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Unit-5 : Here and There
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                                     On the Move








             Key Topics

                  There Were Wheels                     Ways to Travel                            Fuel





            Everyone travels. We travel from one place to another for various purposes. We
            use different means of transport to travel.


            There are also special places where we can go when we have to travel.













                         Bus stand                      Railway Station                          Airport


            Wheels are an important part of all these means of transport. Without wheels,

            most of the means of transport will not be able to run. In fact, the history of
            transport started with the invention of wheels.



                                                  There Were Wheels


            Long long ago, people travelled from one place to another on foot. They could

            not go very far.

            After  animals  were  tamed,

            camels, horses, elephants,  oxen,

            and donkeys were used to carry
            people and goods.


            No one knows who was the first
            person  in  the  world  to  use  a



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