Q1 of 30 Page 31

Go through Part-I carefully, and make a list of as many words as you can find that indicate movement of different kinds. (There is one word that occurs repeatedly – count how many times!) Put them into three categories.
















































fast movement



slow movement



neither slow nor fast



rushed out



walking on the seashore in a daze



floating



rushed in



the sea rising



climbed



swept away



stopped



recede



jumped into



walking



tremors



rushing back




came with him



rush them to a safer place





run





washed away





The term “swept away” is used four times. The lesson talks about Tsunami and since in is nothing but a humongous wave that is created mostly because of an earthquake, or at times by volcanoes or landslides. Such huge waves are naturally very destructive and sweeps away everything with less strong base that stands in its way. This is why the particular phrase “swept away” is used so many times in the lesson.


Can you explain why there are many words in one column and not in the others?

There are themost number of words in the fast movement column because this is a lesson about the tsunami. When a tsunami hits, the first instinct of people is to run to their safety. That is why there are many words in one column and not in the others.


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If Tilly’s award was to be shared, who do you think she should share it with-her parents or her geography teacher?

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What are the two different ideas about why so few animals were killed in he tsunami? Which idea do you find more believable?

 2

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below (the verbs given in brackets will give you a clue).

(i) The earth trembled, but not many people felt the ______ (tremble)


(ii) When the zoo was flooded, there was lot of ______and many animals escaped


Into the countryside. (confuse)


(iii) We heard with ______That the lion had been recaptured. (relieve)


(iv) The zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his ______ was filmed by the TV crew. (rescue)


(v) There was much ______In the village when the snake charmer came visiting. (excite)

 3

Study the sentences in the columns A and B.























A



B



Meghna has swept away.



The waves swept Meghna away.



Almas’s grandfather was hit on the head



Something hit Almas’s grandfather on the head.



Sixty visitors were washed away.



The waves washed away the sixty visitors.



No animal carcasses were found.



People did not find any animal carcasses.



Compare the sentences in A to the ones in B. Who is the ‘doer’ of the action in every case? Is the ‘doer’ mentioned in A, or in B?


Notice the verbs in A: ‘was swept away’, ‘was hit’, ‘were washed away’, ‘were found’. They


are in the passive form. The sentences are in the Passive Voice. In these sentences, the


focus is not on the person who does the action. In B the ‘doer’ of he action is named. The


verbs are in the active form. The sentences are in the Active Voice.


Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A


or P after each sentence as shown in the first sentence.


(i) Someone stole my bicycle.


(ii) The tyres were deflated by the traffic police.


(iii) I found it last night in a ditch near my house.


(iv) It had been thrown there.


(v) My father gave it to the mechanic.


(vi) The mechanic repaired it for me.