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e. Where would Anjali’s next birthday be celebrated? school the hall the kickball stadium the zoo B. Write down the adjectives that come with these nouns. ................ friends ................ birthday caps ............... birthday cake C. List out any six things that you find in a birthday party. D. Answer the following questions. a. How old are you? ........................................................................................ b. When is your birthday? ........................................................................................ c. Who do you invite? ........................................................................................ d. Where did you celebrate your last birthday? ........................................................................................ e. What is the best gift that you received? ........................................................................................ E. Now write a few sentences about your last birthday party. My birthday is on Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 101

Guided Composition Read and write. This is Sony. She is eight years old. She studies in Grade three. She has got straight hair. She is intelligent. She likes reading story books. She has got a lot of story books. (Sony/5 years/reading story books) This is Deepak. He is ten years old. He studies in Grade five. He is tall. He has got short hair. His hair is brown. He is a good boy. He likes playing the violin. He is learning it. (Deepak/10 years/playing the violin) Now read the clues and write about Mohan. (Mohan/7 years/Grade two/playing games) Now write about yourself. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 102

20 WH Questions Act out the conversation in pairs. Teacher : What’s your name? Kunal : I’m Kunal. Teacher : What class are you in? Kunal : I’m in Grade three. Teacher : Where do you live? Kunal : I live at Kirtipur. Teacher : How old are you? Kunal : I’m eight years old. Teacher : How many members are there in your family? Kunal : There are five members in my family. Teacher : What does your father do? Kunal : My father is a painter. Now underline the WH words in the above conversation. We use WH words to ask questions. what when how why where how many how much who Read these questions and answers. Who is he? Raman What does he do? A doctor Where does he live? In Pokhara How old is he? 60 How many books does he have? 3 Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 103

Listening Practice: Repeat these sentences after your teacher. A: What is your name? A: How old are you? B: I’m Nitesh. B: I’m nine. A: Where do you live? A: Whose book is this? B: I live at Kirtipur. B: This is my friend’s book. A: Who bought this book? A: How many books do you have? B: Riya bought this book. B: I have ten books. A: How many pencils do you have? B: I have two pencils. Grammar Practice: Fill in the blanks with suitable WH words. A: ………………… members are there in your family? B: There are four members in my family. A: ………………… is that boy? B: He is my brother. A: ………………… do you get up in the morning? B: I get up at seven o’clock. A: ………………… book is this? B: This is Riya’s book. A: ………………… is playing football? B: Anil is playing football. A: ………………… do you live? B: I live at Kuleshower. A: ………………… are you eating? B: I am eating a banana. A: ………………… is your birthday? B: It is on 15th July. A: ………………… many days are there in a week? B: There are seven days in a week. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 104

21 Present Continuous Look and read. They are building a sand castle. Tom is washing his face. We are reading books. Kitty is licking milk. Mother is knitting a sweater. The dogs are sitting. The above sentences have –ing forms of verbs. They are in the present continuous tense. The above sentences have the structure ‘is/am/are + v-ing’. These sentences express what people and animals are doing. We are reading books. It is going on. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 105

What are you doing now? I am reading a book. What are Rabi and Mohan doing? They are playing football. Singular + is I am He is Plural + are She It are We You They Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. Anita is dancing. Anuj is singing. Ali and Anu are clapping. Kabita is eating an ice-cream. Mohan is playing the madal. Binod is laughing. The puppy is looking at them. They are enjoying. Now write their names in the boxes above. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 106

Grammar Study: AM, IS, ARE AM comes with I. IS comes with a singular noun or pronoun. ARE comes with a plural noun or pronoun. AM IS ARE I am swimming. He is swimming. They are swimming. I am singing. She is singing. They are singing. I am eating. A boy is laughing. Some boys are laughing. I am jumping. A dog is barking. Some dogs are barking. I am playing. Riya is dancing. Anu and Ali are dancing. Grammar Practice: Make sentences from the table. I am He reading a book. She It is playing hide and seek. Neha A boy dancing. We They eating ice-creams. You are watching TV. The girls The boys Writing Practice: Write what they are doing. Raghu Hari Mina Ali Anu Tina Ram Prema Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 107

Speaking Practice: Look and say what they are doing. Subin Ramesh Radha Prem Lila (keep) (climb) (drink) (dye) (weep) Tom Kamala Chanda Anup and Sony (wash) (pour) (play) (blow) Spelling Practice: Add –ing to these verbs. shake ..…………. take ..…………. break ..…………. help ..…………. write ..…………. run ..…………. bring ..…………. jump ..…………. stop ..…………. chop ..…………. buy ..…………. play ..…………. put ..…………. swim ..…………. call ..…………. close ..…………. hop ..…………. cut ..…………. cook ..…………. come ..…………. shut ..…………. chat ..…………. sing ..…………. dance ..…………. draw ..…………. drive ..…………. drink ..…………. give ..…………. eat ..…………. invite ..…………. go ..…………. live ..…………. make ..…………. sit ..…………. repair ..…………. drop ..…………. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 108

Grammar Practice: Fill in is, am or are in the blank spaces. a. Sabnam ...................... eating an ice-cream. b. The birds ...................... flying in the sky. c. The lion ...................... sleeping in the den. d. She ...................... wearing a blue skirt. e. I ...................... reading a newspaper. f. They ...................... fighting with each other. g. A cow ...................... grazing in the field. h. The farmer ...................... digging the field. i. Some boys ...................... playing football. j. His father ...................... watering the plants. k. A goat ...................... eating leaves. l. The parrots ...................... eating chillies. m. A monkey ...................... eating a banana. n. Ravi and Mona ...................... sitting in the classroom. Writing Practice: Answer these questions. A: What is he doing? A: What is he doing? A: What are they doing? B:………………….......... B:………………….......... B:……………....………… A: What are they doing? A: What is he doing? A: What is she doing? B:………………….........…… B:……………...………… B:……………………......… Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 109

22 Simple Present I like apples and Riya likes grapes Look and read. I amTina. I study in Grade three. I live at Kirtipur. I eat an apple everyday. It makes us healthy. I get up at 7. I brush my teeth. I comb my hair. I take my breakfast. I go to school. My father is a teacher. He teaches in a school. My mother is a nurse. She works in a hospital. The verbs study, live, comb, likes, teaches, works, etc show action of the present time. These verbs are in the simple present tense. Use the simple present tense for things that happen regularly. Verbs in the simple present tense have two forms: go goes write writes play plays cook cooks sing sings rise rises Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 110

Listening Practice: Repeat the sentences after your teacher. We brush our teeth. They eat a lot of meat. She dances well. He plays football. Dogs like bones. I study in Grade three. Riya cooks food. Kabir grows crops. They sell toys. She works in a school. The sun rises in the east. Apples grow on trees. Wood floats on water. Grammar Study: Go or goes? A singular noun or pronoun goes with v-s/es. A plural noun or pronoun goes with root verbs. A dog barks. Dogs bark. A cat mews. Cats mew. A girl wears a skirt. Girls wear skirts. An apple tastes good. Apples taste good. A boy sleeps here. Boys sleep here. Riya runs fast. Riya and Anil run fast. Grammar Practice: Make sentences from the table. I go to the park on Saturdays. We goes to the park on Saturdays. You They The boys Soma and Nina He She It The boy Soma Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 111

Now fill in the correct forms of verbs. A cow ............... milk. Cows ............... milk. (gives, give) A dog ............... in a kennel. Dogs ............... in kennels. (live, lives) He ............... a bus. They ............... buses. (drive, drives) A goat ............... grass. Goats ................ grass. (eat, eats) Grammar Study: Jobs We use the simple present to say what people do. His father is a doctor. He treats patients. He is a farmer. He grows crops. She is a teacher. She teaches students. They are football players. They play football. They are pilots. They fly planes. Grammar Practice: Complete the sentences. a. Peter is a photographer. He.................................................... b. Anita is a singer. She.............................................................. c. Nitesh is a football player. He................................................. d. Karma is a carpenter. He ....................................................... e. Suman is a farmer. He............................................................ f. Goma is a bangle seller. She.................................................. Vocabulary Practice: Change the verb forms. Add -s to form singular verbs. sing ....................................... come ....................................... play ....................................... drink ....................................... write ....................................... take ....................................... Add -es to form singular verbs. brush ....................................... pass ....................................... go ....................................... push ....................................... watch ....................................... catch ....................................... Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 112

Writing Practice: Fill in the correct forms of verbs. a. A doctor....................................... patients. (treat, treats) b. A dog ....................................... bones. (eat, eats) c. A lion.......................................loudly. (roar, roars) d. We ........................................ in houses. (live, lives) e. Cats ....................................... milk. (lick, licks) f. Children ......................................... sweets. (like, likes) g. Anup ....................................... his homework nicely. (do, does) h. He ....................................... an apple everyday. (eat, eats) i. My brother ....................................... games in school. (play, plays) j. He ....................................... in Grade three. (study, studies) k. His father ....................................... a bath. (take, takes) l. Sohan .................................... up early in the morning. (wake, wakes) m. My aunt .......................................in a hospital. (work, works) n. My father ....................................... newspapers. (read, reads) o. My uncle ....................................... computers. (sell, sells) p. Birds .......................................in the sky. (fly, flies) Speaking Practice: Say who they are and what they do. abc de f Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 113

23 Present Continuous - Question Read. A: Is he writing a letter? A: Are they playing football? B: Yes, he is writing a letter. B: Yes, they are playing football. A: Is he reading a book? A: Are they playing basketball? B: No, he is not reading a book. B: No, they are not playing basketball. A: Is she smiling? A: Is he standing? B: Yes, she is. B: No. He is sitting. A: Is she weeping? B: No, she is not. The above yes/no questions start with is or are. Yes/no questions need answers in YES or NO. She is running. They are playing. Is she running? Are they playing? Riya is dancing. Is Riya dancing? subject verb full stop verb subject question mark Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 114

Listening Practice: Repeat these sentences after your teacher. Present continuous Yes/no questions She is dancing. Is she dancing? They are running. Are they running? He is swimming. Is he swimming? Riya is cooking food. Is Riya cooking food? The boys are playing. Are the boys playing? Grammar Practice: Make sentences from the table. he she Is it the boy Riya playing? they Are you we the boys Writing Practice: Change into yes/no questions. a. Anita is eating an apple. b. The baby is crying. c. They are fighting with each other. d. A cow is grazing in the field. e. The farmer is digging the field. f. She is watering the plants. g. A goat is eating leaves. h. A monkey is eating a banana. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 115

24 Simple Past Read and underline the past verbs. What did you do I drew a picture. yesterday? I painted it. I showed it to my father. He liked it. I wrote a poem. I went to the park. I gave it to my teacher. I played games. I showed it to my friend. I met my friends. We ate ice-creams. The simple past tense has past forms of verbs. We use this tense to say what we did in the past. We use past verbs to show past actions. went played met visited ate danced bought watched drank cooked wrote showed slept painted drew gave Yesterday Riya bought a doll. It is a past verb. It tells what Riya did yesterday. They went for swimming. It is a past verb. It tells what they did yesterday. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 116

Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. go – went eat – ate fly – flew sleep – slept come – came get – got buy – bought jump – jumped see – saw give – gave play – played watch – watched drink – drank sing – sang write – wrote cook – cooked run – ran take – took Repeat these sentences after your teacher. I always eat apples. Yesterday I ate grapes. We always drink milk. Yesterday we drank juice. They always get up at 6. Yesterday they got up at 8. Ali always draws a cat. Yesterday he drew an octopus. They always go to bed late. Yesterday they went to bed early. I always wear a red dress. Yesterday I wore a blue dress. Grammar Practice: Fill in the past forms of the verbs. a. Everyday I get up at 6. Yesterday I ................. at 8. b. Everyday I come to school on time. Yesterday I .....................late. c. Everyday he sits on the first bench. Yesterday he ............................on the last bench. d. Everyday I come to school with my sister. Yesterday I ..................... on my own. e. They always eat pasta. Yesterday they .......................... bread and butter. f. We always go for swimming. Yesterday we ..................... for boating. g. Everyday I wear a red dress. Yesterday I..................a blue dress. h. I always draw pictures. Yesterday I ................... a cat. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 117

Speaking Practice: Say what Madhav did yesterday. wrote a letter put it in an envelope posted it Yesterday Madhav wrote a letter. And then he ...................................... ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... Write what Riya did yesterday. Yesterday Riya ...................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... Write what you did yesterday. Writing Practice: Complete the story. A hunter ............... a lion in his net. (trap) Then the hunter ........ to call his friends. (go) The mouse ............... the lion cry. (hear) It ............... the net. (bite) The lion ............... out. (come) The lion ............... the mouse. (thank) Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 118

Vocabulary Practice Change the forms of verbs. Present Present Past Past Present (Plural) (Singular) began begin Participle Participle begins begun beginning break .................. .................. broken .................. build .................. built built .................. buy .................. bought bought .................. come .................. .................. come .................. draw .................. drew drawn .................. drive .................. drove driven .................. drink .................. drank drunk .................. eat .................. .................. eaten .................. find .................. found found .................. fly .................. flew flown .................. give .................. .................. given .................. go .................. went gone .................. grow .................. grew grown .................. keep .................. .................. kept .................. leave .................. left left .................. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 119

Present Present Past Past Present (Plural) (Singular) met .................. rode Participle Participle meet rose ran met .................. sold ride .................. sent ridden .................. sat rise .................. slept risen .................. spoke run .................. spent run .................. swept sell .................. swam sold .................. took send .................. taught sent .................. threw sit .................. wore sat .................. wept sleep .................. won slept .................. wrote speak .................. spoken .................. spend .................. spent .................. sweep .................. swept .................. swim .................. swum .................. take .................. taken .................. teach .................. taught .................. throw .................. thrown .................. wear .................. worn .................. weep .................. wept .................. win .................. won .................. write .................. written .................. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 120

Grammar in Context Read the text and do the activities that follow. Snow White was a pretty girl. She lived with her father, the king and her stepmother, the queen. The queen was very beautiful. In fact, she was the most beautiful woman in the coun- try. She had a magic mirror. That mirror could talk. Every morning the queen looked in the mirror, and the mirror would say, “Oh Queen, you are the most beautiful woman in the country.” But one day, the mirror said, “Snow White is more beautiful than you.” The queen was very angry and very jealous. She decided to kill Snow White. She told a servant to take Snow White to the woods, and to kill her. The servant was a kind man and he didn’t kill Snow White. He took her to the woods and left her there. Snow White was very frightened. She walked until she found a house made of wood. There she found seven dwarfs. They were very friendly and Snow White lived with them for some time. 1. Write down six past verbs from the above text. 2. Answer the following questions. a. Who had a magic mirror? .................................................................................................................................. b. Who was very angry? .................................................................................................................................. c. Where did the servant take Snow White? .................................................................................................................................. d. How many dwarfs did she meet in the woods? .................................................................................................................................. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 121

Guided Composition Look and write. Mohan likes mangoes. One day he climbed a tree to ............................... He .................................................. . A man ............................................. . He broke .......................................... . He went to .................................... . The doctor ......................................... . Chanda likes tea. One day she spilt some tea on her shirt. Then she ................. ....................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................... Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 122

25 Prepositions Look and read. Where is the balloon? The balloon is on the table. Where is the girl? She is between the two boys. Where are the children? They are under the umbrella. Where is the cat? It is behind the gate. Where is the kitten? It is near the table. The words in, on, in front of, beside, under, etc are prepositions. They are locating words. Prepositions show the relations of two different things. A word that shows the relation of one thing to another is called a preposition. A preposition comes before a noun. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 123

Listening Practice: Repeat these phrases after your teacher. on the table under the chair near the bed in the basket in front of the temple between the two trees among the children behind the tree over the fence above the water Grammar Practice: Look and write where the parrot is. in in front of on beside Grammar Study: In, on, near, under, over, above The cat is on the chair. The books are in the bag. The cat is under the chair. The dog jumped over the bar. The dog is near the fire. His head is above the water. There is a bridge over the river. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 124

Grammar Practice: Look and write. over, under, above Where is the bulb? Where is the boy? Where is the plane? .............................................. .............................................. .............................................. Grammar Study: In front of, behind The cat is in front of the gate. The cat is behind the gate. Grammar Practice: Look and write. Where is the dog? Where is the cow? .............................................. .............................................. Where is the tree? Where is the temple? .............................................. .............................................. Where is the boy? Where is the dog? .............................................. .............................................. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 125

Grammar Study: among, between The cat is between the two dogs. The boy is among the girls. Grammar Practice: Look and write. Where is the boy? Where is the boy? .............................................. Where is the rabbit? .............................................. .............................................. Speaking Practice: Say where the balloons are in the picture. Where is the balloon A? It is on the table. Speaking Practice: Ask and answer. A : Where is the ball? B : The ball is in the bucket. A : Where is the ball? B : The ball is under the bucket. A : Where is the ball? B : The ball is near the bucket. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 126

Grammar Practice: Look and write. a. The ball is ............. the table. b. The lamp is ............. the table. c. The vase is ............. the table. d. The plate is ............. the table. e. The apples are ............. the table. f. The fat boy is ............. the table. g. The thin boy is ............. the fat boy. h. The doll is ............. the box. i. The dog is ............. the box. j. The box is ............. the dog. k. The dustbin is ............. the table. Writing Practice: Look at the pictures and fill in correct prepositions. A ball is ...................... the box. in under A ball is ...................... the boy. beside behind A ball is ...................... the table. A book is ...................... the table. on under on under Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 127

A boy is .............................. the temple. The cow is ...................... the wall. in front of behind in front of behind A bulb is ...................... the table. A cow is ............................... the tree. above under behind in front of A fly is ............................... his face. The mouse is ............................. the bag. on behind in beside The mouse is ...................... the bag. The mouse is ...................... the bag. in under on under The mouse is ...................... the bag. The books are ...................... the bag. in on in on Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 128

beside on on under A dog is ...................... the chair. A dog is ...................... the chair. on under on behind A dog is ...................... the car. The cat is ...................... the chair. Grammar Practice: Look at the picture and fill in correct prepositions. a. The blackboard is ................................ the wall. b. The puppy is ................................ the chair. on c. The dustbin is ................................ the chair. d. The blackboard is ................................ the bench. beside e. The duster is ................................ the table. above f. The water bottle is ................................ the duster. in front of g. The bags are ................................ the benches. h. The table is ..................... the bench. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 129

Grammar Practice: Fill in correct prepositions. The children are ..................... the two tables. between Manoj is ..................... Mona and Sohan. in front of Mona is ..................... Manoj. behind Sohan is ..................... Manoj. in The apples are ..................... the basket. on The basket is ..................... the table. under The doll is ..................... the table. The dog is ..................... the table. The chair is ..................... the table. The apples are ..................... the plate. The plate is ..................... the table. The ball is ..................... the table. The cat is ..................... the table. The chair is ..................... the table. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 130

Writing Practice: Look and write sentences using the prepositions from the box. on under behind a. The girl is sitting ....................... b. The cat is sitting ....................... c. The dog is standing ....................... d. The doll is .................................... e. The table is ................................ in front of behind under on a. The man is standing ...................................... b. The boy is sitting ........................................... c. The baby is sitting .......................................... d. The cat is ....................................................... behind on in front of a. The woman is standing ............................... b. The girl is sitting ....................................... c. The old woman is sitting ............................... d. The dog is ...................................................... Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 131

26 Conjunctions Read the text. I have a brother and a sister. Both my brother and sister study in the same school. They study is SB Academy, but I do not study there. Their school is located in a village. I do not study in that school because I do not live with them. I am living with my uncle in a town. They are living with Mom and Dad. Do you want to live in a town or a village? I like to live in a town because there are many big schools and colleges. Neither my brother nor my sister wants to live in a town because they think towns are polluted. And, but, because, neither…nor, etc are joining words. They join words and sentences. They are called conjunctions. A conjunction is a word which joins words, group of words or sentences. Read some more sentences with conjunctions. Summer days are hot and sunny. It joins the words ‘hot’ and ‘sunny’. In summer, I like to go swimming because the weather is hot. It gives a reason. Swimming in summer is great, but I don’t know how to do it. It joins two sentences. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 132

Grammar Study: Joining sentences AND joins two same ideas. Sony and Kabir can write a letter. Sony can write a letter. Kabir can write a letter. Rahul bought a toy. Rahul bought a toy and a doll. He also bought a doll. BUT joins two contrasting sentences or ideas. Pasang is tall. Pasang is tall but Anita is short. Anita is short. Hitesh is fat. Hitesh is fat but his brother is thin. His brother is thin. BECAUSE gives a reason. Sabir is crying. Sabir is crying because he has lost his pen. Sabir has lost his pen. Anita does not go out. Anita does not go out because she is sick. She is sick. OR indicates a choice. It expresses a choice between alternatives. Would you like tea? Would you like tea or coffee? Would you like coffee? Pukar went there by bus. Pukar went there by bus or by taxi. Pukar went there by taxi. Either...or/ Neither...nor You can sit in this sofa. You can sit on that chair. You can sit either in this sofa or on that chair. She will not sing. She will neither sing nor dance. She will not dance. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 133

Grammar Practice: Choose the correct joining word for each blank space. a. Frogs can hop, .......... they can’t fly. (and, but) b. Anup has a fever .......... a terrible headache. (and, but) c. You have to speak louder .......... he can’t hear well. (because, but) d. Mandira ate bread .......... butter this morning. (and, but) e. Gopal and Mohan sang .......... did not dance at the party. (and, but) f. There are five .......... six eggs in the fridge. (nor, or) g. Neither the dog .......... the cat would come inside. (or, nor) h. I recognize you, .......... not your brother. (and, but) i. Jiya .......... I were late for class. (and, but) j. Father is going out, .......... Mother will stay at home. (and, but) k. Mohan .......... Raju are playing football. (and, but) l. Sita .......... I study in Grade three. (and, but) m. I like bread .......... butter. (and, but) n. He has a ruler .......... a pencil. (and, but) Grammar Practice: Choose the correct joining word for each blank space. a. Rahul likes apples .......... Goma likes oranges. (and, but) b. He is happy .......... I am sad. (and, but) c. I can speak English .......... Nepali. (or, and) d. The music was loud .......... fast. (and, but) e. Keep both the book .......... the pen in your bag. (and, but) f. I want this pen, .......... not that pencil. (but, or) g. Her shirt had orange .......... blue stripes. (and, but) h. He was sad .......... he lost the match. (but, because) i. It will either be cloudy .......... sunny today. (or, not) j. The police lights were blue .......... red. (and, but) k. You can either stand up .......... sit down. (or, nor) l. Please give me the red book .......... the blue book. (and, but) m. We did not go to the school .......... it was holiday. (because, so) n. I want to go out .......... it is raining. (and, but) Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 134

Grammar Practice: Choose the correct joining word for each blank space. a. Which do you prefer-skipping .......... skating? (and, or) b. Do you want popcorn .......... pizza? (or, and) c. I want popcorn, .......... not pizza. (and, but) d. I want both popcorn .......... pizza. (and, but) e. Deepa bought a new pen .......... she lost her old one. (because, and) f. My uncle has a car .......... a motorbike. (and, but) g. She cannot walk .......... her leg is broken. (because, but) h. Does your father like milk .......... tea? (or, and) i. Do you want a pen .......... a pencil? (and, or) j. I saw both the park .......... the zoo. (or, and) k. I went to the store to buy eggs, milk, .......... bread. (but, and) Grammar Practice: Choose the correct joining word for each blank space. a. The horses eat hay. They play in the field. (and) b. Anu does not come to school. She is sick. (because) c. Mina wakes up early. Mina goes to bed early. (and) d. Do you like tea? Do you like coffee? (or) e. Gita eats an orange. She eats an apple. (and) f. Hem is singing. He is dancing. (and) g. Jiya is reading. Anu is reading. (and) h. An elephant is big. A rat is small. (but) i. The boy is happy. The girl is sad. (but) j. Is he a doctor? Is he an engineer? (or) k. I like fish. My sister does not. (but) l. Raju likes milk. Raju likes juice. (but) m. Anu likes curd. Anu likes butter. (but) n. Rosy reads a story. Rosy reads a poem. (but) o. Neha is short. Her sister is tall. (but) p. Raju is happy. His brother is sad. (but) Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 135

Vocabulary Practice 1. Choose the correct words. Confused words The ………………. of my bicycle doesn’t work. (break, brake) Can you ………………. this stick? (break, brake) A ………………. is grazing in the field. (ship, sheep) A………………. travels on water. (ship, sheep) A………………. eats grass. (goat, got) She has got long………………. (hair, hare) Is this a ……………….? (hair, hare) A ……………. is on the flower. (be, bee) Did you ……………….. this picture? (see, sea) The ……………….. has large bodies of water. (see, sea) Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 136

2. Write the names of: Word List Three games: Three flowers: Three vehicles: Three vegetables: Three birds: Animal Homes 3. Rearrange the letters to complete the sentences. a. A tiger lives in a .................. EDN b. A monkey lives in a ............ ETRE c. A sheep lives in a ............... EPN d. A mouse lives in a .............. HOEL e. A dog lives in a .................. NKEELN f. A cow lives in a .................. EHSD g. A horse lives in a ............... TSBALE h. A bee lives in a .................. IVHE i. A bird lives in a .................. ESNT j. A chicken lives in a ............ OOCP k. A rabbit lives in a ............... RROBUW l. A pig lives in a ................... TYS Things bricks cloth 4. Complete the sentences. glass leather paper rubber Blankets are made of……………..…… wool Books are made of……………..…… Mirrors are made of……………..…… Shoes are made of……………..…… Towels are made of……………..…… Tyres are made of……………..…… Walls are made of……………..…… Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 137

SYNONYMS big - large blank - empty broad - wide centre - middle cunning - clever dangerous - risky false - untrue fertile - fruitful gay - cheerful glad - happy hard - difficult high - tall huge - enormous intelligent - clever lazy - indolent little - small loyal - faithful mad - crazy new - modern nice - kind old - ancient oral - verbal polite - courteous quick - fast rare - scarce real - genuine rich - wealthy rude - impolite sad - unhappy safe - secure slim - slender vacant - empty weak - feeble Choose the correct synonym for each word from the box. hurry ............. brave ............. sad ............. kind ............. love ............. weak ............. small ............. mother ............. father ............. angry ............. tired ............. help ............. adore assist courageous dad feeble unhappy little mad mum nice rush sleepy Choose the correct synonym for each word from the box. end ............. cry ............. begin ............. smile ............. harm ............. large ............. street ............. evil ............. happy ............. quiet ............. shout ............. dirty ............. bad big filthy finish glad grin sob start yell hurt road silent Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 138

Choose the correct synonym for each word from the box. shut ............. ill ............. see ............. hope ............. choose ............. paste ............. alike ............. make ............. fast ............. friend ............. enjoy ............. error ............. nice ............. gay ............. high ............. house ............. woman ............. child ............. close create glue home kid lady like look mistake pal pick quick sick similar cheerful wish kind tall ANTONYM agree - disagree alive - dead always - never ancient - modern absent - present bad - good beautiful - ugly all - none begin - end below - above awake - asleep borrow - lend bottom - top before - after build - destroy cheap - expensive best - worst clever - stupid cold - hot boy - girl dark - light day - night cheerful - sad easy - hard, difficult empty - full cruel - kind fast - slow fat - thin east - west foolish - wise forget - remember far - near friend - enemy for - against first - last hate - love heavy - light fresh - stale long - short love - hate full - empty narrow - wide near - far, distant lend -borrow odd - even old - new low - high optimist - pessimist out - in night - day quiet - loud, noisy rich - poor open - closed, shut soft - hard start - finish push - pull take - give tall - short slow - fast thick - thin tiny - big, huge strong - weak top - bottom true - false tame - wild together - apart Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 139

Choose the correct antonym for each word from the box. warm ............. here ............. high ............. right ............. big ............. cheap ............. clean ............. smooth ............. soft ............. strong ............. tall ............. fat ............. full ............. good ............. happy ............. hard ............. wet ............. young ............. bad cool dirty dry easy empty expensive hard little low old rough sad short there thin weak wrong Choose the correct antonym for each word from the box. heavy ............. hot ............. in ............. inside ............. deep ............. easy ............. far ............. light ............. long ............. many ............. thick ............. tight ............. fast ............. new ............. rich ............. right ............. safe ............. single ............. cold short dark difficult few thin left light old out loose married near slow outside poor shallow dangerous Choose the correct antonym for each word from the box. big ................... good ................... wet ................... clean ................... enemy ................... slow ................... difficult ................... day ................... happy ................... soft ................... poor ................... ugly ................... quiet ................... wrong ................... hot ................... borrow ................... awake ................... dry pretty bad cry icy small messy hard fast easy right noisy friend asleep night angry rich lend Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 140

Grammar in Context Read and answer. My Health Teacher Mr. Hamal is a Health teacher. He teaches a first aid class. There are five students in his class. The students are preparing a first aid kit. Anita is making a splint. Tony is getting an ice pack. Shila is cutting bandages. Kumar is getting tape. Milan is reading a first aid book. Then a bee flies into the classroom. Milan gets a bee sting. His book falls on Tony’s head. Tony’s ice pack falls on Shila’s hand. Shila drops the scissors on Kumar. The students have an emergency. They ask the teacher for help. 1. Fill in the proper names in the blank spaces. a. “What’s the matter?” asks Mr. Hamal. b. “I have a bee sting” answers .................................... c. “You need a bandage,” says Mr. Hamal. d. “I bumped my head,” says .................................... e. “You need an ice pack,” says Mr. Hamal. f. “I have a cut,” says .................................... g. “You need a band aid,” says Mr. Hamal. 2. Name these things. ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 141

3. Answer the following questions. a. What does Mr. Hamal do? ............................................................................................... b. How many students are there in his class? ............................................................................................... c. Who is making a splint? ............................................................................................... d. What is Milan reading? ............................................................................................... e. Where does the book fall? ............................................................................................... f. Who drops the scissors? ............................................................................................... g. Do you have a first aid class in your school? ............................................................................................... 4. From the text, note down the words that come after: a an 5. Note down the sentences from the text and put them in the right boxes. He teaches a first aid class. simple present The students are preparing a first aid kit. present continuous Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 142

Guided Composition 1. Look and write. Describing Pictures This is the picture of a room. It is big and clean. There are many things in this room. There is a round table. There is a vase on the table. A doll is also on the table. There is a ball under the table. There is a bed in this room. On the bed, there are two pillows. There is a poster on the wall. There are two sofas in the room. 2. Now look at the picture and describe it. This is the picture of a classroom. 3. Now describe your classroom. Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 143

4. Read the paragraph and name the children. Yesterday I and my friends went to market. We bought many things. My name is Nikhil. I bought a doll. Sunita bought a cap and Binesh bought a ball. Nitesh bought a camera and Puma bought an umbrella. Yesterday .................................………….…………………..................... …………………………………..…………………………………..………… …………………………………..…………………………………..………… …………………………………..…………………………………..………… …………………………………..…………………………………..………… 5. Now look at the pictures and write. Rahul Goma Kriti Karan Krishna 6. Write what they have got. Rabi Santa has got a bag full of presents. Preeti Santa Rabi has got …………........... ……………………..………… ……………………..………… ……………………..………… ……………………..………… Ramesh ……………………..………… Sujata Kabir Kushal …………………………………..…………………………………..………… …………………………………..…………………………………..………… …………………………………..…………………………………..………… …………………………………..…………………………………..………… Maxim of English Grammar and Composition Book Three 144