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प्रश्न
Do the following activity in groups.
Describe a desert in your own way. Write a paragraph and read it aloud to your classmates.
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उत्तर
A desert is usually a dry, hot and horrifying place. That is why only the nomads and camels in a small number live there. Of course, there are green patches also near the water spring. These places are called oases. The deserts occupy vast areas. In India the hot desert of Rajasthan can also be turned into fertile agricultural land provided we take water over there through canals.
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Answer these question in 30–40 words.
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He plants cool shade and tender rain,
And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fade and flush again;
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The harvest of a coming age;
The joy that unborn eyes shall see___
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Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box.
| how, what, when, where, which |
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