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Topic: COMPREHENSION, Scientists know, , (UNSEEN, , PASSAGE), , how old it is. Themany things about the Sun. They know, Sun is more, than 4% billion, The Sun may, seem, years old., but, small,, that, is, It, is, away., because it is so far, about 93 million, miles, (15o, million kilometers), away from the Earth., The Sun is so, of the Sun is, 109 times the Earth's large that the diameter, is made, diameter. The Sun, up of gases: 75%, hydrogen and 25% helium., is the, Hydrogen, elements. The Sun is the, and lightest of all of, simplest, centre of our Solar, is made, of, System. Besides the Sun, the Solarthe known, the planets,, up, moons, asteroid belt,, System, Earth and other, comets,, meteors, and, planets, revolve, other, The, around the Sun. The Sun is, objects., there would be, very, only darkness and our planet would, Without it,, be very coldimportant., water. The scientist, and, be, without liquid, study the Sun using special tools or, The Sun is, instruments, a, such, as, actually star. It is the closest star to the Earth., telescopes., Stars, look, like they are, twinkling because when we see them, we are, looking at them through thick layers of, turbulent (moving) air in the Earth's, atmosphere. There are also larger groups of stars, called clusters. These clusters of, stars make up, galaxies. Our Solar System is located in, the Milky, , Way Galaxy., , How old is the Sun?, , 1., , 2., , Our Solar, , 3. Name 3, , System, , lies in which, , galaxy?, , compoents of the solar system., , 4. Find two nouns from the paragraph., , 5, , Give adjectives for the following nouns., a., , Sun, , b., , 6. Write the plural forms for the following., a. planet:, , b. galaxy:, , 7. Which instrument is used for the study of the Sun?, , Stars

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Topic:, , D a t e :, , are so many, Thereare2, , ways to travel. The, , COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN PASSAGE), , most, henWay to travel is probably in some, , C, , o, , m, , m, , o, , n, , motorized vehicle, , type, , are travelling with your, ngfaran, and you are not, far, away, you could takefamily, a car. If, you want to go, Swhere with a lot of people,, fyouare, , you could go in, , ora bus., , if youneed, , need to, , a van, , travel t, , through, oftransportation. WWe canwater, boats are another, on small, boats to, ravel to close place. Big shipsgocan take, us to, , er also.They go way down, farawayiy islands. Submarines travel inin the, into the water., deep, Airplanes are also a great way to travel., they need, Many people choose to fly in, they need tto go too far away and, jet airplanes if, want, to, there, can, get, see, becauseyou, quickly. An airplane, fun to, to ride, ride in, in, airplane isis fun, things from way up high., The main idea of the, story is:, wate, , a., , there, , are, , many ways to travel, b. airplanes can, go fast, c. you should, just stay at home, 2., , What kind of, , 3., , Why might someone choose to travel in an, , 4. Write, , transportation can you use to travel through water?, airplane?, , antonyms from the paragraph:, , a. nearby:, , 5. Which is your favourite mode of, travelling and, , b., , b. slowly:, , why?, , Make sentences using the following words., a. vehicle:, , b. faraway:., 93

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***, , Date:, , Topic:, , COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN, , People from all over the world like the taste of chocolate., , PASSAGE, , Chocolate is refreshment that many people enjoy as a dessert, orsnack. Some people like dark chocolate and some, people, like light chocolate. The name "Hershey" is known, , throughout, , the world for its chocolates. Milton Hershey died in 1945, but, , the chocolate factory and Hershey's chocolate continues, to be made in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Milton Hershey's son, wanted to learn this kind of work and s0on he was serving as, an apprentice under his father who got a new job in a candy, , factory where he helped to make candy. After a few years,, Milton knew that he was a good candy maker and he wanted, , to start his own candy business. After seeing how chocolate, was made at a chocolate convention, Milton purchased the, equipment needed to make similar chocolates. He started his, own business. Hershey built an entire town around his tactory complete with houses., , schools, churches, and stores so the people who worked in his factory could live nearbv, , He also made a foundation which is an organization that gives money to people who, need it. His foundation is designed to help people get an education., , 1. Why is Hershey known throughout the world?, , 2., , What did Milton do after learning how chocolate, , was, , made?, , 3. Why did Milton build a complete town around his factory?, , 4. Find the words, , that mean:, , a. sweet dish eaten after a meal:, , b. to buy:, 5. Was Hershey able to start his own, , business?

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Topic: COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN, *****, , Date:, , a house that is called a hive., There are three kinds of bees:, .ars, drones, and queens., Only one queen bee can live in, oor, lost, is, is, each, lost, wohe, dead, the other bees will, hive.Ifshe, stop their work. Bees, are, verywise., nay, wise and busy little creatures., ive in, Beeslive, , PASSAGE), , W o r k, , They all join together to build, of wax for storing their honey. Bees, collect nectar from flowers, ich they conver, nvert into, honey. Each bee takes its proper, place and, doesitsown work. Some go out and, gather nectar from the flowers;, hers stay back and work inside, the hive. It is not safe for, children to handle bees. Bees, have painful sting that they use in their, defense., cells o, , other, , 1. Where do the bees live?, , 2., , Mention three kinds of bees found, , 3., , Complete the sentences using the correct word., a. Bees are, , beehive., , little creatures. (fool/wise), , b. It is, 4. Search and write two, , 5., , in a, , for children to handle bees. (safe/unsafe), , adjectives from the passage., , Search and write two nouns from the passage., , 6. How is honey made by the bees?, , What do the honey bees use for their defense?, , 0. Write adjectives for the following:, a., , bee, , b., , sting

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Date:, , Topic: COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN, , One morning the fox said to his children, I will find somne, , PASSA, , SAGE), anaiaia, , eggs tor breakfast. Then he went to the woods. The fox, , saw an eagle's nest on the top branch of a tree. 'How can I, , reach those eggs? he thought. 'Ha, ha! Now I have a plan.', He put some grass stalks into his ears and knocked on the, tree with them. 'Throw an egg to me,' cried the fox. 'lf you, do not throw an egg to me, I will knock this great tree over, , with these grass stalks.' The eagle was terribly frightened,, and she threw an egg down to the fox. Throw another egg, down to me at once,' demanded the fox when he saw that he, had frightened the eagle. 'One egg is enough,' said the eagle., 1 shall not throw down any more eggs.' "Throw another egg, to me, or I shall knock the tree over with these grass stalks and take all of your eggs said, thefox. The eagle was still more frightened, and she threw down another egg. Then the, fox laughed and said, 'How could I knock down a great tree with these small grass stalks, , The eagle became very angry. She flew down from her nest and grasped the fox with her, talons. Then she lifted the fox up and flew with him far out to sea. She dropped him upon, a lonely island. The fox was left on the lonely island., , 1. What did the fox go out for?, , 2. How did the fox threaten the eagle?, , 3. How many eggs did the, , 4., , eagle throw?, , Find the antonyms for the following words., a., , b. cried:, , crowded:, , 5. Make sentences, , using the words given below:, , a. frightened:, , b. angry:., , 6. Find the synonyms for the following words., , a. hold firmly:, , b. throw:

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day, One, dayin, , spring four, , seback, k al, along, , a, , men vwere, , riding on, , country road. These men, , were, nerS,, to, the, next town to, lad cOurt. There had going, been a rain, and the, ground, soft. Water was, a very, very soft., dripping from the, , lawyers,and, and they were, atter, , trees,, was wet., and the grass, he, Thefour, four lawyers rode along, one behind, for, the pathv, hway was narrow, and the mudanother,, ior the, on each, Nas, , de of it was, , deep. They rode slowly and talked, , and, and laughed,and were, , laugneda, , very jolly. As they were passing, through a grove of small trees,, they heard great fluttering over their heads and, a feeble chirping in the, roadside. St, grass by the, stith!, stith!', roadside.'Stith!from, came from the leafy branches, above them. 'Cheep! cheep!, the wet, cheep came, , grass. 'What is the matter here?' asked the first lawyer, whose, name was >peed. 'Oh, it's only some old, robins,' said the second lawyer, whose name, was Hardin. Ihe storm has blown two, of the little ones out of the nest., They are too, to, and, the, fiy,, yOung, mother bird is making a, fuss about it.', 1., , Where were the four, , great, , lawyers going?, , 2., , What were the names of first and, second, , 3., , Why were they going one behind another?, , lawyer?, , 4. Why was the mother bird worried?, , 5. Find the synonyms of the following words:, , a. make a short sharp high pitched sound:, b. weak:, 6., , Find two adjectives from the paragraph., , 7. Write the adjectives for the following words., , a., , leaves, , b., , birds

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Date:, Mini, , Topic:, , COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN PASSAe., GE, , fast with the little kite and Hari held the, firmly. Then Mini jumped up and threw the kite asstring, high, as she could. The kite felt a, little stir in its tail. It tried, really hard. It gave a big push when it felt a breeze., Then the breeze soon whooshed it, up. The red kite felt, ran, , n, , very excited. 'Oh!, , 'm flying', sang the little kite as it, pulled at the string. It could see the park below, , smaller and smaller. After a, , grow, , while,, , Mini and Hari were, little dots at the ends of the, string. Now the little kite, , flying near the other kites., Welcome, little one,' said a kind blue kite. The little kite waved its, , was, , tail as it sailed away, loved the blue sky. It loved, in, sailing the breeze. It loved looking at the clouds that, were still far above. 'Ah! You, made it after all,' said Ravi's, green and yellow kite as it, came close. look out for that, monster. It could hurt, huge, It, , purple, , However the little red kite just whooshed, , anymore. It was enjoying itself very much., 1., , What was Mini, , you., , up and down, , as, , it flew away. It, , doing?, , 2. How was the red kite feeling once it reached to sky?, , 3. Who welcomed the little green and yellow kite?, , 4. Make sentences, , using the words given below:, , a. enjoying:, , b. excited:, mean:, 5. Find the words which, , a. moving quickly with rushing sound:, , eloait d, , b. moving hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal: w a v e, C., , a gentle wind:biUzC, , 6. Find the antonyms:, a. depressed:, C. near, , 98, , b. bigger., , d. up:, , was not, , afraid

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*****, , Topic: COMPREHENSION(UNSEEN PASSAGE), , D a t e :, , t, , ** **, , ***, , rning as Sam was walking to school, a big truck rattled, , Onehe road past him. The truck jolted over a bump in the, alond a box fell out of it. The box smashed open but the, , alongth, , road, a n da ., , truck, kept going, going along the road and, kept, , was soon out, , of, , sight., , the broken box there fell an egg. What an egg! It was, O u to r, uidas Sam and when he pushed it, the egg rolled. Sam, asbig, , od it all the way to school. 'Put it on the mat, dear,' said, , rolle, , es field, Sam's teacher. As Sam rolled the egg onto the mat,, ficed that there was a crack in it. Then he heard noises coming, , MissHatfie, , e not, , m, , from, , inside the egg 'tap, tap, tap, chip, chip, chip'. The crack in the egg, , and, pened, up, the egg broke. Out of the broken egg rolled a bundle., The bundle uncurled itself, sat up and smiled. It was a beautiful baby dinosaur. It was the, , happiest moment of Sam's life., , He, , patted the dinosaur and said, Your name is Clarence., , Miss Hatfield said to the children, 'Now we have our own dinosaur.He can live n the, , climbed, , up, They, school.' Clarence liked living in the school and playing with the children., him. When it rained,, , Slid down his sides., on him and, stood under him., , They played hide and seek around, , they, , 1., , 2., , Where, , was, , Sam, , going? What did he find?, , What kind of noises, , 3. What, , 4. Was, , name, , were, , coming from the egg?, , dinosaur?, did Miss Hatfield give to the, , Clarence, , happy at the school, , children, 5. How did the, , 6. Find the synonyms, , enjoy with, , from the paragraph:, , a. scramble up:, , b., , become aware, , of:, , C. pretty:, break, d. violently, , Clarence?, , into pieces:

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Date:, , Topic: COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN, ****A*, , PASSAc, AGE), , Pandit Jawaharlal Lal Nehru was a, great leader and the, first Prime Minister of India., During the freedom, Nehruji was put in jail many times., struggle, During one such, he had a helper called Ramu., Ramu loved and caredtime, a, for, Nehruji lot. Nehruji would often ask Ramu, about, 'How many, him., are, , people, , there in your family, Ramu?, son, Sir. He works in the city., My witfe is, , 1 have a, so I live alone., , no more, , Where do you live?' '1 live in a hut in the, village. There, is a huge mango tree in front of, my house. It is full of, flowers now, so we will get a lot of, mangoes.' Nehruji, was reminded of his own home in Allahabad., There were, , so, , many mango trees in the compound. They would be laden with mangoes, during, summers. Nehruji could feel their, taste. He loved mangoes. 1 love mangoes!I would love, to have some!" he exclaimed. 'I will, get you mangoes from my tree when they ripe,' said, Ramu excitedly. A few weeks later, Ramu took out two small green mangoes from a, , packet he was carrying., 1. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?, , 2., , Nehruji belonged to which city?, , 3., , Who got the mangoes for Nehruji?, , 4., , Find the antonyms from the, , paragraph:, b. many:., , a. depressed:, 5. Make, a., , sentences, , laden:, , b. helper:, , using the following, , words:

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Topic: COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN PASSAGE), , Date:, , **, , *, , **, , *, , ****, , Little Things, , Little drops, , of water,, , Little grains, , of sand,, , Make the, , And the, , mighty ocean, , pleasant land., , Thus the, , little minutes,, , Humble though they be,, Make the mighty ages, of eternity., 1,, , What is the main idea of the poem?, , a. Time passes slowly, b., , Big things are composed, , of many little things., , world. What, aspects of physical, sets up a comparison, appropriate?, 2. This poem, to? How is the comparison, compared, minutes' being, are the little, between time and, , the, 3. Write, , for the following,, synonyms, , from the poem, , above, , a. powerful:, , b. respectful:, , the, 4. Write, , comparative, , degrees, and superlative, , for the following:, , a. pleasant:, , b. mighty:., 101

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Date:, , Topic: cOMPREHENSION (UNSEEN PASC., , SSAGE, , What if Batman ran when he saw a bat?, , What kind of hero is afraid of that?, What if Aquaman was afraid of a shark?, , Wouldn't that make him an easy mark?, If Spidey was afraid of spiders, would he still overcome the, , law's outsiders?, If the Joker couldn't tell a joke or Captain Cold's freeze ray, was broke, , If Poison, , lvy's thumb wasn't green or if Lex, , Comics wouldn't be much, , fun, and I'd, , never, , Luthor wasn't, , get my reading done!, , speaker in the poem reading?, , 1., , What is the, , 2., , What does the, , speaker think makes, , comics 'fun?, , b. the evil of the villains., , of the heroes., , a., , the bravery, , C., , villains., the heroes and the, the battle between, , d. all of the above., , 3., , 4., , How many, , mean, , rhyming pairs are, , Which is your, , there in the, , favourite comic, , and, , why?, , poem?

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Topic: OMPREHENSION (UNSEEN PASSAGE), , Date:, , When, , and, I wassick, , lay a-bed, I had two pillows at my head,, , all my toys beside me lay, to keep me happy all the day., , AT, , netime for, , And, , an, , hour, , or, , soll watched my leaden, , soldiersgo,, , With ferent uniforms and drills, among the bed-clothes,, through the hills;, And, , $ometimes sent my ships in fleets, , All up, , and down, , or brought, , among the sheets;, ts, , my trees and, , And planted, , houses out,, , cities all about., , Iwas the giant great and still that sits upon the pillow-hill,, , And sees before him, dale and plain,, land of counterpane., The pleasant, 1, What is the speaker in the poem doing?, , 2., , What, , kept the speaker happy all day?, , 3. How many, , rhyming pairs are, , 4. What does the poem, , mean, , with the, Make a sentence, , there in the, , poem?, , by 'the pleasant, , land of counterpane'?, , of the, superlative degree, , word 'pleasant'.

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****, , Topic: COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN PASSAG, , Date:, , 'Dear students, the summer has, , ended. The school year at last, , has begun., But this year is, , totaly different., , promise we'll only have fun., We won't, , study any mathematics,, and recess will last all day long., instead of the pledge of allegiance,, , we'll belt out a rock-and-roll song., We'll only play games in the, classroom. You're welcome to bring in, , vour, , toys., , It's okay to run in the hallways. It's great if you make lots ot noise., For homework, you'll play your Nintendo. You'l have to watch iots ofT.Y. iY Ted ris, , we'll go to the movies and get lots of candy for free., The lunchroom will only serve chocolate and triple fudge sundaes suwene. YS X s, , whatI heard from my teacher betore i woke up trm my dreaIm., 1., , How, , long will the recess last, msesiomsrya, , 2. Where will the students play games, , 3. What is okay to do in the halhvays, , 4, , What will the lnch noorm serve?, , 5. f you could make three nukes tor the classroomm, what wNt tthey d