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Inthe event the authors) hasave been ‘able to rack any source and if any copynght has been inadvertently aufiaged please neuf the publisher in wets foray cores action”ase ‘English Ferry A Course in Language and Literature AD, a ee, @ Alka BatraProface Enhanced English Ferry—an eight-level English series comprising Readers and Workbooks for classes 1 to 8, and Supplementary Readers for classes 3 to 8—has been a much-appreciated course in language and literature for the past three years. This series develops language and interpersonal skills required for contemporary living, promotes culture consciousness through a wide variety of texts while aiming to inculcate values for peaceful coexistence. Themes as spelt out in NCF 2005 with special focus on sports and fitness are the highlights of this series. My Vocab Port with a mini-dictionary embedded therein and comprehensive digital learning resources mapped to the Readers are other attractions of this series along with hands-on language activities. It is a felt need that our society should be sensitised on issues such as care for the environment and sports and fitness. We are privileged to include life-enrichment messages by two eminent personalities: the cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, through Sachin Speaks: transforming India from a sport-loving nation to a sport-playing nation and Grammy" Award Winning Composer and Conservationist Ricky Kej through his My Earth Songs based on United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals Our authors Alka Batra has been a teacher and curriculum designer, in leading schools across India, Her last teaching assignments were with Convent of Jesus and Mary, New Delhi and Delhi Public School, Greater Noida. Dr Poonam Mehrotra has taught English language and literature in schools affiliated to the CBSE. An innovative material constructor, Dr Poonam’s last teaching stint was at Sanskriti School, New Delhi. Prema Balasubramanian has been a teacher, teacher-trainer, an author and ELT consultant for several schools affiliated to CBSE and State Boards across India. Sree Devi Gundapaneni, presently Academic Director, Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad, is an author, ELT consultant and a material constructor. Ashoo Kalra, Vice Principal, Delhi Public School, Varanasi, has been teaching at various schools for more than two decades, This enhanced edition of English Ferry has evolved from the extensive feedback from user schools across India, We gratefully acknowledge all the teachers, subject matter experts, contributors and children who were a part of the journey in enhancing the series + Bharathi Lakshmi C + Manjari Mary Lopez Headmistress, Senior School Retired Coordinator, Senior School Chettinad Vidyashram Mount St Mary's School Chennai Delhi Cantonment, Delhi + Shweta Verma + Sree Devi Gundapaneni Head of Department, IBDP English, Academic Director TOK Coordinator Jubilee Hills Public School Choithram International School, Indore Hyderabad + Teachers of Chinmaya Vidyalaya Regional Secretariat + Urmimala Sudhakar Kasaragod Vice Principal Kerala Indraprastha International School, Delhi Publishersy Earth Songs is a set of songs about M our planet. It highlights the needs of . / our planet and the actions we, the people of the planet, need to take to ensure a clean, green planet for generations to come. My Earth Songs aims at sensitising the young, through music, to the concerns about the environment. We are part of this wonderful creation called environment and what better medium can there be other than music? There's music everywhere—listen to the rivers—you'll hear music, listen to the trees—you'll hear music, listen to the birds—youtll hear music. It's time to help our earth breathe easy again! Music is my language. It can be yours, too. Some songs leamt as children remain with us forever and help us make life choices. With this vision, Ihave composed My Earth Songs based on UN's Sustainable Development Goals, to create environmental consciousness and awareness on climate change, and ensure a new generation of environmentally connected people. My Earth Songs are songs for our Earth—they are yours, they are mine. Sing them, share them, tll everybody calls them their own! Jai Hind! Ricky Kg (Ricky Kej) SACHIN SPEAKS TRANSFORMING INDIA FROM A SPORT LOVING NATION TOR SPORF-PLAYING NATION. n this hyperactive world, it’s easy to forget firs our busy schedules come at a great + cost. We'te a bright, young nation with so much to offer, yet India now stands at number three on the podium for a losing cause—we'te the world’s third most obese nation, Health is no longer just a word but a cause for grave concern. We can, however, turn things around together by staying active, physically. My vision for each of you is to play—like | do, with my heart and a goal bigger than myself. Play to bring glory to our nation. In my life, sport has highlighted the importance ‘of many values, including discipline, tolerance, harmony, fair play, and most of all—team spirit. Today | urge you, boys and girls alike, to pick a sport, any sport—and make it a daily habit. Learn from the champions who came before us. They are our glorious past and you... our future. Dare to dream that someday you'll ive up to their achievements with your own. With persistence, practice and perfection, dreams do come true. Together, let's transform India from a SPORT- LOVING nation to a SPORT-PLAYING nation. Jai Hind! Qe } (Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar)Doand Learn and Warm-up sections set the mood of the chapter, Vocabulary and Spelling sections consolidate and extend word power through a variety of tasks. Sees Writing and Punctuation sections develop functional and creative skills through guided and free composition. Samples and formats are provided as support, | $j Reading passages, covering a variety of text types promote factual, « inferential and extrapolative comprehension. Listening, Speaking .” and Pronunciation sections promote communication through task-based authentic situations. neat Values and Life skills sections are consclousness- raising activities on responsible living. Grammar section provides + rules and examples which students can apply in Sachin Speaks various situations. } promotes the si importance of. sports and fitness. My Earth Songs sensitise learners on sustainability and conservation, . SeeEQSY-TO-USE 9PP for TEACHERS and STUDENTS Spell Marks spelling and punctuation games to improve vocabulary and vrrting e-book: page faithful and easily accessible Write Well: a comprehensive wilting tool with formats, samples and graded activities Se develop writing skits Animations: animated texts and poems to encourage appreciation of texts urtures Every Student's Talent My Reading shelf interesting "To explore further, please visit stories and activities to promote reading habits Slide Shows: snapshots ‘of grammar concepts with examples and usage c Worksheets: practice sheets Games: fun activities for revision to learn grammar and vocabulary Lesson Plans: detailed guidelines and strategies to aid effective classroom teaching Listening and Speaking: Interactive activities for the ‘Listening’ and ‘Speaking’ exercises ELD Test Generator: complete question bank of differentiated levels for comprehensive assessment Cruise Time: complete lesson plans on select poems and texts to enhance teaching Scan the QR code to download the ‘T have bought new clothes for everyone,’ said Mum. “You can taste all the sweets to make sure they are tasty!” added Grandma. Now, Rohan brightened up. He couldn’t wait for the next morning. It was indeed a very happy Deepavali for him! a Reading comprehension @ Tick (V) the correct option to complete each sentence. 1. Rohan’s mother called him to cook for her. go to the market. help her clean the storeroom. 2. Rohan was sad as his mother had. refused to buy a new shirt for him. refused to buy him crackers. scolded him. 3. Rohan’s sister Anjali reminded him about the pledge they took at school. to buy lots of crackers. to help in cleaning the house. 4. Rohan’s Grandma was making jalebis and samosas. gulab jamuns and gujiyyas. chocolates and ice creams.© Answer these questions. 1. What was Rohan doing when his mother called him? 2. Who were coming to celebrate Deepavali with Rohan’s family? 3. When was the house painted every year? 4. What would Rohan’s mother and grandmother make for Deepavali? 5. Why did Rohan’s excitement vanish? 6. How did Rohan become happy again? @ Think and answer. 1. Why should we say ‘No’ to crackers? 2. What are the things that make Deepavali so much fun? @ Vocabulary + verb-noun collocation & Many verbs and nouns go together. 3 « burst a cracker + climb a tree 3 Match the verbs with the nouns they go with. One has been done for you. Verb Noun 1. read a. music 2. take \ b. the market 3. listen to ) c. a film 4. go to (ad. abath 5. keep Le. a book 6. . watch f. a watch@ Grammar «simple past tense Read these words. They end with ed. «brightened + cleaned * tasted + vanished — « painted These verbs tell us that these actions happened sometime before now. Such verbs are said to be in the simple past tense. @ Change each word into its simple past tense form. 1. open 2. look 3. cook 4, clean 5. talk 6. wash 7. brush 8. walk Some verbs do not take an -ed to form simple past tense. They change completely. + get - got + become - became __« begin - began * come - came + fall — fell + grow - grew + sell - sold + buy — bought + break — broke + bring - brought + eat — ate + fly - flew Some verbs do not change to form simple past tense. * cut — cut + hurt - hurt * put — put + hit — hit © Change the words in brackets into past tense and fill in the blanks. 1. (bring) sandwiches for lunch. write) a letter to her grandma. ... (hurt) herself on the swing. wu (eat) up all the cake! ye ep 1... (go) out to play. . (do) my homework and ..+ past continuous tense By ead these sentences. + Rohan was playing chess with his father. + Rohan’s mouth started watering. In these sentences, the words was playing, started watering tell us about the actions that were happening in the past. Such words are said to be in the past continuous tense. Let us see how the past continuous tense is formed. + I/he/she/it + was + (verb + ing) + you/we/they + were + (verb + ing) © Change the underlined words into past continuous tense and rewrite the sentences. One has been done for you. 1. She is dancing on the stage. She, was, dancing on. the stage. 2. He is playing with his friends. 3. They are going to the beach. 4. The snail is crawling very slowly. 5. You are talking loudly.A. Listening «names of festivals Listen to the sentences. Tick (Vv) the name of the festival about which you hear. 1. © Pongal / © Holi Eid / Dussehra 3. © Christmas /Q Deepavali 4, © Gurupurab /Q Holi «¥ Speaking +talking about one’s favourite festival Tell your elbow partner about your favourite festival. Here are some hints to help you. + What is the name of the festival? + When is it celebrated? + Why is it celebrated? + How is it celebrated in your house? « Why do you like this festival? & Pronunciation Here are some words with the silent letter t. 3 * castle + depot + listen + often Read these words aloud. They all have a silent t. catch whistle bustle fasten watch hasten rustle Christmas silent t bristle kitcheng Spelling [5 + words ending with ng, nd and nk Fill in the blanks with ng, nd or nk. 5. dri... & Punctuation B + apostrophe to show belonging Read this sentence. + Rohan liked Anjali’s rangoli. The apostrophe (’) and s tell us that something belongs to someone. Now, read these groups of words. « Rohan’s clothes ———- the clothes that belong to Rohan + Rohan’s bag ———- the bag that belongs to Rohan @ Insert the apostrophe (’) at the correct places. 1. The hat that belongs to Mother — Mothers hat 2. The house that belongs to Rita —_ Ritas house 3. The book that belongs to the girl —> the girls book ©4. The cat that belongs to the boy — the boys cat 5. The toy that belongs to the dog ——» _ the dogs toy 6. The cap that belongs to the player =§ ———> the players cap 7. The book that belongs to Jina > Jinas book 8. The football that belongs to the girl > the girls football + revision of full stop and question mark You have already learnt the use of full stop (.) and question mark (?). So, you know that a sentence that tells something or states something is a statement. We use a full stop at the end of a statement. + Rohan was angry. + Anjali came inside the room. A sentence that asks about something is called a question. We use a question mark at the end of a question. + Who had taken the pledge at school? + Will you listen to me? © Tick (V) if the punctuation marks have been used correctly. © Lam sleepy? © Is the sky blue? \) What time does the class start. © Did you wash your hands before eating. © I went to see a play yesterday. @ Put full stop (.) or question mark (?) at the end of these sentences. 1, Tam hungry 2. Can I go home now 3. Where are we having lunch —4._ Let us play 5. That was a nice game 6. Why are you crying“Nw Dictionary skills + alphabetical order Read these words. * rise + red * rose © rat In this list, all the words begin with the same letter. To write these words in the alphabetical order, look at the second letter of each word. So, the alphabetical order of these words is: + rat + red « rise * rose Rewrite these words in the alphabetical order. 1. butter, baby, bee . nice, nurse, neat . jog, judge, jam . mother, marry, music . popcorn, parrot, prince . kite, keep, knife . candle, create, corn SN Dw Pe wD . door, drake, dim WQwriting +picture description Look at the pictures. Write two sentences to describe each.‘& Activity «making a doll What do you do with plastic bottles? Let us use them to make dolls! You will need: + a plastic bottle + masking tape . ] + glue + black wool D) Jd + cloth to cover the bottle + sketch pens 9 + waste paper + 4-5 buttons Ss WY Follow these steps: 1. Take the paper and roll a tight ball out of it. 5 This will be the head of the doll. 2. Cover the paper ball with masking tape. 3. Stick the head on the cap of the plastic bottle. Hold it for a few minutes till it dries. 4. Using glue, cover the bottle with the cloth. 5. Stick buttons on the dress.6. Cut some pieces of wool and stick them on the head to make your doll’s hair. 7. Use sketch pens to make the eyes, nose and lips. The plastic bottle is now a beautiful doll! My Word Bank Write the new words that you have learnt in this story.Christmas oa Complete this Christmas tree. Colour and decorate it.& © is for Christmas I wait for all year. 11 is for that brings so much cheer. Ris for that pulls Santa’s Lis for icicles dripping all day. S is for Santa who seldom is seen. 'T is for tree that is lovely and green. M is for , hugs, and a kiss. A is for angel who looks just like this. Sis for all loaded with toys From all of the elves to the girls and the boys.a Reading comprehension © Tick (V) the correct sentences. Cross out (x) the wrong ones. Santa pulls the sleigh. Santa is seen on Sundays. Holly brings much cheer. The tree is lovely and green. Stockings are hung for flower. © Answer these questions. 1. What does the poet wait for? . Which animals pull Santa’s sleigh? 2. 3. What is dripping all day? 4, What are stockings hung for? 5. Is the poet happy or sad on Christmas Day? I) writing + writing an acrostic poem Bc line of the poem you just read starts with the letters of the word 3 Christmas. This is an acrostic poem. 3 Try writing an acrostic poem on your favourite festival. ‘& Activity making a Christmas card Make a Christmas card for your best friend. My Word Bank Write the new words that you have learnt in this poem.Unit 5: Seasons (Do and Learn The Four Seasons + In pairs, make flashcards of different things related to seasons. Cut old greeting cards into four parts. On these cards, draw or cut and paste pictures from old. newspapers or magazines of things related to seasons, such as, for summer, ice cream, watermelons and juices. With your partner, take turns to show a card at a time. The others will guess the name of the season. = Form groups of four. Now make slips with different nouns and adjectives written on them, such as snow, slow, kind, easy, sun, loud, sweet, rain, hair, bright, neat, fog, wind, cloud. Put them in a bowl. With your friends, take turns to draw a slip from the bowl. Read the word on the slip and add -y or -ly to it. Then, spell the word correctly. Traffic + Visit a park near your house with your parents. Look for different animals and name them. Did you see any insects? Remember, insects have six legs. Listen to the song Catch the Rain and sing it.‘i — ; = = . = Read in pairs to know which season is the most important for us. Lam better —— _ than you. _ Lam the best! _ lambetter — than the three No, lam the yax, Everyone thought: they were the best. Re : | bring lovely flowers to full bloom. Birds chirp merrily. Butterflies dance above the flowers, "=" ""* “ There is joy everywhere. Everybody has a lot of fun. They have ice creams, cool drinks, mangoes and watermelons. People enjoy ne swimming and going to the beach. a wilyBy the time | come, people are tired of the heat. | bring cool air and change the colour of the x PALE leaves. Many trees shed their leaves. Some people feel very cold. But = they enjoy hot chocolate and soup. . a «or Ye’- The seasons don't listen to each other. <"==81 | don't like Summer. She’s seve eeeeeeaeavenseneeaeareeeeaney, | don't like Winter. She's too cold. : oUeeeeeenseeneeaeeneensrenany Spring decides to end the quarrel. Don't fight, Winter. It's because of you that snow falls. When the snow melts, the rivers and lakes fill up with water. _ And Summer, it’s because of your sunshine that grains grow in the fields and fruits on the trees. * That's true, Spring. We must be united, All the united: be together | nuueansnn 9€€90N8 are important. grains: seeds such as rice and wheatSo, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter become ‘ friends once more. They promise to never fight again a Xz 4 We are all important. a Reading comprehension @ Write T for true and F for false for these sentences. 1. All the seasons agreed that Summer was the best. . Lovely flowers bloom in spring. . Autumn felt it was the best. . Summer felt Winter was not cold enough. . Winter and Summer did not like each other. aoe wn . The seasons became friends again. @ Fill in the blanks. Use the words given in the box. warm proud sunshine swimming 1. In summers, people enjoy 2. Winter felt Summer was too ...3. Summer felt Winter was not .. ... enough. 4. The beautiful .... .. that Summer brings, help ... to grow. 5. The seasons decided to be ... © Answer these questions. 1. Why did the four seasons have a quarrel? . What happens in autumn? . How did Spring end the quarrel? . What did the seasons finally decide? vk wn . According to you, which is the best season? Why? @ Values and Life skills «self-awareness, critical thinking The seasons learnt an important lesson that they should stay united. Do you think it is important for us to be united? Why? @ Vocabulary + weather words @ Read the clues and name the seasons. 1. It is very hot. We use umbrellas. We enjoy eating ice cream. It is very cold and windy. 2. 3. 4. Trees shed their leaves. 5. 6. F Flowers bloom. © Find these weather words in the word grid. hot warm snow cloudy breeze rain » drizzle windyH/|B/Z/W/1I/N/D/Y Oo; Bi/W/R/|G > S$ )|)R/E T D Cc L oO U D Y T R K Ss Oo Wx R wii I1|N|O|M|T|B A|Z|O|O|M|C|N|R R Z\/M/|W Y R Y E M L xX Z J K L E I E/U/;/E/;/E/|R/|K/|Z L R/|A/]IJsN E| W/E e@ Grammar J adjectives Read these words. + angry summer + happy spring + cold winter The words in colour tell us more about the nouns, summer, spring and winter. They describe the nouns. These words are called describing words. Now, read these words. « white clouds (colour) « round ball (shape) + small birds (size) + cool breeze (quality) Here, these describing words tell us about colour (white), shape (round), size (small) and quality (cool) of the nouns clouds, ball, birds and breeze. Describing words are also called adjectives.© Look at the picture and fill in the blanks with the correct words given in brackets. 1. This is a..... .. (pretty/ugly) scene. 2. There are .. . (white/black) clouds in the sky. 3. There are some ... ... (green/red) trees in the field. 4. .. (white/yellow) daisies look pretty. 5: orange/blue) centres of the daisies look bright. 6. . (bright/dull) butterflies are flying around. Adjectives also tell us about the number of a noun. + ten pencils + twelveeggs _—« ‘sixty boys Can you say how many butterflies are there in the picture in exercise A? There are .. . butterflies.© Fill in the blanks. Choose the correct adjectives from the box. (big colourful red - lovely > \ two deliciow new long 1. Isawa.. .. elephant at the zoo. 2. Thave a... ww ball. 3. The giraffe has a. . neck. 4. . flowers are in the vase. 5. You are wearing a .. wa. dress. 6. My father has ... ..« brothers. 7. The children quickly finished the .. . cake. 8. Ihave . . pencils in my pencil box. ¢articles—a and an You have learnt that we use an before words that begin with vowel sounds. + anclephant + anant — + an uncle we use a before words that begin with consonant sounds. + apen + aglass + a fish The words a and an are called articles. We use a or an only for nouns that are one in number. For nouns that are more than one in number, we do not use a or an before them. @ Fill in the blanks with a or an. Put a x where an article is not required. 1. She is .. ss dancer. 2. ostrich is .. bird. 3. There are .. ... flowers in my garden.. Lam watching I want .... . Naina and Danish are .. . Lam eating ... SPnaws . She is playing with ..... «¥ Speaking «dumb charades Which is your favourite season? Enact what you do in your favourite season. Your elbow partner has to guess its name and tell the class. xe Pronunciation words starting with gl and gr Read these words aloud. & Spelling & words ending with -y Look at these words. rain + y = rainy + snow + y = snowy + wind + y = windy * rock + y = rocky We add -y to some words to make new words. In some words, we need to remove the last letter and then add -y. + shine + y = shiny « laste + y = tasty© Add -y to these words. 1, cloud .... 3. mess 5. dirt 7. smell ee Look at these words. + words ending with -ly + sweet + ly = sweetly sad + ly = sadly + loud + ly = loudly We add -ly at the end of some words to make new words. These words are called adverbs. They tell us more about verbs. + She talked sweetly. (How did she talk? sweetly) + The dog barked loudly. (How did the dog bark? loudly) In words ending with -y, we replace the -y with -i and then add -ly to form adverbs. For example, merry +ly=merrily + heavy + ly = heavily © Add -ly to these words. 1. slow 2s 3. sleepy ..... 4. quick 5. kind 6. easy 7. happy .... 8. neat& Punctuation & + apostrophe to shorten words Read these sets of sentences. « It’s too cold. + I'm the best. Itis too cold. Lam the best. + You’re proud. + You can’t win. You are proud. You can not win. The words in colour are the short forms of the underlined words. While joining these words, we remove some letters. The apostrophe (’) is used in place of these missing letters. Here are the short forms of some more words. + she will - she'll + they are - they’re + he js — he’s + he wopild/he had - he'd « she wopild/she had - she’d * you fave - you’ve « let ps — let’s + do ngt - don’t « does npt — doesn’t + did npt — didn’t « are npt — aren’t * cant - can’t would ngt - wouldn’t will not - won't (here, the word changes completely) Circle the correct short forms for the highlighted words. 1. he will he’l he'll hew'll 2. we are we’e wea’e we're 3. will not won't willn’t winot 4. she is sh’is she’s sh’s 5. cannot cnnot cann’t can’t . they would they'ld they'd they’ouldDywrtng Of + completing a poem Complete this poem with the correct rhyming words. Use the words given in the box. Earth Day Mixup I was telling my friend all about Earth Day, She heard me wrong and thought I said, ‘ She said she would rush down to the mall, And buy a dollhouse or a .. I said she shouldn’t buy all that stuff, The landfills are full of trash ..... Then she knew that she’d made a mistake, And said she would make a birthday .... I cheered about that, I said, ‘Hooray’, So that’s how we are celebrating Earth Now she’s learning about recycling trash, And not only that, but she saved her .... My Word Bank _ Write the new words that you have learnt in this story. enough | birthday£ Reading Let us read a short poem on insects. In summertime our garden-walk Is like a summer street; So many bugs run up and down With tiny little feet. The ants are shiny taxicabs Oh, my! They go so fast! Here comes a caterpillar bus Who slowly travels past. I'm very sure that bugs must have Some very special vision; For I have never, never seen A bugmobile collision! cr . ee —Jane Lear ‘Talley garden-walk: a path inside a garden | bugmobile: (here) a bug that | behaves like a vehicle collision: two things bumping into each othera Reading comprehension @ Fill in the blanks. is like a street during . run up and down. .. is like a slow bus. 4, The bugs never have a .. © Answer these questions. 1. Why does the garden path look like a busy street? . What do the ants look like? . The ants are fast. Who is slow? . Why does the caterpillar look like a bus? vk wn . Why is the poet sure that the bugs have a ‘special vision’? @ Vocabulary + adjective-noun combination & We know that some words go together. For example, we do not say, « narrow bag « soft trees talllane + heavy feather But we can say, * narrow pipe « softcloth tallman « heavy rain Some adjectives can be used with a number of nouns. Adjective Nouns heavy traffic, load, bag strong person, wind, words soft feather, music, cushion sweet i iIn pairs, write the nouns which can be used with these adjectives. Choose from the box. The same noun can be used for more than one adjective. One has been done for you. y music voice weather _ hair wind tea smell taste © skin nails hands colour animal day sun drink » 1. loud: 2. soft: 3. warm: 4. smooth: . 5. strong: “&p Activity + paper plate ladybird Let us make a ladybird using paper plates. oe EY You will need: s/t ( + 3 paper plates « black and red paints a + glue + a paint brush and some water How to make it: . Paint the outer side of one paper plate with black paint. Let it dry. 2. Cut out the centre of this paper plate. >3. Paint the second paper plate with black paint and the third paper plate with red paint. Leave them to dry. The black plate is the body of the ladybird. 4. After the red paint dries, cut the plate into half. ‘These are the wings of the ladybird. 5, Stick the small black plate on top of the big black plate. » 6. Then stick the two halves of the red plate on the black plate. 7. Paint some black dots on the red plate. > 8. Cut two thin strips from the remaining black paper plate. Stick them on the head of the ladybird. Your ladybird is ready! b My Word BankUnit 6: Wit and Humour Do and Learn My Dear Lamp + Make a paper lamp. You will need: chart paper, scissors, glue, colours and glitter. Now, follow these steps. i 1. Cut a rectangle from a chart paper (24 cm x 12 cm). 2, Fold the rectangle into half. yd 3. With the scissors, make small cuts along the longer side of the folded chart paper. Take the help of an adult, 4, Open the folded paper. Then, join the ends of the paper and stick them with glue. This is the body of your lamp. 5. Cuta thin strip from the remaining chart paper. Stick the two ends of the strip to the top of the lamp to make the handle. @L 6. Decorate the lamp with glitters and colours. My Dog, Spot Look at these pictures. Write three describing words for each puppy. First Puppy Second PuppyJ Warm-up Do you know the story of the lion and the clever rabbit? Narrate it in class. £ Reading B In pairs, read this story of an intelligent old woman. Once upon a time, in the hills, there lived an old woman in her small cottage. She was rich and intelligent. Thieves and robbers were always trying to steal the old woman’s money. Every day, the old woman would first pray to God and then cook her meal. After eating her food, she would spin cotton on her spinning wheel, with a small lamp burning near her. cottage: a small house, usually in avillage spinning wheel: a machine used in the past for making thread from wool or cotton by handOne day, when the old woman went out to clean her utensils, a thief entered her cottage. When he heard the old woman coming back, he hid behind a curtain. The old woman entered the cottage and immediately knew that something was not right. She looked around and saw the thiefs feet under the curtain. She knew that she was too old to fight with the thief. And if she shouted, the thief would kill her. So the old woman thought of a plan. She sat down and started spinning cotton. Suddenly she said, ‘My dear lamp! Then after a pause she again said, ‘My dear lamp! Why are you not talking today? Is something wrong? Has a thief entered my house?’ When the thief heard this, he thought, ‘The lamp must be special. It talks to the old woman! And because I am in the house today, it is not talking. If it keeps quiet like this, the old woman would come to know that I am here.’ So the thief thought of a trick. When the old woman called the lamp again, the thief pretended to be the lamp and said, ‘Yes. —w pause: stop pretended: behaved in a manner that | people believed something that was not true Now the old woman was sure about the thief in her house. She continued talking to the lamp.‘J will tell you a story today. This happened when I was young and your grandfather was alive. One day your grandfather got fish. I prepared a delicious meal. But the fish was very spicy. Your am spicy: food that has randfather got angry at me. I got scared and started lot of spices 8 Bi Bry 8 shouting, “Help! Save me! Help!”’ ‘As soon as the old woman started shouting, the neighbours came to her —— house and caught the thief. —a Manipuri folk tale a Reading comprehension @ Tick (/) the correct option to complete each sentence. 1. The old woman was poor and intelligent. rich and stupid. hungry. rich and intelligent. 2. The thief hid near the lamp. near the door. behind the curtain. near the spinning wheel. 3. When the old woman saw the thief, she started shouting, thought of an idea. began talking to him. ran out of the cottage. 4. The old woman saved her money and life by thinking fast. beating the thief. shouting for help. giving the thief food to eat.© Answer these questions. 1. What did the old woman do after eating food? . What idea came to the old woman’s mind? . Why did the thief think that the lamp was special? kw oN . How did the neighbours come to know that the old woman was in trouble? @ Think and answer. Imagine you are the old woman. What would you do to catch the thief? @ Grammar HB susing is/am/are Read these sentences. + He isa thief. + Lam scared. + We are clever. We use: is with one person or thing such as Mohan or book, and with the pronouns he, she and it. am with the pronoun I. are with two or more people or things such as goats and pencils, and with the pronouns you, we and they. The words is, am and are tell us how someone or something is. © Fill in the blanks with is, am or are. 1. Sara wes. a teacher. 2. Monika and Rahul . 3. My grandfather .... 4. These mangoes ... 5. 1 . a good student.+ prepositions of place In the earlier class we learnt about position words—in, on and under. They tell us about the position of a noun or a pronoun. Position words are also called prepositions. Some other prepositions are behind, between and near. Read these sentences. « The thief was in the house. + The cup is on the table. + The cat is under the chair. «+ The thief hid behind the curtain. + The tree is between the bushes. + A small lamp was burning near her. © Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with in, on, under, behind, between. 1. The birds are .. 2. The fruits are .. the window. the bags. 3. The table is .. cs 4, The cat is . the chairs. the tree. o5. The boy is .. . 6. The children are the box. the log. Spelling & + syllables It is easier to learn the spellings and pronunciation of bigger words when we divide them into smaller parts. + highest high/est + direct — di/rect + explode —_ex/plode + mistake mis/take Here are some more words that have been divided into smaller parts. Read them aloud and learn their spellings. 1. invite in/vite 2. clover clo/ver 3. supper supp/er 4, lighter light/er 5. explain ex/plain 6. enjoy en/joy & Punctuation srevision Use full stop (.), apostrophe (), question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!) in these sentences. 1. When are your friends coming over . Oh no, I forgot my books . Who is your class teacher now x YN . Ouch, my toe really hurts. What are you eating . Lets go out and play . What a beautiful rainbow 2 NUN Aw . Sit here 2 writing Of + story-writing Write the story of the old woman and the thief in your own words. Hints: rich old woman—very clever—a thief entered house—saw thief’s feet under curtain—thought of plan—talked to lamp Read this sample. Hints: a tiger was in a cage—a man was passing by—tiger pleaded to open cage— then wanted to eat man—a clever jackal put him back in cage Once, a tiger was locked in a cage. He tried with all his might, but could not open the cage. He saw a man walking by. He called out to the man and asked him to open the cage. The man asked the tiger to promise that it will not attack him. When the tiger agreed, the man opened the cage. The tiger came out and pounced on the man. The man was very afraid. Then, a clever jackal came by. The man asked him for help. The jackal told the tiger that he could not understand what had happened. So, the tiger entered the cage. As he began to tell his story, the jackal locked the cage again. The tiger could not harm the man anymore. My Word Bank Write the new words that you have learnt in this story.My Dog, Spot ea Do you have a pet at home? How do you help in taking care of your pet? If you do not have a pet, which animal would you like to keep as one and why? £ Reading B Read a poem about a pet dog named Spot. My Dog, Spot Ihave a white dog Whose name is Spot, And he’s sometimes white And he’s sometimes not. But whether he’s white Or whether he’s not, There’s a patch on his ear That makes him Spot. He has a tongue That is long and pink, And he lolls it out When he wants to think,He seems to think most When the weather is hot. He’s a wise sort of dog, Is my dog, Spot. He likes a bone And he likes a ball, But he doesn’t care For a cat at all. He waggles his tail And he knows what's what, So I’m glad that he’s my dog, v My dog, Spot. —Rodney Bennett a Reading comprehension @ Tick (Vv) the correct answer to complete each sentence. 1. Spot was white. black. black and white. 2. Spot’s tongue was pink. long. long and pink. 3. Spot hung his tongue out the most in winter. summer. monsoon. 4. Spot did not care about cals, rats. pigeons.© Answer these questions. 1. Why does the poet say that Spot is sometimes white and sometimes not? 2. Why has the poet named his dog, Spot? 3. According to the poet, what is Spot doing when he hangs his tongue out? 4. List the things Spot likes. 5, Why is the poet happy to have Spot as his dog? @ Vocabulary +movement words ‘The word loll and waggle suggest movement. You have read about movement words before. Some of them are buzz, clap and flop. Now read these words and circle the ones that are movement words. + strong + stare + flutter « sit . fly + slide + crawl «skip + swing + climb + happy + fall 2 Writing + sentence-making Write five sentences on your favourite wild animal. Draw the animal in your notebook. My Word Bank _ Write the new words that you have learnt in this poem.& Warm-up Have you ever been to a magic show? Do you enjoy the tricks performed by the magician? Can you mention few of the tricks that you really liked? £ Reading Jatin finds a magic tree while walking through the park. Let us read the play to know about this magic tree. Characters \ © Narrator © Magic Tree @ Jatin © Jatin’s friends Setting: a park with a big tree Narrator: There was once a little boy called Jatin. One day, he was walking through a park. In the middle of the park there was a tree with a sign on it. The sign said: (Jatin looks at the big tree.) Jatin: I wonder what the magic words are. Let me try some. ABRA CADABRA! (Nothing happens.) Jatin: OPEN SESAME!(Still nothing happens.) Jatin: SUPERCALI FRAJI LISTIC! (Nothing happens.) Jatin: TAN TARA! (Nothing happens.) Jatin: AJJI MAJJI LA TARAJJI! (Nothing happens. Jatin is getting impatient now.) Jatin: HOCUS POCUS!! Jatin (throwing his arms up): Nothing is working! (walks around the tree) Let me try some more words. SHIMBAREE, SHIMBARAH, SHIMBAREE, SHIMBARAH!! (Still nothing happens.) Jatin: This is the last time. I don’t know any more magic words. BIBBIDI-BOBBIDI-BOO (The tree does not change.) Narrator: Jatin tried to guess the magic words. He tried so many words but none of them worked. (Jatin kneels in front of the tree and puts his hands together.) Jatin: Please, dear tree, show me your magic! (Now a door in the tree trunk opens. The inside of the tree is dark, except for a sign.) Jatin (still kneeling): Thank you, dear tree! (The inside of the tree lights up brightly. There is a big pile of toys and chocolates.) ©Jatin: Wow! So many toys and chocolates! I want to share these with my friends! Let me call them. (Jatin runs off the stage calling out to his friends.) Come here, quickly, all of you... (Some boys and girls gather around the magic tree, clapping their hands.) Narrator: Jatin brought all his friends to the magic tree, and they had the best party ever. This is why people always say that ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ are the magic words.a Reading comprehension @ Answer these questions. 1. What did Jatin see in the park? . What did he do after reading the sign on the tree? . Did Jatin’s magic words work on the tree? . What happened when Jatin said, ‘please’? wR won . What did Jatin see inside the tree after he said ‘thank you’? © Think and answer. When do you use these magic words? How often do you use them? @ Vocabulary «making new words @® For each word, remove one letter to make a new word. One has been done for you. 1. late 2. park 3. tap 4. cube 5. fall 6. mate 7. show 8. wear © For each word, add one letter to make a new word. One has been done for you. 1. ink pink. 2. tap 3. ill 4. pin 5. at 6. all 7. fee 8. fin@.Crammar BH «joining words Read these sentences. + Jatin kneels before the tree. He says ‘please’. Jatin kneels before the tree and says ‘please’. We use and to join sentences. And is a joining word. @® Use and to join these pairs of sentences. One has been done for you. 1. [cat apples. I cat oranges. 4 eat apples and oranges, 2. Jatin was ten years old. His sister Riya was seven. 3. The bird made a nest. The bird laid an egg in it. 4. The dog has a bone. The dog has a ball. 5. We play cricket. We play football. 6. I saw a butterfly. I saw a bee. Be ead these sentences. « Jatin was a good boy. His sister was a naughty girl. Now, read this sentence. + Jatin was a good boy but his sister was a naughty girl. We use but to join two sentences about different things. For example, « [like apples but not bananas. + I wanted to play outside but it was raining.© Use but to join these pairs of sentences. One has been done for you. 1. [went to buy milk. The store did not have any. Lwent to b 2. He is intelligent. His brother is careless. 3. Minu is tall. Her sister is not tall. 4, The dag is sleeping. The cat is playing 5, My grandfather is strict. He is kind. 6. They asked for cake. They did not get any. + using has/have Now, read these sentences. + Jatin has a blue cap. + We have a garden in front of our house. We use: + has with a person or thing, such as boy, Priya, tiger and building, and with the pronouns she, he and it. + have with two or more people or things, such as boys, tigers and buildings, and with the pronouns I, you, we and they. The words has and have tell us what someone or something owns or what someone or something has got. @ Fill in the blanks with has or have. 1. The house . ... three bedrooms. 2. Spiders ... 3: Tx . eight legs. . two cousins.4. You... ... two sisters. 5. The lion ..... .. a mane. 6. I... . a pen but my friend .. p Listening and Speaking {J} + enacting a play Form groups. Enact the play you just read. 2 Writing §@ «completing a letter Imagine you are Jatin. Write a letter telling your friend about your experience with the magic tree. Pick words from the box. (am magic sign Ts please Yy happened toys chocolates thank you Dear ... in the afternoon. I saw a tree with a . The sign said I ama .. ... tree. . and you will see. I went to the Say the magic I tried all the magic words I knew but nothing . .. Then I said .... That was one magic word. Than the tree opened. Inside, there were .. . and .. . The other magic word was .. Love. 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