Teacher's Guide BOOK - 2
UNIT - 1
Fun with Listening
UNIT - 1
Fun with Listening
3. Play cassette or speak few words from the text and ask the students do the activities.
Fun with Reading
Story Time : Bad Company
a. Complete the following sentences:
bad company, worried, rotten apples, Happy
b. Match the followings.
bad------------------- boys
Rotten--------------- apples
Put apples----------- almirah
Wise------------------ father
c. Answer the following questions.
i. The boy was bad.
ii. The boy's father planned to set his father right.
iii. One rotten apple rote other apples.
iv. Yes, the boy gave up his bad habits at the end.
v. We should not fall into the bad company.
Poem Time
a. Find rhyming words from the box as in example.
talk walk chalk
play clay stay
eat sit beat
ride pride bride
much such touch
near dear hear
b. Write any four things that the speaker shares with his friends.
Umbrella, bicycle, plaything, tiffin
c. Name any four things that you can share with your friends.
Plaything, tiffin, pencil, book
d. Read the poem again and complete the missing word/s in the following verse.
a. friend, walk share
b. complete, disagree
Fun with Grammar
1. Read the following paragraph and underline names of persons, places and things.
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl in Kathmandu. She was called Daisy. She had a brother. His name was Kamal. They had tamed a small white rabbit. It was very clever.
2. Identify the proper and common nouns in the list and rewrite them in the respective columns.
proper nouns
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common nouns
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Pokhara, Rita, Dharhara, India
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school, shoes, dog, book, doves, shop
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Fun with Creative Writing
1. Make a list of names of your friends and write their hobbies.
Name
Rupa
Jasmine
Samir
Kiran
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Hobby
playing
reading stories
swimming
singing
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2. Write a four line paragraph about your best friend.
Þ The name of my best friend is is Rupa. She is from Dharan. She lives now in Swyambhu, Kathmandu. She studies with me in grade two. She is very good at studies. She likes reading story books. She is gentle, obedient, hard-working and punctual.
Fun Time
Ask students to find themselves.
UNIT - 2
Story Time
a. Fill in the blanks with suitable words or phrases from the list.
1. colorful
2. Buds, fruits and nuts
3. Holes
4. Zoo, pet shops and homes
5. Naughty
b. See if you can guess the following words. All the words are in the text.
Colourful, beak, egg, wild
c. Add capital letters and full stops to the following sentences.
1. Parrots are beautiful and intelligent birds.
2. Their beaks are sharp as well as strong.
3. They can be taught to speak.
4. Parrots can be found in many countries
d. Make sentences using the following words.
Intelligent: Rita is an intelligent girl.
Sharp: This knife is sharp.
See: We can see many wild animals in the zoo.
Poem Time
a. Find the remaining part of the following words from the poem.
WONDER REST BUILD
RAINBOW SUPPOSE FLUFFY
b. Find words from the poem that rhyme with the following.
Rest, green, suppose, sky, found, about
c. Read the poem again and complete the following lines.
i. stars ii. flash iii. paints
iv. Fluffy v. suppose
d. The lines in Column 'A' are incomplete, match them with their remaining parts given in Column 'B'.
I wonder---------------------- bit be found
And why the wind----------- is never seen
Who taught the birds ------- to build a nest
And told trees---------------- to take a rest?
Or, when the moon--------- is not quite round,
Where can the missing----- why the grass is green
e. Answer these questions.
i. The grass is green in colour.
ii. The birds make nest.
iii. The trees take rest.
iv. The stars twinkle at night.
v. The lightning flashes.
Fun with Grammar
2. Look at the following sentences and do the same with the sentences given below.
a) The boys are tall.
b) The girls are clever.
c) Her hands are dirty.
d) The trees are big.
e) They are naughty
f) The schools are open today.
3. Now try these as well. Do like the example.
a) I am a clever student.
b) I am fond of ice-cream.
c) I am helpful to everyone.
d) I am a punctual student.
e) I am happy and cheerful.
Fun with Creative Writing
1. Read the text 'Clever Parrots' again and find sentences that match with these pictures.
Parrots eat fruits, nuts and buds.
Parrots can be taught to speak.
Parrots can hold a pen with its leg.
Some parrots can also hoop or dance to music.
Parrots make their nests in holes of trees.
2. Write a few sentences about your favourite bird. You can include its colour, what it eats, where it lays eggs, where you can see it, what it can do, etc.
Parrot
I am a bird lover. My favourite bird is parrot. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. They eat seeds, nuts, fruit, buds and other plant material. Almost all parrots nest in tree hollows (or nest boxes in captivity), and lay white eggs from which hatch young. They imitate human voices enhances their popularity as pets. Trapping wild parrots for the pet trade, as well as hunting, habitat loss and competition from invasive species, has diminished wild populations, with parrots being subjected to more exploitation than any other group of birds.
Fun Time
Ask students to find themselves.
UNIT -3
Fun with Listening
Play cassette or speak few words from the text and ask the students do the activities.
Fun with Reading
Story Time
a. Complete the missing word/s in the following paragraph.
Husband and wife, happily, wife fell ill, grew thinner and, a strange, begged her husband, called Rapunzel.
b. Answer these questions.
i. According to the wife, a strange herb called Rapunzel could recover her illness.
ii. The strange herb was called Rapunzel.
iii. The witch asked to give their first born child in return to the herb.
iv. The witch locked Rapunzel in a high tower.
v. When the witch called ' Rapunzel, Rapunzel' let down your long hair, then a golden plait came.
vi. The witch cut Rapunzel's hair because the prince had come to visit Rapunzel climbing in her hair.
vii. Rapunzel married the prince at the end.
c. Punctuate the following paragraph without looking at the story and rewrite it in your exercise book.
See the paragraph concerned from the story.
Poem Time
a. Find the words that rhyme with the following words from the poem.
Fro------------- go
Glen------------ then
Clay------------ play
Fishes---------- passes
b. Answer the following questions.
i. The little fishes swim very quickly.
ii. The fishes play very merrily.
iii. The summer day is very pleasant.
iv. In winter, fishes remain inside water as it is very cold.
c. Discuss with your friends and complete the given table.
Fishes live in?
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Fishes eat?
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Types?
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Color?
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Why you like / not?
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water
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small fishes, plants found in water
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gold fish, dolphin etc.
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golden, silver, black etc.
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I like because it is very beautiful in appearance.
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Fun with Grammar
1. Make as many sentences as you can from the following table.
Students will make these sentences.
2. Fill in the blanks correctly using 'a' 'an' or 'the'.
a, a, an, an, a, an, the, a, the
Fun with Creative Writing
1. Complete the following paragraph giving information about your English teacher.
Our English teacher's name is Kabita Tamang. She is from Kavre. She has been teaching in our school for three years. She is 4'8'' tall. She always comes to school in school uniform. She is kind to students. She loves all students. She teaches us well. She never gets angry with students. She always teaches students to be honest, disciplined and hardworking. She every time makes our English class funny and interesting. She encourages us to speak in English language. Everyone likes her a lot.
2. Collect the photographs of any five poets of Nepal and paste them in the box given below. Do not forget to write their names.
Ask students do themselves.
Fun Time
Encourage them to find as many as they can.
UNIT - 4
UNIT - 4
Fun with Listening
3. Play cassette or speak few words from the text and ask the students do the activities.
Fun with Reading
Story Time
A. Correct the following statements.
a. The woodcutter was cutting down the tree.
b. The God Mercury heard the cry.
c. First time, God came out with golden axe.
d. God gave him three axes.
e. Wood cutter was honest.
B. These statements are not in order. Number them correctly.
a. The wood cutter began to cry. 2
b. God Mercury appeared.3
c. The axe fell in the river. 1
d. God gave all three axes. 5
e. God was happy to see honesty of wood cutter. 4
C. Answer the following questions.
i. The woodcutter was cutting down a tree when his axe fell into the river.
ii. The God brought out a golden axe in his first dive.
iii. Woodcutter accepted the axe when the God came out of the water with an iron axe.
iv. The woodcutter was an honest person.
v. The God gave him all three axes because he was pleased for his honesty.
Poem Time
A. Match the following.
Pink------------ rose
Blue------------ sky
White----------- goose
Green---------- grass
B. Make sentences using the given words.
Swan: A swan is white in colour.
Flower: I love flowers.
Cloud: Look! There is cloud in the sky.
Orange: My mother bought me a kilo of orange.
C. Answer the following.
i. The cloud floats through the sky.
ii. The cloud looks violet in the summer twilight.
iii. Grass is green in colour.
iv. Black, purple, yellow.
Fun with Grammar
1. Pronouns
A) Underline the pronouns in the following sentences.
a. Pramod is a tailor, he stitch clothes.
b. Rekha is a cobbler, she mends shoes.
c. Cat is a domestic animal, it lives at home.
d. Biraj and Niraj are pilot, they fly an aeroplane.
e. I and Binaya are writer, we write books.
B) Use appropriate pronoun in the following space.
a. Nepal is a landlocked country. It is in Asia.
b. The radio is new, it is very expensive.
c. Bhoj Raj and Suraj do business. They are business man.
d. Bharat is very talented. He can do the best.
e. Boys are playing, they are very happy.
C) Identify the nouns and pronouns in the following list and write them below.
Nouns
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Pronouns
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cow, sea, TV, table, Kathmandu, house
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she, it, they, we, he ,
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2. Possessives
Underline the possessive pronouns in the paragraph below.
Health is our wealth. I do regular exercise to be healthy. I keep my room and clothes clean. I suggest my brother to remain healthy. He brushes his teeth everyday. My sister also cares her health. We suggest our villagers to keep their life healthy.
Fun with Creative Writing
Now write a similar application asking for a two-day sick leave.
Balaju, Kathmandu
April 20, 2012
To
The Principal,
National Academy
Dallu, Kathmandu
Subject: Sick leave
Dear sir,
With humble request I would like to beg for a day’s sick leave for two days. I am suffering from common cold and fever. I had been to hospital yesterday. The doctor has advised me to have a rest for two days. I will cover my missed lessons as soon as I get recovered.
Your obedient student,
Jeevan Prajapati
Class- II
Roll No: 15
UNIT - 5
UNIT - 5
Fun with Reading
Essay Time
A. Match the words given in Column A with their meaning in Column B.
Necessities- ----------- needs
Survive- ---------------- live
Harmful- --------------- dangerous
Preserve- -------------- protect
Air conditioners- ------ air coolers
B. Read the text and complete the missing words from the following paragraph.
Trees are important source of our life. They give us air to breathe. They keep the Earth's temperature cool. They bring water in the form of rainfall . They protect us from harmful rays of the Sun. They also protect soil from landslides. Some people are harming our earth by cutting down the trees They cut trees for cooking to make house furniture and many other things.
D. Answer the following questions.
i. Our earth gives us food to eat, air to breathe, home to live and many more.
ii. Some people are harming our earth by cutting down the trees.
iii. Trees keep the earth's temperature cool.
iv. We should use CFL bulbs.
v. The 3Rs of go green mantra are reduce, reuse and recycle.
E. Replace the dashes with the correct letters to make the words in the clues.
Pollution, electricity,
recycle, reuse,
earth, reduce,
3 Rs, tree,
ecology
Poem Time
A. Match the questions to the answers. Write the correct number in the box.
What is the title of the poem?
The title of the poem is 'My Kite'.
How does the kite fly?
It glides gently through the air.
What does the kite meet in the sky?
It meets the birds, the clouds and the sun.
Did the kite reply the boy?
No, he didn't.
B. Circle the rhyming words for each word from the given choices. All the words are taken from the poem.
a) _ AIR- ANYWHERE
b) __ FREE- ME
c) __ BEEN - SEEN
d) __ WORD- HEARD
e) __ GLIDES - FLIES
C. Complete the sentences with words from the poem.
a) It flies so high above the ground.
b) It can look anywhere.
c) It meets the birds, the clouds and the sun.
d) It's happy and it's free.
e) Do you know what I've heard?
D. Here is the poem but someone has forgotten to punctuate it. Can you punctuate them?
My Kite
My kite must see a lot of things
As it glides through the air-
It flies so high above the ground,
It can look anywhere.
It meets the birds, the cloud, the sun-
Fun with Grammar
A. Circle the correct verbs in the following sentences.
asks, gives, drives, takes,
makes, play, visit, come
B. Find the pairs of each verb and group them into singular and plural.
Singular verbs
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Plural verbs
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plays, helps, eats, reads, stays, opens, walks, makes, beats, types, sings, runs, draws, shouts, throws
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write, type, help, writes, sing, walk, shout, throw, play, eat, read, make, stay, beat, run, draw, open
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Fun with Creative Writing
1. My Best Friend
Rameshwor is my best friend. He is from Gorkha. He is a student. He is eight years old. He has two brothers and a sister. He studies in grade two with me. He is good at studies. He is friendly to everyone.
2. Write a letter to your best friend giving information about the environment of your place.
Balaju, Ktm.
Jan 12, 2011
Dear Dolma,
Hi! How are you? I got your kind letter yesterday. I am happy to get it.
You have told me in the letter you stood first in the final examination of grade one. Accept my heartiest congratulation! You have asked me to write about the environment of my place. I am writing about it.
I live in Balaju, Kathmandu. Though it is in capital city, my place is quite peaceful. People from different parts of the world live here. So we can see mixed culture in this place.
We can see beautiful forest called Ranban from here. The environment is not as polluted here as in the busy city.
The people in my place are very helpful and honest.
Please write about the environment of your place as soon as you receive this letter.
Convey my love to your small brother.
Your loving friend,
Jyotsna Maharjan
Fun Time
Fill the crossword by choosing the correct option in the following paragraph.
From Monday to Friday, I (8) get up at 6 :00 o'clock in the morning. I (6) make my bed before going to school. I (5)take a shower every morning. I (3)start school at 7 :30 am and I (1) finish my classes at 2 :30 pm. I always (2) brush my teeth after each meal. I (4) wash my uniform in the afternoon. I (9)do my homework everyday. I usually (7)eat dinner at eight o'clock.
UNIT - 6
UNIT - 6
Fun with Reading
Essay Time
A. Choose the correct words from the list and fill in the blanks.
i. greedy ii. mother
iii. narrow iv. handful
v. hurried vi. Nuts
B. Who said the following?
i. mother ii. Peter iii. Peter iv. Peter v. mother
C. Answer the following questions.
i. Peter was very greedy.
ii. His mother was worried because she could not improve her son's manner.
iii. The boy found a jar full of nuts.
iv. The boy began to cry because his hand was trapped in the jar.
v. Yes, the boy ate nut at last.
vi. From the story, we learnt not to be greedy.
D. Make sentences using the following words and phrases.
Greedy: Peter was a greedy boy.
Take out: Peter could not take his hand out of the jar.
Search for: Rahul searched a jar for nuts.
Realize: She realised her mistake.
Handful: She gave me a handful of nuts.
Poem Time
A. Find the words form the poem that rhyme with the following words.
Best, everywhere, through, quiver
B. Answer the following questions.
i. The birds make their nest by weaving straw, feathers and leaves.
ii. When the spring comes, we can see birds, birds' nest, blooming flowers, trees with new leaves and so on.
iii. Yes, i feel happy when spring comes because l love to hear birds singing, flowers blooming and the greenery in my surrounding.
iv. Lilies, Pansies and daffodils are the flowers mentioned in the poem.
Fun with Grammar
b. Make sentences as given in the example.
i. She washes dishes.
ii. The children play hide and seek.
iii. The boys go to market everyday.
iv. The girl cracks jokes.
v. Tom and Jill watch television.
vi. My brother talks on the telephone.
Punctuate the following sentences.
a. He is my friend.
b. Why are you angry?
c. I am a student.
d. Phewa lake is in Pokhara.
e. Did you recognize her?
f. My brother invited ram yesterday.
Fun with Creative Writing
A. Tick the correct words and complete the text.
Is, deals, He, loves, Ramu, I, go
B. Rearrange the following words to make sensible sentences.
i. He is sitting under a tree.
ii. A plane is flying above the palace.
iii. A cat is under the bed.
iv. She has put a blanket over his body.
v. He is sitting on the chair.
UNIT - 7
UNIT - 7
Fun with Listening
3. Listen to the tape or your teacher and underling the words you listen.
Play cassette or speak few words from the text and ask the students do the activities.
Fun with Reading
Biography Time
A. Write 'Yes' or 'No' against the following sentences.
Yes, No, No, Yes, Yes, No, No,
B. Fill in the blanks.
Born, brahmins, books, grandfather, action, age
C. Answer the following questions.
i. Bhanu Bhakta was clever, active and zeal in his childhood.
ii. The grass cutter wanted to make a pond.
iii. Bhanu Bhakta learnt to serve human beings room the grass cutter.
iv. Bhanu Bhakta Aacharya enriched Nepali literature by writing many good poems and books.
v. Bhanu Bhakta died in 1925 B.S.
D. Supply the correct information in the table.
Father
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Dhananjaya Aacharya
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Grand-father
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Sri Krishna Aacharya
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His books
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Ramayan, Bhadhushikshya
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Place of birth
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Chundi, Ramgha of Tanahun
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Poem Time
A. Find words from the poem that rhyme with the following.
Jet, light, pass, feet
B. pool- pond
Gleam- shine
Pass- cross
Magic- spell
C. Answer the following questions.
i. Yes, the speaker likes the rainy season.
ii. The pools seem like velvet skies in the rainy nights.
iii. The speaker sees a fairy city in his feet.
Fun with Grammar
A. Rewrite the following as in the example.
Collecting, weaving, grazing, working
Punctuate the following sentences.
Are you visiting him today?
Where is my pet?
Do you like ice-cream?
Oh, my God!
What an interesting story!
Hurrah!
Fun with creative writing
A. Complete the following sentences choosing words given in the box.
Standing, sitting, boating, flying, raining, walking, landing
B. Write any five things happening around you.
My father is watching television.
My mother is cooking rice.
My sister is doing her homework.
Puppy is wagging its tail.
A boy is running in the street.
UNIT - 8
UNIT - 8
Fun with Reading
A. sleeve, cart, hay, cottage, string
B. Answer the following questions.
i. Han's grandmother lived in a small cottage.
ii. Hans put the needle in the hay.
iii. The meat was tied with a string and dragged along by Hans.
iv. The butter melted in the sun.
v. Han's mother called him foolish.
C. Fill in the blanks correctly.
Cottage, butter, inside, behind, puppy
D. Match the following.
Needle--------- hay
Knife----------- sleeve
Puppy---------- pocket
E. Put the words in right order to make sensible sentences.
ii. You told me to put it in my pocket.
iii. He put the knife carefully inside his sleeve.
iv. Hans tied the meat with a string and dragged it along behind him.
iv. Granny, can I take this puppy home?
Poem Time
A. Complete the missing letters in the following words.
Quietly, brown, three, slippers, curranty, crumb
B. For each given word find one rhyming word from the poem and supply one from your own.
Street-m feet- meat
Done- one- sun
Bed- bread- red
C. Tick the correct option.
a. three
b. brown
c. slippers
d. they went to their home.
e. bread and wine
Fun with Grammar
Given below is Reema's daily routine. Fill .........below.
Get up, make, take,
start, finish, brush,
wash, do, eat,
watch
Fun with creative writing
A. Complete the following sentences with the correct verbs.
i. read ii. go
iii. watch iv. play
v. eat vi. have
vii. help viii. go
B. Choose the correct verbs to complete the given text.
Get up, prepares,
goes, works,
is, dies,
fixes, takes,
helps, washes,
watches, reads,
helps, cleans,
visit, go,
love, have
UNIT - 9
UNIT - 9
Fun with Listening
3. Play cassette or speak few words from the text and ask the students do the activities.
Fun with Reading
Story Time
A. put the letter 'e' ................................them.
Thumbelina Wreath
Thrilled Center
Numbed Nursed
C. Use these words in your own sentences.
Numb: She was numbed due to cold.
Thrill: I am thrilled to watch to new film.
Grab: Sita grabbed the last piece of pizzza.
Nurse: She nurses the baby well.
D. Answer these questions.
a. The fairy gives some corn seeds to the woman who wanted a child.
b. The toad takes Thumbelina from her home.
c. The toad puts Thumbelina and the flower in the river because he wants Thumbelina to live there and marry his son.
d. The little fish hears Thumbelina crying and helps her.
e. Thumbelina does not want to marry the mole because she finds him miserable.
E. Write down the meaning of following words.
Very excited,
place of dwelling,
running after,
unhappy,
finally,
catch tightly
Poem Time
1. Tick the best answer.
a. sweet
b. charmingly
c. health
d. week
2. Match the following.
The boy had a - pretty doll.
He lost the doll in - the heath.
He cried - for a week.
The colour of doll is- washed away.
The doll's arms- were trodden away.
3. Answer the following questions.
a. The boy lost the doll in the heath.
b. Yes, I have doll at home.
c. My doll is very beautiful. It wears pink dress.
Fun with Grammar
2. Adjective
A is tall.
B is taller than A.
C is the tallest of all.
Ravi is fat.
Binod is fatter than Ravi.
Pramod is the fattest of all.
Fun with Creative Writing.
She is a teacher.
He is a librarian.
He is a chef.
He is a writer.
He is a cobbler.
She is a gardener.
Unit 10
UNIT - 10
Fun with Reading
Story Time
A. see, moving, stupid, mindless
B. 3,4,1,5 2
C. true,
false,
true,
false
D.
i. The blind man was carrying a lamp.
ii. No, the man was not dumb.
iii. The boys laughed at the blind man because he was carrying a lamp.
iv. The blind man was carrying lamp so that people could notice in the darkness.
v. The two boys felt sorry at the end.
vi. The blind man was wiser.
Poem Time
B. Find the words ......................the poem.
Air- wind
Search- seek
Wealth- gold
State- main
Earn- gain
Beyond- across
C. i. he moon is in the sky.
ii. No, it is not day time in the poem.
iii. The wind is fresh and free.
iv. According to the poem, the poet is searching gold.
v. They are seeking the gold beyond the Spanish main.
Fun with Grammar
i. I don't like oranges.
ii. She does not buy vegetables.
iii. My parents don't work in the department store.
iv. We don't believe in god.
v. They don't have holidays tomorrow.
Unit 11
UNIT - 11
Fun with reading
Story Time
1. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for for false statements.
f, f, t, f, f, t
2. Answer the following questions.
a. The dog was very greedy and dishonest.
b. The dog saw his reflection in the pond.
c. The dog did not grab the bread because the bread owner was big and the dog could get beatings if he caught the dog.
d. At the end, the dog realized that the dog in the pond was his own reflection.
e. From this story, we learn to be honest and not to be greedy.
Poem Time
1. Complete the following like in the example.
a. sleeping
b. by
2. Choose the best option from the list given after each questions.
a. in the earth
b. in the sky
c. the clouds
d. to rest
e. the moon
Fun with Grammar
C. underline the adjectives in …....................…..in the spaces.
i. broken
ii. blue
iii. smart
v. busy
v. big
vi. fresh
vii. foolish
viii. noisy
D. Make any five sentences describing your…… …………………………….and underline them.
Encourage them to write about their family. help them to use the adjectives like big, small, old, young, helpful, kind, strict, loyal, funny, playful etc.
2. verb past
b. Now change the verbs ……….............................. .............……..sentences.
They helped the poor.
We copied answer from the board.
She wrote letters.
We liked ice-cream.
The boys worked hared.
The villagers burnt the forest.
I lent her my pen.
we studied hare in the exam.
We carried lunch to school.
Fun with Creative Writing
what noises do these animals make? PPP
buffalo ……….
goat ……………..
ox low
cat mew
pig ………….
cow ……………..
rhino ………………..
horse …………
Happy Teaching!!!
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