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Units Unit title Reading Grammar Language function Page
1 Travelogue A memorable journey Articles Asking for 1
from Terai to the hill information/ Asking
for the repetition
2 An A visit to Godawari Modals Asking for direction/ 11
Expedition Giving direction
3 Business An interview with a Present tense Requesting 23
and local businessperson
Commerce
4 Biography Ganesh Man Singh: Relative clause Describing a person 35
The man of iron 'Who'
Centre
5 Festivals Holi Preposition Suggesting and 47
advising
6 Technology A computer and its Causative Getting things done 57
parts computer verbs
Curriculum Development Reporting
7 Journalism The first man on the Reported 69
moon is no more speech
8 Dangers of Junk food should be Conditional Expressing condition 80
Junk Food banned sentences

9 Moral The foolish sage and Past tense Comparison 90
Stories the jackal
10 Habits and Good habits for teens Probability Expressing degree of 100
Behaviour modals probability

11 Games and The value games and Subject-verb Expressing likes and 111
Sports sports agreement dislikes

12 District A profile of Connectives Giving reasons 122
Profile Dadeldhura
13 Childhood Who makes a Habitual past Past habits 132
Memories difference? "used to"
14 Graphs and Bar chart, pie chart and Expressing Expressing abilities 141
Charts graphs abilities

15 Lincoln's Lincoln's letter Voice Persuading/ reminding 153
Letter

16 Fairy Tales A beggar’s dream Reflexive Stating intention / 163
pronouns predicting

17 Forms and Bank account opening Relative Answering in brief 171
Cheques form clause: things
place
18 Dictionary Finding words in the Imperatives Giving and following 181
Use dictionary instructions