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In your discussion on ‘World With No Trees’, discuss the following points.
• Wood cutters are found working in the jungle.
• Cutting down trees is illegal.
• Population growth affects environment.
• Timber is used for commercial gain.
• The Chipko Movement was started to stop the cutting down of the trees.
• Awareness is necessary to control pollution and deforestation.
Let’s Write
Write about the kind of country you would like India to become.
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Vocabulary
Word Family — using the same word as Noun, Verb, Adjective or Adverb
Word families tell us various types of words that can be made from one word. A word can
become noun, verb, adjective or adverb by changing some last letters of the word. Let us
take up the noun ‘patriot’.
Read these sentences.
1. Bhagat Singh was a patriotic (adjective) leader.
2. His patriotism (noun) is well known.
3. He fought patriotically (adverb) till the very end.
Look at the word ‘excellent’ and its different forms.
excellence (noun) excel (verb)
excellent (adjective) excellently (adverb)
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