Chapter-12 Rosy’s Meeting with Nessy
Activity 1:
Dictionary Reference: Learning New Words
Ripples: lihrW/qrMgW
Dangerous: ^qrnwk
Run past: dOV ky kol jwxw
Merged: Swiml hoieAw/iml igAw
Herbivore/herbivorous: SwkwhwrI
Creature: jIv
Scared: firAw hoieAw
Monster: rw^Ss
Activity 3: For
each word given below, find a word from the lesson that sounds the same:
1. Wood: would
2. Two: too
3. Board: bored
4. Site: sight
5. No: know
What did you notice? Each pair of words has the same
sound but different meanings. Such pairs of words are called homophones.
1. Write 5 more
pairs of homophones:
Eight: ate, hair: hare, made: maid
Night: knight, peace: piece, roll: role
2. Choose the
correct word for each.
a. Give me their address. (there/ their)
b. He caught the ball. (caught/ cot)
c. We see with our eyes (sea / see)
d. I have only one pen. (won / one)
e. Please give me some sugar (some / sum)
Activity 4: Answer
the following questions:
1. Where did
Rosy go?
Ans. She went to her aunt’s house in Scotland.
2. What is Loch
Ness?
Ans. Loch Ness is a deep lake.
3. Where did
Rosy go when she felt bored?
Ans. She went to the lake.
4. What did
Rosy want to do at the lake?
Ans. She wanted to throw some stones into the water
and watch the ripples.
5. Who did she
find in the lake?
Ans. She saw a huge animal. But it was Nessy.
Activity 5: Say
'True' or 'False' for the following statements:
1. Rosy went to visit her Aunt Teena in Scotland. True
2. Aunt Teena told her to go out and throw stones into
the lake. False
3. Rosy met Nessy who wanted to eat her. False
4. Nessy was a herbivore. True
5. Rosy went around the lake on Nessy's back. True
Activity 6: Read
the statements given below. Three options are given. Tick the right option
1. Scotland is
in the ____________of the United Kingdom.
a. South
b. West
c. North
Ans. (c) North
2. The lake is____________.
a. nice and blue
b. deep and dangerous
c. black and dirty
Ans. (b) deep and dangerous
3. Rosy
gathered some stones because ____________.
a. she wanted to count them
b. she wanted to put them in her pocket
c. she wanted to throw them into the lake
Ans. (c) she wanted to throw them into the lake
4. The stone
made a____________ sound when they touched water.
a. splash
b. ouch
c. eeks
Ans. (a) splash
5. Nessy was a
____________creature.
a. huge
b. small
c. bad
Ans. (a) huge
6. Nessy looked
like a ______________________.
a. rhinoceros
b. dinosaur
c. crocodile
Ans. (b) dinosaur
7. Nessy
offered Rosy ____________.
a. a ride on its neck
b. some fruits from the lake
c. more stones to throw
Ans. (a) a ride on its neck
8. People
called Nessy a monster because ____________.
a. they were scared of its size
b. they did not know her
c. she talked like humans
Ans. (b) they did not know her
9. Rosy caught
onto Nessy's strong____________ to sit on her back.
a. neck
b. horns
c. humps
Ans. (b) horns
10. Rosy did
not see Nessy's cave because ____________.
a. she was scared to go underwater
b. she had to go to Edinburgh
c. her aunt was waiting for her
Ans. (c) her aunt was waiting for her
Activity -8
Answers- Given below are some newspaper headlines. Change them into Simple Past
1. A strong earthquake jolted Uttarakhand.
2. Amitabh Bachchan won the best actor Filmfare award.
3. India outplayed West-Indies in cricket.
4. Salman Ali won the Indian Idol.
5. Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to
scale Mount Everest.
