11.
Making a Difference
Making Connections
Quick answers
1. Use the clues given below to trace the events of Miti and Mahendra's day and complete the flow chart.
a. Miti and Mahendra are not excited about food. 3
b. Their parents ask Miti and Mahendra if they have been quarrelling. 4
c. Their mother tells them a story.6
d. The children tell their parents why they are dejected. 5
e. Miti and Mahendra attend a science club meeting at school. 1
f. Miti and Mahendra walk home together. 2
2.Put a tick(√) against the sentences that are true and a cross (x) against those that are false.
a. Miti and Mahendra usually quarreled on the way home from school. x
b. The beach was convered with dying jellyfish. √
c. Miti and Mahendra cared about the environment. √
d. Mahendra was fond of ice candy. √
Reference to context
3. "When they passed the ice candy man, Mahendra did not run to him even though he had the money he
earned from washing his father's scooter. Their bags seemed heavier today; the road home seemed longer."
a. Where were Miti and Mahendra going?
Ans. Miti and Mahendr were going back to their home.
b. Which word in the lines above is an antonym of 'spent'?
Ans. In the above lines, 'earned' is an antonym of 'spent'.
c. Why do you think their bags seemed heavier and the road seemed longer?
Ans. Since they were sad and dejected, their bags seemed heavier and the road longer.
4. One morning a man was walking down a beach. The beach was covered with dying starfish.
a. Why was the beach covered with dying starfish?
Ans. The beach was covered with dying starfish because of the strong tide.
b. What did the man see the boy doing? Why did he tell him to stop?
Ans. The man saw the boy was throwing the starfish back into the ocean. The man told the boy to stop
because he did not believe in the efforts of the boy that would make any difference.
c. Who had told Mother this story?
Ans. Grandfather of Miti and Mahendra had told mother this story.
Read, reflect and write
5. Why were Miti and Mahendra unhappy as they returned from school?
Ans. As Miti and Mahrendra were unhappy because they came to know about the pollution of the
environment.
6. What did the children's mother want to teach them through the story that she narrated?
Ans. The children's mother wanted to each them that by doing little things one can make a big difference
7. Why do you think Mahendra suddenly felt hungry at the end the story?
Ans. At the end of the story, Mahendra suddenly felt hungry because mother's story inspired him how to
preserve the environment from pollution.
8. If you were Miti or Mahendra, what would you do to make a difference to the environment?
Ans. If I were Miti or Mahendra, I would keep surroundings clean and plant trees to make a difference to
the environment.
Word Wall
Prefix
1. Choose one of the prefixes il-, im- or un- to add to these words so that they take the opposite meanings.
This is also known as negation.
a. kind x unkind d. natural x unnatural
b. legal x illegal e. possible x impossible
c. happy x unhappy f. literate x illiterate
Environment words (Home work)
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