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.

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.

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?

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)

Suppose you are one of the volunteers who went to the Andaman and The Nicobar Islands for relief work after the tsunami. You work in the relief camps, distributing food, water, and medicine among the victims. You listen to the various stories of bravery of ordinary people even as they fight against odds to bring about some semblance of normalcy in their lives. You admire their grit and determination. Write a diary entry.

The story shows how a little girl saved the lives of many tourists when a tsunami struck the beach, thanks to the geography lesson that she had learnt at school. She remembered the visuals of a tsunami and warned her parents.

Do you remember any incident when something that you learned in the Did classroom help you in some way outside the classroom?

Write our experiences in a paragraph of about 90-100 words or narrate it to the a whole class like an anecdote.