UNIT 6 Link Lesson: Expert Detectives
Comprehension
A. Read the passage
and answer the following questions.
Our Puja holidays had started a
few days ago. Babu had gone to Jamsedhpur on tour. Only Ma, Feluda and I were
at home. We didn't plan to go out of town this time. I didn't mind staying at
home as long as could be with Feluda. He had become quite well known as an
amateur detective. So it shouldn't be surprising at all, I thought, if he got
Involved in another case: My only fear was that he might one day refuse to take
me with him. But that hadn't happend so far. Perhaps there was an advantage in
being seen with a young boy. No one could guess easily that he was on
investigation, if we travelled together.
1. Who is 'l' in the passage?
Ans. "I' in the
passage is the narrator/writer.
2. Why didn't he mind staying at home during puja holidays?
Ans. The writer did
not mind staying at home during Puja holidays because of being with Feluda.
3. What was his only fear?
Ans. His only fear was that Babu might one day
refuse to take the writer with him.
4. What is the advantage of an Investigation being seen with
a young boy?
Ans. The advantage of
an investigation being seen with a young boy is that no one could guess that.
5. Find the opposite of the following words from the
passage?
(a) ended started
(b) Many few
(c) Unknown well known
(d) Same another
(e) Disadvantage advantage
(f) Alone together
Working with Language
Vocabulary
A.
Pick out words from "Expert Detectives" that are connected
with crime.
Example: detective, crime.
Criminal
Crook Accomplice
Detective Shootout
Housebreaker
Complete the given web. One
example has been given.
HOUSE ---- breaker
Example: 1. house breaker 5. Household
2. Housewife 6. Housemate
3. Houseboat 7. Housemate
4. Housekeeper 8.
Housemaid
Grammar
A. Circle the correct determiner in each bracket.
1. (All/Any) schools are closed on Republic
Day.
2. I did not see (any/many) butterflies
in the garden.
3. We can't fool (all/many) at the same
time.
4. (Most/any) children love to eat ice-cream.
5. In the room, there are (a few, any) dry
leaves in a comer.
6. Can you please give her (few/some) milk?
7. In our class (most/few) students
passed their exams.
B. Fill in the blanks with the correct conjunctions from the box one
conjunction may be used more than once.
|
because if
so unless till
until but |
1. Sonia decided to come home
early because her friend was
visiting her.
2 Our class cannot go for the
picnic until it stops
raining.
3 Puneet is very happy because she has won the dance
competition.
4. The book was funny but interesting.
5. If you water this plant regularly, it will grow into a big
tree.
6. Suman cannot win the race until she runs fast.
7. The buses were very crowded so Ranjeet walked to school.
8. Unless we work very hard we cannot finish this chapter.
9. Will you wait for me till I finish writing my poem?
10. Mukesh likes ice-cream but I like coffee.
C. Make adjectives by adding a suitable suffix to the given Nouns or
Verbs.
Example: Crime+nal = Criminal
(Noun) (Adjective)
Attract+ive = Attractive
(verb) (Adjective)
1. Nature +
al = Natural
2. Forget + ful = Forgetful
3. Beauty+ ful = Beautiful
4. Wonder+ ful = Wonderful
5. Child+ ish = Childish
6. Love+ ing = Loving
7. Health+ y = Healthy
8. Need+ ful = Needful
9. Ease+ y = Easy
Dictionary Practice
Look up a dictionary and write phrases that begin with the verb 'look'
and write their meaning. One has been done for you.
Word Meaning
Example: Look up
find out by looking in something such as a reference book
1. Look after to take care of.
2 Look down on
to think that one is better than
3 Look Into
to investigate
4 Look on
to watch without getting involved.
5. Look up
to have a great deal of respect for
look v. 1 direct one's gaze in a particular direction.. 2. give the
impression of being; her father looked unhappy. 3 face in a particular
direction: the rooms look out over the harbour. n. 1 an act of looking 2
appearance. 3 (looks) a person's facial appearance. 4 a style or fashion.
PHRASES look after take care of. look at think of in a specified way. Look down
on (also look down one's nose at) think that one is better than, look for try
to find. Look in make a short visit. look Into investigate. look on watch
without getting involved. look out 1 be alert for possible trouble. 2 Brit.
search for and produce (something) look to rely on (someone) to do some-thing.
look up 1 improve 2 search for and find (a piece of information) in a reference
work. 3 informal visit or contact (a friend) look up to have a great deal of
respect for ORGIN Old English.
Speaking and Writing
Writing: Composition
Look at the pictures given below. Using the words given in the box,
write a paragraph about what's happening in the pictures.
|
Night climb spray
unconscious sleep open
cupboard locker jewellery bag |
It was night time. Everyone was fast asleep. A thief entered the
bedroom by climbing by the pipe of the house. He sprayed some liquid to make
the people unconscious .After that he broke the locker of the cupboard and took
out all the valuable including jewellery and money ,then he put them in his
bag. After that he climbed down the pipe and an away.
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