Activity 1
Underline the appropriate alternatives :
(a) India is in fact a (big/ small/ huge) part of the earth’s surface.
(b) Once upon a time the earth was too (cold/ dark/ hot) for any living being to survive.
(c) Fossils are (a type of wild animal/ one kind of hard rock/ the remains of old living beings).
Activity 2
Answer the following questions in complete sentences :
(a) What must we do to know about the tale of this world?
Ans: We must know about all the countries and all the people who have inhabited it in it do you know the tale of this world.
(b) How old is our earth?
Ans: Our earth is very, very old-millions and millions of years old.
(c) Who roamed the earth before the arrival of human beings?
Ans: amed thnly animals rooe earth before the arrival of human beings.
Activity 3
Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the text. The first letters of the words are given :
(a) As a subject, history is quite interesting.
(b) We have good relations with our neighbouring country.
(c) Plants need air, water and sunlight to grow.
(d) Can you imagine how big the Universe is?
(e) You should study regularly if you want to be a good student.
Activity 4
Make meaningful sentences with the following words :
a) interest : have Ino interest in study
b) surface : Earth’s surface is not flat all over.
c) inhabited : Those villages are inhabited by different religious people.
d) together : Would you like to do this work together ?
d) scientist : A.P.J Abdul kalam is one of the greatest scientist ever born in our country.
Activity 5
Activity 5
Identify which of the following statements are True and which are False. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers.
(a) Fairy tales are rich in imagination. [ T ]
Supporting Statement : This would be very interesting for we could imagine anything we wanted to and would thus make up the most beautiful fairy tales.
(b) We have no means to know about the far-off days. [ F ]
Supporting Statement : But although we have no books written in those for up days, Fortunately we have some things which will tell us a great deal as well almost as a book would.
(c) The alphabet of nature is like the Hindi or the English alphabet. [ F ]
Supporting Statement : To be able to read any language, Hindi, Urdu or English, you have to learn its alphabet. So also you must learn the alphabet of nature before you can read her story in our books of stone and rock.
(d) We can learn a lot about our world from the rivers and mountains. [ T ]
Supporting Statement : if a little Pebble can tell you so much how much more could we learn from all the rocks and mountains and the many other things we see around us?
Activity 6
Complete the following sentences with information from the text :
Complete the following sentences with information from the text.
a)No book could have been written in all times because as men did not exist.
b)To be able to read any language one has to learn its alphabet.
c)A small Pebble was definitely a part of a big rock.
d)On the beaches at the seaside, little children can play and make castles out of the sand.
Activity 7
Fill in the following chart with information from the text :
Activity 8
Answer the following questions :
(a) Which are the things around us that tell us about the earth’s early tale?
(b) Why does a pebble have a smooth surface?
(c) How does a pebble become grains of sand?
(d) What does the author mean by “The Great Book of Nature?”
can learn a lot e Ans: Rocks and mountains and seas and stars rivers and desserts and fossils of old animals tell us about the art only tell.
Ans: The Pebble becomes smooth because it rolls at the bottom of the River and its edges are worn away and its rough surface becomes smooth and shiny.
Ans: when a River carries available on, it becomes smaller and smaller till at last it becomes a grain of sand.
Ans: The great book of nature the author means different elements of nature like mountains rocks desserts seas stars wherfrom we about the time when there was no life on earth.
Activity 9
Rearrange the sentences in the correct order by writing the numbers in the brackets. One is done for you :
e.(a) The rock is taken to a big river by the little river. (2)
(b) At last it is turned into grains of sand. (6)
(c) It becomes a pebbl (5)
(d) A bit of rock is pushed by a mountain stream into a little river. ( 1 )
(e) The pebble becomes smaller because it is carried on and on by the river. (4)
(f) The edges of the rock are worn away and its rough surface is made smooth. (3)
Activity 10
Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B. One is done for you :