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GRAMMAR & COMPOSITION BOOK FEATURES Student Reflection Captures student's perception of their understanding of a lesson Art-Integrated Learning Lesson plans provided for art-integrated learning M G E Activity 6 Formats for writing Infographic-style summaries Combines language of format-based writing topics provided as a quick reference for 5learning with students to understand the structure study-skills like and key elements at a glance dictionary work and Internet 3 Go Grammar research Additional practice of concepts learnt in the coursebook 4 Write It Additional practice for students to write for different purposes and in varied situations, ranging from informal to formal Reading 1 2 Word Work z Passages that are thematically linked to the Additional practice of concepts corresponding texts in the coursebook; they learnt in the coursebook; they include a variety of comprehension focus on challenging areas questions to check understanding and are graded for the level Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 2 8/2/2023 4:41:22 PM
CONTENTS 1) Friends Forever 01 Art-Integrated Learning 13 22 2) Jack and the Beanstalk 36 3) James and the Giant Peach 43 4) The Tree Witness 54 5) The Peddler’s Dream 56 Formats for Writing Student Reflection Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 3 8/2/2023 4:41:23 PM
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Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 5 DETAILED CONTENTS Connect chapter Reading text Word Work Go Grammar Write It Activity 1 Friends Forever Friendship to the 1. Describing words Types of sentences Guided paragraph Alphabetical rescue 2. Phrasal verbs writing order 2 Jack and the Beanstalk 1. Compound words Singular and plural Completing a 2. Movement words nouns story 3 James and the Giant The Fruit Tree Suffixes Pronouns Writing a Peach paragraph 4 Tree Witness Words and their Simple past forms Writing a Dictionary work meanings paragraph using has or had 5 The Peddler's Dream The Dream Star Adjectives from 1. Simple present Writing a thank- nouns tense you note 2. Will for future 8/2/2023 4:41:26 PM
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1 Friends Forever Reading Very often, friends rescue us from tricky situations and help us develop qualities that we are not even aware of. Here is a short story about friendship between two creatures of the deep – an octopus and a small fish. Friendship to the Rescue Once upon a time there was a lonely octopus. He was too shy to make friends although he wanted to, very much. He hardly spoke to the other animals of the sea. One day, the octopus tried to catch a very slimy oyster who slipped away from him each time. Within no time, he had twisted himself into a huge knot and could hardly move. The more he tried to undo the knot, the more he got entangled in it. He was ashamed of his situation. Finally, he had to ask for help from the passing fish. Most of the fish darted about in the sea, not paying much attention to him. But one very kind little fish offered to help to untie all those knots on his body. The octopus felt very thankful when he was finally set free, but he was so shy that he didn’t dare talk to the fish and make friends with the small fish. He simply thanked the fish and went off on his way. Later, the octopus was up worrying the whole night, thinking that he missed a chance of being friends with the very kind little fish. Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 1 1 8/2/2023 4:41:26 PM
A few days later, the octopus was resting up between a few rocks when he noticed that everyone around was moving past him in a hurry. He looked into the distance and saw a very big fish coming over to feed in that area. The octopus disappeared behind the rocks. Then, peeping from his hiding place, he saw that a big fish was chasing the kind little fish who had helped untie him. That little fish was in trouble and needed help right away, but the big fish looked so scary that no one dared to lend a helping hand. The octopus, remembering how the little fish had helped him, felt that he had to do whatever he could to help him out. Soon the octopus came up to the big fish and shot out the biggest jet of ink of his life. He then grabbed the little fish and swam off to hide him between the rocks. The rescue happened so quickly that the big fish could not do anything. Soon, the big fish began feeling a terrible itch. He felt it first near its mouth, and then in his fins, and then all over his body. The octopus’s poisonous dark ink had given him a terrible allergy! So the big fish swam away, feeling awfully sick. As soon as he was gone, the other fish who had also hidden in the rocks congratulated the octopus for his bravery. The other fish discovered how helpful and friendly the shy octopus really was, and everyone around was happy to be the friend of such a brave and heroic octopus. The small fish became his best friend for life! 2 Friends Forever Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 2 8/2/2023 4:41:26 PM
Read and Answer 1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. a. Why did the octopus not thank the kind little fish for his help? b. How did the octopus get over his shyness and make friends? 2. Write T for true and F for false statements. a. The octopus is shy and lonely. b. The octopus has a lot of friends in the sea. c. A little fish helps the octopus and opens his knots. d. After the little fish helps the octopus, they become good friends. e. The octopus saves the little fish from the big fish. 3. Find words from the passage that mean the same as the given words. a. slippery b. twisted in a knot Friends Forever 3 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 3 8/2/2023 4:41:26 PM
c. not paying attention d. a chance e. shocked f. courageous g. act of saving someone from trouble h. sickness because of something that you breathe, eat or touch i. tell someone that you are pleased with their success Word Work Describing words 1. Which of these words will you use to describe a good friend? Tick () the boxes that contain the words that describe the qualities of a true friend. Cross out () the ones that don’t. loyal friendly dishonest intelligent polite selfish sincere rich trustworthy unhelpful irresponsible 4 Friends Forever Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 4 8/2/2023 4:41:27 PM
Phrasal verbs We make a phrasal verb by joining a verb and a position word. Here are some phrasal verbs and their meanings. Type of sentence Definition a. fall out b. get along i. quarrel or argue with a friend c. get together ii. be friendly with someone d. make up iii. join, meet up with, gather e. get on with iv. to forgive, apologize to someone or be friends after an argument v. have a good relationship 2. Use the phrasal verbs given above to fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. a. We so well with each other. b. I with my friend Ria, after having a terrible fight. c. I don’t want to with my best friend over such a silly point. d. I most of the students in my third grade at school. e. On the last day of school, my friends and I and have a party. ON Go Grammar IN Types of sentences Type of sentence Definition Ends with Assertive Full stop (.) It gives information Imperative about something. Full stop (.) Interrogative It gives a command or Question mark (?) Exclamatory makes a request. Exclamation mark (!) It asks a question. It expresses a strong emotion or feeling. Friends Forever 5 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 5 8/2/2023 4:41:27 PM
1. Rearrange the words to form meaningful sentences. End each sentence with a full stop (.) or a question mark (?). a. friends David I and are b. student Piya a good is c. name What your is d. you Do mangoes like e. watching movie She a is f. house this Is Jack’s? 2. Read the sentences given below. Write S if the sentence is a statement, I if it gives order or makes request, Q if it is a question, and E if it is an exclamatory sentence. a. What a beautiful flower it is! b. Would you like to have some juice? c. Please switch off the fan when you leave the room. d. I love reading story books. e. Hurray, we won the match! f. Do you know where Taj Mahal is? 6 Friends Forever Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 6 8/2/2023 4:41:27 PM
3. Rearrange the jumbled words to form the types of sentences given in brackets. Then, add the correct punctuation marks at the end of each sentence. One is done for you. a. love/playing/we/cricket (assertive) W e love playing cricket. b. homework/you/do/your/did (interrogative) c. feed/animals/do/not/the (imperative) d. well/she/how/sings (exclamatory) e. India/from/is/he (assertive) f. you/finish/can/work/quickly/the (interrogative) Friends Forever 7 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 7 8/2/2023 4:41:27 PM
Write It Sometimes animals can be your best friends and companions. We learnt about the use of topic sentences to write paragraphs. Here we will write about our clever animal friends using topic sentences in our paragraphs. Meet the octopus: the intelligent animal Octopuses are unusual and interesting creatures. They look strange because they have eight legs and because they have a soft body. They do not have backbones. Octopuses are one of the most intelligent animals. They can open jars and bottles to get food. Parts of an octopus’s brain are in its legs so its legs can actually think! Octopuses can remember things. When an octopus has solved a problem once, it remembers and does the same thing another day. They can remember different shapes and patterns. We know this because scientists have studied octopuses for a long time. We use topic sentences to introduce information in a piece of writing. Topic sentences go at the beginning of a paragraph. Examples: • Octopuses are one of the most intelligent animals. • Octopuses can remember things. Now write about blue whales. Use the topic sentences (a to c) and the notes in the box. Remember to begin your sentences with a capital letter and end with a full stop. a. Blue whales are the biggest animals in the world. b. They live in small groups. c. They are not dangerous to humans. 8 Friends Forever Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 8 8/2/2023 4:41:28 PM
• more than 30 metres long • can use sounds to talk • bigger than dinosaurs • only eat small sea creatures • usually two or three whales in a group • intelligent and gentle Friends Forever 9 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 9 8/2/2023 4:41:28 PM
You have just returned from a school trip with your classmates. Write a short paragraph to describe to your parents the place you visited. Use topic sentences and the given hints to write your paragraph. Hints: • Which place did you visit? • How did the surroundings look? Were there buildings, mountains or water bodies around? • What were the sounds you heard? • What colours did you see? • What did you notice first about the place? 10 Friends Forever Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 10 8/2/2023 4:41:28 PM
Activity Recall that the order in which letters appear in the alphabet is called the alphabetical order. a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-y-z Words are arranged by looking at the order of their first letters. cat dog elephant frog giraffe A dictionary is a book that contains the meanings of words. In a dictionary, words are arranged in the alphabetical order. Work in pairs. Make your mini dictionary with these words. First arrange them alphabetically. Then find their meanings. One has been done for you. trousers | island | picnic | scarf | blanket | library | kitten | clown Word Meaning blanket a thick cover that keeps us warm in bed Now make sentences of your own using the above words. 11 8/2/2023 4:41:28 PM Friends Forever Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 11
Now I Can Can you do these things? Tick () the boxes. 1. I can use the right word to describe people. 2. I can tell what phrasal verbs are. 3. I can name and use different types of sentences. 4. I can write paragraphs with clear topic sentences. 5. I can arrange words alphabetically. 12 Friends Forever Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 12 8/2/2023 4:41:28 PM
2 Jack and the Beanstalk Word Work Compound words Many words in the English language are made by joining two words. They are called compound words. For example, Beanstalk is made up of two words “bean” and “stalk”. 1. Use a word from the box below to make compound words. Use the pictures as clues. berry | paper | robe | ball | fly | plane a. news + = b. basket + = Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 13 13 8/2/2023 4:41:33 PM
c. bath + = d. air + = e. straw + = f. house + = 14 Jack and the Beanstalk Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 14 8/2/2023 4:41:34 PM
Movement words 2. Look at the words given below. Circle the movement words. stand sit run crawl love kick speak give jump hop ON Go Grammar IN Singular and plural nouns By now you are familiar with singular and plural nouns. Let us revise how we form plurals. • Most words become plural by adding an –s • We add –es to words ending with s, ss, ch, sh, o, and x to form plurals. • When a word ends with f or fe, we change the f or fe to –ves. • When a word ends with y, we change the y to –ies. When the letter before y is a vowel, we form the plural by adding an –s. • Some words change completely to form plurals. 1. Tick () the correct plural noun for each of these words. Singular Plural a. cherry cherries cherrys b. tray trays traies c. half halfs halves d. life lives lifes Jack and the Beanstalk 15 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 15 8/2/2023 4:41:34 PM
2. Read the passage given below about a visit to a wildlife park. Underline the plural nouns used in the passage. Then, write their singular forms in the table given after the passage. We went to the Jim Corbett National Park recently. It has many animals and birds. We drove through the jungle full of trees with thick branches. In the park, there were many buses full of tourists. We spotted many foxes, wild pigs and elephants. We also saw a few rabbits behind some bushes. On our way back, we stopped at a restaurant and ate tasty dishes. We also drank many glasses of orange juice. Plural Singular Plural Singular ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ __________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ __________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ __________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ __________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ __________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ __________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ __________________ 16 Jack and the Beanstalk Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 16 8/2/2023 4:41:34 PM
Irregular plurals We make special changes to the spellings of some singular nouns to make them plural. Such words are called irregular plurals. Examples Singular Plural a. man men b. tooth teeth c. foot feet d. mouse mice e. goose geese f. child children 3. Write the plural form of these singular nouns. a. one foot two b. one house three c. one torch four d. one hand five e. one mouse six Jack and the Beanstalk 17 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 17 8/2/2023 4:41:36 PM
f. one glass seven g. one tomato eight 4. Complete these sentences with a, an, or the. a. We saw lion at the zoo. lion was sleeping. b. Is that orange? Please give me orange. c. Sing song. Sing Alphabet Song. d. I want apple. Can I have green apple? e. Hari went to island last year. island was beautiful. f. I found eraser in the class. I gave eraser to the class teacher. 5. Write a few sentences about each picture. One has been done for you. a. T his is a girl The girl has got a bag The bag is red in colour. b. 18 Jack and the Beanstalk Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 18 8/2/2023 4:41:37 PM
c. d. Write It 1. Here is a story about expressing feelings when you find something. A Lucky Day It was Saturday afternoon. Katie and Sam were in a cafe, but they weren’t happy. Their favourite singer was in town for a concert, but there were no tickets left. Just then, Sam saw something under the table. He couldn’t believe his eyes: four tickets for the concert! “We can’t keep them, can we?” Sam asked, sadly. “No, we can’t,” said Katie. “We must take them to the police station.” Katie and Sam gave the tickets to a police officer and gave him their names and their address. Then they went home. Later that afternoon, the phone rang. It was a girl from Katie’s school. Jack and the Beanstalk 19 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 19 8/2/2023 4:41:37 PM
“My name’s Emma,” she said. “Thank you for finding my tickets. two of my friends can’t go to the concert now. Would you like to come with me?” Katie and Sam had a great time at the concert. Sam smiled at Katie. “That was a lucky day, wasn’t it?” said Sam. 2. Imagine you found someone’s diary in your school playground. Write your experience in the form of a story. Use adjectives or describing words to express feelings. These questions will help you. a. When and how did you find the diary? b. How do you feel when you found the diary? c. What happens next? What do you do? d. How do you feel? e. How does the person who lost the diary feel? 20 Jack and the Beanstalk Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 20 8/2/2023 4:41:37 PM
Now I Can Can you do these things? Tick () the boxes. 1. I can tell words that are made of two naming words. 2. I can name movement words. 3. I can make plural nouns from singular nouns. 4. I can use a, an, and the correctly. 5. I can write stories about things that have happened to me. Jack and the Beanstalk 21 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 21 8/2/2023 4:41:37 PM
3 James and the Giant Peach Reading Trees have a life of their own. They are home to many living creatures. Here is a story about why we should not cut down trees. The Fruit Tree An old apple tree grew in a farmer’s garden. It was too old to bear fruit. However, it provided homes to the sparrows, grasshoppers, and squirrels in the neighbourhood. The farmer wanted to get rid of the tree because he felt it was useless. He felt that the wood from the tree could be used to make some furniture that he needed. He took a sharp axe and tried to cut the old tree. The animals and insects that lived on the tree were disturbed and worried. The grasshoppers, the sparrows, and the squirrels rushed out of their living places and gathered around the farmer. “Please, Sir,” they begged him. “Do not cut this tree. It has life and it is our only home.” But the farmer was determined to cut down the tree and struck even harder at the roots. “We will sing to you in the afternoons. It would lighten your burden,” said the sparrows. 22 8/2/2023 4:41:37 PM Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 22
But the farmer did not want to listen to their suggestions. He continued his task with great concentration. As he cut through the roots, something in the hollow of the tree caught his attention. A beehive. The beehive was oozing with honey. “Heavenly!” cried the farmer, tasting the honey. Now the farmer knew that the tree was not useless after all. Beehives were to be found in the hollows of the tree. And if he took away the honey now, the bees would make more. If he removed one beehive, the hardworking bees would still make more honey. The farmer told the creatures of the tree that he was not going to cut the tree after all! The sparrows, grasshoppers, and squirrels celebrated. What a delight that the farmer had changed his mind about cutting the tree! The tree would always be there for them to live in. James and the Giant Peach 23 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 23 8/2/2023 4:41:38 PM
Read and Answer 1. Answer the following questions. a. Why did the farmer want to cut the old apple tree? b. What made him change his mind? c. Who lived in the tree? d. How did they feel about the farmer’s decision to cut down the tree? 24 James and the Giant Peach Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 24 8/2/2023 4:41:38 PM
2. Write T for true statements and F for false statements. a. The farmer had a giant peach tree in his garden. b. The farmer did not want to cut down the tree. c. The farmer changed his mind when he tasted the honey from the beehive in the hollow of the tree. d. The farmer did not cut down the tree because he felt sorry for the animals living in it. e. The farmer felt that he could use the wood from the tree to make furniture if he cut it down. f. If the tree had been cut down, the creatures living in it would lose their homes. g. In the end the farmer cut down the tree. Word Work Remember, when we add the suffix -ful or -less to a word, its meaning changes. The suffix -ful means full of or a lot of. The suffix -less means without. Suffixes 1. Look at the words below. Add -ful or -less to them to make new words. Then, use them in sentences of your own. a. power + = Sentence: b. play + = Sentence: James and the Giant Peach 25 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 25 8/2/2023 4:41:38 PM
c. fear + = Sentence: = d. help + = Sentence: e. tooth + Sentence: 2. Write the words that matches the descriptions on the right. The first one has been done for you. Use the suffix -ful or -less. hopeless without hope without use full of wonder without shame a lot of success full of joy ON Go Grammar IN Pronouns Let’s see how we use pronouns in place of nouns. Jake likes Mary. He likes her. Mary likes Jake. She likes him. My friends and I play football. We play football. Sam wants to play with Alia and me. Sam wants to play with us. The boys met the girls. They met them. 26 James and the Giant Peach Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 26 8/2/2023 4:41:38 PM
1. Rewrite these sentences by replacing the underlined words with pronouns. One has been done for you. a. Mark has got a book for Carol. He has got a book for her. b. Are Hari and Ravi coming? c. Can you and John help the children? d. You and I have got a nice gift for Ted. e. Here is a letter for Nancy and her sister. f. The telephone is ringing. Answer the telephone. James and the Giant Peach 27 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 27 8/2/2023 4:41:38 PM
2. Fill in the blanks with he, she, it, we, or they. a. Where is Mr. David going? is going to the market. b. Are Andy and you in the same school? Yes, are. c. Is your mother at home? Yes, is. d. Does your sister like her new car? No, she does not like . e. Where are Grandma and Grandpa going? are going to the park. 3. Fill in the blanks with him, her, me, them or us. a. It is Ben’s football. Why don’t you give it to ? b. I have lost my book. Please help find it. c. Cindy likes chocolates. Why don’t you give the whole box? d. Have you seen the students of Class 3? The teacher is looking for . e. Betty and I met a famous actor once. He gave an autograph as well. 28 James and the Giant Peach Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 28 8/2/2023 4:41:38 PM
4. Replace the underlined words with I, us, she, them or him and complete the passage. One is done for you. Rushi is good friends with her brother, Riki. Rushi and Riki are having an ice cream cone each. Rushi and Riki love eating ice cream. Rushi always buys Riki ice cream. Riki says, 'Riki am enjoying this ice cream.' Rushi says, 'Let Riki and me take some ice cream for Mummy and Papa. Rushi and Riki buy some ice cream cones for Mummy and Papa. Rushi is good friends with her brother, Riki. Rushi and Riki are having an ice cream cone each. They love eating ice cream. James and the Giant Peach 29 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 29 8/2/2023 4:41:39 PM
Write It 1. Imagine you are in an apple orchard. Look at the picture. Write a paragraph of five sentences about a visit to an apple orchard. You can use the words from the word bank given below. trees | apples | juicy | red | crunchy | green | leaves | branches | plenty fallen | ground | pick | basket James and the Giant Peach 8/2/2023 4:41:39 PM 30 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 30
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2. Read the description of the people in this picture. The man has straight, black hair. He is wearing a yellow T-shirt with blue shorts. He has long and thick eyebrows. The woman has short and wavy brown hair. She is wearing a red top and black tights. She has big eyes. She looks excited to be out with her family. The boy has short brown hair. He also has big eyes. He is wearing a brown T-shirt and a pair of green shorts. The girl has short and dark brown hair. She has a big smile on her face. She is looking excitedly at her parents. She is wearing a top and a skirt. All the people in the picture are wearing slippers. 32 James and the Giant Peach Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 32 8/2/2023 4:41:39 PM
Now, let us match the given pictures of the people to the given descriptions. She has long, pale hair. She is wearing bright clothes. She is jumping with joy. She looks very excited. She has long, brown hair. She has brown skin. She is wearing a blue top. She looks very angry. He has brown and black hair. He is wearing a shirt and a tie. He has a watch on his wrist. He looks sad; or maybe he is just tired. He is wearing a blue shirt. He has brown hair. He is wearing a watch. It looks like he is thinking about something. He might be tired. James and the Giant Peach She has curly hair. She is wearing a green nightdress. She has Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 33 brown eyes. She is smiling. 33 8/2/2023 4:41:40 PM
3. Look at the picture given below. Describe any two people in the picture in a few lines. Describe their looks, clothes, hairstyles, expressions and so on. James and the Giant Peach 8/2/2023 4:41:41 PM 34 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 34
Now I Can Can you do these things? Tick () the boxes. 1. I can correctly add the suffixes -ful and -less. 2. I can use pronouns correctly. 3. I can write a paragraph after looking at a picture. James and the Giant Peach 35 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 35 8/2/2023 4:41:41 PM
4 The Tree Witness Word Work Words and their meanings 1. Circle the words that are closest in meaning to the given word. justice fair behaviour anger friendliness weeping laughing frowning crying troubles problems stories accidents forgetful a person who a silly person a wise person delicious doesn’t remember witness things 36 bad tasting good to taste raw Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 36 a person who a person who a person who does a wrong act gives the sees a wrong judgement act 8/2/2023 4:41:41 PM
2. Fill in the blanks. Choose from the words given in the exercise above. a. The peaches looked . b. When I read a good book, I forget my . c. Old people are often . d. The young lad was to a car accident. e. The old man was and wailing before the king. f. He went to court to seek . ON Go Grammar IN Past forms We use was and were to talk about the past. We also use them to talk about the state of a person or thing at a given point in time. Look at the pronouns and nouns with which we use was and were. I, he, she, it, or was/ home yesterday. anything singular was not You, we, they, or were/ anything plural were not 1. Fill in the blanks with was or were. a. We in Thailand last month. b. James on the train last afternoon. c. My cousins in China last year. d. You not at school yesterday. e. I late because my car broke down. f. Last night we saw a movie. It very funny. The Tree Witness 37 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 37 8/2/2023 4:41:41 PM
2. Fill in the blanks by adding -ed or -d to the words in brackets. a. Who all the windows? (close) b. We a lot at the party last night. (dance) c. I all my emails this afternoon. (answer) d. The little boy’s ball into the well. (roll) e. Mickey up the ladder carefully. (climb) f. An apple from the tree on his head. (drop) 3. Complete the sentences with the past form of the words given in brackets. a. Bonny his dog to the park. (take) b. She on a broken chair by mistake. (sit) c. Sara a birthday card for me. (make) d. Grandma us a funny story. (tell) e. I a loud noise and ran out of the house. (hear) f. The wind away Jenny’s umbrella. (blow) 4. Fill in the blanks with the correct past form of the words given in brackets. One is done for you. a. Sumit fell down two days ago. (fall) b. I my report card yesterday. (get) c. Nita that she had missed her bus. (think) d. Rohit the library book home. (take) e. Luke the kettle on the stove. (put) f. I by the seashore. (sit) 38 The Tree Witness Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 38 8/2/2023 4:41:42 PM
Write It Here are a few of Ria’s things. Some of them are from her childhood and she does not have them anymore. Some of these are things she uses now. Write a sentence about each item using has or had. Follow the example. Things she had teddy bear drum blocks tricycle Things she has school bag crayons toy train bicycle The Tree Witness 39 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 39 8/2/2023 4:41:45 PM
Ria had a teddy bear. The Tree Witness 8/2/2023 4:41:45 PM 40 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 40
Activity Words in a dictionary are in alphabetical order. We look at the first letter of a word, but when two words have the same letter, we look at the second letter. Look and read. Butterfly Bear Bat Bowl The first letter of these words is the same.To arrange these words in the alphabetical order, we look at their second letters: u e a o. The alphabetical order of these letters is a e o u. So the alphabetical order of the words will be: bat bear bowl butterfly Put the words in the order you will find them in a dictionary. a) cinema candy condition cream b) highway hallway heavy hollow c) mouse maple mine myself d) united umbrella upright usher e) kite knife key koala The Tree Witness 41 Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 41 8/2/2023 4:41:46 PM
Now I Can Can you do these things? Tick () the boxes. 1. I can write the meanings of the given words. 2. I can talk about the past using the correct verbs. 3. I can write a paragraph using joining words. 4. I can alphabetically arrange words. 42 The Tree Witness Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 42 8/2/2023 4:41:46 PM
5 The Peddler’s Dream Reading There are many ways to make a wish. Some people make wishes by throwing a coin into a fountain, and some wish on the biggest star in the sky. They call it the wishing star. Wishing on a shooting star is one of the most common ways people try to make their dreams come true. The Dream Star There was once a girl who loved to dream! She would spend her time wishing upon stars and dreaming of the future. In her dreams she would imagine great happiness and hope. Her dreams were a way for her to become special. Every time she dreamt, she felt a lot better. And feeling better made her to dream even more! Time passed and the little girl continued to wish on stars and wait for the moment when one day, her dreams would come true. While she spent her time dreaming, she missed some real chances. One night when the sky was lit up with twinkling stars, she saw the most wonderful sight! There was a little boy hanging by a rope from a bright star. “Are you safe?” Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 43 43 8/2/2023 4:41:46 PM
The little boy flashed her a smile and held on to the rope for dear life. “What are you trying to do?” the little girl asked in surprise. “I am trying to make my dream come true by catching my wishing star.” The boy slowly climbed the rope towards his wishing star, passing the little girl on his way up. The sky was bright with all the stars that the little girl had wished on. There were so many of them that she could not count them. Never had one of these stars ever fallen into her lap. None of her hopeful dreams had come true and she wondered when this would happen. This time she chose a new star to make a new wish. She threw a rope up to her chosen star. She wrapped it around her star and climbed up clung onto it tightly. Finally, she was able to touch her star. There was about to be a big change in the little girl’s life. She had finally captured her dream! 44 The Peddler’s Dream Ascend G3 English G&C Part 1.indb 44 8/2/2023 4:41:47 PM
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