The Desert (Chapter-3)

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  • The Desert (Chapter-3) Assignments 1


    Go to the library and collect information about the lifestyle of people in desert areas— their food, clothes, work, social customs, etc. Share this information with the group.

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  • The Desert (Chapter-3) Assignments 2

    Describe a desert in your own way. Write a paragraph and readit aloud to your classmates.

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  • The Desert (Chapter-3) Assignments 3

     

    In a desert the temperature rises during the day and falls rapidly at night. Why?

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  • The Desert (Chapter-3) Assignments 4

     How do the smaller desert animals fulfil their need for water?

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  • The Desert (Chapter-3) Assignments 5

     How do the smaller desert animals

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  • The Desert (Chapter-3) Assignments 6

     

    A camel can do without water for days together. What is the reason given in the text?

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  • The Desert (Chapter-3) Assignments 7

     

    The phrases on the left in the following box occur in the text.Match each of them with a phrase on the right.

    (i)

    an endless stretch of sand

    • fertile place with water and plants in a desert

    (ii)

    waterless and without shelter

    • not visible because the grass is thick

    (iii)

    an oasis

    • nothing but sand as far as one can see

    (iv)

    hidden by a cover of grass

    • no water and no shade

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  • The Desert (Chapter-3) Assignments 8

    From the first paragraph

    (i) pick out two phrases which describe the desert as most people believe it is;

    (ii) pick out two phrases which describe the desert as specialistssee it.

    Which do you think is an apt description, and why?

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