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New Pathways is an interactive English course designed for various educational levels, authored by experienced educators in the field. The course includes diverse reading materials, grammar exercises, and vocabulary building activities aimed at enhancing English language skills. It features contributions from multiple authors with extensive backgrounds in teaching and curriculum development.

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new pathways

New Pathways is an interactive English course designed for various educational levels, authored by experienced educators in the field. The course includes diverse reading materials, grammar exercises, and vocabulary building activities aimed at enhancing English language skills. It features contributions from multiple authors with extensive backgrounds in teaching and curriculum development.

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EW PATHWAYS | OXFORD NEW PATHWAYS An Interactive Course in English 2 g Malathy Krishnan OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD About the Author Debjani Rudra has been a teacher in the Pre-Primary and Kindergarten sections of La ‘Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, for over twenty-five years. Gayatri Khanna has considerable experience in teaching En to the CASE as well as to the Cambridge International Examinatio! consultant and a resource person for the development of materials with the CBSE and the NCERT. Mala Palaniis a senior ELT consultant working with Oxford University Press, and British Council. Over the past twenty years, she has taught in leading schools across the country teaching curricula prescribed by CBSE, ICSE, state boards and international boards (IB and Cie). She has qualifications from EFL University, Hyderabad, University of Warwick and Cambridge. Malathy Krishnan is a retired Professor at the Department of ELT, School of Distance Education, EFL University, Hyderabad, Pooja Kewlani heads the Primary Wing of Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi, and has been teaching English in the primary classes for more than twenty years. She also. facilitates English language learning in children with special needs. Teresa Paul has taught Engl St. Columba’s School, New Delhi. Usha Dutta is a former Professor of English with the NCERT. ;nguage and literature in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Key to the icons in New «uso tinsin the teacher's e-book and aus CO Eo For ieat Lal New Pathways: | COURSEBOOK STRUCT! An interactive course in English At each level, the New Pathways Perera authors and poets NEW FEATURES @ ——saayonotsonet OF THIS EDITION Torneo inthetormet sample frmatand ded bee Contents 1. The That Rolled Away u rasshopper 20 ‘The Moon—Robert Louls Stevenson 23 al and the Lions 3 39 4, Echo a vert at annsrstne ptal esouc that roe teaches wh an etek teat wih eating mats and READING 1. Thevancake Factual infernal Tattoled! —stapoiate ‘Smornein SSodeateen| trenton |apoantr 2. The Aatand be Fata erential, | Words to Testa acu nin worie, —Aanthe Seng, boctg Sexe | tknow a funny little man, As quiet as a mouse, ‘Who does the mischief? that is done In everybody's house! ‘There's no one ever sees hs face, ‘And yet we all agree That every plate we break was cracked By Mr Nobody. "Tis he who always tears our books, _| Who leaves the door ajar*, r . He pulls the buttons from our shirts,» re) ? ‘And scatters? pins afa “ That squeaking door will always squeak, For, prithee’, don’t you see, We leave the oiling to be done By Mr Nobody. ‘The finger marks upon the door By none of us are made; We never leave the blind’ unclosed, Tolet the curtains fade. Draw a picture Is your rom neat and ty? Orie messy? Do you share i with Draw sy? Do you share it with someone else? Draw a picture of what your room looks | . That lying round you see Are not our boots, they all belong To Mr Nobody. Robert Bruce was a prince, He wanted to do a lot of 00d for the people of his country. However, the king. of the neighbouring country took away his kingdom! and sent him out of the country, Robert Bruce tried to gather an army and fight against the king who took away his throne?®, He tried sixtimes but failed. He now lived in a hut outside the kingdom, mn homes? Match the als make thelr own hor m it ‘Which other anim A spider makes its own webs. animals with correct homes. spiders ‘One day he was lying on his bed. He could not sleep. His eyes were open. He stared at the ceiling® fora long time. Then his eyes fell on a small spider. The spider was hanging by a silvery thread from a log of waod, it was trying to swing to another beam of wood. Each time it tried to do that, i fll back again. Robert was interested in the spider’s actions. He wanted to see how long it would continue to ‘try. Would it give up and fall down? woodpecker ‘The spider tried six times without success. Then it tried once again, Robert was sure that it would fall again. What a surprise! The spider got on to the beam with the thread. That was the first thread of its web. It then went on to make a big web for itself, rabbit, rats Robert now learnt his lesson from the spider. He rose from his bed and started out, with new energy. He gathered! his followers and spoke to them about being brave and not giving up during difficult times. He fought against the enemy king and got back his lost kingdom. honey bees The spider taught him a lesson: ants “Try, try again, until you succeed®, ms = . Opposite words Reading 1 ia (or false ‘Mark the folowing sentences as true (1) z ince who was sent out his kingdom. 41. Robert Bruce was a Robert was a bad prince. 2 3, the spider was trying to spina web- 44, The spider gave up and fll down. i. 5. The prince got back his Kingdom because Me from the spider. Grammar Reading 2 oni led action |) words. The words that help us talk about the action are called helping | words. These words are is, am, are. They are placed before the action wor jiders spin webs? . eee der Would you have tried as mary times to spin a web 2. Imagine you are the spider. Wou! Vocabulary Read these sentences. lar words 7 : he blanks have the same meaning as the words in ‘Lam storing food for the winter’ said the ant. lanks with words from the box that the blanl " ing us to the playground. He is staring at the: They are ct I these actions are going on right now. We use am/is/are + the action word in the “nator, oe 1 Lookatthse cures and arse thes qusons, Ue he words ome bot. ne oe hasbeen ove fry dep 2 ee wok ey ack ad d. succeed ss " a, What are the children doing? What is this boy d0in8? d. What isthe man doing? gz. woman doing? what isthe fe. What is this dog doing? inthe blanks with correct options given in brackets. a. What are) you (do + ing) right now? b. Mother fa {pack + ing) her bags for the trp.

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