2. God has made this world.

Blooming Buds Book-6 3. All creatures are wonderful and beautiful.

4. We all worship God.
Lesson : 1 5. God is universal.
A. Complete the following lines: (fuEufyf[kr iafDr;ksa dks iwjk dhft,%)
He gave us eyes to see them,
Lesson : 2
A. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij ( ) yxkb,%)
And lips that we might tell;
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c)
How Great is God and Almighty,
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
Who has made all things well.
1. calculated 2. advice 3. sentry 4. steal
B. Match the rhyming words: (rqdkar 'kCnksa dk feyku dhft,%)
C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statement: (lgh dFku osQ fy, 'T'
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (e) 5. (d)
vkSj xyr dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T)
1. God.
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
2. God gave us lips to tell.
1. He calculated that all these people came from distant towns, so
3. God gave us eyes to see. they must be carrying lots of money.
4. The great God made all the bright and beautiful things of the 2. The holy man gave money to Birju became he confessed the
world. original reason of his friendship to the holy man.
5. beautiful-wonderful, all-small. 3. The holy man advised him, "Okay, but let's start one step at a
D. Write the correct spelling: (lgh orZuh fyf[k,%) time. To begin with, I'll ask you to do just one thing. From now
1. great 2. wise 3. victory 4. small on, just stop saying anything untrue. Just speak the truth.
5. world 6. things 7. bright 8. sweet That's it. Next year, when I come for this festival, then we will
meet again.
E. Make sentences by using the following words: (fuEu 'kCnksa dk iz;ksx
djrs gq, okD; cukb,%) 4. As he approached the main gate, the sentry inquired who he
was and what was his purpose of visit. Remembering his
1. The rooms were bright and airy.
promise of honesty, Birju told the sentry that he was a thief and
2. I have great sympathy for you. wanted to rob the King's palace. The sentry was shocked at
3. He is a wonderful cook. first, but then thought to himself that this must surely be a
4. We must pray to the Almighty for forgiveness. joke, that Birju must be an old friend of the King. He smiled
F. Write the opposite of the given words: (fn, x, 'kCnksa osQ foykse 'kCn and let Birju into the palace.
fyf[k,%) E. Make sentences on your own, using the words given below: (uhps
1. ugly 2. big 3. bad 4. lose 5. fool 6. destroy fn, x, 'kCnksa dk vius okD;ksa esa iz;ksx dhft,%)
G. Translate the following sentence into English: (fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa 1. I am very impressed with her.
dk vaxzsth esa vuqokn dhft,%) 2. He dressed up like a holy man.
1. God is almighty. 3. He did not recognised me.
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 4. This is a wonderful idea. 4. Regretting his loss, the greedy seller cried, "He had cheated me
5. I had promised him to come again. of the profit I would have made! I've lost the bowl!" He was full
6. He confessed the original reason of his friendship to me. of sorrow and disappointment and became so mad. that he lost
command over himself. He beat his chest, threw away his
F. Write the correct spellings: (lgh orZuh fyf[k,%)
money and goods, tore his clothes from his body and shouted,
1. moves 2. money 3. thief 4. smiled
"I'll have my revenge on the hateful man! Why did he interfere
5. friend 6. distant 7. advise 8. friend in my plan?"
G. Write the Antonyms of given words: (fn, x, 'kCnksa osQ foykse fyf[k,%) 5. Watching the boat helplessly, his heart full of jealousy and
1. lie 2. rich 3. dislike hatred, the seller shouted at the fearless Serivan, who was the
4. careless 5. sad 6. enemy Bodhisattva. His threats were of no use and with all the
H. Translate the following sentence into English: (fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa dk excitement, his heart burst and he dropped down dead.
vaxzsth esa vuqokn dhft,%) E. Words like lead, chief and receive have the sound of ‘e’. Fill in the
1. Rohit spent a few days in that village. blanks with ee, ea, ei or ie: ('kCnksa tSls lead, chief vkSj receive esa ‘e’
2. Shyam has impressed with his friend's behaviour. dh èofu gSA ee, ea, ei vFkok ie ls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%)
3. Madhu is writing a letter. 1. head 2. thief 3. deep 4. cheap
4. Where do you live? 5. easy 6. keep 7. grief 8. cried
5. Ankit was a honest boy. 9. bread 10. seed
Test Yourself F. Match the rhyming words: (rqdkar 'kCnksa dk feyku dhft,%)

Lesson : 3 spend wealth could year

A. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij ( ) yxkb,%)
1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a)
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
money mend health should
1. people 2. poor, child 3. remember 4. astonished
C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statement: (lR; osQ fy, 'T' vkSj new honey ear knew
vlR; osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T)
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) earn burn rest nest
1. It has been out of use from long time. It looked so dirty that the G. Rearrange these words to make complete sentences. Remember to
two women did not know that it was made of gold. use capital letters and panctuation marks: (iwjk okD; fy[kus osQ fy, bu
2. There was a Bodhisattva, named Serivan who bought and sold 'kCnksa dks iqu% O;ofLFkr dhft,A cM+k v{kj vkSj fojke fpg~uksa dk iz;ksx è;ku jgs%)
pots in the Kingdom of Seri. 1. She loves putting her feet in water.
3. Thinking that he would get the bowl for nothing, he pretended 2. There lived two friend in a small village near Patna.
that it was useless and scornfully threw it on the ground, rose 3. He always spent his money wisely.
from his seat and went out of the house. 4. The trees make air clean.

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 5. The ball was made of gold. LFkku Hkfj,%)
H. Make sentences on your own of the given words: (fn, x, 'kCnksa ls vius 1. house 2. food. 3. hair. 4. tea, sugar
okD; cukb,%) 5. money, dress 6. flower 7. Mangoes, apple
1. Exchange your old pots for new. G. Make opposite using ‘im’ or ‘in’: (‘im’ vkSj ‘in’ dk iz;ksx djosQ foykse
2. We scratched the wall trying to get the bed into Neha's room. 'kCn cukb,%)
3. We always had the suspicion that their marriage was not happy.
1. impolite 2. invisible 3. incorrect
4. We were very surprised at the result.
5. He patiently explained the pros and cons. 4. Immoral 5. impossible 6. Incapable
6. You feel helpless to do anything other then be there for your friend.
Lesson : 4 Test Yourself
A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) Lesson : 5
1. jail 2. parade 3. trees 4. unfurl 5. spite A. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij fpUg (P) yxkb,%)
B. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statement: (lR; dFku osQ fy, ‘T’ 1. (a) 2. (b)
vkSj vlR; osQ fy, ‘F’ fyf[k,%) B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
1. loads 2. man golds 3. hay 4. bolt 5. hedge.
1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T)
C. Match the following: (fuEufyf[kr dk feyku dhft,%)
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (e) 4. (a) 5. (b)
1. Because Aman was going to unfurl the national flag on
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
Independence Day.
1. In the city one sees
2. Our country got independence on 15th August 1947.
Big trams rattle by,
3. We can clean and tidy up room and your home. We can tell And the breath of the chimneys
people not to spit on the roads. We can learn your lessons and
2. Big trams, breath of the chimney and stiff lamp posts.
help mother.
3. The country has hedge rows,
4. Orange, white and green.
The country has trees.
5. Aman was going to plant 100 new saplings near his school and As sweet as the sun
along the road.
In the country is rain:
D. Circle the odd one: (fo"ke 'kCn ij xksyk cukb,%) E. Rewrite the sentences by using pronoun: (Pronoun dk iz;ksx djosQ
1. food 2. book 3. apple 4. sugar okD;ksa dks iqu% fyf[k,%)
E. Some countable and uncountable nouns are given below. Write 1. Rajeev is a good boy. He goes to school daily.
them in the correct coloumns: (uhps oqQN countable vkSj 2. Suman is a teacher. She teaches English.
uncountable noun fn, x, gSaA mUgsa lgh LraHk esa fyf[k,%) 3. The boys are in the playground. They are playing cricket.
Countable Nouns : orange, money, flower, dress, house, mangoes. 4. Reeta and I am friend. We go to market.
Uncountable Nouns : food, tea, milk, hair. 5. The birds are on the tree. They are chirping.
F. Fill in the blanks will countable and uncountable nouns given in F. Make sentences of the words given below: (uhps fn, x, 'kCnksa osQ
part F: (Hkkx F esa fn, x, countable vkSj uncountable nouns ls fjDr okD; cukb,%)

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 1. quickly : We will have to walk quickly to get there on time. 2. announced : She announced the winner of the competition
2. vanity : He wants the job purely for reasons of vanity and to an excited audience.
ambition. 3. detective : She hired a private detective to find out if her
3. slowly : Could you please speak more slowly? husband was having an affair.
4. steady : Progress has been slow but steady. 4. unfortunate : It was a very unfortunate accident.
5. quarrel : We have no quarrel with the people of your country. 5. reward : The police offered a reward for any information
6. competition : There is a lot of competition between computer about the robbery.
companies. F. Write whether the underlined nouns are countable or
Lesson : 6 uncountable: (crkb, fd js[kkafdr nouns, countable gSa vFkok
uncountable:)
A. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
1. countable 2. uncountable 3. uncountable
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a)
4. uncountable 5. countable
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
G. Tick (P) the correct forms of the adjectives: (fo'ks"k.k osQ lgh :i ij
1. procession 2. imprisoned, magistrate 3. answer (P) yxkb,%)
4. unclothed, badly 5. Independence 1. most beautiful 2. sharper 3. cleverer
C. Match the following: (fuEufyf[kr dk feyku dhft,%) 4. most intelligent 5. fastest
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (e) 5. (c) H. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) adjectives within brackets: (dks"Bd esa fn, x, fo'ks"k.k osQ lgh :i
1. In 1921, when Indian Independence Movement was at its ls fuEufyf[kr okD; iwjs dhft,%)
highest, there were displays and processions everyday. 1. more taller 2. bravest 3. more amazing
People were imprisoned and sent into the jail. One day, police 4. best 5. finest
stopped a procession. A fifteen year old boy too was raising the
slogans with them. Lesson : 7
2. Azad! A. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij ( ) yxkb,%)
3. Beat fifteen time with cane. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (b)
4. Those days, the way of punishing with a cane was very cruel. B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
He was unclothed and was beaten badly with the cane. 1. Hindu Brahmin 2. contractor 3. Gandhi ji
5. He said, "My name is Chandra Shekhar Azad. Whatever I have
4. bind 5. through
done, I have done for the independence of our country.
I have only killed the people, who were the enemies of C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, ‘T’ vkSj
vlR; osQ fy, ‘F’ fyf[k,%)
independence of India. Now police is all around me. Please tell
me what should I do? 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T)
E. Make sentences on your own, using the words given below. (uhps D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
fn, x, 'kCnksa dk iz;ksx djosQ vius okD; cukb,%) 1. Schwartz high school, Ramanathapuram.
1. procession : He craned forward to see the procession. 2. The town of Ramanathapuram was absent.
3. Samsuddin and Ahmed Jallaluddin travelled with me to
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 Ramanathapuram to enrol me in Schwartz High School. 1. Godliness 2. dirty air, water and food 3. mosquito
4. My father visualised me as a collector in the making and 4. rubbish 5. everyday
I thought it's my duty to realise my father's dream. C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, ‘T’ vkSj
5. Despite my homesickness, I was determined to come to terms vlR; osQ fy, ‘F’ fyf[k,%)
with the new environment because I knew my father had 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T)
invested great hopes in my success. D. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij ( ) yxkb,%)
E. There are some Reflexive Pronouns in the box. Fill in the blanks 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a)
with the most suitable Reflexive Pronoun: (dks"Bd esa fn, x, lcls
mi;qDr Reflexive Pronoun ls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%) E. Tick ( ) the correct spelt words within brackets: (dks"Bd esa fn, x,
lgh 'kCn ij ( ) yxkb,%)
1. yourself 2. myself 3. itself 4. ourselves
1. their 2. birth 3. piece 4. principal 5. knew
5. yourself 6. himself 7. themselves 8. herself
F. Rewrite the following sentences using appropriate article: (mi;qDr
F. Write Interrogative Pronouns in the blanks: (fjDr LFkku esa
Article dk iz;ksx djosQ fuEufyf[kr okD; iqu% fyf[k,%)
Interrogative Pronouns fyf[k,%)
1. The Dog is a faithful animal.
1. Who 2. Whose 3. Which colour 4. What
2. Please give me a book to read.
5. Which 6. Whom 7. Who 8. Whom
3. The Delhi is capital of India.
9. What
4. He is the wisest student in the class.
5. Dinesh is an idle boy.
Lesson : 8 6. Always speak the truth.
A. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) 7. I shall give you a bat.
1. Rahul is Aman's friend. He has a fever that is why Mayank and 8. The Ganga is a holiest river.
Aman want to see him.
Lesson : 9
2. He is very good player of football. He can play football as well as
Sagar and can run as fast as Suhail. A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
3. Many germs get into our bodies with dirty air, water and food. 1. watching 2. bat 3. flower 4. pet 5. sing
The germs of cholera get into a man's body with his food and B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, ‘T’
water. vkSj vlR; osQ fy, ‘F’ fyf[k,%)
4. The germs of malaria live in the body of a mosquito. When this 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T)
mosquito bites a healthy person, the germs of malaria get into his C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
body.
1. Nidhi was fond of flowers and birds. She loved watching
5. keep everything clean. Take bath everyday and wear clean singing birds and beautiful flowers.
clothes. Keep the drains of your house clean. Don't throw
rubbish on the streets. Take clean water and use fresh food only. 2. She had a peculiar way of singing at night, when all other birds
Don't allow dirt and flies to sit on your food-stuff. They carry were asleep.
germs in their hairy legs. 3. One night something amazing had happened. Nidhi saw a bat
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) which came and clung to the bars of the cage and asked the

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 bird, "Why are you always silent during the day and sing only at Lesson : 10
night?" A. Complete the lines of the poem: (dfork dh iafDr;ksa dks iwjk dhft,%)
4. The bird replied, "There is a very good reason for doing so." 1. Weavers, weaving at break of day.
The bat became quite curious to know the reason. The bird Why do you weave a garment so gay?
continued, "Once I was singing in the day time, a flower was Blue as the wing of a halcyon wind;
attracted by my voice, and set his net for me and caught me and
We weave the robe of a newborn child.
forced me to lead a confined life. Since then, I sing only at night
2. Weavers, weaving solemn and still.
when no flowers are around.
What do you weave in the moonlight chill?
5. One should be able to presume the after effects of anything that
White as a feather and white as a cloud;
may happen in the future and accordingly take precautions. It
We weave a dead man's funeral shroud.
is always better to be careful in beginning keeping the
consequences in mind. B. Write the words rhyming with: (rqdkar 'kCn fyf[k,%)
D. Make sentences of the words given below: (uhps fn, x, 'kCnksa ls okD; 1. day 2. queen 3. child
cukb,%) 4. chill 5. bright 6. shroud
1. insist : The police insist that they are not relaxing thier C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
campaign against drugs. 1. Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green, We weave the
2. curious : I was curious to know what would happen next. marriage veil of a queen.
3. precautions : They failed to take the necessary precautions to 2. Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green, We weave the
avoid infection. marriage veil of a queen.
4. convinced : We tried to convince my grandfather to live with us. 3. White as a feather and white as a cloud;
5. eager : She sounded very eager to meet you. 4. Sarojini Naidu
E. Rewrite the words after correcting the spellings: (orZuh Bhd djosQ D. Make sentences on your own, using the words given below: (uhps
'kCnksa dks iqu% fyf[k,%) fn, x, 'kCnksa ls vius okD; cukb,%)
1. common 2. nicely 3. extravagant 4. because 1. They had a long and happy marriage.
5. really 6. satisfactory 7. watching 8. convinced 2. Judges wear black robes when they are in court.
G. Turn the following statements into questions: (fuEufyf[kr dFkuksa dks 3. Everyone looked very solemn.
iz'uksa esa cnfy,%) 4. He thinks the obsession with celebrity is totally gay.
1. Where is he going? 2. Why did they go? 5. A weaver is a person who weaves cloth, carpets, or baskets.
3. Can she do this work? 4. What were we doing? E. Write the opposite of the given words: (fn, x, 'kCnksa osQ foykse 'kCn
5. What has Ravi bought? fyf[k,%)
H. Answer the following questions into negative questions: 1. night 2. peahen 3. tame
(fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj udkjkRed iz'uksa esa nhft,%) 4. King 5. black 6. live
1. Yes, I'm afraid of lion. 2. No, I could not come in time. F. Write the feminine gender of the following nouns: (fuEufyf[kr laKk
3. Yes, It's cold today. 4. No, I haven't visited the movie. osQ L=khfyax fyf[k,%)
5. No, I haven't hear the news. 1. Lioness 2. Milkmaid 3. Girl 4. Widow
5. Queen 6. Peahen 7. Aunt 8. Grandmother
9. Mother 10. Mare

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 Lesson : 11 Lesson : 12
A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%) A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (c) 1. bird 2. Wright brothers 3. aeroplane
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) 4. propellers 5. 600 km 6. Aeroplane
1. robin 2. bank 3. garbage 7. Fighter 8. pilot 9. airport
4. motionless 5. mischief 10. time
C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T' B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T'
vkSj vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%) vkSj vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T) 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T)
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%) 6. (T) 7. (F) 8. (T) 9. (T) 10. (F)
1. He often used to come to the bank to take a nap in the Sun. C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%)
2. The robin used to drop fruits for the crocodile. The crocodile 1. They have no wings to fly.
was thankful to the small friend for the delicious fruits. 2. Wright brothers were the first who invented the aeroplane.
3. the river is not so full of animals I can hunt. So I go hungry on 3. Today, an aeroplane is the swiftest means of travel.
some days. 4. It flies at a height of about 30,000 ft from the ground level.
4. She found that the crocodile was lying motionless. 5. They look like wings of a bird.
5. The people living in the city dispose garbage and many other 6. They are used in wars.
harmful pollutants into the river. This has polluted the river 7. The aeroplane we travel by, is called the 'airbus'.
water greatly. It has become dirty and poisonous. 8. If it crashes in the air, there is no hope for life.
E. Make sentences of the following words: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa osQ okD; D. Make sentences using the following words: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa osQ o cukb,%)
cukb,%) 1. I wishes someone would invent an everlasting light bulb.
1. The delicious smell of freshly made coffee came from the kitchen. 2. An aerodrome is a place or area where small aircraft land and
2. Responses to our advertisement have been disappointing. take off.
3. The horse lay motionless on the ground, as if dead. 3. An air bus is an aeroplane which is designed to carry a large
4. She is a lively little girl. full of mischief. number of passengers for fairly short distances.
5. Are there enough desserts for everyone? 4. He travels quite a distance to work every day.
F. Find out the meaning of the following words: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa osQ 5. The pilot had no recollection of the events leading up to the
vFkZ fyf[k,%) crash.
1. to hide an opinion 2. informal talk E. Match the words of Column 'A' with Column 'B': (LraHk 'A' osQ 'kCnksa
3. strike with a light blow. 4. violent uncontrollable anger. dk LraHk 'B' ls feyku dhft,%)
5. speak very softly. 6. make a loud-pitched sound. 1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b)
7. feel regret or sadness about. 8. laugh in a loud, harsh way. F. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable adjectives: (lcls mi;qDr
G. Fill in the blanks in each sentence below with the correct phrasal fo'ks"k.k n~okjk fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%)
verb the list above: (Åij fn, x, okD;ka'kksa dh lgk;rk ls uhps fn, izR;sd 1. innovative 2. basic 3. boyish 4. valuable
okD; esa fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) 5. useful 6. friendly 7. juicy 8. bride's
1. put out 2. put up with 3. put on G. Complete the ladder puzzle with the help of clues given: (fn, x,
4. put up 5. put off. laosQrksa dh lgk;rk ls lh<+h igsyh iwjh dhft,%)

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 A N L Every year 1. over 2. to 3. into 4. on
A 5. to 6. on 7. in 8. to
Opposite E. Write one word for the following expressions from the box:
of early T
E N D Opposite of start (fuEufyf[kr O;atdksa osQ fy, ckWDl esa ls 'kCn fyf[k,%)
1. Dowry 2. Kidnap 3. Universal
E
4. Insecticide 5. Laboratory
Capital of L
F. Rewrite the following sentences by changing the nouns and pro-
India H
nouns in coloured words to the opposite gender: (jaxhu Nis nouns vkSj
I N J U R E pronouns 'kCnksa dks foifjr fyax esa cnydj fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa dks iqu% fyf[k,%)
N 1. A poetess recited a poem in the place of a queen.
G 2. The wife of Mr. Chopra ia s doctor.
Synonym A country
L 3. The princess took pity on the poor woman.
of hurt
A 4. My nieces and sister went to receive my grandfather.
N 5. The landlord was shouting at a girl who was making a lot of noise.

Synonym of sleepy
D I M O N D G. A vowel is missing in each of the following words. Find the missing
R vowel and rewrite the correct word: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa esa izR;sd esa ,d
vowel NwV x;k gSA NwVs gq, vowel dks Kkr dhft, vkSj lgh 'kCn iqu% fyf[k,%)
The desire of a con- O
1. globe 2. winter 3. under 4. snow
sumer for a particular W
S 5. ocean 6. duckling 7. small 8. quite
product
Y 9. search 10. river 11. super 12. wisdom
H. Complete the questions below: (fuEu iz'uksa dks iwjk dhft,%)
Lesson : 13 1. Why 2. Where 3. How
A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) 4. Which 5. What
1. cold 2. bought 3. bad Lesson : 14
4. far hand 5. difficult A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T' 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (b)
vkSj vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%) B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T) 1. air bladder 2. oxygen 3. boat
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%) 4. goldfish 5. fins
1. Because they did not sell their cat for money. C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T'
2. Because they had not money. vkSj vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
3. They landed a long way in a new place. The sun always shone 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F)
there. The wind set the little paper house down there, in the D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%)
garden of a large house. 1. A fish has an air-bladder in its stomach. It is full of air. A fish
4. Man's large house. can swim or float with the help of these bladder.
D. Use suitable preposition in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa esa mfpr preposi- 2. Very fast.
tion Hkfj,%) 3. Yes they do, but they do not close their eyes. Because they do
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 not have eyelids. F. Fill in the blanks with correct words: (lgh 'kCn ls fjDr LFkku dh iwfrZ
4. Yes. Their ears are hidden. We cannot see them. dhft,%)
5. Because the temperature of their bodies change with the 1. They 2. We 3. He 4. We
temperature of water 5. It 6. She 7. They
E. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box: (uhps ckWDl esa fn,
x, 'kCnksa ls fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
Lesson : 15
A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c)
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
1. queen 2. important persons 3. fairies
4. requested 5. beautiful
C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T'
ear sleep goat vkSj vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (F)
D. D. Match the words of Column 'A' with column 'B': (LrEHk 'A' osQ
'kCnksa dks LrEHk 'B' ls feykb,%)
1. (g) 2. (h) 3. (e) 4. (b)
5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (f) 8. (d)
moon breathe sea E. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%)
1. An ugly looking old fairy.
2. Whenever she pricks her finger with a spindle of a spinning
wheel, she will die."
3. Long, long ago, a king lived in Persia. His wife, the queen, gave
birth to a daughter. The king and the queen were very happy.
They decided to hold a royal party on the occasion of name-
fleet book door giving ceremony of the princess.
F. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions written below and 4. As soon as the princess touched the spindle, she became
complete the story: (uhps fn, x, prepositions esa ls mi;qDr preposition unconscious.
ls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%) F. Use the following words in your sentences: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa dk vius
Kanav and Rohit were going to Kolkata. They got into the train at okD;ksa esa iz;ksx dhft,%)
Delhi. Soon, the compartment got filled up. The boys had upper 1. She used to think there were fairies at the bottom of her garden.
berths. The train reached Kolkata on time in the morning, they got 2. The princes in the fairy story had long silken hair.
ready to get off the train. "Where are my shoes?", shouted Kanav. 3. The priest blessed their marriage.
They should be under the seat, "said Rohit. 4. She was cursing her brother for losing her keys.
"They should be somewhere in the compartment.", said Kanav. 5. The hole is so deep you can't see the bottom.
"Never mind", they said, "We'll buy new shoes in Kolkata. G. Use 'either/or' to complete the following sentence: (fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa
dks iwjk djus osQ fy, either/or dk iz;ksx dhft,%)
1. Either, or 2. Either or 3. either or
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 4. either or 5. either, or okD;ksa esa iz;ksx dhft,%)
H. Join each of the following pair of sentences by using 'either/or': 1. Atmosphere 2. Sailing
(okD;ksa osQ fuEufyf[kr izR;sd ;qXe dks tksM+us osQ fy, either/or dk iz;ksx 3. Coast 4. Horizon
dhft,%) E. The letter 'C' has two sound. It sounds 'K' as in cake and 'S' as in
1. The marriage may take place in January or February. rice. Underline the 'C' that sounds 'S': (v{kj 'C' esa nks èofu gksrh gSA
2. Either sit here or Go away. Cake esa 'K' dh rFkk Rice esa 'S' dh èofu vkrh gSA mu 'kCnksa osQ uhps js[kk [khafp,
3. He may be a fool or a shrewd man. ftuesa 'C' dh èofu 'S' vkrh gS%)
4. Either Do your work properly. or Leave my service. call ice cry cake case coffee
5. Either he is mad or He feigns madness. echo centre nice decide service corner
F. Match the following words with their opposites: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa dk
Lesson : 16 muosQ foykse ls feyku dhft,%)
A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
1. (d) 2. (g) 3. (f) 4. (e)
1. unique 2. pollute 3. Magellan
5. (h) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (c)
4. pleasant 5. horizon
G. Join each of the following pairs of sentences using neither-nor:
B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T'
(neither-nor dk iz;ksx djosQ fuEufyf[kr izR;sd okD; ;qXeksa dks tksfM+,%)
vkSj vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
1. He is not a dishonest man. He is not a lier.
1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T)
Hint: He is neither a dishonest man nor a lier.
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%)
2. Neither the rain stop nor the wind stop.
1. It is the only planet which has life on it.
3. Neither the Principal has nor the clerk has come.
2. We get many things from the earth. We get food from it to eat,
4. Neither like tea nor she like coffee.
water to drink and air to breathe. It gives us land to live and
5. Neither he is intelligent nor industrious.
grow crops. It is like our mother. That is why we often call the
6. Neither She has money nor food.
earth, 'The Mother Earth'.
3. it is the only planet which has life on it. Lesson : 17
4. Water has made our planet a beautiful place to live. The snowy A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
hills glittering in the sun, the running water of the rivers and 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (c)
streams, the greenland, the colourful flowers, all add to the B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
beauty of the earth. All these attractions are possible due to the 1. body 2. basket 3. charcoal
presence of water on the earth. So, we should not make water 4. Mosquitoes 5. family
dirty. We should not throw dirt and rubbish into rivers and C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T'
lakes. Pure water makes us healthy and keeps air earth clean vkSj vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
and beautiful. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (F) 5. (F)
5. Magellan was a brave sailor and was the first man to make a D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%)
voyage round the earth. He along with his companions moved 1. Only keeping your body clean is not enough, you need to learn
on in one direction and after three years reached the same place more about cleanliness. Keeping clean inculcates the quality of
from where they had started. This proved that the earth was not discipline.
flat, but round in shape. 2. Mosquitoes breed in stranded water and houseflies in the dirt.
D. Use the following words in your sentences: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa dk vius They both bring diseases.
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 3. When we see a person littering at a public place, we say that he eating everything. These rats fought the dogs and attacked the
does not belong to a good family. cats. They bit the babies in their cradles. They made loud noise.
4. A person who does not keep cleanliness, he spoils the name of People tried different ways of killing the rats, but even the
his family and society. strongest poison did not harm them.
5. You can undertake cleanliness drive to clean such heaps. A 3. At last people went to the Mayor with tears in their eyes.
clean place looks good. It is also healthy and hygienic to live in 4. One hundred gold coins.
a clean place. The people should be motivated to maintain 5. He was tall and thin with blue shining eyes and golden hair. His
cleanliness. long coat was half red and half yellow.
E. Correct the spellings: (orZuh Bhd dhft,) 6. Satisfied with the agreement, the Piper left the chamber and
1. trimming 2. motivated stepped out into street playing sweet, strange tune on his flute.
3. rinsing 4. stranded Hearing the strange music, the rats came tumbling out of the
5. certainly 6. disease houses and followed the Piper. The Piper led them to the river
7. mosquitoes 8. colonies waters. The town folks could not believe their eyes. As the Pied
F. Fill in the blanks with the words given below: (uhps fn, x, 'kCnksa ls Piper jumped into the river, all the rats jumped into the river
fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%) and were drowned.
Always try to follow the good habits of others. Habits represent your D. Who said this to whom? (fdlus] fdlls dgk\)
character. So you should always try to develop a good character. The
1. Pied Piper. 2. The Mayor 3. Pied Piper
loss of wealth is not so serious as the loss of character. Habits are
E. Write the opposites of the following words: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa osQ
good servants, but bad masters.
foykse fyf[k,%)
G. Fill in the blanks with suitable interjections: (mi;qDr interjections
ls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%) 1. no where 2. thick 3. modern 4. came
1. Ha 2. Alas 3. Hurrah 5. accept 6. long 7. backward 8. new
4. Hello 5. Wow 6. Hey 9. short 10. weak
F. Add adjectives to the following nouns: (fuEufyf[kr laKkvksa esa fo'ks"k.k
Lesson : 18 tksfM+,%)
A. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T' 1. small 2. greedy 3. long
vkSj vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%) 4. final 5. strange 6. bright
1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T) G. Change these sentences from Active Voice to Passive Voice: (bu
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) okD;ksa dks Active Voice ls Passive Voice esa cnfy,%)
1. situated 2. riches 3. tears 1. The fruits are eaten by us.
4. tumbling 5. realized 2. A letter is written by me.
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%) 3. Cricket is not played by them.
1. It was situated on the banks of the river Weser. The town was 4. The field is not ploughed by the farmer.
famous for its riches. 5. Are you going to school?
2. Once they faced a problem, the town was overtaken by the 6. Is the sugar sold by grocer?
rats. Thousands and thousands of rats of every size were found
7. English is taught by whom.
everywhere. Hoards of them entered the shops and stores
8. She is liked by everyone.
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 9. Which book is liked by you?
10. English is spoken by the people all over the world.
H. Change these sentences from Active Voice to Passive Voice: (bu
okD;ksa dks Active Voice ls Passive Voice esa cnfy,%)
1. A poem was recited by him.
2. The tower was built by the mason.
3. Sticks were picked by them.
4. The plants were not watered by the gardener.
5. Their chair were not sold by them.
6. The flower were not plucked by the children in the garden.
7. Who is laughing at the bagger?
8. What was done by you?
9. Were the noise made by the boys?
10. Was the bed led by the servant?

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 Blooming Buds Book-7 Lesson : 2
A. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij ( ) yxkb,%)
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (b)
Lesson : 1 B. Fill in the blanks. (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,A)
A. Complete the lines of the poem: (dfork dh iafDr;ksa dks iwjk dhft,%) 1. property, wealth 2. amazed 3. father's
A little more of patience, 4. will 5. overwhelmed
A little more of devotion, C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
A little more of tolerance,
1. The son was a bright and young man who liked to read good
A little more of emotions. books and learn new things.
This world will be a better place, 2. While he was away, the merchant fell ill.
If you follow this advice.
3. He was in a dilemma whether his servant would honestly look
My children, you can succeed,
after his property for his son or not.
And lead a better life.
4. He was further shocked to see his father’s will in which he had
B. Match the rhyming words: (rqdkar 'kCnksa dk feyku dhft,%) given all the property to the servant.
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (e) 4. (c) 5. (d) 5. The master has full right over the property of the servant. As
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) your share of his property, you can ask for the servant. You
1. A little less of greed, shall then inherit all your father’s property.
A little less of pride, D. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.
A little less of anger, (fuEufyf[kr okD;ka'k dks if<+, vkSj uhps fn, x, iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,A)
A little less of strife, 1. (a) Abdul.
Poet advise to give up greed pride, anger and stride. (b) He went to Greece to study.
2. A little more of patience, (c) When he knew about his father's death he went back
A little more of devotion, with a sad heart.
A little more of tolerance, 2. (a) Basheer.
A little more of emotions. (b) Abdul
Poet advised the virtues to possess is patience, devotion, (c) Law of will.
tolerance and emotions. E. Match the opposite words. (foykse 'kCnksa dk feyku dhft,A)
3. Yes, I do have greed, pride, anger and strife. honest seller
4. When we follow the poet's advise, this world will be better
palace for us. come service
D. Fill in the blanks with must/should/ought: (must/should/ought ls customer dishonest
fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) p go
1. must 2. should 3. must 4. should 5. should
6. should 7. ought 8. ought 9. ought 10. must
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 friend cold the gravitational force or the gravity of the earth. The stars,
the sun and the moon too had their gravitational force. They
hot fortunately pulled each other and because of their gravitational force,
unfortunately enemy remained in their place and moved in their orbits.
G. Fill in the blanks with a, an, or the appropriately: (a, an vkSj the esa 2. His grandmother.
tks mi;qZDr gks mlls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%) 3. He decided to install his electric lighting system over an area of
My next door neighbour is moving into.........a.......... new house next one square mile in New York and prove his point.
week. He is taking some furniture from........an.......... old house and is 4. He was the first scientist of study light.
also buying some new furniture because .......the.......... new house is 5. Newton was the first scientist of study light but Edison invented
bigger than ........the......... old house. He has already got .......a..... table electric light.
and ..........an............. armchair. He plans to buy .........a........ sofa and 6. Someone with mechanical abilities and scientific discipline had
cushions as well. ......The......... people who were staying in ......the.......... the opportunity to invent or improve on many needed devices.
house earlier have given him some information about ......the.......... D. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statement: (lR; dFku osQ fy, ‘T’ vkSj
neighbourhood. ......The....... house is in ........a......... nice locality near vlR; osQ fy, ‘F’ fyf[k,%)
.......the....... market. My neighbour, I hope, will be happy in .......The......... 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F)
new house.
E. Write the antonyms of the following words: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa osQ
H. Encircle the correct article: (lgh article ij xksyk cukb,%) foykse 'kCn fyf[k,%)
Example : Ramesh was looking for (a/the) job. After many
1. Disbelief 2. Arrogant 3. Dishonest
interviews he got (a/the) job he was looking for.
4. Unnatural 5. Guilty 6. Blunt
Kapil : Would you like (a/an/the) apple or (a/an/the) banana?
Mayank : I would like (a/an/the) apple, please. F. Complete these statements about Thomas Alva Edison: (FkkWel
Kapil : Take (a/an/the) red one in (a/an/the) fruit bowl. You vyok ,fMlu osQ fo"k; esa bu dFkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
may take (a/an/the) orange also if you like. 1. American scientist
Mayank : Which one? 2. an electric bulb
Kapil : (a/an/the) one beside (a/an/the) banana. 3. a cheap, safe and efficient method of lighting.
Test Yourself 4. his invention was better than gas lamp.
5. of one square mile in New York.
Lesson : 3
G. Fill in the blanks in the following two passages with appropriate
A. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij ( ) yxkb,%) prepositions from those given below: (fuEufyf[kr nks xn~;ka'k esa uhps
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) nh xbZ mi;qDr preposition ls fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
B. Fill in the blanks. (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,A) There is a baby elephant in the forest. His name is Appu. Appu has
1. gravitational force 2. orbits sugarcane in his trunk. Appu looks different from other animals. Other
3. woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire 4. an American 5. thank you animals don't have a long nose. What can Appu do with his trunk? Appu
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) can smell from his trunk. He can pick up things into it. Appu has big
ears. His ears are like fans. He drive away flies his ears. He has four thick
1. He said that the apple fell to the ground because the earth
legs. His legs are like pillars. He is fond of water. He swims in the water.
pulled it down. The earth pulls everything to itself. He called it
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Appu can dance with his hind legs. sugarcane. He put off his red shirt, hung it on the stalk and
Ravi was playing in the garden with his brother. Ravi's brother was started running in the direction from which the train was
younger than him. Both were happy. Suddenly, Ravi's brother's foot to come.
fell into their pet dog's tail. The dog started crying from pain. Both the 8. They ran and ran non-stop for about 2 km, when they saw the
brother's eyes filled up with tears. They felt very sorry for their dog. train coming whistling continuously. The driver had seen the
Ravi rushed into the house. He got an antiseptic lotion and applied it on red signal. He immediately understood that there was a danger
the dog's tail. Their dog stopped crying and started licking them happily. ahead. He applied the brakes but the train passed by the boys.
H. Give one word for the following sentences. One has been done 9. The Railway Minister was also travelling in the same train.
for you. You can take the help of your teacher: 10. All the three were sitting atop an elephant that carried children
Do it yourself. who were given gallantry awards.
Test Yourself D. Use the following words in sentences of your own: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa
dks vius okD;ksa esa iz;ksx dhft,%)
Lesson : 4 1. The empty house was completely silent.
A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
2. The document was signed in the presence of two witnesses.
1. Raju, Raghu and Rashid 2. school, class 3. red
3. She laughed heartily at the joke.
4. heartily 5. driver, guard 6. rubbish
4. I forget to put the rubbish out this morning.
B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statement: (lR; dFku osQ fy, ‘T’
5. His life was touched by hardship and personal tragedy.
vkSj vlR; osQ fy, ‘F’ fyf[k,%)
E. Change each of the following sentences into negative form:
1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (F) 5. (F)
(fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa dks udkjkRed okD;ksa esa cnfy,%)
6. (T) 7. (T) 8. (F) 9. (T) 10. (T)
1. The girls are not doing their work.
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
2. I am not flying a kite.
1. Raju, Raghu and Rashid.
3. They are not playing hockey.
2. They had a very good habit of going for a walk early in the
morning. 4. She is not knitting a sweater.
3. During their morning walk, they used to talk about their 5. The peacock is not dancing.
studies also. They would ask each other questions on F. Change each of the following sentences into interrogative form:
Mathematics, Social Studies, Environment and even General (fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa dks iz'uokpd okD;ksa esa cnfy,A)
Knowledge. In this way they added to their knowledge. 1. Is she dancing?
4. He appeared as a pack of red label tea. 2. Is he doing his homework?
5. The fish plates were lying scattered on the stones and the 3. Is the teacher not teaching?
sleepers of the track.
4. Are we not walking?
6. He immediately told his friends of the tragedy it was likely to
cause because the Rajdhani Express, a superfast train was soon 5. Is the goldsmith not making a ring?
to pass that way at full speed. G. Change each of the following sentences into affirmative form:
7. He rushed to a nearby field and pulled up a long stalk of (fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa dks ldkjkRed okD;ksa esa cnfy,A)

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 1. You are going to hospital. iz'ulwpd 'kCn fyf[k,%)
2. She is making a doll. Aman : When did you get this pen?
3. Lata is cooking food. Kirti : Yesterday morning.
4. They are playing football in the ground. Aman : Why is your brother crying?
5. The horse is running fast. Kirti : Because he has lost his book.
Test Yourself Aman : Whose room is this, yours or hers?
Kirti : It's ours.
Lesson : 5
Aman : How do you go to school?
A. Complete the lines of the poem: (dfork dh iafDr;ksa dks iwjk dhft,%)
Kirti : We walk to school. It is nearby.
1. But mercy is above this sceptred sway,
Aman : Who is your English teacher?
It is unthroned in the hearts of kings,
Kirti : Mr Sharma is our English teacher.
It is an attribute to God himself;
Aman : How many rupees do you have?
And earthly power doth then show likest God’s
Kirti : I have one hundred forty-five rupees at present.
When mercy seasons justice.
B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statement: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T' vkSj Test Yourself
vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%) Lesson : 6
1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) A. Fill in the blanks with the given words-phrases: (fn, x, 'kCn okD;ka'kksa
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) dh lgk;rk ls fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
1. William Shakespeare. 1. creation 2. independently 3. sanctuary 4. zoo
2. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power. The attendance 5. story 6. carnivores 7. sports
to awe and majesty. 8. specially 9. extinction.
3. Compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is B. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
within one's power to punish or harm. 1. In a zoo.
D. Write the words having the same meaning of the following words: 2. For a sport, man has killed many of wild animals.
(fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa osQ leku vFkZ okys 'kCn fyf[k,%) 3. The tiger is the biggest animal in the cat family.
1. quality : Character 4. When the tigers grow old and are not able to kill animals, they
2. ruling king : emperor start attacking men also. They then become ‘man-eaters’.
3. bestows divine favour : entrust 5. The tigers are of great value to our society at large. They kill and
4. most powerful : Almighty eat up extra animals in the forest and thus keep a balance in
5. ruler of a kingdom : Monarch nature.
6. Like trees animals are also our friends. They are our
6. beautiful place of God : Heaven
Neighbours on the earth. We must learn to live with them and
E. Write appropriate question words in the blank spaces in the to love them.
following dialogue: (Mk;ykWx dks iwjk djus osQ fy, fjDr LFkku esa mi;qDr
7. The land kept specially for the wild life and where men are not
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 allowed to fell trees is called a ‘National Park’ or ‘Sanctuary’. (okD;ksa osQ fuEufyf[kr ;qXeksa dks 'although' vkSj 'yet' dk iz;ksx djosQ tksfM+,%)
Here animals can live in safety and men are not creations 1. He is very rich yet he is unhappy.
generations will be able to see these beautiful creations of God. 2. He is poor but he is honest.
8. It is more enjoyable to shoot these rare animals with a camera
3. She worked hard yet she failed.
than with a gun. We must do everything to save them.
4. Although the villagers know that deforestation is harmful.
C. Use the following words in sentences of your own: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa
dk vius okD;ksa esa iz;ksx dhft,%) They are cutting down trees.
1. Danger : He drove so fast that I really felt. My life was in danger. 5. My friend went to the dentist because he has pain in his teeth.
2. Jaws : The lion opened its jaws and roared. 6. It is cold today yet she is eating ice-cream.
3. Paws : I found paw prints in the Kitchen. 7. Mr. John has a lot of money although he could not borrow a car.
4. Youngones : They have five young ones and another on 8. Although he had entered the contest for fun.
the way. He won the first prize.
5. Safety : They should leave for their own safety.
6. Society : A fair justice system is a fundamental part of a Test Yourself
civilized society. Lesson : 7
D. Write the names of: (uke fyf[k,%) A. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh mÙkj ij ( ) yxkb,%)
1. Five wild animals which eat only meat (Carnivores): 1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c)
(a) Tiger (b) Lion (c) Cheetah B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
(d) Leopard (e) Hyenas 1. reading 2. fairly 3. loveliest 4. strange 5. new
2. Five wild animals which eat only grass or leaves of plants C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements. (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T'
(Herbivores): vkSj vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
(a) Cows (b) Goat (c) Horse
1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T)
(d) Dear (e) Rhinoceros
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
3. Five wild animals which eat both meat and grass (Omnivores):
1. Suman's Grandpa.
(a) Bear (b) Mice (c) Rats
2. He told her fairy tales on weekends.
(d) Squirrels (e) Hedgehogs
3. Grandpa dropped his glasses on the floor.
E. Rearrange the following words to make meaningful sentences:.
(fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa dks O;ofLFkr djosQ ,d vFkZiw.kZ okD; cukb,A) 4. Because the optician shop closes early and it is Sunday next day.
1. You have been living in this house since 2001. 5. She brought two shoelaces and tied them to either side of
2. He has been teaching in this school for two years. glasses. She then fixed the glasses on Grandpa's ears.
3. They have been playing football since morning. E. Make four little words out of this big word: (bl cM+s 'kCn ls pkj NksVs
'kCn fyf[k,%)
4. We have been reading books since 2 o'clock.
Do it yourself.
5. They have been wasting time in their gossips since evening.
F. Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of
F. Join the following pairs of sentences using 'although' and 'yet':
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 the words given in the brackets. (dks"Bd esa fn, x, 'kCnksa osQ mi;qDr :i C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
ls fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,A) 1. he thought to go to the kingdom of Heaven as he had long lived
1. highest 2. oldest 3. fastest 4. biggest 5. fastest on Earth.
G. Complete the sentences with comparative adjective and 'than', 2. A dog which quietly followed them.
using the words given in bracket: (dks"Bd esa fn, x, 'kCn osQ compar- 3. But the journey was so tedious that all his brothers died one by
ative adjective :i vkSj 'than' ls okD; iwjk dhft,%) one and at last his beautiful wife Draupadi. The king remained
1. Priya is more stronger than Priyanka. all alone except the dog which followed him faithfully crossing
2. Ajit is taller than Ramesh. the hurdles and long road to the celestial city.
3. My sister is older than me. 4. Lord Indra, God of Thousand Eyes, himself came to greet him
and welcomed him to paradise.
4. He is cleverer than his younger brother.
5. It is difficult for a person who has always tried to do righteous
5. Gold is more precious than iron.
to do something that he knows is unjust-even in order to get
6. The population of Kolkata is greater than any town in Europe. into heaven.
H. Make your own sentences from the following idioms: (fuEufyf[kr 6. Yudhisthira replies, '' Great God of all Gods, I have steadily kept
eqgkojksa ls vius okD; cukb,%) this vow that I will never desert one that is frightened and seeks
1. The cost of living has increased so much that he finals it my protection, one that is afflicted and destitute or one that is
difficult to make ends meet. too weak to protect himself and desires to live. I have promised
2. They intend to get their way by hook or by crook. never to forsake one that is devoted to me, I will abandon my
3. I know how to use computer, but I don't really. friend.''
4. I caught him red-handed, stealing a wallet. 7. There is no act which is valued more highly and rewarded more
richly than compassion for the humble.
5. He landed in hot water for an alleged V-sign to the fans.
D. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T'
I. Change the gender: (fyax cnfy,%)
vkSj vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
1. Heroine 2. Empress 3. Queen 4. Murderess
1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T) 6. (T)
5. Milk maid 6. Peahen 7. Grandmother
E. Write the antonyms of the following words: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa osQ
9. Washerwoman foykse 'kCn fyf[k,%)
Test Yourself 1. easy 2. freshness 3. pleasant
Lesson : 8 4. richness 5. expected 6. cruel
A. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh mÙkj ij ( ) yxkb,%) F. Give one word for the following sentences: (fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa osQ fy,
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (a) ,d 'kCn fyf[k,%)
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) Do it yourself.
1. Earth. G. Change the following sentences into the negative form: (fuEufyf[kr
2. Draupadi, accompanied 3. Heaven, exhausted okD;ksa dks udkjkRed :i esa fyf[k,%)
4. heaven 5. Dharma 6. brothers, beloved wife 1. Rajesh is not wearing a shirt.

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 2. The teacher is not teaching English. soldiers to win over the enemy.
3. Anil was not beating a bay. 3. A leader should be a good speaker, A leader should have clear
4. They were not going to the school. conception of his ideas, A leader should have a good
personality, A good leader should have common sense and
5. I shall not open the door.
intelligence.
6. You will not take my pen.
4. By speaking we mean that he should be able to communicate
7. Will you not help me? his feelings with others in clear and effective way, so as to
H. Change the following sentences into the interrogative form: impress others for getting his work done. His speaking manners
(fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa dks iz'uokpd :i esa fyf[k,%) should be attractive.
1. Are the dogs barking? 5. Ready to take initiative.
2. Is the peacock not dancing? 6. A leader should have confidence in himself and his followers.
3. Is Vikram not writing a letter? D. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T'
4. Were you building a house? vkSj vlR; osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
1. (F) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4. (F) 5. (T)
5. Was I going to my house?
E. Match the words with their meanings: ('kCnksa dk muosQ vFkZ ls feyku
6. Was the child weeping bitterly?
dhft,%)
7. Will he be reading English? 1. (c) 2. (e) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (b)
I. Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box: (ckWDl esa fn, x, F. Complete the spellings: (orZuh iwjh dhft,%)
'kCnksa ls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%)
1. bravery 2. invincible 3. justice
1. hot 2. soft 3. beak 4. physique 5. society 6. conception
4. gentle 5. legs 6. heavy G. Fill in the correct words from the brackets: (dks"Bd ls lgh 'kCn Hkfj,%)
Test Yourself 1. adept 2. advise 3. alter 4. access 5. accede
Lesson : 9 6. air 7. hair 8. cattle 9. adopt
A. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh mÙkj ij ( ) yxkb,%) Test Yourself
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) Lesson : 10
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) A. Tick ( ) the correct option: (lgh mÙkj ij ( ) yxkb,%)
1. leads 2. the enemy 3. attractive 1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (a)
4. lean and thin 5. sense B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) 1. thee 2. speechless 3. solitude 4. humble
1. The word 'leader' we mean the person who leads. C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
2. A leader leads concerned group for attainment of common 1. Because of struggle among hurrying crowds.
goals which may have been aimed at. A captain of a game leads 2. With folded hands, O Lord of all worlds
his team to win the match; a leader in society leads the society 3. In this laborious world of thine, tumultuous with toil.
for the welfare of mankind; a leader of armed forces leads his D. A humble heart means a heart full of humility. Here are some

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 heart expressions with their meanings. Match them correctly: (uez 2. Life imprisonment.
ân; dk vFkZ gS n;k ls Hkjk ,d ân;A ;gk¡ ân; ls lacaf/r oqQN Hkkouk;sa muosQ 3. One day he fled the jail by jumping over the wall at midnight.
vFkZ lfgr nh xbZ gSaA mudk lgh feyku dhft,%) 4. America
1. (c) 2. (e) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. He wanted to go to laboratory for doing experiment.
5. (f) 6. (h) 7. (g) 8. (d) D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
E. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that fol- 1. Methods to make sea water potable.
low: (uhps fn, x, xn~;ka'k dks if<+, vkSj ml ij vk/kfjr iz'uksa dk mÙkj 2. He had done a great duty to humanity.
nhft,%) 3. The prisoner was set free on the favourable recommendations
1. When I completed my life. of the jail officials.
2. God 4. It resulted in suspension of a few staffers.
5. "As you know I have been a student of science and during my
3. To think about God.
stay at the jail, I had invented methods on how to make sea
4. Do it yourself.
water potable. It was the reason escaped, "said Patrick.
5. To pray God.
"I see."
F. Join each pair of the following sentences using "not only .... but 6. The jail officer exclaimed, "Bravo Patrick! You have indeed done
also": ("not only .... but also" dk iz;ksx djosQ fuEufyf[kr izR;sd okD; ;qXe a great duty to humanity, therefore, you should be suitably
dks tksfM+,%) rewarded by being set free."
2. He is not only foolish but also obstinate. In a few days, the prisoner was set free on the favourable
3. He is not only healthy but also wealthy. recommendations of the jail officials.
4. She not only passed in Grade A but also won a scholarship. E. Fill in the blanks with the correct relative pronouns from the
5. He was not only fined but also sent a prison. bracket: (dks"Bd esa ls lgh relative pronouns ls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%)
6. Game are not only good for the body but good for the mind. 1. Who 2. that 3. which 4. which 5. whom
G. Write to opposite gender for the following: (fuEufyf[kr osQ foifjr F. Join each of the following pairs of sentences using a relative
fyax fyf[k,%) pronoun: (fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa osQ izR;sd ;qXe dks relative pronoun dk iz;ksx
1. Poetess 2. Peasants 3. Horse 4. Son djosQ tksfM+,%)
5. Wife 6. Aunt 7. Mamma 8. Authoress Do it yourself.
9. Actress 10. Cow Test Yourself
Test Yourself Lesson : 12
Lesson : 11 A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh mÙkj ij (P) yxkb,%)
A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh mÙkj ij (P) yxkb,%) 1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c)
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b) B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T' 1. tall man 2. hungry 3. taking
vkSj vlR; osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%) 4. door 5. bedroom
1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T) C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T'
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) vkSj vlR; osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
1. Patric was a prisoner. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (F)
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%)
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 1. Three people 4. People were both amazed and frightened to see a man running
2. Chinky stark naked. As he ran, he shouted, "Eurreka!, Eurreka!" which
3. They went for a walk in the woods. is Greek for, "I have found it! I have found it! All the people
4. First, she took a spoonful of porridge from the big bowl. Then gaped open-mouthed at the sight. The ladies were horrified.
Chinkey tasted the porridge from the little bowl. 5. King Hiero of Syracuse had won many wars. He celebrated each
5. In the bedroom, they saw Chinkey fast asleep in Baby's bed. victory by offering gifts to the gods.
E. Write the opposites: (foykse fyf[k,%) 6. But the king had a suspicion that the goldsmith had mixed
1. hide 2. disability 3. deny silver with the gold. He wanted to test the purity of the gold
4. simple 5. dislike 6. fertile. without damaging the crown. How was that possible? In order
F. Choose the appropriate conjunction given in the box below and to check the extent of impurity in the gold the beautiful crown
fill in the blanks: (uhps fn, ckWDl esa ls mi;qDr conjunction Nk¡Vdj fjDr would have to be melted. But the king wanted to avoid it.
LFkku Hkfj,%) 7. He placed the crown in a vessel filled with water and then
1. Either, or 2. Though 3. that measured the raised level of water. He repeated this with an
4. and 5. as well as 6. still 7. so equal mass of pure gold. He also measured the raised water-
8. but 9. otherwise 10. but level on placing an equivalent amount of pure silver. The mass
Test Yourself of pure gold proved heavier than the crown, while the mass of
pure silver was lighter than it. The crown was neither pure gold
Lesson : 13 not pure silver. The goldsmith who had made the crown was
A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh mÙkj ij (P) yxkb,%) punished. It was noticed by the difference between that three
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) measurements. So one of the most ingenious discoveries of the
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) ancient world had its origin in a bath tub!
1. tall man 2. hungry 3. taking
F. Write plurals of the following: (fuEufyf[kr osQ cgqopu fyf[k,%)
4. door 5. bedroom
1. leaders 2. senses 3. faces
C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T'
4. pitches 5. goals 6. qualities.
vkSj vlR; osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
G. Change the following sentences from Active Voice to Passive
1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (F)
Voice: (fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa dks Active Voice ls Passive Voice esa cnfy,%)
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%)
1. A book stories were sent to me by her.
1. He was born here in 287 B.C.
2. A telegram am had already sent by me.
2. He attained exceptional fame in the twin fields of Mathematics
3. The truth was spoken by her.
and Geometry.
4. The news was published by the people.
3. As a boy, Archimedes liked to play with figures and numbers.
5. The plan was landed safely by the pilot.
However, it did not mean that he was not interested in playing
6. They were waited by us.
with other children of his age. It only indicated that he was
7. The clothes been washed by her?
fascinated with the exciting world of science. Geometrical
8. Were the many languages been learnt by her at school?
figures and mathematical numbers were to him, what toys and
9. The stranger was not cheated by the beggar.
games were to his friends. He used to draw symbols and
10. Was the river been crossed by them easily.
designs, such as circles, squares and triangles, on the ground,
and study them with keen interest.
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 Test Yourself Test Yourself
Lesson : 14 Lesson : 15
A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh mÙkj ij (P) yxkb,%) A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (a) 1. trapped 2. ahead 3. family
4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (b) 4. eat 5. Thanks
B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T' B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T'
vkSj vlR; osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%) vkSj vlR; osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 1. (F) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F)
C. Answer the following questions in one word: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ C. Match the words of Column 'A' with Column 'B': (LrEHk 'A' osQ 'kCnksa
mÙkj ,d 'kCn esa nhft,%) dk LrEHk 'B' ls feyku dhft,%)
1. wind 2. kite 3. string of his kite 1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (e) 4. (b) 5. (c)
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%) D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%)
1. Where the wind comes from, 1. In the cage.
Where the wind goes. 2. For taking reward.
2. It would blow with the wind 3. Because lion was hungry.
3. I should know that the wind 4. Closes the doors of the cage.
Had been going there too. 5. Jackal.
4. I couldn't keep up with it, E. Find the animal names hidden in the words below: (uhps fn, x,
Not if I ran. 'kCnksa esa fNis tkuojksa osQ uke crkb,%)
E. Here are given some pictures. Tick (P) those showing the use of Do it yourself.
wind: (;gk¡ oqQN fp=k fn, x, gSaA mu ij (P) dk fpg~u yxkb,] ftuesa gok F. Fill in the blanks using has/have and correct form of the verb giv-
dk iz;ksx gksrk gSA) en in the bracket: (Has/Have vkSj dks"Bd esa nh xbZ fozQ;k osQ lgh :i ls
fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%)
1. have learnt 2. has abused 3. has played
4. has crooked 5. has, come 6. has opened
P P P 7. have, finished 8. has caught 9. Have, reached
F. What happened when you flew the kite for the first time? Write 10. Have, heard 11. Has, gone 12. Has left
few lines: (D;k gqvk Fkk tc vkius igyh ckj irax mM+kbZ Fkh\ oqQN iafDr;ksa esa G. Write the names of six wild animals: (N% taxyh tkuojksa osQ uke fyf[k,%)
fyf[k,%) 1. Tiger 2. wolf 3. zebra
Do it yourself. 4. Gorilla 5. Leopard 6. Hippopotamus
G. Fill in the blanks with the right words given in the brackets: (dks"Bd Test Yourself
esa fn, x, lgh 'kCn ls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%)
Lesson : 16
1. learnt 2. heard 3. reached 4. read
A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
5. seen 6. written 7. stopped
1. happy 2. suitable 3. woman
4. could not find 5. madness
B. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%)

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 1. She suffered from the poverty of her apartment, the shabby 4. He had not played a trick me.
walls, the worn chair and the faded stuffs. She had a rich friend, 5. My uncle had worked in this factory for three years.
a schoolmate at the convent, whom she did not like to visit. 6. You had prepared well for the examination.
2. She want to her friend's house and related her story of distress.
3. Madame Forestier took out a large jewel case and gave her to
Test Yourself
choose. Lesson : 17
4. They sent away the maid; they changed their lodgings. She A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
washed of dishes others. The husband worked evenings and 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b)
nights. B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
5. Madame Forestier took both her hands as she said, "Oh, my 1. Vain 2. attention to rule his kingdom
poor Matilda! Mine were false. They were not worth over five 3. appropriate 4. the king's chamber beard a
hundred francs!" 5. His hand to his mouth in
C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; dFku osQ fy, 'T' 6. Fierce storm and the Tamarind tree was blown.
vkSj vlR; dFku osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%) 7. several years in the forest.
1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (F) 5. (F) C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mRrj nhft,%)
D. Who said and to whom? (fdlus dgk vkSj fdlls\) 1. He was handsome but very vain. He looked at himself constantly,
1. Here is something for you. Husband Matilda in mirror, in pools of water, even in other people's eyes when
2. I have to wear such a thing as that. Matilda Husband they spoke to him.
3. What is the matter with you? Husband Matilda 2. He boasted one day in court, I'm probably more handsome
4. You should have returned them to me. than all the gods."
Madam Foresfier Matilda Unfortunately for the king, a particularly bad tempered god
5. I have had some hard days. Matilda Madam happened to be flying by and was very annoyed at what he heard.
Foresfier 3. When the king awoke the next morning he followed his
E. Divide these sentences into subject and predicate: (bu okD;ksa dks normal routine. First he drew his mirror out from under his
subject vkSj predicate esa vyx&vyx dhft,%) pillow and looked into it. Suddenly the guards outside the
king's chamber heard a loud shriek. They came rushing in to
Subject Predicate
find the king sitting upright in bed with a large pillow on his
Our teacher has wavy brown hair.
head.
The whole family goes to church on Sunday. 4. As they backed away, he shouted after them, send for the royal
The two chimpanzees escaped from the zoo. barber immediately.
We had learned our lesson. 5. "Barber, I am about to show you something. But if you talk
A thief was taken to the police station. about it to a single living soul, I will have you flogged and hanged.
6. That night there was a fierce storm and the Tamarind tree was
F. Rearrange the following words to make meaningful sentences: (,d blown down. The king was informed through the door, for he
vFkZiw.kZ okD; cukus osQ fy, 'kCnksa dks iqu% O;ofLFkr dhft,%) would not see anyone, and he commanded, the tree to be given
1. She had died of malaria. to the royal musician to make a drum from the trunk and play
2. We had finished our work before noon. it, outside my door.
3. You have worked honestly for two years. Soon the drum made of Tamarind wood was ready. The courtiers
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 assembled outside the king's door and the royal musician began
to play. But instead of the dhum, dhum, dhum that everyone
expected, the Tamarind drum intoned, "The raja has horns on
his head. The raja has horns on his head. The raja has horns on
his head. The raja has horns on his head." The court burst out
laughing and the king cried with rage.
7. The king lived for several years in the forest. He gradually
learnt about the beauty of the world around him. He learnt to
care for creatures smaller than himself. He grew strong wise
and selfless. His only companion was the Tamarind drum, and
when he beat it, gave him all the advice and experience of the
old tree. He learnt to play it so beautifully that even the spirits
of the trees were charmed. The people of the Kingdom went to
meet the god who had given him the horns."
"Forgive him,' they begged", he has changed. Remove his horns
and give him back his kingdom."
The god waved his hands and the horns disappeared.
8. yes, the barber kept his head, but lost his job!
D. Who said this? (fdlus dgk\)
1. King 2. King 3. Barber
4. King 5. The people of kingdom
E. Use the following words in your sentences: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa dk vius
okD;ksa esa iz;ksx dhft,%)
1. After an hour, my attention started to wander.
2. He complained that he had seen receiving malicious phone calls.
3. He suddenly let out a piercing shriek.
4. Traditionally, tamarind was used to impart tangerines to dish.
5. Two man were shot during fierce fighting last weakened.
F. Write the rhyming words of the following: (fuEufyf[kr osQ rqdkar 'kCn
fyf[k,%)
Do it yourself.
G. In the following sentences point out the object: (fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa esa
object Nk¡fV,%)
1. build nest 2. Know him 3. is going to Delhi
4. is on the table 5. promised him 6. bought a doll for Mini

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 began to distribute among the people.
Blooming Buds Book-8 4. The leaves of the tree became dry and fell on the ground. The
priest then asked for an axe. The axe was brought and he began
Lesson : 1 to chop the dry tree. After the tree was cut down, he carried
A. Complete the lines of the poem: (dfork dh iafDr;ksa dks iwjk dhft,%)
the tree on his shoulder and walked away. Nobody knew where
You cast so much spell on my mind, my friend
he came from and where he went.
At the end of the deep dark night.
5. The leaves of the tree became dry and fell on the ground. The
You came to awake me up
priest then asked for an axe. The axe was brought and he began
With the touch of pure light.
to chop the dry tree. After the tree was cut down, he carried
B. Match the rhyming words: (rqdkar 'kCnksa dk feyku dhft,%)
the tree on his shoulder and walked away. Nobody knew where
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (e) 5. (d)
he came from and where he went.
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
6. When the priest was performing his magic, the farmer also had
1. The darkness of the night.
gone to see his tricks, leaving his cart full of pears. The priest
2. At the end of the deep dark night.
had simply distributed the pears from his cart. Even the handle
3. The dark night of the night.
of his cart was chopped and taken away.
4. All the illusions and dreams disappeared.
7. The farmer was mad with fury. He was screaming and
5. Sun
shouting, but the people were laughing until tears came out of
D. Write the synonyms of these words: (bu 'kCnksa osQ i;kZ;okph fyf[k,%)
their eyes. The farmer looked for the priest everywhere, but he
1. arrive 2. black 3. delight
was not found.
4. modest 5. rest 6. intense
D. Make sentences on your own using the words given below: (uhps
Lesson : 2 fn, x, 'kCnksa ls vius okD; cukb,%)
A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) 1. The troops were ordered to shoot to kill.
1. market 2. mean, greedy 3. farmer was 2. Why will super market carts never move in the direction that
4. shopkeeper 5. mad you push them in?
B. Say whether the following statements are true or false: (crkb, 3. The young man was by this time a sapling well fed from the old tree.
fuEufyf[kr dFku lR; gSa vFkok vlR;%) 4. It is just an old rag I had in the closet.
1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T) 6. (F) 5. Chop the onions and carrots roughly.
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) 6. She turned on the radio and heard the five O'clock pips.
1. Many years ago in Kathmandu, there lived a farmer who had E. Replace the word/words in coloured in the sentences given below,
a garden of pear trees. Those pears were very sweet. The farmer choosing the right words from the box: (ckWDl esa ls lgh 'kCn pqudj
used to take those fruits to the market when they were riped. okD;ksa esa jaxhu 'kCnksa osQ LFkku ij jf[k,%)
By selling the fruits, the farmer used to earn his living. 1. The dwarf pulled out his leg with all his might.
2. He got so annoyed with the farmer that he bought one pear 2. She slipped and fell on the stage while performing a dance.
and gave it to the priest. 3. He broke the glass of his own car in his wild anger.
3. Then the sapling grew into a tree. Flowers began to appear in 4. I had never seen such as uncommon and strange plant.
the branches, and soon the branches were full of pears; all fully 5. Those presents on the table are for distribution to the children.
ripened. Then the priest climbed the tree, plucked the fruit and 6. He was annoyed when the boys called him 'Fatty'.

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 7. The food was not ready, but the little brother insisted on giving 6. As soon as, Snow White took a bite from it, she at once fell
him some. down dead on the ground.
8. The captain had buried the ground and hidden the treasure in 7. Soon she saw a little cottage. There lived seven dwarfs. She got
this place. shelter and food there. In return she looked after their cottage
F. Join these pairs of negative sentences using neither... nor: and cooked food for them.
(Neither... nor dk iz;ksx djosQ bu udkjkRed okD; ;qXeksa dks tksfM+,%) 8. He fell in love with her at first sight and sadly he kissed her.
1. Neither the which nor the wizard was kind.
2. Neither Gurpreet nor Manjeet has won the race. And with this true love, a miracle happened. Snow White sat up
3. Neither the flats nor the bungalows have been sold. and saw the prince and she too fell in love with him.
4. Neither the girls nor he is playing cricket. D. Make as many words as you can with the letters of the following
5. Neither they nor he is fit to participate in the competition. word: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCn osQ v{kjksa ls ftrus 'kCn vki cuk ldrs gSa cukb,%)
Test Yourself Do it yourself.
E. Make sentences with the following words: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa ls okD;
Lesson : 3 cukb,%)
A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) 1. It was a great time magic.
1. which 2. lovelier 3. kill 4. cooked 2. The fruit turns red when it is ripe.
5. kind 6. poisoned 7. fell down dead 3. The plant produces a milky white sap when cut.
B. Tick (P) the right sentences: (lgh dFku ij (O) yxkb,%) 4. Her drink had been laced with a deadly poison.
5. Her sudden towering rages were terrifying.
1. (F) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F)
6. She looked at herself in the mirror.
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) F. Find out the meaning of the following words: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa osQ
1. The behaviour of the beautiful queen with the snow white was vFkZ Kkr dhft,%)
not good. 1. give a difference appearance.
2. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all. 2. in a secret way.
3. Snow White was becoming beautiful. She had milky white skin, 3. press against something
raven's black hair, and lips like ripe red cherries. 4. Violent uncontrollable anger.
5. someone who hunts animals with a gun.
4. Take princess Snow White deep into the forest, and kill her,"
6. to speak rapidly.
ordered the queen. and then bring me her heart, so that I will
7. to speak very softly.
know you have done your job properly.
8. The initiative in an action.
5. The huntsman told Snow White that he would take her to the 9. make a loud, high-pitched sound.
jungle and she would have fun there. She happily climbed up 10. act dishonestly or unfairly.
behind him on his horse. As they rode along deeper and deeper 11. make determined efforts to deal with.
into the forest, Snow White chattered about all the things she 12. feel or show sorrow for the death of someone.
saw. She jumped down and played in between a huge bunch of G. Circle the correct words within the brackets: (dks"Bd osQ vUnj osQ
flowers. While she was playing, the huntsman quietly led his lgh 'kCn ij xksyk cukb,%)
horse away and fled. 1. some 2. any 3. few 4. most 5. many

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H. Write the synonyms of the following words: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa osQ ls fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
i;kZ;okph fyf[k,%) 1. can 2. can 3. may 4. may 5. can
1. mature 2. affection 3. pretty Test Yourself
4. earliest 5. correct 5. youthful
Lesson : 5
A. Tick (P) the correct answer: (lgh mÙkj ij (P) yxkb,%)
Test Yourself 1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a)
Lesson : 4 B. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) 1. Sant Haridas.
1. kidnapped 2. missing Abhishek 3. Jaggu 2. Sant Haridas lived the auster life of a hermit in hut.
4. Probably 5. inconsolable 3. Akbar have to go to Sant Haridas hut do listen long.
B. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) 4. Do not come as the emperor of Hindustan.
1. The children were in for a shock when they returned home that 5. He offered to sing before his guru, and then as he sang he made
evening. Abhisek, the four-year old son of Mr Roy, their a deliberate mistake.
neighbour had been missing that afternoon. Everybody feared 6. God.
that the child had been kidnapped. 7. I sing at your command- the command of the Emperor of
2. The atmosphere instead had become grim with fear and concern. Hindustan. Guruji sings for the one who is the kings of kings!
Everywhere, discussion and enquiries revolved around His music springs from the depths of his soul, free and unasked
Abhishek. The majority suspected the tailor Jaggu to have done for. How can my music hope to reach those heights.
this mischief. His shop was closed. He was not to be seen in the area. C. Complete these words by adding 'ei' or 'ie': ('ei' vkSj 'ie' tksM+dj
3. Showed the children films of his life in the United States of 'kCnksa dks iwjk dhft,%)
America. They had been recorded by his video camera. He used 1. believe 2. piece 3. reign 4. friend
a tape recorder to let the children listen to the voice of his 5. patient 6. ancient 7. weigh 8. thief 9. audience
daughters. Uncle Joy explained the process of operating it to D. Look up the meanings of these words in the dictionary and make
the children. He even assigned them the task of recording some sentences with any three of them: ('kCndks'k esa bu 'kCnksa dk vFkZ ns[kdj buesa
sights of India. He wanted to carry them back with him to the USA. ls fdUgh rhu osQ okD; cukb,%)
4. They watched the children's recordings with great amusement. 1. I feel I have found my true vocation.
Suddenly, the officer sat up with a jolt. He had spotted in the 2. If she does not want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her.
film a suspicious figure entering a hut, carrying something 3. I have no musical talent.
wrapped in a blanket. As he reappeared, everybody recognised 4. This biography offers a few glimpses of his life before he
the missing tailor. became famous.
5. He gifted his video camera and tape recorder to these budding E. Choose words from the box to complete this rhyming poem of
detectives! similes: (ckWDl esa fn, x, 'kCnksa dh lgk;rk ls bu similes dforkvksa dks iwjk
C. Complete this crossword of sound words with the help of these clues: dhft,%)
(bu laosQrksa dh lgk;rk ls èoukRed 'kCnksa osQ n~okjk bl ozQkloMZ igsyh dks iwjk 1. peacock 2. river 3. milk 4. silk
dhft,%) 5. elephant 6. log 7. dog 8. dear
Do it yourself. F. Fill in the blanks with 'I' or 'me'. ('I' ;k 'me' osQ n~okjk fjDr LFkku
D. Fill in the blanks with 'can' or 'may': ('can' ;k 'may' dh lgk;rk Hkfj,%)

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 1. me 2. I 3. I 4. me 5. I 6. me, me 1. Kashmir, a state of India, is a land of snow-covered mountains,
Fun Time green forest, lovely lakes and beautiful gardens in the lap of the
G. Who uses the following? Circle the correct options. expanded Himalayas. That's why most of the people call it "The
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (c) Paradise on the Earth.
2. Kashmir is well. Known over the world for its charming cities
Test Yourself
of Srinagar, Gulmarg, Sonemarg and Pahalgam.
Lesson : 6 3. Srinagar is located between the hill of Hari Parbat and the rock
A. Complete the lines of the poem: (dfork dh iafDr;k¡ iwjh dhft,%) of Takht-e-Sulleman.
1. Let’s try to do the right, boys. 4. There are over 750 gardens in Kashmir. But Shalimar and
2. Let’s nobly stand by what is true. Nishat in Srinagar are most famous. People told us that
3. For he is true who tosses his best they were built by Noor Jahan, the queen of the Mughal
4. And makes the right, his aim. Emperor Jahangir. Kashmir has many other worth seeing
5. And win a good man’s name. spots too.
B. Choose the correct options and complete the following sentences: 5. Kashmir is world famous for its high quality handicrafts. The
(lgh fodYi pqfu, vkSj fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa dks iwjk dhft,%) art of Kashmiri wood carving especially on the walnut wood is
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. good. marvellous.
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) D. Match the words in Column A with their meaning in Column B:
1. We should try to do right. (LrEHk A osQ 'kCnksa dks LrEHk B esa muosQ vFkZ ls feykb,%)
2. Because it is right. 1. (d) 2. (f) 3. (e) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (c)
3. We should nobly stand by what is true. E. Fill in the blanks using few, a few, and fewer: (few, a few vkSj fewer
4. He is true who tosses his best. n~okjk fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%)
5. He makes the right him aim. 1. a few 2. fewer 3. few 4. A few 5. fewer
6. Try to do the right. F. Write the synonyms of the following words. (fUEufyf[kr 'kCnksa osQ
D. Write the meaning of the following words in Hindi: (fuEufyf[kr i;kZ;okph fyf[k,%)
'kCnksa osQ fganh esa vFkZ fyf[k,%) 1. head 2. snug 3. knee
1. mn~ns'; 2- lgh 3- thruk 4- lR; 5- Hkyeulh dh rjg 4. sacred 5. buy 6. hover
E. Match the words in column A with their opposites in column B: G. Write the antonyms of the following words. (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa osQ
(LrEHk A esa fn, x, 'kCnksa dk LrEHk B esa fn, muosQ foykse ls feyku dhft,%) foykse 'kCn fyf[k,%)
1. (d) 2. (e) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b) 1. vague 2. winter 3. shallow
4. dead 5. import 6. short
Test Yourself
H. Translate the following into English. (fuEufyf[kr dk vaxzsth esa vuqokn
Lesson : 7 dhft,%)
A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) fyxkb,%) 1. Kashmir is the paradise on Earth.
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 2. Tourists visits here.
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%) 3. The houseboat can be seen in the lakes.
1. India 2. Jammu 3. Hari Parbat, Takht-e-Sulleman 4. Jhelum river of Kashmir is very famous.
4. floating houseboat. 5. walnut 5. Valley of Kashmir is visible.
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)

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 Test Yourself 8. He worked hard because he wanted to win a scholarship.
9. Cats can climb trees but dogs cannot.
Lesson : 8 F. Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunctions. (mi;qDr conjunctions
A. Tick (P) the correct option and complete the following sentences: ls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%)
(lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb, vkSj okD; iwjs dhft,%) 1. or 2. and 3. but 4. and 5. and
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c)
B. Rewrite the following sentences after putting the words in the Test Yourself
correct orders: ('kCnksa dks lgh ozQe esa j[kus osQ ckn okD;ksa dks nksckjk fyf[k,%) Lesson : 9
1. Their houses stood on the bank of the Ganga river.
A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
2. He would often invite his friends through grand parties.
3. They want to earn more and more money. 1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (b)
4. You won't share your problem with me. B. State whether the following statements are true or false: (crkb,
5. He brought it home end opened it. fuEufyf[kr dFku lR; gSa ;k vlR;%)
C. Who said the following statements and to whom: (fuEufyf[kr dFku 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F)
fdlus dgs vkSj fdlls\) C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
1. Radhika asked Madhvi 2. Radhika said to Madhvi 1. This is because light travels much faster than sound. In one
3. Madhvi said to Radhika 4. Radhika asked to Madhvi second light travels nearly 3,00,000 kilometers, and sound only
5. Madhvi said to Radhika about 330 meters.
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) 2. The moon does not give off any light of its own. It is not
1. there lived two friends in a small village near Patna. One of luminous. We see it because sunlight that strikes it, is reflected
them, Kishan was a fisherman while the other, Balram was a in our direction. Moonlight is really only second-hand sunlight.
boatman.
3. When light falls on a mirror, it bounches off in other directions.
2. He led a carefree life and spent whatever he earned. He would
often invite his friends and throw grand parties. The same thing happens when light falls on any object. You can
3. Kishan's wife Radhika always thought how her neighbour could not see any object unless light from that object enters your eyes.
enjoy so carefree life. 4. (i) non-luminous (ii) luminous (iii) luminous
4. Madhvi was Balram's wife. One afternoon she asked (iv) non-luminous (v) luminous
Madhavi, "How is it you are so carefree and gay, with a lot of 5. (i) transparent (ii) transparent (iii) transparent
money to spend? (iv) opaque (v) opaque
5. A magic of ninety-nine.
D. Combine together the following pairs of sentences by using in-
E. Join the following pairs of sentences using suitable conjunctions
finitives: (Infinitive dk iz;ksx djosQ fuEufyf[kr okD; ;qXeksa dks ,d lkFk
(mi;qDr conjunctions dk iz;ksx djosQ fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa osQ ;qXeksa dks tksfM+,%)
tksfM+,%)
1. I went to her house but she was not at home.
2. He worked hard yet he could not get good marks. 1. He sold his house to pay his loan.
3. You must walk fast otherwise you will miss the train. 2. Bhawna has gone to Agra to see the Taj.
4. She is rich yet she is not happy. 3. Every country has a government to look after its progress.
5. She must work hard otherwise she will fail in the examination. 4. There was no time to lose it.
6. Be punctual otherwise you will be fined. 5. Every cricket team has a captain to direct the other players.
7. Harshit is absent because he has fever.
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 Test Yourself Test Yourself
Lesson : 10 Lesson : 11
A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%) A. Choose the correct meanings for these lines from the poem: (dfork
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) esa ls bu iafDr;ksa osQ fy, lgh 'kCn pqfu,%)
1. (b) 2. (a)
B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
B. Write the opposite of these words. (bu 'kCnksa osQ foykse 'kCn fyf[k,%)
1. advise 2. fairly tales, story of adventure
1. Close 2. short 3. difficult 4. narrow
3. elephant 4. little world 5. foolish fight 5. light 6. take 7. go 8. inside
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) C. Complete these sentences about the poem in your own words.
1. They don't think of him as one who is eternally young. Age has When we read a book, somtimes: (dfork osQ fo"k; esa bu okD;ksa dks vius
not made him distant. 'kCnksa esa iwjk dhft,A tc ge ,d fdrkc i<+rs gSa] dHkh&dHkh%)
2. He wanted to talk to children about this beautiful world, about 1. words of wonder 2. melts away
flowers, and trees, birds and animals stars and mountains and 3. nature 4. other land or age 5. magic box
glaciers and all the other wonderful things that surround us in D. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. (ckWDl esa ls fn, x,
this world. 'kCnksa ls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%)
3. The world itself is the greatest fairy tale and story of adventure 1. what 2. where 3. how
that has ever been written. 4. who 5. when 6. why
4. This elephant came from Mysore and travelled all the way by Test Yourself
sea to Japan.
Lesson : 12
5. When it reached Tokyo, thousands of children came to see it.
A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
Many of them had never seen an elephant before.
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (b)
D. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions from the box:
B. State whether the following statements are true or false: (crkb,
(ckWDl esa ls mfpr preposition ls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%)
fuEufyf[kr dFku lR; gSa ;k vlR;%)
Kabir wanted to play cricket amongst the big boys. But they did not
1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F)
want to let him with their games.
C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
That day one of the boys, Firoj, had brought a new ball. As they played,
the new ball fell into the pond and got lost. The boys looked 1. Farmer was going to meet his childhood friend in nearby village.
everywhere for the ball; inside the pond, behind the weeds and in 2. Why are these man and woman walking?”, said one of the girl.
the bushes but they couldn't find it anywhere. “The donkey can carry one of them.
E. Make new sentences using the following words: (fuEufyf[kr 'kCnksa ls 3. He asked his wife to get on the donkey’s back. The farmer
u, okD; cukb,%) walked side by side.
1. Global warming is causing glaciers to melt. 4. Because on the way some old people said, “Look at that
2. She was silent for a moment before replying. woman”, they said, “She is riding the donkey. But the poor
farmer is walking.” The farmer heard this. He asked his wife to
3. I cannot believe that it is sensible to spend so much.
get down. Then he got on the donkey’s back. The wife walked
4. Can you imagine how it feels to be blind? side by side.
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 5. After a while, some woman came across them. “Look at that Lesson : 13
wife,” they said, “She looks very tired and look at the husband. A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
How heartless he is! Actually, the donkey can carry both of 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b)
them. Listening to this, the farmer asked his wife also to climb B. Fill in the blanks in the passage below with the words giving in the
up. The donkey carried both of them. box: (uhps fn, xn~;ka'k esa fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ ckWDl esa fn, x, 'kCnksa ls dhft,%)
6. After some distance, they saw some people on the road. “These Edison was one of the world's greatest inventor . He was born in
husband-wife are very cruel,” said one of the men. “Look at that 1847. He was an intelligent child. He loved to observe and
donkey. It is carrying two persons. It looks so tired. Really these experiment . His teacher did not think much of him, but his mother
persons should carry the donkey. knew that Tom was a very clever boy.
7. The farmer sat on the bank of the river became sad and disap C. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
pointed. “I made a mistake,” he said to his wife. “I tried to listen 1. He was trying to find out if he can hatch eggs.
and follow everyone. That was foolishness. Next time when I 2. At the age of eight, the boy had set up his own laboratory and
will do something, I’ll do it my own way.” started his experiments.
D. Change the following sentences as directed: (funsZ'kkuqlkj okD;ksa dks 3. He lost many jobs, but this was not because of his laziness in
cnfy,%) fact, he worked very hard. But he spent a lot of time
1. The patient has just taken the medicine. experimenting in order to find out new things; so his employers
felt that he was wasting his time.
2. She has not cooked the food.
4. This is called telegraphy. But in those days only one message
3. I have written a letter to my brother.
could be sent at a time along a wire. Edison worked hard in
4. Have you failed in the examination twice? order to make it possible to send more than one message at the
5. They have shown their homework yet. same time and he succeeded.
6. have we packed our luggage? 5. This was, no doubt an important invention but it was only a
E. Fill in each of the following blanks with the Present Perfect Tense beginning. Soon Edison gave up his job in order to spend all
of the verb given in brackets: (dks"Bd esa nh xbZ fozQ;k osQ Present his time in the laboratory, experimenting and inventing. In
Perfect Tense ls fuEufyf[kr izR;sd [kkyh LFkku dks Hkfj,%) 1869, he went to New York, where he improved a machine
1. have finished 2. has gone 3. have told for sending messages. General Efforts wanted to buy the new
4. has been 5. have forgotten 6. has gone invention. The General was sure that it was extremely useful.
So he offered Edison 40,000 dollars for the invention. Edison
F. Rewrite each of the following sentences in the Present Perfect
was surprised. It was a very large sum of money, and he had
Tense: (fuEufyf[kr okD;ksa dks Present Perfect Tense esa iqu% fyf[k,%)
thought that he would be able to sell the new machine for only
1. He has kept his promise. about 4,000 dollars.
2. Has your friend helped you? 6. Edison produced the first talking machine. It looked very
3. I have done my duty well. funny, but it could talk. The modern gramophone is only an
4. Why haven't you worked hard? improvement on this talking machine.
5. Where have you seen her? 7. When he died in 1931, the electric lights were turned off for
6. She has washed her clothes. a while in many American homes as a mark of respect for the
man who had given those lights.

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Now complete the following sentences using the verb in the Present the verb given in the brackets: (dks"Bd esa nh xbZ fozQ;k osQ Future
Perfect Tense. Perfect Continuous Tense ls fjDr LFkku Hkfj,%)
1. The doctor has been examining the patient for over ten minutes. 1. have been running 2. have been sitting
2. Who has been waiting at the door for twenty minutes? 3. has been preparing 4. has been learning
3. I have not been seen her for two hours. I wonder where she is. 5. have been waiting 6. have not been practicing
4. Since when have you been suffering from fever? Test Yourself
5. Has she been finishing her work and she is going home now.
6. I have been bringing all your books. Please take them. Lesson : 15
A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
Test Yourself 1. (c) 2. (a)
B. Discuss in class: (d{kk esa fopkj&foe'kZ dhft,%)
Lesson : 14
1. Do it yourself.
A. Tick (P) the correct option: (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
2. Keep a poem in your pocket
1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (d)
B. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) and a picture in your head
and you'll never feel lonely
1. One year the Mahto castes elders took the money they had
at night when you're in bed.
collected from the fines of the previous fifteen months and
3. The little poem will sing to you
bought a petromax lantern at the Ramnavmi Fair. Altogether
the little picture bring to you
there were eight caste Panchayats in the village. Each had its
a dozen dreams to dance to you
own separate meeting place, with cotton rugs to spread on
at night when you're in bed.
the floor and a petromax lantern, which the villagers called a
C. Work in pairs and talk about the following: (tksM+ksa esa dk;Z dhft,
panchlight.
vkSj fuEufyf[kr osQ ckjs esa ckr dhft,%)
2. Brahmins always acted superior like that. In their own homes
Do it yourself.
they called a mere oil and wick lamp an electric bulb, but
someone else's panchlight was just a lantern. Test Yourself
3. The people of the caste gazed at their leaders with respect. But
Lesson : 16
at the eleventh hour there was a hitch. Someone brought three
bottles of kerosene from the shop of Ghanshyam Das, and then A. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
the question arose: Who was going to light the panchlight? 1. Anish, Ravish 2. heard sound from
4. Not that no one in the village could light a panchlight. There 3. Chick-wee, chick-wee 4. gold leaf
was a panchlight in every caste panchayat, and there were 5. high position 6. green leaf
people who knew how to light them.
B. Who said and to whom? (fdlus dgk vkSj fdlls\)
5. He says he can't trust the elders. He says if the machine doesn't
work you'll make him pay a fine." 1. Ravish 2. Bord 3. Bird
6. The headman called Gopal to his side and spoke to him with 4. Bird 5. Anish
great affection, "You have saved the reputation of the caste. Your C. Rearrange the sentences in the right order to make up a story.
seven sins are forgiven. Sing filmy songs as much as you like.'' Write the numbers correctly in the boxes. (,d dgkuh cukus osQ fy,
C. Fill in the blanks with the Future Perfect Continuous Tense of okD;ksa dks iqu% O;ofLFkr dhft,A lgh la[;k ckWDl esa fyf[k,%)

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 1. A bird flew out and said, "What shall I bring for you?" (1) Word Masculine Feminine Neuter
2. The bird gave a gold and a green leaf to both of them. (2) .......................... ..........................
3. Ravish was quiet and patient. (3) Lady Feminine
....... .......
4. Ravish was satisfied to take the green leaf and .......................... ..........................
Book Neuter
Anish took the gold leaf. (4) ....... .......
.......................... ..........................
5. Anish committed the mistake. (5) Actress Feminine
....... .......
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) ..........................
..........................
Coat Neuter
1. Anish and Ravish. ....... .......
2. Ravish was happy, quiet and patient and Anish always .......................... ..........................
King Masculine
grumbled and quarrelled. ....... .......
.......................... ..........................
3. "A gold leaf of course," said Anish quickly. Brother Masculine
....... .......
"A green leaf," said Ravish. .......................... .......................... ..........................
Sun
4. Anish broke a small piece from his leaf and sold it in the ....... ....... .......
market. "What's this?" The leaf immediately become whole .......................... ..........................
Headmaster Masculine
again. He was continuously selling the pieces of gold leaf and ....... .......
became a very rich person. He bought a big new house for .......................... ..........................
Mouse Masculine
himself with all the luxuries. On the other side Ravish had got ....... .......
all the happiness and satisfaction even though he sang as he F. Write the plurals of these words. (bu 'kCnksa osQ cgqopu fyf[k,%)
repaired his old shoes in his old or small house. People came
1. Wolves 2. Tractors 3. Leaves
and sat for sometime with him and felt happiness and
satisfaction within them. So he became popular day by day. 4. Birds 5. Cities 6. Stories
The king heard about him. He also came and sat with him. 7. Sheep 8. Foxes 9. Buses
He felt a big change within him. The king offered him a high 10. Scooters 11. Offices 12. Logs
position in the royal court.
Test Yourself
5. He plotted to cheat Ravish. At the time when Ravish was
returning back to his home, two masked persons took away Lesson : 17
his green leaf. A. Tick (P) the correct option. (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
6. The king offered him a high position in the royal court. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c)
7. Two masked persons. B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
8. Ravish. 1. wise, learned 2. ancestors 3. month
E. Write whether these are Masculine, Feminine or Neuter gender: 4. sad death 5. six months
(;s Masculine, Feminine vFkok Neuter gender esa D;k gS\ fyf[k,%) C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; osQ fy, 'T' vkSj
vlR; osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F)
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D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%) the barber. Both the plotters perished on the same day in the
1. There were nine wise men in his court. They were called the same fire.
Navaratnas (nine jewels). E. Now form the opposites of the words below by prefixing un–, in–,
2. The other courtiers of the emperor's court were jealous of il–, ir–, or im–. You may consult a dictionary if you wish: (izR;;
Birbal. They wanted to get rid of him. One day they all met un–, in–, il–, ir–, vFkok im– dk iz;ksx djosQ uhps osQ 'kCnksa osQ foykse
together to find a way to ruin Birbal. 'kCn cukb,A ;fn vkidh bPNk gks] rks vki 'kCndks'k dk iz;ksx dj ldrs gSa%)
3. Ali went to the emperor's barber. He gave him some gold un true in adequate un patriotic im possible
coins and promised him more if he would help to execute a in tolerant in active il logical un disputed
plan to get rid of Birbal. Ali explained the plan in detail to in accessible ir regular un demanding im permanent
the greedy barber. Ali said to him, "The next time when you
will go for emperor's hair cut, tell him that you had dreamt
Test Yourself
a dream; tell that you saw the emperor's father and Lesson : 18
grandfather in the heaven. They looked very sad and A. Tick (P) the correct option. (lgh fodYi ij (P) yxkb,%)
wanted Birbal's company in heaven for sometime. The 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (a)
emperor would definitely kill Birbal and send him to heaven. B. Fill in the blanks: (fjDr LFkkuksa dh iwfrZ dhft,%)
Then I shall give you more gold coins". 1. Khalajan 2. swallowed
4. When his hair had grown sufficiently long, he decided to go 3. same evening, an old banyan tree.
back to the Court. One day he presented himself before the 4. God 5. Panchayat
emperor in the court. C. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements: (lR; osQ fy, 'T' vkSj
5. "Your majesty, "said Birbal, "With the grace of God I am vlR; osQ fy, 'F' fyf[k,%)
back." 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T)
D. Answer the following questions: (fuEufyf[kr iz'uksa osQ mÙkj nhft,%)
"Now tell me all about your journey. How is my father and 1. I cannot live here any longer and listen to these insults.
grandfather? Are all my people well and happy?," asked Akbar. Kindly give me a monthly allowance so that I can set up a
Akbar was impatient. separate kitchen.
"Are they in need of something, Birbal?," asked Akber. 2. Jumman had an old Khalajan who had some property. This
"Your majesty, you should know that ever since people started she transferred to him on the understanding that she would
to go to heaven, not even one barber has entered the place. So, stay with him and he would look after her. The arrangement
some of your ancestors have beards that sweep the ground. worked well for a couple of years. Then the situation changed.
Jumman and his family were tired of the old relative. Jumman
6. The emperor understand the words of his minister. "It will be
became as indifferent to her as his wife, who grudged even
done as you say," Akbar said.
the little food that the old lady wanted everyday. She
The court barber was called in, but before Akbar could say swallowed these insults along with her foods for a few months
anything, the barber fell on the emperor feet and told him But patience has its limits.
about the evil plan of the wicked minister Ali. The emperor 3. Because Algu had taken decision against Jumman Sheikh.
was very much angry to hear it. Akbar was in no mood to spare 4. Some sympathised with her, other laughed at her and a few
them. He ordered his men to prepare a funeral pyri for Ali and other advised her to make it up with her nephew and his wife.
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 5. Jumman must pay his Khalajan monthly allowance, or else
the property goes back to her."
6. One of his fine pair of bullocks died, and he sold the other to
Samjhu Sahu, a cart driver of the village. The understanding
was that Sahu would pay the price of the bullock in a month's
time. It so happened that the bullock died within a month.
Several month after the bullock's death, Algu reminded Sahu
of the money, he hadn't yet paid.
7. The Panchayat was held under the same old banyan tree. Algu
stood up and said, "The voice of the Panch is the voice of
God. Let Sahu nominate the head panch. I will abide by his
decision."
Sahu saw his chance and proposed the name of Jumman.
8. After listening both of you, the Panchayat has decided that
Sahu have to pay Algu Chowdhry the full price for the
bullock. The animal was perfectly healthy when it was sold to
Sahu. It was his negligence that resulted in its death.
Algu could not contain his feelings. He stood up and said
loudly over and over again, "Panch Permeshwer ki Jai. This is
true justice. God lives in the voice of the Panch.
E. Add 'ever' to the following sentences: (fuEufyf[kr okD; esa 'ever'
tksfM+,%)
1. Have you ever heard such a story?
2. He said that mine was the best ever essay he had read.
3. I don't think ever I shall understand this.
4. If you need a friend, you can rely ever on me.
5. Nobody tells me what is ever happy.
F. Look at the following phrases and their meanings. Use the
phrases to fill in the blanks in the sentences given below.
(fuEufyf[kr okD;k'kksa dks vkSj muosQ vFkZ dks nsf[k,A bu okD;k'kksa dk iz;ksx
djosQ uhps fn, x, okD;ksa esa fjDr LFkkuksa dks Hkfj,%)
1. set down 2. set out 3. set up
4. set in 5. set aride

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