Exercise 3.2: Match each adjective of quality with a noun that it can describe. One is done for you. Column A Column B 1) fast a) night 2) hot b) book 3) dark c) food 4) interesting d) door 5) tasty e) runner 6) open f) water Exercise 3.3: Draw a star above the describing words in these sentences. One is done for you. 1) The ripe mangoes fell off the tree. 2) The fat cat is standing. 3) The kind man helped the woman. Module 5 47
4) The birds sing sweet songs. 5) Reema is walking down the narrow path. 6) That is a strong tree. Exercise 3.4: Underline all the nouns in the following sentences. Circle the adjectives of quality that describe any of the underlined nouns. One is done for you. 1) I love my blue dress. 2) Zeenat found a shiny coin. 3) Naitik got a pretty doll on his birthday. 4) The old man walked home. 5) The funny clown made us laugh. 6) Chris cleaned his dirty room. 48
4 I Write Parts of a story A story has three main parts. They are as follows. 1) the beginning: This is the first paragraph of the story. It tells us who the main characters in the story are. It also tells us where the story is taking place. 2) the middle: This is where the actual events of the story are told. 3) the end: This is the last paragraph of the story. It explains how the story finishes. It might also explain the values or morals of the story. Exercise 4.1: The beginning, middle and end of this story are mixed up. Identify each part of the story and rewrite it below. He asks them to come to him the next day. He asks them to fill the room with something. He says that whoever does it will become the next king. The first son brings diamonds. The second son fills the room with cotton. The third keeps a lamp in the middle of the room. It spreads light in the whole room. The king is happy with his third son. He decides to make him the new king because his third son is the wisest of the three. A king is going to die. He is lying in a bed in his castle. Before dying, he wants to test his three sons. Module 5 49
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Paragraph writing A paragraph is a group of sentences about the same topic. Learning how to write a paragraph can be helpful. Exercise 4.2: Complete this paragraph about your summer vacation. Write what you liked the most and what you did during your vacation. Use the hints to complete your paragraph in five lines. went to played learnt to a new games swim place go for a read summer story camp books during This year, I the summer vacation. . Ispent my days . I learnt the most. Iliked Next year, I want to during my summer vacation. Module 5 51
Module 6 Section Name What I Will Learn I Listen Sentence dictation Vocabulary Grammar Animal sounds and movements I Write Articles Elements of a story Answer questions based on a picture 1 I Listen Exercise 1: Sentence dictation 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 52
B C A 2 Vocabulary Animal sounds Exercise 2.1: Complete the names of the sounds that these animals make. One is done for you. 1) –b a r k 2) – u a k 3) – e w 4) – o a 5) – i s s 6) – m o Animal movements Different animals move in different ways. The movements of different animals have different names too. Here are a few animal movements. monkeys – climb lions – prowl bears – lumber snakes – slither elephants – amble ducks – waddle Module 6 53
Exercise 2.2: Match the animals with their movements. One is done for you. Column A Column B 1) a) climbs frog 2) b) flies tiger 3) c) gallops monkey d) hops e) prowls 4) bird 5) fish 6) f) swims horse 54
3 Grammar Articles Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’. There was once __________ man. On __________ lovely, sunny day, he was sitting under __________ apple tree. __________ tree he was sitting under was very big. He was reading __________ book under __________ tree. Suddenly, __________ apple fell on his head. He put __________ book down. ‘Wow!’ he thought. ‘I have been here for so long. This is __________ interesting book.’ Remember There are three articles: a, an and the. We use a before a word (noun) beginning with a consonant sound. Consonant sounds are sounds made by all letters except a, e, i, o and u. Examples: a book, a pencil We use an before a word (noun) beginning with a vowel sound. Vowel sounds are sounds made by the letters a, e, i, o and u. Examples: an elephant, an umbrella We use a or an only before singular nouns. Examples: a lady, an old lady a hotels We use the to: • refer to a noun that has been spoken about earlier. Example: She has a bicycle. The bicycle is very nice. • talk about a specific or particular noun. Example: T he boy who stood first is sitting there. • talk about the Sun, the Moon, the Earth and so on. Example: The Sun has its own light. Module 6 55
Exercise 3.1: Tick ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. One is done for you. Can we say: 1) an dog? Yes. No. 2) a umbrella? Yes. No. 3) the Moon? Yes. No. 4) an man? Yes. No. 5) an owl? Yes. No. 6) the elephants? Yes. No. Exercise 3.2: Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’. One is done for you. 1) 2) 3) an ant and a burger ________ sparrow and ________ elephant and ________ insect ________ bird 56
4) 5) 6) ________ kitten and ________ eagle and ________ apple and ________ umbrella ________ mouse ________ orange Exercise 3.3: Fill in the blanks with the correct articles from the options given in brackets. One is done for you. 1) She is the woman who knows magic. (the/an) 2) Sejal is __________ doctor. (a/the) 3) All of us know that __________ Earth goes around the Sun. (an/the) 4) Rakesh has __________ ink pen. (a/an) 5) We saw __________ dolphin. (a/an) 6) Tim helped __________ old man cross the street. (a/an) Exercise 3.4: Complete the story using the correct articles. One is done for you. Bunty has moved into a new house. He is going to stay in the bedroom that is on the first floor. Bunty’s favourite toys, __________ car and __________ engine, are in his room. He loves his new home. It has __________ garden and __________ old swing set. __________ garden is Bunty’s favourite place in the house. Module 6 57
4 I Write Elements of a story The elements of a story are the different things that make up a story. Exercise 4.1: Look at the picture below, and read the story. Then, fill in the given table with information from the story. Also, give the story a suitable title. Mummy, Daddy, Priya and Rohan visit a zoo. Priya loves her teddy bear and does not want to leave it behind. So, she carries it with her to the zoo. The family sees many animals. They see lions, tigers, monkeys and bears. But the children like the giraffe the most. They are amazed by an animal with such a long neck! Mummy, Daddy, Priya and Rohan go back home. At home, Priya and Rohan draw a picture of a giraffe. They show this picture to their friends in school. Priya and Rohan enjoyed their trip to the zoo. They will never forget this trip! Title: Give the story a good title. ________________________________________________ This is the name of the story. 58
Characters: Who are the main people, animals or things spoken about in the story? These are the people or animals in the story. The story is about them. Setting: Where does the main part of the story take place? Are there any other places spoken about? This is where the story takes place. It could be in a house, school or park. Events: Write about the things that happen in the story. What is the order in which the events take place? These are the things that happen in the story. Module 6 59
Answer questions based on a picture Exercise 4.2: Observe the picture given below and answer the questions. Q. What place is this? Ans. This is a . Q. Who is standing near the board? Ans. The ________________________ is standing near the board. Q. What is the teacher teaching? Ans. The teacher is teaching . Q. Who is listening to the teacher? How are they listening? Ans. The _______________________ are listening to the teacher. They are listening ______________________________________________________________________. Q. How does the classroom look? Ans. The classroom looks ___________________________________________________. 60
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