Class 10 English Words and Expressions II Unit 6 (Old Chapter 8), Mijbil the Otter, complements Gavin Maxwell’s ‘Mijbil the Otter’ and Carl Sandburg’s ‘Fog’. It focuses on wildlife conservation passages, collective nouns, reduplicative words, countable and uncountable quantifiers, and conservation report writing.
What Class 10 English (Words and Expressions II) Chapter 6 Covers
Reading Comprehension & Vocabulary (Wildlife, Collective Nouns & Reduplicatives) Reading passages explore animal intelligence, river and wetland ecosystems, and human-wildlife coexistence. Vocabulary tasks cover collective nouns for animals, noun modifiers, and reduplicative / repeated expressions such as helter-skelter (in disorderly haste), pitter-patter (light rapid tapping sounds), topsy-turvy (upside down), and zigzag.
Grammar & Writing: Quantifiers, Determiners & Conservation Article Grammar drills practise quantifiers and determiners with countable and uncountable nouns (a few, few, a little, little, much, many, a large number of, a great deal of, plenty of). Writing tasks guide students in composing a newspaper report or persuasive article on protecting endangered wildlife and natural habitats.
Exercises in Chapter 6
- Workbook Exercises (Unit 6 / Old Chapter 8) include wildlife reading comprehension, reduplicative words, noun modifiers, quantifiers (a few / a little / much / many), passage editing, and conservation article writing.
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FAQ
When do we use ‘a few / few’ versus ‘a little / little’?
‘A few’ (some, positive) and ‘few’ (hardly any, negative) are used with plural countable nouns (e.g., a few otters, few sanctuaries). ‘A little’ (some, positive) and ‘little’ (hardly any, negative) are used with uncountable nouns (e.g., a little water, little hope).
What are reduplicative words? Give two examples from the workbook.
Reduplicative words are compound expressions formed by repeating a word or a rhyming/alliterative variant for emphasis or sound effect, such as ‘pitter-patter’ (sound of raindrops or light footsteps) and ‘helter-skelter’ (in disorderly haste or confusion).