1Compare the pairs of pictures: a village and a city, farm work and factory work, children playing marbles and teenagers walking. What differences do you see?
2Which of the subjects you study is easier or more difficult for you? Talk to your friends.
3Match the words with their meanings: mystery, magnificent, endangered, solitude.
4Write True or False: (a) Rara Lake is the second largest lake in Nepal. (b) The visitors can also go hiking around Rara Lake. (c) The visitors can see the images of hills in the water. (d) Talcha is the nearest airport to get to Rara.
5What are the two amazing things about the lake?
6Why is Rara one of the best destinations for trekkers and visitors?
7Make a list of the endangered animals found in Rara National Park.
8Why is the water in Rara Lake less polluted?
9How can one get to Rara Lake?
10Have you ever visited a lake? Share your experience.
11Three books are marked thin (50 pages), thinner (30 pages) and thinnest (10 pages), and three cars are marked fast (50 km/h), faster (70 km/h) and fastest (100 km/h). What do these sets of words mean?
12Write the comparative and superlative forms of these adjectives: small, big, tall, heavy, clean, happy, loud, large, noisy, fast, fat, thin, great, hot, cold, close, beautiful, interesting, popular, difficult.
13Complete the sentences using suitable forms of the adjectives in brackets: (a) It is ___ (hot) in summer in Kathmandu. But, Biratnagar is ___ (hot) than Kathmandu. (b) My notebook is very ___ (clean). (c) Which is the ___ (long) river in Nepal? (d) All the classrooms of our school are large. But our class is the ___ (large) of all. (e) Why are you debating with me? My jacket is ___ (warm) than yours. (f) We wear ___ (thin) clothes in the summer season. (g) Let's see whose pencil is the ___ (long) of all. (h) Do you know who is the ___ (tall) student in your class?
14Fill in the blanks with the correct information from the two food menus: (a) The price of milk tea is ___ in Besisahar Chamena Griha. (b) Momo and ___ are cheaper in Deurali Restaurant than in Besisahar Chamena Griha. (c) The price of ___ is same in both places. (d) The price of veg chow mein between the two places differs by ___.
15Which place do you choose for Thakali Khana? Why?
16Prepare a menu for a restaurant or a hotel.
17Look at the village picture and describe it using appropriate forms of these adjectives: tall, short, long, big, small, high, low, thick, thin.
18Write a description about how your classroom is different from others. Use comparative adjectives.
19Look at the picture of the woman at the hotel counter talking on the phone. Which place is it? Why do we go to this place? What might the person be talking about?
20Prepare a simple brochure or a leaflet advertising Rara Lake.
21When do we use than, and when do we use the with an adjective?
22Write three sentences comparing people in your family, using a comparative in each and a superlative in at least one.