Look at these sentences in the story –
(a) Should we go to the big market?
(b) Should we go to the small shop?
(c) Should I buy a thin book?

The coloured words above are describing words.
Now fill in more describing words into the passage below –
It was a ________ night. A _ girl sat up in bed listening to her mother tell a _ story. Her eyes opened wide and she gave a _ smile. "Now go to sleep, Paro," her mother closed the book. "________ dreams."

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Solution

It was a dark night. A small girl sat up in bed listening to her mother tell a short story. Her blue eyes opened wide and she gave a sweet smile. "Now go to sleep, Paro," her mother closed the book. "Sweet dreams."

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Use the joining words given below and join the sentences in Column A and B.

and

but

because

	A	B
(i)	I can sing well.	I forgot to post it.
(ii)	She wore a raincoat.	It was raining.
(iii)	We may go to Shimla.	He was late to school.
(iv)	He wanted a book for his birthday.	We may go to Darjeeling.
(v)	He missed the school bus.	He wanted a football for his birthday.
(vi)	I wrote the letter.	I can’t dance at all.

eg: I wrote the letter but I forgot to post it.

Sometime we join two words to make a describing word. For example, Rip was a good-natured man, everybody liked him.
Here are some more describing words. Use them to complete the given paragraph.

long-sleeved	high-heeled	well-dressed
open-mouthed	sweet-looking	odd-looking
part-time

Mrs Das has a ______________ job in a clothes shop. Yesterday, an ______________ woman walked into the shop. She was wearing ______________ shoes. A ______________ dog was with her. "I want a ______________ shirt for my dog, please," she said. "For your dog?" asked Mrs Das, ______________in surprise. "Yes." replied the woman. "I want him to be ______________ for my next party."

In the following sentence, one word has been omitted. Pick the option that has the missing word along with the words that come after it and before it. Remember the conjunction we use should highlight result.

I went to buy a magnifying glass I wanted to study palmistry.

Q. Draw and colour your dream ice cream.
Describe it using interesting describing words — the colours, the flavours, the size, how it looks, tastes, feels etc.

Q. Write a composition

(350 - 400

words)
Write an original short story that begins with the words. It wasn't going to be easy she knew.... but somehow she had to confront him. She took a deep breath, and walked into the room.

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