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Answer Key

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1 THE BOY AND THE ROBBERS

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

1. (c)
2. Otanes’ mother
3. Otanes’ parents wanted him to study in a famous school in a distant city. So they sent him there.
4. (a) False  (b) True  (c) False  (d) True
5. (b)
6. The robbers did not expect Otanes to tell the truth. So they did not believe him.
7. Otanes became famous in later life. He was the advisor and friend of two Persian kings.

b vocabulary

B1. 1. truth  2. faraway  3. dangerous  4. cowards  5. succeeded

B2. 1. bright  2. fan  3. row  4. rock  5. well  6. (a) polish (b) Polish

c grammar

2. This park is clean and green.   3. The players were tired.   4. The student was lazy.
5. The weather in Germany was cold.   6. Some people are not honest.
7. The railway platform was dark and deserted.   8. The food at the restaurant is not very tasty.
9. The patient was slightly upset.   10. The lights were not clearly visible.

d listening and speaking

Audio Transcript
The Pot
Mullah Nasreddin was a wise man who lived in Persia several hundred years ago. Nasreddin once borrowed a pot
from his friend. The next day, he gave the pot back to the friend, and also gave him another smaller pot. The friend
looked at the small pot, and said, ‘What is that?’
‘Your pot gave birth while I had it,’ Nasreddin replied, ‘so I am giving you its child.’
The friend was glad to receive the extra pot, and didn’t ask any more questions.
A week later, Nasreddin borrowed the original pot from the friend. After a week passed, the friend asked Nasreddin
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‘I cannot,’ Nasreddin said.

‘Why not?’ the friend replied.
‘Well,’ Nasreddin answered, ‘I hate to be the bearer of bad news … but your pot has died.’
‘What?’ the friend asked without believing. ‘A pot cannot die!’
‘You believed it gave birth,’ Nasreddin said, ‘so why is it that you cannot believe it is dead?’

D1. 1. (c)  2. (b)  3. (c)  4. (c)  5. (c)

D2. The students will follow the instructions given.

e writing

Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.

f activity

The students will follow the instructions given.

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2 A BEAUTIFUL DAY

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. sailing – clouds   grazing – cattle   crowing – cock   twittering – birds   flowing – stream
glittering – lake   sleeping – green field   whooping – ploughboy
A2. 1. The oldest people, the youngest people and the strongest are working.
2. The cattle are all feeding together in a group so they look like one animal.
3. The poem describes the spring season.
4. Answers will vary from student to student.

b sounds and pronunciation

B1. flowing  small  green  sleeps  grazing  snow  ploughboy  clouds  sky
  prevailing  glitter
B2. cue word rhyming word from the poem your own rhyming word
flowing crowing
twitter glitter
prevailing sailing
defeated retreated
hill ill
grazing raising
youngest strongest
The third column will be filled by the students.

c activity

Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.

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3 KING SHIBI AND THE TWO BIRDS

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. (c)  2. (b)  3. (c)

A2. 1. False  2. True  3. False
A3. 1. The pigeon was attacked and wounded by a falcon.
2. The falcon argued that food was the priority for all creatures and the pigeon was its food.
3. The falcon demanded that the king should give it some flesh from his own body equal to the
weight of the pigeon. This would ensure that justice is done, according to the falcon.
4. King Shibi himself climbed on the dish of the balance because all the flesh he could cut from his
body did not equal the weight of the pigeon.
5. Answers will vary from student to student.

b vocabulary

B1. 1. man  2. January  3. principal  4. thirsty  5. happiness  6. wall  7. fish

8. water
B2. 1. herbivore – animal that eats only plants – cow, horse
2. carnivore – animal that eats meat – tiger, lion
3. vertebrate – animal that has spine – monkey, zebra
4. omnivore – animal that eats both plants and meat – pig, crow
5. scavenger – animal that eats other dead animals which it has not killed itself – vulture, hyena
6. reptile – animal that lays eggs, has scales in its body and crawls – crocodile, snake
7. invertebrate – animal that has no spine – worms
8. pet – animal that is kept at home as a companion – dog, cat
9. rodent – small animals with large teeth – rat, squirrel
10. parasite – animal that lives on other animals often drinking their blood – fleas, mosquitoes

c grammar

C1. 1. afraid of  2. kind to  3. full of  4. similar to  5. thankful to  6. different from
7. famous for  8. good at  9. happy with  10. tired of
C2. 1. Suja exclaimed, ‘My red pen has run out of ink!’
2. ‘Can I have a biscuit?’ asked Zohra.
3. ‘I do not know swimming,’ replied Johnny.

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d listening and speaking

Audio Transcript
1. Leo : Hey, Shahid, can you see anything?
Shahid : Oh nothing at all! The people in the front row are standing up and blocking our view.
Leo : We’ve missed all the three goals scored so far.
Shahid : We should have sat at home and watched the match on TV.
2. Jairam : Excuse me, are you familiar with the route we are going?
Naren : Yes, I am.
Jairam : I have to get down at Pragati Maidan. Could you alert me a little before we reach there? I have told
the conductor, but in case he forgets . . .
Naren : Surely, I will. Don’t worry.
Jairam : Thank you very much.
3. Saina : How nice it would be if we could come here every Sunday!
Anu : Yes! I just don’t want to get down from the merry-go-round.
Saina : Won’t you join me for a ride on the Big Wheel?
Anu : No, I’m scared of the Big Wheel. I’d rather sit in the restaurant and have an ice cream.

Answers
D1. 1. The speakers are in a stadium watching a football/hockey match.
2. The speakers are in a bus.
3. The speakers are in a fair/amusement park.
D2. The students will follow the instructions given in the coursebook.

e writing

Subjective-response questions
Answers will vary from student to student.

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4 THE FREE MAN

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. False  2. True  3. True  4. False  5. True

A2. 1. The Free Man says no one can hurt him because he has a good broad sword.
2. The Free Man does not care about others. He can defend himself and live as he pleases. This
independent nature makes him free.
3. Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.

b sounds and pronunciation

The students will practise the words given.

c writing

Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.

d activity

Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.

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5 THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE AL

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. (c)  2. (b)  3. (a)  4. (c)

A2. • Edison’s mother withdraws him from school.
• Edison tries to hatch eggs by sitting on them.
• He sets up a laboratory in the cellar of his home.
• Edison is thrown out of the train.
• Edison learns telegraphy.
• Edison sets up a factory of inventions.
A3. 1. Edison’s mother withdrew him from school after a teacher described him as ‘addled’.
2. In the barn Edison was trying to hatch eggs by sitting on them.
3. Edison labelled the bottles ‘Poison’ so that no one else would handle or disturb them.
4. By becoming a newsboy Edison could earn all the money he needed for his experiments. He
could also read newspapers and magazines for free.
5. After Edison’s chemicals caused a fire in the train compartment the furious conductor of the train
boxed him hard on the ear. This made him deaf.
6. Edison said this after a great fire destroyed many of his factory buildings. This shows his
determination to never be defeated by challenges.
7. Answers will vary from student to student.

b vocabulary

B1. Family 1 Family 2 Family 3 Family 4 Family 5 Family 6

chemicals radio blaze weak boxcar newspaper
experiment telephone smoke fragile platform magazine
science telegraph flame strong train periodical
laboratory electric bulb fire deaf coach newsboy
phosphorus phonograph quench handicap conductor weekly
B2. Suggested answers:
-ion dictation presentation
-ship friendship scholarship
-ness hardness thickness
-or advisor creator
-er opener sticker

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c grammar

C1. 1. at the age of four   2. ten years old   3. eleven years old   4. seventeen, thirteen
5. eight
C2. 1.   2.   3.   4.   5. 
C3. was, liked, helped, decided, became
ran, was, got, worked, cleaned, carried, worked, came, saved

d listening and speaking

Audio Transcript
A Discovery
Ramana Athreya is an Indian birdwatcher. He recently made a rare discovery. Ramana spotted a brand new species
of bird. He found the small, colourful bird in a forest.
In the summer of 2006, Ramana studied the bird closely. He took photographs, made notes and also collected feathers
of the bird. When all these were presented to scientists, they agreed that this was indeed a new species. Ramana was
the first to discover a new type of bird in India in the past 50 years.
There was a tribe called Buguns near the area where Ramana found the bird. He named the bird after them. Ramana
and a team of scientists plan to do more research and look for new types of animals. They are excited about the idea
of discovering new types of butterflies, reptiles, insects and plants.

D1. Indian, made, colourful

2006, photographs, feathers, scientists, 50 years
found, named, animals, discovering
D2. Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.

e writing

Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.

f activity

The students will follow the instructions and conduct the group discussion.

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6 THE SPINNING SAGE

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. (b)  2. (c)  3. (c)

A2. 1. The sage was worried because his pigtail hung behind him and not in front.
2. The sage tried to bring his pigtail to the front by spinning around and turning right and left, round
about, up and down and in and out.
3. To make his pigtail move the sage turned round and round and then out and in. Then he turned
right and left and round about, up and down and in and out. Finally he twisted and twirled and
tacked in his effort to move the pigtail.
4. The pigtail did not move because it was hair growing out of the sage’s head, which cannot be
moved.
5. Answers will vary from student to student.

b sounds and pronunciation

B1. hates, wait, ages, place, pain, complains, way, late

B2. ground – clown – fowl – proud – out – sound – blouse – now – mouse – count – brown

c activity

C1. The students will do the task on their own.

C2. The students will do the task on their own.

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7 A FAMILY ON THE ROOF

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. (c)  2. (c)  3. (c)

A2. 1. True  2. False  3. True  4. False  5. True
A3. 1. The girl believed that the eggs could not be a snake’s because a snake’s eggs are not as big as the
eggs she found on the roof.
2. The spotting of the eggs was wonderful news because it meant the girl could now have a pet.
3. The girl threw a few pieces of bread and rotis as food for the peahen.
4. A cat was carrying away one of the eggs of the peahen. When the girl screamed, the cat dropped
the egg and it broke.
5. Answers will vary from student to student.

b vocabulary

B1. 1. minute  2. tiny  3. small  4. big  5. large  6. enormous  7. huge

8. gigantic
B2. Across: 1. sure  2. snake  3. fortnight  4. dreaded  5. lucky
Down: 1. shrieked   6. entwined  7. trust  8. in spite of  

c grammar

C1. 1. Mother bought a cleaning brush from the shop. But the brush had no handle!
2. Don’t go to the basement. There is a snake there.
3. The father thrashed the boy cruelly for breaking a jar.
4. The red light at a traffic signal asks you to stop and the green light, to go.
5. Mother said, ‘There is an orange, a bunch of grapes and a pineapple in the fridge.’
6. There is an old shed behind the school.
C2. 1. The, the, the, the   2. the, 0   3. 0, 0   4. The, the, the   5. 0, 0, 0

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d listening and speaking

Audio Transcript
The peacock ran to the park from the railway station. It sat in a tree for a while and entered the college campus. The
campus ended where the hills began. It climbed the hills and crossed over to the village. Behind the school building it
found a place to sit. In the evening the peacock found its way into the bamboo forest beside the pond. It drank water
from the pond and ran through the road between the huts to reach the border of the village. Soon it was back in the
forest.

D1. The students will mark the peacock’s trail on the map.
D2. The students will role-play the situations given.

e writing

Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.

f activity

The students will follow the instructions given.

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8 DREAMS

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. (b)  2. (c)  3. (b)

A2. shoulder – western   rubies – rare   pine – dark green   ladies – fair   grapes – purple
knights – noble   castles – golden
A3. 1. The mountain line, the grey-stone and the boulder, and the growth of dark green pine are between
the poet and the fairy-land.
2. The fruits in the fairy-land are compared to rubies.
3. Answers will vary from student to student.

b sounds and pronunciation

r is pronounced: frock, crayon, carry, truck, drop, road

r is not pronounced: part, car, master, bird, shirt, clerk, short, beggar, art, farmer

c activity

Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.

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9 WHAT COLOUR IS THAT CREATURE?

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. Rajaram’s joke about Bahadur was that the spirits of the woods might have eaten up Bahadur.
2. Bahadur was late because he found a herd of elephants on his way back from the forest and he had
to take another route.
3. madness, blindness
4. The creature was a chameleon which can change its colour according to the place it sits in.
Rajaram, Shyamlal and Bahadur saw it in different places, so it appeared in different colours to
them.
5. Camouflage
6. (d)
A2. character when he saw the creature, the colour of the creature when he
he was saw it
Rajaram collecting herbs from the forest a special bluish colour
Bahadur collecting honey blood-red
Shyamlal looking for his master’s missing horse green
A3. 1. the hermit  2. Rajaram  3. Bahadur  4. Shyamlal

b vocabulary

B1. fool – foolish, clown – clownish, boy – boyish, girl – girlish, yellow – yellowish, Spain – Spanish,
green – greenish, tiger – tigerish
B2. 1. debate – noun   2. gossip – noun   3. discuss – verb   4. conversation – noun
5. debate – noun   6. chat – verb

c grammar

C1. 1. can’t  2. can  3. can’t  4. can  5. can’t  6. can’t

C2. 1. We cannot come to school on Sunday.
2. Afzal can ride the bicycle without touching the handle.
3. Correct sentence
4. I cannot swim in the sea.
5. Correct sentence
6. All of us can send email using the computer.

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C3. 1. Can you help me?

2. Can they lock the door from inside?
3. Can Romila and Deepa lead the school sports team?
4. Can we eat grilled sandwiches with tomato sauce?
5. Can you lose a mark for writing a wrong answer?
C4. Answers will vary from student to student.

d listening and speaking

Audio Transcript
Chameleons are members of the lizard family. But their special features make them different and interesting creatures.
Chameleons are most famous for their ability to change colour to blend with the surroundings.
The name chameleon comes from a Greek phrase that means ‘ground lion’. Chameleons live in warm places, and
there are about 160 types of chameleons around the world.
What we notice first about a chameleon are its eyes. These eyes can rotate and separately observe two different
objects simultaneously. It means that a chameleon can see all round: it can look in the front, behind and sideways
without turning. What is more, its eyes are stereoscopic. That is, it can see things in 3D!
Chameleons eat insects. They have special tongues which shoot out rapidly from their mouth and pull in the prey
before it can move. The tongue of a chameleon is longer than its body and is so fast that we cannot follow it with our
eyes.
How do chameleons change their colour? Their outer skin is transparent, and beneath that are special cells that
lie in layers. These cells, called chromatophores, can reflect light in many ways. The chameleon’s colour changes
depending on what colour the special cells reflect.
What does it mean if we call a person a chameleon? It means that the person changes his/her opinion too often and
cannot be trusted. Not exactly a compliment!

D1. 1. (a)   (b)   (c)   (d)   (e)   (f)   (g)   (h) 

2. (b)  3. (c)  4. True  5. (c)  6. (c)
D2. The students will do the task on their own.

e writing

Material Procedure
• Flat surface • First put the saucer on a flat surface. Pour 2 teaspoons of water into
• Saucer the saucer and spread the water around.
• Water • Then lay the bread in the wet saucer. Make sure the bread gets very
• Transparent polythene bag moist.
• Sellotape™ • Remove the wet bread from the saucer and put it inside the
• Slice of bread transparent polythene bag.
• Warm, dark place • After that put the bag in a warm, dark place, like a kitchen cupboard.
• After one week, check the bread. There should be a layer of mould
on it.

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10 THE BIG BABOON

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

1. (c)  2. (c)
3. The shocking thing about the Big Baboon is that he goes about wearing nothing.
4. The Big Baboon can become a gentleman if he dressed up respectably and let his whiskers grow.
5. The poet wants to see the Big Baboon become a gentleman. So he wishes that he wore a
respectable dress.
6. Answers will vary from student to student.
7. Suggestions: Kala (Tarzan stories), Shift (The Chronicles of Narnia), Amy (Congo), Kapish (Anant Pai
series), Curious George

b sounds and pronunciation

B1. Britain:V+  proud:V+  pull:V+  jungle:V+
Canada:V–  Robert:V–  an:V+  gift:V–
big:V+  singer:V–  picture:V–  grammar:V+
B2. 1. V– V+ V+   2. V+ V+ V–   3. V+ V+ V+   4. V– V+ V+
5. V+ V+ V+

c activity

The Foolish Monkey

Once upon a time, there was a king who kept a monkey as a pet. The monkey served the king very well.
He had all freedom in the royal household because he was the king’s pet. One hot day the monkey sat
fanning by the side of the king who was sleeping. He noticed a fly on the chest of the king and tried to
swish it away. The fly would go away for the moment and come back again to sit on the king’s chest.
The monkey could no longer take it and decided to teach the fly a lesson. He looked for a sword to kill it
and when he found it he brought it down with all force on the fly. The fly flew away but the king died as
result of the sword blow delivered by the monkey.

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11 KITES

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

KITES
A1. materials used for making movements places to fly uses
glass pull rooftops to collect electricity from the air
Y N Y N Y N Y N
sticks flap parks for fun
Y N Y N Y N Y N
fabric shoot hospitals as a mode of transport
Y N Y N Y N Y N
paper sway halls for spying
Y N Y N Y N Y N
rubber dip beaches to measure the heights of buildings
Y N Y N Y N Y N
bamboo run temples to carry instruments into clouds
Y N Y N Y N Y N
steel jump factories for film-shooting practice
Y N Y N Y N Y N
diamond slide highways for aerial photography
Y N Y N Y N Y N
A2. 1. Kites with cameras tied to them were used to take pictures of enemies.
2. Scientists tied kites together in trains when the first kite couldn’t fly high enough.
3. Benjamin Franklin sent a kite up into the sky to catch the current from lightning flashes.
4. Kites became popular because they were easy to make and fly.
5. Today kites are not used for spying because aeroplanes can do that work better.
A3. 1. Kite-flying started in China over two thousand years ago.
2. Benjamin Franklin conducted the kite experiment to show that lightning was a form of electricity.
3. Flying kites on a roof terrace can be dangerous because people often fall fatally off the edge of the
roof when they walk looking at the kite.
4. (a) China, India, America, Japan

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(b) Benjamin Franklin, Sawai Ram Singh

5. Indian kites are generally in the shape of a diamond, made of paper and bamboo. They are
colourful with designs and pictures of gods and goddesses.
6. Answers will vary from student to student.

b vocabulary

B1. man-made things: parachute, hang-glider, kite, aeroplane, rocket, hot-air balloon, helicopter,
boomerang, broomstick
things in nature: butterfly, mosquito, clouds, birds
from mythology/stories: Garuda, Superman, Hanuman, flying saucer, angels, Pushpak Viman, flying
carpet
B2. 1. Unwind  2. common  3. untied  4. received  5. high  6. attached to
7. a safe  8.  cheap  9. next

c grammar

C1. 1. after  2. While  3. When  4. before  5. when

C2. 1. Some people can read when the music is playing.
2. There was an elephant pageant before the fireworks started.
3. Look before you leap.
4. We stood up when the prayer began.
5. The rabbit woke up after the tortoise reached the finishing point.

d listening and speaking

Audio Transcript
This photo was taken when we stayed in Dehradun during the summer holidays. All these are my playmates.
This is Vishal. He is a great fan of Batman and he imitates Batman well.
This friend of mine, Zubeida, used to be sick most of the time. She would rarely play with us. But she would always
watch us play. She likes to read books. I think she has read all storybooks in the world!
This is Sophie. She loves to eat all the time. She is always munching something or the other.
This is Garima. She is the tallest among us friends. She is a gymnast.
Didn’t I introduce Navya to you at the science exhibition last month? This is her. She is very fond of music.
Look at Debu. He always fights with other boys in his school. Once his principal called his parents and told them that
he could come to school only if he stopped fighting.
Can you guess where I am in this photograph? No? I am right behind the camera clicking the photo!

D1. Answers: (from the left) Vishal, Zubeida, Debu, Navya, Sophie, Garima
D2. The students will follow the instructions given.

e writing

Subjective-response questions
Answers will vary from student to student.
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12 ON THE DESERT

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. traveller   2. camel   3. sand   4. the shadow of the camel on the sand
5. The sun  6. ocean
A2. 1. The camel sways from side to side with an awkward step of pride. Its head is lifted upwards and its
eyes are looking long ahead.
2. ‘It’ refers to the shadow of the camel on the sand.
3. The traveller can hear the footsteps of the camel on the sand.
4. The sun is very hot and all around the traveller and the sand is glaring with sunlight. So he feels
that the sun is prying everywhere.
5. The desert is empty and tough to cross. But it is vast and has a beauty of its own.

b sounds and pronunciation

B1. words with one nasal sound: mother, drink, run, column, anger, planned, autumn, round, ring
words with two nasal sounds: knocking, singing, mount, microphone, manner, nine
word with more than two nasal sounds: morning
B2. 1. pen  2. nose  3. bring  4. wring  5. may  6. summer
B3. rhyming words from the poem
round – around, bound
wide – ride, pride, side
sand – bland, grand, stand
blear – near, atmosphere
air – stare, everywhere

c activity

The students will do the task on their own.

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13 THE WONDERFUL TEA-KETTLE

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. he had no money to buy a new one   2. The priest’s pupils, a keg for storing pickled radishes
3. that the kettle would again turn into a badger   4. hired a professional showman
5. they wanted to stay there the whole day   6. take care of the kettle
A2. 1. wood  2. hawk’s feathers  3. paper  4. rice straw  5. bamboo  6. brass
7. pewter
A3. 1. The fact that the priest did all his work himself and lived frugally make us call him an honest
priest.
2. When the priest began to make tea in his new kettle, it turned into a strange thing, half kettle and
half badger.
3. The priest’s pupils caught the badger and squeezed it into a keg used to store pickle and fastened
the lid with a heavy stone. They hoped that the strong odour of the radish pickle would kill the
badger.
4. The theatre was built by a professional showman. An artist painted the scenery of the sacred
mountain Fujiyama in the background and cranes flying through the air, a crimson sun shining
through the bamboo, a red moon rising over the waves with golden clouds and tortoises. A tight
rope of rice straw was stretched across the stage.
5. When the tinker waved his fan the badger ran around on four legs as half kettle and half badger
clanking its lid and wagging its tail. Next it turned into a badger, swelled out its body and beat
a tune on it like a drum. The badger then danced on the tight rope and walked the slack rope
holding an umbrella or a fan in its paw. It stood on its head and finally turned into a kettle when its
master flourished his fan.
6. The tinker exhibited the kettle-badger for many years and became very rich. Then he retired from
his business and to show his gratitude, he returned the kettle to the priest and asked him to take
care of it.
7. Answers will vary from student to student.

b vocabulary

B1. single words: basketball, airport, railway, toothpaste, weekend

hyphenated words: rock-solid, kind-hearted, brick-red, pickle-seller
words with a space in between: face cream, washing machine, Sunday market
B2. 1. happily  2. brightly  3. uncontrollably  4. carelessly  5. very  6. extremely

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c grammar

C1. 1. leaking  2. fried  3. delighted  4. Flying  5. animated  6. Barking  7. torn

8. frozen  9.  sinking  10. irritating
C2. 1. waiting, broken  2. illustrated  3. crying  4. reading  5. annoyed  6. frightened

d listening and speaking

Audio Transcript
I was woken up by the terrible heat of the fire burning my belly. The only way I could escape the heat was to take my
badger form and run away. I saw in the room a bald-headed old man who shouted ‘ho-ho’ when he saw me change
my form. He was very frightened. Some more bald-headed men rushed in hearing the old man’s cries. These men
were young. They chased me around the room and I didn’t notice the things that were falling down and breaking as
I ran over them. I am sure the room became a huge mess.
The young men finally caught hold of me. They put me in a dark room. The room was so dark and smelled so terrible
that I almost fainted. Then I returned to my kettle form and lay there.
The next day, someone carried me to a room filled with all sorts of old things: utensils, furniture, lamps, bottles and
tools. When I opened my eyes, it was night. A lean man with a moustache was sleeping on a cot. He was a friendly
man because he did not beat me or shut me up in a dark smelly room. So I showed him my talents: dancing, tight-
rope walking and my specialty of turning into a kettle and back into a badger.
My shows with my master were very successful. People who came to see me were all amazed. I was very happy to see
children enjoying themselves. I had a great time doing shows.
My master grew rich, and he always treated me nicely. As he got old he wanted to retire from his show business. I was
sad at first, but then I realized that it was getting difficult for him to run the business.
When my master decided to send me back to the temple, I became so sad that I did not speak for a week. I had no
other options but to go to the temple and the old man. I remained a kettle there. I never turned into a badger, because
I knew the people of the temple did not appreciate that. I have stayed like that ever since, hoping that some day I
would get a loving master.

D1. 1. (a) the priest   (b) the priest’s pupils   (c) the tinker
2. The keg
3. Yes, he liked the new master.
4. False
5. The kettle badger was willing to go back, but he was sad to leave his master.
6. Because the kettle badger knew the people of the temple did not appreciate his badger act.
D2. The students will follow the instructions given.

e writing

Subjective-response questions
Answers will vary from student to student.

f activity

Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.

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14 THE VIOLET

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. the appearance of the flower beautiful  lovely 

grand  bright 
flashy  imposing 

2. the place where the flower grows narrow  silent 

green  hot 
shady  noisy 
3. the qualities of the flower shy  modest 
happy  humble 
proud  tired 
A2. 1. (c)  2. (c)  3. (b)
A3. 1. The two things that show the violet’s modesty are:
(a) Its stalk was bent.
(b) It hung its head.
2. The poet wants to go to the valley to see the pretty violet and become as humble as the flower.
3. (a) Be humble.
(b) Be modest.
(c) Make other people happy.
4. Answers will vary from student to student.

b sounds and pronunciation

1. G  2. F  3. A, C  4. B, B  5. D  6. A, E, G

c activity

C1. 1. sorrow  2. hard work  3. wealth  4. cleverness  5. hope  6. bondage

7. king, power  8.  creative writing  9. war  10. slowness
C2. The students will do the tasks on their own.

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15 A MAN’S CUB

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. (b)  2. (b)  3. (a)  4. (c)  5. (b)  6. (c)  7. (c)  8. (b)

A2. 1. Tabaqui’s words tell us that Father Wolf is the chief of the wolves.
2. The wolves dislike Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief, telling tales and eating rubbish
from the village. They fear him because he often goes mad and runs through the forest biting
everything in his way.
3. Tabaqui visited the Wolves’ cave to announce that his master Shere Khan would hunt among the
Seeonee hills for the next month.
4. Shere Khan was a lame-footed tiger which killed cattle and Man.
5. Father Wolf opposed Shere Khan’s coming to Seeonee hills because the Law of the Jungle prohibits
changing of quarters without due warning. Secondly, he believed that Shere Khan would scare
away all small animals in the area leaving the wolves with nothing to hunt.
6. Shere Khan killed only cattle because he was lame. Cattle would be slow runners and he could
catch them easily.
7. The Law of the Jungle forbids every animal to eat Man. A Man can be killed only to show children
how to kill.
8. Shere Khan burned his feet when he jumped at a woodcutter’s campfire.
9. A little human child came to the Wolves’ cave as they sat listening to the sounds of Shere Khan’s
hunting. The child was brown-skinned, naked, soft and dimpled.
10. Answers will vary from student to student.

b vocabulary

B1. 1. How much does a litre of water weigh?

2. Do you know why no one came? No, I don’t know.
3. Animals that eat meat are called carnivores.
4. People from some countries write from right to left.
5. Pay the grocer the money that is due to him.
6. Check the whole tank and find out where the hole is.
7. Bahadur ran away when he saw a herd of elephants.
8. A knight arrived at the palace on a dark cold night.
9. You will lose a mark by writing a wrong answer.
B2. Across: 1. spoke  2. burnt  3. lay  4. grew  5. bit  6. heard  7. hit
Down: 5. broke  8. forbade  9. lost  10. woke  11. hid  12. leapt

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c grammar

C1. 1. Neelima practises sitar every day.

2. Water is a colourless liquid.
3. Each packet contains ten pencils.
4. The shops on Seetaram Street open at 8 o’clock.
5. They often go to the tennis court to watch their friends play.
6. Surya, Afsana and Sanjay are the team leaders.
C2. 1. Anjana’s mother has two mobile phones.
2. Sri Lanka is India’s neighbour.
3. This aircraft travels from Bengaluru to Hyderabad in half an hour.
4. Malgudi Days is my favourite book.
5. Alice, who is a good santoor player, also sings beautifully.
6. Who cleans your classroom every day?
C3. 1. is  2. carry  3. do  4. give  5. is, is  6. arrive, become

d listening and speaking

D1. The teachers could read out either word from each pair.
D2. The students will do the task on their own.
D3. The students will do the task on their own.

e writing

Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.

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16 A WOLF’S CUB

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. not a tooth even scratched the skin as he laid it down among the cubs
2. little, naked, bold
3. he had jumped at a woodcutter’s fire
4. the Head of the Pack
5. he could not stand up against Mother Wolf if she attacked him from inside the narrow cave
6. Mother Wolf, Mowgli, little frog
7. sat out in the sun and slept, ate, went to sleep again
8. he felt dirty or hot
A2. 1. The human baby pushed his way between the cubs to get close to the mother’s side.
2. Tabaqui said this about Mowgli.
3. Shere Khan could not snatch the man’s cub from the Wolves’ cave because the mouth of the cave
was too narrow for a tiger to come in by.
4. Mother Wolf ’s eyes are compared to two green moons in the darkness.
5. Mother Wolf ’s name is Raksha.
6. Shere Khan means that Raksha could shout at him in her cave, but she could not protect the
human child like that every time.
7. Shere Khan backed out from the Wolves’ cave because he knew Mother Wolf could easily attack
him from inside the narrow cave.
8. The truth that Shere Khan spoke was that the human child will have to be shown to the Pack and
the Pack should approve the Wolves’ raising it.
9. Father Wolf taught Mowgli the meaning of things in the jungle. He taught Mowgli what is meant
by the rustle of grass, the breath of warm night air, the notes of owls and jumps of fish in the pool.
10. Mowgli did not trust men because they laid traps for the beasts.
A3. The choice of words and the reason for the choice will vary from student to student.

b vocabulary

B1. 1. gold  2. honey  3. beetle  4. kittens  5. ice  6. crystal

B2. Answers will vary from student to student.
B3. 1. adjective – wonder   2. adjective – anger   3. adjective – fury   4. adjective – fairness
5. noun – busy   6. adjective – greatness   7. noun – warm   8. adjective – clarity
9. adjective – heat   10.   adjective – hunger

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c grammar

C1. 1. Sneha will not come to Alisha’s birthday party.

2. The elocution competition will begin in ten minutes.
3. Closing your eyes will not make it night.
4. I will become a writer when I grow up.
5. They will have only fruits for dinner.
C2. 1. We will go to Mysore next month.
2. India won’t/will not win the match against Belgium.
3. Preeti won’t/will not paint with a brush.
4. Lincy will complete her assignment on time.
5. The Central Park will reopen after renovation in September.
6. Sam will join the gym next week.
7. Rajiv will leave the office a little early today.
8. I won’t/will not tell her the truth.
C3. 1. Will the teacher solve the problem for us?
2. Will it rain in June?
3. Will they display a robot at the Science Exhibition?
4. Will drinking milk help you grow?
5. Will those who break the law go to jail?
6. Will Arjun get the detailed medical report tomorrow?
7. Will Shruti complete her graduation this year?
8. Will Vinayak shift to Chandigarh soon?
C4. Answers will vary from student to student.

d listening and speaking

D1. Mowgli’s Song

Shere Khan said he would kill – would kill!
At the gates in the
twilight he would kill Mowgli, the Frog!
He ate and he drank. Drink deep, Shere
Khan, for when will you
drink again? Sleep and dream of the kill.
Sleep you still, Shere Khan? Wake, oh,
wake! Here come I,
and the bulls are behind.
Lend me your coat, Shere Khan. Lend me
Your gay striped coat that I
may go to the Council Rock.
With the knife, with the knife that men
use, with the knife of the
hunter, I will stoop down for my gift.

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I dance on the hide of Shere Khan, but my

heart is very heavy. My
mouth is cut and wounded with the stones
from the village, but
my heart is very light, because I have come
back to the jungle.
Why?
All the jungle knows that I have killed
Shere Khan. Look – look
well, O Wolves!
D2. The students will do the task on their own.

e writing

   The students will do the task on their own.

f activity

   The students will do the task on their own.

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Answer Key: Worksheets

Worksheet 1
A. 1. curiosity  2. gates of heaven  3. Yudhisthira  4. Truth
B. 1. Venus was listening to small episodes from the Mahabharata sitting on her grandfather’s lap.
2. Venus wondered why Bhima and Arjuna, despite being so powerful, die while Yudhisthira
entered the gates of heaven.
3. According to Venus’ grandfather, truth is very powerful and it is greater than the strength of
the body. It is the strength of the mind.
Worksheet 2
A. 1. ugly  2. long  3. behind  4. humid  5. expensive  6. loud  7. new
8. small
B. 1. Reena sat close to me in the art class.
Manohar finally decided to close his shop.
2. Our seats are on the second row of the theatre.
Estha and Rahul rowed downstream towards the sea.
3. The gigantic bear entered the city from the mountains.
Raghavan couldn’t bear the tragedy of the massacre.
4. I mentioned my address in the form.
We address our mother as ‘maa’.
Worksheet 3
A. 2. The exam schedule is hectic.   3. The building is tall.   4. The film was brilliant.
5. The boy is smart.   6. The book is interesting.   7. The incident was unfortunate.
8. The food was delicious.   9. The corridor is narrow.   10. The kid is adorable.
Worksheet 4
Subjective-response questions
Answers will vary from student to student.
Worksheet 5
A. 1. Rimjhim, Neha   2. administration, an official  
3. a. refused to acknowledge   b. commented
B. 1. Bartemius Crouch Junior was a Death Eater whose mission was to kill the wizards and
witches born to non-magical parents.
2. During the trials of the Death Eaters, Bartemius Crouch Senior disowned his son and
imprisoned him as he was found guilty. Bartemius Crouch Senior was not heartless but a
noble character passing a fair judgement.
Worksheet 6
A. 1. shines  2. track  3. plant  4. grains  5. teeth  6. litter  7. calf
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B. 1. herbivore  2. invertebrates  3. Lice  4. omnivores  5. rabbit  6. crocodile

7. pet  8. teeth  9. parasite  10. scales
Worksheet 7
A. 1. with  2. at  3. from  4. for  5. of
B. 1. proud of  2. kind to  3. helpful to  4. well known for  5. thankful to
C. 1. Ramu asked, ‘Do I have to finish this work now?’
2. Komal said, ‘Please come back soon.’
3. ‘I have to return home now,’ Sita said to me.
4. ‘Yes, tell me, when should I come?’ Rajeev asked.
Worksheet 8
Subjective-response questions
Answers will vary from student to student.
Worksheet 9
A. 1. four walls of the classroom   2. windows, nature   3. mother’s   4. Visva Bharati
B. 1. Tagore did not enjoy going to school because it practised strict discipline and did not allow
children to dream.
2. Visva Bharati encourages the practice of teaching under tree shades and the process of
learning from nature.
Worksheet 10
A. Family 1 Family 2 Family 3 Family 4 Family 5
keyboard pen newspaper engine fan
monitor pencil journal berth tubelight
mouse eraser pamphlet train electric bulb
laptop ruler book seat geyser
CPU sharpener weekly coach air conditioner
B. Suggested answers:
1. hopeful, truthful, beautiful   2. miserliness, meanness, illustriousness
3. greenish, bluish, blackish   4. friendship, courtship, kingship
5. presentation, habitation, dictation   6. vocalist, instrumentalist, florist
7. ethnographer, geographer, caretaker   8. gracefully, horribly, originally
Worksheet 11
A. 1. eleven years old   2. at the age of seven   3. will be sixteen   4. at the age of thirteen
5. below ten years   6. at the age of three
B. 1. knew  2. sat  3. did not go  4. met  5. woke up  6. drank
7. sang  8. learnt  9. did not reply, sent  10. built
Worksheet 12
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Worksheet 13
A. 1. False  2. False  3. False
B. 1. Alisha was trying to sleep when she heard the shrill cry of the dog.
2. The mother dog came frequently to feed her puppies. As they grew up, she vomited solid
food to get them used to it.
3. Alisha felt very sad when she saw one of the puppies dead. She got a kennel built for the
mother dog and her puppies and took care of them.
Worksheet 14
A. 1. minute  2. huge  3. enormous  4. small  5. large
B. 1. e  2. c  3. d  4. a  5. b
C. The meanings of the words are given. Students will write their own sentences.
1. wind or twist together
2. move smoothly over a surface with a twisting motion
3. a period of two weeks
4. a paved outdoor area adjoining a house
5. shouted in a high-pitched piercing sound
Worksheet 15
A. 1. 0  2. the  3. the  4. the  5. The  6. the  7. 0  8. 0
B. 1. Devna bought the beautiful vase she saw in the market yesterday.
2. I can’t find the card you gave me on my birthday.
3. Haven’t you seen the film The Sound of Music?
4. John is playing the guitar.
5. Have they already left the place where they were staying?
Worksheet 16
Subjective-response questions
Answers will vary from student to student.
Worksheet 17
A. 1. It is believed that while trying to kill the demon Mahishasura, Goddess Durga was outraged
and she burst open from her forehead in the form of Goddess Kali.
2. Hiya’s mother explained to her that each person is made up of a bright and a dark side.
3. Love, helpfulness, kindness and other good qualities constitute our bright side.
4. When faced with a challenging situation, our dark side with its negative qualities overpowers
the bright side.
Worksheet 18
A. The adjectives are given below. Students will write sentences of their own.
1. greenish  2. feverish  3. clownish  4. English  5. ticklish
B. 1. gossip  2. debates  3. conversation  4. argue  5. discussed  6. chatting
Worksheet 19
A. 1. can  2. can’t  3. can’t  4. can’t  5. can’t

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B. 1. Can Meenakshi eat an entire pizza herself?

2. Can Nargis speak French?
3. Can owls see in the dark?
4. Can Ronit take the lead role in the play?
5. Can she help you out with your homework?
6. Can Nikhil move to his new desk today?
7. Can Suraj play the piano?
8. Can you locate the city on the map?
Worksheet 20
Subjective-response questions
Answers will vary from student to student.
Worksheet 21
A. 1. dog  2. string  3. The daughter
B. 1. Jimmy thought that the kite was some kind of food. The yellow colour of the kite looked the
same as the yellow colour of the pulses and meat he had for lunch.
2. After catching the kite, Jimmy found himself stuck in a never-ending round of string.
3. The daughter laughed uncontrollably seeing Jimmy wound by the string.
Worksheet 22
A. board games field games video games
ludo tennis Pac-Man
chess hockey Prince of Persia
snakes and ladders cricket Road Rash
Scrabble badminton Candy Crush Saga
Monopoly football Minecraft
B. 1. Senthil likes bright colours.
2. She got him very expensive clothes from the shop.
3. I lost my pen yesterday.
4. This is the beginning of the film.
5. Greeshma sat behind me in class.
6. Vipin always talks rudely.
Worksheet 23
A. 1. After  2. when  3. When  4. after  5. While  6. before
B. 1. They reached the station just after the train left.
2. Today I was so late that I reached school when the first class was over.
3. I got the tickets booked while you were away.
4. I had slept before my father reached home.
Worksheet 24
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Worksheet 25
A. 1. True  2. False  3. False
B. 1. The old man made toys out of paper pulp for Ahana and told her that all these beautiful
shapes happened by magic. That is why Ahana called the old man Magician Grandpa.
2. The old man, just before moving into the ambulance, called Ahana and whispered in her ear
that he would magically change into a star soon.
3. Ahana saw the star shine bright and realized that the magic had happened, and that meant the
old man had passed away.
Worksheet 26
A. 2. She studied in a well-known school.
3. She passed me her handbag.
4. The compound word ‘washing machine’ is correctly written.
5. This face wash is past the expiry date.
B. Subjective-response question
Answers will vary from student to student.
Worksheet 27
A. 1. verb  2. verb  3. adjective  4. adjective  5. adjective
B. 1. confusing  2. changing  3. leaking  4. excited  5. deafening  6. frightened
7. washed
Worksheet 28
Subjective-response questions
Answers will vary from student to student.
Worksheet 29
A. 1. annual school sports   2. Green   3. butterflies, dragonflies, singing birds
4. the perfect comfort
B. 1. Nisha was the house captain of the Green House and had a lot of responsibilities.
2. The garden was filled with beautiful flowers and lush green grass. Butterflies, dragonflies and
singing birds hovered around.
3. As Nisha left the garden she realized that nature can provide one with the perfect comfort
one desires.
Worksheet 30
A. Subjective-response questions
Answers will vary from student to student.
B. 1. bought  2. built  3. went  4. came  5. fell  6. knew  7. held
8. chose
Worksheet 31
A. 1. Shekhar loves strolling in the park in the morning.
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3. Rita knows the truth.

4. The teacher has some plans in her mind.
5. Neha walks home in the evening.
B. 1. speak  2. go  3. watches  4. are  5. carries  6. barks  7. exercises
8. needs
Worksheet 32
Subjective-response questions
Answers will vary from student to student.
Worksheet 33
A. 1. False  2. False  3. True  4. True
B. 1. Anisha found Jim while returning from her tuition. It was a puppy trying to cross the street.
2. Anisha’s parents had initially asked her to go and leave the puppy back in the street.
3. Jim became a constant topic of discussion for everyone in the family. He was loved by all, and
this is how he became a member of the family.
Worksheet 34
A. 1. bat  2. bird  3. horse  4. log  5. fish market
B. Sample sentences:
2. Anger doesn’t lead to anything, it only destroys.
3. All of us strive for happiness and well-being.
4. Kindness is a great virtue that everyone should inculcate.
5. The doctor asked Neha to be patient and listen to the diagnosis carefully.
6. Rama finally realized that excessive anxiety ultimately affects the health.
Worksheet 35
A. 1. They will play the match tomorrow.
2. I won’t leave early for lunch.
3. The children will have classes next Saturday.
4. Ranjini will go to Mumbai next month.
5. Sandhya won’t help Sangeeta.
B. 1. Will Shobha go to the market today?
2. Will they prepare the list tomorrow?
3. Will the peon not come to school for another week?
4. Will Meera go back home after a few days?
5. Will Riya start practising dance soon?
Worksheet 36
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Answer Key: Model Test 1

A. 1. (d)  2. (c)  3. (c)

B. 1. After getting dressed, Aparna went to the kitchen.
2. Aparna’s mother is a teacher at St Antony’s School.
3. Aparna’s teacher is Mrs Maya.
C. 1. she was going to take a test
2. how much they had learned so far that year
3. making bread omelette
D. 1. excited  2. loved  3. remember
E.   Suggested answers:
1. fun – We had a lot of fun when we went for the picnic.
2. wear – I like to wear jeans and T-shirts.
3. watch – We didn’t get time to watch any film yesterday.
F. 1. Water  2. wall  3. hind/doe  4. airport  5. badminton
G. 1. The food at the restaurant is not very tasty.
2. Vimal said, ‘Why can’t we go for a movie today?’
3. was
4. Mother goes to the church in the morning and goes to visit our grandfather in the afternoon.
5. of
H. 1. ×, ×  2. The  3. ×, ×  4. The  5. The, the, the
I. 1. The robbers did not believe Otanes because they thought he was lying. They didn’t expect
anyone to be honest to that extent in such a situation.
2. King Shibi himself mounted the dish of the balance because all the chunks of flesh that he
cut from his body couldn’t match up to the pigeon’s weight.
3. The Free Man says that he is free and happy. He is not a slave to anyone and he won’t take
blows from anyone. That is why, he says, no one can hurt him.
4. The mountain line, the grey-stone and the boulder, and the growth of dark green pine are
between the poet and the fairy-land.
5. According to the child, the eggs were the proof of a regular visitor, the peahen. The child
always longed for a pet and now she was going to have one. That was why the spotting of
eggs became ‘wonderful news’ for her.
6. Otanes kept his forty pieces of gold in his hat.
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8. The falcon argued that food was the first choice of every living thing. Being a carnivorous
bird, it had to kill some creature for food. It also said that it had to survive in order to support
its children.
9. Edison had collected almost two hundred bottles of chemicals in order to do experiments. He
deliberately labelled them ‘Poison’ so that no one else would handle or disturb them.
10. The sage was worried about his pigtail’s place. It always hung behind him. He wanted it to
hang at his face rather than dangling behind.
J. 1. True  2. False  3. False  4. True  5. True
K.   Answers will vary from student to student.
L.   Answers will vary from student to student.
M.   Answers will vary from student to student.

Answer Key: Model Test 2

A. 1.
Anandwan  2. 1914  3. (c)  4. (c)  5. (b)
B. 1. As a child, Baba often ate with the servants and played with poor children despite his parents’
disapproval.
2. Baba Amte was awarded the Padma Shri and the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of
India.
3. The Magsaysay Award is considered Asia’s Nobel Prize.
4. The sight of a leper in Warora was the turning point in Baba Amte’s life.
5. After his studies, Baba Amte started practising as a lawyer.
6. Apart from his work for the lepers, Baba Amte devoted time to create awareness among
people about the importance of the conservation of nature.
C. 1. well-known  2. participated  3. awarded  4. poor
D. 1. interesting  2. frozen  3. shocking  4. torn  5. talented
E.   Note: The questions in this section focus on the correct usage of can/cannot.
1. They cannot reach there on time.   2. She cannot do it alone.
3. He can swim in the sea.   4.   no mistake   5. no mistake
F. 1. after  2. While  3. When  4. before  5. after
G. 1. The tinker hired a professional showman who built a little theatre and a stage. An artist
painted the scenery in the background, handbills were stuck up in all the barber shops in
town and wooden tickets branded with ‘Magic Tea-kettle Performance, Admit One’ were sold.
2. Tabaqui said this about Mowgli.
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4. The violet’s stalk was bent and it hung its head. This would make anyone think that it wanted
to hide from view. This shows the violet’s modesty.
5. Benjamin Franklin wanted to show that lightning is a form of electricity. He thought he
could prove it if he sent a kite to catch the current from lightning flashes. That was why he
conducted the experiment.
6. Bahadur was late because he had to take a longer route to get back from the forest. There was
a herd of elephants on his way.
7. The shocking thing about the Big Baboon is that he goes about without wearing anything.
8. People started flying kites over two thousand years ago. The Chinese were the first to fly kites.
9. ‘It’ refers to the shadow of the camel on the sand. That shadow is the thing that haunts and
pursues the traveller.
10. Tabaqui came to the Wolves’ cave in search of food. He knew that there would be something
which he could eat.
H. 1. True  2. False  3. False  4. True  5. True
I. Suggested answer:
 Ajmal was on his way to college. When he was about to cross the road he saw an accident. A
car hit a scooter. The car driver didn’t stop. The man who rode the scooter fell on the road and was
bleeding profusely. Ajmal rushed to help him. He pleaded the passers-by to help him to take the
injured man to the hospital. But no one came forward. So he himself called a taxi and took him to
the hospital. Luckily, they reached on time and the doctors were able to save his life. The injured
man’s family came as soon as they heard the news. They thanked Ajmal for saving his life.
J.   Answers will vary from student to student.

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1 descriptive sentences

exercise a

2. The salad is tasty.

3. The thieves are clever.
4. The salesman is helpful.
5. The palace is very old.
6. The chariot is beautifully decorated.
7. The adventure stories are exciting.
8. The film is long, dull and boring.
9. These are glittering greeting cards.
10. The box of yummy chocolates is neatly packed and sealed.

exercise b

1. The question is not easy.

2. The salad is not tasty.
3. The thieves are not clever.
4. The salesman is not helpful.
5. The palace is not very old.
6. The chariot is not beautifully decorated.
7. The adventure stories are not exciting.
8. The film is not long, dull and boring.
9. These are not glittering greeting cards.
10. The box of yummy chocolates is not neatly packed and sealed.

exercise c

1. very attractive  2. late  3. hungry  4. similar  5. very hot  6. highly enjoyable

7. simply wonderful   8. cheap and very attractive

exercise d

1. Mulla Nasruddin was very wise.   2. The hairs on our body are lifeless.
3. Some people in this city are highly ignorant.   4. One among the seven cans was empty.
5. Tony’s sister is very honest.   6. The hills of Shimla were snowy.
7. The grapes the fox got were not sweet.   8. The statue of Venus in the museum is graceful.
9. The knives in her bag are not sharp.   10. King Damanaka’s sons were not obedient.
Negative/Positive Sentences
1. Mulla Nasruddin wasn’t very wise.   2. The hairs on our body are not lifeless.

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3. Some people in this city are not highly ignorant.   4. One among the seven cans wasn’t empty.
5. Tony’s sister is not very honest.   6. The hills of Shimla weren’t snowy.
7. The grapes the fox got were sweet.   8. The statue of Venus in the museum isn’t graceful.
9. The knives in her bag are sharp.   10. King Damanaka’s sons were obedient.

2 opposites and homonyms

exercise a

1. first – last   2. young – old   3. long – short   4. going – coming   5. pushed – pulled
6. laugh – cry   7. friends – enemies   8. kindness – cruelty   9. trusted – distrusted
10. wet – dry

exercise b

remember – forget, carnivorous – herbivorous, prey – predator, justice – injustice, heaven – hell,
war – peace, believe – disbelieve, rough – smooth, brave – cowardly, strongest – weakest

exercise c

1. (a) sets (b) sets   2. (a) kind (b) kind   3. (a) sink (b) sink   4. (a) rings (b) rings
5. (a) solution (b) solution   6. (a) light (b) light   7. (a) Play (b) play   8. (a) bear (b) bear
9. (a) left (b) left   10. (a) object (b) object

exercise d

1. watch  2. bat  3. cricket  4. plane  5. box  6. letter  7. right  8. like

9. type   10. leave

3 the story of tea

exercise a

1. autumn  2. monkey  3. deep amber

exercise b

1. The monk was reading holy books and praying before he took a break.
2. The monkeys were eating dried flower buds and leaves.
3. The leaves were sticky because they contained natural oils.
4. The monk put a handful of flowers and leaves in a small bowl and poured hot water over them.
This mixture was the tea that the monk made.
5. Answer will vary from student to student.

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4 adjectives with prepositions

exercise a

1. to  2. about  3. of  4. for  5. with  6. in  7. of  8. of  9. of

10. on  11. with  12. for  13. with  14. to  15. about

exercise b


Column C: surprised at, different from, aware of, near to, worried about, pleased with, fond of, bored
with, good at

exercise c

Answer will vary from student to student.

5 synonyms and analogies

exercise a

1. TRADERS  2. BRAVE  3. ROBBERS  4. MOUNT  5. WOUNDED

6. GUARD  7. ACCURATE  8. VANISHED  9. GLITTER  10. BARE

exercise b

1. eating  2. unhappy  3. confused  4. worried  5. difficulty  6. wise man

7. job  8.  disability  9. hanging  10. shook

exercise c

1. mouse  2. November  3. up  4. south  5. nephew  6. Finger  7. leg

8. Pig  9. 
Water  10. fly  11. Bray  12. knife  13. water; fire  14. hundred

6 quotations

1. Sumesh said, ‘This is a beautiful place.’

2. ‘Can I have a chocolate?’ asked Jessi.
3. Ayesha exclaimed, ‘My black cat is missing!’
4. ‘Would you like to have upma?’ questioned Naman.
5. ‘Put your books away,’ said Mrs Gupta. ‘The test begins now.’
6. Leela asked, ‘Why can’t the cat eat a watermelon?’
7. ‘Please hand me that book,’ said Anita.
8. Varun asked Mr Daniels, ‘What is the answer to the third question?’
9. ‘That was the most exciting book I have ever read!’ exclaimed Sabina.

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7 his spear against his shield

exercise a

1. (c)  2. (a)  3. (c)

exercise b

1. The passer-by asked the arms seller what would happen if his spear was used to pierce his shield.
2. Answer will vary from student to student.
3. Answer will vary from student to student.
4. Answer will vary from student to student.

8 writing i

exercise a

1. Answer will vary from student to student.   2. Answer will vary from student to student.
3. Answer will vary from student to student.

exercise b

1. Answer will vary from student to student.   2. Answer will vary from student to student.

9 word families and suffixes

exercise a

the family of telephone: dial, mouthpiece, cable, ring

the family of war: enemy, sword, wound, gun
the family of merchant: trade, sale, shop, price
the family of gold: expensive, glitter, bracelet, yellow
the family of music: sing, rhythm, piano, play
the family of tree: bark, root, leaf, woods

exercise b

beauty – beautiful, advise – advisor, fancy – fanciful, blue – bluish, cricket – cricketer, kind – kindness,
friend – friendship, protect – protection, act – actor, careless – carelessness, relation – relationship,
colour – colourful, yellow – yellowish, erase – eraser, sail – sailor, skill – skilful, scholar – scholarship,
blank – blankness, dance – dancer, play – playful, cheap – cheapness, add – addition,
describe – description, make – maker, clean – cleaner, produce – producer, sharpen – sharpener,
exact – exactness, cream – creamish, drive – driver, like – likeness, divide – divider

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exercise c

1.   2.   3.   4.   5.   6.   7.   8.   9.   10. 

10 simple past tense

exercise a

1. (a)  2. (b)  3. (b)  4. (c)

exercise b

1. were,   2. happened,   3. am going,   4. has,   5. bought,  6. slept, 
7. have won,   8. won,   9. got up,   10. completed, 

exercise c

1. Did Menaka have seven pet dogs?

2. Did Sushil break three records at the sports competition?
3. Did the boys from the neighbourhood throw a ball at Mrs Khanna yesterday?
4. Did Danny borrow three books from the library?
5. Did he fill seven cans with water in three minutes?
6. Did the owl wake up at night?
7. Did the detective open all the windows of the room?
8. Did Raju,Vishwesh and Ashtu join the army after college?

exercise d

1. India did not become a free nation in 1940.

2. Autorickshaws were not popular in Canada.
3. Thomas Edison did not invent the mobile phone.
4. I did not take Mandakini’s pencil from the box.
5. Did Sunil not solve this puzzle himself?
6. Kavya and Afsal did not organize the trip to the zoo.
7. Many foreign scholars did not attend the meeting.
8. Why did the three friends not enter the garage?

exercise e

Anirudh collected rocks. He collected big rocks and small rocks. He collected yellow rocks and green
rocks. He collected rough rocks and sharp rocks and smooth rocks.
Anirudh kept his rocks in a chest under his table. His chest was half full. He liked looking at his rocks.
Sometimes Anirudh took out his rocks from the chest. He counted the rocks. There were about thirty
rocks. He counted them again. He arranged the round rocks in the left. He put other rocks in the
right. Then Anirudh closed the chest and kept it away. He went outside to collect more rocks.

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11 how to take tests

exercise a

despite : in spite of
disappointed : unhappy
suppose : think something is true
attempt : try
skip : avoid
leave out : omit
accidental : not intentional

exercise b

1. (b)  2. (c)  3. (c)  4. (a)  5. (b)

exercise c

1. All students can learn test-taking skills.

2. By getting through the whole test, we can score more.
3. By skipping the difficult questions we get enough time to answer all easy questions. We can go
back and answer the difficult questions after we finish.
4. The test-taking methods will work only if we study well.
5. No. Test-taking methods will work only if you have studied well.

12 dictionary work

exercise a

1. came to mind  2. wished  3. extremely happy  4. worth remembering

5. prediction   6. active at night  7. cultured  8. give to many people
9. a person who spends a lot of time reading books   10. very unhappy and uncomfortable
11. a state of great activity and emotion   12. spoke angry and rude words

exercise b

timhre – hermit : a religious person who stays away from others

stpsrii – spirits : supernatural creatures
kacqu – quack : a person who pretends to know about medicines
sasp – pass : a road through a mountain
beltacpeser – respectable : acceptable and good
hsiwkser – whiskers : long, stiff hair on the face of an animal
userup – pursue : follow
tmiesap – pastime : done for enjoyment in free time
tegtra – target : an object shooters aim at
letsca – castle : a large building with a fort where a king lives

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exercise c

Across: 1. boulder  2. novice  3. chat  4. adult  5. misguided  6. spying

Down: 7. sway  8. electricity  9. fact

13 the definite article

exercise a

1. the  2. the  3. A, the  4. The, a, a, the  5. a, a, a, the  6. a, a, the  7. the

8. the  9. 
a, a, the  10. the

exercise b

1. There was a major flood in the year 1995.

2. Draw a line from the blue dot to the orange dot to complete the diagram.
3. The robber had entered the house through a large ventilator in the kitchen.
4. How many computers does the front cabin of the booking office have?
5. I could not see the speaker from the seat I got in the auditorium.
6. Could you change the bulb of the table lamp?
7. The fourth student from the left is Anju.
8. A very talkative student is not always the smartest student.
9. Abraham Lincoln said that democracy is the government of the people, for the people, by the
people.
10. Have you heard the proverb ‘strike an iron while it is hot’?

exercise c

the, the, 0, the, the, the, 0, 0, the, the

the, the, the, the, The

14 writing ii

exercise a

in the evening, sit around the fire, talk, sing, play

a hunter, crawls, gun, the sofa
the books she has read, she goes to bed
hills, woods, roaring lions come
nurse, sea, backwards, land of story-books

exercise b

Answer will vary from student to student.

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15 adjectives

exercise a

1. babyish  2. lucky  3. fashionable  4. noisy  5. friendly  6. Jewish  7. golden

8. cowardly  9. sleepy  10. tasty  11. stylish  12. comfortable  13. wooden
14. rainy  15. dusty  16. bookish  17. silvery  18. apish

16 ‘can’ for ability

exercise a

1. can  2. cannot  3. can  4. can  5. cannot  6. cannot  7. cannot  8. can

9. cannot 10. cannot

exercise b

1. Supriya cannot write with her left hand.   2. All of us can speak French now.   3. 
4. Penguins cannot live in deserts.   5.  6. Sandy can read this book in two days.   7. 

exercise c

A: This exercise aims to teach only positive questions.

1. Can a hovercraft travel on water and land?
2. Can Sachin Tendulkar bat with his eyes closed?
3. Can a microwave cook without fire?
4. Can anyone run as fast as Usain Bolt?
5. Can we go to the moon on an aeroplane?
6. Can stones turn into gold if they are heated?
7. Can a pigeon deliver a letter if you write the address correctly on the envelope?
8. Can cats and dogs see in darkness?
9. Can you lift the chair you are sitting on?
10. Can trains in India travel at a speed of 300 kilometres per hour?
B: 1. Can Supriya write with her left hand?   2. Can all of us speak French now?
3. Can we drink sea water?   4. Can penguins live in deserts?
5.   Can I eat food without salt?   6. Can Sandy read this book in two days?
7. Can Adil sing for three hours without stopping?

exercise d

Answers will vary from student to student.

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17 the kingfisher

exercise a

startle : surprise and shock somebody

stumpy : short and thick
streak : a long thin mark or line
peering : looking closely and carefully
darted : moved suddenly and quickly in a particular direction
minnow : a very small fish
perches : sits
hovering : staying in the air

exercise b

1. not much larger  2. bright blue  3. head; wings  4. blue spots  5. green; red
6. seven

exercise c

1. The writer sees the kingfisher near the pool.

2. The writer compares the colours of the kingfisher to those of a rainbow.
3. The kingfisher watches the fish swimming under the water. It darts down to the water and flies up
with a fish in its beak.
4. The female kingfisher is not as bright as the male. It has a little bit of red under its chin.
5. The nest is only a cradle for eggs and the little birds.
6. Kingfishers lay eggs in a tunnel dug in the bank of a water body.
7. Answer will vary from student to student.

18 adverbial clauses of time

exercise a

1. when  2. before  3. after  4. while  5. before  6. while  7. before

8. when  9. after  10. while

exercise b

He will wash up before he goes to bed.

I’ll light the fire when it gets cold.
The audience stood up when the president arrived.
She will give the children their dinner before he comes home.
I will pay you when I get my pocket money.
She stayed in bed until the clock struck seven.
She went on singing till the judges told her to stop.
He’ll have to behave better when he goes to school.

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The lift will not start until you press that button.
I’ll give him the key when he returns.

exercise c

1. When Arif returned from school, there was nothing to eat at home.
2. Before motor vehicles were invented, people used animals for transport.
3. When it starts to rain, frogs croak.
4. After the car was repaired, we resumed our journey.
5. When the postman rings the bell, open the door.
6. While my friends were shopping for shoes, I had an ice-cream.

exercise d

1.    2.   3.   4.   5. 

19 compound words

exercise a

single word: cobweb, superman, bathroom, chairman, bedtime, clockwise, courtyard, crossword,
woodland, daylight, typewriter
two words separated by a space: red light, cooking oil, sports shoes, glass jar, dog food, ring
finger, oil lamp, test cricket, steering wheel, morning news

exercise b

1. spoon  2. spoon  3. board  4. bow  5. bag  6. one  7. side  8. rise

9. board  10. phone

exercise c

friendly × unfriendly   appeared × disappeared   popular × unpopular   equal × unequal

honest × dishonest   certain × uncertain   clear × unclear   possible × impossible
believe × disbelieve   do × undo   usual × unusual   hairy × hairless
colourful × colourless   modest × immodest   famous × infamous   common × uncommon
agree × disagree   correct × incorrect   true × untrue   tie × untie

20 verb-like adjectives

exercise a

1. sung, singing  2. baked, baking  3. known, knowing  4. excited, exciting

5. forgotten, forgetting  6. hidden, hiding  7. warned, warning  8. spoken, speaking
9. raised, raising   10. filled, filling

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exercise b

1. boring, bored  2. relaxing, relaxed  3. tired, tiring  4. confused, confusing

5. terrifying, terrified  6.  exciting, excited  7. annoying, annoyed
8. shocked, shocking  9. freezing, frozen  10. speaking, spoken

exercise c

1. (a) A man was smoking in the visitors’ room.

(b) The lady at the counter asked him to go to the smoking room.
2. (a) Order me a mug of drinking chocolate.
(b) Many animals are drinking water from the broken tap.
3. (a) ‘Who is sleeping in the class?’ asks Mrs Prema.
(b) The policeman woke up the sleeping beggar.
4. (a) The men of the jungle opened the suitcase with their knives.
(b) At night a snake crawled into the opened suitcase.
5. (a) Cold air was coming in through the broken window pane.
(b) Harish didn’t know who had broken it.
6. (a) Yana baked a cake for her cousin.
(b) He didn’t like baked food.
7. (a) ‘Ansar, have you finished the paragraph?’
(b) ‘Give me the finished paragraph.’

21 the merchant of seri

exercise a

1. utensils made of tin  2. exchanged  3. wealth  4. dishonest  5. a large amount of

money

exercise b

1.   2.   3.   4.   5. 

exercise c

1. The first merchant was honest and the second, greedy.

2. They were once rich. That is how the old woman and her granddaughter came to have a golden
bowl at home.
3. The first merchant wanted to convince the old woman and the girl that the bowl was worthless, so
that he could get it cheap.
4. The second merchant.
5. That was his boat fare. He had given all money he had to buy the golden bowl.
6. The greedy merchant came back thinking that he could easily fool the old woman and the girl and
get the bowl.
7. The greedy merchant would pretend that the bowl was worthless, so that the old woman offered it
to him at any price he quoted.

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22 homophones and irregular verbs

exercise a

1. The taxi fare from the city to the airport is `300.

2. The staircase is made of steel.
3. Have you heard about the writer R.K. Narayan?
4. We sighed with relief after crossing the river in a tiny boat.
5. Rinku and Riny always bring their dog to the park.

exercise b

1. (a) lessen (b) lesson   2. (a) blue (b) blew   3. (a) high (b) hi   4. (a) sail (b) sale
5. (a) I (b) eye   6.   (a) stare (b) stair   7. (a) route (b) root   8. (a) tail (b) tale

exercise c

1. swam  2. broke  3. felt  4. bent  5. cried  6. decided  7. hung

8. swept
regular verbs: cry, decide
irregular verbs: swim, break, feel, bend, hang, sweep

exercise d

1. swung  2. sold  3. stuck  4. brought  5. sprang  6. told  7. forgot

8. set  9. stood  10. led

23 uses of the simple present tense

exercise a

1. fact  2. frequent event  3. now true  4. frequent event  5. fact

6. frequent event  7. fact  8. now true  9. frequent event  10. fact

exercise b

1. The Rajdhani Express travels from Delhi to Mumbai.

2. My favourite cartoon character is Pluto the dog.
3. Oil does not dissolve in water.
4. Amrita’s sister studies at Apollo Medical College.
5. The sun is a star, the moon isn’t.
6. Ants live in colonies.
7. Anand carries a Walkman when he travels on train.
8. Some bacteria help digestion.
9. Many people go to office on bicycles.
10. Viswanathan Anand is a chess grandmaster from India.

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exercise c

Answer will vary from student to student.

24 auxiliary ‘will’

exercise a

1. (b)  2. (c)  3. (a)

exercise b

1. The other team will bring bats and balls for all.
2. Eating salt will make you thirsty.
3. The Chief Minister will talk to journalists at 4 o’clock.
4. Rangaraju will buy a new tractor for his farm in September.
5. Salma will record her song on a laptop.
6. Who will bell the cat?
7. The sons of Manikchand will dance together on stage next Sunday.
8. The Great White Wizard will create a castle of pearls for us to play.

exercise c

1. The other team will not bring bats and balls for all.
2. Eating salt will not make you thirsty.
3. The Chief Minister will not talk to journalists at 4 o’clock.
4. Rangaraju will not buy a new tractor for his farm in September.
5. Salma will not record her song on a laptop.
6. Who will not bell the cat?
7. The sons of Manikchand will not dance together on stage next Sunday.
8. The Great White Wizard will not create a castle of pearls for us to play.

exercise d

1. Will Reshmi make mango salad for lunch?

2. Will all the frogs in this pond go to the lake in summer?
3. Will Ajay bring curd and buttermilk before lunch?
4. Will you feed the cattle tomorrow?
5. Will all of us write ten sentences using will?

25 writing iii

exercise a

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exercise b

There was a greedy and miserly trader in a town. One day he called his servant and said, ‘Plant some
ginger in my land on the hill tomorrow.’
That night the servant proceeded to the trader’s land on the hill. He carried a small bronze bowl with
him. He buried the bowl under the ground.
Next morning the trader led his servant to the land with a bagful of ginger to plant.
No sooner had the servant started digging than a clank was heard.
‘Master, there’s a treasure in your land!’
‘Silent! You idiot! Somebody will hear.’
‘Master, let’s take this treasure home.’
‘Don’t be a fool. We’ll come back at night to take it,’ said the trader.
As soon as they reached home, the trader gave the servant one thousand rupees saying, ‘Look, you are
not telling anyone about the treasure.’
The servant was overjoyed. As he ran home he heard his master shouting, ‘Don’t forget to be here
tonight.’
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Answer Key: Model Test 3

A. 1. The notice is about an environmental awareness programme. The notice is issued by Asish, the
programme coordinator.
2. Environment Club, Oxbridge School, New Delhi, is conducting the programme.
3. The programme is at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, 9 July 2018. The school auditorium is the venue.
4. Dr Shyam Charan is the chief guest. He is a famous environmental activist.
5. The students should wear the environment day badge when they come for the programme.
The programme will end at 4:30 p.m.
B. 1. first  2. pull  3. going  4. enemies  5. kind
C. 1. colourful  2. player  3. kindness  4. relationship  5. driver
D. 1. ‘That was the most exciting film I have ever seen!’ exclaimed Varsha.
2. Vennela asked me, ‘Did you see Neha on Monday?’
3. ‘Stop talking,’ said Mr Seshan, ‘the programme starts now.’
4. Neelima asked, ‘Why can’t the dog eat a pumpkin?’
5. ‘Please hand me that key,’ said Asish.
E. 1. Did the police open all the windows of the room?
2. Did Atul buy five apples from the shop?
3. Did I wake up at 6 o’clock yesterday?
4. Did Akhil,Vishal and Bestin go to Delhi?
5. Did Suraj have five pens?
F.   Answers will vary from student to student.
G.   Answers will vary from student to student.

Answer Key: Model Test 4

A. 1. Orwell knew from a very early age that he should be a writer when he grew up.
2. Orwell barely saw his father before he was eight.
3. Orwell’s unpleasant behaviour made him unpopular throughout his schooldays.
4. Orwell had the habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary people.
5. Orwell wrote his first poem at the age of four or five. It was about a tiger.
B. 1. impatient  2. unhappy  3. dissatisfied  4. incapable  5. harmless

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C. 1. I have not yet received the mail you sent yesterday.

2. How much is the taxi fare from the city to the railway station?
3. The sale of tobacco is banned here.
4. Have you heard about Arundhati Roy?
5. Please buy a pen for me.
D. 1. wooden  2. friendly  3. childish  4. lucky  5. acceptable
E. 1. when  2. before  3. while  4. after  5. when
F.   Answers will vary from student to student.
G.   Answers will vary from student to student.

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READER

general guidelines

1. Remember that the objective of this reader is to supplement the reading of students, expose them
to good stories and to inculcate reading habit.
2. Do not attempt to treat the stories given in this reader as you did in the coursebook.
3. Alternate the reading of stories; sometimes silent reading and sometimes aloud.
4. Get the students to recite the poems in a chorus.
5. Involve as many students as possible in reading the stories.
6. Do not tell the students the meaning of the words or ask them to look up a dictionary. They
should be encouraged to infer the word meaning. Tell them how to do so.
7. Once a story has been read in class, ask the students to attempt the exercises on their own,
preferably in a separate notebook. These should be checked by the teacher to maintain the
seriousness or else the students will not do them properly. The teacher could even ask the students
to do just a few questions.
8. The textual questions (given in Exercise A) should be done orally.
9. Get the activities like role-play, acting, etc. done in the class. The ones related to writing should be
done independently by the students.
10. Ensure that the books from which the excerpts have been taken are available in the class/school
library.
11. Discuss some of these stories so that you arouse the students’ curiosity in the book and lead him/
her to read them.
12. Aim at getting the maximum number of students hooked on to reading in order to improve their
proficiency in English. Read out an excerpt from any of the recommended books to arouse their
curiosity but do not read out the entire chapter.
13. The entire list of suggested reading should not be given together. It will appear to be a massive and
formidable assignment and will kill the interest.
14. Ensure that the stories in the supplementary reader are evenly spaced out. Do one story from the
supplementary reader after three chapters from the coursebook. This will give the students time to
catch up on their reading at an enjoyable [Link] can continue to motivate them while you are
doing the coursebook with them.
15. After one author is completed in class, suggest one book at a time. Mention the time to complete
the [Link] may conduct a fun activity in the form of a Book Quiz. Other activities could
be paper reading based on that book, group discussion on characters, or ask them to think of a
different way to end the story.
16. Then give them the name of other books by that author.
17. If the students depend on the school/class library for reading books, divide the class into
the number of books available and let the students read different books by the same author,
simultaneously.

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1 the magic brush

1. Get the students to read the story following any one of the methods mentioned in the tips given
above.
2. On the basis of the reading of the excerpt, ask the students to speak for a minute about what they
would have done if they had a magic brush.
3. Then encourage a discussion by asking them what magical object they would like to have and why.
4. Surf the site [Link] and download stories.
5. Next ask the students to read one of the following books on magic:
Suggested reading:
1. The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit
2. Half Magic by Edward Eager
3. Black and Blue Magic by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. False  2. False  3. False  4. True  5. True  6. True  7. False  8. True

A2. 1. When it rained, Giorgio and Santino couldn’t work and there would be neither money nor food.
So things got hard for them.
2. Santino drew mountains, rivers, flowers, trees, wild animals and everything that he had ever seen.
3. The brush that the old man gave Santino was a magic brush. Anything drawn with that brush
immediately turned real.
4. The king wanted Santino to create wealth using his magic brush. So he ordered his men to bring
Santino to his court.
5. Santino believed that it was wrong to use the brush to make a rich king richer. So he refused to
obey the king.
6. Santino painted a door on the wall of his prison cell, which then turned real. He escaped through
the door.
7. Answers will vary from student to student.
8. Answers will vary from student to student.

b discuss

The students will do the task on their own.

c writing

The students will do the task on their own.

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2 twelve o’clock

1. Tell the students about Shantiniketan and Rabindra Sangeet.

2. Talk about Tagore as the great writer and a Nobel Laureate.
3. On the basis of the reading of the poem, ask the students what requests they make to their parents.
4. Ask students to visualize the scene and describe it.
5. Arrange the screening of Kabuliwala for the students.
6. After watching the film, ask half of the students to draw a portrait of the Kabuliwala and the other
half to draw Mini. After that they must write a paragraph on the two characters.
Suggested reading:
Rabindranath Tagore
1. The Land of Cards: Stories, Poems and Plays for Children
2. The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

1. The child wants to think it is afternoon because in the afternoon he doesn’t have to study.
2. The signs of evening the child mentions are: the sun reaching the edge of the rice field, the old
fisher-woman gathering herbs for her supper, shadows growing darker under the madar tree and
the water in the pond looking shiny black.
3. The child closes his eyes to have a sense of nightfall.
4. The child would be living in the countryside.
5. Answers will vary from student to student.

b writing

1. The midday sun was shining brightly when the owl went to sleep.
2. The camp will go on from morning till evening.
3. Divya’s father will return from Russia tomorrow.
4. How many days/weeks are there in a fortnight?
5. Serena was born in 1999 and her younger brother, in 2003.
6. Tony was in Class 5 three years ago, he was in Class 4 a year earlier.
7. The day after Sunday comes three days before the day after Thursday.
8. Both the Shatabdi Express and the Chennai Mail take 29 hours/a whole day and five hours to
reach Chennai.

c activity

1. Akbar was very fond of jewellery. He had many rings of gold, pearls and diamonds. His favourite
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2. At the emperor’s palace, there were eight servants who looked after his clothes and jewellery. They
also helped him get ready to go to the court. No one else was allowed to enter his room.
3. One day, the Emperor wanted to wear his favourite ring. But it was missing.
4. Akbar ordered a search for the ring. But no one could find it.
5. Akbar then asked his men to call Birbal. When Birbal came, he told him about the robbery and
asked for help.
6. Birbal called all the eight servants who were in charge of the Emperor’s room.
7. He gave each of them a stick of the same size and asked them to come back with it the next day.
He told them that the stick of the person who had stolen the ring would become longer by one
inch that night.
8. The next morning, the eight servants stood in a line with their sticks. Birbal caught hold of one of
them and took him to Akbar.
9. The man fell at Akbar’s feet and admitted that he had stolen the ring. The king was surprised.
10. He asked Birbal how he found out the culprit. Birbal said the thief had cut his stick by an inch
fearing that it would grow.

3 kasia and kapila

This forms a part of the Oriya folklore and there are films on these characters. Tell the students how
important it is to know about the folklore of our country.

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. he was an orphan and very poor. He had no one to take care of him
2. Kasia; the cattle grazed in the jungle
3. then he would become the king
4. a temple; he had no children of his own
5. make the guards arrest him and take him to the king
6. Kasia; minister
A2. 1. Kapila’s job was to assist the landlord’s son Kasia to look after the cattle.
2. When Kasia told Kapila that he would be king, he was surprised and thought Kasia was joking.
3. Kapila promised Kasia that he would make Kasia his minister if he became king.
4. The king who adopted Kapila as his son had no children of his own. When the king grew old
Kapila became the king.
5. Kasia jumped over the palace boundary so that the guards would arrest him and take him to the
king.
6. The city of Puri is in present-day Odisha. It is famous for the Jagannath Temple.

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b discuss

The students will do the task on their own.

c activity

The students will do the task on their own.

4 the white elephant

a comprehension

A1. 1. False  2. False  3. False  4. True  5. True  6. True  7. False  8. False

A2. 1. (a)  2. (b)  3. (c)
4. The elephant’s son was white in colour. It was a beautiful, strong elephant.
5. Besides work the white elephant played with the carpenters’ children. He played with them in the
river and on the bank. He would pick them up on his trunk and set them on high branches of the
trees and then would let them climb down on his back.
6. The students will answer the question.

b activity

1. Airavata
2. The students will find out the meaning of this expression and use it in a sentence of their own.

5 prometheus

1. Ask the students to read the story on their own.

2. Do a brainstorming session by asking them questions.
3. This will ensure that the students have read the story properly.
4. Discuss the character traits of Prometheus.
5. Ask them what moral they have learnt from the story.
You could arrange the screening of the film Troy for the students.
Suggested reading:
Greek Mythology
1. Greek Myths: A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne
2. Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin

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ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. (c)  2. (b)  3. (c)  4. (b)  5. (b)

A2. 1. Prometheus did not care to live amid clouds on the mountain top, unlike other gods. He lived
among men and helped them.
2. When Prometheus went to live among men, they were poor, wretched and unhappy. They lived in
caves and holes in the earth, shivered with cold because they had no fire, died of starvation, were
hunted by wild animals and were always fighting with one another.
3. Zeus refused to give fire to men because he thought if men had fire they would become as strong
as gods and drive them out of their kingdom.
4. Prometheus took sparks of fire from the glowing sun and brought them hidden in the hollow of a
reed to the earth.
5. Prometheus taught humans how to warm themselves using fire, how to build houses of stone and
wood, how to rear cattle, how to cultivate and how to protect themselves from the dangers in
nature. Then he taught them the art of making tools with metal.
6. Zeus ordered his servants to seize Prometheus and carry him to the top of the Caucasus Mountains.
Then he sent the blacksmith Hephaestus to bind Prometheus with iron chains to the rock.
7. In bondage Prometheus’ friends were old Helios, birds, ocean nymphs and the men who he had
helped. Old Helios comforted him; the birds brought him messages; ocean nymphs sang wonderful
songs for him; and men looked at him with pity.

b discuss

The students will do the task on their own.

c proofreading

The students will do the task on their own.

d activity

The students will do the task on their own.

6 the wind and the leaves

a comprehension

A1. 1. (b)  2. (b)  3. (b)

A2. 1. The line signifies the change of season from summer to autumn. In the autumn season, the colour
of the leaves will change to red and gold.
2. The wind called the leaves when summer was gone.
3. The leaves went to sleep in their earthy beds.

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4. The leaves went noisily.

The lines,
‘Singing the soft little songs they knew.
Dancing and whirling the little leaves went;’
suggest that the leaves went noisily.

b activity

1. The students will prepare the charts in groups.

2. The students will follow the instructions and do the activity.

7 tom sawyer

Suggested reading:
1. Mark Twain’s Collection of Short Stories and Essays
2. Adventures of Tom Sawyer (the abridged version)

a comprehension

A1. 1. Tom to the new boy   2. The new boy to Tom   3. Tom to the new boy
4. The new boy to Tom   5. Tom to the new boy   6. Tom to the new boy
7. Tom to the new boy
A2. 1. (a) 2. (b), (d)  
3. The new boy was a little larger than Tom. He was well dressed in his new clothes, shoes and a neck
tie. He seemed to be a city boy who was sober but proud.
4. When Tom asked the new boy his name, the new boy rudely replied that it was not Tom’s business
to know.
5. According to Tom, his big brother can thrash the new boy with his little finger and that Tom will
ask him to do so.
6. Tom stood at the gate of the new boy’s house and dared him to come out and fight. The new boy,
however, only made faces at him through the window.

b activity

1. The students will discuss both parts of the question given.

2. The students will find out details about Twain and make a chart on him.
3. The students will write a letter to a friend imagining themselves to be the new boy and describing
the encounter.

8 friends

a comprehension

A1. 1. (b)  2. (b)  3. (c)  4. (a)

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A2. 1. The poet describes the sky as a kind, big smile that is bent sweetly over her.
2. The wind comes stealing over the grass to whisper nice things to the poet and though she cannot
see him, she can feel his careful wings.
3. God is watching the poet.
4. A child should not feel fear because God watches every little thing he/she does, and He loves
everyone. God has provided the child with so many gentle friends too.

b activity

1. The students will write about nature. They may write what they feel about it and how it affects
them.
2. The students will write a report on the ways in which nature is destroyed. They must also write
about ways to preserve nature.
3. The students will follow the instructions given.

9 what the animals saw in the mirror

1. Ask the students to read the story on their own.

2. Do a brainstorming session by asking them questions.
3. This will ensure that the students have read the story properly.
4. Ask them this question: ‘What, according to you, is the moral of this story?’

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. (b)  2. (c)  3. (a)  4. (c)  5. (b)

A2. 1. The housecat was very learned and the other animals admired him.
2. According to the housecat a picture is a wonderful, elegant and an enchanting flat thing.
3. The ass grew suspicious because the cat used too many adjectives to praise the picture.
4. To prove himself right the ass went and looked at the mirror.
5. The artist had the picture placed in such a way that it could be viewed through a mirror. Animals
stood between the picture and the mirror and saw only their own images.

b discuss

The students will do the task on their own.

c activity

The students will do the task on their own.

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10 the table and the chair

1. Ask the students to read the poem aloud in a chorus.

2. Tell them that this is a poem meant for enjoyment and will not have a deeper meaning.
Suggested reading:
1. The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
2. The Owl and the Pussycat
3. How Doth the Little Crocodile

ANSWER KEY

a comprehension

A1. 1. the Table

2. The Table is suffering from the heat and the chilblains on its feet.
3. The Table and the Chair use two legs to walk.
4. A Ducky-quack, a Beetle and a Mouse.
5. Beans and bacon
6. After dinner and before going to bed, they danced on their heads.
A2. 1. According to the Table they could have a little talk and take a little air by taking a walk.
2. The Chair thinks that the Table is talking foolishly because it knows that Tables and Chairs cannot
walk.
3. The Table and the Chair went slowly down and walked about the town with a cheerful bumpy
sound. They toddled round and round the town.
4. When the people saw the Table and the Chair walking, they exclaimed that the Table and the
Chair have come to take the air.
5. They lost their way while going down an alley to a castle in the valley.
6. After they returned home the Table and the Chair had dinner with their friends. Then they all
danced and went to bed.
7. Answers will vary from student to student.

b activity

The students will do the tasks on their own.

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