33 Female Force in Sports Match the sportswomen with their achievement.

She has won 31 gold medals for rifle shooting. stnial Ghaq watr She has represented India more kone sul Hume than 75 times in International Competitions. 3 First Indian woman to reach Olympic Finals. 6 Shiny. bsahaum

2or Sak sAE" Malk

First artistic gymnast to represen India in Olympics after 52 years.

5Dee paike kurnou First Indian archer, ranked 13 in the world.5

RasHnarn Ma.Wetuas Indian Female Grand Chess Master ranked No. 3 in the world

Indian Female boxer known as Magnificent Mary.a Sania Nehuwn

First Indian woman to win an Olympic medal for wrestling. oTnakoe 8

First Indian woman to win an Mc Mou kord Olympic Silver in badminton

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34 Olympic Games

Find the names of the sports played in Olympics in the followino ww. .

maze and write their names in the space provided. word

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CB D FGDNJDBUNXx D B A D MINT N VCw

RAE YI GO L K C

EXA LO ISSZ F ZN D FI ZNM NOTXG A G E GNY R UG BYY M BNI HG B CT PUV W OG _e ILP R H O CK E Y P H

M(S H O O T IN GKLM KNV UWX AR C HER Y

1. admimn 6

2 7

8 3.

9 octe

10. Fact. 5 Michael Phelps won 23 gold medals at 2016 Beijing Olympic swimming.

Abhinav Bindra is the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in Olympics.

Rajyavardhan S. Rathore is the shooter who won the silver medal in 2004 Olympics

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35 Fun with Idioms

Idioms are expressions (words) that are used in everyday language, but have different meanings from what found in the dictionary.

A. Match each idioms with its meaning.

My brother is a couch potato. a He is scared/nervous.

2 That is just a drop in the bucket.

My brother is very lazy and inactive.

She shed crocodile 3

tears.

I said somethingI shouldn't have. 1

I put my foot in my mouth just now She shed fake tears.

5 He has butterflies in his stomach.

It is a small amount of total needed. 2

6 She's one tough cookie. She is in trouble.

She is sure in 7 She doesn't get hurt

easily. a pickle. 6

8 Havinga changeof heart. For good luck.

9 Cross your fingers. Change of mind.

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B. what do the following idioms means? Choose the correct options.

1. Sunil said, "speak your mind a) Let your mind speak loudly.

b) Say what you really feel.

Gareema was saying something and Manish read between the lines.

a) Found the hidden meaning.

b) Reading each line carefully.

3. Vikas was hurt as his friend gave him a cold shoulder.

a) Ignored him.

b) Put ice on shoulders.

4. The class teacher says, "Enough of your monkey business", she means

a) You should stop playing with your pet monkey.

b) She has had enough of your silly pranks.

5. It was impossible to do, but Manan explored all avenues to get it done.

a) Explored the world to get all the things.

rv b) Tried out every possibility to get a result

6. Rudra was trying hard for drawing competitión, but she missed the boat, as she is suffering from fever.

a) Rudra is suffering from fever, so she could not travel.

b) Rudra is suffering from fever, so she missed her chance. 7. After Aatav broke his father's mobile phone, he is shedding crocodile

tears nowe a) Aaray does not realise what he has done and from the fear of

his fathers anger, he is pretending to be up set. b) Aarav wanted to go to zoo and watch how crocodile cries

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36 Folklore and Fairytales

A. Guess the famous lines.

a. Huff and puff and blow your house away.

b. Mirror, mirror on the wall.

C. Let me share a whole new world with you.

2 d. Open Sesame.

B. Guess the books of these famous characters. Use Help Box.

2 3 1

Noad Th NoLn DsleuD

5 6 mee 4 in ona

omous e The 2ecated 2eue he Haid b HELP BOX Nancy Drew The Hardy Boys Noddy

Harry Potter The Famous Five The Secret Seven

37Abbreviations Abbreviations are the short forms of words or groups of words. Given below are some important abbreviations. Write their full forms.

wloald Lde Fund for Nature 1. W.W.F.

Radio A.LR. AL India

Person 3 V.IP.

Tet 4. C.A.T.

Admission 5. L.E.D.

Light Diode

6 L.C.C. International

7. C.R.Y Ch &You

Mobilo 8. G.S.M.

Global

9. A.T.M.

Madhine Automated

10. L.P.G.

Petroleum 11. S.T.D. Subscriber 12. U.R.L.

ROAOLee Locator

F

13 E.T.A. Estimated

dLan 14. LP.S. Police

Portable Nehoost 15. P.N.G.

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38 Let's Communicate

A. What do I do? Match and write the numbers in the box.

a I heat food.

Imix and grind things in the kitchen. 2

cI cool the room. 3

2 0

dhelp you Communicate.

I help you withdraw

e money.

fIdo calculations. 1 3

6

B. Who am I?

1 I am the chairman of Wipro Limited

and I am also sometimes known as

the Czar of the Indian IT Industry.

I am the principal founder of

Microsoft Corporation.

3 I am known as the Father of the IT

industry in India and co-founder of ) Infosys.

41, along with my friend Sergey Brin,

founded the search engine you use

so often-Google.

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them in the

C. Trace the inventions for communication by

numbering them in the

order of when they were invented.

Mobile Phone

2 Fax Machine

(p)

8 5

3 Carrier Pigeon

Internet

2 6

5 Wireless Radio

6 E-mail

RADIO

Smoke Signals

8 Telephone

54 i.

D. Choose the correct answers.

1. Before mobile phones, people used the STD facility to call people in different cities or states. What is the full form of STD? a. Service to dial b. Subscriber trunk dialing C. Short-term dialing d. Speed tone dialing

2 is a common means of transporting goods and people. a. Air transport b. Land transport c. Water transpoort d. All of these

3. People all over the world watched the cricket world cup 2019 final

match being telecast "live" from Birmingham, UK. How was this

possible?

a. Through mobile networks b. Through robots

c. Through satellites d. Through transformer

4. The PIN code is written as 6 digits on letters and post cards. What is it?

a. Postal Indian No. b. Permanent Indian No.

c. Permanent Index No. d. Postal Index No.

5. "Catamaran" is a type of: 5 a. Scooter b. Motorcycle

c. Boat d. Submarine

An "e-mail" needs a computer and an 6 a. Internet connection b. World Wide Web

c. Satellite cable d. None of these

7. The difference between people with access to computers and Internet

and those without this access is called

b. Digital divide

d. Cyberway divide

a. Internet divide

c. Web divide

8 Bluetooth' technology allows a. Landline phone to mobile phone communication.

b. Signal transmission on mobile phones only.

8

c. Satellite communication.

d. Wireless communication between equipments.

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39 Diseases and Symptoms

Each infectious disease has its own specific signs and symptoms. Let's learn some of them below.

1. Cholera: Cholera is caused by bacterial infection of intestine.

Symptoms Rapid heart rate Loss of skin elasticity Dryness inside the mouth, throat, nose & eyelids.

Low blood pressure Thirst Muscular cramps 2. Diarrhoea: This infection spreads through the consumption of contaminated food & water, by dirty hands, etc.

Symptoms Cramping Abdominal pain Bloating

Nausea Fever Vomiting 3 Influenza: Most commonly known as "The Flu" it is caused by a contagious virus. Symptoms

Body aches and muscular pain Headache Pain in eyes

Fatigue & loss of appetite. A dry cough, runny nose and sore throat. 4. Typhoid Fever: It is a bacterial infection. It is an acute illness.

Poor Appetite Fever as high as 104 degrees F. Lethargy

Generalized aches & pain Headache Diarrhoea A. Match the following diseases with their symptoms. Column-I

Column-II 1. Cholera

2 Influenza 3. Typhoid fever

4. Diarrhoea

a) Abdominal Pain b) Low blood pressure c) Fatigue 2 d) Lethargy

B. Write any two symptoms of each of the following: 1. Diarrhoea Lelarepina bdoni.nal pan 2. Typhoid fever p.pehte Lelhaua

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40 Life Cycle of Wheat Crop

All the crops like rice, jowar, bajra, sarson etc., have a definite cycle. Some pictures are given below to show the life cycle of wheat crop. Let's learn about the life cycle of wheat. The growth of a wheat plant is measured in stages. There are six basic stages of growth for a wheat plant. Give them numbers (1 to 6), according to the process.

Tillering stage Booting stage During this stage, the head of the

Tillers are new shoots that are sent up from the root of the plant. Each tiller can grow its own

stalk and seed head.

wheat develops and

becomes visible beneath the sheath on the stalk.

2 Maturity stage Jointing stage It immediately follows fertilization and includes several short stages.

The jointing stage starts when the stalk

forms its second node, a hard joint from which the

plant telescopes from upward.

Seedling stage Heading and Flowering stageB The stage occurs after

germination and begins when the first true leaves emerge

from the soil and

It begins when awns emerge from the sheath. When the awns have emerged, flowering begins and pollination and fertilization occurs.

ends when the first

tiller emerges. 5

41 International Dance Form

Dance is a type of art that generally involves the movement of the body to

music. It is performed as a form of emotional expressions, social interactions,

or exerCise, in a spiritual or performance setting, and is also used for

expressing ideas or telling a story.

Match the following dances with the places of their origin.

Belly Dance Tango(

COUNTRY

a) Spain

b) Nigeria

c) Japan Flamenco (a

Salsa d) Cuba

e) Russia

f Argentina AN

3 Kabuki C

g) Middle East Ballet e)

h) Brazil

Gese b

Samba

42 Musical Instruments

There are different kinds of musical instruments. Some are blown hard to

produce music while some are beaten for the same.

1, Stringed Instruments : Produce music with the help of strings.

2. Percussion Instruments: These are beaten, tapped or hit to produce music

3. Wind Instruments: These are blown to produce music.

Now, Write 'S' for Stringed, 'P' for Percussion or 'W' for Wind instruments

in circle for each picture given below.

2 3

(5 6

S TAAMA

9

Ww 12 (11)

W

(10 59