ABHI 7 ENGLISH

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•  READ, LISTEN, UNDERSTAND, ANALYZE, REVISE, REVIEW.
• FOCUS MORE ON THE MEANING.
• write the word and against it two new words that rhyme.
•  gray BRAY, PRAY,TRAY.
• mark BARK.DARK,PARK.
• went BENT,CENT,SCENT,DENT,LENT,RENT,TENT.
• NUT, BUT, CUT,PUT,RUT,SHUT.
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• If I come  to your house, what will you give me?
• If you come to my house, what will you bring for  me?
• • I’ll come to your house if it doesn’t rain. 
• Or  
• If it doesn’t rain, I’ll come to your house.
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• These three things were:
•  What is the right time to begin something? 
•  Which people should he listen to?
•  What is the most important thing for him to do? 
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• The king came near the hermit’s hut, he saw the hermit digging the ground in front of his  hut.
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• council: a group of people chosen to give advice or to make rules 
•  hermit: a person who lives alone and leads a simple life .
• wood/woods: a small forest. 
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• He greeted the king and continued digging.
•  The hermit was old and weak, and as he worked, he breathed heavily.
•  The king went up to the hermit and said, 
• “I have come to you, wise hermit, to ask you to answer three questions. 
• How can I learn to do the right thing at the right time?         first question
• Who are the people I need most?                                            second question 
• And what affairs are the most important?”        third question.
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• The hermit listened to the king, but did not speak. 
• He went on digging. “You are tired,” said the king. 
• Let me take the spade and work in your place.” 
• Thanks,” said the hermit, giving the king his spade. 
• Then he sat down on the ground.  
•               (  Answer to the first question.)
•  How can I learn to do the right thing at the right time?
• “Here comes someone running,” said the hermit.
• The king turned round and saw a bearded man running towards them. 
• His hands were pressed against his stomach, from which blood was flowing.  Then he reached the king he fainted and fell to the ground. 
•  They removed the man’s clothing and found a large wound in his stomach. The king washed and covered it with his handkerchief, but the blood would not stop flowing. 
• The king re-dressed the wound until at last the bleeding stopped..
• Forgive me!” said the bearded man in a weak voice, when he saw that the king was awake. 
• “I do not know you and have nothing to forgive you for,” said the king. “You do not know me, but 1 know you. 
• 1 am that enemy of yours who swore revenge on you, because you put my brother to death and seized my property.
•  I knew you had gone alone to see that hermit, and I made up my mind to kill you on your way home. 
• But the day passed and you did not return. 
• So I left my hiding-place, and I came upon your bodyguard, who recognised me and wounded me. 
• I escaped from him but I should have died if you had not dressed my wounds. 
• I wished to kill you, and you have saved my life.
•  Now, if I live, I will serve you as your most faithful servant and will order my sons to do the same. 
• Forgive me!”
• The king was very happy to have made peace with his enemy so easily, and to have won him over as a friend. 
• He not only forgave him but said he would send his servants and his own doctor to look after him, and he promised to give back the man his property.
• (2nd question answer.)
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• Who are the people I need most? 
• The hermit was on his knees sowing seeds in the beds that had been dug the day before. 
• The king went up to the hermit and said, “For the last time I beg you to answer my questions, wise man.
• “Remember then, there is only one time that is important and that time is ‘Now’.
• It is the most important time because it is the only time we have any power to act. 
• “The most necessary person is the person you are with at a particular moment, for no one knows what will happen in the future and whether we will meet anyone else.
•  The most important business is to do that person good, because we were sent into this world for that purpose alone.” 
• 3rd question answer. (what affairs are the most important?”)
• LEO TOLSTOY 
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• 1. Many wise men answered the king’s questions,but their answers were so varied that the king was not satisfied.
• 2. Someone suggested that there should be a council of wise men .
• 3. Someone else suggested that the king should have a timetable  and follow it strictly.
• 4. The king requested the hermit to answer three questions.
• 5. The king washed and dressed the bearded man’s wound,  but the bleeding would not stop.
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• • to answer three questions. • but their answers were so varied that the king was not satisfied. • and follow it strictly. • to help the king act at the right time.
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• (i) wounded        severely wounded
• (ii) awoke           got up  from sleep
•  (iii) forgive        pardon
• (iv) faithful         loyal
• (v) pity               feel sorry for
• (vi) beds             small patches of ground for plants.     
• (vii) return        give back
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• You took my English book on Wednesday. Please return it.
• She took pity on him and gave him soup and food.
• Dogs are more faithful than human beings.
• Forgive me, if I said wrong.
•  He awoke and he saw the angel in front of him.
• He was  taken to the nearest hospital for he was severely wounded.
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• 1. Why did the king want no more talk about the hilsa-fish?
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•  2. What did the king ask Gopal to do to prove that he was clever?
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•  3. What three things did Gopal do before he went to buy his hilsa-fish?
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•  4. How did Gopal get inside the palace to see the king after he had bought the fish? 
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• 5. Explain why no one seemed to be interested in talking about the hilsa-fish which Gopal had bought.
•  6. Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following sentences.
• (i) The king lost his temper easily.
•  (ii) Gopal was a madman.
• (iii) Gopal was a clever man.
•   (iv) Gopal was too poor to afford decent clothes. 
• (v) The king got angry when he was shown to be wrong.
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• How much did you pay for that hilsa? 
• The woman asked the man how much he had paid for that hilsa. 
• (ii) Why is your face half-shaven? Gopal’s wife asked him
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•  (iii) I accept the challenge, Your Majesty. Gopal told the king
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• (iv) I want to see the king. Gopal told the guards 
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•  (v) Bring the man to me at once. The king ordered the guard 
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• 2. Find out the meaning of the following words by looking them up in the dictionary.
•  Then use them in sentences of your own. 
• challenge 
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• mystic 
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• comical 
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• courtier
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•  smearing
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• 2. Now ask your partner questions about each picture. (i) Where is the stag? 
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• (ii) What is he doing? 
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• (iii) Does he like his antlers (horns)?
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•  (iv) Does he like his legs?
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•  (v) Why is the stag running? 
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• (vi) Is he able to hide in the bushes? 
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• (vii) Where are the hunters now?
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•  (viii) Are they closing in on the stag?
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•  (ix) Is the stag free? 
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• (x) What does the stag say about his horns and his legs? 
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• 3. Now write the story in your own words. Give it a title.
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• . Mother will be very  ANGRY if you don’t go to school.
•  2. As soon as he caught  SIGHT of the teacher, Mohan started writing. 
• 3. How do you like my  TINY kitchen garden? Big enough for you, is it?
•  4. My youngest sister is now a YEAR old.
•  5. Standing on the ROOF, he saw children playing on the road.
•  6. Don’t make such a . FUSS Nothing will happen. 
• 7. Don’t cross the STREET till the green light comes on.
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• Do you know what a shed is? A cow shed, a tool shed, a wood shed, for example. It’s a small room, away from the main house, for storing or keeping things, animals, tools, vehicles, etc. 
• Ask your partner if she/he has ever seen a shed. 
• Let her/ him describe it to the class. Now read the poem.
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•  There’s a shed at the bottom of our garden 
• With a spider’s web hanging across the door, 
• The hinges are rusty and creak in the wind.
• When I’m in bed I lie and I listen, 
• I’ll open that door one day.
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• There’s a dusty old window around at the side 
• With three cracked panes of glass,
•  I often think there’s someone staring at me 
• Each time that I pass, 
• I’ll peep through that window one day. 
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• My brother says there’s a ghost in the shed 
• Who hides under the rotten floorboards, 
• And if I ever dare to set foot inside 
• He’ll jump out and chop off my head, 
• But I’ll take a peek one day.
•  I know that there isn’t really a ghost, 
• My brother tells lies to keep the shed for his den; 
• There isn’t anyone staring or making strange noises
•  And the spider has been gone from his web
• since I don’t know when,
•  I’ll go into that shed one day soon,
•  But not just yet... FRANK FLYNN
• Answer the following questions. (i) Who is the speaker in the poem?
•  (ii) Is she/he afraid or curious, or both? 
• (iii) What is she/he planning to do soon? 
• (iv) “But not just yet...” suggests doubt, fear, hesitation, laziness or something else.
• Choose the word which seems right to you.
•  Tell others why you chose it.
•  2. Is there a room in your house or a house in your neighbourhood/locality where you would rather not go alone, and never at night? 
• If there is such a place and a story to go with it, let others hear all about it.
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• https://storyplanets.com/the-stag-at-the-lake/
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• 1. Read the following conversation. 

  RAVI : What are you doing?

   MRIDU : I’m reading a book.

   RAVI : Who wrote it?

   MRIDU : Ruskin Bond.

   RAVI : Where did you find it?

   MRIDU : In the library. 

  Notice that ‘what’, ‘who’, ‘where’, are question words.

   Questions that require information begin with question words. Some other question words are ‘when’, ‘why’, ‘where’, ‘which’ and ‘how’.

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   What asks about actions, things, etc.

   • Who asks about people. • 

  Which asks about people or things. •

   Where asks about place. • 

  When asks about time. •

   Why asks about reason or purpose. •

  How asks about means, manner or degree. •

  • Whose asks about possessions.

   Read the following paragraph and frame questions on the italicised phrases.

   Anil is in school. Where is Anil?

   I am in school too.  Are you there too?

   Anil is sitting in the left row.  Where is Anil sitting?

  He is reading a book. What is he reading?

   Anil’s friend is sitting in the second row. Where is Anil’s friend sitting?

   He is sharpening his pencil.  What is he doing?

  The teacher is writing on the blackboard. 

    What is the teacher doing?

  Is the teacher writing on the blackboard?

  What is the teacher doing?

  Children are writing in their copybooks.

   What are the children writing on?

   Some children are looking out of the window.

  What are some children doing?

  Who is /are looking out of the window?

  
  

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