I eased myself out of bed.

1. Who is the narrator?
2. Why did the narrator get out of bed?
3. What happened when the narrator reached outside?

‘Shut that racket!’ he mumbled.

1. Who is the speaker?
2. Who does racket refer to?
3. Do you think the speaker was justified in saying this?

But I wasn’t broken. I was in full working order.

1. When does the narrator say this?
2. Why does she emphasize that she wasn’t broken? What was actually broken?
3. What does she mean by full working order?

There was no smoke down on the lower floors but people were still panicking, surging out and running like mad, pushing and shoving.

1. Why were people still panicking?
2. What happened in the confusion?
3. Explain the context of this excerpt.

‘Come on, Jimmy, you can be a gent too,’

1. Who is the speaker and who is Jimmy?
2. What does the speaker mean by ‘...You can be a gent too’?
3. Did Jimmy oblige the speaker?

What do you think may have caused the fire? Think carefully about where it started.

In what three ways did people react when they knew there was a fire?

Why do you think Mack was carrying Pippa and Hank?

Find two examples from the extract to show how Mack took charge of the situation.

How would you describe the way the narrator behaved during the fire?

Write a few sentences to show how the writer builds up a feeling of fear and confusion.

What were the qualities displayed by the narrator and Mack during the evacuation? What can you learn from their attitude?

Now, use these words to make sentences of your own.

Add ‘ing and –ed to each of these verbs.

1. Crackle
2. Stumble
3. Shove
4. Move
5. Dive
6. Hope
7. Choke
8. Blaze

Circle the words that drop the final e before the suffixes are added.

1. Coping
2. Amazed
3. Sincerely
4. Desirable
5. Bluest
6. Writing
7. Hopeful
8. Guidance

Create new words by choosing appropriate suffixes from the box.

 	-ing 		-er 		-ed 

1. Decide
2. Bridge
3. Continue
4. Guide
5. Amaze
6. Desire
7. Compute
8. Secure

Write each of these contractions as two words. The first one has been done for you.

1. It’s = it is
2. He’ll
3. Could’ve
4. Mustn’t
5. They’ve
6. I’ll
7. She’s
8. Won’t
9. We’ve
10. We’d

Write each of these pairs of words as a contraction. The first one has been done for you.

1. Should have = should’ve
2. We had
3. You will
4. Have not
5. We are
6. Did not
7. I am
8. I have
9. He is
10. They would

A letter has been missed out in each of these contractions. Put an apostrophe in place of the missing letter(s). Then, write the contraction as two words.

1. Dont
2. Couldnt
3. Im
4. Whats
5. Wouldve
6. Well
7. Theyre
8. Didnt
9. Hed
10. Hasnt

Make sentences of your own using these contractions.

1. Mustn’t
2. Shouldn’t
3. Can’t
4. It’s

There are some errors in the following sentences. Identify the errors and write the correct sentences.

1. There going to the hills on Sunday.
2. Ozu the dog is chasing it’s tail.
3. My father said he would pick up the laundry on he’s way home.
4. Since it was raining we cannot go to school.
5. The girls said, well go to the library tomorrow.
6. Do you know where she is kept her phone?
7. It haven’t snowed in Manali since last year.
8. Were on our way to Kashipur now.
9. Grandfather said, ‘We’re in the middle of our morning walk when we saw the rainbow.’
10. I wont be able to attend the Annual Music Festival this year.

You went to a camp recently and learnt how to build a campfire. Use the format provided to write an informal letter to your cousin telling him all about it.