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TANAJI MALUSARE Vocabulary Session 8 I. Complete the passage choosing the right words from those given below it. I lived with my parents in ___1____ old bungalow on the outskirts of the city. It had __2_____ garden which ____3___ full of trees and shrubs. Being far ___4____ the city, my friends rarely came to visit me. I had a friend who always had a catapult in his hand and was an excellent shooter. He found my garden a good place to ___5____. 1. A. a B. an C. the D. for 2. A. the B. a C. an D. over 3. A. was B. is C. as D. were 4. A. from B. at C. in D. of 5. A. hunt B. sleep C. work D. cook II. Read the passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (1–5). Each of these sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them below. Last sumer, I went to Hyderabad with my family. (2) What a big city it was? (3) We visit many places there. How busy the roads were! (4) There were many venders going about, selling things (5) The most wonderful place we visited was the Charminar. Wow! how beautiful the Charminar is, I said to myself. UNIT 4 150

TANAJI MALUSARE Grammar Session 9 I. Change the following sentences to reported speech: 1. \"Don't try this at home,\" the stuntman told the audience. 2. \"Where have you spent your money?\" she asked him. 3. \"I never make mistakes,\" he said. 4. \"Does she know Reena?\" he wanted to know. 5. \"Don't play on the grass, boys,\" she said. Study Skills Session 10 I. Read the following passage about The National Bravery Awards of 2014. The National Bravery Awards 2014 were given away by the Prime Minister of India on Friday, January 24th to selected brave children from different parts of the country. This year, 25 children have been awarded, of which five were given posthumously. Among the awardees, nine were girls. Bharat Award: The Bharat award has been conferred on 8 ½ year old Kumari Mahika Gupta of Delhi who saved her brother from floods at Kedarnath (Uttarakhand). Geeta Chopra Award: The Geeta Chopra Award has been conferred to 16 year old Kumari Maleka Singh Tak of Rajasthan who displayed rare grit and determination in fighting off her molesters. Sanjay Chopra Award: The Sanjay Chopra award has been given to 17 year old Master Shubam Santosh Chaudari of Maharashtra who saved two children when their school van caught fire. Bapu Gaidhani Awards: 1. Master Sanjay Navasu Sutar (17 ½ years) of Maharashtra Reason: Outstanding bravery in fighting a leopard. UNIT 4 151

TANAJI MALUSARE 2. Master Akshay Jairam Roj (13 years) of Maharashtra Reason: Outstanding bravery in fighting a leopard 3. Late Kum. Mausmi Kashyap(11 years) of Uttar Pradesh Reason: Sacrificed her life in trying to save a girl from drowning. She has been given the award posthumously. 4. Late Master Aryan Raj Shukla (14 years) of Uttar Pradesh Reason: Sacrificed his life in saving five lives by his sense of duty and heroic action. He has been given the award posthumously. Apart from these, 18 other children received the General Bravery Awards. Transfer the information given above into a table. The following questions will help you in deciding on what should go into the table. 1. What are the main awards that are presented? 2. Who received these awards? 3. What is (are) the age(s) of the recipient(s)? 4. What acts of bravery did they perform? UNIT 4 152

SESSION 1 UNIT 5 PLANT A TREE – READING Oral Discourse Enact the scene depicted in the picture. Hints: • Make a group with your friends and assign roles. (woodcutter, woman and children) • The woman and the children don’t want the woodcutter to cut the tree. • Have some dialogues on the importance of trees and how it benefits the environment. 1.1 Reading and Comprehension - Word Meaning Noun vapour eucalyptus a mass of very a kind of tall tree small drops of water in the air sap layer a watery juice parts or pieces of inside a plant something on top of each other rings (of a tree) circles that you can see in the centre of a tree trunk if you cut through it UNIT 5 153

LESSON 1-PLANT A TREE Adjective expensive costing a lot of money; having a high price 1.2 Reading and Comprehension - Summary In this passage, the writer points out the need to save trees by telling us the importance of trees in our lives. Trees have many uses. They provide us cool shade, food and wood. We get rubber from the rubber tree, medicines from trees like eucalyptus and milk from sap of the cow–tree which is less expensive than milk. Trees purify the air by breathing in the harmful carbon dioxide and letting out the essential oxygen. Starch, an important part of our food comes from trees. Trees help us get rain. They make water available by cooling the air with water vapour which helps in rainfall. Trees are known to live for several thousands of years. The General Sherman in California in America is said to be several thousands years old. The rings inside a tree trunk indicate the age of the tree. Trees are the most important things needed for our survival. Hence, we must avoid cutting trees for our needs as far as possible and plant trees. Each of us should plant at least one tree every year and provide a better environment for future generations. Self–Assessment How well did I read? Fill in the boxes using yes/ somewhat/ no. I enjoyed reading the passage. I got the idea of the passage on my own. I got the idea with the help of my friends in the group. The teacher helped me to understand the passage. I used the glossary given at the end of the passage. UNIT 5 154

SESSION 2 PLANT A TREE – LITERATURE 2.1 Literature - QA Q1. How are trees useful to us? A. Children play under trees. Travellers rest in their cool shade. Trees give us fruit to eat and fire- wood to burn. We build houses and make furniture with the wood of the trees. If there were no trees, there would be no life on Earth. Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen which helps us to live. They give us starch. They give us rain. Some trees give us medicine. Q2. How is starch prepared by trees? A. Trees breathe in carbon dioxide from the air and let oxygen out into the air. With the help of sunlight, they break up carbon dioxide into carbon and oxygen. This carbon is used to make starch and the oxygen is let out into the air. Q3. What are annual rings of a tree? A. Every year a tree grows a little bigger. As it grows, the trunk gets another layer of wood, it gets another ring. If we look at the trunk of a cut–down tree carefully, we will find the rings. One ring means one year. By counting those rings, one can find the tree’s age. Q4. Do you think trees are enemies to people? Why do people cut down trees? A. No, trees are not enemies to people. If there were no trees, there would be no life on earth. Trees are the most useful things in the world. We need trees for our survival. People cut down trees to build houses, to make furniture, to cook food and to make paper. Q5. What will happen if we do not stop the felling of trees ? A. If we don’t stop the felling of trees, the world will turn into a desert. We will all die. We need trees to live. We will not have food to eat or oxygen to breathe. There will be no rains. If there were no trees, there would be no life on Earth. Q6. How can we provide a better environment for the future generations? A. We can provide a better environment for the future generations by stopping the felling of trees and planting more and more trees. Q7. What are the most useful things in the world? A. Trees are one of the most useful things in the world. UNIT 5 155

LESSON 1-PLANT A TREE Q8. Which piece of information do you find most interesting in the passage? A. The piece of information that I find most interesting in the passage is that trees have birthdays and they even get gifts (rings) on their birthday. Q9. Read the following statements carefully and write TRUE or FALSE in the brackets. Correct the false statements. A. 1. Green leaves can split the carbon dioxide into carbon and oxygen. (T) 2. We get our food mainly from trees. (T) 3. Trees help us get rain. ( T) 4. It is usually cooler under the shade of a tree than in the Sun. (T) 5. Trees are the shortest living things on earth. (F) Ans. 5. Trees are not the shortest living thing on Earth. (or) Some trees can live for thousands of years. UNIT 5 156

SESSION 3 PLANT A TREE – VOCABULARY 3.1 Vocabulary I. Match the Following Match things in part A with their uses or meanings in part B Q1. Make notes in your book. A. Part—B Part—A 1. oxyg ( 3 ) important part of our food produced by trees 2. carbon dioxide (5) juice or milk from a tree 3. starch (1) useful for human life 4. sap (2) water drops in the air 5. vapour ( 4 ) useful for trees II. Word Maps Prepare a word map related to “furniture” and “medicinal plants” Q1. Make notes in your book A. 1. Furniture UNIT 5 157

LESSON 1-PLANT A TREE 2. Medicinal plants UNIT 5 158

SESSION 4 PLANT A TREE – GRAMMAR 4.1 Grammar I. If-Clauses Look at the following sentence from the lesson. If you look at the trunk of a cut-down tree carefully, you will find the rings. The condition introduced by ‘if’ in this sentence expresses a real possibility whose result / effect is felt in the second part of the above sentence. Note the following points about ‘if clauses:’ 1. An ‘If clause’ is also known as a conditional clause It expresses a condition or cause ‘whose result / effect is expressed or felt in the second part of the sentence. 2. If the verb in the ‘If clause’ is in the simple present tense (V1), the other clause (the main clause) normally uses the simple future tense (will + verb). Eg: “If I go to Chennai, I will meet your brother.” The clause that has ‘If’ is called ‘If—clause ‘The second part of the sentence is called ‘main clause’. 3. An ‘if clause’ can be placed either at the beginning or at the end of the main clause. If it comes before the main clause, it is followed by a comma. However, if it follows the main clause, there will be no comma preceding the conditional clause. Example: if clause comma here main clause If you look at the trunk of a cut down tree, you will find the rings. main clause no comma here if clause You will find the rings if you look at the trunk of a cut down tree. UNIT 5 159

LESSON 1-PLANT A TREE Q1. Rewrite the following sentences as a single sentence. Use “if” at the beginning of the sentence. A. 1. Work hard. You’ll get success. A. If you work hard, you will get success. 2. Don’t tease the dog. It’ll bite you. A. If you tease the dog, it will bite you. 3. Walk fast. You‘II catch the bus. A. If you walk fast, you’ll catch the bus. 4. Study regularly. You will do well in the examination. A. If you study regularly, you will do well in the examination. 5. Give respect to others. They will also respect you. A. If you give respect to others, they will respect you. 6. I will come to your house. It does not rain. A. If it does not rain, I will come to your house . 7. Don’t tire yourself now. You won’t be able to work in the afternoon. A. If you tire yourself now, you won’t be able to work in the afternoon. 8. Stop eating sweets. You’ll feel better. A. If you stop eating sweets, you will feel better. 9. Do as you are told. You’ll get a prize. A. If you do as you are told, you will get a prize. 10. Read regularly. You’ll get more knowledge. A. If you read regularly, you’ll get more knowledge. 11. Do your exercises promptly. You’ll not fail A. If you do your exercises promptly, you won’t fail. 12. Go to bed early. You’ll be healthy. A. If you go to bed early, you will be healthy. Write in your book Result Q2. Supply a condition / a possible result to the following. A. Condition If you do not water the plants, they will die. If you keep your surroundings clean, you will be healthy. If you work hard, you will pass with distinction. If you quarrel with everybody, you will make enemies. if you get wet in the rain you will be sick. If you step on a snake, it will bite you. UNIT 5 160

SESSION 5 PLANT A TREE – WRITING 5.1 Writing Q. Read the following announcement made by the Headmaster of a Govt. High School. NOTICE Govt. High School, Hyderabad Green India Survey Date: 25-11-2012 This is to inform you that Green India Survey Group, Hyderabad have done a lot of work in raising awareness among the people living in Hyderabad about how all of us make our surroundings neat, clean and healthy. In order to make their efforts more focussed they wish to conduct a survey among the youth through a questionnaire. All of you are requested to cooperate with the Green India Survey Group and fill in the questionnaire distributed by them. Sd/- Headmaster Imagine that you are the Secretary of the Environment Club of your school. Write an announcement suggesting that your school will organise a tree plantation week in the next month. A. NOTICE Green India Environment Club Z.P. High School, Mahboobnagar. Date: 25-11-2019 This is to inform you that the environment club of our school has done a lot of work in raising awareness among the pupils of our school about how we save ourselves by planting a number of trees. In order to make our club’s efforts more focused, we wish to organise a tree plantation week in the next month. All of you are requested to cooperate with us and make the programme successful. Sd/- Secretary UNIT 5 161

LESSON 1-PLANT A TREE Q. Imagine that you have been asked by Green India Survey Group to complete the following questionnaire. Fill in the questionnaire giving all the details. Write a paragraph on how you A. -w-ill-pro-tec-t t-he-for-es-ts.-------------------------·I I I Green India Survey Form I I 1. Name : B. AJAY I I 2. Age I I 3. Class/School : 11 Years I II 4. Gender : SKM High School, Hyderabad I : Male I I 5. Contact Number : 123456789 I I 6. E-mail ID II : [email protected] I II 7. Do you use plastic carry bags? Tick (Yes / No) I I 8. Are you a member of Green Club? Tick (Yes / No) I 9. Do you organise NGC (National Green Corps) Tick (Yes / No) I I programme in your school? I I 10. Do you observe the Earth Day in your school? Tick (Yes / No) I I 11. Your local forest is very important to you because it I II provides you with …. I I i. fodder (grass, green leaves, etc.) for your animals I I I ii. _o_x_y_g_e_n_(_fr_e_s_h_a_i_r)_t_o_b_r_e_a_th_e_______________ I I iii. _ra_i_n_(_w_a_t_e_r)_f_o_r_d_r_in_k_in_g__a_n_d_a_g_r_ic_u_l_tu_r_e______ I I iv _fr_u_it_s_to__e_a_t____________________________ I I v. _m_e_d_i_c_in_e_s______________________________ I II vi. _c_o_o_l _s_h_a_d_e_t_o_r_e_s_t _______________________ I I 12. What do you do to protect your local forest? I I i. Take turns to guard the forest with my classmates I II ii. _n_o_t _a_llo_w__a_n_y_o_n_e__to__cu_t_t_h_e_t_r_e_e_s______________ I I I I Iiii. _pl_an_t_m_o_re__tre_e_s_-_e_sp_e_c_ia_lly_,_w_h_er_e_fo_r_es_t_s _ha_v_e_b_e_en__cu_t_d_ow_n_ I Iiv. _u_se__le_s_s__p_a_p_e_r ____________________________ II IIv. _en_c_o_ur_ag_e_p_e_o_pl_e_to_l_iv_e_in_a_w_a_y_t_ha_t_d_oe_s_n_'t _hu_r_t t_h_e _en_v_ir_on_m_e_n_t I 13. When do you do this? II I _a_ft_e_r_s_c_h_o_o_l _h_o_u_rs__a_n_d_d_u_r_in_g__h_o_lid_a_y_s__a_n_d_v_a_c_a_ti_o_n_s_____ I I 14. How do you develop greenery in your surroundings? I I _I w_il_l r_eg_u_la_rly_p_la_n_t m__or_e _tre_e_s_an_d_e_n_co_u_rg_ag_e_o_th_e_rs_to_d_o_th_e_s_am_e_. I I _I _w_il_l _n_o_t _le_t_a_n_y_o_n_e_c_u_t_d_o_w__n_t_re_e_s_.___________ I II ·---------------------------------·IIII B. AjaySignature I How I will protect the forests– I will plant more and more trees. I won’t cut down a tree. I won’t allow anyone to cut the trees down. If anyone cuts a tree, I shall make him plant another tree immediately. I shall bring awareness among our friends, neighbours, etc. UNIT 5 162

LESSON 1-PLANT A TREE Self–Assessment How well did I write? Fill in the boxes using yes / somewhat / no. I was able to explain / describe / narrate well. The sentences I used were properly connected. I was able to express my ideas in apt words. The ideas were arranged in proper sequence. I used proper punctuation marks. How well did I edit my work? Fill in the boxes using yes / somewhat / no. I deleted the excess words. I corrected the wrong forms of words. I corrected the punctuation errors. I added new words wherever necessary. I corrected the misspelt words. UNIT 5 163

SESSION 6 PLANT A TREE – STUDY AND LISTENING 6.1 Study and Listening Study Skills I. Look at the picture and read the following text and the subscription form carefully. Terra Green is a leading monthly environmental magazine. It promotes the concept of sustainable development. Launched in June 2004, this magazine from TERI is an effort to bring forth information and knowl-dge in the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development. UNIT 5 164

LESSON 1-PLANT A TREE Q1. Answer the following questions. A. 1. What is the name of the periodical? A. The name of the periodical is ‘Terra Green.’ 2. What does “TERl’ stand for? A. “TERI” stands for The Energy and Resources Institute. 3. What is the annual subscription rate? A. The annual subscription rate is Rs.400 or 102 US dollars after a discount of Rs. 17 4. What is the website address of the periodical? A. The website address is www.terragreen.teriin.org. 5. What bonus will you get if you subscribe to the magazine for three years? A. If I subscribe to the magazine for three years I will get a bonus of Rs.440 or 108 US dollars and free online access. Listening Skills Your teacher will tell you the story, “The Little Boy and a Kind Tree.” Listen carefully and answer the following questions: Q1. Tick the correct answer. d) the old man A. 1. Who helped the little boy? a) mother b) the animals c) a tree √ 2. “I am going to marry,” who said, these words? a) the captain √ b) the young man 3. What did the young man become? a) a sailor √ b) a doctor c) a captain 4. What does the story tell us ? c) humanity a) selfish giving b) selfless giving √ Q2. Say whether the following are True (T) or False (F). (F) (F) A. 1. The young man helped the tree to grow well. (T) 2. The captain was a kind man. (T) 3. The tree helped the little boy till the end. 4. The tree was loving and affectionate. UNIT 5 165

LESSON 1-PLANT A TREE Q3. Pair work Suppose you were the little boy in the story, how would you describe the kind tree to your classmate? You may use the following phrases. • very kind, friendly • caring, sympathetic • self–less, cheerful • loving, affectionate A. Dear friend, Yesterday, when I was hungry, this tree gave me its fruit to eat. It was really loving and kind. It offered me its branches to build a house, its trunk to build a ship and its stump to keep me warm. Thus, it sacrificed itself completely for me. It was truly selfless. It was affectionate. It tried to make me cheerful always. The tree is my true friend and it takes care of me. UNIT 5 166

SESSION 7 IF A TREE COULD TALK – READING 7.1 Reading and Comprehension - Word Meaning Verb chop dump to cut to leave or get rid of (something or someone) especially in a place which is not suitable protect to keep safe Noun trash things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them; garbage; rubbish 7.2 Reading and Comprehension - Summary This poem is about the things that nature would say if it had a voice. A tree would not want to be cut down. It would request humans to leave it alone and not chop it down. A river would request not to pollute it and to throw the trash elsewhere. The air would plead the factories to keep the smoke away and not pollute it. The animals would beg to let them live. The Earth would want to be protected every day as if every day were an Earth day. The poem is nature's plea to let it live peacefully. UNIT 5 167

LESSON 2-IF A TREE COULD TALK Self–Assessment How well did I read the poem? Fill in the boxes using yes / somewhat / no. I enjoyed reading the poem. I got the idea of the poem on my own. I got the idea with the help of my friends in the group. The teacher helped me to understand the poem. I used the glossary given at the end of the poem. UNIT 5 168

SESSION 8 IF A TREE COULD TALK – LITERATURE 8.1 Literature - QA Q1. Who is being addressed in the poem? A. Humans are being addressed in the poem. Q2. What would animals say if they could talk? Prepare some slogans. A. i) Consider the birds and bees, stop cutting the trees. ii) Want to shoot animals? Use cameras! iii) Live and let live. Q3. Pick out the rhyming words from the poem. A. say — away say — stay say — day stay — day Q4. What does the tree wish for? A. The tree wishes that it is not chopped down by the humans. Q5. How are trees and animals useful to us? A. Trees give us shelter and food. They give us fresh air to breathe. They give us rain. Animals give us milk and eggs. They serve us in many ways. They plough our fields, they carry loads. We earn our livelihood with the help of animals. Q6. Pick out all the bad things that we do to make our surrounding unclean. A. We carelessly throw waste material, plastic covers, decayed food items, wastage from factories, hospitals, etc. everywhere and make our surroundings unclean. Q7. How are we responsible for the pollution on Earth? A. We are responsible for the pollution on Earth in many ways. Factories and the motor vehicles emit smoke which pollute the air. Some factories release the waste into water bodies and pollute them. We dump garbage on the roads and in other water bodies. We burn materials which pollute the air. Q8. Write a poem based on what more a tree, air, river and the Earth could pray for. A. If a tree could talk, what would it say? Give me a chance to live, and let us play. If a river could talk, what would it say? Take away the trash from my way. If the air could talk, what would it say? Grow more plants, so I can sway. If the Earth could talk, what would it say? For your mistakes, don't make me pay. UNIT 5 169

SESSION 9 CHILDREN, SPEAK UP! – READING 9.1 Reading and Comprehension - Word Meaning Noun extract summit an official meeting a short piece of writing taken from a longer work (such as a book) poverty delegate the condition of being poor a person who is chosen to speak or act for others herd unheard a group of animals not heard or of the same type listened to Adjective starving dying or suffering from not eating and drinking UNIT 5 170

Verb LESSON 3-CHILDREN, SPEAK UP! comfort exist to give relief from a to be present in a painful or difficult place or situation situation vanishing reflect disappearing; to show; express to stop existing 9.2 Reading and Comprehension - Summary Severn Suzuki was a 13–year–old girl from Canada - a representive of ECO, the Environmental Children’s Organisation. She had given a speech at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, on June 11th 1992. Through her speech she advises the adults she was addressing, to change their ways. Suzuki is disturbed by the suffering of starving children across the world and the animals and plants going extinct every day. She tells the adults present there, how she fears for the polluted air, the Sun, the holes in the ozone and the dying fish in her hometown which are full of cancer now. Suzuki is worried about the damage that has been done to the environment and the effect it would have on the future generations. She questions the delegates if they do not worry about the world like she does. She tells them how as a child she is aware of what can be done to find answers to environmental issues and to end poverty. She worries if the adults are not acting properly to make the world a better place. She states that she is not afraid to speak up and voice her feelings to the world. She points out how adults do the same things that they ask children not to do and requests the adults to change their actions. She asks them to reflect on their words and action and think about the future generations to come. UNIT 5 171

SESSION 10 CHILDREN, SPEAK UP! – LITERATURE 10.1 Literature - QA Q1. What kind of life does Suzuki want for herself and for all the children of the world? A. Suzuki wants a pollution-free environment. She also wants poverty to end. She hopes for a world where we can live in harmony without hurting other creatures; a place that we can share with our fellow beings, without being greedy; a place where animals can roam about freely. Q2. What advice does Suzuki give to the adults? A. Suzuki asks the adults to do something to help the environment around them. She asks them to make their actions reflect their words and save the world. She asks them to change their ways of polluting and destruction. She wants the adults to conserve the Earth for the future generation. She asks them to behave the way they teach children to do, Q3. “I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.” Why does the speaker say so? A. The speaker dreams of seeing great herds of wild animals, jungles and rain forests full of birds and butterflies. But she wonders if they will even exist for her children to see. She says so because she believes that man has been endangering the natural habitat of all these animals and forcing them into extinction. Q4. My dad always says, “You are what you do, and not what you say” A. a) Who said these words? A. Severn Suzuki, a 13 - year old Canadian girl said these words. b) Who did the speaker say these words to? What do they mean? A. The speaker said these words to the delegates who attended the Earth summit. They mean that our actions should reflect our words. Q5. What are the different feelings that Suzuki is expressing in her speech? How can you express your feelings in a way that is helpful to you? A. Suzuki’s speech is about pollution and poverty expresses sadness, anger, fear and confusion. We can express feelings clearly, using proper words, describing what made us feel sad, angry, scared, confused, etc. We could communicate our feelings to others and also listen to what others have to say. People can then help us feel better and find a solution to the problem. UNIT 5 172

----------------- CCE Based Practice Questions ---------- Chapter 1: PLANT A TREE Reading and Comprehension (Unseen Passage) Session 1 1. Read the following passage to answer the questions given below. VAN MAHOTSAV Van Mahotsav is an annual tree-planting festival in India, celebrated in the first week of July. This movement was initiated in the year 1950 by India's then Union Minister for Agriculture, Kulapathi Dr. K. M. Munshi. The name Van Mahotsav means \"the festival of trees\". It is a week-long festival, celebrated on different days in different parts of India. Every year, millions of saplings are planted all across India in observation of the Van Mahotsav week. Every citizen of India is expected to plant a sapling in the Van Mahotsav week. The festival spreads awareness among people, of the need of planting and tending trees, as it is the best way to prevent global warming and reduce pollution. People celebrate Van Mahotsav by planting trees or saplings in homes, offices, schools, colleges, etc. Free circulation of trees is also taken up by various organisations and volunteers. Generally, native trees are planted as they easily adapt to the local conditions and have a high survival rate. Besides, such trees are helpful in supporting local birds, insects and animals as well. Van Mahotsav is celebrated as a festival of life. In India it was started as a crusade to save Mother Earth. I. Choose the right answer. 1. Who initiated Van Mahotsav? [] A. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam C. Dr. K. M. Munshi B. Dr. Pratibha Patil D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 2. The name ‘Van Mahotsav’ means________________________________. [ ] [ ] A. Festival of Forest B. Festival of Trees C. Festival of Life D. Festival of Saplings 3. Van Mahotsav is celebrated in the first week of_____________________. A. June B. July C. March D. October UNIT 5 173

4. When was Van Mahotsav initiated? PLANT A TREE A. 1950 [] C. 2000 B. 1985 II. Answer the following questions. D. 2010 1. What is Van Mahotsav? 2. How do people celebrate Van Mahotsav? 3. What is the idea behind celebrating Van Mahotsav week? 4. Why are native trees planted generally during Van Mahotsav? 5 What is expected of every Indian citizen during Van Mahotsav? III. Write the meaning of the following words from the passage. Word Meaning annual initiated tending circulation adapt UNIT 5 174

PLANT A TREE 2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: My next pet was a pigeon, the most revolting bird to look at, with his feathers pushing through the wrinkled scarlet skin, mixed with a horrible yellow down that cover baby pigeons and makes them look as though they have been peroxiding their hair. Because of his repulsive and obese appearance, we called him Quasimodo. Since he had an unorthodox upbringing without parents to teach him, Quasimodo became convinced that he was not a bird at all and refused to fly. He walked everywhere. He was always eager to join us in anything we did. He would even try to come for walks with us. So you had to either carry him on your shoulder which was risking an accident to your clothes or else you let him walk behind. If you let him walk then you had to slow down your own pace to suit his, for should you get too far ahead you would hear the most frantic and imploring coos and turn around to find Quasimodo running desperately after you. I. Choose the correct option and write in the brackets. [] 1. Quasimodo protested when he was _______. A. left at home B. lifted on human shoulders C. taken for a walk D. left behind during walks 2. The antonym of ‘repulsive’ is _______ [] A. disgusting B. pleasant C. strong D. big II. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences. 3. Why does the narrator describe the pigeon as a ‘revolting bird’? 4. Why was Quasimodo eager to go on walks? 5. What does the phrase ‘risking an accident on your clothes’ mean? 6. How did Quasimodo get his name? UNIT 5 175

PLANT A TREE Vocabulary Session 2 I. Choose the correct words from the bracket: 1. Can I go to the party__________ (to, too, two)? 2. This is my favourite ____________ (pare, pair, pear) of jeans. 3. I ____________ (sent, scent, cent) a letter to my aunt in Vietnam. 4. The children got ____________ (bored, board) during the lecture. 5. Mr. and Mrs. Rodriguez like to work in _________ (there, they’re, their) garden. II. Choose the appropriate answer to suit the meaning of the given word. 1. Brief [] [] A. Limited B. Large C. Small D. Short [] [] 2. Alert [] A. Energetic B. Intelligent C. Watchful D. Slow 3. Warrior A. Soldier B. Sailor C. Pirate D. Spy 4. Distant A. Far B. Long C. Separate D. Remove 5. Fake A. Original B. Imitation C. Trustworthy D. Loyal 6. Use the following pairs of homonyms in sentences of your own. 1. new / knew 2. stair / stare UNIT 5 176

PLANT A TREE 3. threw / through 4. peace / piece 5. write / right Grammar Session 3 I. Rewrite the following sentences as a single sentence. Use “if” at the beginning of the sentence. 1. Stop eating junk food. You can reduce your weight. 2. Come with me. I’ll show you my new aquarium. 3. Study your lessons daily. You will find it easy during the time of revision. 4. Read a lot of books. Your language will improve. 5. Practise yoga. You will be able to de-stress. UNIT 5 177

PLANT A TREE II. Complete the following sentences by supplying a possible result. 1. If you save money now, ____________________________________ 2. If you eat good food, ____________________________________ 3. If you don’t write neatly, ____________________________________ 4. If you are tired, ____________________________________ 5. If you want to watch T.V., ____________________________________ III. The following passage is the part of a letter written by a twelve year old boy to his younger brother who is in a boarding school in another city. Complete it by supplying a condition or possible result, as appropriate. Mohan, you had mentioned in your previous letter that you don’t have any friends. Let me say that you will have friends only ______________________________________________. If you sit in a serious mood all the time, ___________________________________________. By the way, have you adjusted to the food served there? ________________________________, you will fall sick. That will affect your studies too. Try to be happy and enjoy the company of your room-mates. You will not feel homesick ______________________________________. If you wish to talk to me, ________________________________________________________. Conventions of Writing Session 4 I. Rewrite the following passage checking the punctuation (.) (!) (?) and capitalisation wherever necessary. man cuts down hundreds of trees every year to build houses to make furniture to cook food and to make paper if this continues one day there will be no more trees in the world what will happen then we all will die so what shall we do we should avoid cutting trees as far as possible meanwhile we must plant a lot of trees every one of us should plant at least one tree every year. UNIT 5 178

PLANT A TREE Creative Writing Session 5 I. Your school is planning to organise a ‘School Sprucing Up’ Day, where all the students would be taking up jobs related to cleaning up the school premises. This will not only create a sense of belonging but also help them appreciate the dignity of labour. Write a notice in about 50 words, informing students about this activity. UNIT 5 179

PLANT A TREE I. The poster below shows the details of consumption of water to grow certain crops and produce some of our common food items. Study the poster and answer the questions below 1. Which two crops need the same amount of water to grow? A. 2. Which crop needs the highest amount of water to grow? A. B. Which is better for the environment, milk or cheese? A. C. You have ordered for a burger and a glass of milk at a café. How many litres of water are being used to produce the food that you have ordered? A. D. Which is the beverage that consumes least amount of water? A. UNIT 5 180

Chapter 2: IF A TREE COULD TALK Reading and Comprehension (Unseen Poem) Session 6 Read the poem to answer the questions. MY TREE O tree, so big and stout and strong, You’ve lived for so very, very long; A hundred years or more, I’m told, And yet you’re not so very old. A hundred stories you could tell Of children whom you love so well, Who came and sat beneath your shade Or underneath your branches played. A hundred birds have built their nests, Your leaves have softly kissed their breast, Your branches seem to touch the sky, Yet you were once as small as I. Some day when I have grown up, too, I’m coming back to visit you, And changed though other things will be I’ll find the same dear friendly tree. I. Choose the right answer. 1. The speaker in the poem is a young _______________. [] A. child B. tree C. plant D. bird 2. The poet is fascinated by the ______________ and height of the tree in his neighbourhood. [] A. roughness B. strength C. thickness D. stiffness 3. The poet believes that the tree knows many ______________ of the children who once used to sit and play under its shade [] A. stories B. dreams C. wishes D. secrets UNIT 5 181

IF A TREE COULD TALK 4. The poet is surprised that once upon a time the tree was just a little ____________. [] A. boy B. sapling C. bird D. nest 5. The poet hopes that when he returns some years later, he would find the tree as ___________ then as it is now. [] A. strong B. stiff C. weak D. rough II. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow: Woodman, that tree! Touch not a single bough In youth it sheltered me, And I’ll protect it now. ‘T was my forefather’s hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not! I. Choose the correct option and write in the brackets. 1. What tool does the woodman use? [] A. hand B. bough C. iron rod D. axe II. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences. 2. Why does the poet want the woodman to spare the tree? 3. Who had planted the tree? 4. Which two words are synonyms in the poem? UNIT 5 182

Chapter 3: CHILDREN, SPEAK UP! Reading and Comprehension (Unseen Passage) Session 7 1. Read the following passage to answer the questions given below. Humans are high energy consumers. Energy consumption means the use of power. We use tons of energy for pumping, cleaning, heating and then disposing of water. Construction requires all kinds of building materials that can only be made with massive amounts of energy. Our major sources of transportation are huge consumers of energy – ships, jets and cars. And all the “things” in your life – clothes, cell phones, toothbrushes, etc. – are made using energy, and so are the packages all these things come in. Electricity isn’t captured magically – it takes the burning of massive amounts of fossil fuel to convert energy into electrical current. Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, and natural gas. The burning of fossil fuels produces around 21.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year. We keep ourselves warm in cold places by burning huge amounts of fuel. Apart from all these, every day, each of us exhale 1 kilogram of carbon dioxide into the air. There is no doubt that it’s our own actions that are causing the world’s temperature to rise which results in global warming. We depend too much on fossil fuels that release deadly amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Trees reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the air but when we cut them down, the only way of removing carbon dioxide naturally is also affected. We need to start considering alternative sources of energy quickly, like nuclear, solar and wind. I. Choose the right answer. 1. How much carbon dioxide does each person exhale every day? [ ] A.100 grams B. 1 kg C. 21.3 kg D. not mentioned in the passage 2. Energy consumption means the use of _____________________. [] A. trees B. power C. jets D. sand 3. Coal, petroleum and gas are _________________________________. [ ] A. gases B. building materials C. fossil fuels D. transportations UNIT 5 183

CHILDREN, SPEAK UP! 4. _________________ reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. [ ] A. water B. vehicles C. trees D. wind II. Answer the following questions. 1. What is used to convert energy into electricity? 2. Mention the ways in which the amount of carbon dioxide in the air increases? 3. Name some sources of energy that can be used as substitutes to fossil fuels? III. Write the meaning of the following words from the passage. Word Meaning exhale disposing construction massive convert 2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: Frank Wilcox has been Chief of Police in Lansett County for 25 years. He took the job when he had just turned 30. He has seen murders. He has seen robberies. He has seen cats stuck in trees. He has found missing children. But today would be like no other day on the job. It is 11:00 at night. Chief Wilcox begins putting together his things. He is tired. He wants to go home. “Chief Wilcox,” calls an officer walking quickly into his office. It is Officer Simpson. He looks nervous. UNIT 5 184

CHILDREN, SPEAK UP! I. Choose the correct option and write in the brackets. 1. For how long has Wilcox been Chief of Police? [ ] ] A. 15 years B. 25 years C. 30 years D. 35 years 2. Why does the Chief want to go home? [ A. He is hungry B. He is worried about his family. C. He does not want to see anyone D. He is tired II. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences. 3. What is the post that Frank Wilcox holds? 4. In his experience, which of the accidents relate to animals? 5. What does Wilcox do at 11:00 pm? 6. Who enters his room? What is his expression like? Vocabulary Session 8 I. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. Coconut is a multi-purpose and indispensable food item for most people in the tropical region. It is a complete food, rich in calories, vitamins, and minerals. Coconut water is a very refreshing drink to beat tropical summer thirst. Coconut water has been introduced into the market as a processed sports drink. UNIT 5 185

CHILDREN, SPEAK UP! Coconut oil extracted from dry kernel (copra) is an excellent soothing agent. It is used in cooking, in medicines, for making beauty products and also applied over scalp as hair nourishment. The kernel is an excellent source of minerals such as copper, iron, manganese, magnesium, calcium and zinc. It is also a very good source of B-complex vitamins.Coconut meat and water contain a very good amount of potassium. Coconut shell can be used as charcoal and also to make utensils. You can also produce handicraft novelty items with the shell. The coconut husk is used to obtain coir, an elastic fibre used for making rope, matting, walls of household and flooring materials. The coconut palm is grown throughout the tropics for decoration. Coconut timber is used to make a wide range of products from posts to furniture. Coconut leaves can be woven to make roofing for huts. Thus, all parts of a coconut tree are useful, some way or other. II. Match the following words to their meanings. (i) Indispensable ( ) a) taken out (ii) Tropics ( ) b) new and unusual (iii) Extracted ( ) c) necessary (iv) Novelty ( ) d) regions around the equator III. Prepare a word map on ‘The Uses of Coconut’. UNIT 5 186

CHILDREN, SPEAK UP! IV. Read the passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered(1–5). Each of these sentences has errors. Correct and rewrite them below. (1) In a vilage there lived two old men. (2) One was John, a rich peasant and the other one was Joseph, who was either rich or poor. (3) He loved good thing in life. (4) For a long time, both of them had been planned to go to the holy city of Jerusalem (5) but there journey was often postponed because in Joseph’s household affairs. Grammar Session 9 I. Complete the following sentence by supplying a possible result. 1. If Jake had money, __________________________________________________. 2. If we go to the café, __________________________________________________. 3. If you study for the test, _______________________________________________. 4. If I was a star, ______________________________________________________. 5. If I wake up early, ___________________________________________________. UNIT 5 187

CHILDREN, SPEAK UP! Study Skills Session 10 I. Look at the table and read the information carefully. The Principal of a . school with 484 pupils collected information about how many of the pupils wear glasses. Always Sometimes Never wear wear wear glasses glasses glasses 161 Boys 40 none 144 Girls 36 55 Answer the following questions. - - 1. The number of boys who sometimes wear glasses - 2. The number of pupils who never wear glasses - 3. The number of girls who always wear glasses 4. Are there more boys or girls in the school? UNIT 5 188

SESSION 1 UNIT 6 RIP VAN WINKLE – READING Oral Discourse Describe the person in the picture. Hints: • The person seems to be quite old • He has long hair and a long beard • His clothes are torn and he is lying in a field under a tree 1.1 Reading and Comprehension - Word Meaning Verb mutter idled to speak in a low spend time doing tone that is hard to nothing useful or understand; mumble avoiding work avoid echo keep away from repetition or imitation of sound; resound stare stroke to look at something touch lightly and or someone for a long repeatedly, as with time brushing motions UNIT 6 189

Noun LESSON 1-RIP VAN WINKLE weed barn any wild plant which a farm building used for grows in a garden storing crops or keeping animals. gaze look at with fixed astonishment eyes; stare extremely surprised Adjective grizzled wrinkled having dark hairs with a lot of small lines mixed with grey or on the skin caused by white old age Adverb astray away from the correct path UNIT 6 190

LESSON 1-RIP VAN WINKLE 1.2 Reading and Comprehension - Summary This is a story adapted from ‘The Legend of Rip Van Winkle’ written by Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle was a helpful, good-natured fellow who lived in a small village at the foothills of the Kaatskill Mountains. He played with the children, always helped others and was loved by everyone. But Rip had one problem. He was very lazy and did not work on his farm. He would walk away into the forest with his dog, Wolf, to avoid work. One day, Rip walked to the top of a mountain. As he was tired, he laid down there and began day dreaming. In the evening, when he was about to return to his village, he heard an old short man calling out to him for help. Rip helped him carry a barrel and reached a place where he saw more odd-looking short men playing ninepins. They stared at Rip with a fixed gaze which frightened Rip. The old man then offered Rip, the drink from the barrel. Rip drank the content of the glass. As he was thirsty, he drank a few more glasses and fell asleep. When he woke up, he found that he was back in the place where he had first met the old man. He could not find his dog. He went back to his village but found all of the people in the village to be strangers. The villagers too wondered who the white–bearded, wrinkle–faced man was. Rip was astounded to see that his grew a foot long and it was all white. An old woman recognises him. He then comes to know that he had been away for twenty years. Self–Assessment How well did I read? Fill in the boxes using yes / somewhat / no. I enjoyed reading the passage. I got the idea of the passage on my own. I got the idea with the help of my friends in the group. The teacher helped me to understand the passage. I used the glossary given at the end of the passage. UNIT 6 191

SESSION 2 RIP VAN WINKLE – LITERATURE 2.1 Literature - QA Q1. Why did people like Rip Van Winkle? A. People liked Rip Van Winkle because he was good-natured, kind and helpful. Q2. How was Rip Van Winkle helpful to children? A. Rip Van Winkle was helpful to children by playing with them, telling them long stories and teaching them how to fly kites and shoot marbles. Q3. List the things that suggest Rip Van Winkle was lazy? A. Rip did not work on his own farm and just idled away his time. To avoid work, he would walk into the forest with his dog. Weeds grew on his farm. His cow was going astray. Q4. What is day dreaming? What kind of people daydream? A. Daydreaming is to have pleasant thoughts about your life or future that you have while you are awake. It is believed that usually lazy people day dream. Q5. Which lines in the story suggest that Rip Van Winkle went far away from the village? A. \"It was soon evening and he realised it would be night by the time he reached his village. This line suggests that Rip Van Winkle went far away from the village. Q6. What was strange about the men Rip met? A. The men that Rip met were odd-looking and short. They were all dressed the same way and all of them had beards of various shapes and colours. Q7. The short men stopped their play and gazed at Rip Van WinkIe. Why? A. Rip Van Winkle was tall and different from them. So, the short men stopped their play and gazed at him. Q8. What was it that Rip Van Winkle drank? A. Rip Van Winkle drank the contents of the barrel brought by the strange man. It must have have been some kind of magic potion because it caused him to sleep for 20 years. Q9. Rip Van Winkle drank more glasses then was offered. Was that a right thing to do? Why? What would you do if you were in his place? A. No, it was not a right thing to do because it is impolite to eat or drink something that has not been offered to you. If I were in Rip’s place, I would not do it . Q10. When do you think Rip Van Winkle realised that he had slept for 20 years? A. Rip Van Winkle realised that he had slept for 20 years when the old woman asked him where he had been those twenty long years. UNIT 6 192

SESSION 3 RIP VAN WINKLE – VOCABULARY 3.1 Vocabulary I. Word Meaning Circle the correct meaning of the words as used in the story shown in bold print. Q1. II. Match Words Q1. Match the words in the box with their meanings Write the words in the blanks. You may take the help of a dictionary. grizzled astonished foothills stroked familiar 1. near the lower part of a mountain - foothills 2. with grey hair - grizzled 3. to rub gently - stroked 4. to be very surprised - astonished 5. known to you - familiar III. Word Joining Q1. Sometimes we join two words to make a describing word. For example, Rip was a good–natured man. Here are some more describing words. Use them to complete the given paragraph. long-sleeved high-heeled open-mouthed sweet-looking well-dressed odd-looking part-time Mrs. Das has a part–time job in a clothes shop. Yesterday, an odd–looking woman walkedinto the shop. She was wearing high–heeled shoes. A sweet–looking dog was with her. “I want a long–sleeved shirt for my dog, please,” she said. “For your dog?” asked Mrs. Das, open–mouthed in surprise. “Yes,” replied the woman. “I want him to be well–dressed for my next party.” UNIT 6 193

SESSION 4 RIP VAN WINKLE – GRAMMAR 4.1 Grammar I. Passive Voice 1. Everyone in the village liked Rip Van Winkle. 2. Rip Van Winkle was liked by everyone in the village. Compare two sentences. They convey the same message. In the first sentence, ‘Everyone in the village’ is the subject, ‘liked’ is the verb, and ‘Rip Van Winkle’ is the object. Here, the verb ‘liked’ is said to be in ‘active voice’. In the second sentence, the subject and the object have exchanged their positions and “by” is added to the object. The verb “liked” is changed into “was liked” (be + past participle of the verb). Here, the verb is said to be in passive voice. Note i: The tense of the verb does not change when we transform a sentence in active voice into passive voice or vice versa. (Observe the above examples and the ones given below.) eg. John paints portraits. Portraits are painted by John. Umesh is planting a tree. A tree is being planted by Umesh. Note ii: If a verb has two objects, any one of the two objects may become the subject in the passive. eg. I taught Ravi English. English was taught to Ravi by me. / Ravi was taught English by me. Q1. Read the following passage and underline all the verbs in passive voice. We watched a film and returned home late yesterday. We unlocked the door and entered our apartment. We were shocked to find the whole place in disarray. Clothes were thrown everywhere. The cupboard was opened and my three new suits were missing. The handle of the iron safe was broken. We were surprised at how anyone could have got in when the door was locked. My wife found that the back door was left open. Evidently we had forgotten to close it when we left the house. An inventory of the missing property was prepared and a complaint was lodged with the Town Police Station. My wife and I were taught the lesson of our life. Q2. Change the following sentence into their corresponding passive forms. 1. Rip Van Winkle helped the short man. A. The short man was helped by Rip Van Winkle. UNIT 6 194

LESSON 1-RIP VAN WINKLE 2. The short men were playing ninepins. A. Ninepins were being played by the short men. 3. Rip tells stories to children. A. Stories are told to children by Rip. 4. Rip has taught games. A. Games have been taught by Rip. 5. The children liked Rip. A. Rip was liked by the children. 6. Nobody recognised Rip. A. Rip was not recognised by anyone. II. Adverbs of Frequency Given below are the students’ responses to the question ‘How often do you walk to school?” Read them carefully and write the names of the students in order, starting with the student who walks to school most often. Q1. Narasimha Murthy: I don’t usually walk to school. I often go on a cycle Apparao,: I never walk to school. I live very far away. Satyanarayana: I always walk to school. I live right opposite the school. Krishna Murthy: I sometimes walk to school. At times I take the bus too. VenkataRao: I usually walk to school. It’s a nice way to start the day. A. i) Satyanarayana ii) Venkata Rao iii) Krishna Murthy iv) Narasimha Murthy v) Apparao Q2. Write as many sentences as you can about yourself using the following adverbs of frequency: always frequently usually often sometimes rarely You may talk about how often you... play in the park go to bed late fuss over food study hard, etc. Eg : I often play in the park. UNIT 6 195

LESSON 1-RIP VAN WINKLE A. 1. I usually play in the park. 2. I sometimes go late to bed. 3. I never fuss over food. 4. I always study hard. 5. I rarely go to movies. 6. I often visit my friends. 7. I sometimes go to the temple. 8. I frequently read stories. 9. I usually go by bus. 10. I rarely walk. 11. I frequently play in the park. 12. I rarely go to bed late. 13. I often chat with my friends. Q3. Read the following passage. There is an error in each sentence. Identify and edit it. It were a hot summer day. Many animal of the forest assembled in and near pond. All of them were relaxing and talk. Just then, a crow came flying and sat to a branch. An rabbit saw it. A. It was a hot summer day. Many animals of the forest assembled near the pond. All of them were relaxing and talking. Just then, a crow came flying and sat on a branch. A rabbit saw it. UNIT 6 196

SESSION 5 RIP VAN WINKLE – WRITING 5.1 Writing Q. Imagine you are Rip Van Winkle and narrate what had happened to you 20 years ago. A. Twenty years ago, I went into the forest along with my dog ‘Wolf’ to avoid work as I was a lazy man. There, a strange man called me by my name and asked me to help carry a barrel. I carried the barrel to a place where some more odd-looking short men were seriously playing nine pins. I was very frightened when they gazed at me. My companion offered me a glass of the contents of the barrel and I drank it. I was thirsty and so I drank a few more glasses and fell asleep. When I woke up, I could not find my dog, Wolf, anywhere. So I climbed down the mountain to return to my village. When I entered the village, no one in the village recognised me and I could not recognise them either. It was a very strange experience. Then, an old woman recognised me and asked me where I had been for twenty long years. It was then that I realised I had slept for 20 years after having drunk the contents of the barrel. Isn’t it a strange story? Self–Assessment How well did I write? Fill in the boxes using yes/ somewhat/ no. I was able to explain / describe / narrate well. The sentences I used were properly connected. I was able to express my ideas in apt words. The ideas were arranged in proper sequence. I used proper punctuation marks. How well did I edit my work? Fill in the boxes using yes/ somewhat/ no. I deleted the excess words. I corrected the wrong forms of words. I corrected the punctuation errors. I added new words wherever necessary. I corrected the misspelt words. UNIT 6 197

SESSION 6 RIP VAN WINKLE – STUDY AND LISTENING 6.1 Study and Listening Study Skills: I. Look at the picture and read the details given below. Now, answer the following questions. 198 Q1. Who are these children? A. These are the children who have been missing for a long time. Q2. Name the organisation issued this alert about missing children. A. National Centre for Missing Children UNIT 6

LESSON 1-RIP VAN WINKLE Q3. Mention few instances where children go missing. A. Children often go missing when there are huge crowds. Few instances where huge crowds can be observed are amusement parks, carnivals, fares, tourist places, places of religious interests, etc. Q4. What are the details required to trace the missing child? A. Details related to the appearance of the child would be helpful to trace the missing child. Description of the child like his / her height, age, colour, hair etc., the dress that he / she wore that day like the colour, etc. are required to trace the missing child. Q5. What is our duty if we find missing children? A. We should contact the nearest police station. Listening Skills Your teacher will read the story “The Magic Spring.” Listen carefully and answer the following questions. I. Answer the following questions. Q1. Why did the old man go to the mountains? A. The old man went to the mountains to cut some firewood. Q2. Who touched his feet? A. A squirrel touched his feet. Q3. How did the old man turn into a young man ? Who helped him? A. When the old man felt thirsty, a spring of water came from the squirreI’s hole. He knelt down by the spring, took some water and drank it. He laid down on the grass and fell asleep. When he woke up he found that he had turned into a young man. The spring was magical. Q4. The old woman could not recognise her husband. Why? A. The old woman couldn’t recognise her husband because he had become young. Q5. Why do you think the old woman went to the spring very early in the morning? A. The old woman went to the spring very early in the morning to drink the magical water from it and become young once again like her husband. Q6. Why did the old woman turn into a small baby? What would you do if you were in her place? A. The old woman turned into a small baby as she drank too much water from the spring. If I were in her place I would (write what you would do) Q7. Do you believe in such magic pools? Talk about them to the members of your group A. ( write Yes, I do or No, I don’t ) believe in such magic pools. UNIT 6 199