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27 Simple machines around us 28 Famous words

Simple machine is a tool that makes our work easier, faster and better. There Many authors and poets are famous for their writings which are read even

are six basic simple machines. You can see their names in the clue box below. today.
Look at the following pictures and name the simple machines used. Read about these famous authors and poets and name them.

1. He was a Danish author best known for writing

children’s short stories like ‘The Little Mermaid’,
‘The Princess and the Pea’ and ‘The Ugly Duckling’.

2. He is most famous for his story of Robinson Crusoe
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where a man lives for twenty eight years on an
uninhabited island.

3. A Bengali writer who wrote the famous story of

Kabuliwala, where an Afghan Pathan owns money to a
money lender. He comes to India and sells dry fruits on
the streets. He meets a young girl, Mini who reminds
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him of his daughter.

4. He is best known for his poem, ‘You are old Father
William’. His other famous works include ‘Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the
looking glass’.

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5. The ‘Owl and the Pussycat’ is one of the most famous
poems by this English author and poet. He made the
wedge limerick form of poetry famous. A limerick is a silly

lever poem with five lines.
pulley

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10. crane lifting objects inclined plane Daniel Defoe Lewis Carroll Rabindranath Tagore

wheel and axle Hans Christian Andersen Edward Lear

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