Lesson 6 From a Railway Carriage
Word Meanings
Carriage (कैरिज) = गाडी, ट्रेन का डिब्बा
Fairies (फैरीस) = परियाँ
Witches (विचेस) = जादूगरनी, डायन
Bridge (ब्रिज) = पूल
Hedge (हेज) = बाड़ा, घेरा (झाड़ियों का)
Ditch (डिच) = खाई, गड्ढा
Troop (ट्रूप) = सैनिकों की टुकड़ी
Battle (बैटल) = लड़ाई, युद्ध
Meadow (मीडो) = घास का मैदान
Cattle (कैटल) = मवेशी
Sight (साईट) = दृष्टि, दृश्य
Wink (विंक) = पलक झपकना
Clamber (क्लेम्बर) = कठिनाई से चढ़ना
Scramble (स्क्रेम्ब्ल) = हाथों और घुटनों के बल चढ़ना
Gather (गेदर) = एकत्रित करना
Bramble (ब्रेंबल) = कटीली झाड़ी
Tramp (ट्रैम्प) = पदयात्री, घुमक्कड़
Gaze (गेज़) = एकटक देखना
Stringing (स्ट्रिंगिंग) = घागे में माला गूंथना
Lumping (लम्पिंग) = भार लदा हुआ
Glimpse (ग्लिम्प्स) = झलकी
Forever (फॉरएवर) = हमेशा के लिए
Reading Comprehension
A. Answer the following questions:
(1) What does the railway carriage (train) move faster than?
Answer – The railway carriage (train) moves faster than the fairies and the witches.
(2) What do the fast moving bogies look like?
Answer – The fast moving bogies look like the troops charging along in a battle.
(3) What does the train pass through?
Answer – The train passes through the meadows.
(4) What do the sights of the hill and plain look like from the fast moving
railway carriage?
Answer – From the fast moving railway carriage the sights of the hill and plain look as if they are flying thick as driving rain.
(5) Have you ever been in a fast moving train? Make a list of things that you see from the train?
Answer – Yes, I have been in a fast moving train. I saw a lot of things like – 1. people 2. Animals 3. Birds 4. Shops 5. Houses 6. bridges 7. Rivers 8. Ponds 9. Hills 10. Trees 11. Valleys 12. Carts/vehicles
B. Write true or false in brackets:
(1) The train is faster than fairies and witches. (True)
(2) There is no bridge or river on its way. (False)
(3) The child clambers and scrambles. (True)
Vocabulary
A. Pickup the rhyming words from the poem and add more:
(1) road - load, toad, mode. code, upload
(2) river - forever, shiver, liverm , giver
(3) witches – ditches, beaches, reaches, riches
(4) cattle – battle, rattle, settle, wattle, metal
(5) rain – plain, rain, pain, main, train
B. Find out the describing words : (one is given)
Example: painted
Answer – faster, charging, plain, thick, green, lumping
(C) Fill in the blanks with the given words:
wink, battle, fairies, glimpse, through
(1) Fairies are imaginary things or person.
(2) Once I was passing through the dense forest.
(3) After a long battle we got freedom.
(4) The thief went out of sight in the wink of an eye.
(5) We saw a glimpse of the moon on a cloudy night.
D. I. Make words adding "ing" and write in your own sentences:
Example – swimming
Swimming – Swimming is good for our health.
Cutting – The thief was cutting the window bars.
Running – The white rabbit was running in a hurry.
Getting – The student is getting good marks with his hard work.
Sitting – The people were sitting on benches in the park.
Putting – The girls was putting all her books in the bag.
II. Separate the root word from the given words:
S.N Word Rootword
1. Charging charge
2. Fairies fairy
3. Driving drive
4. Stringing string
5. Daisies daisy
6. Gathering gather
III. Frame your own sentences using the words given in exersise II.
1. Charging – The man was charging his mobile.
2. Fairies – The train moves faster than fairies.
3. Driving – The driver was driving the bus.
4. Stringing – Nisha made a garland by stringing the flowers.
5. Daisies – He has planted the daisies in his garden.
6. Gathering – There was a gathering of the folk artists in the stadium.
E. Given below are sentences that describe some actions. Choose the words from the box that match the description and write them in the space provided.
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