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2. (A) Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the
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activities :
Al. Choose
Choose two sentences that appropriately mention the
theme of the passage :
(2)
(1) The same scale should not be used for all to
measure their performance.
(i) Private schools are good to develop individual's
interest.
(iii) The same curriculum should be given to all for
better results.
(iv) Trying for all the subjects irrespective of the
individual's interest may lead to frustration.
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
Q. 1. A. 1. Choose -
Choose two sentences that appropriately mention the theme of the passage:
(i) The extract deals with the techniques to scare the birds away.
(ii) The extract depicts how parrots make holes on the tree trunks.
(iii) The extract depicts the writer's love towards the birds.
(iv) The extract deals with the activities of different birds.
Ans. (i) The extract deals with the techniques to scare the birds away.
(iv) The extract deals with the activities of different birds.
A. 2. Complete the flowchart: -
Ans. (i) It is the patient work of the woodpeckers to make holes in the weak spots of the trunks of the trees, in searching worms to eat.
(ii) The woodpeckers were the carpenters and their long, sharp and strong beaks, acts as a chisels. Thus woodpeckers make the holes and the parrots occupy them
In this way woodpeckers help parrots.
A. 3. Complete the following table: [2]
Search for food
Weaver birds
young stalks come out of the rice-plants.
Parrots
ripe rice-stalks.
A. 4. Vocabulary - (2)
Match the pairs of the words in column 'A' with their meanings in column 'B'. [2]
Column 'A'
Column 'B'
(i) dagling
(a) connected with farming.
(ii) squeezing
(b) attract the attention
(iii) agrarian
(c) hanging freely
(iv) captivate
(d) pressing firmly.
A. 5. Personal response: [2]
Suggest two measures to increase the number of birds.
Ans. (i) Avoid using mobile phones, to reduce the number of mobile towers and radiation emitted from them, which directly affecting the lives of birds.
(ii) Plant more trees to increase the accommodation facility for birds. As they can build their nest on them.
A. 6. Grammar - [2]
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed:
(i) The paddy is ripe enough to harvest.
[Remove 'enough' and rewrite the sentence]
Ans. The paddy is ripe much to harvest.
(ii) How beautiful the sight was!
[Rewrite as an assertive sentence.
Ans. The sight was very beautiful.
(B) Grammar: -
Do as directed:-
(1) When earthquake strikes, world trembles. (Insert appropriate articles wherever necessary and rewrite it)
Ans. When an earthquake strikes, the world trembles.
(2) I spent my holiday ______ some friends ______ a wooden house. (Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions)
Ans. I spent my holiday with some friends at a wooden house.
(3) Radha said to the teacher, "I feel very happy to help my mother at home" (Change in into indirect speech)
Ans. Radha told to the teacher that she feels very happy to help her mother at home.
Answer:
the same curriculum should be given to all for better results