Read the following sentences.

To burn paper or a piece of wood, we heat it before it catches fire. We generally do it with a lighted match. Every fuel has a particular temperature at which it

burns.

The verbs in italics are in the simple present tense. When we use it, we are not thinking only about the present. We use it to say that something happens all the time or

repeatedly, or that something is true in general. Find ten examples of verbs in the simple present tense in the text ‘Fire: Friend and Foe’ and write them down here.

Do not include any passive verbs.

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Spraying water is not a good way of putting out an oil fire or an electrical fire? Why not?

What are some of the things you should do to prevent a fire at home and in the school?

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the words in the box. You may use a word more than once.

(i) Gandhiji's life was devoted to the _________ of justice and fair play.

(ii) Have you insured your house against _________?

(iii) Diamond is nothing but _________ In its pure form.

(iv) If you put too much coal on the fire at once you will _________ it.

(v) Smoking is said to be the main _________of heart disease.

(vi) When asked by an ambitious writer whether he should put some _________ Into his stories, Somerset Maugham murmured, "No, the other way round."

(vii) She is a _________ copy of her mother.

(viii) It is often difficult to _________ A yawn when you listen to a long speech on the value of time.

One word is italicised in each sentence. Find its opposite in the box and fill in the blanks.

Spending; shut; destroy; subtract; increase

(i) You were required to keep all the doors open, not _________

(ii) Pupil: What mark did I get in yesterday's Maths test?

Teacher: You got what you get when you add five and five and _________ten from the total.

(iii) Run four kilometre a day to preserve your health. Run a lot more to _________it.

(iv) If a doctor advises a lean and lanky patient to reduce his weight further, be sure he is doing it to _________His income.

(v) The world is too much with us; late and soon.

Greeting and _________we lay waste our powers.