repair.

The ____________________(ladies) came in carriage.

The ____________________(birds) flew over the garden.

The ____________________(armies) flew over the garden.

The ____________________(children) finished his lunch on time.

The ____________________(diaries) was lost.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of nouns.

I have bought two ______________ from the store. (book/books)

My mother is using a ____________ to cut the vegetables. (knife/knives)

The tailor has kept the _________________ on the table. (scissor/ scissors)

The two ________________________ are playing in the garden. (child/children)

My new house has many ________________. (room/rooms)

Underline the nouns in the following sentences and write whether they are of masculine, feminine,
common or neuter genders.

Veena respects her teachers.

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She is a doctor in this hospital.

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The gate of this house is very strong.

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This book belongs to Meena.

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May I come in, Sir?

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The horse is sleeping in the stable.

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Jay has invited his friends.

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The prince and the princess lived happily even after.

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Fill in the blanks

Masculine feminine masculine feminine

Girl nephew

Daughter peacock

Mare man

Madam tiger

Aunt husband

Rewrite the following sentences changing the nouns in bold from to feminine to masculine.

The new actress is my sister. __________________________________________________________

My mother has gone to the market.

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The daughters took care of their mothers.

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The princess had a pet tiger.

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Madam, those girls are talking in the class.

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Collective nouns.

My mother has a __________________ of pearls.

I have a ___________ of crayons.

This _________________ of flowers is beautiful.

Ram lost his _______________ of keys.

I saw a ________________ of lions.

Synonyms

Afraid surprise

Fast attractive

Hide hurry

Quiet praise

Scold strong

Answer lucky

Freedom cheerful

Allow disappear

Destroy safe

Weak top

Write inside the brackets the pronoun that can be used in place of the underlined nouns.

Mr. Thapa is a police officer. Mr. Thapa lives in Kathmandu. ( )

Ritu is a TV artist. Ritu has a very sweet voice. ( )

Where is Devika? I am waiting for Devika. ( )

Anand is a great chess player. I want to meet Anand. ( )

Here is a beautiful bag. You may take this bag. ( )

Ravi and Anu are good friends. Ravi and Anu are neighbours also. ( )

I like apples. Apples are good for health. I eat apples every day. ( )

Fill in the blanks with suitable pronouns.

Is Joy at home? Father wants to talk to _____________________.

Mr Negi has two sons. _______________ are both doctors.

We talked to a policeman. He showed _____________ the way.

Look at the building. Isn’t _____________ very tall.

Sudha why are ____________ late?

Bijoy: Deepa, _____________ want to tell you something important.

Do not go out, children. It is raining. _____________ must not get wet.

What are _____________ doing? I am writing a letter.

Articles

My aunt is ___________ excellent cook.

I have ________ colourful quilt.

I looked at ___________ moon on ___________ full moon night.

France is ________ European country.

She saw _______ house. _________ house was very big & airy.

Copper is _________ useful metal.

It is _____ yellow book.

Gopal is _____ honest boy.

Once ______ crow was in search of food. Outside ______ meat shop it spotted _______ piece of
meat. _________ crow picked ________ the piece of meat in its beak and flew away to ______
nearby tree. ______ sly fox came that way. He saw _______ crow with _______ piece of meat in its
beak. “Ah,” said ________ fox. I have ______ idea.”

Correct the sentence.

An curtain hangs on my window.

Please bring me the few cups of tea for my friends.

During the school trip we saw a Qutub Minar.

The holy book of Christian is called a Bible.

A children in my class are very quiet & obedient.

Rewrite following sentences.

We will go for picnic soon.

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Eskimo lives in igloo.

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Anchor is used to stop the ship from sailing.

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Lodge is where people stay when away from home.

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Well aired room is good for health.

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Replace the underline word with its synonym

John is a sturdy boy. __________________

The buses disappear into the fog. _____________________

I don’t think he would allow it. _____________________

I was scared of the big dog. ___________________

She is cheerful in spite of her illness. ____________________________

They didn’t allow the serfs any freedom. ___________________

He likes to surprise people. ____________________

The reaches its zenith at midday. ____________________

He had a liking for fast cars. ___________________

Verbs

The baby ___________ crying.

I _______ hungry.

We ________ friends.

The books ____________ lost.

There ___________ many students in the class.

It ___________ very hot yesterday.

They _____________ a pet dog.

He ________ a new car.

We ___________ gone to Goa last year.

I ________ Ritu’s brother. I ______ in class II.

Ritu _______ my sister. She _______ in a play school.

Our parents _______ very fond of us.

We __________ proud of our parents.

You _________ good at playing carrom. I _______ not.

Jimmy _________ my friend. He ______ my neighbour also.

There __________ no clouds in the sky.

This tea _______ not hot. And there _______ no sugar in it. I _______ sorry I cannot drink it.

Some papayas ____________ many seeds.

This door ________ an automatic lock.

I ___________ an extra pencil.

Raman _________ a pet squirrel.

Asha and Nupur _______________ similar bags.

Tick right or wrong

I has a poster of spider-man in my room.

Harjit has a good collection of stamps.

Karan’s mother have an ice cream maker at home.