TERM 2
ENGLISH
2. SPORTS
PROSE
PAGE 101
A. Choose the correct option:
1.
His father wanted him to do well in ______.
(a) Cricket
(b) studies
(c) Kabbadi
Answer:
(b) studies
2.
Akilan’s passion is to learn ______.
(a) Karate
(b) Judo
(c) Kalari
Answer:
(b) Judo
3.
Master trained Akilan on a ______.
(a) two strokes
(b) many strokes
(c) single stroke
Answer:
(c) single stroke
4.
Akilan learnt Judo for ______.
(a) three years
(b) two years
(c) one year
Answer:
(b) two years
B. Name the character or speaker:
1.
“Believe yourself.”
Answer:
Judo master
2.
“Learn well, live well!”
Answer:
Akilan’s father
3.
“How did I win the competition with a single stroke?”.
Answer:
Akilan
4.
“My dear, you learnt the most difficult stroke in Judo.”
Answer:
Judo master
C. Answer the following questions:
1.
Who was Akilan’s inspiration?
Answer:
Akilan’s physical education teacher was his inspiration.
2.
How did he lose his hand?
Answer:
He met with an accident and lost his hand.
3.
What was his master’s advice?
Answer:
His master’s advice was to believe in himself and to focus on his strength.
4.
Why did everyone ridicule the boy?
Answer:
Everyone ridiculed the boy because they doubted how could a boy with one hand win the national competition.
5.
How did he win the match?
Answer:
He won the match because he learnt the most difficult stroke that very few can master. If his opponent wants to beat him, they should hold his left hand. That was the secret behind his victory.
Let us Build:
PAGE NO 102
Same Meaning:
The Words ‘big’ and ‘huge’ have similar meanings.
There are many words that have the same meaning.
Read the sentences and write the word with the same meanings for the underlined words:
1.
I ate a big apple. ______
Answer:
Large
2.
This is a little dog. ______
Answer:
Small
Question
3.
I threw a rock in the lake. ______
Answer:
Stone
4.
I am so happy. ______
Answer:
Glad
Circlė the differences between the following pictures:
PAGE NO 103
1.The words that denote differences in the above pictures give the opposite meaning.
Happy is the opposite of sad.
Tall is the opposite of short.
Full is the opposite of empty.
Fill in the blanks with the correct opposites:
bright, huge, full, bottom
1.
Is this bottle empty? No, it is ______.
Answer:
full
2.
Is this a small tree? No, it is ______.
Answer:
huge
3.
Is he standing on top? No, he is at the ______.
Answer:
bottom
4.
Is this a dark room? No, It is ______.
Answer:
bright.
Additional Questions and Answers
Write the same meanings for the following words:
1.
Active – Busy
2.
choose – Select
3.
Afraid – Fearful
4.
Often – Frequently
5.
Soon – Quickly
6.
Began – Started
7.
Strong – Powerful
8.
Easily – Simply
Write the opposite meanings for the following words:
1.
Active x Lazy.
2.
Remember x Forget
3.
Good x Bad
4.
Few x Many
5.
Before x After
6.
Fast x Slow
7.
Strong x Weak
8.
Difficult x Easy
Answer the following questions:
1.
What kind of a boy was Akilan?
Answer:
Akilan was an active and energetic boy.
2.
Where did he spend most of his evenings?
Answer:
He spent most of his evenings in the playground.
3.
What did Akilan tell his parents?
Answer:
Akilan told his parents about his passion for Judo and also showed the medals he won in sports.
4.
What were his parents keen about?
Answer:
His parents were keen to fulfill their son’s passion.
5.
How did Akilan feel on his first day?
Answer:
Akilan was very excited on his first day in Judo school.
6.
What did his master train him at first?
Answer:
His master trained him the basics before teaching the advanced skills.
7.
In which competition did his master select Akilan?
Answer:
His master selected him for the “National Judo Competition”.
8.
How many contenders did Akilan defeat?
Answer:
He defeated all his six contenders.
9.
How many rounds did the final match have?
Answer:
The final match had a total of six rounds.
10.
Why was Akilan defeated in the first two rounds?
Answer:
As the opponent was strong, Akilan was defeated in the first two rounds.
Poem 2 The SwimmerLet us understand: PAGE 105
A. Take out the correct rhyming pair from the poem and match with the given word:
Answer the following:
1.
How did the girl seem?
Answer:
The girl seemed greater than all.
2.
How were her strokes?
Answer:
Her strokes were like dancing light.
3.
Why did the audience cheer?
Answer:
The audience cheered because she was nearing the finishing line.
4.
Why did she pick up her pace?
Answer:
She picked up her pace, as she wanted to win the race.
5.
Did she give up the fight?
Answer:
No, she never gave up the fight.
Let Us Know:
PAGE 106
conjunction is a word that joins two words or sentences.
1.
He has a pencil _____ a paper. (and/or/but) Answer:
and
2.
He has a ball _____ not a bat. (and/or/but) Answer:
but
3.
Do you want apple______ pear? (and/or/but) ANSWER : or
A. Match the following:
1. The cat was hungry - so it ate a fish
2. I was on leave - because i had a headache
3. He was afraid of the dog - so he ran away
4. She went home early - because she had to attend function.
B. Fill in the blanks with correct connecting words:
because, so
1.
He ate two chocolates _____ he got cough.
Answer:
so
2.
The rat ran fast ______a cat was chasing it.
Answer:
because
3.
He missed his purse _____ he was sad.
Answer:
so
4.
Tom left the class ______ he was sick.
Answer:
because
5.
He lost the key ______ he couldn’t open his room.
Answer:
so
Let Us Listen:
Listen to the audio and answer the questions:
1.
What does the red signal mean?
(a) to go
(b) to stop
Answer:
(b) to stop
2.
What does the green signal mean?
(a) to wait
(b) to go
Answer:
(b) to go
3.
When do we cross the zebra crossing?
(a) when vehicles are stopped
(b) when vehicles are going
Answer:
(a) when vehicles are stopped
4.
Why do we wear helmets?
(a) to avoid head injury
(b) to get rid of sunlight.
Answer:
(a) to avoid head injury
5.
Can we use cellphone while driving?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Answer:
(b) No
Additional Questions and Answers
1.
How does she dive?
Answer:
She dives like a fish.
2.
How does she swim?
Answer:
She swims with a perfect flight.
3.
What does the poet compare her strokes to?
Answer:
Her strokes are compared to dancing light.
4.
How does she rip across the water?
Ans.
She rips across the water with flair.
5.
When did they call her as winner?
Answer:
When she reached the wall of the finishing line, they called her as winner.
Fill in the blanks with suitable Conjunction:
because, so
1.
She sings songs _____ she wants to become a singer.
Answer:
because
2.
It is very cold outside, _____ I brought you a sweater.
Answer:
so
3.
It is raining, _____ I take the umbrella.
Answer:
so
4.
He sold his cell phone ______ it was an old model.
Answer:
because
5.
He scored low marks _____ he did not study well.
Answer:
because
Let us understand:
A. Choose the correct answer:
1.
Uthaman was skilled in _______.
(a) painting
(b) archery
(c) dance
Answer:
(b) archery
2.
The old man was carrying _______.
(a) gourds of oil
(b) gourds of milk
(c) gourds of water
Answer:
(a) gourds of oil
3.
The old man is _______.
(a) a vegetable vender
(b) an oil seller
(c) a merchant
Answer:
(b) an oil seller
4.
The old man put _______ on the mouth of the gourd.
(a) a piece of paper
(b) a small coin
(c) a small stick
Answer:
(b) a small coin
B. Answer the following questions:
1.
What did the archer want to show to the crowd?
Answer:
The archer wanted to show his archery skills to the crowd.
2.
Why did Uthaman become angry with the old man?
Answer:
The old man commented on the archer Uthaman saying that everything was a matter of practice. So Uthaman became angry.
3.
What did the oil seller perform?
Answer:
The oil seller placed an empty gourd on the ground. He then placeda small coin on it. It had a small hole at its centre. From the height, he poured the oil. It went straight into the gourd through the hole. The coin had no traces of oil, when taken out.
4.
What was the lesson learnt by Uthaman?
Answer:
The lesson learnt by Uthaman was that ‘Practice makes a man perfect’.
C. TRY YOUR OWN
Speak and win:
Join in any group. Pick and support any one of the characters. Say some sentences for the one you support and say some sentences against the another one to win.
(a). I support the archer because he was skilled archer and performed wonderful feats of archery. He could hit the centre of the target precisely, no matter how far the target was. He was also a show off. He liked to show his skills for the crowds to admire.
(b). I support the old man because he was not a show off like Uthaman. He was humble and cool. He was a simple oil seller. Over the years, he had achieved some skill in filling the gourds. Even though Uthaman was angry with him, the old man patiently answered him. He was a simple and humble person.
Let us read aloud:
page no 113
Read the passage three times and colour a trophy for each time:
We had our annual sports day on the 15th of this month. It was fun. They decorated the school and the playground. There was the March past. The headmaster started the event. There were races, jumps and other events. Martin and I took part in 100 and 200 meters race.In 100 meters race, I came first. I got a gold medal. My friend Ravi got first in 200 meters. The girl’s team won the relay race. In the long jump, Rubesh won the first prize. He is in the sixth grade. Yasmin was the champion of the year. The events closed with giving away the prizes.A.
Tick (✓) the champion of the year:B. 
Write the events won by these players:
I can do:
A. Answer the following:
1.
Name of the object
Answer:
sports cup
2.
In your mother
Answer:
விளையாட்டுக் கோப்பை
3.
Use in a sentence …
Answer:
I won a in Sports cup in this match.
B. Write the words with same meaning for the following pictures:
fast, afraid, train
1.
Answer:
Afraid
2.
Answer:
Train
3.
Answer:
Fast
C. Write the opposites for the following pictures:
fix, young, near
1. old
Answer:
Young
2.break
Answer:
Fix
3.far
Answer:
Near
F. Complete the sentences using connecting words:
because, so
1.
I worked hard _______ I got promotion.
Answer:
so
2.
I was late _______ there was a heavy traffic.
Answer:
because
3.
I missed the bus _______ I took a taxi.
Answer:
so
Additional Questions and Answers
I. Identify the character/speaker:
1.
“It’s only a matter of practice”
Answer:
The oil seller
2.
“Hmm…. Show us your skills”
Answer:
Uthaman
3.
“There is no reason to be angry”.
Answer:
The oil seller.
4.
“Do you think anyone can do what I do?”
Answer:
Uthaman
5.
“I don’t doubt your skills”
Answer:
The oil seller
II. Write True or False:
1.
The oil seller was a skilled archer.
Answer:
False
2.
Uthaman was carrying oil gourds.
Answer:
False
3.
He placed small coin on the mouth of the gourd.
Answer:
True
4.
The small coin made of gold had a small hole.
Answer:
False
III. Answer the following questions:
1.
What filled the land during Uthaman’s period?
Answer:
During Uthaman’s period, the forests and animals filled the lands.
2.
Describe the appearance of the old man.
Answer: The old man had a beard as white as snow. He carried oil gourds on his shoulder.
3.
Did the oil seller cheer Uthaman’s feat?
Answer: No, he did not cheer nor clap at Uthaman’s feat.
4.
Why did the crowd inch closer?
Answer: The crowd inched closer to get a clean view of the oil seller.
5.
What did Uthaman say at the end?
Answer: Uthaman thanked the old man saying that he had taught him something that day.
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