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Name the three kinds of
                                            prepositions you have
                                             learnt about.    Meanings of:    Complete
                                           Prepositions of _________,     call back, look   in future
                                           Prepositions of _________,   continuous
                                      Change to   and   after, fall upon,
                                     superlatives:  Prepositions of _________.  come in.   tense: I
                                                              ______
                                      tiring,         Make sentences
                                     expensive,       with these in   (meet) you
                                                             tomorrow.
                                     clever, sad      your notebook.
                                     Which part of
                                    speech do these
                                    words belong to?
                                    soon, late, tonight
                                     Join: I don’t
                                    want to go out
                                    this weekend.
                                    I want to rest.
                                     What are these
                                      examples of?                                  grammatical structures
                                     across, at, under  Here is/are
                                            your notebook.
                                             Choose the
                                            correct option.                        explained using tables and
                                                   Meaning of: be   Correct the
                                                   second to none.   errors:
                                                           italian gelato,   Are you going out   pictures to stimulate learner’s
                                                           indian panipuri,   at this hour ___
                                                           chinese soup   Insert punctuation
                                                                                   interest and help grasp the
                                                                     mark.
                                                                       Which part of    concepts better
                                                                      speech do these
                                                                      words belong to?
                                                                     Donald Duck, Pied   •  page 27   •  page 28
                                                                      Piper, Coca Cola.
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                                                                       She said,
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                                                                     ‘I must let him   Informal Letter
                                                                  4  this.’ Change to
                                                                      know about
                                     Meaning of: Slow and            indirect speech.
                                     steady wins the race.
                                                Add suffixes:
                                               thought, merry,   I cannot bare/
                                               member, social   Meera said,
                                                       bear the heat.
                                                              Informal letters are the ones that we write to friends and relatives. They are informal
                                                       Choose the   ‘I am going out
                                                               tonight.’
                                                      correct option.  Change to indirect
                                                              because we are communicating with people whom we know very well. The style of
                                                                speech.
                                                              writing can be free and conversational, as if we were speaking to them and they were
                                   Roll the dice and move your counter. Answer the question correctly and move forward.
                                                              sitting right in front of us.
                                                              Here is the format of an informal letter.
                                                                47B/1, Race Course Road  sender’s address
                 emphasis on experiential                       Bengaluru—560 057
               learning and art-integrated                                         date
                        education                               1 November 2020
               25           Prepositions                         Dear Rakesh   salutation
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                                                                 hear from you. I am very happy to know that you will be
                       •  page 160                               Thank you very much for your letter. It was wonderful to
                                                 Warm-up          visiting us during the Christmas holidays. My school will
                                                                  be closing at about the same time as yours. We can have
             Draw an appropriate image to show each preposition. Then, colour it.  art integration              body of
                                                                  a lovely time together.                      the letter
                                                                  The weather in Kolkata is cool and pleasant in December.
                                                                  Daddy is already planning Christmas and New Year parties.
                                                                   He has planned to take us for a couple of picnics. He also has
                                                                   Let me know the exact date of your arrival. We shall be at the
                    on             in            under             a surprise for us, he says. I wonder what it is!
                                                                    I hope you are well. Please give my regards to your parents.
                                                                   station to receive you.
                                                                                        closing
                                                                    Your loving friend  signature  activities that enhance
                   behind        in front of    between             Kunal                                               163
                                                                                            creative thinking and
                                                                                            creative writing skills
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                   above          across         into
            These words tell us where someone or something is in relation to something else.
                                                        exercises designed to stimulate
                                                       learner’s interest and help grasp
                 A preposition is a word that shows the position of things and people in relation to
                 someone, something or some place.
                                                              the concepts better
            Some common prepositions are—in, on, of, across, off, through, before, behind, near,
            over, beside, inside, outside, with, to, into, under, except, between, till, until.  •  page 62  •  page 67
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