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GUL MOHAR

GRAMMAR

Chapter 11 : Adjectives

Chapter 12 : Comparison

LITERATURE

Chapter 7: The Seven Snowmen

Poem: Kites

GRAMMAR

Adjectives

Words that describe a noun or a pronoun are called adjectives.

Rohan is a good boy.

Seema is a lazy girl.

I have three pencils.

Roger is a naughty child.

My mother is an excellent cook.

In the above examples, ‘good’, ‘lazy’,’ three’, ‘naughty’ and ‘excellent’ are the adjectives since

they describe the nouns 'boy', 'girl', 'pencils’, ’child’ and 'cook' respectively.



FEATURES

An adjective is a describing word.

It modifies a noun or a pronoun.

Few adjectives show or describe the quality of a person or thing.

Examples:

Kolkata is a big city.

Dr. Singh is an honest man.

The foolish man died in an accident.

The teacher asked me a simple question.

Few adjectives show or specify the quantity of the noun it describes.

Examples:

He has little intelligence.

He has enough money.

I took some help.

They had enough support.

He gave me all his wealth.

I don’t have much time.

Sam has little interest in drawing.



Few adjectives tell how many persons or things are there.

Examples:

Several people got into the train.

There are forty students in the class.

Rohan have three pens.

Rekha has one box.



Some more adjectives



A. Underline the adjectives and circle the noun in the following sentences:

1. Tokyo is a big

2. She ate some rice.

3. The foolish crow opened his mouth to sing.

4. She ate some bread.

5. He is a laborious student.

6. Manav is a kind boy.

7. Each hand has five fingers.

8. The water is dirty.

9. January is the first month of the year.

10. The dog is a faithful animal.

B. Fill in the blanks with the suitable adjectives from the box given below:

( many, ripe, red, golden, some, brave, little, no, beautiful, wild)

1. We saw _____ animals at the zoo.

2. How _____ oranges did you put in the box?

3. Tom was wearing a _____cap.

4. I have bought ______ mangoes.

5. Mary is a ______ girl.

6. She has a _________ necklace.

7. I ate ________ rice today.

8. There is _____ milk in the glass.

9. There is _______ water in the pot.

10. Goldilocks had ______________hair.

city.



COMPARISON

Adjectives change in form when we compare.

Examples:

Raja is tall.

Ashok is taller than Raju.

Raman is the tallest of the three.

These changed forms are called degrees of comparison.

Adjectives have three degrees of comparison which are as follows:

1. An adjective is said to be in the positive degree when there is no comparison.

Examples:

Rahul is a strong boy.

Rita is a nice girl.

2. An adjective is said to be in the comparative degree when it is used to compare two

nouns, pronouns and things. We use ‘-er’ form of adjectives. For example- bolder,

shorter, deeper, larger, wiser, braver etc.

Examples:

Abir is stronger than Ram.

Sonali is better than Mona.

3. An adjective is said to be in the superlative degree when it is used to compare more than

two nouns, pronouns and things.

Examples :

Raja is the strongest of the three boys.

He is the healthiest among all.



Rules to form Degrees of Comparison

i) by adding ‘-er’ and '-est' to the words

For example:

No Comparison Comparison between two Comparison between more than two

bold bolder boldest

short shorter shortest

deep deeper deepest

ii) by adding only ‘-r’ and ‘-st’ when the adjective ends in ‘e’

For example:


large larger largest

wise wiser wisest

brave braver bravest

(iii) by changing ‘y’ into ‘i’ and adding ‘er’ and ‘est’ if an adjective ends in ‘y’ with a

consonant before it. For example:


noisy noisier noisiest

ugly uglier ugliest

naughty naughtier naughtiest



(iv) by placing ‘more’ and ‘most’ before the difficult words

For example:


intelligent more intelligent most intelligent

beautiful more beautiful most beautiful

dangerous more dangerous most dangerous

Now, let’s practice:

1. Write the comparative form for the following adjectives :

a. new - ______________

b. long - ______________

c. nice - ______________

d. small - ______________

e. smart - ______________

f. famous - ______________

g. modern - ______________

h. warm - ______________

i. great - ______________

2. Write the opposites:

a. younger - ______________

b. cleaner - ______________

c. darker - ______________

d. more boring - ______________

e. hotter - ______________

f. happier - ______________

g. easier - ______________

h. smaller - ______________

i. cheaper - ______________



3. Complete the sentences using comparative adjectives. Use the adjectives given in the

brackets.

1. My house is (big) _________ than yours.

2. This flower is (beautiful)_________________ than that one.

3. A holiday by the sea is (good)_____________ than a holiday in the mountains.

4. The weather this summer is even (hot)___________ than last summer.

5. I think Mathematics is (difficult) ____________ than English.

4. Underline the adjectives and complete the sentences using the comparative of the

underlined adjectives. One has been done for you.

1. Joe’s car isn’t very fast. He wants a faster one.

2. My job isn’t very interesting. I want to do something ____________.

3. The weather isn’t very warm today. Yesterday it was ___________.

4. People aren’t very polite today. In the past they were __________.

5. This sofa isn’t very comfortable. That one is ___________________.

6. This coat is nice, but I think the other one is ________________.



5. Fill in the blanks with the correct degree of the adjective given in the brackets.

a. Raveena is ……………………… (tall) than her sister.

b. The Alps are the …………………………. (high) mountain ranges in Europe.

c. The test was very ……………………. (easy).

d. The test was ……………………. (easy) than I thought.

e. She is ……………………. (old) than him.

f. Who is the …………………. (tall) man in the world?

g. I can run …………………… than you. (fast)

h. Who is the …………………… runner in the class? (fast)

i. Ravi’s house is a ………………….. (big) house.

j. She took the …………………….. (strong) ropes to tie the bags together.

k. This story is ……………………….. (interesting) than that story.



Chapter 07: The Seven Snowmen

Summary:

This extract is taken from ‘Little Indians’ written by Pika Nani whose real name is Deepika

Murthy. This story is about an eleven-year girl, Jiya, her father Hitesh and her uncle Akhilesh

and Dinesh who are on a trek in the hills of Uttarakhand. Suddenly the weather changes and

the roads to return are blocked by snow. They have to take shelter at Shivcharan’s dhaaba.

Shivcharan and his two children, Om and Alka are also trapped in the heavy snowfall. Jiya

starts spending the day by chatting, playing snakes-and-ladders with Om and Alka. As they

miss the helicopter of the rescue team, they start feeling helpless. So, they decide to wait outside

the dhaaba. But it is difficult to stay outside in that snowy weather. All the men of the group

start suffering from cold and stiff joints. The children try to help their elders by making tea,

chopping vegetables and tidying up the basement.On the fourth day they are not able to see the

rescue team, so Hitesh instructs the children to play outside. Alka, Jia and Om throw the snow

balls high up in the air and watch them crashing on the ground delightfully. Then suddenly Jia

starts making a snowman with the snowballs. She uses pebbles for the eyes and a twig for the

nose. Then she shapes a smile with little stones. Later, Jia’s father, her uncles and Shivcharan



join them to make their own snowmen. Soon their seven snowmen of different sizes are ready

and stand in semi-circle. All of them have hats, woollen caps, broken buckets and an upturned

vegetable basket on their heads. Then all of a sudden Jiya’s father hears the whirring sound of

the helicopter but they are not able to locate it in the sky. Suddenly, they see three soldiers

standing behind the seven snowmen. The soldiers from the Indian Army see the snowmen and

think that they are the seven missing people stuck because of the snow.

Word Meanings:

1. trek - a long journey on foot

2. basement - a room below the ground

3. rescued - saved

4. pebbles - small, smooth stones, usually found near a river

5. semi-circle - a half-circle

6. upturned - upside-down

7. cables - thick, strong metal ropes

Answer these questions:

1. Why did the seven people feel hopeless?

Ans. The seven people felt hopeless because they had missed the helicopter that had come

looking for them.



2. What did the men decide to do? Why did they do so?

Ans. The men decided to take turns and wait outside the dhaaba. They made that decision

because they had missed the rescue team before. This way, they would know when the

helicopter would come looking for them.

3. Why did the men suffer? How did the children help them?

Ans. The men suffered from colds and stiff joints because it was very cold. The children

helped them in small ways by making tea, chopping vegetables and tidying up the

basement.

4. How did Jiya make a snowman?

Ans. Jiya first made a big snowball. She rolled another slightly smaller snowball and placed it

on the first one. Then she made an even smaller one for the head. She used pebbles for

the eyes, a twig for the nose and little stones for the mouth.

5. What happened on the fourth day?

Ans. On the fourth day, everyone made snowmen. The soldiers from the Indian Army saw

the snowmen and thought that they were the seven missing people stuck because of the

snow. So, they came looking for them and found the seven people.

A. Fill in the blanks with the help of the words given below.

( Shivcharan soldiers eleven whirring seven )

1. Jiya was ___________ years old.

2. ________________________pulled open a window and jumped out.

3. Jiya's father heard a ____________________ sound.

4. They made _______________ snowmen of different sizes stood in a semi-circle.

5. The three ________________ from the Indian Army were standing with the

snowmen.



B. Who said to whom

a. "Let's make a snowman!"

_____________________________________________________________

b. "Dinesh Chacha, why don't you also take a nap?"

_____________________________________________________________

c. "Our own snowman!"

_____________________________________________________________

d. "Hello!"

_____________________________________________________________



POEM : KITES

By Daphne Lister

Summary:

‘Kites’ is a very interesting poem written by Daphne Lister. This poem is about the

speaker’s love for kites and his wish to fly in the air like a kite.

The poetess herself is the speaker in the poem, she describes the sky as being whipped

by the strong force of wind blowing across it. And in this sky, the kites fly beautifully

like colourful birds. This scene attracts the speaker so much that she wishes to climb up

the kites and sail along with it in the air. For her the sound of the moving wind appears

as songs of the wild wind. She wishes to enjoy this song too.

While flying up in the sky, the speaker wants to enjoy the view of the parks and rooftops

of the town below. She assumes that the people standing below would look up at the fun

and enjoyment of the speaker and would wish too to fly up high in the air.



Word meanings:

1. wind - whipped : the poet describes the sky as being whipped by a strong force of

the wind blowing across it

2. drift : move slowly on air; float

3. rooftops : the outside of the roofs of buildings

4. climb : to move up towards the top of something

Answer these questions.

1. What does the speaker spot up in the air?

Ans. The speaker spots the kites flying up in the air.

2. Why does the speaker wish to be small and light as air?

Ans. The speaker wishes to be small and light as air so that he would climb up on a kite

and sail in the sky.

3. What does the speaker want to do after climbing on a kite?

Ans. The speaker after climbing on a kite wants to sail in the sky and hear the song that the

wild wind sing.

4. How does the speaker want to have fun while flying on the kite?

Ans. The speaker wants to have fun while flying on the kite by looking down over the park

and the rooftops of town.

5. What does the speaker think that people below would want to wish?

Ans. The people below would want to wish to be in place of the speaker and fly high up in

the air.





A. True or False.

1. The speaker sees the coloured birds in the air. __________

2. She wishes to be big so that she would climb on a kite. __________

3. The speaker wants to hear the songs of the wild wind. __________

4. The speaker sees the eagles in the sky. __________

5. It is fun to look down over the park and rooftops. ____________

B. Complete the lines of the poem.

Up in the _______

Sees the _________ fly,

Like ____________ birds

In the ________________ sky.

I wish I were _________

And _________ as air,

I would __________ on a ________

And ___________ up there.

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