Chapter-2 Exploring Earth (workbook answers grade-4)

2.6 Alphabetical order (page-40)

1. Rewrite the lists of words in alphabetical order by looking at the second, third or fourth letter of
each word.

a. economy, eel, egg, estuary

b. gale, goggles, goldfish, gull

c. sky, surf, swell, swim

d. fin, fish, fisherman, flipper

e. captain, cargo, catamaran, catch

practice (page-40)

2. Complete the sentences with a word from the dictionary page.

The words in brackets tell you the part of speech you need.

a. Seamen
b. Sealed
c. Seabed
d. Sealion
e. Seal

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4. use this old set of encyclopedias to find information using alphabetical order.

Damage caused by earthquakes Vol.2

Jelly fish Vol.4

Insect anatomy Vol.4

Plants in the sea Vol.7/8

Shark species Vol.8

Poisonous snakes Vol.7/8

South Africa Vol.1/8

The Maldives Islands Vol.4/5

 Tropical birds Vol.1

2.7 Root words page-43

Focus

1. Add as many words as you can to each root word.

a. earth: earthly, unearth, earthquake
b. water: waterless, watering, waterway
c. sky: skyscraper, skyline

Practice

2. Make compound words using two root words: (page-44)

Root word Root word Compound word

light house light house
rain bow rainbow
hot dog hotdog
cup board cupboard
tea pot teapot

2.8 Recording facts (Page-45)

Focus
1. Put an F next to the sentence with a fact.
Put an O next to the sentence with an opinion.
a. O
b. F
c. O
d. F
e. O
f. O

Practice (page-46)
2. Explain the difference between a fact and opinion.
A fact is based on evidence, an opinion is what someone thinks or believes.

2.9 Joining sentences

Focus (Page-47)

1. Identify the connectives in these multi-clause sentences.

Underline the verbs and circle the adjectives.
a. breathe and have swimming
b. is but is
 c. spins while rotates
d. are endangered because destroys
e. hunt when are
Practice (page-48)
2. Use any sensible connectives from the vocabulary box to link the following sentences
together.
a. Starfish don’t have eyes like us but they can sense light and dark.
b. Starfish are easy to recognize because they look like stars.
c. Most starfish have five arms although some have 40 arms.
d. A starfish can drop an arm and it can grow a new arm.

2.10 Different types of sentences

Focus Page-50

1. Decide if each sentence is a question, a statement, or a command.

a. Command
b. Question
c. Question
d. Statement
e. Command
f. Command

2. Add the appropriate end punctuation (.?!) to each sentence.

a. ?
b. .
c. !
d. .
e. !
f. ?
g. !
h. .

Practice (page-51)
3. Change these statements and commands into questions using the question word
in brackets.
a. Will you take out your books?
b. Can everyone fit into the car?
c. Why must I research an interesting animal?
d. Are you sure you left your book there?
e. When will they be back to complete the work?