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Module 6 Section Name What I Will Learn Dictation Sentence dictation Vocabulary Vocabulary in context Grammar Articles Formal Writing Friendly letter Creative Writing Picture-based writing Dictation Exercise 1: Sentence dictation 1)  2)  3)  4)  5)  Module 1 1

PR Vocabulary Q Vocabulary in context Exercise 2.1: Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words from the brackets. 1) I am very thirsty, but my _____________________ (plate/bottle) is empty. 2) I spilt milk when I was pouring it from the _____________________ (jug/spoon). 3) Here is my _____________________ (bowl/spoon). Please give me some more ice cream in it. 4) My aunt served the rice on a large _____________________ (jug/plate). 5) My sister asked me to finish the curry left in the _____________________ (plate/ pan). 6) May I take a _____________________ (spoon/pan) to have the soup? Exercise 2.2: Colour the shapes next to the correct meanings of the underlined words. Use the context clues in the sentences. One is done for you. 1) The delightful aroma of food made me hungry. sound stink smell 2) Mala was inaudible. The teacher asked her to speak louder. could be heard clearly could not be heard very annoying 3) The prince and the pauper had very different lives. The prince was wealthy, and the pauper was not. a very poor person a rich person a well-to-do person 2

4) My little brother always pesters me instead of letting me work in peace. disturbs helps plays with 5) December is a chilly month; we all need warm clothes. comfortable sunny cold 6) Sim is a very warm person; she has always been a great friend to me. cruel hot loving Grammar Articles Articles are words that point out nouns or groups of nouns. There are three articles in English. Articles a an the ‘A’ is used before singular words that begin with a a man consonant sound. an umbrella Examples: a tree, a man, a uniform ‘An’ is used before singular words that begin with a vowel sound (the first letter may or may not be 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o' or 'u'). Examples: an x-ray, an umbrella, an elephant Module 6 3

The article ‘the’ is used in the following cases. the Parliament House in Delhi • before a word that has been mentioned earlier Example: I met a girl on a bus. The girl was a swimming champion. • before a word that is unique Examples: the Sun, the Moon • before the names of rivers, mountains, seas and so on Examples: the Himalayas, the Ganges Exercise 3.1: Match the pictures to the correct articles. One is done for you. 1) a 2) 3) an 4) 5) the 6) 4

Exercise 3.2: Colour the circles with the correct articles and complete the sentences. One is done for you. 1) She ate only a an ice cream for lunch. 2) My friend gifted me the a small toy car on my birthday. 3) Rita eats the an egg every day. 4) Let us go to a the school playground. 5) Ram has a an large box of chocolates. 6) We visited the an Gateway of India when we were in Mumbai. Exercise 3.3: The following sentences have incorrect articles. Rewrite the sentences by using the correct articles. One is done for you. 1) Piyush has an pet dog at home. Ans. Piyush has a pet dog at home. 2) My uncle had an long life. Ans.    3) A necklace that Iram is wearing looks lovely. Ans.   4) Danish is a simple man with an unique point of view. Ans.   Module 6 5

5) Great storms occur in a southern part of India. Ans.   6) Yes, I am a artist. Ans.  Definite and indefinite articles Imagine that you have a plate of biscuits in front of you. There are many types of biscuits: salty biscuits, coconut biscuits, chocolate-chip biscuits and so on. Now, let us use these biscuits to understand the difference between definite and indefinite articles. Read the following sentences. • I want a biscuit. • I want the chocolate-chip biscuit. The first sentence is about any of the biscuits that are on the plate. So, we use the indefinite article ‘a’. The second sentence is about a particular or definite biscuit. So, we use the definite article ‘the’. Remember • ‘The’ is used for both singular and plural nouns. Examples: the chocolate-chip biscuit, the chocolate-chip biscuits • ‘A’ and ‘an’ are used for singular nouns only. Examples: a biscuit, an aeroplane • We use the article ‘a’ before nouns like ‘unicorn’ because the first sound is that of a consonant. ‘An’ is used before nouns like ‘honest’ and ‘hour’ because they start with a vowel sound. 6

Exercise 3.4: Underline the articles. Then, write 'I' for indefinite articles and 'D' for the definite article in each sentence. One is done for you. 1) We have a pet cat. I 2) Give me the book that is next to you. 3) I need to complete this work before the class ends. 4) I saw an ostrich. 5) This is the dog that bit Ramya. 6) I need to buy a new pair of shoes. Formal Writing Friendly letter We write friendly letters to our friends and close family members. These are informal letters. The tone of an informal letter is relaxed and friendly. Read the given sample of a friendly letter. Use this sample to observe the different parts of a friendly letter. Module 6 7

Salutation/ 403 Prajvi Apartments Sender's address Greeting Gachibowli You can use Hyderabad Date a person’s first name. 19 October 2019 Introduction In the first Body Dear Lila, paragraph, This is the part explain why between the Thank you for the birthday card! you are writing. introduction It was very pretty. I put it up next Remember to use and the closing to our photo so that I could see it friendly language. paragraph. You every day. talk about the Closing main idea of the Guess what Mummy and Papa paragraph letter here. got me for my birthday? A Harry Ask a question Potter book! It is the first one, and or make a Signature the story is so exciting to read! Do suggestion so that Sign your name. not worry, we can read it again the person can How you sign off together when we meet during the send a reply. shows how you holidays. feel about the person to whom Please ask your parents if they you are writing. would let you bring your dolls. I cannot wait to see you again! We are going to have so much fun! Lots of love, Ruby Exercise 4: Veeru is planning to celebrate Makar Sankranti by flying kites and eating special sweets. He wishes to invite his best friend, Ali, to celebrate with him. Complete the invitation letter that Veeru wrote to Ali by filling in the gaps. 34 Lane No. 5 Guldastah Lucknow – 226012 12 January 2019 Dear _________________, How are you? I am writing this letter to ______________________________________________ 8

__________________________________________________________________________________. The celebrations are next week. This festival is very special. We celebrate it by ___________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________. Please come for the celebrations. It would be ______________________________________ _______________________________________________________. I will ask my mother to make __________________________________________________________________________________. I hope you can ___________________________________________________________________. Awaiting your reply, Your friend, ___________________ Creative Writing Picture-based writing Exercise 5: Look at the pictures given below. Describe what activity each person is doing.  Porus Module 6 9

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Now, write five sentences about the importance of outdoor games and activities. You can use the words and phrases given below as hints. healthy fresh fit routine fun time with mind activities friends  Module 6 11

Module 7 Section Name What I Will Learn Dictation Word dictation Vocabulary Word groups Wordplay Grammar Verbs Formal Writing Subject and predicate Creative Writing Message writing Diary entry Dictation 3) Exercise 1: Word dictation 6) 1) 2) 9) 4) 5) 7) 8) 1221

PR Vocabulary Q Word groups Exercise 2.1: Write at least four words that belong to each word group. One is done for you. 1) fruits mango, orange, guava, pineapple 2) vegetables _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 3) flowers _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 4) vehicles _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 5) wild animals _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 6) clothes _________________________________________________________ Module 7 13

Wordplay If we replace ‘d’ in the word food with ‘t’, what new word do we form? Ans. t food foot If we replace ‘n’ in the word man with ‘t’, what new word do we form? Ans. mant mat If we replace 'o' in the word hot with 'a', what new word do we form? Ans. a hot hat Exercise 2.2: Change a letter in each word to form a new word. Colour the circle of the letter you are changing. One is done for you. 1)  c a k e –  lake 2) c a g e –  __________________ 3)  c a r e –  __________________ 4)  s a m e –  __________________ 5)  s e l l –  __________________ 6)  b e a t –  __________________ 14

Grammar Verbs Underline the main verbs and circle the helping verbs in the sentences given below. 1)  Do you want this book? 2)  Shreya is visiting Jaipur today. 3)  They were cooking together. 4)  Does Heena know you? Remember   Verbs are action words. They show the action that the noun does. Examples: •   Anup draws beautiful pictures. •  The flowers are fresh.  The verbs ‘is’, ‘are’, 'am', ‘was’, ‘were’ are also known as 'be' verbs. When these verbs are used with another verb they become helping verbs. Examples: •   She is sick today. •  I am happy.   Helping verbs do not show any action but help the main verbs to complete their meanings. The helping verbs that you have learnt are ‘is’, ‘are’, 'am', ‘was’, ‘were’, ‘do’ and ‘does’. Examples: •   He was playing in the park. •  She is feeling unwell. Exercise 3.1: Underline the main verbs and circle the helping verbs in the given paragraph. One is done for you. Meena loves dancing. She attends dance classes every week. Meena is practising for a dance competition in this picture. She is enjoying herself. Module 7 15

Parts of a sentence—subject, verb and object A sentence is made up of three parts. Sentence Subject Verb Object It is what or whom the It is the activity or It is the receiver of the sentence is about; it is action of the subject. subject's action—the somebody or something who/that does the action. thing or the person who is acted upon. Observe the subjects, verbs and objects in a few sentences. Sentence Subject Verb Object The snake caught a frog. The snake caught a frog. The children are singing songs. The children are singing songs. He was playing the guitar. He was playing the guitar. The students wear uniforms. The students wear uniforms. 16

Subject and predicate Read the following sentences. The family saw the The dog chased the cat. The girls met Rohan. giraffe. A sentence can be separated into two parts: Subject Predicate (verb+object) S VO The person or thing that we are talking about is known as the subject. Something more about that person or The subject is the doer of the action. thing is the predicate. This part states what the subject is or does. It always begins with a verb. Look at the table below for some more examples of subjects and predicates. Subject Predicate The words in bold are verbs. The family ate lunch. The dog was wearing a collar. The girls sang songs. Rohan eats cornflakes for breakfast. Module 7 17

Remember A meaningful and complete sentence needs both the subject and the predicate. Exercise 3.2: Split the sentences into their subjects, verbs and objects. Then, tick the words that make up the subjects. Put stars on the words that make up the predicates. One is done for you. Sentence Subject Verb Object 1) The lion chased the    mouse. The lion chased the mouse. 2) The men are washing clothes. 3) Ravi is flying a kite. 4) T he monkeys wore red caps. 5) S heela ate a banana. 6) Sheela kicked the ball. Exercise 3.3: Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences. Circle the subjects and underline the predicates of the sentences. One is done for you. 1) apple/shiny/the/looks Ans. The apple looks shiny. 18

2) was/bottle/table/the/kept/the/on Ans.   3) guilty/judge/him/found/the Ans.   4) those/themselves/helps/help/God/who Ans.   5) Mumbai/morning/I/tomorrow/leave/for/will Ans.   6) friends/best/of/one/is/he/my Ans.   Module 7 19

Exercise 3.4: Fill in the blanks with suitable subjects or predicates. One is done for you. 1) The girl is playing football. 2) The river ______________________________________. 3) ______________________________________ is really interesting. 4) ______________________________________ threw the ball. 5) The Sun ______________________________________. 6) ______________________________________ are extremely sweet! Formal Writing Message writing When an event is planned people send invitations to request their family and friends to be a part of the event. You can write a short message to accept or reject the invitation. Here are some sentence starters that you can use in a message. Saying 'yes' to an invitation That’s very kind of you. Thank you for the invitation. I would like to… I would love to come. Saying 'no' to an invitation I am so sorry, but I won't be able to come. I'd love to come, but... Unfortunately… I am sorry, but I don’t think I can… I wish I could, but …. 20

Your close friend is celebrating her ninth birthday and has invited you to a party. Here is a sample message that says that you cannot accept the invitation. Sorry I cannot be there at the party 15 December 5:30 P.M. Dear Sampriti, Thank you so much for inviting me to your birthday party! I would have loved to attend, but I have some plans with my grandparents the same night as your party. Since these plans were made earlier, I cannot cancel them now. I'm really sorry to inform you that I will not be able to come. Hope you have a great party! Happy birthday in advance. Love, Srikar Exercise 4: Your friend Imran's mother, Mrs Aziz, has invited you to watch the movie Wall-E at their house. Write a message accepting the invitation. _________________________________ _______________________________ ___________________ _______________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ Module 7 21

Creative Writing Diary entry Many people keep diaries. A diary is a book in which one can write about things that happen in their day-to-day lives, or special events. Many people write diary entries almost every day. People share their thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams in their diaries. Look at a sample of a diary entry. Greeting Friday, 11 November Day and date Name Dear Diary, Contents of the diary Today was such a horrible day! entry Nothing went right! I wish I could Diary entries are do it all over again. First, I forgot always written in the that I had to wear my white shoes first person, that is today. Mr Zubeidar, the strict with the pronoun 'I'. sports teacher, made me run three rounds of the ground before the assembly! Three! Then, I went to the classroom to find that I was late for the class. So, my class teacher made me stand outside the class. I have never had a worse day in my life! I hope such a day never repeats. Farhan 22

Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks with words, phrases or sentences to complete the diary entry. ________________________________, _______________ May Dear ________________________, I had a very interesting experience yesterday. I was playing with my friends, ________________________________ and ________________________________ when a little kitten ____________________________________________________________________________. I named her Barfi. When Mummy come home from work, _____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________. I begged her to let me keep Barfi. Finally, she said I could if Barfi did not belong to anyone. _______________________ Module 7 23

Module 8 Section Name What I Will Learn Dictation Sentence dictation Vocabulary Synonyms Grammar Tenses Formal Writing Explanatory writing Creative Writing Dialogue writing Dictation Exercise 1: Sentence dictation 1)  2)  3)  4)  5)  2442

PR Vocabulary Q Synonyms A synonym is a word or a group of words that has the same meaning or a similar meaning as another word. Exercise 2.1: Match the words in Column A with their synonyms in Column B. One is done for you. Column A Column B  a) inexpensive 1) brave b) uneven c) odd  d) pointed e) timid 2) cheap f) courageous  3) sharp  4) strange  5) rough  6) shy  Module 8 25

Exercise 2.2: Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with suitable synonyms. One is done for you. 1) Kabir shut the door behind him. Ans. Kabir closed the door behind him. 2) Meena wears beautiful dresses. Ans. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 3) We must behave ourselves and not be impolite. Ans. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 4) I was very unhappy when my dog died. Ans. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 5) Mira helped the aged woman to cross the road. Ans. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 6) The wealthy merchant built a big house. Ans. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 26

Grammar Tenses Read the sentences given below. Sam paints every day. Neha and Atif go to school My grandfather reads at seven o’clock. the newspaper in the afternoon. All these sentences describe actions that happen regularly or often. They are in the simple present tense. Can you think of an action that you do every day? Write a sentence for the activity that you do. 1)   Module 8 27

Remember  The simple present tense describes habits, events and actions that happen regularly or things that are always true. Rule: subject + base verb (+ '-s'/'-es') + object  Add ‘-s’ or ‘-es’ to verbs that follow ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’ and singular nouns.  Do not add ‘-s’ or ‘-es’ to verbs that come after ‘I’, ‘we’, ‘you’, ‘they’ or plural nouns. Examples: •  Heena jogs every morning. •  We go to Varanasi every year. Read the sentences given below. It rained last week. I cleaned my room Nupur mopped the floor yesterday. last night. All these sentences talk about finished or completed actions. They are in the simple past tense. Write an action that you did yesterday. 1)   28

Remember  The simple past tense describes actions that are finished or completed. Rule: subject + past tense form of verb + object  The past tense forms of most words are made by adding ‘-d’, ‘-ed’ (or ‘-ied’ for some words that end in ‘-y’). Examples: •  They kicked the football hard. •  John cried when he hurt his knee.  In the simple past tense, the following happen: is and am was are were Examples: •  Azarmi is tired. Azarmi was tired. •  I am sleepy. I was sleepy last night. •  The students are late for class. The students were late for class. Irregular verbs in the past tense Till now, we have only read about regular verbs that are changed to the past tense form by adding ‘-d’, ‘-ed’ or ‘-ied’. However, many verbs change to the past tense form without following any fixed rule. Such verbs are called irregular verbs. Read and remember the following list of irregular verbs and their past tense forms. Base verb Past tense form Base verb Past tense form (present tense (present tense came ate form) found form) got gave made come eat find get give make Module 8 29

Base verb Past tense form Base verb Past tense form (present tense (present tense met said form) saw form) sat took told meet began say broke see sang sit won take tell begin break sing win Some verbs are the same in the present tense and the past tense. Examples: •  cut – cut     •  put – put     •  hit – hit Exercise 3.1: Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense forms of the irregular verbs given in brackets. One is done for you. 1) Sumit fell (fall) down two days ago. 2) I _________________________ (get) my report card yesterday. 3) Nita _________________________ (think) that she had missed her bus. 4) Rohit _________________________ (take) the library book home. 5) Luke _________________________ (put) the kettle on the stove. 6) I _________________________ (sit) by the seashore. 30

Read the sentences given below. I will go to the swimming We will travel by train next Kiri will dance at the show on Sunday. pool tomorrow. week. All these sentences talk about actions or events that will happen later. They are in the simple future tense. Write about an action that you plan to do next week. 1)   Remember  The simple future tense describes actions or events that will happen later or in the future.  It also tells us about promises, decisions or hopes about a later time. Rule: subject + will + base verb + object Examples: •  I will become a pilot when I grow up. •  I will give you the book tomorrow.  To talk about events or actions that will NOT happen, we use the word ‘not’ between ‘will’ and the ‘base verb’. Example: •  We will not go to Madurai this year.  We can also use the words ‘going to’ to talk about future events. Examples: •  They are going to go to Goa in October. •  She is going to meet her best friend on Saturday. Module 8 31

Read the sentences given below. Aryan is making I am reading my favourite They are playing breakfast. book. cricket in the park. All these sentences talk about actions or events that are happening right now. They are in the present continuous tense. Remember  The present continuous tense describes actions that are taking place at the time of speaking. Rule: subject + is/am/are + '-ing' form of the verb + object Examples: •  Billu is giving Koko a haircut. •  I am doing my English homework. •  The birds are flying in the sky. Exercise 3.2: Follow the instructions and rewrite the sentences. One is done for you. 1) The lion hunted in the jungle. (Change this to the simple future tense.) Ans. The lion will hunt in the jungle. 32

2) Kira looks for her pen. (Change this to the present continuous tense.) Ans.  3) Saif will visit his grandmother. (Change this to the simple past tense.) Ans.  4) Rajat drank his juice before breakfast. (Change this to the simple present tense.) Ans.  5) We enjoyed our ice cream cones. (Change this to the simple future tense.) Ans.  6) They will greet us. (Change this to the present continuous tense.) Ans.  Past continuous tense—what was happening before? Read the following sentences. The dog was barking It was raining heavily last We were reading because it was hungry. night. together at midnight. These sentences talk about actions that went on for some time in the past. They are in the past continuous tense. Module 8 33

Remember  In the past continuous tense as well, we use the -ing form of the verb.  However, we use ‘was’ or ‘were’ before the ‘-ing’ form of the verb. was for ‘I’, ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’ and singular nouns were for ‘you’, ‘we’, ‘they’ and plural nouns Rule: subject + was/were + ‘-ing’ form of verb + object Examples: •  I was studying for my exam. •  Ayan was listening to music. •  You were sleeping in the afternoon yesterday. •  We were brushing our teeth. Exercise 3.3: Complete each sentence by changing the base verb in brackets to its past continuous form. One is done for you. 1) The children were learning a new song. (learn) 2) Ajay ___________________________________ on the telephone. (talk) 3) The students _________________________________ for the bus. (wait) 4) My father _____________________________ a letter to his friend. (write) 5) She __________________________________ very fast. (run) 6) My friends _________________________________ football yesterday. (play) 34

Exercise 3.4: Draw a star over the verbs that are in the simple past tense. Underline the verbs that are in the past continuous tense. One is done for you. 1) You were working all day yesterday. 2) It snowed last winter. 3) We drank lemonade at the party. 4) The teacher explained the sum. 5) Eddy and Lisa were looking out of the window. 6) I was watching a movie with my friend last night. Formal Writing Explanatory writing Exercise 4: Write a paragraph to explain how a sandwich is made. Hints: • What type of sandwich is it? • What things do you need to make the sandwich? • What are the steps to be followed from the start to the finish? • A re there any important things to keep in mind while making the sandwich?  Module 8 35

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Creative Writing Dialogue writing Exercise 5: Write a dialogue between two friends about their favourite Indian food items. Use the hints given below. Hints: • Make sure the friends greet each other. • T hey should then start talking about their favourite Indian food item. • They can discuss which states their favourite food items are from. • They should mention why those food items are their favourites. • T he friends should mention how their favourite food items are made. • The friends should end the discussion by saying goodbye to each other.  Module 8 37

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