Lesson 4 Memory in Marble

Activity -1

Let’s Complete the sentences with information from the text.

a. Tarun’s grandfather knew a lot about the Taj Mahal because he was a retired teacher.

b. Akbar the Great was the grandfather of Prince Khurram.

c. Khurram first saw Arjumand Banu Begum at Meena Bazar.

d. Prince Khurram was later known as Shah Jahan.

e. “Mumtaz Mahal” means the brightest crown of the world.

f. Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in memory of Mumtaz Mahal.

g. Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world.

Activity 2

Let’s arrange the jumbled words with the help of the given hints :

a. seumuamlo = mausoleum (hint: a building in which there is a grave)

b. spneria = Persian (hint: a man from Persia)

c. lejwe = jewel (hint: a valuable stone)

d. sligmpe = glimpse (hint : a look only for a moment)

Activity 3 (a)

Find out some describing words from the text and put them in the box below: (One is done for you)

beautiful, worried, good, naughty, patient, brightest, most beautiful, sad, beloved, magnificent

Activity 3 (b)

Let’s make sentences with the adjectives given below:

honest = Ram is an honest man.

poor = All poor men are not beggars.

narrow = The alley is narrow.

true = He is my true friend.

Activity 4

Let’s change the forms of the following doing words. One is done for you:

Present	Past
tell	told
smile	smiled
catch	caught
go	went
want	wanted

Activity 5

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions from the box. One is done for you :

a. My uncle visited us on the 5th of April.

b. Ram went to play football during the tiffin break.

c. Mr. Brown lives in England.

d. The tail of a monkey is long.

e. The cat is sleeping under the table.

f. Mrs. Das brought sweets for the children.

g. Rahul came to my house this morning.

in, for, of, under, during, on, to

Activity 6

Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles. One is done for you:

The Taj Mahal is one of the greatest wonders of the world. It is a wonderful specimen of architecture. A monument like this is rare to find. I am proud to be an Indian.

Activity 7

Suppose you have visited a place of interest. Now write at least five sentences about that place. Begin with the name of the place. Here are some hints.

Hints :

1. Last summer I visited the Bandel Church l in Bandel.

2. I went there with my parents.

3. I saw the church, the graveyard and so many interesting pictures of Jesus.

4. Other than these I visited the Imambara.

5. It is an amazing place. I want to go again.

Activity 8

Write five sentences about your journey from your home to school. You can use the following hints :

Distance between home and school- modes of travelling - important landmarks - things you see in the course of your journey - the most exciting part of your journey.

The distance between my home and school is 1 km. I go to school by cycle. I reach school after crossing Green House Park and Eco Park. Every day while travelling I see various colourful butterflies flying in and out of the park. The most exciting part of my journey from home to school is crossing the level crossing because I love to get stuck there and watch trains passing by.

Thank you.

LESSON 4 MEMORY IN MARBLE | TEXTUAL QUESTION ANSWERS

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