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Put into Practice

Have you ever heard the story of the Fox and the Grapes? Here is the
same story but the sentences are not in the correct forms. Change the sen-
tences into affirmative or negative as required so that the story becomes
meaningful. You can give it a suitable title and read it out.
One afternoon a fox was not walking through the forest and spotted a
bunch of grapes hanging from over a lofty branch.
“Just the thing to quench my thirst! I will not jump high and get the whole
bunch,” thought he.
Taking a few steps back, the fox did not jump and just missed the hanging
grapes. Again the fox took a few paces back and did not try to reach them
but still failed.
Finally, giving up, the fox did not turn up his nose and said, “They’re not
probably sour anyway. Unripe fruit does me good. If I eat them, I will not
be sick”. With this thought the fox did not proceed to walk away.

Moral: It’s not easy to despise what you can have.

Listening Curriculum Development Centre

Think and Act

Have you ever congratulated anyone or received congratulations from
others? On what occasions do we congratulate people? Write any four
such occasions.

Study Time

Listen to the audio material and do the activities that follow:

a. Write ‘True’ for true statements and ‘False’ for the false ones.
i. The speaker makes a special announcement.

ii. Participants other than the winner are not congratulated.
iii. It was a national level handwriting competition.

iv. The audience congratulates the stars with clapping.
v. The school has just finished the examination.

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