LESSON-I

Comprehension 1
A. Choose the correct answer.
1. Ramanatha didn't work a day on his land because
a. he didn't know how to grow crops
b. he wanted to be rich with a magic option
c. he was studying to become a scientist
2. Ramanatha could not believe his luck when he met Mahipati because
a. Mahipati had travelled to the Himalayas
b Mahipati stayed in their town.
c. Mahipati knew how to make the magic potion
3. What did Madhumati do to help Ramanatha?
a. She gave him money.
b. She sold their crop each year.
c. She sometimes collected the dew.
4. Choose the best message for the story
a. You can't trust old or famous people.
b. You need to make an effort to succeed.
c. You don't have to work to become rich
B. Read these lines from the story and answer the questions.
1. "Yes, in my travels in the Himalayas, I heard how you could make such a potion But it is a difficult process:
a. Who said these lines? Who was he talking to?
b. What was the process?
c. Do you think it was actually a difficult process?
Give reasons for your answer
2. This is cheating, he told the sage. "I have wasted six precious years of my life."
a. Who said these lines? What is the speaker talking about?
b. How was 'this' a cheating according to the speaker?
c. Do you think the speaker really wasted six years of his life? Give reasons for your answer.
 Comprehension 2
Answer these questions.
1. How would you describe Ramanatha before he started working on his fields?
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2. How did he change during the six years when he worked on his banana plantation?
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3. What do you think Ramanatha did with all his wealth?

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4. Do you agree or disagree with the following sayings? Give reasons for your answer.
a. The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work
b. Luck favours those who don't depend on it.
Vocabulary
Words and phrases with similar meanings A. Replace the underlined words/phrases using suitable
words/phrases from the box. Then rewrite the sentences.
Sage in dismay astonished paupers transformed glints
1. The diamond in the queen's crown reflects the light brightly. glints
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2. Samad was surprised to see a new bicycle at the door in the morning.
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3. Years of hard work has changed him into a successful businessman.
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4. The Indian cricket team was upset after they lost the T20 World Cup in 2016.
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5. We should be kind to poor people who often have to live on the streets.
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6. After everyone else failed to explain the meaning of the king's dream, he went to a very wise man to find
answers.
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B. Match these sentence halves.
1. But Ramanatha did not spend even one day looking a. up. 3
2. There exists a magic potion which,if touched to any object, turns it b. after his land.
3. He did not give a c. into gold.
4. Try it d. out.
C. Write the phrasal verbs from Exercise B next to their definitions.
1. --------------------------------------------------------- to change or transform someone or something
2. ----------------------------------------------------- to take care of someone or something
3. ----------------------------------------------------- to stop doing something: to stop trying
4. --------------------------------------------------to use something and see if it works

D. Complete these sentences using the phrasal verbs in the help box.

look for take off give up put off got up broke down turn up look after

1. This is the prayer room. Please ……………………………………………………………………………………. your shoes outside.

2. Could you please ………………………………………………………….. the volume? can't hear anything at all.

3. We had ………………………………………… our plan for a picnic. It started raining so heavily.

4. We might fail at times. But we must never ………………………………………………………………..

5. I have lost my favourite pen. Will you help me……………………………………………………………………it?

6. My parents are out of town. must ……………………………………………………………… my dog while they are away.

7. I am feeling very sleepy. I ……………………………………………………………………………very early today.

8. My father's car ………………………………………………………………this morning so we had to walk to school.

A. Complete Saroja's mother's questions with much or many.

1. Saroja, how…………………………………………………………………. ghee do we have in the fridge?

2. And how ……………..…………………………………………………………. paneer is there?

3. Can you look in the fruit bowl now? How ………………………………………………………………….. bananas do we have?

4. And how …………………………………………………………………………………….. mangoes are there?

B. Find the sentences in the story and complete the missing words.

1 …………………………………………………………….this potion will transform any object into gold.

2. It will take me years to collect five ……………………………………………………………….dew.

C. Jimmy is a ten-year-old boy. He is off to school. Complete the passage with suitable words from the box.

Packet glass bottle slice jar cup piece bar

Jimmy has a ……………………………… of milk with honey every day in the morning. He usually adds a few spoons
from the…………………….of honey kept on the dining table. Today. he also had a ………………… of bread and an
egg along with milk. But he took only a ……………….…………………. of chips and a ………………………….. of juice for
his lunch. His mother asked him to have a ………………………………………of cake and a ……………………………… of milk
shake from the school canteen. She also reminded him about the …………………………………..of chocolate in his
pocket. Jimmy waved at her before he boarded his school bus and asked her not to worry.

D. Circle the correct verb form.

1. Tenzing learns/learn coding every day after school.

2. My sisterlikes/like watching football and basketball.

3. Mr and Mrs Murthy usually goes/go to Kerala for their holidays.

4. This computer cost/costs too much money. We can't buy it.

5. Avneet and Manjit help/helps their parents with the housework.

6. The test were/was difficult.

E. Complete the sentences with is, are, was, were, have or has.

1 Shweta …………….doing her homework at the moment.

2. Neha and Bela………………………………. just come back from their holiday.

3.I …………………………………. in bed when the phone rang.

4. My brother ……………………………………… passed all his exams!

5. Our teachers ………………………………. having a meeting in the classroom, so couldn't go in.

6. We can't go out because we…………………………………………studying for an important test.

 Poetry Appreciation

A. Answer these questions.

1. Look at these lines from the poem.

Oh, let me with the morning rise.
And to my duties haste.
Who is the speaker of these lines? Who is being spoken to?
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2. What does the poet mean when she says. The woods with music ring?
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3. What does the words 'immortal beings' mean? Why have they been used in this poem?

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4. The poet does not want to waste' her time in bed? Do you agree with her? Explain your thoughts.

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5. The poet sees nature as hardworking and dutiful. She draws inspiration from it. Which aspect of nature
inspires you? Explain your thoughts.

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