English Literature
Word meaning:
1. a four -leas clover-______________________________________________________________________________________________
2. running water-__________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. bends-_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. manes- ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. combination- ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Q/A:
1. Describe the fairs.
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2. What type of creature is boggart?
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3. Describe the snow lion.
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Word meaning:
1. tiny - ________________________________________________________________________________
2. pointed- _________________________________________________________________________
3.seaweed-__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. waterlilies- ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. terrible - ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. drowning -___________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. bobbing - ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. drizzle-___________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. trapped out - ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. houseboat-___________________________________________________________________________________________________
• Questions and Answers
1. Who was Manu? How did he help Matsya?
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2. What did Manu do to help the people, the birds and the animals?
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3. How did Matsya take the houseboat to the island?
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• Identify the speakers1. "Tie the boat to my horn," "I will take you to dry land."
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2. "Don't leave us, beautiful, wise Matsya, "Come back!"
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3. "You and your friends must build a big houseboat. You will be safe inside it,"
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4. "Is there no way to save ourselves?"
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5. "Look at that enormous fish over there!"
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Word meaning:
1. quaint _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. hearty- __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.adventuring-_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. make a call on- ________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. winding way - ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Running through the Rain
1. What does the speaker like more, the sun or the rain?
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2. Why does speaker like rain?
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3. What does the speaker see and hear while she runs through the rain?
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Word meaning:
1. Fond- _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Merry-_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Plains- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Bright-eyed-_________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. By the way- ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Vain- _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Pitter, patter- ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Sunbeam-_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. Gilds- _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Scented- _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. mute - ________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. remark - ________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. crumbling - ________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. needlessly - ________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. jumbo-________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. twitter - ________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. honour-________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. right - ________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Why can humans not hear trees speak?
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2. How does the tree keep itself busy every day?
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3. Who is Gajraj? What does he do the tree and why?
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4. Who is Bansuri?
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5. How did the tree meet Bansuri?
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6.What is required for all forest creature to live peacefully with
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Columbus and the Egg:
Voyage -____________________________________________________________________
argues - ____________________________________________________________________
upright - ____________________________________________________________________
trial - _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
hailed - _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1.Who was Christopher Columbus?
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2.In what country was Christopher Columbus born? Answer: ____________________________________________
3.What ocean did Columbus cross? Answer: ___________________________________________________________________
4. What had he been planning for eighteen years?
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5. How did most people react to Columbus' idea? Answer: _________________________________________________
6. Who did finally give him ship to go for voyage?
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7. Which part of world did Columbus discover? Ans: ________________________________________________________
8. What did Columbus think he discovered? Ans:____________________________________________________________
9. How was Columbus welcomed back in Spain? Answer: ___________________________________________________
10. Who made Columbus feel uncomfortable at dinner table?
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11. How did they make him feel uncomfortable?
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Fill in the gaps:
1. Christopher Columbus discovered North on ____________________________________________
2. He had spent _____________________________years of his life planning for his first voyage.
3. Columbus didn't want to ______________________________________________________________________________.
4. _______________________________________________________at the table tried to make the egg stand straight.
Topic: Five Little Brothers
1.What did the five little brothers set out to do?
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2. How did the three brothers look?
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3. Why did the three brothers grow very gloomy?
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4. What did the biggest brother decide to do to stop them from being gloomy?
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5. What is the 'carriage of leather' mentioned in the poem?
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1. set out = ______________________________________________ odd= ____________________________________________________
wee = __________________________________________________
gloomy = ____________________________________________________________________
carriage= ________________________________________________________________________________