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Preface ClassKlap partners with schools, supporting them with learning materials and processes that are all crafted to work together as an interconnected system to drive learning. Our books strive to ensure inclusiveness in terms of gender and diversity in representation, catering to the heterogeneous Indian classroom. ClassKlap presents the Compass series, designed specifically to meet the requirements of the new curriculum released in November 2016 by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). Guiding principles: The 2016 CISCE curriculum states the following as a few of its guiding principles for English language teaching: Connecting learning to life in the outside world Integrating English with other subjects across the curriculum Using meaningful contexts to develop language as a whole Making assessment for learning an integral part of the teaching-learning process Ensuring active participation of children by using a variety of activities and tasks Each of these principles resonates with the spirit in which the ClassKlap textbooks, workbooks and teacher companion books have been designed. The ClassKlap team of pedagogy experts has carried out an intensive mapping exercise to create a framework based on the CISCE curriculum document. Key features of ClassKlap Compass series: B ooks for English are mapped to the assessment patterns of English-I and English-II in ICSE schools. T he grammar concepts covered in English-I have a horizontal and vertical progression across the grades, providing a spiral of learning. T he writing sections contain a wide variety of topics with a focus on process-based writing in higher grades. T he English-II book also covers all the themes recommended by the CISCE curriculum across classes 1–5. A hallmark of ICSE English is a wide representation of authors – Indian and foreign. The Compass series includes pieces by writers such as Charles Dickens, Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain among others. Vocabulary building is a key focus area for ClassKlap Pictures for word meanings are included in each lesson to help students with visual clues for new or difficult words. All in all, the Compass English books aim to generate greater engagement and enhance fluency in English communication, which spans all the four skills of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. – The Authors
Workbook Features • Subject-related vocabulary building • Scaffolded approach for development of writing skills • Combination of inductive and deductive approaches to grammar teaching • Simple and age-appropriate explanations of grammatical concepts Grammar Engaging grammar explanations and well-crafted exercises W Writing Diverse writing exercises with adequate hints to develop writing skills P Picture Reading Engaging picture-based reading comprehension exercises
Contents 1 Nouns – Naming Words ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1 W1: Make Sentences with Pictures and Words ..................................... Self, Family, Home, Friends ���������������� 6 2 Punctuation ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 7 W2: Make Sentences – Substitution Table .......................... Self, Family, Home, Friends �������������� 12 P1: Picture Reading �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 13 3 One and Many ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 16 W3: Arrange the Events of the Story in the Correct Order and Write the Story ....................... Self, Family, Home, Friends �������������� 25 4 Pronouns ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 27 W4: Look at the Picture and Answer the Questions .................. Neighbourhood and Community ����� 35 P2: Picture Reading �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 37 5 Adjectives – Describing Words ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 40 W5: Paragraph Writing with a Picture ................................ Art and Culture �������������������������������� 46 6 Articles ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 47 W6: Story Writing with Pictures and Prompts................................... The World Around Us ������������������������ 51 P3: Picture Reading �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 53 7 Verbs – Action Words ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 56 W7: Look at the Picture and Answer the Questions .................. Neighbourhood and Community ����� 60
1 Nouns – Naming Words Nouns – naming words Read the following passage: This May, I went to Goa with my mother, father and younger sister. There are many beaches there. I liked Colva beach the most. My little sister, Jhanvi, loved playing in the water. We also visited many churches. We took many photographs of the cities in Goa. Can you underline the special names and tick the common names in the passage given above? Remember • N aming words are the names given to all people, places, animals and things around us. Naming words are also called nouns. • The common naming words that you have learnt about are called common nouns. Common nouns name people, places, animals or things in general. They do not begin with a capital letter. Examples: girl, city, dog, park, month • T he special naming words that you have learnt about are called proper nouns. Proper nouns name a particular person, place, animal or thing. They always begin with a capital letter. Examples: Suman, Bengaluru, Bruno, Funtime Park, March 1
Gender of nouns Nouns can also be sorted according to their gender • M asculine gender nouns: These • N euter gender nouns: These are the names given to boys, are nouns that name non-living men and male animals. things without any gender. They Examples: son, uncle, cock, are used to name things and headmaster, king, fox places. They are also used to name the days of the week and the months of the year. Examples: shoe, bag, garden, water, van, clip, hill • F eminine gender nouns: These • C ommon gender nouns: These are the names given to girls, refer to nouns that can be male women and female animals. or female. Examples: doctor, Examples: daughter, aunt, hen, pilot, relative, friend, artist, baby headmistress, queen, vixen Exercise 1: Sort the nouns given in the box into the correct columns. One is done for you. June school horse Amita shoes B. R. Library Common noun Proper noun a) school b) c) d) e) f) Exercise 2: Underline the nouns and write if they are proper nouns (PN) or common nouns (CN). One is done for you. a) Ravi sleeps on a soft pillow. Ans. Ravi – PN, pillow – CN 2
b) The desk is filled with books. Ans. c) Kabir sings beautiful songs. Ans. d) Rajiv broke my pen and pencil. Ans. e) The girl in that room is dancing. Ans. f) Kolkata is a city in West Bengal. Ans. Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks with the correct masculine or feminine gender nouns. One is done for you. Masculine Feminine a) brother a) sister b) king b) c) c) grandmother d) d) hen e) e) actress f) bull f) Exercise 4: Sort the words given in the box. Put them into the correct columns of masculine, feminine, neuter or common gender. One is done for you. sea princess uncle window peacock child Nouns – Naming Words 3
Masculine Feminine Neuter Common sea Exercise 5: Match the following pictures to the correct clouds on the left- and right-hand sides. One is done for you. aB A) Shazia masculine gender noun a) spoons B) proper Lupin the wolf feminine noun gender noun lioness b) baby C) common neuter gender noun noun D) common gender noun December 4
Exercise 6: Read the passage and fill in the table given below. One is done for you. There was a boy named John. He loved his grandmother, Lily. She was a teacher. Once, John decided to visit his grandmother. He packed some food for her. Proper noun Common noun Gender John masculine feminine neuter common Nouns – Naming Words 5
W1 Writing Make sentences Exercise 1: Make sentences with the given words. Use the pictures to help you. One is done for you. a) family : There are three members in my family. b) pet : c) help : d) mother : e) friends : f) play : 6
2 Punctuation Punctuation Punctuation marks are symbols that help us to understand a sentence better. . Full stop It is used to end a statement. Example: Dogs are cute. I like them. ? Question mark It is used to end a question. Example: Where is Sarah? , Comma It is used to separate three or more words in a list. Example: I need red, blue, orange and green shirts. ! Exclamation It shows strong feelings of surprise, mark excitement, anger or happiness. Example: What a beautiful painting! A few words always start with a capital letter. Remember the acronym M.I.N.T.S. for the usage of capital letters. Acronym Examples • My birthday is in May. M : months, names of days • We have a holiday on Sunday. I : the word ‘I’ • I like to paint. N : s pecial names given to • I study in Class 2. people, states, cities and • M y cousin Anu lives in Pune in countries – proper nouns Maharashtra. • Soni went to Jaipur in the summer. 7
Acronym Examples • I am going to see The Jungle Book T : titles of books and movies today. S : start of sentences • Noddy is my favourite book. • T here are many trees in the garden. There is a rose bush as well. Exercise 1: Rewrite the sentences using capital letters wherever needed. One is done for you. a) my birthday is in july. Ans. My birthday is in July. b) ajay, vivaan and shiraz are my friends. Ans. c) punit lives in kanpur. Ans. d) i have a new watch. Ans. e) the name of my school is brightminds school. Ans. f) the concert is on friday. Ans. 8
Exercise 2: The sentences given below end with incorrect punctuation marks. Fill in the blanks with the correct punctuation marks to end the sentences. One is done for you. a) I am so happy that we have won the match. ! b) My name is Miriam? ________ c) The stars are far away! ________ d) Are you hungry! ________ e) Oh no, I lost my book, ________ f) Will you come with me. ________ Exercise 3: Add the missing punctuation marks and rewrite the sentences. Also, add capital letters wherever needed. One is done for you. a) i took my paints crayons colour pencils and drawing book to class Ans. I took my paints, crayons, colour pencils and drawing book to class. b) piyush went to the library on saturday Ans. c) what a pretty picture Ans. d) when are we going to the park Ans. e) he has a toy car elephant a puzzle and a soft toy Ans. Punctuation 9
f) sania celebrates her birthday in march Ans. Exercise 4: Rewrite the sentences by correcting the usage of punctuation marks and capital letters. One is done for you. a) i Eat a healthy Dinner? Ans. I eat a healthy dinner. b) who has My bag. Ans. c) my mother gave me a few Apples. Oranges. Bananas. and Grapes! Ans. d) the name of my Pet is roxy? Ans. e) how are you feeling now. Ans. f) my best friends are sahil simran deepak and nazia! Ans. Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks with the correct punctuation marks. One is done for you. Kichu is my best friend in school. Both of us love pies. Do you know what they taste like______ They are sweet and tasty______ I could eat hundreds of pies in minutes______ We eat all kinds of pies like blueberry______ apple and lemon pies______ 10
Exercise 6: The following paragraph has a few punctuation mistakes. Rewrite the paragraph after correcting the mistakes. One line is done for you. Have you ever got a surprise on your birthday! my grandmother came to my birthday party after many years, She gifted me a book. a pen and a scarf for my birthday. I was very happy when I saw the lovely cake that she had baked for me? She stayed with us for a whole week. I was very sad when she left? Ans. Have you ever got a surprise on your birthday? Punctuation 11
W2 Writing Make sentences Exercise 1: Make five sentences by joining the words. One is done for you. My family in a bank. Our mother tells us a younger sister. Our father works is all going to school. I are bedtime stories. We have a small one. a) My family is a small one. b) c) d) e) 12
P1 Picture Reading Picture 1 Look at the picture given below and choose the correct answers. 1) The child wearing a green T-shirt is using a blue _______. [ ] ] a) computer b) book c) notebook d) pen ] 2) The window has _______ curtains. [ a) yellow b) green c) red d) purple 3) There are two boys in the picture. The feminine form of [ ‘boy’ is _______. a) child b) girl c) boys d) children 13
4) The window is closed. The opposite of ‘closed’ is _______. [ ] ] a) open b) shut c) covered d) closing 5) The children are in a library. A library is _______. [ a) a place where we play b) a place where we sleep c) a place where we find books d) a place where we sing Picture 2 Look at the picture given below and choose the correct answers. 6) We can see four _______. [ ] [ ] a) trees b) lamp posts c) cars d) flags d) rainy 7) What is the weather like? a) night b) spring c) sunrise 14
8) Father is driving the car. _______ is sitting on the driver’s seat.[ ] a) She b) They c) He d) It 9) The family is in a blue car. ‘Blue’ is a _______. [ ] a) colour b) fruit c) vegetable d) sound 10) A rhyming word for ‘car’ is _______. [ ] a) can b) corn c) cars d) star Picture Reading 1 15
3 One and Many Singular and plural nouns Read the given words. Write the plural forms of the words. bus – _______________________ tomato – _______________________ church – _______________________ box – _______________________ bush – _______________________ class – _______________________ Remember • M ost words are made plural by adding ‘-s’ to the end of the words. • To form the plural of nouns that end in ‘-x’, ‘-o’, ‘-s’, ‘-ch’, ‘-sh’ and ‘-ss’, we add ‘-es’ to the end of the words. Here are a few more examples of the plural forms learnt till now. Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural fruit fruits tree trees fox foxes potato potatoes gas gases batch batches peach peaches patch patches coach coaches brush brushes boss bosses cross crosses 16
More on plurals Read the following sentences: Tina had a candy. She There is a lady inside My sister has a diary. bought fifteen more the doctor’s office. I have many diaries. candies. There are two ladies in the waiting room. Remember To form the plurals of nouns that end in ‘-y’, we replace the ‘-y’ with ‘-ies’ to the ends of the words. Examples: Singular Plural Singular Plural baby babies enemy enemies city cities family families countries party parties country Read the following passage: This is the Patel family. Mr Patel is working in the kitchen along with his two children. His wife, Megha Patel, is doing her office work. The children bought two loaves of bread in the morning to make sandwiches. They carefully cut slices of bread using knives. Now, Mr Patel is chopping carrots, cucumbers, lettuce leaves and other vegetables. Mr Patel knows where everything is kept on the kitchen shelves. One and Many 17
Remember To form the plurals of words that end in ‘-f’ or ‘-fe’, change the ‘-f’ or ‘-fe’ to ‘-ve’ and then add an ‘-s’. Examples: Singular Plural Singular Plural loaf loaves knife knives leaf leaves shelf shelves wolf wolves thief thieves life half halves lives Note: A few words ending in ‘-f’ or ‘-fe’ do not follow this rule. For such words, we simply add ‘-s’ to form the plurals. Examples: cliff – cliffs, roof – roofs, chief – chiefs Exercise 1: Write the plural form of each noun. One is done for you. a) dress dresses b) fox ____________________ 18
c) wish ____________________ d) peach ____________________ e) lunch ____________________ f) potato ____________________ Exercise 2: Match the given singular nouns with their plural forms. One is done for you. Singular Plural a) leaf C A) elves b) elf B) butterflies c) butterfly C) leaves d) chief D) ladies e) lady E) fairies f) fairy F) chiefs One and Many 19
Exercise 3: Read the sentences and colour the correct plural forms from the given options. One is done for you. a) One sandwich is on the table, and two _____________ are in the tiffin box. sandwiches sandwichs sandwichves sandwich b) There are many _____________ in the world. countrys countrees countries countryss c) I can see _____________ on the road. busies buss busses buses d) I have two pairs of sports _____________. shoees shoess shoes shose e) The _____________ ran away. thieves thiefs theeves thiefes f) I have kept the _____________ in the bathroom. brushs brushes brushess brush Countable and uncountable nouns Look around your classroom. Can you name a few things (nouns) in the room that can be counted? Nouns that name things that we can count are called countable nouns. Examples: book – we can count the number of books • a dog, three cats, an animal, one man • many bottles, a few boxes, six pens • a table, the chairs one book three books 20
Remember • When a countable noun is singular, we use ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ or the number ‘one’ before it. • When a countable noun is plural, we use words like ‘many’, ‘a few’ or numbers greater than one (two, three and so on) before it. Now, can you think of things (nouns) that cannot be counted? Nouns that name things that cannot be counted are called uncountable nouns. For example, we cannot say ‘one milk’, ‘two milk’ or ‘three milk’. We can say ‘a milk bottle’, ‘two milk bottles’ or ‘three milk bottles’. Here, we are counting the bottles and not the milk. Here are a few more examples of uncountable nouns. • lots of love, a lot of happiness, a little bit of sadness • a piece of furniture or luggage, a lot of homework some milk two milk bottles • a little rice or sugar, a lot of water, some milk Remember • All uncountable nouns are singular. There is no plural form for these words. • We use words like ‘some’, ‘little’, ‘any’ or ‘much’ before uncountable nouns when we do not use any other unit. One and Many 21
Exercise 4: Look at the pictures given below. Write ‘C’ if they are countable nouns. Write ‘U’ if they are uncountable nouns. One is done for you. a) b) c) honey table rice Ans. U Ans. __________________ Ans. __________________ d) e) f) cheese bird star Ans. __________________ Ans. __________________ Ans. __________________ Use of ‘has’ and ‘have’ Read the following sentences: I have a pet dog. The elephant has a He has a funny hat. long trunk. 22
Remember ‘Has’ and ‘have’ are doing words or action words that show belonging. • We use ‘has’ with the pronouns he, she and it. • We use ‘have’ with the pronouns I, we, you and they. • Singular nouns use ‘has’. Plural nouns use ‘have’. Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks using ‘has’ or ‘have’. One is done for you. a) It has a long neck. b) Elephants ____________ big ears. c) A rhinoceros ____________ a horn d) They ____________ two pet birds. on its nose. e) A car ____________ four wheels. f) I ____________ many friends. One and Many 23
Exercise 6: Complete the paragraph by using ‘has’ and ‘have’ correctly. One is done for you. I have a pet cat. Her name is Wooly. She ____________________ soft fur. She is cute. We ____________________ a lot of fun together. My friends love her. My friend Amin ____________________ a dog. Wooly likes to play with him. They ____________________ a great time together. Do you ____________________ a pet? 24
W3 Writing Story writing Exercise 1: Look at the pictures given below. Then, read the sentences. Use the pictures as clues and number the sentences in the correct order. Then, write the story in the correct order. a) The clothes were kept away by Sahil, Heena and Mummy. [ ] b) Mummy washed the dirty clothes in the washing machine. [ ] c) Sahil and Heena helped Mummy dry out the clothes. [ ] d) There was a pile of dirty clothes that needed washing. [ ] e) Granny ironed the clothes after they were dry. [ ] 25
Now, write the story in the correct order below. 26
4 Pronouns Pronouns We know that naming words are called nouns. A pronoun is a word that we use in place of a noun. Examples: He She Ram is a boy. Ram is five years old. Taffy is a turtle. Taffy is very old. Subject and object pronouns Most sentences have a subject and an object. The subject of a sentence is the The object of a sentence is the person or thing doing the action. person or thing receiving the action. Example: Rita ate an apple. Rita ate an apple. subject object Remember • O bject pronouns replace the • Pronouns replace nouns. object in a sentence. • S ubject pronouns replace the Rita ate it. subject in a sentence. object pronoun She ate an apple. subject pronoun 27
Now, read the given sentence. She ate it. subject object pronoun pronoun Singular Plural Subject pronouns I you he she it we you they Object pronouns me you him her it us you them Examples of subject pronouns: Examples of object pronouns: I like your dress. Can you help me? She is my friend. I can see him. Replacing nouns with pronouns Mohit can see Sahil. Mohit waves to Sahil. Mohit greets Sahil. Here, we can use ‘he’ in place of Mohit and ‘him’ in place of Sahil after the first time. Ans. Mohit can see Sahil. He waves to him. He greets him. Reflexive pronouns Sometimes, the subject and the object of a sentence are the same. Gaurav can fix the toy She can complete the They cooked the meal by himself. project by herself. by themselves. Such sentences use reflexive pronouns (himself, herself, themselves) to refer back to the subject (noun or pronoun) of the sentence. 28
Read carefully: a) Gaurav can fix the toy truck by himself. ‘Gaurav’ is both the subject and the object of this sentence. The reflexive pronoun ‘himself’ refers to ‘Gaurav’. It means that Gaurav can fix his toy on his own. b) In the same way, in the second sentence, the reflexive pronoun ‘herself’ refers to the pronoun ‘she’. She can complete her project on her own. c) The reflexive pronoun ‘themselves’ refers to the pronoun ‘they’ in the third sentence. They cooked the meal on their own. Here are the subject pronouns and the reflexive pronouns used for them. Subject pronouns Reflexive pronouns Reflexive pronouns (Singular) (Plural) I myself – you yourself he himself yourselves she herself – itself – it – – we – they ourselves themselves Remember • Singular reflexive pronouns are formed with ‘-self’ and plural with ‘- selves’. • When a reflexive pronoun replaces phrases like ‘on my (her/his/our/ their) own’, the preposition ‘on’ should be changed to ‘by’. Example: Namrata did it on her own. Namrata did it by herself. Pronouns 29
Look at the pictures and write the correct reflexive pronouns in the blanks. The TV turned off by I walked home by The two of you ________________. (himself, herself, itself) ______________________. baked the cupcakes (ourselves, myself, _________________. himself) (themselves, yourself, yourselves) Exercise 1: Rewrite the sentences with the correct subject pronouns for the underlined nouns. One is done for you. a) Aryan went to the market. Ans. He went to the market. b) Shikha has a red ball. Ans. c) Ali and Sohan went to school together. Ans. d) The shirt is dirty. Ans. e) Sarah and I are good friends. Ans. f) Rohan loves to play football. Ans. 30
Exercise 2: Rewrite the sentences with the correct object pronouns for the underlined nouns. One is done for you. a) The fairy gave Mira three wishes. Ans. The fairy gave her three wishes. b) Mother read a story to Punam and Shreya. Ans. c) The clown did a trick for the students. Ans. d) My dog came with the bone to the garden. Ans. e) The teacher gave Ayaz a new book. Ans. f) The baker gave Bhumi and me a cake. Ans. Exercise 3: State if the underlined pronouns are subject pronouns or object pronouns. One is done for you. a) He threw the ball to me. – object pronoun b) It bit me hard. – c) You like to eat ice cream. – d) I would not know that. – Pronouns 31
e) The teacher did not call him. – f) They are very happy to hear that. – Exercise 4: Fill in the blanks with the correct reflexive pronouns from the brackets. One is done for you. a) Sita cut herself (herself/itself) while chopping vegetables. b) He admired ___________________ (himself/herself) in the mirror. c) Animals like to clean ___________________ (himself/themselves). d) John hurt ___________________ (himself/itself) while running in the park. e) Please do not worry. She can take care of ___________________ (himself/herself). f) The pet was left at home by ___________________ (themselves/itself). 32
Exercise 5: Rewrite the sentences given below using the correct reflexive pronouns. One is done for you. a) He dressed herself this morning. Ans. He dressed himself this morning. b) We had to cook all by themselves as our parents were out of town. Ans. c) The lady spoke to himself as she crossed the road. Ans. d) I use the camera on my phone to take pictures of himself. Ans. e) Did you take lessons in painting, or did you learn it itself? Ans. f) The players decided to call herself ‘Kolkata Knights’. Ans. Pronouns 33
Exercise 6: Replace the underlined words with suitable subject, object and reflexive pronouns. One is done for you. Tejas is painting a picture. Tejas is using a paintbrush. Tejas always takes good care of the paintbrush. Rina is cycling. Rina is wearing a purple dress. Rina is wearing a hat. The hat is round. Rina likes wearing the hat. Ravi and Rohan are running. Ravi and Rohan are having fun. Chetan is fishing. Chetan has made his fishing rod on his own. The children are playing in a park that they cleaned on their own. Ans. Tejas is painting a picture. He is using a paintbrush. 34
W4 Writing Answer questions based on a picture Exercise 1: Look at the picture. Answer the questions given below. Then, write a short paragraph of five sentences to describe the picture. One is done for you. Hint: Put the answer sentences together to form your paragraph. a) What place is this? Ans. This is a classroom. b) Who is standing near the board? Ans. The ________________________ is standing near the board. 35
c) What is the teacher teaching? . Ans. The teacher is teaching about . d) Who is listening to the teacher? How are they listening? . Ans. The _______________________ are listening to the teacher. They are listening with e) How does the classroom look? Ans. The classroom looks Now, write the paragraph here. 36
P2 Picture Reading Picture 1 Look at the picture given below and choose the correct answers. 1) H ow many honey bees can you see in the picture? [ ] ] a) one b) two c) three d) four ] 2) The _______ is sitting on the tree trunk. [ a) tortoise b) deer c) rabbit d) mushroom 3) The deer _______ the tortoise are walking. [ a) is b) are c) and d) does 37
4) The home of honey bees is called a _______. [ ] a) beehive b) tree trunk c) tree d) house 5) The animals are in a forest. ‘Forest’ rhymes with _______. [ ] a) jungle b) ghost c) woods d) bravest Picture 2 Look at the picture given below and choose the correct answers. 6) There are _______ cats in the picture. [ ] [ ] a) one b) two c) three d) four d) yellow 7) The _______ cat is on the cupboard. a) black b) brown c) white 38
8) The sofa is next to the cupboard. _______ is blue in colour. [ ] a) They b) He c) It d) She 9) There are pictures on the wall. The word that is closest in [ ] meaning to ‘pictures’ is _______. a) paper b) photographs c) tables d) pencils 10) The pictures are above the sofa. The opposite of [ ] ‘above’ is _______. a) beside b) up c) in d) below Picture Reading 2 39
5 Adjectives – Describing Words Adjectives – describing words Read the paragraph given below. Underline the describing words and say which nouns or pronouns they describe. Three members of my family and I went on a picnic. We were very happy. We had big smiles on our faces. We had taken fresh fruits and tasty food with us on the picnic. I had a lovely day. Remember • Describing words tell us more about nouns or pronouns. • Describing words are also called adjectives. • A djectives that point out the quality of nouns or pronouns are called adjectives of quality. Quality Examples Quality Examples colour green look beautiful vegetables crown sound quiet size big room church 40
Quality Examples Quality Examples shape round taste sweet clock lollipop weather snowy touch soft morning blanket behaviour naughty smell sweet- child smelling flowers Exercise 1: Look at the pictures given below. Fill in the blanks with adjectives of quality from the box that match the pictures. One is done for you. sweet heavy broken tired happy white a) happy children b) ______________ cup c) ______________ flower d) ______________ candy e) ______________ books f) ______________ man Adjectives – Describing Words 41
Exercise 2: Match each adjective of quality with a noun that it can describe. One is done for you. Column A D Column B a) fast A) night b) hot B) door c) dark C) food d) interesting D) runner e) open E) book f) healthy F) water Exercise 3: Underline the nouns. Circle any adjectives of quality that may describe the nouns. One is done for you. a) I love my blue dress. b) Zeenat found a shiny coin. c) Naitik got a pretty doll on his birthday. d) The old man crossed the road. e) The funny clown made us laugh. f) Chris cleaned his dirty room. Exercise 4: Draw a star above the describing words in these sentences. One is done for you. a) The ripe mangoes fell off the tree. 42
b) The fat cat is sitting on the mat. c) The kind man helped a woman. d) The birds on the tree sing a sweet song. e) Reema is walking on the narrow path. f) The green tree looked very strong. Adjectives – Describing Words 43
Exercise 5: Draw a picture of a family member in the box given below. Fill in the blanks with words that describe the person whom you have drawn. Add a full stop when you complete a sentence. The name of this person is a) He/She has b) His/Her eyes are c) He/She is d) In this picture, he/she is wearing -coloured clothes. e) His/Her voice is f) I have a time with him/her. 44
Exercise 6: Complete the following paragraph using adjectives of quality. One is done for you. There is a young boy in the picture. He has _______________________ paintbrushes in his hands. He has made a _____________________ painting. There are _____________________ flowers in the painting. The boy is wearing a ______________________ T-shirt. He looks ______________________. Adjectives – Describing Words 45
W5 Writing Paragraph writing Exercise 1: Look at the picture given below. Write a short paragraph about this picture by completing the sentences. Christmas comes in ____________________________________________. There is a fire burning in the fireplace as ________________________________________ ___________________________. The family _________________________________ _________________________________________. They have decorated _______ _______________________________ with ___________________________________. There is a Christmas tree with ___________________________________________ ______________________________________. There are _______________________ ________________________ on the floor. The family is _______________________ _______________________________________________________________________. 46
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