4D Look at the pictures. Write the names of the festivals. Which is your favourite festival? How do you celebrate it? Tell the class about it. ,1. Riya had visited .. . with her family. 2, Jaipur has a large . 3. The Jaipur Elephant Festival is organised by the ... 4, The current venue of the festival is the .... 5. Rugs with lovely .. are put on the backs of the elephant. 6. The entire scene reminds one of the old glory of . and its culture. © Answer these questions. 1, Where does Raja stay now? . Which school has he joined? . Describe the grooming that the elephants receive before the festival starts. . Who receives a prize at the end of the festival? vp en . Where and when does India host another elephant festival? @ Think and answer. 1. Why do you think the Elephant Festival is becoming popular with tourists? 2. Is there a need to retain the Rajasthani culture? Why? @® Read the sentences. Answer the questions that follow. 1. They are adorned with jewellery and large anklets a, Who are ‘they’ in this sentence? b. Why are they adorned with jewellery and large anklets? c. Who helps them wear the jewellery and the anklets? 2. The entire scene reminds one of the lost glory of Rajasthan and its royal culture. a. What is the scene being described here? ‘b. Do you think what the narrator says is true?Ha Values and Life skills + importance of heritage We celebrate many festivals in our country. Discuss in class how we benefit by celebrating them. mekxIIxD Read these sentences. * present and past tenses « The mahouts bathe, paint and groom the elephants. + The Rajasthan Tourism Board organises the Elephant Festival every year. These sentences tell us that these actions happen as a routine or habit. These sentences are said to be in the simple present tense. Some words that indicate simple present tense are: every day, every Sunday, daily, usually, always and never. Now, read these sentences. + We took a plane to Delhi. + We wanted to take a road trip. + Early this month, we had a long break. ‘These sentences tell us that these actions happened in the past. These sentences are said to be in the simple past tense. Some words that indicate simple past tense are: yesterday, last summer, in 2016 and last winter. © Write Pr for sentences in the simple present tense. Write P for sentences in the simple past tense. 1, Amit and Hritam play cricket every Sunday. . I love vanilla ice cream. . The thirsty bird drank water from the lake. . The snake hissed angrily at the mongoose. 2, 3, 4. Kajal lives in Mumbai. 5, 6. . Shikha sings for two hours every day.© Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs, am 6x 1. Is . He.. . Earth ..... . My grandmother ... We She (walk/walked) two kilometres yesterday. (help/helped) the old man after the accident. .. (moves/moved) around the sun. . (calls/called) us every week. (see/saw) a film yesterday. (washes/washed) her car every Sunday. + word meanings © Match the words with their meanings. 1. break a. a public procession 2. airport b. a number of people or vehicles moving in an orderly way, usually as part of a ceremony 3. lodge c. along length of cloth that is wound around the head 4, royalty d. a period of leave 5, procession | e. a small house or hotel where people can stay for holiday 6. porter f. a place where planes land and take off 7. parade g. people of the royal family 8. turban h. a person whose job is to carry luggage odd word out © Cross out the odd word. no i: 2; a fabric adorn spot . tourist . connection . culture embroidery material cloth decorate beautify gold venue place jewellery visit traveller visitor communication contact letter tradition bird historymt. Punctua + commas in quoted sentences Read these sentences. + Father said, ‘We are going to attend the Elephant Festival in Jaipur’ + Riya said, ‘I will ride an elephant + Tom commanded, ‘Stand up on the bench!” + Mother smiled and said, ‘I have made chocolate pudding for you.’ In these sentences, the exact words of the speaker are quoted. We use a comma (,) before the exact words of the speaker. Now, add commas to these sentences. 1. My mother said ‘I am going to the market.” 2. A man shouted ‘Get out of that building!” 3. The postman said ‘I have a package for you.’ 4, He wrote ‘We will love you for ever. D COoelm ms less + alphabetical order You have learnt that we arrange words in the alphabetical order by looking at the first letters of the words. For example, * apple * biscuit « dog * mango * teacher When the first letters of the words are the same, we arrange those words in the alphabetical order by looking at the second letter of the words. For example, * cab + clear * cook * crab When the first and second letters of the words are the same, we arrange those words in the alphabetical order by looking at the third letter of the words. For example, * cab + cake «call * cane * car * case Arrange the words each set in the alphabetical order. expose banter Ca balladHere is a cart run away in the road Lumping along with man and load; lumping along: moving with difficulty And here is a mill and there is a river: siesens auc Each a glimpse and gone forever! —Robert Louis Stevenson @ Tick (v) the correct answer. 1. The poem is mainly about a CE bullock-cart ride through a village. CO bas ride through a city. CO fast-moving train and the people, places and things seen from it. 2. ‘Charging along’ means O going slow. CO poing at a normal speed. CO poing fast. . The animals that the poet sees during the journey are CO goats, horses and cattle. CO horses and cattle. CO sheep, horses and cattle. » . ‘Painted stations whistle by’ means CO stations are whistling. CO the train whistles when it crosses a station. CO the tramp is whistling in a station.© Answer these questions. 1. How do we know that the train was moving fast? 2. Name three things that the train passed by. 3. What appears and disappears in ‘the wink of an eye’? @ Think and answer. 1. Which phrase tells you that the child is all by himself? 2. Which scenes tell you that the train is going through the countryside? 3. Do you think the poet loved the journey? Quote the lines which tell you so. @® Read these lines from the poem. Answer the questions that follow. os 1. Faster than fairies, faster than witches, Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches; And charging along like troops in a battle, All through the meadows the horses and cattle: a. What is being described in these lines? b. What is faster than fairies and witches? c. In the third line, what is the comparison being made? 2. Here is a child who clambers and scrambles; All by himself and gathering brambles; Here isa tramp who stands and gazes; And here is the green for stringing the daisies! a. Where are the child and the tramp? b. What are the things that the child is doing? c. What does the tramp do? 3. Here is a cart run away in the road, Lumping along with man and load; And here is a mill and there is a river; Each a glimpse and gone forever! a. Why does the cart seem to ‘run away’? b, Who and what is on the cart? c. Why is everything just a glimpse?+similes mOx=Im Read these sentences. + The train was as fast as fairies. + The train was like troops in a battle. + The sights of the hill and plain fly as thick as driving rain. In these expressions, we notice that the train is being compared to fairies and troops. And the sights are being compared to heavy rain. Comparison of two different things using words such as like and as is known as similes. Now, fill in the blanks to complete these similes. The clues will help you. X 1. The baby is as light as a 2. He is as funny asa... 3. In that new place, I was feeling as helpless as a .. 4, After her bath, Siri was looking as fresh as a. 5, The children thought the statue was RP a8 big a8 aM ns snsnnsonnsnnonnsonn mE ALSO Listen to the clues and write the names of the mode of transport. + listening for clues 1. Tama. 2. lama... 3. lama 4. lama... soEx «seeking information Imagine you are travelling to Agra in a train. Your fellow passenger is a resident of Agra. Introduce yourself and then ask him/her about the places that you can visit in Agra. You could practise the conversation with your partner. f 2 Ee oS singular and plural You have learnt about singular and plural nouns. 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