SPARK ENGLISH READER
Teacher's Guide BOOK - 1
UNIT-1
Fun with Reading
Story Time: The Quarrel
1. Answer the following questions.
a. John and James were happy because they had been to a trip that day.
b. They were coming from school.
c. They found a nut on the way.
c. John saw it first.
d. James picked it first.
e. Miss Kate solved their problem.
2. Who said the following expressions?
a. John
b. James
c. Miss Kate
d. Miss Kate
3. Match the following words with their opposite meanings.
Happy------------------- - sad
Short-------------------- - long
First--------------------- - last
End---------------------- - beginning
Agree------------------- - disagree
Poem Time
1. Which words rhyme with these words?
a. somewhere
b. frocks
c. chair
2. Unscramble the words and make as they are in the poem.
a. Cats can sleep anywhere
b. Top of piano any corner of kitchen
c. In the cupboard with your frocks
3. Circle the places where the cats sleep.
Table, chair, piano, kitchen, drawer
Fun with Grammar
Use this to show the things that are near and that to show that are far from the speaker.
Fun with Creative writing
1. Unscramble the letters to make name of animal babies.
a. lamb b. puppy
c. kitten d. chick
e. cub f. piglet
2. Do the following as in the example.
a. This is a rhododendron.
That is a pigeon.
b. This is a hut.
That is a temple.
c. This is a dove.
That is a vulture.
d. This is an elephant.
That is a rhino.
e. This is a tree.
That is a star.
UNIT- 2
Fun with Reading
Essay Time : My family
1. Complete the following sentences.
a. school
b. hospital
c. stories
d. school
e. family
2. Answer the following questions.
a. six
b. six
c. doctor
d. teacher
e. grandpa
f. four
3. The following words are misspelled, spell them correctly.
i. teacher
ii. happy
iii. members
iv. teaches ( to be corrected)
v. another
vi. beautiful
4. How old are they?
Priya's father is - - 40 years old.
Priya's mother is - 35 years old.
Priya's grandfather is - 80 years old.
Priya's grandmother is - 75 years old.
Priya is - 6 years old.
Rahul is - 4 years old.
5. Complete the following chart with the name and age of your family members.
Help students fill with their own information.
Poem Time
1. Underline the following group of words in the poem and write them again.
ride my bike ride my bike
take a boat take a boat
take a sled take a sled
ride a horse ride a horse
2. Can you find which lines have been missed? Read the poem and find the missing lines, and write them.
I want to visit grandma But how can I go? Should I take a sled? No, there is no snow!
I want to visit grandpa But how can I go? Should I ride a horse? Would it stop when I "whoa"?
Fun with Grammar
2. Underline the nouns in the following sentences and write them in the blank spaces.
a) I frightened a little mouse. mouse
b) I have been upto London.
c) The cat is sleeping under the chair.
d) He goes to school.
e) She is a teacher.
3. Match the following nouns according to their groups.
A B
Vegetables --- - Tomato, Chilli, Peas, Brinjal
Animals ------- - cat, dog, snake, tiger, bear
Places---------- - Nepal, Pokhara, India, China
Birds ----------- - dove, pigeon, peacock, eagle
People--------- - Jane, Jim, Raju, Hari, Sita
4. Look at the pictures and unscramble the letters to match their names.
Eagle
Snake
Umbrella
Lemon
Book
Fun with Creative writing
1. Make five pairs of rhyming words and write them in the box.
Pull bull
Peel heel
Pick lick
Pen hen
Pray tray
2. Answer the following question.
Help them answer the questions correctly.
Fun time
a. principal
b. puppy
c. pencil
d. present
e. piggybank
f. pilot
UNIT-3
Fun with Reading
Story time : The Hen that Laid Golden Eggs
b. Write T for true and F for false statements.
a. F b. T c. F d. T e. F
c. Answer the following questions.
i. There were four members in the farmer's family.
ii. One of the hens was laying a golden egg.
iii. They kept the hen in the special house.
iv. They killed the hen to be wealthy taking out the golden eggs form the hen's stomach.
v. No, They did not get any eggs after killing the hen.
d. Make sentences.
Greedy: We should not be greedy.
Golden: I like golden colour.
Rich: Ram wants to be rich.
Sharp: The whale has sharp teeth.
Poem Time
a. Match the following.
A bird---------- - tweets
A singer-------- - sings
A dancer------- - dances
A joker--------- - makes us laugh
b. Give one word to refer the following persons.
Teacher, officer, farmer, porter, potter, sweeper, waiter
Fun with Grammar
a. Answer the following ......................... pronouns.
i. She ii. They iii. He iv. It
b. Study the pictures ..................... pronouns. It, They, He, She, They
Fun with creative writing
Help the students to do the exercise using the information about them.
UNIT - 4
Fun with reading
Story Time : The Ugly Duckling
1. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the list.
a. under
b. sat on
c. came out
d. into
e. down to
2. Make sentences.
Ugly: I saw two ugly ducklings.
Big: She lives in a big house.
Walk: Don't walk fast.
Swim: Fish swim in water.
3. Answer the following questions.
a. Mother duck sat on the eggs to keep her eggs warm.
b. The ugly duckling came out of the last egg.
c. No, the other ducks did not like him.
d. The hen asked the ugly duckling if he could lay egg.
e. When the ugly duckling put his head into the water he saw himself a white swan.
Poem Time
Answer the following questions.
a. What does the speaker wish?
The speaker wishes it would rain.
b. Is there cloud in the sky?
No, there is not cloud in the sky.
c. How is the weather?
The weather is dry.
d. What does the speaker have?
The speaker has an umbrella.
e. How is the umbrella?
The umbrella is shining and new.
f. Why does the speaker wish it would rain?
The speaker wishes it would rain to use his umbrella.
Fun with Grammar
2. Now complete the following sentences by using these/those.
Use these to show the things that are near and those that are far from the speaker.
3. Make sentences using these or those for the following pictures.
Use these to show the things that are near and those that are far from the speaker.
Fun with creative writing
Help the students to do the exercise using the information they like.
UNIT-5
Fun with Reading
Essay Time : My village
a. Match the following words to make sentences.
A farmer works in the farm.
A teacher teaches in a school.
A bus driver drives buses.
The Hindus celebrate Dashain.
The Buddhists follow Buddhism.
b. Choose the correct word to fill in the gaps.
a. hills
b. different jobs
c. natural beauty
d. Sherpas
c. Give correct answer to the following questions.
i. The name of my village is Rupakot.
ii. Dingla is in Bhojpur district.
iii. Farmers work in the farm.
iv. The writer's closet neighbour is Ramesh.
v. Hindus celebrate Dashain and Tihar.
Poem Time
a. Complete the missing words.
Dawn
Dog
Lawn
b. These lines are not in correct order. Can you arrange them without looking at the poem?
Do it as it occurs in the poem.
c. Answer the following questions.
i. the dog was running in the lawn.
ii. The cloud drifts in teh sky.
iii. The breeze causes the leaves of daffodils to shake.
iv. Yes, I did.
Fun with Grammar
a. Change into plural adding 's'.
bananas
coconuts
papayas
pears
b. Change into plural adding 'es'.
Mangoes
Oranges
Peaches
Butterflies
Bus
c. Identify singular and plural and keep them in the right box.
singular
|
plural
|
guava, banana, pineapple, peach, strawberry, sugarcane, fig
|
mangoes, oranges, watermelons, cucumbers
|
Fun with creative writing.
Help the students complete the dialogue.
UNIT 6
Fun with Reading
Story Time
1. Match the words in column 'A' with their meanings in column 'B'.
Liar------------------------- -a person who tells lies
Ignored-------------------- - neglected
Grumble------------------- - complain
Pounced------------------- - attached
Terrified------------------- - very afraid
2. Who said the following?
i. The village was near a forest.
ii. The boy spent time playing the flute while the sheep were grazing.
iii. The villagers dropped whatever they were doing and ran to help the boy when they heard the boy.
iv. The wolf attacked the boy after it had eaten all the sheep.
v. Yes, the villagers were angry with the boy.
Poem Time
1. Unscramble the letters and make words derived from the poem.
Letter
Tomorrow
Fairy
Postman
Garden
Frock
2. Find a rhyming word for each from the poem and supply one from your own.
You do coo
Tea be pea
None fun gun
3. Answer the following questions.
a. The postman brings me a letter.
b. The girl will wait at the garden gate for the postman.
c. The fairy is going to come to tea.
d. She is going to wear a party frock at the party.
e. The letter will bring fun to the girl.
Fun with Grammar
1. Put capital letters.
Let us ignore him.
He decided never to lie again.
One day the wolf attacked the boy's sheep.
It is fun to see them come running.
2. a nest
A coin
A candle
A globe
An owl
An aeroplane
3. i. a
ii. a
iii. an
iv. a, a
v. an
vi. a
Fun with creative writing
1. Once there lived a naughty shepherd boy.
2. Everyday he took his sheep for grazing.
3. One day he decided to fool the villagers.
4. He climbed a tree and shouted Help! Help!
5. All the villagers come for help but there was no fox.
6. One day a fox came to eat his sheep.
7. Again he shouted for help, but nobody come for help.
8. At last all his sheep were eaten by the fox.
Fun time
a. sum b. lemon
c. gold d.
e. milk f. cherry
UNIT 7
Fun with Reading
Story Time
1. Write 'True' or 'False' against the following sentences.
a. False b. False
c. True d. True
e. True
2. Match the following words with their correct meanings.
Mend----------------- - repair
Pleasant------------- - beautiful
Effects--------------- - results
Annoy---------------- - make angry
Porch---------------- - verandah
3. Answer the following questions.
a. Mary was pretty, but careless girl.
b. No, her mother was not happy with her habits.
c. She kept her books and playthings where she had used them last.
d. Das was the girl's pet dog. The dog tore Mary's doll.
e. Mary promised her mother not to be careless in the end.
Poem Time
a. Look at the following table and circle eight colors.
Find the colours; brown, orange, pink, white, yellow, green, blew, black
b. Which colour do you see in the following pictures? Write them against the pictures.
Yellow Green
Red Black
Brow Pink
butter Orange
Purple White
c. Answer the following questions.
a. Red is my favourite colour.
b. The colour of my house is yellow.
c. I have white pencil.
d. The colour of sky is blue.
e. My grandpa has grey hair.
Fun with Grammar
2. Make sentences for the following pictures as in the given example.
She is my friend.
He is my brother.
They are playing.
We are watching TV.
I am talking on the telephone.
It is flying.
Fun with Creative Writing
Make sensible sentences rearranging the following words.
i. I am flying kite.
ii. We are good friends.
iii. We are playing hide and seek.
iv. He is reading a story book.
v. It is raining.
Answer the following questions.
a. Rameshwor is seven years old.
b. His brother is Som and sister is Soni.
c. Rameshwor and Shyam are good friends.
d. Rameshwor and Shyam are active.
Now complete the following paragraph giving similar information about our friend.
Help the students to complete the paragraph with suitable information they like.
Fun Time
Across
1. mouth
2. house
3. towel
4. loud
Down
1. mouse
2. hell
3. doll
4. desk
Unit 8
Fun with Reading
Story Time
1. Complete the following sentences.
a. proud
b. fastest
c. challenge
d. tortoise
e. fast, crawled
f. nap
g. tortoise
2. Answer the following questions.
i. The hare lived in a forest.
ii. The hare thought himself as the fastest animal in the earth.
iii. The hare ran very fast.
iv. The tortoise ran slowly and steadily.
v. The hare took a nap.
vi. The tortoise won the race.
3. Who said the following?
Hare
Hare
Hare
Tortoise
Hare
Poem Time
a. Find the words from the poem that rhyme with these words. One has been done for you.
Rainbow know
Sky by
Sunlight sight
Seen green
Blue too
b. Arrange the following lines as they appear in the poem.
There is a rainbow
In the sky
Do you know
How it came by?
c. Unscramble the letters and make seven colour words found in the rainbow.
Red
Yellow
Indigo
Green
Violet
Blue
d. Answer the following questions.
i. The rainbow is in the sky.
ii. The drops of water and sunlight gave pretty sight.
iii. We can see seven colours in the rainbow.
iv. I like red among the seven colours.
Fun with Grammar
1. Match the following.
Prince---------------- Princess
Master- ------------- Mistress
Monk- --------------- Nun
Tiger- --------------- Tigress
Dog ----------------- - Bitch
Stag ----------------- - Goose
2. Write the following, filling each blank space with a noun which pairs with the one given.
Man and woman
Boy and girl
Son and daughter
Brother and sister
Grandson and grand daughter
Father and mother
Actor and actress
King and queen
Uncle and aunt
Prince and princess
Sir and madam
Husband and wife
Host and hostess
Fun with Creative Writing
2. Can you tell the name of each? The word in the box will help you.
1. I am a doctor.
2. goalkeeper
3. pilot
4. motorist
5. English
6. artist
7. typist
8. farmer
9. postman
10. guard/ watchman
UNIT 9
Fun with reading
Story Time : The Ant and the cricket
1. Tick the correct sentence from the pairs.
a) The ant was very hard working.
b) The cricket was very lazy.
c) The ant played the flute.
d) The winter was coming soon.
e) The cricket had no food to eat in winter.
f) The cricket was very hungry.
g) The ant gave food to the cricket.
2. Answer the following questions.
a. The cricket was very lazy.
b. The ant was very hard-working.
c. The cricket played the flute.
d. The winter season was coming soon.
e. The ant saved food for the winter.
f. The cricket was very hungry.
g. The ant helped the cricket.
3. Who said the following expressions and to whom?
a. The cricket said to the ant.
b. The ant said to the cricket
c. The ant said to the cricket.
d. The cricket said to the ant.
e. The cricket said to the ant.
f. The cricket said to the ant.
g. The cricket said to the ant.
Poem Time
1. Find the words from the poem that rhyme with:
Care-------------------- - fare
Kite -------------------- - night
Run -------------------- - fun
Please------------------ - ease
2. Read the poem and answer in one word.
a. father
b. friend
c. granny
d. sister
e. teacher
Fun with Grammar
1. 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
2. A, C, N, S
Add -ing and make new words like in the examples.
Walking
Blowing
Jumping
Cooking
Crossing
Seeing
Smelling
Shouting
Peeling
Visiting
Rewrite the given sentences adding -ing to the words given.
Eating, watching, watering, playing, swimming, standing, crawling
Fun with creative writing
1. hari is eating.
Sita is sleeping.
Bijaya is throwing a ball.
Ritu is cleaning her room.
Maya is cooking rice.
Janet is jumping.
Jim is washing.
Rosy is ironing her clothes.
2. mending, fixing,
cooking, teaching,
eaching, playing
UNIT-10
Fun with reading
Story Time
2. Write True or False.
a. True
b. False
c. False
d. False
e. False
3. Answer the following questions.
a. Crow had built his nest on a tree near the village.
b. The crow was clever.
c. The crow saw a house on the lakeside while he was searching for something to eat.
d. The crow felt so thirsty because he flew for a long distance.
e. The crow put a lot of pebbles in to the pitcher. So the level of water rose up. Then he became able to drink water.
Poem Time
1. Answer the following questions.
a. January is the first month of the year.
b. Monsoon comes with heavy rain during June, July and august.
c. March comes after February.
d. September and October brings us joy.
e. December is the last month of all.
2. Write the name of twelve months of the year.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
3. Consult the calendar of the current year and write how many days each month has.
Ask students to do themselves.
Fun with Grammar
Negatives
Change the following sentences into negative.
a. They are not running.
b. She is not watching T V.
c. He is not talking on the telephone.
d. I am not riding a bicycle.
e. We cannot play chess.
f. You will not meet him.
g. IT is not flying high.
h. I shall not call you tomorrow.
i. She is not washing clothes.
j. It is not shining.
Verb Past
Now change the following verbs into past.
Played
Chased
Danced
Pulled
Loved
Looked
Met
Wrote
Read
Cooked
Walked
Lived
Called
Worked
Wanted
Cut
Sang
Wore
Fun with Creative Writing
a. Complete the following paragraph about your school.
My School
The name of my school is New Creative English Boarding School. It is in Balaju, Kathmandu. It was established in 2062 B.S. There are 14 classrooms in my school. My school provides education up to grade ten. There are about 300 students in my school. My school has two buildings. There is a big playground. We can play different games during tiffin hours and sport classes. We have a library at school. We can read the books we like in the library.
b. Write a short paragraph on 'The Dog'. Take help of the following questions.
The Dog
The dog is a pet animal. It is a four- footed animal. It has two ears and two eyes. The dogs are of different colours. Some dogs are very big but some are very small. It has curve tail. it eats different foods as we provide. But it likes meat the most. It has sharp teeth. A dog is very useful for us because it guards our house. They are harmful too. Sometimes they may bite us. I have a small puppy at home. I like to play with it every evening. I like it a lot.
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