Lesson 3 THE FALSE FLIGHT

 Lesson 3 THE FALSE FLIGHT

Exercise

Word power

A) Three words in each group have almost 

The same meaning. But one then is different 

Point out different one. 

1) anger   bitterness     fury      wrath 

2) annoyed   gloomy     sad        sorrowful

3) amiable   courteous  lenient   polite

4) despise    disdain       scold       scorn 

5) anxiety    distress      pain       worry 

Ans: 1) bitterness 2) annoyed 3) lenient 

4) scold 5) pain 

B) here are some words snowing reactions. write plus for a positive reaction. 

One is done for you

1) awful - minus 

2) terrific 

3) amazing 

4) superb 

5) terrible 

6) remarkable 

7) excellent 

8) plus 

9) minus

Ans :- 2) plus 3) plus 4) minus 5) plus 6) plus 

7) minus 

Comprehension 

A) Answer the following questions 

1) What was Sheikh-chillis plan? 

Ans: Sheikh-chillis plan was to buy a cow when he got some money. 

2) How many pots did Sheikh-chillis wife buy? 

Ans: Sheikh-chillis wife bought five pots. 

3) why did she buy an extra pot? 

Ans : she bought an extra pot for carrying some milk to her mother. 

4) what made the husband so angry? 

Ans : The husband become angry when his wife told him that she would carry some milk in extra pot to her mother. 

5) why did the neighborhood start hitting Sheikh-chillis? 

Ans : The neighborhood started to hitting to make him realize the truth. 

B) complete the statements:

1) Sheikh-chillis and his wife lived...... 

2) Sheikh-chillis grabbed the pots one by one and............. 

3) I work and sweet all day and buy a cow and............... 

4) I've been planning it for months and cow............. 

Ans : 1) in a village 

2) smashed them all against the wall

3) you give away the valuable milk to your mother. 

4) has been eating all the wheat and corn. 

Let's Learn :

Some words are given in the box. Put them in right 

Needle, bat, car, Agra, bench, grapes, Mother, Teresa, kitchen, raman, Geeta, lion, cat, potato, blackboard, chart, room, jug, classroom, Tagore. 

Ans: 

Person	Place	Animal	Thing
Raman Mother Teresa Geeta Golu Gandhiji Tagore	Agra Delhi Bhopal Kitchen Bathroom Room Classroom	Dog Lion Cat Zebra Elephant Kitten	Jug Bat Cat Bench Grapes Potato Tomato Mango Chart Needle Black board

There are five types of nouns. 

1.A proper noun is the name of a particular person or place as India. Bhopal, neeraj, diksha etc.

 eg. Bhopal is the capital of Madhy pradesh. 

2. A common noun is a name given in comman to every person or thing of the same class or kind as baby, girl, book, man etc. 

eg. A baby is crying. 

3. An abstract noun is the name of something that we can only think of, as hope, childhood sweetness, honesty etc. 

4. A collective noun is the name of a number of people or things considered as one unit as class troop, assembly. 

5. A material noun - A noun whitch stands for the matter or substance of which things are made is colled a material noun as iron, wood, gold, cotton. 

eg. Ornaments are made of silver and gold. 

A) Pick out the nouns in the following sentences and say whether they are Comman, proper, Material, collective or abstract Noun. 

1) Clothes are made of cotton, wool and silk. 

2) Ashoka was a just and wise ruler. 

3) The judge found the prisoner guilty. 

4) We was a herd of cattle grazing in the field. 

Ans:

1) clothes                           - comman noun 

Cotton, wool and silk      - Material Noun 

2) Ashoka                          - Proper Noun 

Ruler                                  - common Noun 

3) judge                             - comman noun 

Prisoner                            - common noun 

4) herd of cattle               - collective noun 

B) Column A has 7 comman nouns. Match them with seven proper noun in column B

	A		B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7	City Building Girl Book Country State Mountain range	2 4 1 3 7 5 6	Chennai The Taj Mahal Suman English India Karnataka Himalayas

C) pick a word from column A and match it with a word from column B and then write it in the space given below as given in the example. 

	A		B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Swarm Bunch Team Choir Pack Flight Army crowd	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Bees Stairs Wolves People Keys Singers Players Soldiers

eg. A crowd of people 

Ans : a swarm of bees, 

A bunch of keys, a team of players 

A choir of singers, a pack of wolves, 

A flight of stairs, an army of soldiers

D) Read the following sentences carefully:

(i)                  That boy works hard (ii)                The woman goes to her work

(i)                  Those boys work (ii)                The woman go to their work

There are only two numbers in English. 

Any noun that stands for only one person or thing is said to be in the singular number, as boy, woman, pen. 

Any noun that stands for more than person or thing is said to be in the plural numbers as boys, woman, pens. 

Observe how the following nouns from their plurals. 

Bee - bees 

Gas                      - gases 

Buffalo               - buffaloes 

Foot                    - feet 

Watch                - watches 

City                    - cities 

Half                   - havles 

Mouse               - mice

Ox                       - oxen 

Son-in-law        - sons-in- low 

Noun always used in singular - furniture, rice, bread, information, scenery. 

Noun always used in plural - alms, cattle, people, scissors, trousers, spectacles, riches, clothes, poultry. 

Noun having the same from in plural and singular - sheep, deer, aircraft, innings, cannon, series. 

A) Separate singular and plural nouns given in the box into two columns. 

Oasis , shirts, spoon, tiger, deer, roses ,focus Leaf, potatoes, storey, trousers, sheep, people, Scissors, louse.

One	Many
Oasis Spoon Tiger Deer Focus Leaf Story Louse	Shirts Roses Potatoes Trousers People Scissors sheep

B) Which of the two words given in brackets in correct? 

1) My scissors (is, are) not very sharp. 

2) Mathematics (is, are) a difficult subject. 

3) The hunter shot three (deer, deers) 

4) Fifty (sheep, sheep's) are grazing in the field. 

Ans: 1) are 2) is 3) deers 4) sheep

4) read the following sentences carefully :

1)The king went to palace .He ate his breakfast 2) The dog barks.

1) the queen went to the palace. She ate her breakfast 2) The bitch barks.

A noun that denotes a male person or animal is said to be of the masculine gender, as man, boy, uncle, king, dog. 

A noun that denotes a female person or animal is said to be of the feminine gender, as woman, girl, aunt, queen, bitch. 

A noun that denotes an inanimate thing, that is neither male nor female is said to be of the neuter gender, as house, knife, tree, chair, desk, ball. 

A noun that denotes either a male or a female is said to be of the common gender, as child, friend, cousin, parent, teacher. 

Masculine	Feminine
Lion Poet Bull colt Jack-ass Bridge –groom	Lioness Poetess Cow Filly Jenny-ass bridge

A) Arrange these words under four categories:

Masculine	Feminine	Nature	Common
Sheep Husband Landlord Heir Drone Cock	Bitch Loundress She-bear	Wall Pencil Table Done Watch	Baby Bird Cousin Child

(B) Fill in the blacks: 

1) A boy is to a gril, as a tiger is to a..... 

2) A............ Is to a princess, as a hero is to a heroine. 

3) A host is to a.......... As a poet is to a poetess. 

4) A tailor is to a seamstress, as an....... Is to actress. 

Ans: 1) tigress 2) prince 3) hostess 4) actor. 

C) rewrite the following after changing the gender of the nouns and making other changes if necessary. 

1) The lion carried away the son of a washerman. 

2) The hero of this play is a man of great skill and experience. 

3) his nephews and brothers came to see him. 

4) The host asked his maid servant to lay the table at onece. 

Ans: 1) The lioness carried away the daughter of washer woman. 

2) The heroine of this play is a woman of great skill and experience. 

3) Her neice and sisters came to see her. 

4) The hostess asked her servant to lay the table at once. 

Let's talk (word in pairs) : 

Complete the conversation below by choosing a proper response from the box. 

How sad ! Really ! Arent They lovely ! That great! That’s terrible !

1. A Our school has won the first prize in the debate competition. 

B. That great. 

2.A. My purse has been stolen. 

   B. Arnt they sad! 

3.A. Look at these beautiful peacocks. 

B. Aren't they lovely! 

4. A have you heard? Amit has got a scholarship. 

5.A have you heard about the dengue fever? About 60 people have died in Delhi. 

B. Thats terrible! 

Let's read 

Read the following story carefully. 

One day Nasiruddin went the town to buy new clothes. First he tried on a pair of trousers. 

 He didn't like it so he gave it back to the shopkeeper. Then he tried on a robe which had the same price as the trousers. Nasiruddin was pleased with robe, and he left the shop with it before he climbed on his donkey to ride home, 

The shopkeeper and the shop assistant ran out. 

"You didn't pay for the robe! " Said the shopkeeper. But I gave you the trousers in exchange for the robe, didn't I? ", replied Nasiruddin. 

" Yes but you didn't pay for the trousers either! " 

Said the shopkeeper. But I didn't buy the trousers , "replied Nasiruddin. " I am not so stupid as to pay for something which I never bought. 

Now answer these questions:

1. How did nasiruddin get to the shop? 

2. What did nasiruddin do first in the shop? 

3. What did nasiruddin try on next? 

4. Which item did nasiruddin like best? 

5. Why was the shopkeeper angry when nasiruddin left? 

Ans: 1) nasiruddin went to the shop riding his donkey. 

2) nasiruddin tried on the pair of trousers fridt in the shop. 

3) Next Nasiruddin tried on the robe which had the same price as the trousers. 

4) Nasiruddin liked the robe best. 

5) The shopkeeper was angry because Nasiruddin left the shop without paying for the robe or the trousers.