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Vocabulary
I. Read the following sentences from the story:They heard a soft voice.
The pythons have long bodies.
It was easy for the jackal to hunt the smaller animals and birds.
The jackal told the elephant, “You are the biggest animal in the forest.”
He said to the peacock, “You are the loveliest bird in the forest.”
The underlined words are called Adjectives.
1. They come either before or after the noun ( a tall boy )
2. They take intensifiers like very, quite, etc. (a very tall boy)
3. They have degrees of comparasion - Positive, Comparative and Superlative.
Here are the three forms of a few adjectives.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| dark | darker | darkest |
| small | smaller | smallest |
| near | nearer | nearest |
| big | bigger | biggest |
| lovely | lovelier | loveliest |
| dirty | dirtier | dirtiest |
| melodious | more melodious | most melodious |
Yesterday we went for a picnic to Nehru Zoological Park which is one of the biggest zoos in the country. The climate was cool and pleasant. We saw many animals, birds, reptiles etc. We also saw a very large elephant. After that, we saw a tall giraffe with a long neck. There were also some small birds which sang sweet songs. There was a beautiful peacock which danced majestically. We went very close to the brown cobra. We felt very happy. We reached home late in the evening
II. Read the following words. Each pair has one word and the other word is its opposite in meaning:
big X small near X far
dark X light open X close
happy X unhappy start X stop
large X small thick X thin
live X die appear X disappear
long X short common X uncommon
dark X light open X close
happy X unhappy start X stop
large X small thick X thin
live X die appear X disappear
long X short common X uncommon
Now fill in the blanks in the sentences given below with the word opposite in meaning to the one in bold letters.
1. The elephant’s eyes are small but its body is ————————————
2. The animals were happy in the beginning. After the jackal entered the forest, they became ————————
3. The giraffe’s neck is very long but its tail is —————————
4. Mangoes are sweet but lemons are ——————————————
5. The coconut is a tall tree but the guava is a ——————— tree.
2. The animals were happy in the beginning. After the jackal entered the forest, they became ————————
3. The giraffe’s neck is very long but its tail is —————————
4. Mangoes are sweet but lemons are ——————————————
5. The coconut is a tall tree but the guava is a ——————— tree.
III. The following pairs of words are similar in meaning. Pick out such pairs
from the story you have just read.
from the story you have just read.
animals – creatures small – tiny
build – construct talk – speak
large – big, huge
build – construct talk – speak
large – big, huge
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