CLASS & SUBJECT III - ENGLISH TEXT SUB. TEACHER MRS. JOSEPINE VIMALA
LESSON 8. ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP
LEARNING OUTCOME:
Students will inculcate the following skills. • Way of reading the story.
• New important words with English meaning.
• Present continues tense and Past continues tense in English grammar with exercises.
LEARNING RESOURCES • Text book and notebook. • Mobile phone with internet. • Dictionary
IMPORTANT WORDS WITH MEANING
Widow - a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not married again. Stranger - a person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar. Wonderful - inspiring delight, pleasure.
Brave - ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage. Magician – a person with magical powers.
Beautiful – Pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically. Burning – on fire or very hot or bright.
Danger – the possibility of suffering harm or injury. Climb – Go or come up a (slope or staircase).
Terrify - cause to feel extreme fear.
Pray – address a prayer to God or another deity. Rub – apply firm pressure to the surface of something. Genie – a spirit of Arabian folklore.
Adventure – an unusual and exciting or daring experience. Appear – come into sight; become visible or noticeable. Frighten – make (someone) afraid or anxious.
Veil – a piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face. Arrange – organize or make plans for (a future event).
Magic - the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.
Invite – Make a formal or polite request for (something) from someone. Believe – Accept the statement of (someone) as true.
Arrangement - The action, process, or result of arranging or being arranged.
VIDEO REFERENCES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiIucIV8L8I&t=580s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxTFguUfmbE&t=364s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pctnAWHbCOg&t=210s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtwwGyIpm9E&t=3s EXERCISESI.
Put a ✓ mark for the true and a ✖ mark for the false
statement:
a. The stranger had a stick in his hand.
[True]
b. The stranger touched the rock with his hand.[False]
c.
Aladdin closed the cave with the rock and went away.[False]
d.
Aladdin sold the lamp and became very rick.[False]
e.
Aladdin’s mother asked the Sultan to give the princess in marriage toAladdin.
[True]
f.
Aladdin’s palace was more beautiful than Sultan’s palace.[True]
II.Fill in the blanks:
a. Aladdin was ____ with his friends.
Ans: playing
b. The strange man was a ____.
Ans: magician
c.
Aladdin went down the steps and soon ____ the garden. Ans: reachedd.
It was more _____ than his own palace. Ans: beautifule.
______ became a handsome young man. Ans: Aladdinf.
The whole town was full of joy and ____. Ans: pleasureIII. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
a. What did the stranger ask Aladdin when he was playing? Ans: The stranger asked Aladdin to go with him.
b. What happened when Aladdin rubbed the lamp?
Ans: When Aladdin rubbed the lamp, a huge genie appeared before him and said, “what would you like me to do?”
c. What did Aladdin ask the genie of the lamp?
Ans: Aladdin asked the genie to bring them food, as they were hungry. d. What did Aladdin’s mother request the Sultan?
Ans: Aladdin’s mother requested the Sultan to give the princess in marriage to Aladdin.
e. What did the Sultan ask Aladdin to do?
Ans: The Sultan asked Aladdin to arrange a grand palace for his daughter. f. What did the Sultan do after seeing the palace?
Ans: The Sultan gave order to make arrangements for the marriage. IV. TELL WHO SAID TO WHOM:
Question Who said? To Whom?
a. If you come with me, I’ll give you a wonderful gift.
Stranger Aladdin b. What shall I do there? Aladdin Stranger c. Command me, I am ready to
obey. Genie Aladdin
d. What would you like me to do? Genie Aladdin e. “Build a beautiful palace for
me” Aladdin Genie
LEARNING GRAMMAR
Present Progressive (Continuous) Tense
• The present progressive is used to indicate the ongoing time (now). • However, the stative verbs do not usually take the form of present
progressive even though they refer to the present time. Structure:
Subject + am/is/are + verb + ing + . . . Or
Subject
Auxiliary verb
Main verb
I am
V1(base form) + ing
You are We They He is She It
Examples:
• I am going to school now. • He is learning grammar.
• They are working on th0e field. Past Progressive (Continuous) Tense
• The past progressive tense is used to demonstrate an action that was happening in the past for a period of time in a particular context. • The context can be a specific time or another action.
Structures:
Subject + was/were + verb + ing + . . . a specific time Or
Subject
Auxiliary verb
Main verb
I was
V1(base form) + ing
You were We They He was She It Examples:
• Alex was sleeping yesterday at 6.30 AM
• I was cleaning the dishes at around 5.30-6.30 yesterday. V. Use was / were in the following sentences:
(a) I _____ going to the market place. Ans: was
(b) He _____ reading a short-story book. Ans: was
(c) You _____ playing your favourite game. Ans: were
(d) They _____ sleeping for two hours. Ans: were
VI. Complete the following sentences using is/am/are or was/were: (a) They _____ going to play badminton now.
Ans: are
Ans: was
(c) We _____ going to attend a marriage party yesterday Ans: were
(d) He _____ weeping after losing the game that day. Ans: was
(e) I _____ not going to help you if you do not improve. Ans: am
HOMEWORK
• Write the important words with English meaning in your notebook. • Write all the exercises in your notebook and as well as in your textbook. • Learn the definition of Present continues tense & Past continues tense with
VII. Write the story with the help of the pictures, and words given in the boxes:
Answers:
A fisherman spread his net in the sea. No fish came. Finally, the fisherman got a pot in his net. The fishermanopened the pot. A genie appeared out of the pot. The genie was ready to eat the fisherman. The fisherman played a trick. He asked the genie to prove that he could get into the pot. The genie got back into the pot. Now the fisherman closed the pot tightly and threw the pot into the sea.
