Chapter 6
Now read the following questions and tick the right answer.
Q.1. Dharini—
(a) is the land owner
(b) loves animals
(c) is a gardener
(d) is father of Bhakat
Q.2. Civet cats are also called___________________.
(a) Baby cats
(b) Night cats
(c) Toddy cats
(d) Snail cats
Q.3. Baby Bhakat loves to eat ___________________.
(a) roti
(b) vegetables
(c) fruits
(d) meat
Q.4. Baby Bhakat hates to___________________.
(a) eat snails
(b) be in water
(c) play with Mama
(d) sleep in the rafter
Q.5. The home for the Bhakat is_________________________.
(a) a garden near a river
(b) the roof of the little hut
(c) a little hut by a river
(d) the nest in a coconut tree
Q.6. Tick the statement which is not true.
(a) Dharani and Anjali treat Bhakat as their own baby.
(b) They keep the door closed to keep Bhakat safe.
(c) Anjali plays with Bhakat and lets it be naughty.
(d) Anjali feeds Bhakat before anyone else.
Q.1. What happens when communities expand? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
Q.2. What is the meaning of “impact” in the passage? How it is affecting people and their life? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
Q.3. What will make the human-wildlife conflict more intense? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
Q.4. The passage talks about one solution to tackle human-wildlife conflict. What is it? _____________________________________________________
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Q.5. These types of creative and simple solutions lead to—
(Tick the statement(s) which is/are not true.)
(a) active community involvement.
(b) generate income naturally.
(c) mutually beneficial coexistence.
(d) people live with wildlife happily.
(e) be more enthusiastic and supportive of conservation
(f) developing sustainable livelihood.
Q.1. What do the people who support animal rights recognise? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
Q.2. As human beings, what are our moral obligations towards animals? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
Q.3. What is the right of animals as mentioned in paragraph three? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
Q.4. Why should we rediscover our empathy, compassion, and respect for animals? _____________________________________________________
Q.5. Anyone who cares about animals can start putting “these principles” into practice. What are “these principles”?
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1. The following words are from the text you have read. The synonyms for each word are given. Find the odd one out.
(a) serious, grave, ridiculous, stern, solemn
(b) suitable, unfitting, appropriate, right, proper
(c) hostile, unfriendly, averse, agreeable, unreceptive
(d) peaceful, harmonious, quiet, serene, violent
(e) appalling, atrocious, wonderful, awful, dreadful
2. Look at the two sentences given below. These are from the text. Look at the words in italics. These are used as verbs. They can be used as nouns as well.
(a) By then it had crossed my mind…
(b) Camusfearna, ringed by water… The noun forms of these two verbs are ‘cross’ and ‘ring’.
(a) I’ve put a cross on the map to show where the river Mahanadi is.
(b) She put the ring back in the jewellery box. A list of words is given below. Make sentences using these words as verb and noun.
(c) Book
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(d) Mail
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(e) Cable
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(f) Sack
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(g) End
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(h) Head
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(i) Colour
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(j) Lead
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1. You have read about “noun modifiers” in the chapter ‘Mijbil the Otter’, page 112. These give more information about a noun, hence are called noun modifiers. These are adjectives or adjective phrases. Let us look at more of the adjective phrases and their usage.
Example: I went to a party. It was a Christmas party. The party was lovely.
I went to a lovely Christmas party.
Now, join the sentences given below and make a simple sentence with an adjective phrase.
(a) I bought a Maruti car. The colour is blue. It is sporty. I bought_______________________________________car.
(b) He made a speech. The speech was short. The speech was interesting. He made_______________________________speech.
(c) Suresh went to a house. It was decorated beautifully. Suresh went_________________________________house.
(d) She bought a dress. It is a designer one but frightfully expensive. She bought _____________________________________dress.
(e) The food was tasty. It was prepared quickly. ____________________________________food was tasty
2. Use the correct form of the word given in the bracket and fill in the blanks. One has been done for you.
His behaviour was disappointing. I expected him to be more polite. People present there were disappointed. (disappoint)
(a) The death of 40 jawans was_______________. We were _______________when we heard the news. (shock)
(b) I met an____________________person in the party. He was _________________in tasting each and every dish kept in the food counter. (interest)
(c) Ravi is not very_________________to visit new places. He tells his friends no place is_________________compared to his village in Ranikhet. (excite)
(d) She got a new guest in her house. She was_______________ by his handling the pups. His voice was more ________________when he was calling these pups near him. (amuse)
(e) It is very humid in the Summers. I don’t like this weather. This weather is________________. I am________________as I sweat a lot. Children are________________as they can’t play outside. (disgust)
3. You have read about how to describe a repeated action in the past by using ‘would’ or ‘used to’. Go through the rules again and fill in the blanks with ‘would’ or ‘used to’ as appropriate.
(a) Every day she________________come home from work with a rose to give to her mother.
(b) I _______________ lend him my books when he was preparing for his examination.
(c) He_______________visit his friend in the hospital every evening.
(d) Each time I called him he______________________come immediately.
(e) During his hostel life, he_______________eat all kinds of food without grumbling.
(f) When I was a child, I_______________believe that fire flies were small fire balls.
1. Why did the residents gather near the village pond? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
2. Why were the villagers crying? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
3. Who was Gangaram? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
4. How big was he? ______________________________________________________
5. How old was he? ______________________________________________________
6. Give three reasons to justify Gangaram was friendly:
(a) Children could ______________________________.
(b) Gangaram never ______________________________.
(c) Gangaram was very ______________________________.
7. What was the new name given to the village and why? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
8. What will the villagers do to remember their friend? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
1. In a group of four, conduct research on the following question and write a report on the findings.
What animals can be exported or imported under law? (Customs seizures show a variety of animals from reptiles, lizards, leopards to pythons, venomous reptile. These are carried in tiny suitcases and smuggled.)
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2. Make a team of four students. Imagine a unique animal or bird as a pet. Draw the animal and write the following information about it.
(a) Name of the pet and draw the animal on a chart paper.
(b) My pet: (Make a table like the following and write its specifications)
(c) What all do you have to do to keep the animal with you at home? (You can refer to the dos and don’ts given on page no. 102 of the textbook First Flight.)
(d) Prepare a write up, share it in the class, and put it on the wall for the class to read.
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