5) My sister asked me to finish the curry left in the _____________________. 6) May I take a _____________________ to eat the kheer? Exercise 2.2: Read the descriptions of these food-related words and write the words in the blanks. 1) a person who sells vegetables Ans. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2) the last meal of the day Ans. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3) the afternoon meal Ans. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4) a person who makes and sells bread, cakes and so on Ans. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5) the first meal of the day Ans. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 6) a small amount of food eaten between meals Ans. _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Rainbow 47
Lesson 7 The Silly Monkey Dictation 3) 6) Exercise 1.1: Word dictation 9) 1) 2) 4) 5) 7) 8) B C Vocabulary A Word groups Exercise 2.1: Write at least five words for each word group. 1) fruits : _______________________________________________________________ 2) vegetables : _______________________________________________________________ 3) flowers : _______________________________________________________________ 4) vehicles : _______________________________________________________________ 5) furniture : _______________________________________________________________ 6) clothes : _______________________________________________________________ Exercise 2.2: Read the words and write which word groups they belong to. 1) cricket, football, hockey : ___________________________________________________ 2) rice, chapatti, bread : ___________________________________________________ 48
3) juice, milk, water : ___________________________________________________ 4) red, blue, green : ___________________________________________________ 5) gold, iron, copper : ___________________________________________________ 6) arms, legs, feet : ___________________________________________________ Grammar Articles Articles are words that point out nouns or groups of nouns. There are three articles. Articles A An The a'A 'ciosnusosendanbtesfoourendw. oErxdasmbpelegsin: naintgreew,itah man, a uniform 'An' is used before words beginning with a vowel sound (the letter may or may not be a, e, i, o or u). Examples: an x-ray, an umbrella, an elephant 'The' is used before a word that has been mentioned earlier. Example: I met a girl on a bus. The girl was a swimming champion. 'The' is also used before a word that is unique, for example, the Sun, the Moon. 'The' is used before the names of rivers, mountains, seas and so on. 51603505_BGM_1010023-Alpine-G3-ConceptMax-English-Part1_text_Correction page 22-2-2017 n.pdf 2 The Silly Monkey 49 2/22/2017 2:23:54 PM
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Exercise 3.2: Fill in the blanks with the correct articles. One is done for you. 1) Seema is an honest girl. 2) This is such _____________ good story; you must read it. 3) _____________ laddoos my mother made were tasty. 4) I do not know much about _____________ life of Mahatma Gandhi. 5) Mariam is wearing _____________ gold ring today. 6) Eating _____________ orange every day will make us strong. Exercise 3.3: The following sentences have incorrect articles. Rewrite the sentences using correct articles. One is done for you. Hint: Some sentences may have articles where they are not required. 1) My uncle had an long life. Ans. My uncle had a long life. 2) A necklace Beena is wearing looks lovely. Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ 3) The Piyush has an pet dog at home. Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ 4) Dhiraj is a simple man with an unique point of view. Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ 5) The great storms occur in the southern part of India. Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ 6) Yes, I am a engineer. Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ The Silly Monkey 51
Language in Use Prepositions The mouse was running around in front of the house. It saw a crow flying in the sky. The mouse was scared and hid under a log which was behind the house. The crow saw a worm next to a tree. It landed near the worm. Underline the prepositions in the passage above. What do these prepositions tell you? Prepositions are words that tell us where something is. A preposition links or connects nouns and pronouns with other words in a sentence. Let us learn about two new prepositions. beside – It refers to a thing or person that is at the side of another thing or person. Example: The ball is beside the box. between – It refers to something or someone in the middle of two objects, places or people. Example: The ball is between the boxes. Exercise 4.1: Underline the prepositions in the sentences given below. One is done for you. 1) I do not go to school on Saturdays and Sundays. 2) Ram sat between Reema and Zaheer every day. 3) Ranjit came home at 6:00 p.m. 4) The cat hid behind the curtains. 5) Do you live in central Mumbai? 6) He sat beside David. 52
Exercise 4.2: Look at the picture and fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions from the brackets. One is done for you. 1) The fish is swimming in (in/beside) the bowl. 2) The cushions are __________________ (behind/on) the sofa. 3) The chair is __________________ __________________ (next to/near to) the table. 4) The flower pot is __________________ (over/between) the sofa and the book rack. 5) The clock is __________________ (under/beside) the table. 6) The cat is staring __________________ (at/on) the ceiling. Exercise 4.3: Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions. One is done for you. 1) We play cricket on Fridays. 2) My mother is a nurse. She works __________________ the government hospital. 3) The aeroplane flew __________________ the city. 4) Sit __________________ __________________ me. The Silly Monkey 53
5) The rug is kept __________________ __________________ __________________ the sofa. 6) The jewellery is kept safely __________________ the box. Formal Writing Paragraph writing Exercise 5.1: Fill in the gaps to write a paragraph narrating what is happening in the picture. Peeta and Monu are excited. It is a special day. They are on their way to _______ ______________________________________. Father has promised to take them to _____ ______________________________________. They decided to go along with their father. Since it is very far, their father has asked them to ride on ____________________________. Peeta is ____________________________________________ while Monu is ________________ _____________________________________________________. Both of them are enjoying. They are going to visit ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________ on their way back. 54
Exercise 5.2: Write a paragraph based on this story of four friends, by developing the hints given. A deer, a turtle, a crow and a rat are friends – deer caught in trap – friends plan to save – the deer lies motionless, like dead – the crow pokes it as if it is dead – turtle distracts hunter – the rat chews open the net – free deer – rat and deer run – crow picks up the turtle and flies away. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ The Silly Monkey 55
Creative Writing Story writing Exercise 6.1: Given below is a picture. Use the hints and create a story based on the picture. Hints: Eagle chasing a dove – dove pleads to the king – king asks eagle to spare the dove – eagle asks for king’s flesh in return – king agrees – eagle was Lord Indra testing the king – rewards the king ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 56
Lesson 8 The Cracked Pot Dictation Exercise 1.1: Sentence dictation 1) _________________________________________________________________ 2) _________________________________________________________________ 3) _________________________________________________________________ 4) _________________________________________________________________ 5) _________________________________________________________________ B C Vocabulary A Wordplay If you take the ‘d’ in food and change it to a ‘t’, what does the word become? Ans. foot If we change the ‘n’ in man to ‘t’, what new word do we get? Ans. mat The Cracked Pot 57
What word can we make if we take the ‘o’ in hot and change it to the letter ‘a’? Ans. hat Exercise 2.1: Add a letter to each word and make a new word. One is done for you. 1) ear – fear 2) pin – ____________________________ 3) rain – ____________________________ 4) kid – ____________________________ 5) end – ____________________________ 6) lap – ____________________________ Exercise 2.2: Remove a letter from each word to form a new one. One is done for you. 1) bread – bead 2) chair – ____________________________ 3) care – _____________________________ 4) sour – _____________________________ 5) beard – ____________________________ 6) beat – ____________________________ Grammar Adjectives Allan is a tall boy. He is wearing a green t-shirt. He has many toys. He also has some books. He loves his toy cars the most. Allan has seven toy cars. 58
You know that adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns. Read the passage and underline the adjectives. State whether the adjectives are adjectives of quality, quantity or number. Possessive adjectives We will now learn about another type of adjective. Read the following sentences: • I’ll get my bag. • Is that her notebook? In these sentences, the words ‘my’ and ‘her’ are adjectives that show who owns or possesses the bag and the notebook. In other words, they are possessive adjectives. ‘My’ shows that the bag belongs to the speaker, ‘I’, and the notebook belongs to a girl. The other possessive adjectives are your, his, its, your, our and their. Examples: • His name is Rustom. ‘His’ shows that the name belongs to Rustom. • Sirish doesn’t have our phone number. ‘Our’ shows that the phone number belongs to ‘us’. • Priya has your notebook. ‘Your’ shows that the notebook belongs to some person; a boy or a girl. Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns Possessive adjectives are often confused with possessive pronouns. However, there is a difference between the two. The Cracked Pot 59
Possessive Possessive Possessive Possessive adjectives pronouns adjectives pronouns my mine his his your yours her hers its its their theirs our ours Remember: A possessive adjective is used to modify a noun or a pronoun. It is located just before the words (nouns) it describes. On the other hand, a possessive pronoun is used in place of nouns. Possessive adjectives Possessive pronouns This is our house. The house is ours. My phone is ringing. The phone that is ringing is mine. Their father works in Hong Kong. Is that car theirs? Exercise 3.1: Rewrite each sentence with another suitable adjective of your choice. One is done for you. 1) Shazia is a beautiful girl. Ans. Shazia is a pretty girl. 2) The clever monkey knew many tricks. Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ 3) Reema is very intelligent and likes to participate in sports. Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ 4) My teacher says I am an energetic student. Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ 60
5) The man living in that house is so rich. Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ 6) Shamit is feeling sad. Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 3.2: Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive adjectives from the brackets. One is done for you. 1) This is my (my/mine) sweater 2) ________________ (ours/our) puppy is lost. 3) I do not want ________________ (yours/your) pencil 4) Payal likes to eat laddoos from ________________ (her/mine) lunch-box. 5) ________________ (hers/her) voice is very sweet. 6) I visited ________________ (their/theirs) house yesterday. The Cracked Pot 61
Exercise 3.3: Read the sentences and identify the possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns. Write PA for the possessive adjectives and PP for the possessive pronouns. One is done for you. 1) My father cooks dinner for our family every night. – PA 2) Your sister is my friend. – ________________________ 3) The dog does not like it if you touch its tail. – _________________________ 4) You can take that book home. It is yours. – _________________________ 5) His house is not far from the post office. – _________________________ 6) Is that fluffy kitten theirs? – _________________________ Language in Use Question words Shelly spent a lovely weekend with her parents. Look at the picture carefully and answer the questions that follow. • Where are Shelly and her parents? • What is Shelly collecting in her bucket? • Who does not have a bucket in hand? • When did Shelly go out with her parents? Look at the questions again. They all begin with wh- words (what, where, who and when). These are also known as question words. We use them when we want to know an answer or get information about someone or something. There are two more question words, why and how. Let’s look at how these question words are used. 62 2/22/2017 2:23:54 PM 51603505_BGM_1010023-Alpine-G3-ConceptMax-English-Part1_text_Correction page 22-2-2017 n.pdf 4
Why is used for those types of questions where you want to know the reason for something. Examples: Why does the Sun rise in Why do I have to clean Why do you drink coffee my room? the east? and not tea? If you want to find out the way (manner) in which something is done, ask a question starting with how. How is also used to ask about the condition of someone or something. How old is your television? How does a helicopter How was your exam? work? (asking about the way in (asking about the which the girl fared in her condition of the TV) (asking about the way in exams) which a helicopter works) Together, the question words are known as five Ws and an H. The Cracked Pot 63
Exercise 4.1: Fill in the blanks with the correct question words from the box. One is done for you. who what when where 1) Where does Rita live? 2) ____________________ told you about my marks in Science? 3) ____________________ is your friend’s name? 4) ____________________ is the library? 5) ____________________ will Karim reach home? 6) ____________________ is the Principal of your school? Exercise 4.2: Fill in the blanks with 'how' or 'why'. One is done for you. 1) Why have you not done your homework? 2) ____________________ did he carry the books home? I think he put them in his bag. 3) Do you know ____________________ to solve this problem? 4) ____________________ did your mother scold you? Did you do something wrong? 5) ____________________ did you buy seven chocolates? We needed only four. 6) ____________________ does Mohit cook this dish? I want to learn it too. Exercise 4.3: Rewrite the questions with the correct prepositions. One is done for you. 1) Who will the movie begin? It is already late. Ans. When will the movie begin? It is already late. 2) What can I help you? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________ 64
3) When is that dress? I can’t find it. Ans. ______________________________________________________________________ 4) How don’t you see a doctor? You have high fever. Ans. ______________________________________________________________________ 5) Why has broken my beautiful tea cup? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________ 6) How would you like to eat for dinner? Ans. ______________________________________________________________________ Formal Writing Informal letter writing The Cracked Pot 65
Exercise 5.1: Veeru is planning to celebrate Makar Sankranti by flying kites and eating special sweets. He wishes to invite his best friend, Ali, to celebrate with him. Complete the letter he wrote to Ali, inviting him, by filling in the gaps. 34, Lane No. 5 Guldastah Lucknow – 12 12th January, 2016 Dear _________________ , How are you? I am writing this letter to _____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________. 14th of January is Makar Sankranti. Do you know why it is special for me? It is the festival __________________________________________. Everyone would be ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________. Could you come over too? It would be_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________. I w i l l a s k mom to make _____________________________________________. Awaiting your reply, Your friend, ___________________ Exercise 5.2: Write a letter to your friend about your favourite Indian food using the hints given. Hints: • Greet your friend. • Name your favourite food. • Write how and where it is made. • Mention why you like it. ________________________________________________________________________________ 66
________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Creative Writing Exercise 6.1: You are an error detective and here is your mission! Given below is a paragraph with errors. Spot all of them and rewrite the paragraph in the space provided. The story of the blue jackal is take from the Panchatantra Tales. It is the story of jackal that fell on a bucket of blue die when he were chased by sum dogs. When he came out of the bucket, he had turned blue in colour and all the animals was frightned of him. They treeted him like a king because they taught he would be powerful. But won night, when he herd another jackal howl, he howled back. The animals fond out that he was not speciel, but just other jackal. The Cracked Pot 67
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