TOPIC-Reading and Writing
I. Read the passage and answer the following questions:
Antarctica is the southernmost continent of our planet. Antarctica is rarely thought of as a desert because it is covered in ice. It is the driest place on the earth. It is the largest desert on earth as it gets very little rainfall. It is also the coldest place on earth, too cold for rain to form or fall.
The continent has two seasons – summer and winter. In summer, that part of the Earth (south pole) faces the sun all the time and so it is always day in Antarctica. In winter, it never faces the sun and so it is always night in Antarctica during winter.
There are no permanent human residents in Antarctica though many scientists stay there for months to study the ice. Antarctica has no trees or bushes. The only plants that can live in such a cold place are moss and algae. From the animal kingdom, seals and penguins are native to this crystal continent.
A. On the basis of your reading of the passage choose the correct options:
1. Antarctica is the ___________ place on Earth.
i. driest ii. hottest iii. coldest iv. wettest
2. Antarctica is the _________________ continent of our planet.
i. northernmost ii. southernmost iii. easternmost iv. Westernmost
B. Complete the following:
1. The only plants that live in ________________________________________________
2. Seals and penguins are ___________________________________________________
C. Find the words for the meanings given a. rare ________ b. native _________
D. Find the opposites for a. cold ___________ b. permanent _________________
E. State whether the following statements are true or false:
1.Antarctica is a desert which gets heavy rainfall. ___________
2. Antarctica has different kinds of trees and bushes. ________
II. Read the sentences and write the story in the correct order as a paragraph.
Do not number the sentences again. Provide a suitable title.
1. Raman’s wife surprised that she has never seen the cat drinking milk and how did the cat become fat?
2. She started freely roaming and we have a rat free house and our children enjoy the tasty milk, we get from the cow.
3. Krishnadevaraya bought a few cats for the queen because she likes cats.
4. The queen gave them to her ministers to bring them up.
5. I kept hot milk and it burnt the cat’s mouth. So she was afraid of milk and started feeding on rats.
6. After somedays, she wanted to check how healthy they were and Raman got a gift for raising a healthy cat.
7. She also gave a cow to feed the cats and check their health and Tenali Raman also got the same.
8. Yes, the cat is fat, our house is free from rats and our children are healthy with the cow’s milk.
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III. Write a factual description on ‘’My Favourite Toy’’ in more than 50 words:
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