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1. What kind of music is Ravi Shankar
famous for?
Answer: (b) Classical.
2. Which country was Justin Beiber born
in?
Answer: (c) Canada.
3. How many strings does a guitar have?
Answer: (a) 6
4. What is a group of three musicians
called?
Answer: (a) a trio
5. What is the next note after
sa-re-ga-ma?
Answer: (c) pa
6. What is the next note after do-re-mi?
Answer: (b) fa
Reading and
comprehension Text 1-Page 22
Complete the following
statements by selecting the most appropriate options given below:
1. (b) soothing music
2. (b) Endorphins
3. (a) concentration
4. (a) rejuvenate
5. List the benefits of
music mentioned in the passage:
Endorphins, painkillers of the brain.
Normalize, fatigue, boredom, blood pressure, heartbeat
Divert attention from anxieties
Improves concentration boosting memory
Creates positive energy to do things eagerly.
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Read
the following statements and write true or false.
(a)
False
(b)
True
(c)
False
(d)
False
(e)
True
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6. Which word in the following is
similar in the meaning to ‘skillful’ (para 1)?
Answer: ©
talented
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(a)
is
(b)
valley
(c)
Stop
(d)
melodious
(e)
traveler
(F) the Hebrides
(g)
breaks
(h)
understand
(i)
bottles
sorrow
(j)
meaning
(k)
hear
Vocabulary:
Text 1
Relieves – to be free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc.
endorphins – substances produced by the brain that have painkilling and
tranquilizing effects on the body.
Exhaustion – tiredness
Rejuvenate – to restore to a former state; make fresh or new
again
Text 2
Prodigy – a person especially a child or young person, having
extraordinary talent or ability
Persistent – constantly repeated
Virtuoso – a person who excels in musical technique or
execution
Deterioration – to make or become worse or inferior in
character, quality, value, etc.
Sawed – to cut or divide
Obstacle – something that obstructs or hinders progress
Text 3
Behold – look, see
Yon – that
Lass – girl
Melancholy – causing sadness
Vale – valley
Strain – melody
Weary – tired
Plaintive – expressing sorrow
Mounted – climbed
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A. Find the names of the musical
instruments in the grid. They can be found in different directions: up-down,
down-up, left-right, right-left, and diagonally.
Name the musical instruments:
Piano, sitar, Xylophone, Sarod, Veena, drum, Flute, Harmonium, Table, Pungi
B. Use the pictures as
clues. Write the appropriate name of the instrument in each blank given below.
One has been done as an example.
(a)
Evelyn
Glennie is a Xylophone player.
(b)
Zakir
Hussain playa the Tabla.
(c)
Hariprasad
chaurasia plays the Flute.
(d)
V.
Doraaiswamy Iyenger plays the Veena.
(e)
Bismillah
Khan plays the Shehnai/Pungi.
Grammar:
A. Now fill in the blanks with appropriate
comparative adjectives:
(a)
Louder
(b)
The
highest
(c)
Colder
(d)
Most
reliable
(e)
More
serious
(f)
Better
(g)
More
peaceful
(h)
The
most important
B. Fill in the blanks with
appropriate degree ‘most’/ ‘est’:
(a)
The
most crowded
(b)
The
coldest
(c)
The
most interesting
(d)
The
cheapest
(e)
The
oldest
(f)
The
most melodious.
2.
In the same lesson, the use of ‘to-verb’ has been explained. Let’s do some more
activities on this. Join the two sets of sentences given below, and make one
sentence. The first one is done for you.
1. ‘May I
help you?
‘Okay
He offered to help her.
2. Answer –
to go.
3. Answer -
to eat as she didn’t have an appetite.
4. Answer –
to post the letter.
5. Answer –
to participate.
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According
to you, which FOUR of the following statements are true?
(a)
Answer: True
(b)
Answer:
True
(c)
Answer:
True
(d)
Answer:
True
(e)
Answer:
False
(f)
Answer:
False
