CLASS V � ENGISH
Who will be nighthou?
Long , long ago , in the land of�kangleipak in manipur ,there lived�a Nighthou and a leima
They were loved dearly by�the people
The people were not the only once�who loved their Nighthou and leima . �The birds and animals too loved in�them
King and queen had three sons :�Sanajaoba , Sanayaima and Sanatomba
The years went by , and the children grew up
It is now time to decide the tunggi�Nighthou , the future king . ’’
In the land of kangleipak , there was a contest ,
Sanajaaoba , Sanayaima and Sanatomba all three of them finished the race together . They were expert rider and all three reached the finish�line at the same time !
Suddenly , Sanajaoba mounted his horse and held his spear straight in front of him
There was a hush among people the people shouted . “ thouro ! Thouro ! ’’�and then they fell silent .
The people watched in silence , �afraid even to breathe .
The people breathed in relief and said in unison : “ phajei ! Phajei!�Wonderful ! Wonderful !
The Nighthou and Leima were watching Sanatombi ,their five�year – old daughter . She looked sad�and lonely .
The Nighthou stood up . He looked�at the three boys .
If anybody is worth of becoming .�The ruler , ’’ he said , “ it is little Sanatombi . It was she who told us�to look at the soul of the khongnang .
LONG - _______� SON - _______� SOFT - _______� BEAUTIFUL - _______ � ELDER - _______
OPPOSITE WORDS
PEACE HUNTER Weapon�WORTHY victoriously CONTEST deserving of �SPEAR quiet�TRIUMPHANTLY competition�
MATCH THE FOLLOWING
There - ______�wear - ______ �year - ______�one - ______�then - ______
homophones
1 Long , long ago , in the _____ of �kangleipakin Manipur .�2 There lived a __________ and a leima . �3 the Nighthou and leima , on their part , never _________ thinking about�their meeyam ,�
FILL IN THE BLANKS
Long ______ ______�elder ______ ______ �happy ______ ______�
DEGREES OF ADJECTIVE
TELL THE MEANINGS OF THESE WORDS�
NINGTHOU
LEIMA
MEEYAM
KHONGNANG
TUNGGI NINGTHOU
THOURO! THOURO!
PHAJE! PHAJE !
SHAGO! THAUBA NUBA!