🌈 Lesson 3: Strength Lies in Our Unity — Complete Solutions
This lesson explores the vibrant diversity of India and Assam, emphasizing that our differences in language, culture, and traditions are blessings that strengthen the nation.
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📘 Section 1: Textbook Activity Solutions
1. True (T) or False (F)
a) People speak different languages in our country. (T)
b) The beauty of a rainbow comes from a single colour. (F)
c) The strength of our nation lies in our diversity. (T)
d) Our differences are blessings for us. (T)
e) Every state does not have its unique language, attire and music. (F)
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3. Comprehension Questions
a) What examples are given in the lesson to show India’s diversity?
Answer: The lesson mentions different languages, festivals, traditional dresses, and unique local dishes. It also describes diverse landscapes ranging from the Himalayas in the north to the shores of the south, and deserts in the west to lush hills in the east.
b) How is a rainbow used as a symbol in the passage?
Answer: The rainbow is used to symbolize harmony. Just as its beauty comes from many colors working together, society’s richness comes from the harmony of diverse cultures and beliefs.
c) What does the phrase ‘unity in diversity’ mean in the context of the passage?
Answer: It refers to the true essence of standing united as one nation despite having immense differences in language, attire, art, music, and cuisine.
d) How does strength come from togetherness?
Answer: Strength blossoms when people respect, support, and love one another. Togetherness makes a community “unstoppable” and allows it to “shine the brightest”.
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4. Match Column A and Column B
Our differences are blessings → that make us richer as a community.
India is truly → a land of colours and contrasts.
Every state is a world in itself → with its unique language, attire, art and music.
Strength does not come from isolation → but from togetherness.
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🧠 Section 2: Grammar & Vocabulary
5. Metaphors
Definition: A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as”.
i. He is a very brave fighter. (Not a Metaphor)
ii. He is a lion in the fight. (M)
iii. My friend is a night owl. (M)
iv. She runs as fast as a cheetah. (Not a Metaphor – this is a Simile)
vi. The world is a stage. (M)
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7. Prefixes and Suffixes
Prefixes (Added before the word): antibiotic (anti-), unhappy (un-), international (inter-), management (mis-), superstar (super-), impossible (im-), irregular (ir-).
Suffixes (Added at the end): management (-ment), wonderful (-ful), education (-tion), backward (-ward), careless (-less), childhood (-hood), reachable (-able).
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10. Homonyms (Noun vs. Verb)
Watch:
(Noun): I bought a new digital watch.
(Verb): I love to watch the sunset.
Tear:
(Noun): A tear rolled down her cheek.
(Verb): Do not tear the pages of your book.
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11. Modal Verbs
a) The bus should be here by now.
b) When I was six, I could play violin but I… can’t play anymore.
c) You should feed the cat at least twice a day.
d) She must study hard if she wants to pass the exam.
e) I would rather stay at home than go out.
f) The sky is cloudy. It might rain now.
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✍️ Section 3: Subject-Verb Agreement
19. c) Error Correction
i. Every morning bring a new hope.
Correct: Every morning brings a new hope (Singular subject with ‘Every’).
ii. The committee decide to meet tomorrow.
Correct: The committee decides to meet tomorrow (Collective noun is singular).
iii. Neither Tarali nor Arnav are participating.
Correct: Neither Tarali nor Arnav is participating (Verb matches the singular subject ‘Arnav’ which is closer).
iv. Neither the pen nor the papers is available.
Correct: Neither the pen nor the papers are available (Verb matches plural ‘papers’ which is closer).
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20. Palindromes
Words that read the same forward and backward found in the grid:
noon, peep, sees, refer
