Ch 8 A Glimpse From History
Q Which was not an ordinary year?
Ans The year 1857 was not an ordinary year.
Q Who was angry with the British Rule?
Ans The people of India were angry with the British rule.
Q What did the people of India want?
Ans The people of India want independence.
Q Where was Satguru Sri Ram Singh ji born?
Ans Satguru Sri Ram Singh ji was born at Bhaini Sahib, Punjab.
Q Who was the in-charge of the town?
Ans Mr. Cowen was the incharge of the town.
Q Who sacrificed their lives and why?
Ans The Kuka Sikhs sacrificed their lives for the sake of the freedom of their motherland.
Make sentences-
History- I like this subject of history.
Officer- He is an officer.
Rulers- They are great rulers.
Freedom- India got freedom in 1947.
Powerful- He is a powerful leader.
Nation. – l love my nation.
Write True or false-
1857 was not an ordinary year- true.
The British government was not very powerful- false.
Sixty-six Kuka Sikhs surrendered themselves-true.
Mr. Cowen was an Indian officer -false
Waryam Singh collected pebbles, stood and upon them challenged the Britishers to fire-true.
Categorize the following festivals.
National Festival Religious Festival
Independence day Rakhi
Republic day Eid
Gandhi Jyanti Baisakhi
Diwali Lohri
Match synonyms
Daily everyday
Important essential
Symbol sign
Get Obtain
Hide conceal
Irrelevant Useless
Match antonyms
Ordinary special
Discourage encourage
Complete incomplete
Start finish
Present absent
Happy unhappy
Change the following Adjectives into Adverbs-
Neat neatly
Brave bravely
Easy easily
Final finally
Slow slowly
Soft softly
Bright brightly
Careful carefully
Kind kindly
Happy happily
Fill in the blanks with correct adverb-
The tortoise moved slowly slow slowly
The sun shines very brightly brightly bright
The children are playing happily happily Happy
The Bombay dance competition easily easily easily
Mina knocks the doors softly softly soft
Always cross the road full full careful
Neetu writes neatly
Write the verb and adverb from the following sentences-
The tortoise walks slowly.
The Mason builds a wall skillfully.
We can solve the sum quickly.
Tommy and Gimmy sing happily.
My grandmother speak softly.
Verb. Adverb
Walk slowly
Wall skillfully
solve quickly
Sing happily
Speak softly
Underline the correct word using simple present tense –
Birds ( fly / flies ) in the sky.
The baby ( cry / cries ) for milk.
Manu ( love/ loves) chocolates.
Our school (open / opens) at 9 o’clock.
The teacher ( teach /teaches ) us English.
My friend ( write/ writes) poems.
They ( grow /grows ) fruits.
We (enjoy /enjoys ) playing cards.
I ( eat / eats ) fresh fruits.
The boys (sing/ sings )well.
Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition.
My uncle knocked at the door. (on/at)
Rohan jumped into the pond . ( in / into)
We will meet you on Monday .(on/at)
They will watch the show at 7 p.m. (on/at)
He was absent from school. ( at/ from)
I do not agree with you. ( at/ with)
Punctuation-
Meenu is my best friend.
Renu, Ravi ,Manu and Aman are my classmates.
He said to me ,”I love my India”.
Where are you going?
How beautiful the picture is!
Rewrite the sentence using suitable pronouns-
1 Raju is a shopkeeper. Raju sells toys.(he)
Raju is a shopkeeper.He sells toys.
2 Heena is an expert dancer. Heena is dancing. ( she)
Heena is an expert dancer .She is dancing.
3 Human beings are living. Human beings breathe air. ( They)
Human beings are living .They breathe air.
4 The mangoes looked ripe. The mangoes
were sour.( They)
The mangoes looked ripe. They were sour.
5 The Indian team arrived in England. The Indian team won the match.( it)
The Indian team arrived in England .It won the match.