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Lesson 7 – An Act Of Cleverness
New words –
celebrate – सेलेब्रेट = साजरा करणे
hope – होप = आशा,अपेक्षा
plan – प्लान = योजना
incident – इंसिडेंट = घटना,प्रसंग
return – रिटर्न = परत येणे
jewellery shop – ज्वेलरी शॉप = दागिन्यांचे दुकान
thief – थिफ = चोर
constable – कॉन्स्टेबल =पोलीस शिपाई
spot – स्पॉट = ठिकाण
patted – पॅटेड = पाठ थोपटली
praised – प्रेस्ड = स्तुती केली
cleverness – क्लेवरनेस = हुशारी
function फंक्शन = समारंभ
honour – ऑनर = सन्मान
presence of mind – प्रझेन्स ऑफ माइंड= समयसुचकता
danger – डेंजर = धोका
confident – कॉन्फिडंट =खात्री असलेला
regards – रिगार्ड = आदर
A. Comprehension :
I.
Answer each of the following questions in a phrase or a sentence.
1. What was Shankar’s
father?
Ans. Shankar’s father was a goldsmith.
2. What were the thieves
stealing?
Ans. The thieves were stealing gold jewellery.
3. Where were the thieves
when Shankar let out the air from the tyres?
Ans. When shankar let out
the air from the tyres the thieves were in jewellery shop.
4. “Well done, my boy. You are very clever” Who said this?
Ans. Police Inspector said
this.
5. Why did people praise Shankar?
Ans. People praised Shankar because of his bravery
II. Arrange these sentences
in the order in which things happened in the story. Write the correct number in
the box.
a) The police arrested the thieves. (8)
b) Shankar saw the doors of his father’s jewellery shop open. (2)
c) There was a jeep on the road and the two men were putting a
heavy bag into it. (7)
d) Shankar was returning home on his bicycle after group
studies. (1)
e) He let the air out from all the four tyres of the jeep. (5)
f) He wondered why the shop was open at 11 o’ clock at night (3)
g) The inspector
praised Shankar for his cleverness and presence of mind.(9)
h) When he heard
them whisper about the stolen goods, he understood that they were thieves. (4)
i) He cycled at
top speed to the nearby police station and informed the police about the
thieves. (6)
III. Complete the
following sentences. The questions below each of these lines will help you.
a) There was a jeep on the road.
(What was on the road ? )
b) Shankar saw two men putting a heavy bag
into the jeep.
(How many men did Shankar see
? )
c) The thieves had collected jewellery in the bag.
(What had the thieves collected in the bag ? )
d) Shankar informed the police about thieves.
(What did Shankar inform the police about?)
e) Shankar’s school was holding a function
to honour Shankar for his
cleverness.
(Why was Shankar’s school holding a function
?)
B. Writing
IV.
MATCH THE PICTURES WITH THE WORDS
V. Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box and
complete the letter.
21, New Horizon Circle,
Bengaluru.
10th October
Dear Ravi,
Hope this letter finds you in the
pink of health. We celebrated
Deepavali with great pomp. Manish had also come. We missed you a lot. We met
our old friends at school. Hope to see you during summer holidays. Convey my regards to all at home.
Yours lovingly
Shashank
C. Language in use
I) Work in pairs. Look
at these pictures and answer the questions
that follow.
1. What does Savitha have for breakfast ?
Savitha has an egg for
breakfast.
2. What does Suguna have ?
Suguna has an apple.
3. What does Laxman have ?
Laxman has a banana
4. What does Suresh have ?
Suresh has a bread
5. What does Rashmi have ?
Rashmi has an orange.
VIII. Read these sentences :
1.
They collected a lot of jewellery. They whispered that the jewellery
they had collected would fetch them a lot of money.
2.
There was a jeep on the road. Shankar ran to the jeep and let out
the air from all the four tyres.
We use ‘the’ when we talk about a person |
Use a, an or the to
complete these sentences.
1. I bought a
book. The book was interesting.
2. Raju ate an apple. The
apple was red.
3. I met a boy in the market.The boy had blue eyes.
4. I saw an
ant.The ant was dark and tiny.
5. Ravi presented a
ring to Lakshmi.The ring
was beautiful.
D. Listening :
IX. Listen to the poem recited by your
teacher and fill in the blanks as you listen.
What’s in the mailbox?
Most always when the postman comes
With one, two or three,
They’re for my mother or my dad
But never one for me.
I’m going to write some letters, though,
That’s what I am going to do,
And then my friends will answer me,
And I’ll get letters too!
E. Spoken English :
X. Read the following statements and classify them under two
headings given below.
Asking how someone is | Saying how someone is |
1. How’s life? | 1.I’m quite well. |
2. How are your | 2. Fine, thanks. |
3. Hope you are keeping well? | 3. I’m very well indeed, thank you. |
4. How are things? | 4. On top of the world, thanks. |
5. How is your little | 5. Good ! |
Fun Time
Train Your Brain (Learn and enjoy Activity)
Can you solve the following riddles ?
Try yourself and discuss with your friends.
1. What starts with letter E, ends
with the letter E, and contains one letter?
2.
What starts with P, and ends with E, and has millions of letters?
3. Why are Saturday and Sunday
strong days?
4. Which animal can jump higher
than a house?
5.
How many months have 28 days?
Answers :
1) envelope 2) post office 3) Because
they are not week days
4) All because a house cannot jump 5)
all the 12 months
F. Vocabulary
Read these sentences.
1) The inspector patted Shankar’s
back and said, “You are
very clever”
2) We should be as confident as Shankar
3) I am fine here with my studies.
4) I am writing to tell you about a brave deed of my friend Shankar.
The
underlined words are describing words. They describe persons, things, animals
etc. They are called adjectives.
