Mina and the Dinosaurs Warm Up Rajasaurus naemadensis is the name of'a dinosaur that used to live in our partofthe world Ys MANY Years ago. Its name means the royal dinosaur of the Narmada, as its bones were found in the Narmada River Valley, Gujarat, in 2003, 1 yras around thirty fect long and hunted other dinosaurs. apasauirus are some of the other dinosaurs whose bones | | Weanosauras and have been found in India, Now, read about a little girl who became fascinated with dinosaurs. ina was very excited, Mother had taken her to wateh Janassic World, There had been an enormous, scary dinosaur in it, called Indominus rex, Many times, Mina telt really frightened, but she could not take her eyes of? the screen, She had even forgotten to ask for popcorn, As soon as she reached home, Mina ran to her grandmother, “L wish you had come with us,” she said, “But don't worry, PIL tell you all about the dinosaurs.” Scanned with CamScannerawe: agrandmt took me to watch Jurassic Park many years ago?’ said Mother, Gilg Maybe she can tell you a litte about them, too” , smiling: ‘ ony must!” Mina pleaded, sitting close to Grandma. “I want to make Sat about dinosaurs for the science exhibition at school. I'll never Find anything more interesting. What was the name of the dinosaur in i 2” Jurasste Park? sphere Were quite a few of them,” said Grandma, smiling. “I only remember gyrannosaurs and velociraptor. Perhaps we can watch the film one day?” ‘Mina agreed to this plan with great delight, and sat quietly for some time, thinking about what she had seen and what she was going to. Grandma had peen reading a book before Mina came. She started reading it again, but she knew that her little granddaughter would have more questions about the fascinating animals. And sure enough, after a few minutes, Mina asked, sw ere all the dinosaurs so huge?” Say true or not true. ‘Most of them were)’ said Grandma. Grandmother thought Mina would “Gyen the one I am reading about here soon forget about the dinosaurs. isenormous.” “You are reading about a dinosaur!” Mina jumped up. “Is it Indominus rex? What book is it?” “Its called The Lost World and it’s written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?’ said Grandma. “It’s your favourite book, isn't it?” she asked Mina’s mother. “You're right, Ma, it is,” said Mina’s mother, smiling. “Did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle meet real dinosaurs?” asked Mina. “Idontt think he met any dinosaur” smiled Grandma, “but this story is about Some people who did. And no, they did not meet Indominus rex, but they do about some other Jurassic animals, like stegosaurus and pterodactyl.” Scanned with CamScanner\ ived in the Jurassic Pa,1.>, “Jurassic animals? You mean animals that lived ark? : ' iod, millions of years ag,» “Jurassic is the name of a certain time an ree a explained Grandma. “The animals, Fe ea at that time are called Jurassic animals. h ?” asked Mina, “Is this a story about millions of years ago, then?” as! ina “No, only about a hundred years ago. Professor Challenger nd a thre companions set off on a trip to South America to im on we er inosa, still live there. I'm reading the part where they see a family o: iguanodone “A whole family! What did they look like?” Say true or not true, “Pll read it out to you? said Grandma, “and Pl make ita little simpler? According to the book, all di nosay, had died millions of years ago, So Grandma read— “There were five of them, two adults and three young ones. They were enormous. Even the babies were as big as elephants, and the two large ones Scanned with CamScannerger than any creature I have ever seen, eh ws scled ikea lizard, It simmered eee slte-coloured ski, All five were ting up. They balanced themselves on their oe Upon it, tails and their huge hind-feet. They had three toes on their hind-fe sea five fingers on their front-feet. With their small front-feet they cae branches. They looked like monstrous kangaroos, twenty feet ea a vere far ig the 7 skins like black crocodiles. I do not know how long we stayed still, lookin, _ this marvellous sight. A strong wind blew towards us and we were well” hidden, S0 the animals could not see us. prom time to time, the little ones played round their parents awkwardly. They jumped up into the air and fell down on the earth with a dull thud. ‘The parents seemed to be endlessly strong. When one of them could not reach a bunch of. leaves on a big tree, he put his front legs round the trunk and tore down the tree as if it had been a sapling.” Mina had been listening wide-eyed to Grandma. As Mother came in with Grandma’s tea, she said, “I know where we must go for my science project, Ma!” 2 5 2 gai a Which sentence tells you that ‘To watch Jurassic Park?” said Mother, smiling. the people in the book were fascinated by the dinosaurs? “No, we should go to South America!” monstrous: so big that they were frightening shimmered: shone “hind-feet: the legs (of an animal) which awkwardly: roughly, clumsily areat the back sapling: a small, young tree aComprehension A. Answer in brief. 1, Which film had Mina gone to watch? 2. Why did Mina want to learn more about dinosaurs? 3. Which book was Mina’s Grandma reading? Who had written it? 4. What are Jurassic animals? bs / Scanned with CamScannerer Jurasle animals MeDHaneg iN th 5, Name the dinosaurs and ol in the text, 6. “Tknow where we must Who sad this to whom? want to pot go for my sclenee project" a b, Where did she 2 Answerin detail he film she had watched 1, How do you know if Mina liked the ee ched? 2, What were the dinosaurs in the book doing? 3. Which other animals are the dinosaurs in the book compare How are they compared? ‘A strong wind blew towards us and we were well hidden, so the animals could not see uss a. How did the wind help the men to hide? b. Why was it necessary to hide? 5. How do we know that the iguanodons were ening wide-eyed to Grandma. “ally strong? . “Mina had been lis a. Why was Mina ‘wide-eyed’? b. How do we know that she believed the story? a C. Think and answer. Do you think people are still interested in dinosaurs? ~ saurs? H know it? Why do you think it is so? irs? How do you D. Know your values, Mina was eager to learn ab i ‘arn about dinosaurs fro) and to share what she had watched with hen her ae Your parents have bo : a ught anew TV ae or phone. You want to learn » and so does your 8randfather. What will you do? Our grandparents can teach us Many thin, gs. them, we can be great frien 25 with then By learning and sharing with \ Scanned with CamScannersrammar We know that a, an and the are articles. | entences, Now, read the: ow We ow No human beings lived at that time. ayed still, looking at this marvellous sight. ‘This and that are determiners, We use this or these to refer to something, near us in time or place, We use that or those to refer to something which far from us in time or place, which ow These books on this shelf are about animals. ow Those books on that desk are about birds. A. Complete the passage with the correct words from the brackets. \This (these / this) is * (txe/ this) room where Class 5 students have kept their charts and models. Mina has made *__ (this7 these) chart on iguanodons. She has even drawn * ___ (the / gn iguanodon eating leaves, Can you see °_____— (that / ‘thosé) little clay dinosaurs on 5 (that those) table? We will see them after we look at 7 (this / thesé) cardboard dinosaurs hanging on * (this 7 these) wall. Read these sentences. ow Mina was very excited. ow Many times, she felt really frightened. Very and really are adverbs of degree. They tell us how strong or weak something is. Scanned with CamScannerm the box t B. Choose the correct adverbs of degree fro ‘0 OMPLe4g these sentences. just almost slightly quite enough comp, 1. This dress is _just_ the right size. ‘The two brothers are around the same height—Ron is ignk taller. All the old members have left, so it is a conepletihy NeW ten, Thave almost _ finished writing the essay. Is this seat big —dnnngl— for three people? buite alot of people prefer coffee to tea. XN ane Y Now, read these sentences. cw Til never find anything more interesting. ow She always has popcorn when she goes to watch a film, ‘Never and always are adverbs of frequency. They tell us how often something happens, C. Tick (“) the adverbs of frequency in these sentences, Sometimes, I take the long way home. I ahvays have a glass of water after waking up. She ust ally does not argue with her friends. Pallavi rabdly sleeps in the afternoon, My oo oft come to my house after school. He never forgets to lock the door. a Vocabulary Read these sentences, Scanned with CamScannerchoose the correct words from the box to complete these sentences, all the time before time at the same time behind time from time to time for the time being J. Ireached the station before time , so I had to wait for the train. 2. We 3,or tirea Jo23.she took a break from studying and went for a walk. 4, Rohit felt excited and nervous 24 As 20872 5, ‘The library and the playground are in use 2-220). Lar hall look for your pen later; use mine fre Zhe Lua va Lecinyy € Milo, 6, She started running towards the school as she was behind Hint. 4 Writing Write a letter to your cousin about a film you have recently watched. You can use these clues— Paragraph 1: which film — watched with whom - when Paragraph 2: how did it begin — characters ~ setting — what did you like about it - was it funny, scary or sad Paragraph 3: how did it end - should your cousin watch it slistening @ Listen to Mina. Then, complete these sentences. 1. Mina was excited to watch Jurassic, orld because De naas Hee fire tinet dhe 190d 09% a pln ino crema hall , 2. They could not wait inside the hall because ohn short seprtilbe rrmning an Hs staned habh. 3. We know that the film was interesting to children because Hein pavers * © Scanned with CamScanner_— POAT Wh \ HONE TAN Teg, AL Matern did at Bae Fa kot AE he Me Na \ Me Addin Nir adult ia kana ANE AE gM yh Hor TIM Bovine i wn vate an A Nan ‘vat Abia warned! seh i ie ! wih he ye AW 4 dd Aaa ba Sah AY \ Speaking Road this conversation, a ‘Sranatuavattvens WY yoy tavonnite books HEE Mootons Vow aight, Mac itis Wee tse thove vin ta gay that aioe With someone ww YouYe right, WW Tagioo with you, WW Tthink so too, © Tahink that tra, $6 Leanldit agtoe mony, Work in pairs and practise expressing: Agreement in these situations, + You think st rawberry i isthe best favour for an ice ream, 2 You and your Mother ane booking tie kets tor Seats in the third poyy, . Your father thinks he play and she want and you should cook your mother’s birthday tneh, : xPunctuation Read these sentences, ww en i heme {HY dinosaur Said Grandma, ow Ma sald, “L kong NOW Wh eee SB my scence project = Scanned with CamScannerWe use quotation marks to indicate 5 dlosing quotation marks if we mentio: a comma before the opening quotati the quotation. peech. We put a comma inside the n the speaker after the quotation. We put ion marks if we mention the speaker before Read this passage. Insert commas and quotation marks where necessary. “pterodactyls used to live in the Jurassic period, said Mina. She thought for a minute and added’ i They are a kind of pterosaut, What isa pterosaur? asked Sayak."All I know about them is that pterosaurs could fly said Mina’ So they were a, kind of bird: said Sayak! No. Grandma says they were flying reptiles said Mina’ I wonder if they were dangerous/said Sayal yeh Then he exclaimed’ Ma be they still live in some corner of this worl fi wish I could see them/said Mina® “Dorit yout” “No,thank you, ssaid Sayak’l think they would be scary.” Project Dinosaurs are now extinct—they do not exist anymore. Many other fascinating animals are endangered—there are so few of them left that they are at risk of becoming extinct. Work in groups of four. Select an endangered animal and make a chart onit. Your chart should include the following— ow name of the animal ow where it is found ow what it eats ow colourful pictures cw how it became endangered (hunting / climate change / destruction of the forest where it lives) cw what we can do to save it Scanned with CamScanner