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• New words 

lovely: beautiful

The princess of Scotland is lovely and kind.

buzzing: type of sound

The bees make a buzzing sound.

sleepy head: one who loves to sleep a lot.

Bill is a sleepy head, he will not come with us for soccer game.

Tiniest: very very small.  

The tiniest of diamond even has value.

• Reading is fun

1. What do you think birds say to each other in the morning?

Schoolvally answer:

First they say good morning to each other and then make people wake up.

2. Who are already awake?

Schoolvally answer:

The birds, trees, cow, horse, ducks and the tiniest chicken are already awake.

3. Which creatures wake up in the morning before the child does?  

Schoolvally answer:

The tiniest chicken wake to before the child does.

• Let’s listen:  

1. Listen to the songs of birds. Say the words

boy and bee. Listen to the b sound in –  

big, bubbles, bin, bag, blue, blow, black.

Schoolvally answer:

practice sounds.  

2. Listen to the baby chicks – cheep cheep cheep.

Schoolvally answer:

practice sounds.  

• Let’s listen and talk  

1. Go for a morning walk. Listen to the sounds you hear like the rustling of leaves, the wind blowing, the chirping of birds, the sounds of footsteps.

Schoolvally answer:

Last Sunday I went to my cousins place in Nanital. All the children got early and we went to near by temple on the hilltop. Our steps would crush the fallen leaves and make a rustling sound. The wind would move the branches with a sound. Little birds in the nest were calling their parents all this was a magical orchestra.  

OR

I go for a walk with my grandfather in the morning and it is pleasant to listen to the cracking sounds of leaves, chirping of birds and sounds of foot steps in the joggers park. Some times there will be a sound of horn coming from a far distance which will break your union with the nature.  

In the evening I go for a walk with my grandmother, but the sounds are totally different, people will be laughing and chatting and regular horn sounds could be heard. There will be many hawkers in the park calling you and trying to sell channa-jor-garm and ice-cream.  

There is a lot of difference in the sounds in the same park.

2. Imagine that a cow, a horse, a duck and a chicken are meeting for a morning meal. What would they say to one another? Talk about it.

Schoolvally answer:

Cow: “Moo good morning, the grass is very dry.

Horse: “Neigh, Hey I am coming from east there is no grass even.”

Duck: “Quack quack, this is because there are no rains in this season even the pond is dry.”

Chicken: Cluck chuck cluck, no grains, no grass, no insects for me to eat. Human activities are responsible for climate change, but it has affected us also.

• Say aloud  

Betty bought a bit of butter, But the bit of butter that Betty bought was bitter. So Betty bought some better butter, To make the bitter butter better

Schoolvally answer:  

for practice

Schoolvally tips: These are called tongue twisters, they are fun way to learn pronunciation. Watch your friends fumble on certain words and enjoy.

• Let’s write  

1. Connect the pairs of sentences below using or .

(a) It is time to get up for school.  

(b) I want to sleep for some more time.  

___ It is time to get up for school, but I want to sleep for some more time___

(a) Sheila got some chocolates for her birthday.  

(b) She got some new clothes too.  

__Sheila got some chocolates and new clothes for her birthday. __  

(a) Everyone has gone to sleep.  

(b) I want to read my book.  

____ Everyone has gone to sleep, but I want to read my book. _____  

(a) Raju plays cricket.  

(b) He also plays hockey.  

____ Raju plays cricket and hockey. __  

2. Fill in the blanks according to the example given below –  

Schoolvally answers:

(a) tiny - tinier - tiniest  

(b) big - bigger - biggest  

(c) sleepy - sleepier - sleepiest

(d) lovely - lovelier - loveliest  

(e) late - later - latest

(f) round - rounder - roundest

(g) small - smaller - smallest

(h) good - better - best  

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Write five sentences about an apple?

Schoolvally answer:

(a) This is a red apple.

(b) This is a small apple but enough for me.

(c) This apple is fresh and smells good.

(d) This apple is from Australia.

(e) This is the juiciest apple available.

• New words  

Snuggles: cuddle

Rohan snuggles his cat while playing with her.

Mutters: to speak in low voice

Students where muttering while the call was going this was disturbing the teacher.

Window sill: narrow shift at the bottom of window.

The cat entered in the store-room through the window sill.

Relax: to rest  

The soldier relax in the barrack in the free time.

• Reading is fun  

Tick ( ) the correct answer-  

1. What time did Neha’s clock ring every morning?

Schoolvally answer:

(a) 4 o’clock  

(b) 9 o’clock  

(c) 6 o’clock- ✔

2. What did the birds say?

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Sleep on  

(b) Wake up  

(c) Go and play- ✔

3. What is inside you that makes you get up at the same time everyday?

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Our body clock- ✔  

(b) Our eyes  

(c) Our feet

4. Put the letters in the right order. One has been done for you.

Schoolvally answer:

Ilesm: - smile

norming: - morning  

mrala: - alarm

edorns: - drones

ocklc: - clock

wodwin: - window

• Let’s listen and talk  

1. Listen to the sounds around you when you are on your way to school. Discuss with your friend the sounds that you heard. List them here –

Schoolvally answer:

- Sounds you heard

Sounds heard by me are as under:

(a) Car:- ✔  

(b) Girl:- ✔  

(c) Tree:-❌  

(d) Sparrow:- ✔

(e) Mic:- ✔

- Sounds your friend heard

Sounds heard by my friend are as under:

(a) Car:- ✔   

(b) Girl:- ✔  

(c) Tree:-❌  

(d) Sparrow:- ✔

(e) Mic:- ✔

2. If there is no clock in the house to wake you in the morning, how will you wake up? Will you continue to sleep or …

Schoolvally answer:

I will continue to sleep.

OR

I will wake up by my own as we all have a body clock in us.

3. What are the different ways of knowing the time during the day?

Schoolvally answer:

The different ways of knowing the time during the day are as under:

(a) Mobile phone

(b) Shadow

(c) Clock

(d) Laptop

(e) T.V.

• Word building  

Find the hidden words  

mother, birds, clock, alarm, happy, morning, holiday, hungry, sunday  Schoolvally answer:

activity

• Say aloud  

ought – bought – caught  

matter – chatter – shatter  

tick – tock  

tell – told  

train – time  

tick – tack  

tip – tin  

take – tall  

Schoolvally answer:  

for practice

• Let’s write  

1. Who said these words and to whom?

“Wake up, dear! Wake up fast!”  

Schoolvally answer:

Who said: __Birds__  

to whom?:__Neha__  

“Ma, who woke me up today?”  

Who said: __Neha__  

to whom?:__Mother__  

“Why do you sleep at nine every night?”

Who said: __Mother__  

to whom?:__Neha__  

2. Use the help box to fill in the blanks –

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Ram __was__ a good football player.  

(b) The cows __were__ grazing in the field.  

(c) My toys __were__broken.

(d) Her frock __was__too long.

(e) The market __was__ closed.  

(f) The children __were__ happy.  

(g) The flowers __were_ kept in a vase.  

3. Look at the pictures below and complete the following paragraph. You will need these words –

pulled out - inside - called out - behind - under  

schoolvally answer:

Yesterday, I lost a book. I looked for it everywhere. I looked ___behind__ a door. I looked ___inside__ a cupboard. I looked __under__ a bed. I could not find it anywhere. Then, I ___called out__, Sheroo. Sheroo, my dog came running to me. I asked him to look for my book. He ___pulled out___ another book from my bag.  

• Fun time  

Here is a word, clock. Write down words relating to clock.  

Schoolvally answer:

Clock:

Make a sentence: The alarm is very loud.

Sound: Tick! Tick!

Another word: Watch, Wall clock.

Name different parts/times: Dial, hour hand, minute hand, second hand, key, Alarm hand /  5 O’clock. 6 pm, noon.

Word in your language: Ghadi

Picture: sketch

Here is a word, morning. Now write down words related to it.  

Schoolvally answer:

Morning:

Make a sentence:

This is a beautiful and quite morning.

Sound: chirping of birds, alarm.

Another word: dawn

Name different parts/times: early morning, late morning, morning time

Word in your language: subah

Picture: sketch

OR

Words related to morning are, Sun, Dew, Dawn, Alarm, Rays, Birds.

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Here is a word, talk. Now write down words related to it.

Schoolvally answer:

Words related to talk are, Loud, mutter, speak. Short, chat, whisper, sharp.

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• New words  

Mirror: A type of glass used to see reflection or what is behind.

(a) Always use a clean mirror to see your reflection.

(b) Tom saw himself in the mirror to comb his hair.

Funniest: some thing that makes you smile or laugh.

(a) The funniest part of the party was when Monika sang the song the crowd busted in laughter.   

(b) Houseful is the funniest movie I have ever seen.

Breathing: inhaling and exhaling air.

(a) Breathing exercises are in trend now a days you can find many videos for the same.

(b) After running a long distance race Mohan started breathing heavily.  

Sticking: to become fixed to some thing.

(a) We can use some sticking tape to fix the sheets on the notice board.

(b) I took out the nail sticking into paw of my pet Leopard.

Giggle: to laugh in a silly way that you cannot control.

(a) Monika was giggling on the accent of the teacher who is a south Indian.

(b) Her giggling turned out into laughter of the whole class.

• Reading is fun  

1. Why does the poet feel that the nose is a funny thing?

Schoolvally answers:

The poet feels that the nose is a funny thing, because it sticks out of our face with two little holes in it.

2. Why is your nose important for you?

Schoolvally answers:

The nose is important to us, because it helps in breathing.

3. Does the child in the poem like her nose? Why do you think so?

Schoolvally answers:

The child in the poem likes her nose because it helps her to giggle and shout for fun.

• Let’s talk  

1. Describe a few funny things you have seen. Do they make you laugh?

Schoolvally answers:

Good jokes and dancing jokers make me laugh.

2. What does ‘features’ mean? Look up the dictionary. What are the different kinds of features of people we come across in the world? Discuss.

Schoolvally answers:

Features means distinctive parts of the face or appearance. The kind of features of people are as follows:

(a) People with big bright eyes.

(b) People with long, short or flat nose.

(c) People with rosy cheeks.

(d) People with curly hair.

(e) People with small sunken eyes.

• Fun time  

1. Sit in groups.

Schoolvally answer:

Sit in a circle by rearranging the chairs in the class so you have some one in front of you.

2. Look at your friend's face and describe what you see. Use words like , ..... to help you. You can use other words also.

Schoolvally answer:

My friends face is diamond shaped. He has a long nose. His eyes are very bright. His lips are thin and has a long smile. He has long ear and have a piercing too.

3. What is your favourite fruit? Describe it in five sentences.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) My favourite fruit is apple, It is a winter fruit and grows in hilly areas.  

(b) Apple is round, conical and some varieties are oval in shape.  

(c) Apples have different colours like red, yellow and green.

(d) Some apples are sour while others are sweet in taste, but they are for sure a juicy delight.

(e) Apples make nice and refreshing juices and tastes best when served cold.

(f) Apples are known for its health benefits since ages.

(a) How does it smell?  

It smells fruity and sweet.

(b) How does it look?  

It is oval in shape with a notch on the opposite ends.

(c) How does it feel?

It it slippery and smooth in texture.

(d) When you bite it what sound does it make?

It makes a crunchy sound.

(e) How does it taste?

It tastes sweet.

• Let’s write  

1. Do you know a fish breathes from its gills? Write two sentences about other animals which can breathe under water.

Schoolvally answer:

Crocodile and turtles are two such animals that can breathe under water.

2. Punctuate the following passage.

mother father neelam said i have got a fire engine ive got a fire engine whats this whats this called mother somewhat confused by the noise ive got a fire engine mother come and see it.

Schoolvally answer:

Mother father Neelam said “ I have got a fire engine I’ve got a fire engine.”

"What’s this!. What's this!." Called mother. 

Somewhat confused by the noise, “I’ve got a fire engine mother come and see it.”

3. Using a red pencil, choose and circle the things whose smell you like. Now with a blue pencil circle the things whose smell you do not like. Make five sentences like this – I like / do not like the smell of ............. because it reminds me of.......…

Schoolvally answer:

I like the smell of rose, scent, chocolate, chips, shampoo, champa, soap, agarbatti, marigold, paint, coffee, elaichi. because it reminds me of good times.  

I don’t like the smell of petrol, rotten fruit, dirty shoes because it reminds me of garbage heaps of our city.  

• Let’s sing  

What is it?  

What is he – Can you guess?  

He is rabbit.

Write three pairs of words that rhyme with each other.  

Schoolvally answer:

Nose – goes – shoes

Giggle – wiggle – tinkle

shout – about – snout

there – spare – where

doubt – out – about

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Do you also find any part of your body funny?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, I find my hair funny, I stretch them when I comb them in the morning. They rearrange them and make curls and swirls. They are funny.

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• New words  

Pretty: lovely

My little sister is very pretty.

Needles: thin pointed piece of metal with hole at one end.

Both needle and threads are needed to stitch a cloth.

Leaves: part of plant mostly green in colour.  

Wait for spring the trees will be covered with new leaves.

Gold: precious metal

This is golden bangle with diamonds on it.

Stole: (past tense of steel) to take away some objects without permission.

Mr. Moti stole the money of poor people and is not ashamed.

• Reading is fun  

1. Tick (✔) the correct answer –

(a) The pretty little fir tree was happy with gold leaves but...  

schoolvally answer:

(1) a goat came along and ate them.  

(2) a goat came along and ate them.  

(3) a man stole them. - ✔ -  

(b) The fir tree was sad...  

Schoolvally answer:

(1) because it had yellow leaves.  

(2) because it had needle-like leaves. - ✔ -  

(3) because it was very short.  

(c) The fir tree was not happy with the gold leaves…

Schoolvally answer:

(1) because the goats came and ate them up.  

(2) a man stole them. - ✔ -  

(3) the gold leaves broke.  

• Word building  

1. By changing the circled word to its opposite, rewrite these sentences. One has been done for you.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) I carry a light bag to school every day.  

I carry a – heavy - bag to school every day.  

(b) Rina won the race.  

Rina - lost -  the race.

(c) I love eating vegetables.  

I - hate - eating vegetables.  

(d) This glass of milk is full.  

This glass of milk is - empty.  

(e) The old man is wise.  

The old man is - foolish.

2. Now give the opposite of the words below by adding un or im.

Schoolvally answer:

happy – X – unhappy

important – X – impolite

polite – X – impolite

perfect – X – imperfect  

seen – X – unseen

healthy – X – unhealthy

proper – X – improper

safe – X – unsafe

lucky – X – unlucky

patient – X – impatient

possible – X – impossible

pure – X – impure

3. Give the opposites of the words in blue in the given paragraph.

Schoolvally answer:

loved – X – hated

go out – X – come in

come – X – go

every where – X – no where

down – X – up

lost – X – found

now here – X – every where

crying – X – laughing

happy – X – unhappy

• Let’s write  

1. Rewrite the passage below using capital letters where necessary –

(i) one saturday afternoon amarjit and his little sister rani went for a picnic to india gate. there they saw ducks, water and their friend raj.

Schoolvally answer:

One Saturday afternoon Amarjit and his little sister Rani went for a picnic to India Gate. There they saw water, ducks and their friend Raj.

(ii) oh dear said the fir tree I like my old needle-like leaves best for goats don't eat them and no man can steal them.

Schoolvally answer:

“Oh Dear!” said the fir tree.

I like my old needle- like leaves best, for goats don’t eat them and no man can steal them.

• Let’s talk  

1. Look at the picture below. In the yellow box there are eight things You can see six of them in the picture. You cannot see the other two. Write down the four things that you can see.  

ducks mat dog girl boy tree fountain flowers  

Schoolvally answer:

ducks - ✔ -

mat - ✔ -

dog - ❌ -   

girl - ✔ -

boy - ✔ -

tree - ✔ -

fountain - ❌ -   

flowers - ✔ -

2. Look at the picture again. Describe the picture.

Schoolvally answer:

This picture is about a picnic by a boy and a girl. They are enjoying the natural beauty by the side of a pond. There are big trees abound and ducks swimming in the pond. They have spread a mat and kept all the eatables bought by them. As soon as they started their picnic a sparrow came chirping looking for some thing to eat. There is a magical red colour mushroom there. A beautiful butterfly sitting on the flowers is breath taking.
 

• Fun time  

1. Ajit loved flowers. He always wanted to have a garden for himself. Mohan, his friend gave him an idea. He said, “Why, we can have a garden in a dish!” “Ha! Ha!” Ajit laughed. “A garden in a dish?” “Yes, dish gardens are tiny gardens planted in a shallow dish. We must first put sand, manure and pebbles in a dish. Plant very tiny plants in it and place the dish on the window sill.”

Schoolvally answer:

activity have fun

2. Glass breaks easily when it is dropped. Do you think a mud flower pot, a glass spoon, a wooden table, a plastic cup, books or your plastic water bottle can break easily? Circle the things that can.

Schoolvally answer:

sketch or draw a circle around flowerpot and cup because they are generally made of china clay.

3. Which of the following actions would make others happy/unhappy?

respecting elders not saying thank you being polite caring for pets getting angry easily being honest playing with friends visiting a sick friend not sharing watching television all day telling lies being greedy  

Actions that make people happy:

(a) respecting elders  

(b) being polite

(c) playing with friends  

(d) visiting a sick friend

(e) caring for pets  

(f) being honest

Actions that make people unhappy  

(a) not saying thank you  

(b) not sharing

(c) watching television all day  

(d) telling lies

(e) being greedy

(f) getting angry easily

• Let’s listen, read and write  

Some things make you feel happy. Some things make you feel sad. Write a poem on the picture.  

Schoolvally answer:

Poem title: ‘Sad jungle queen’

In a thick jungle  

with beautiful trees green.

Koyal was singing,

when she heard a scream.

Why are you crying?

O lovely jungle queen.

“I hate myself,   

‘cause of my ugly feet

I want to get rid of them

in the lightening speed.”

Koyal was stun,

she had answer- none.

I have a singers tag

what if my colour is black.

You have a tail  

that makes feathers of the cap.

beauty is not about colour or shape,

Queen! always remember that.

Write words related to leaves on the trees and make a Word Tree. Now make sentences with these words.

Schoolvally answer:  

Green: The trees are covered with green leaves in the spring.

Shining: The coat of the cat is shining like a gem.

Thick: Roma made the roof of her house with thick leaves.

Dew: The dew on the leaves look like a pearl.

Falling leaves: We can see falling leaves in the Autumn.

New leaves: There are new leaves on our mango tree soon we will have mangoes too.

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. What is meant by self esteem ?

Schoolvally answer:

These expressions of inner feelings and self pride.

B. What do I want to be ?  

Schoolvally answer:

I want to be a you-tuber and entertain people.

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• New words  

raindrops: drops of rain

The drops of rain are like happiness showing on the earth.

’neath (beneath): under

It was raining heavily, we took shelter beneath a big tree.

Breeze: slow flowing air

The mild breeze made Sandra fall sleep in woods.

hillside: slope of hill

Himalayan hillside has many medicinal plants and trees.  

meadow: field

The lush green meadows are heaven for cattle.

merry: happy

When my brother got government job, It was a merry moment in our family.

• Reading is fun  

1. What does the poem tell us to do?

Schoolvally answer:

The poem tells us to run through out the day, away from the city towards the country side.

2. Write about the places where the poet wants us to run.

Schoolvally answer:

The poet wants us to run towards the country side under the tree, down the hillside, up the street and through the meadow.

• Let’s talk  

1. Do you like to play and run about? Why?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, I like to play and run about because both these activities make me happy and healthy.

2. Running is very good exercise. Name any three games that you play, in which you have to run.

Schoolvally answer:

Cricket, Kabaddi and Foot ball are three games in which. We have to run.  

3. When you run fast, what do you feel is happening to your body?

Schoolvally answer:

When I run fast, I feel that my heart beat increases and my whole body gets warm-up.

• Say aloud  

beneath breeze meet fear each meadow

Schoolvally answer:  

for practice

• Let’s spell  

Some letters are missing in each word. Write EE or EA  in each word.  

Schoolvally answer:

tr _E_ _E_ s  

sl _E_ _E_ p  

pl _E_ _A_ se  

b _E_ _E_ p  

t _E_ _A_ se  

f _E_ _E_ t  

t _E_ _A_ ch  

m _E_ _A_ t  

Now add more words with and put them inside the bubbles.  

Schoolvally answer:

ee:  

The words are as under:

keep

jeep

peep

deep

peek

seed

feed

seek

ea: 

The words are as under:

reap

leap

fear

near

tear

teak

peak

pear

• Let’s listen  

1. Say the words aloud one by one. Follow the instructions and move your body accordingly. Move them up and down. Walk forward and backward. Fast and slow. Move them left and right.

Shoulders: Move them up and down.

Feet: Walk forward and backward.  

Run: Fast and slow.      

Hands: Move them left and right.

Schoolvally answer:

activity have fun

2. Now, Jump, hop, march, and tiptoe.

Schoolvally answer:

activity have fun

• Let’s write

1. Answer the questions by looking at the picture on the opposite page.

Schoolvally answer:

(i) What is Mohan practising in picture 4?

He is practising high jump.

(ii) What are Anil and his friends pulling in picture 3?

_They_ are pulling _ a rope _

(iii) Where are the boats racing in picture 2?

_ They_ are _ racing in the river._

(iv) What are the boys doing in picture 1?

They _ are _ doing boat racing.

(v) What are the girls doing in picture 6?

They are _ swimming. _

2. Now make one more question for each picture. Write the question in the space below each picture. Use how many, what are, where are/is, how, why, to make questions.

Schoolvally answer:

Picture 1:

How many boys are there ?

What are they doing ?

Where are they going ?

Why are they running ?

How are they running ?

Picture 2:

How many boats are there ?

How many people are there in total ?

How many people are there in each boat ?

What are they doing ?

What is the colour of water ?

What is the colour of boat ?

Where are they going ?

Why are they racing ?

Why they have sticks in their hands ?

How are they racing ?

Picture 3:

How many boys are there in total ?

How many boys are there on each side ?

How big is the rope ?

What are they doing ?

What is this game known as ?

What is the colour of ground ?

Why are they pulling each other ?

Why they have rope in their hands ?

Picture 4:  

How many boys do you see ?

What is the height of the bar ?

What is the boy doing ?

What is the colour of sky ?

What do you think, is he afraid of jump?

What is the number on the T shirt ?

What is the colour of the cushion ?

Why is he jumping ?

Why they have poles dug into the ground ?

Picture 5:

How many children do you see ?

What is the height of the deck ?

What is she doing ?

What is the colour of pool ?

What do you think, is she afraid of jump?

What is the boy doing there ?

What is the colour of deck ?

What is the colour of her cap ?

Why is she jumping ?

Picture 6:

How many children do you see ?

What do you see?

What do you think is the depth of the pool ?

What are they doing ?

What is the colour of pool ?

What do you think, are they swimming in lanes?

Why do you see only one hand ?

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Do you know how to swim ?

Schoolvally answer:

No, I do not know how to swim.

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• New words  

chatting : talk in informal way

chatting while the class is in continuation is bad manners.

archery : a sport of shooting arrows

I am interested in sports and like archery most.

string :  

The string of my bow broke today.

target :

My target is to top in my country services exams.

Defending : to protect some body

Judo is s sport and that is useful in self defence.

Amazement : a feeling of great surprises

A new car on a birthday filled the house with amazement.

triumphantly :  victorious

Bobby triumphantly announced his promotion. 

Reading is fun :

1. What did Nasruddin boast about?

Schoolvally answer:

Nasruddin Hodja boasted about his skill of archery.

2. Why did Nasruddin take someone else’s name each time he missed the target?

Schoolvally answer:

Nasruddin took someone else’s name each time he missed the target to defend himself. He did not want to show his failure in his skill of archery.  

OR

Nasruddin Hodja did not want to show his failure in his skill of archery. So he took someone else’s name each time he missed the target.

3. Why did Nasruddin say, “It was my aim,” the third time?

Schoolvally answer:

He was lucky in his third attempt . He successfully hit the target. So he said “It was my aim”.

4. Do you think Nasruddin was good at archery?

Schoolvally answer:

No, I do not think that Nassruddin was good at archery, because he only boasted about it before his friends.

• Word building  

1. Shoot the arrow and hit the target by matching the words with their correct meanings.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Chatting : talking informally  

(b) Amazement : great surprise  

(c) Archery : shooting with a bow and arrow  

(d) Defending : protecting from attack  

(e) Target : the goal intended to be hit  

(f) Triumphantly : happily and proudly  

2. Replace the bold word/words with a word from the quiver and re-write the sentence –

Schoolvally answer:

(a) In no time she hit the object she aimed at.  

In no time she hit the _ target_.

(b) Nasruddin was surely not a good archer.  

Nasruddin was _ certainly _ not a good archer.  

(c) The teacher said some thing about his good handwriting. He felt very happy.  

The teacher _ remarked on _ his good handwriting. He felt very happy.  

• Let’s write  

1. This is a picture of Rahul Gupta. Using the clues given, write a paragraph about him in your notebook.

Clues : Indian, cricket, eight hours, practises, eats healthy food, runs two kilometres every day, batsman

Schoolvally answer:

Rahul Gupta is a famous Indian cricket player. He practices for eight hours and runs two kilometres every day to stay fit. He eats healthy food that gives him energy to be the best batsman.

2. This is Rajiv’s family. They are a healthy family. See what each one does to remain healthy.

Father Mother Sita  

Grandpa Grandma Rajiv  

Schoolvally answer:

Father : Is lifting weights

Mother : Is doing yoga

Sita : Is skipping

Grandpa : Is walking

Grandma : Is drinking

Rajiv : Is jogging

3. Use the words ‘and’ or ‘but’ and make as many sentences as you can about Rajiv’s family.

Example : Grandpa and Grandma get up early in the morning. Grandpa is walking but Rajiv is jogging.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Father and mother do exercise and stay healthy.

(b) Father is lifting weight but mother is doing yoga.

(c) Rajiv is jogging and Sita is skipping.

(d) Rajiv is jogging but Sita is skipping.

(e) Grandpa is walking but grandma is drinking milk.

Watch the apple! Would you like to see the arrow piercing the red apple? Bring the page close to your face, touch the star with your nose, and then look at the picture!  

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, this phenomenon is called ‘parallax’.  

When we bring the book close to our face the distance between the object and lens (ie. eye here) is zeroized and parallax is removed. It seems as if the arrow has pierced the arrow.

• Let’s play  

1. Fill in the grid with words given below. You can use one word more than once.

stick bat/ball football eleven ground racket ball stadium two to four table

Schoolvally answer:

(a )cricket -  

Name of the game : Cricket

What you play with : Bat, Ball

Where you play it : Stadium, Outdoor

Number of players  : Eleven

(b) hockey -    

Name of the game : Hockey

What you play with : Stick, Ball

Where you play it : Stadium, Outdoor

Number of players : Eleven

(c) table tennis -   

Name of the game : Table, Racket, Ball

What you play with : Table, Racket, Ball

Where you play it : Hall, Indoor

Number of players : Two or four  

(d) football -  

Name of the game : Football

What you play with : Ball

Where you play it : Stadium, Outdoor

Number of players : Eleven

2. Using the information in the grid, write a sentence about each game. One has been done for you.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Cricket is an outdoor game. We play it with a bat and a ball. There are eleven players in this game.

(b)  Hockey is an outdoor game. We play it with a stick and a ball. There are eleven players in this game.

(c)  Table tennis is an indoor game. We play it on a table with a racket and a ping-pong ball. There are two or four players in this game.

(d) Football is an outdoor game. We play it with a ball. There are eleven players in this game.

3. The following words are used in various sports. List them under the sport that they are used in.

(a) googly  

(b) goal  

(c) LBW  

(d) penalty  

(e) free kick  

(f) penalty  

(g) corner  

Some words may be used in more than one game.  

Hockey -

1. goal

2. penalty

3. corner

Cricket  -  

1. googly

2. LBW

Footbal -

1. boal

2. penalty

3. free kick

• Team time  

A Puppet head  

Write two sentences on your puppet.  

Schoolvally answer:

I have made a puppet

and named her jumpy-head.

she jumps like crazy

but make me happy.

her frock is red

never sleeps on the bed.

she has two braid

but never eats bread.

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. What do you mean by parallax in physics ?

Schoolvally answer:

Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight and is measured by the angle or half-angle of inclination between those two lines. 

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• New words  

curious : eager to learn

The students of class 4th are very curious to know what is in the gift box.

Lead : to show the way

The reason on corruption is that the black sheep are leading the country.

Marble : a small spherical glass ball

Robert and Ram are playing marbles in their courtyard.

sink : to go down

Wood does not sink in water but stone does.

reason : explanation

To miss class we need a reason, else teacher will be angry.

• Reading is fun

1. Name a few things that sink.

Schoolvally answer:

Things that sink are as under:

(a) Iron

(b) Stone

(c) Lead

(d) Marble

(e) Cup

(f) Plate

(g) Eraser

2. List three questions that the little boy asks.

Schoolvally answer:

Three questions that boy ask are as under:

(a) Why does wood swim and marble sink ?

(b) What makes the cloud ?

(c) Why do we eat and drink ?

3. What sort of a boy is described in the poem?

Schoolvally answer:

(a) sad  

(b) curious - ✔ -  

(c) brave

• Let’s talk  

Ram is a curious little boy. He is always asking questions. One day he came home and asked his grandfather questions like –  

Discuss these questions with your teacher and class. Do you know the answers ?

1. Why can’t we look at the sun during a solar eclipse?

Schoolvally answer:

We can’t look at the sun during a solar eclipse because the light of the sun can prove harmful for our eyes.

2. Why can’t we touch the sun ?

Schoolvally answer:

Our sun is a ball of fire. It is too hot to touch. It is also too far we can not to reach there is our life time.

3. Why can’t we go out to play in the dark ?

Schoolvally answer:

We can’t see anything without light. While playing we may fall down and get hurt, proper light is essential for activities.

• Word building  

1. Fill in the blanks with words from the poem which rhyme with the coloured words in the sentences –

Schoolvally answer:

Why is the _ sky_ so high?  

Do you know the colour of _ rainbow _?

Have you found who made the _ cloud _?  

Put the glass in the sink after you finish your _ drink _.  

2. The spellings of these words are jumbled. Put them right and make sentences of your own –

Schoolvally answer:

(a) wokn : know  

Do you know where are we going ?

(b) wism : swim

Some snakes can crawl on land and swim in water.

(c) dael : lead

lead is a heavy metal and sinks in the water.

(d) blarme : marble

Marble is an ancient game and is very famous in Indian villages.

(e) llihs : hills

There are rice fields on hills in Assam.

• Let’s write  

1. Discuss and write –

(a) Why do cats and dogs fight?  

Schoolvally answer:

They are not friendly to each other. Dogs chase cats to catch them.

(b) Why do we walk across the road, not run?  

Schoolvally answer:

We may not be careful while running and fall, so to avoid accident we walk across, not run.

(c) Why do people like ice-cream?

Schoolvally answer:

People like ice-cream

2. Write down at least two questions using ‘why’?

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Why are you late in the class today ?  

(b) Why are you not playing with us ?

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Write down at least five questions using ‘where’?

Schoolvally answer:

Where are you going ?

Where are my books ?

Where are the students ?

Where is my cricket kit ?

Where is the programme being held ?

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• Poem: The Man in an Onion Bed

I met a man in an onion bed.

He was crying so hard his eyes were red.  

And the tears rolled off the end of his nose  

As he ate his way down the onion rows.  

He ate and he cried, but for all his tears  

He sang, “Sweet onions, oh my dears!  

I love you, I do and you love me,  

But you make me as sad as a man can be.”  

By – John Ciard  

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Why was the man crying ?

Schoolvally answer:

When an onion is sliced or diced, the onion's cells get cut and release some compounds into the air that irritates our eyes. 

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• New words  

scamper : move quickly

The child scampered and left mother behind.

Hurried : quickly

We hurried to our home as soon as it started raining.

Popped : come out

The pop corns popped out from the pan and spread all over the kitchen.

disappeared :  vanished

All the Boys disappeared from the playground as soon as they saw teacher coming.

whiskers : long hair above lips.

Tiger with his whiskers can feel, prey from a long distance.

• Reading is fun  

1. While listening to the story, what did Alice see

Schoolvally answer:

While listening to the story Alice saw a white rabbit.

2. What was different about the rabbit that Alice saw?

Schoolvally answer:

The rabbit had pink eyes and was wearing a blue coat and he could talk like humans.

3. Where did the rabbit go?

Schoolvally answer:

The rabbit jumped into a big hole and went down and down into the ground.

4. How did Alice reach Wonderland?

Schoolvally answer:

The Alice reached wonderland by following the white rabbit.

5. What strange things did Alice see?

Schoolvally answer:

Alice saw lovely garden with bright flower beds and a cool fountain in it.

6. Describe in your own words the garden that Alice saw.

Schoolvally answer:

The garden that Alice saw was the most beautiful garden she had ever seen. It had bright flowers and cool fountain in it.

7. Draw the garden of your dreams.

Schoolvally answer:

sketch

8. Tick (✔) the correct answer. The rabbit had  

Schoolvally answer:  

white eyes

big eyes : - ✔ -

pink eyes  

Who was burning with curiosity?  

Schoolvally answer:  

Alice : - ✔ -

the rabbit  

children  

Who fell down and down and down?  

Schoolvally answer:  

Alice  

a mouse  

the rabbit : - ✔ -

Who said – “Oh, my ears and whiskers? How late it’s getting!”  

Schoolvally answer:  

the rabbit : - ✔ -

Alice  

Alice’s sister  

The garden Alice saw was  

Schoolvally answer:  

big  

lovely : - ✔ -

small  

• Let’s talk  

1. Describe some of the sounds you hear at night.

Schoolvally answer:  

Sound of cockroach and mosquitoes.

Sound of dogs.

Sound of Air conditioners.

Sound of Fan.

2. Imagine you are Alice and your partner is a rabbit. What would you do?

Schoolvally answer:  

I would make friends with rabbit and tell him to take me to his rabbit hole.

3. What do you think Alice saw in the garden?

Schoolvally answer:  

Alice saw beds of bright flowers, cool fountains, birds and fruit trees.

4. How could Alice have got into the garden?

Schoolvally answer:  

Alice could have got into the garden by becoming smaller.

• Let’s write

1. Find one word from the story that means

Schoolvally answer:

(a) to walk fast : Hurried  

(b) to think : Wander

(c) happy : Delight

(d) to be seen nowhere : Disappeared

(e) at once : Quickly

(f) move fast : Scamper

(g) to be inquisitive : Curious

2. Give another word for the ones given below with similar meanings and make sentences.  

Schoolvally answer:

lovely : beautiful, pretty

He lives in a beautiful house and has an expensive car.  

Talking : chatting

The girls are wasting their time in chatting and not cleaning the class room.

Listening : hearing

I like hearing to the sounds of nature they make me fresh.

See : to look

One should always see both sides before you cross road.

Centre : middle, core

My brother always eats pizza from centre and annoys me.

Now write the opposites of these describing words and make sentences with them –

Schoolvally answer:

lovely - X -  ugly

She is an ugly girl with no manners.

talking - X -  quiet

The class is very quiet today, as there is school inspection.  

listening - X -  speaking

speaking loudly in the class is not allowed and it is bad manners too.

see - X -  ignore

Never ignore advice of parents.

centre - X -  side

The beggar was sitting on the side of temple quietly when he was beaten by people.

3. Imagine you are going on a journey to the centre of the earth. What do you think you will see? What would you feel?

Schoolvally answer:

I will see different layers of soil with different colours. Then I will reach the water table and there will be plenty of clean water and going deeper there will be lava of red colour and it will be very hot there.

4. Alice follows the strange rabbit because she wants to know a number of things. Re-arrange the words to make the questions that Alice has in her mind, and put a question mark (?).

Schoolvally answer:

(a) talk rabbit a how can  

How can a rabbit talk ?

(b) going he is where  

Where is he going ?

(c) read he can time the

Can he read the time ?

(d) hurry is in a why he

Why is he in a hurry ?

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A.  Imagine you are going on a journey to the space. What do you think you will see? What would you feel??

Schoolvally answer:

I will see layer of dust, kites and birds flying also I will see airplanes and then I will reach amidst of clouds and after that I will see moon and will also feel cold. If I move further towards sun I will see other planets but it will be very hot there.

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• New words  

afraid : showing of fear

We should be be afraid of result but at the same time we should work hard.

Dark : very little or no light

We need to be careful when its dark.

Rest : Relax

Do not rest till you finish your homework.

Harsh : unkind

The weather is harsh today we cannot play in ground.

Forever : all the time

Nothing remains forever, every living being dies one day.  

Troubles: problems

In the time of trouble we need friends.  

Cease : to end

There is no cease to the war against poverty in Bharat.

• Reading is fun  

1. What is the poem about?

Schoolvally answer:

The poem is about children fear of darkness and the ways to over come this fear.

2. What happens when the day is over?

Schoolvally answer:

When the day is over darkness spreads everywhere the moon and stars starts shining in the sky.

3. What does the earth do when the day is over?

Schoolvally answer:

The earth takes rest when the day is over.

4. What does the poet want us to do at night?

Schoolvally answer:

The poet wants us to be friendly with night and think about our friends and relatives.

5. Are these sentences true or false ?

Schoolvally answer:

(a) The poet tells the child to be afraid when it is dark.

_ False _

(b) The poet says that stars will always shine at night.

_ True _

(c) The poet tells the child to think of friends after it is dark.

_ True _

• Word building  

Schoolvally answer:

moon + light = moonlight  

break + fast = breakfast

good + night = goodnight

day + break = daybreak

water + fall = water fall

rain + bow = rainbow

1. Find a word in the poem which is the opposite of —

Schoolvally answer:

war – X - peace  

enemies – X - friends  

gentle - X - harsh

light - X - dark

night - X - day

start - X - end

2. Look at these words in the poem.

Schoolvally answer:

don’t, won’t  

Here are their full forms  

d’not — do not

won’t — will not

Now, write the full forms of the following words  

Schoolvally answer:

didn’t : did not  

shouldn’t : should not

wouldn’t : would not

couldn’t : could not

mustn’t : must not

• Let’s talk  

1. Are you afraid of the dark? Why?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, I am afraid of dark, because I fail to see anything in the dark.

2. What do you do when it is dark?

Schoolvally answer:

I lie down on my bed and think about my friends and games that we play together.

3. Have you ever been very frightened? Tell your partner about it.

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, I was horrified and frightened when my father and I were beaten by my maternal aunt, uncle and their friends outside the Lohan park. We could hardly save our lives that day.

OR

Yes, once when my brother came to my room wearing a scary mask and frightened me.

• Say aloud  

1. What is the word that starts with- t , rhymes with ‘cease’, and means to playfully make fun of ?

Schoolvally answer:

The word is _ tease _.

2. What is the word that starts with- c , rhymes with ‘near’ and ‘fear’, and means easy to see, hear and understand?

Schoolvally answer:

The word is _ clear _.

• Team time  

1. Divide the class into four groups.

Schoolvally answer:

activity- do as directed.

2. Imagine life without the sun.

Schoolvally answer:

There will no life without sun, because the producers viz. Alge and plants use, light to make their food. All other living organisms feed on them.

Without sunlight, it would be hopelessness on earth. There would not be any plants, animals and people. There would be no life on earth.

3. What are the things that may happen if there is no sunlight ?

Schoolvally answer:

There will be complete darkness in absence of sunlight.  

Without light we will be blinded. 

There will be no life, living beings will die out of starvation.

4. Discuss with the group and write your ideas in your notebook.

Schoolvally answer:

Group 1:

There will be complete darkness in absence of sunlight.  

Group 2:

Without light we will be blinded. 

Group 3:

There will be no life, living beings will die out of starvation.

Group 4:

There will be no rains and it will be very cold.

• Let’s write  

1. The red tea cups are filled with a particular word. Fill in the yellow tea cups with similar sounding words. Note the example given.

Schoolvally answer:

Too - two

One - won

Deer - dear

Son - sun

2. Now complete the following sentences, choosing the right word.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) The sum was _ too _ difficult for the class to solve. Only _ two _ students could do it. (two, too)  

(b) There was only _ one _boy who _ won _the prize. (one, won)  

(c) The golden _ deer _ was very _ dear _ to him. (dear, deer)

(d) Ramu’s _ son _ loved to play in the _ Sun _. (sun, son)

• Let’s listen  

1. Relax your feet, legs and entire body. Be as quiet as you can.

Schoolvally answer:

activity

2. Listen to the sounds around you.

Schoolvally answer:

activity

3. Tell your partner softly what you heard and ask, “What did you hear?”

Schoolvally answer:

activity

4. Let your partner talk about or copy those sounds.

Schoolvally answer:

activity

5. Read out the following phrases aloud. Divide them into loud and softer sounds.

clapping hands  

a worm moving  

stamping feet,  

a bud blooming  

a butterfly flying  

a feather dropping  

an ant walking  

a car moving  

the wind blowing  

ssshhhh  

whisper  

tiptoe  

a leaf falling  

Schoolvally answer:

Loud sounds :

clapping hands  

stamping feet,  

a car moving  

the wind blowing  

Softer sounds :

a worm moving  

a bud blooming  

a butterfly flying  

a feather dropping  

an ant walking  

ssshhhh  

whisper  

tiptoe  

a leaf falling  

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. What do you mean by contractions, give example ?

Schoolvally answer:

A shortening of a word, syllable, or word group by omission of a sound or letter. Example:  

he’s : he is

I’m : I am

It’ ll : It will

who’s : who is

what’s : what is

were’nt : were not

I’d : I had or I would

A. Give some example of homo-phones ?

Schoolvally answer:

Week : Weak

Die : Dye

See ;  Sea

Bye : Buy

Fair : Fare

Break : Brake

Ate : Eight

Know : No

Weigh : Way

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Poem: Don’t Give Up  

If you keep on going  

And never stop,  

You can keep on going,  

You can make it to the top.  

Life is full of mountains,  

Some are big and some are small,  

But if you don’t give up  

You can overcome them all.  

So keep on going  

Try not to stop,  

When you keep on going  

You can make it to the top.  

Look at the picture and describe it. Why do you think the boy is happy? 

Schoolvally answer:

The boy is happy because he has climbed it to Top of mountain.

He has learned the lesson that if he does not stop working hard and keep going he can do any thing and overcome all the hurdles.

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Do you think the boy is right ?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, I think the boy is right, If we does not stop working hard and keep going we can do any thing and overcome all the hurdles and make it to the top.

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• New words  

Dearly : lovely

I would dearly love to speak to anyone who thinks Virat kohli was not out in this cricket match.

Illness : sickness

Due to illness I cannot attend my class today.

Agreed : to consent

Teacher agreed to help me in my studies.

important : must

Today we have an important revision class so be on line on time.  

• Reading is fun  

1. “Something is wrong,” said Helen’s mother. What was wrong with Helen?

Schoolvally answer:

Helen was blind and could not see or hear.

2. Although Helen could not hear or see, what kind of girl was she?

Schoolvally answer:

Helen was a bright little girl.

3. Who agreed to help Helen?

Schoolvally answer:

Miss Sullivan a young teacher, agreed to help Helen.

4. How did Miss Sullivan help Helen?

Schoolvally answer:

Miss Sullivan thought Helen many words with the help of special hand signs, She made her understand the importance of words.

5. What did Helen learn when the teacher put her hand into running water?

Schoolvally answer:

Helen understood that water meant some thing wet, when the teacher put her hand into running water.

6. What was the most important thing that Helen finally understood?

Schoolvally answer:

Lastly, Helen understood that words were the most important things in the world.

• Let’s talk  

1. Using sign language make these letters with your hand ‘C’, ‘H’, ‘E’, ‘K’

Schoolvally answer:

activity- make these letters with your hand ‘C’, ‘H’, ‘E’, ‘K’ refer page 85 and 86.

2. Spell these words through hand signs (a) Helen (b) was

Schoolvally answer:

activity: spell these words through hand sign, refer page 85 and 86.

3. How do people who cannot see, read?

Schoolvally answer:

People who cannot see, read with the help of special sign language.

4. What is the script for people who cannot see called?

Schoolvally answer:

The script is called Braille script.

5. How do you think you can help children who cannot see?

Schoolvally answer:

We can help them in crossing road and read moral stories to them.

6. Look at the signs for the letters of the alphabet.

Schoolvally answer:

activity

• Let’s write  

1. Match the two parts of sentences given under column ‘A’ and ‘B’. Add ‘but’ to join the two parts and write complete sentences.

Schoolvally answer:

(i) Helen lived after her illness – but -  (c) she could not hear or see.  

(ii) She could not see or hear – but - (e) she was very intelligent.  

(iii) People thought that she could not learn anything – but - (a) her mother thought she could learn.  

(iv) Helen copied the words – but - (b) she did not understand what she was doing.  

(v) Miss Sullivan was strict – but - (d) she was kind to Helen.

• Team time  

1. Read the following sentences

(a) Her clothes were dirty.  

(b) She was angry.  

(c) she lay on the floor.

(d) Her parents scolded her.

Schoolvally answer:

activity

2. Ask yourself the following questions. Put a tick (✔) under the right column.

Schoolvally answer:

activity

3. Now your friend will ask you the same questions.

Always - often - Sometimes - never

Schoolvally answer:

How often do you  

(a) obey your parents? - Always

(b) visit your grandparents?  - Always  

(c) fight with your brother or sister? - Never

(d) help others? - Always  

(e) throw waste in the dustbin?  - Always  

(f) switch off the lights, when you go out of the room?  - Often

(g) leave the tap on while brushing your teeth? - Sometimes

(h) tear pages from your notebook? - Sometimes

• Let’s make something  

1. From newspapers or old magazines collect stories / reports of courageous children –

(a) Draw pictures of the story  

(b) Talk about the stories.  

Schoolvally answer:

activity  

Schoolvally tips: you will find such stories on the news paper dated 27th January every year, as such children are facilitated on 26th January every year. Read and narrate their stories to the class.

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. What should government do to help them ? Why do you think so ?

Schoolvally answer:

Government can provide them with big houses that does not have corner and ready to eat food so they always stay away from danger of fire. Give them high paying government jobs in so they are rich enough to hire helpers and live happily and enjoy. Also provide them best medical treatment and always work dedicatedly for their betterment.

The government should do this because, specially abled children like blind, deaf or dumb etc. are considered burden by their parents especially girl child and are married off tactfully to decent families. Latter when the cheating is revealed, this ruins the life of grooms his parents and other family members.  

Such actions promotes hatred in society and brings disgrace to the religion. Government should make laws to protect citizens of Bharat from such sinful people and punish such culprits their parents and other people involved in the heinous crime against humanity.  

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Sing this song together  

Poem: Pretty Peep

I have a little sister,  

They call her Pretty Peep;  

She wades in the waters  

Deep, deep, deep;  

She climbs up the mountains  

High, high, high;  

My pretty little sister,  

She has just one eye.

Who is Pretty Peep? ? 

Schoolvally answer:

A star is the pretty peep.

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. What do you think when you see a star at night ?

Schoolvally answer:

I think that God is looking at us with many eyes.

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• New words  

Wigwam: a dome shaped hut.

Rambo and Sandra went for a vacation and enjoyed living in a wigwam.

Beavers: rodents with a broad tail.

Beavers are eaten in many countries as a delicacy.

Acorns: a type of nutty fruit.

Sandra likes smell of acorns but does not like to eat them.

Reindeer: a deer with large horns.

Our Santa Claus comes on a reindeer cart and gives us gifts on Christmas.

Timid: lacking in bravery.

Rat is a timid animal and runs immediately as soon as he finds a cat around.

• Reading is fun  

1. Who was Hiawatha?

Schoolvally answer:

Hiawatha was a young little red Indian boy.

2. Who was Nokomis?

Schoolvally answer:

Nokomis was Hiawatha’s old grand mother.

3. What did he learn about the birds?

Schoolvally answer:

Hiawatha learned the language of birds, he learned -

(a) Their names and secrets.

(b) How they built their nest in summer.

(c) Where they hide themselves in winter.

4. What secrets did he learn about beasts?

Schoolvally answer:

Hiawatha learned the language of beasts. He learnt their names.

How the beavers built their lodges ?

How the squirrels hid their acorns ?

How the reindeer ran swiftly and how the rabbit was so timid ?

• Let’s listen  

1. Whisper a secret in your partner’s ear. The partner will in turn whisper his secret in your ear

Now talk about the secret aloud.  

Schoolvally answer:

activity

You can tell your friend about when you ate sugar without letting mother know about it.

OR

You can share when you watched cartoon show when mother was out for shopping. Etc.  

• Chinese Whisper  

2. Form a circle and whisper a secret into the ear of the person on your right. He in turn whispers into the ear of the person on the right. Pass the secret on till it goes around the circle. The last person will tell the secret aloud. Is the secret the same as what the first child had whispered?

Schoolvally answer:

activity

This is an important activity that shows how active listener you are.

• Let’s talk  

1. Do you think that –

(a) Hiawatha liked learning new languages?  

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, Hiawatha liked learning new languages.

(b) Hiawatha called the birds ‘chickens’ and the beasts ‘brothers’? What do you think this shows?  

Schoolvally answer:

This shows that Hiawatha was friendly to birds and animals.

(c) Do birds have secrets?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, birds have secrets.

(d) Do you know the secret language of any animal? Tell the class about it.

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, I know secret language of the sparrow that comes to our house in the evening. Whenever she sees me she starts chipping loud and calls her other friends to join for the feast of grains that I bring for them. I think sparrows are capable to communicate to other birds about food or for any danger.

• Say aloud  

squirrel quarrel queen quick quill quilt quiet quality  

Schoolvally answer:

for practice

1. Use words beginning with ‘ H ’ sound like –

hat, house, hen, hide, horse, heart, hand etc.

Make a pair of words, one a ‘describing word’ and one a ‘naming word’.  

Schoolvally answer:

Happy Hiawatha  

hungry hippopotamus  

high horse  

heavy hand  

Hyper sonic  

Hot milk

Handsome boy

2. Have you seen

(a) a hippopotamus in a hat?  

(b) a hen in a beehive?  

(c) a helicopter with hair?

(d) a horse drink honey?

Schoolvally answer:

(a) a hippopotamus in a hat?  

No, I have not seen any hippopotamus in a hat.  

(b) a hen in a beehive?  

No, I have not seen a hen in beehive.  

(c) a helicopter with hair?

No, I have not seen any helicopter with hair.  

(d) a horse drink honey?

No, I have not seen any horse drinking honey.  

• Let’s share  

Make a story of the poem and share it with your friends. You can change Hiawatha’s name and give the name of your classmate. Start the story which other children can continue.  

You could begin like this –  

Schoolvally answer:

Once upon a time there was a boy Mohan who lived in the jungle of Bharat. He was a stupid boy and will waste his whole day sitting idle and day dreaming. His grand mother was very much worried about him as he was vary careless. He would ask silly questions like why does tree grow and flowers bloom, Why rat is small and tiger big. He has an amazing quality of talking to animals and birds. He knew many secrets of the birds. He was a jungle boy in real sense.

• Let’s write  

1. This is a park where children talk to different animals and birds. Write four sentences about the picture. Use capital letters where required, complete sentences and punctuation.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) The park has green grass, bushes and is home of many birds and animals.  

(b) The birds and animals of the park are attracted to children and like them a lot.  

(c) They come in group and make a lot of noise when they play with children.

(d) Children also love these animals play with them and talk to them for hours.

Now colour the picture.  

Schoolvally answer:

activity: colour the picture you may also draw this on your notebook and then colour.

2. Where do the following live ?

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Birds live in _ Nest _

(b) Rabbits live in _ Burrow _

(c) Beavers live in _ Pond _

3. Describe Hiawatha, his home and friends in ten lines.

Schoolvally answer:

1. Hiawatha was a young red Indian boy.

2. He loved birds and animals and was friends with them.

3. He lived with his old grandmother

4. They lived in jungle in a Wigwam.

5. He learned the secret languages of birds and beasts.

6. He learned their names and all their secrets.  

7. He asked them a number of questions out of curiosity.

8. He got the answers of all his questions from them.

9. Birds and animals also loved him and talked to him.

10. He called the birds ‘Hiawatha’s Brothers’.

4. What did Hiawatha love?

Schoolvally answer:

Hiawatha loved all the things around him such as the stars, the trees, the insects, the birds, the animals and many other things in the jungle.

5. Match with and write the complete sentences below A- B

Schoolvally answer:

Whenever - I am hungry, I eat.  

Whoever - comes first, wins.  

Wherever - I go, I have friends.  

6. Complete the following stories by using an appropriate word from the box given below –

my - his - he – your

Schoolvally answer:

(A) Ram was a farmer. _ He _wanted to sell _ his _ goats and sheep. So he went to the market. There sold all _ his_ animals to a rich man and got a lot of money. When he was going back to _ his _ village, three thieves stopped him. “Stop! Give us all _ your _ money.” Ram was very clever. He said, “I'll give _ my _ money to the strongest of you.” On hearing this, the thieves started fighting amongst themselves. Ram slipped away quietly.  

(B) Sitting on a tree a crow was enjoying a piece of bread. A hungry fox wanted to have that bread. _ He _said very sweetly, “Dear brother, I've heard that _ your _ voice is very sweet. Please sing a song for me.” The foolish crow opened _ his _ beak and the piece of bread fell down. The fox picked it up in _ his_ mouth and ran away.  

7. Some words have similar sounds, but different meanings. Choose the correct word from the box and fill in the blanks.

(a) The bird sits on a _ bough _.  

(b) The squirrel has a long _ tail _.

(c) I have to leave at _ two _.

(d) This sum is _ right _.

(e) I can _ hear _the bird's song.

(f) Do you _ know _a secret?  

(g) The King sits on the _ throne _.

(h) He is our school _ Principal _.

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Would you like to live a life like Hiawatha? why

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, I would like to live a life like him, play with animals and birds and live in a hut in jungle. Because, his life is interesting, he shares his life with nature and lives happily.

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• New words  

Mother tongue : a language which a person has been speaking from child hood.

We should love our mother language and learn it too.  

Challenged : some thing that puts you to test.

One should challenge his limits to learn new things.

Tickled : a light touch that makes you laugh.

I cannot hold my self when some one tickles me.

Irritated : slight anger.

When teacher got irritated she gave punishment to the students.

• Reading is fun  

1. Who came to Akbar’s court?

Schoolvally answer:

A learned pundit came to Akbar’s court.

2. What did he claim to know?

Schoolvally answer:

He claimed to speak many languages fluently.

3. How did he challenge everybody?

Schoolvally answer:

He challenged everybody to name his mother tongue.

• Let’s talk  

1. What is your mother tongue?

Schoolvally answer:

My mother tongue is Hindi.  

2. Tell the class a joke in your mother tongue.

Schoolvally answer:

पापा: बेटा तुमने सेब ठीक से नहीं धोए थे, स्वाद कुछ अजीब सा है।  

मोनू: नहीं पिता जी, मैने तो ठीक से धोए थे, साबुन से रगड़ रगड़ के।

3. Do you know any other language? Do you know a joke in English? Tell your friends.

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, I know a joke in English. Here it is -

Mona Mam: "Which egg, does not hatch?"  Mina: "Eggs that we get in answer sheet.  

"Mona Mam: "Akhil has not done his home work. what is Akhil in this sentence?"   

Mina: "Earlier he was a boy, since he has not done his home work, supposed to be a cock by now."  

Mona Mam: "What do you mean, if Rita has not done her home work, will she be hen?"  Mina: "No Mam she will still be cock as she can not lay eggs."

• Let’s listen  

1. Listen to your favourite advertisement on the radio or T.V. Repeat it with stress on the words. Act, draw and write the advertisement.

Schoolvally answer:

activity enjoy

• Say aloud  

1. Tick (✔) the words which end with the sound - id -. Say each word aloud

Schoolvally answer:

(a) accepted : ✔  

(b) answered : ❌

(c) irritated : ✔

(d) failed : ❌

(e) completed : ✔

(f) challenged : ❌

(g) cried : ❌

(h) surprised : ❌

(I) find : ❌

(j) licked : ✔

(k) celebrated : ✔

(l) fried : ✔

• Word building  

1. Make a class dictionary with words from the story. Try to find suitable words for them in your mother tongue. Say these words aloud. Then make sentences with those words in your class dictionary.

Words in English – Sentences

Schoolvally answer:

Converse : He cannot converse in Hindi fluently.

Tickle : I tickled my brother and made him laugh.

Mastery : My father has mastery over cooking.

Challenged : The teacher challenged students to solve maths problems.

Feather : The feathers of some birds like peacock and kingfisher are very beautiful.

Accepted : The teacher accepted the decision of students and made them happy.

Difficulty : The difficulty level of S.O.S.E. (Schoolvally - Olympus scholarship for Expats) is very high, so very few students can crack it.

Truth : Always speak truth this may not give you material prosperity but surely will give you mental peace.

2. Write all the words that show you are happy.

For example : Hurray Ha! Ha!  

Add more  

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Wow !

(b) Wonderful !

(c) Amazing !

(d) Yahoo !

3. Tick (✔) the right answer.

Schoolvally answer:

(i) ‘I visited the court of Akbar’ means

(a) You always live there.  

(b) You came there for a short time. - ✔ -

(c) You were born there.

(ii) To imitate someone means to

(a) copy someone - ✔ -

(b) tease someone  

(c) make someone angry ?

4. Look and fill in the columns. One has been done for you.

Schoolvally answer:

Quiet _ quietly _, sad _ sadly _

fluent _ fluently _, fierce _ fiercely _

angry _ angrily _, gentle _ gently _

5. Match the words in Column A with words in Column B.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) king -  courtiers

(b) teacher - students  

(c) doctor - patients  

(d) bus driver - passengers  

(e) lawyer - clients  

(f) mother - children  

6. Play this game with a friend. Pick up what you want from any basket.

Add ‘a’ or ‘an’ before it.  

Now say the sentences below, using these things –  

Schoolvally answer:

Basket 1:

A rug, A pillow, A bed, A sheet  

Basket 2:

An alarm, A clock, A wall, A clock, A wrist, A watch  

Basket 3:

An apple. An orange, A banana, An ice-cream  

Basket 4:

A bow, An arrow, A ball, A bat, A doll  

Basket 5:

A waistcoat, A long coat, A raincoat, An umbrella  

Neena : Can I have _ an orange _, please?  

Rahul : Yes, here you are.  

Jeevika : Can I have _ a banana_, too.  

Rahul : No, sorry. You can’t have that.  

Make more sentences using words from the baskets.

Schoolvally answer:

Neena : Can I have _ an apple _, please?  

Rahul : Yes, here you are.  

Neena :  I have _ a clock _,  

Rahul : Yes, I am sure you have.  

Neena : Do youI have _ a watch_, ?  

Rahul : Yes, here it is on my wrist.

Neena : Can I buy _ an umbrella_, please?  

Rahul : No, this is not for sale.

Neena :  Ram purchased a bow and an arrow from fair.

Rahul : Yes, even I purchased a ball, a bat and a doll from there.

• Let’s share  

1. How did Birbal find out about the Pundit’s mother tongue?

Schoolvally answer:

One day Birbal went quietly to Pundit’s house and whispered some thing into his ear while he was asleep. The Pundit got scared and started shouting out words in his mother tongue which turned out to be Telugu.

2. Act this out with your friends and make it into a class play.

Schoolvally answer:

activity enjoy

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Why did Pundit spoke in telegu that night?

Schoolvally answer:

The Pundit spoke in Telugu that night because “In times of difficulty, a person speaks only in his mother tongue.”  

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• Puzzle: The Truth Balloon 

Suppose you are going on a camping holiday.  

What are the four most important things you will carry with you?  

Choose from the tags attached to the hot air balloon.  

Schoolvally answer:

I will carry the choose the following:

(a) Food packets

(b) First Aid kit

(c) Blanket

(d) Box of matches

• Fun time  

Crossword fun  

Across  

1. This language is spoken in Orissa  - ORIYA

2. It is spoken in Karnataka - KANNADA

4. The people of Assam speak this language - ASSAMESE

7. This language is used in Andhra Pradesh - TELUGU

8. You can hear this spoken in Maharashtra - MARATHI

Down

3. The people of Kerala speak this language - MALAYALAM

5. This language is spoken in most parts of North India - HINDI

6. The language of the Goan people - KONKANI

7. This is spoken in Tamil Nadu - TAMIL

9. It is widely spoken in Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere  - URDU

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Did you choose Money ? Why

Schoolvally answer:

No, I did not choose money, because camping is carried at a lonely place or in a jungle and there will be no shop to buy things.

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• New words  

hour : sixty minutes.

There is a break of one hour after computer class.

Watering : making some thing wet.

I like to water my fields.

Noonday : the middle of the day.

The noonday rays of sun are harmful for skin.

Boots : footwear

I like my black boots.

Soak : to dip.

Soak the seeds before sowing.

heat : high temperature

The the fierce heat of the sun today is killing, take water bottle with you.

• Reading is fun  

1. What is the best time to water the plants?

Schoolvally answer:

The best time to water the plants is early in the morning or in the evening hours.

2. When should we not water the plants?

Schoolvally answer:

We should not water the plants at noonday.

3. Which part of the plant should be watered?

Schoolvally answer:

The part on the plant that is beneath soil i.e. roots should be watered.

• Word building  

Place letters in their right order to form the names of flowers.  

Schoolvally answer:

PAETWEES : S _W_E _E T_P_E _ A  

MRAIDOLG : M _A_R_I_G_O_L_D   

JMINEAS : J _ A_S M_I_N _ E  

TLOUS : L _O _T_U _ S  

ARGOM : M _O _G _R _A 

DHAAIL : D _A _H _L_I_ A  

XOLHP : P _ H_L _O_ X  

ANSPY : P _ A_N _S_ Y  

BISIHCUS : H _I _B _I_S_C _U _ S  

• Fun time  

You have visited your school garden and seen different kinds of plants, shrubs and trees. This grid has the names of different parts of a tree. Look for these words – BUD POD LEAF STEM ROOTS THORNS BRANCHES and FLOWERS as fast as you can – vertically, horizontally and diagonally.  

Schoolvally answer:

activity

• Let’s talk  

1. Do you have a garden at home?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, I have a garden at home.

2. Name some flowers which grow in your garden or near your house.

Schoolvally answer:

Roses, Marigold, Pansy are some of the flowers which grow in my garden.

3. Give another word for ‘thirsty feet’.  

Schoolvally answer:

Another word for thirsty feet can be “parched feet.’

4. What happens when we water plants in the morning? Choose one answer.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) They will grow well. - ✔ -

(b) They will dry up.  

5. From where do flowers get water?

(a) From the bottom (roots). - ✔ -

(b) From the top (leaves).

• Say aloud  

Pick out the silent letters from these words  

hour knit wrong doubt often know night could write knife high walk  

Schoolvally answer:

(a) hour :  Silent letter is – H -  

(b) knit :  Silent letter is – K -  

(c) wrong :  Silent letter is – W -   

(d) doubt :  Silent letter is – B -   

(e) often :  Silent letter is – T -   

(f) know :  Silent letter is – K -   

(g) night :  Silent letter is – GH -   

(h) could :  Silent letter is – L -   

(I) write :  Silent letter is – W -   

(j) knife :  Silent letter is – K -   

(k) high :  Silent letter is – G -   

(l) walk :  Silent letter is - L-

• Let’s write  

1. Write rhyming words for the words given below. One has been done for you.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) morning : evening, darling

(b) car : war, bar

(c) high : sky, eye

(d)boots : shoots, roots

(e) heat : beat, seat

(f) where : were, swear

2. Words like morning, evening, watering end in - ing. Write six more words to which can be added at the end to form a new word.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) eat + ing = eating

(b) feel + ing = feeling

(c) do + ing = doing  

(d) plant + ing = planting

(e) laugh + ing = laughing

(f) rain + ing = raining

3. Look for words in the poem which sound like the words given below.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) are : sounds like - hour   

(b) there : sounds like - their   

(c) flour : sounds like - flower   

(d) where : sounds like - wear   

(e) son : sounds like - sun   

(f) threw : sounds like - through   

4. In the sentences below the capital letters, commas, full stops and question marks are missing. Put these in the correct places.

(a) on monday i will go to school  

Schoolvally answer:

On Monday, I will go to school.

(b) rahim ravi and raju are going to see the circus  

Schoolvally answer:

Rahim, Ravi and Raju are going to see the circus.

(c) sita where are you looking

Schoolvally answer:

Sita, where are you looking ?

(d) the tailor went to the market mr singh

Schoolvally answer:

The tailor went to the market Mr. Singh.

(e) every sunday i go for a walk have breakfast read story books listen to music and watch television  

Schoolvally answer:

Every Sunday, I go for a walk have breakfast, read story books, listen to music and watch television.

(f) laxmi why are you crying  

Schoolvally answer:

Laxmi, why are you crying ?

(g) what is the colour of the sky  

Schoolvally answer:

What is the colour of sky ?

(h) oranges mangoes bananas and papayas are fruits  

Schoolvally answer:

Oranges, mangoes, bananas and papayas are fruits.

• Team time  

Write a Story  

Write a story about a plant that is in danger. Write about how you might help to save it. Be sure the story has a beginning, a middle, and an end.  

Schoolvally answer:

There was a small plant lying on the street. Getting crushed by cars and feet of predestinarian. Every one was avoiding him as he was thorny. He was very gloomy and crying for help. He had no one to take care of him.

My sister adopted him and named it Rhoony. She gave him his home an empty jar filled with soil, watered him and gave him some manure to eat, it started getting greener and greener also bigger and bigger with every passing day.

One fine morning we noticed a pleasant fragrance coming from our balcony. “Oh yes! It is flowering.’ Shouted my sister in excitement. She clicked many pictures of these bunch of red roses and send them to our friends and relatives on what’s app. Everyone was happy with her small act of kindness.  

• Prepare a Speech  

Prepare a speech giving some reasons why it is important to protect flowers and plants. Include ways that you could help protect endangered plants in your school.  

Schoolvally answer:

Good morning teachers and my dear friends.

Today I will give a speech - ‘why it is important to protect flowers and plants.’

Friends, Flowers and plants are important to us so we need to protect them if we want to reap the benefits they provide.

They give us oxygen and takeout carbon-dioxide from the atmosphere. Some of the plants like Neem, Tulsi, Mint, Giloy etc. are medicinal plants that are used to treat various ailments.

There is no substitute to the plants. Their colourful flowers take away our sadness and their fragrance freshens up. No one can disagree from this.  

In our school, we some time uproot them while playing this is bad manner and need to be mended.

We can adopt one plant of our school and take care if it. Just emptying our water bottle on its roots while leaving form school is good enough to help a plant live through hot summers.

Plants are important for life on earth and life underwater. Plants provide timber to make our house, protect top soil from erosion.

They support in sustenance of environment they are the producers of food. Protecting plant is the only way to feed a growing world population, protect the environment, and grow economically today and in future.

Thank-you.

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Write a poem on ‘Importance of Plants’?

Schoolvally answer:

Good morning teachers and my dear friends,

I am here to sing my poem till the end.

hope you all like it, without any complaint,

The title is ‘without plants our life is vain.’

Plants are part of our life,

We need plants to live and thrive.  

and it is we, who depend on them,  

for our big and small content.  

They flower and make us happy,

They smile to us and we feel zappy.  

They give us fruits and vegetables to eat,  

They give us cool and fresh air to breath.  

They save us from the scorching heat,

They are our best friends indeed.

We have many of them in our school,

that is why this playground looks cool.

We need to protect them,

till they grow and become strong.

They give us pencil and cricket bat,

Hope, you all know that.

Some of them are soft, some have thorn,

Don’t tease us, you have been warned.

Their roots, hold the precious soil,

and save us from the ‘erosion’ turmoil.

They will return every thing,

and will never hold nothing back.

They are true friends,

who are selfless and not a thankless.

So, you all know now

without plants our life is useless.

I, thank God for making plants

That makes our earth priceless.

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• New words  

Swing : move back and forth

Sandra swings her arms while running.

Delicious : pleasant to taste

This new ice-cream is delicious.

Pluck : to quickly remove

Rohan plucked these flowers from garden and sold them to the merchant.

Trip : journey

We are going on a trip to Srilanka in July.

Sail : travel by sea.

Sandra cut down a tree to make a boat as she wanted to sail away to Greenland.  

Stump : The bottom most part of a tree.

The stump of some trees is edible while in others only shoots are edible.

Recognised : to identify

Ram recognized the girl who stole the pencil of Gopal.

• Reading is fun  

1. How did the boy enjoy the company of the tree?

Schoolvally answer:

The boy climbed the trunk of the tree, swung on its branches ate its fruit and slept under its shade.

2. How did the tree help the boy earn money?

Schoolvally answer:

The tree told the boy to pluck all the apples and earn money by selling them in the market.

3. What did the boy make with the branches of the tree?

Schoolvally answer:

The boy cut off the branches of the tree and build a house with them. 

4. What did the boy make with the trunk of the tree?

Schoolvally answer:

The boy made a boat with the trunk of the tree.

5. How was the stump of the tree useful?

Schoolvally answer:

The stump of the tree proved to be useful by offering the old man peaceful place to sit and rest.

6. Why is the play called ‘The Giving Tree’?

Schoolvally answer:

The play is called ‘The Giving Tree’ because the tree always gives some thing or the other to make the boy happy.

• Word building  

1. Make new words and complete the sentences.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) The children love to sing _ loudly_

(b) Read your lesson _ silently_

(c) Throw the ball _ slowly_

(d) The tree gave its fruit to the boy _ happily_

(e) Do your work _ neatly_

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct word.

Schoolvally answer:

My mother went to the market and bought a kilogram of _ apples_ (apple/apples), a dozen _ bananas _(banana/bananas) and a dozen _ oranges _(orange/oranges). I love oranges. So I ate an _ orange _(orange/oranges). My brother wanted a _ banana_ (banana/bananas) and my sister asked for an _ apple _ (apple/apples). A tree has one _ trunk _(trunk/trunks) but many _ branches _.  (branch/branches). A _ branch_ (branch/branches) has a number of _ leaves _ (leaf/leaves) and  _ flowers _ (flower/flowers).  

• Let’s talk  

1. Why should we not cut trees?

Schoolvally answer:

We should not cut trees because trees give us many things such as fruits, vegetables, medicines, fuel and valuable timber etc. They give us shade in summer and protects us from heat. Trees make forests and behave as lungs of the earth, they purify air by breathing in carbon-dioxide and exhaling out oxygen.

It is unwise to cut trees our existence depends on trees.

2. At the end of the play, only the stump of the tree is left. Find out if it will grow into a tree again.

Schoolvally answer:

No, I don’t think it will grow into a tree any more. It is an old stump and too old to grow again.

3. Say the given sentences with different expressions.

(a) Come and play with me.  

(b) I want to buy things and have fun.  

(c) Come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches.

(d) Cut down my trunk.

(e) I am too old to swing on branches.  

(f) I am too tired to climb.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Come! and play with me. (show excitement)  

(b) I want to buy things and have fun. (show as if sad)

(c) Come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches. (show authority, like order)

(d) Cut down my trunk. (show authority, like order)

(e) I am too old to swing on branches. (show helplessness)  

(f) I am too tired to climb. (show helplessness)

• Let’s write  

1. Write these sentences in the correct order. Also, choose the right word from the box and add it before each sentence. Remember to put a comma after it, for example. Finally …

First Then After that Finally  

Schoolvally answer:

The correct order is given below:

First (d) The tree gave its apples to the boy.

Then (a) It gave him its branches to make a house.  

After(c) It gave him its trunk to make a boat.  

Finally (b) It asked him to sit on the stump.

2. Work in a group and decide the things that you can do to help your grandparents or any old person. Now, write five of these things that you will do.

Schoolvally answer:

Things that I can do to help my grandparents are as under:

(a) I can make Lemonade or lassi for them in hot summers.

(b) I can remind them of their medicines.

(c) I can read newspaper to them.

(d) I can take them to market.

(e) I will do dusting of their room and help them in preparing bed.

• Let’s act  

1. You are reading and talking about trees. You are thinking about trees too. Can you make the shape of a tree with your body?

(a) Let’s see your branches.  

(b) Let’s see a full tree with fruits and leaves.  

(c) Enact a cut tree with only a trunk.

(d) Enact a tree with only a stump left.

(e) Communicate the idea in this play

Schoolvally answer:

act and enjoy

2. Use your body to –

stretch - bend - jump - twist - hop - climb  

Schoolvally answer:

activity

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Which is you favourite tree and what does it give you?

Schoolvally answer:

My favourite tree is Mango tree. It gives us following things.

(a) Mangos

(b) Fire wood

(c) Shade

(d) Fresh air and oxygen

(e) Fodder, leaves for cattle.

(f) It also makes our garden beautiful.

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• Poem: Chintha Chettu  

Let’s read  

Choose the right words.  

Schoolvally answer:

1. Chintha Chettu is a tamarind _ tree_

2. This famous tree is in _ Gwalior _

3. Tansen was a famous _ singer _

4. The tamarind tree grows over Tansen’s _ tomb _

5. “Eat the leaves of the tamarind tree, and you’ll also sing like _ Tansen _

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. What do you call tamarind in your language. How is it’s taste, do you like it ?

Schoolvally answer:

We call it ‘Imli’.

It is sour in taste.  

Yes, I like it very much.

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• New words  

wallop : to hit somebody/something very hard  

The master was very cruel he wallop the horse badly to stop him.

born : to come into the world by birth; to start existing

Samantha has a new born brother, she is always playing with him.

• Fun time  

1. Complete what is missing in these drawings. What work do these men or women do?

Schoolvally answer:

A milkman :

Will milk the cattle and sell the milk in market.

A grocer :

A grocer sells food and other things useful for the home in his shop. 

A policeman :

A policeman protects the life and belonging of people. He has a whistle to attract peoples attention.

An ice-cream man :

An ice-cream man makes and sells ice cream in his cart.

A wrestler :

A wrestlerstrategically grabsand pin hisopponents to a mat. He build his mussels and makes himself strong.  

• PICTURE STORY  

Match pictures to the text and give an ending to the story by drawing the sixth picture. Give it a title.  

Schoolvally answer:

1. He is heavy : picture 3

2. He is young : picture 2

3. I am sad : picture 1

4. I am happy now : picture 4

5. They are strong : picture 5

The picture 6 could be the donkey enjoys ride and soon falls sleep.

6. hmm..Grr.. Grr : picture 6  

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Do you like to own a Donkey? Why

Schoolvally answer:

No, I do not want a donkey. Because of his voice dennhcu denchu…..  

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• New words  

library: room/ hall with may books in it

Oxford library has the rarest of rare books.

Wide: to great extent

This road is wide enough for many vehicles.

Galore: in abundance

There were flowers galore in our garden in my childhood.

Skinny: very thin

Radha is ugly and skinny no one like to talk to her.

Shelves: support for holding things and books etc.

There are many shelves in the cupboard, we can store all our belongings.

Wonderful: pleasurable

His car is wonderful and it has great features.

1. What did the library door say?

Schoolvally answer:

The library door said “come in, come in”.

2. What did the books in the library look like ?

Schoolvally answer:

The books in the library looked tall and skinny.

3. Why did the child in the poem like looking at the pictures?

Schoolvally answer:

The child in the poem liked looking at the pictures, because it told stories.

• Let’s listen  

Come in, come in  

Go out, go out  

What word signs have you seen or heard –  

Schoolvally answer:

(a) at home : _Welcome _

(b) at the vegetable shop : _ sale / fresh _  

(c) at the library : _ Shhh _

(d) at the doctor’s place : _ keep silence _

(e) at the bus stop : _ que please _

(f) at the toy shop : _ buy all of ‘em _

• Let’s talk  

1. Do you like reading story books?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, I like reading story books, they make me feel happy.

2. What kinds of stories do you like?

Schoolvally answer:

I like to read adventures stories, in which a brave sailor goes to the far off places.

3. The word galore means in great numbers. Do you also have a class library or a school library which keeps many books? Can you borrow books?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, we have a big library in our school and have all kinds of books subject books, reference books, motivation books and story books. Yes, we can borrow books form there.

4. Tell the class about your favourite story book. Talk about the character you liked most in the book.

Schoolvally answer:

My favourite story book is Panchtantra. It has many jungle characters, they all are animals who talk to each other and in the end leaves a lesson or moral for its readers.

I like the tortoise who could not stop talking and due to his this bad habit he falls and gets killed.

• Fun time  

Let’s play Form groups of five or six children in the class. Sit in circles. The first child will begin the block chain by saying the name of a story book. The next child extends the by saying the name of another book. In this way a block chain is formed. The more the rounds the children can go on for, the longer the block chain will be. See which group makes the longest book chain.

Schoolvally answer:

activity have fun

• Let’s write  

Make word families. The first word in each has been written for you.  

Schoolvally answer:

Ell:

w - e – l - l

sh - e – l - l

b - e – l - l

sp - e – l - l

t - e – l - l

Ail:

t  - a - i- l

m- a - i- l

tr- a - i- l

r- a - i- l

ee:

s – e - e  

thr – e - e   

b – e - e   

tr – e - e  

ook

b – o - o – k   

l – o - o – k   

cr – o - o – k   

sh – o - o – k   

br – o - o – k   

Look at this sentence –  

A is a place where books are kept.  

Now fill in the blanks after reading these sentences.  

Schoolvally answer:

1. An _ airport _ is a place where aeroplanes take off and land.

2. A _ kitchen _ is a place where food is cooked.

3. A _ hospital _ is a place where sick people are taken care of.

4. A _ market _ is a place where you can buy things.

5. A _ school _ is a place where children study.  

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Do you know there are religious books for religion ?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, there are religious books of every religion and we should respect them. For example-

Hinduism: Vedas and Puranas.

Islam: Quran.

Sikhism: Gurugranth Sahib.

• New words  

alone: when no one else is present.

The teacher was sitting alone in the class.

bookshop: shops where books are sold

This is a famous bookshop of America all scholars come here to buy books.

Machines: Mechanical devices.

These are imported machines and can make hundred mobile phones in an hour.

finally: after a long time

Finally, the class is over every one can go home now.

Climbed: to go up

Ram is very impatient and he climbed the mountain all buy himself.

• Reading is fun  

1. Why did grandfather give the children money?

Schoolvally answer:

Grandfather gave money to children to buy books.

2. Where did they go to buy books?

Schoolvally answer:

They went to a bookshop to buy books.

3. Did the girl buy a picture book?

Schoolvally answer:

No, She bought a fat book with many stories.

• Let’s listen and search  

In small groups one child will give directions orally only once; the others will listen and hunt for the following:  

1. a circle

2. a square

3. a triangle

4. a piece of paper with three signatures

5. a piece of paper with red colour

6. a piece of paper with a number

7. a piece of paper with the label of tea

8. a twig in the shape of an alphabetic letter

9. a slab of mud with a drawing

10. a flower in the shape of a number

Schoolvally answer:

activity

• Let’s talk

1. Is there a bookshop near your home? If there is, do you like to visit it?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, there are many bookshops near my home, yes I like to visit them and see the latest editions comics and buy them.

2. What are the different kinds of books in this bookshop or in any other bookshop you have seen? Tell the class

Schoolvally answer:

There are many kinds of books there, there are text books, reference books, grammar books, dictionary, story books, comics, magazines and competition exams workbooks.

Let’s write  

1. Look at these sentences in the story –

(a) Should we go to the -  big - market?  

(b) Should we go to the – small - shop?  

(c) Should I buy a thin book?

Schoolvally answer:

The coloured words above are describing words. Now fill in more words into the passage below -

It was a _ dark _ night. A _ small _ girl sat up in bed listening to her mother tell a _ funny _ story. Her  _ blue_ eyes opened wide and she gave a _ broad _ smile. “Now go to sleep, Paro,” her mother closed the book. “_ sweet _  dreams.”

2. Imagine that you will go to the bookshop tomorrow. What will you do there? Write five sentences beginning with –

Schoolvally answer:

(a) I shall read and select comics, that I can buy latter.

(b) I shall check the price of books.

(c) I shall ask if there is any discount on the books.

(d) I shall read the preface of some of the books.

(e) I shall see the pictures of the science magazines.

3. Tina goes to her school library to borrow a book. Complete her dialogue with the librarian by using ‘and’ or ‘or’ in the blanks.  

Tina: Ma’am, I want to borrow a book  

Librarian: Do you want a story book _ or _ a book of poems?  

Tina: I want a story book.  

I want a story book. Do you like stories about animals __ and __ adventure stories?  

Tina: I like both.

Librarian: Go to the second cupboard. On the first shelf, you will find animal stories _ and _ on the second, adventure stories.  

Tina (after selecting two books): Ma’am. I want Black Beauty _ and_Panchantantra Stories.

Librarian:  You can have either Black Beauty _ or _ Panchantantra Stories.

4. What is your favourite book? Write down the name of the book. Then write down the story.

Schoolvally answer:

The name of my favourite book is Ramayana, This is one of the oldest scriptures known to mankind. This is also holy book of Hinduism, This book is the life story of Shri Ramchandra Who was a greatest prince of Raghuvanshi clan and also Avtar of Lord Vishnu.

This is am inspirational book and also and teaches us to obey our parents and do not be afraid to face hardships in life.

Sri Ramchandra Ji who was born as a prince had to live life of a Sanyashi and spend his time in poverty and sadness. But he accepted it happily and came our to be a winner by killing Demon Ravana who ruled the south.  

I like this book very much.  

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. How were the earliest books written ?

Schoolvally answer:

Earlier books were written by hand on bark of a tree called Birch (bojpatra) also Palm leaves (talapatra) were used as pages.

A pen and black ink were used to write on birch bark. A sharp, iron spike was used for writing on palm leaves.

Holes were drilled through the leaves and the was held together by a string!

B. What is a bookmark ?

Schoolvally answer:

A bookmark helps you to find the page you were on when you last read your book.  

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• New words  

naughty: disobedient

Radhika is a naughty girl and creates nuisance in the class.

Found: to discover

Gopi found a lunch box in the play ground.

Ground: solid surface

The ground is not good enough for cricket.

Merry: cheerful

I felt merry after meeting my brother after long time.

Cherry: type of fruit

I like cherries on my dessert.  

weighty: heavy

This box is weighty and is difficult to move from one place to another.

Wooden: made of wood  

This is a real wooden box studded with gems and is priceless.

• Reading is fun  

1. From where did the naughty boy come?

Schoolvally answer:

The naughty boy came from England.

2. Where did the naughty boy go?

Schoolvally answer:

The naughty boy went to Scotland.

3. Why did he go there?

Schoolvally answer:

He went there to see its people.

4. What did the boy wonder about?

Schoolvally answer:

The boy wonders about the hard ground and long yards of Scotland. He was also amazed to see the red cherries and heavy lead.

• Let’s listen  

1. Listen to these instructions and follow them

(a) naughty walk forward

(b) naughty walk backwards  

(c) fall down

(d) do a funny trick

(e) walk on tiptoes  

(f) drag your feet  

(g) spin around  

(h) jump like a horse  

(i) walk with your shoes

(j) shuffle your feet

Schoolvally answer:

Follow the instructions as under:

(a) naughty walk : take a step forward.

(b) naughty walk backwards : Take a step backward

(c) fall down : sit down with jerk.

(d) do a funny trick : make a funny sound with finger.

(e) walk on tiptoes : stretch upwards and walk.

(f) drag your feet : skid your feet.

(g) spin around : revolve at your own place just change direction of your front body like top.

(h) jump like a horse : make a long jump.

(i) walk with your shoes : Walk wearing your shoes.

(j) shuffle your feet : briskly move forward and backward.

• Let’s talk  

1. What do you think the naughty boy would see in India?

Schoolvally answer:

The naughty boy will see jungles, old forts and desert in India.

2. Have you been to another place recently? What is it like? How is it different from your own place?

Schoolvally answer:

I have been to Kashmir recently, It is a beautiful place. Summers are hot and humid. There are many rivers and lakes there. It is cold and in winters and it snows in the month of January there.

I live in ________/ Rajasthan. My place is very hot and there is no river here, It rains only in Monsoon season in my place. Vegetation is very rare in desert area. My state is famous for it’s handicraft.

3. All cultures have their own folk songs in which each line is repeated. This line is sung in a chorus. Sing a folk song in your own language.

Schoolvally answer:

I know a folk song in Rajasthani.

Bana re bagan me jula galyo, thari bani ne...

• Word building  

1. Naughty is a describing word. Can you find more describing words in this maze?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, the words are as following:

(a) beautiful

(b) ugly

(c) healthy

(d) Strong

(e) rude

(d) Weak

(e) Swift

2. Now write these words here –

Schoolvally answer:

(a) The peacock is a _ beautiful _ bird.  

(b) Pinocchio is a _ naughty _ puppet.  

(c) I saw an _ swift _ quarrel.

(d) Morning exercises make you _ healthy _.

(e) A glass of milk makes your teeth _ strong _.

(f) Rita’s _ rude _behaviour annoyed me.  

(g) Rahul does not eat green vegetables, therefore his eyesight is _ weak _.  

• Let’s write  

1. Can you write six things that are made of wood?

Schoolvally answer:

Six things that are made of wood are as under:

(a) bench

(b) table

(c) window

(d) pencil

(e) door

(f) chair

2. Look at the words given below and put them under the things that they are made of –

Schoolvally answer:

Metal:

(a) Car

(b) Knife

(c) Scissors

Wood:

(a) Table

(b) Pencil

(c) Chair

Rubber:

(a) Eraser

(b) Toys

(c) Balloons

Cloth:

(a) Shirt

(b) Trouser

(c) Toys

3. Who do you think is the naughtiest child in your class? Describe her/him in five lines.  

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Reena is the naughtiest child in our class.  

(b) She is always chatting and disturbs whole class.  

(c) She litters her things on the table and troubles other classmates.

(d) She never brings her lunch and eats other food.  

(e) She never does her homework and gets punishment. No one likes her, but this does not effects her or brings any change in her.

Which country does your clown belong to? Now complete the table below –  

Schoolvally answer:

My clown belongs to _________/ India.

India - Indian  

Scotland - Scottish

Australia - Australian

France - French

Japan - Japanese

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. Write a poem on naughty girl ?

Schoolvally answer:

Poem- Naughty Girl

There is a naughty girl,  

She sits next to me.

No matter how much I stop her,

She will always speak to me.

Her eyes are like a puppy,

Her hair is always messy,

She never brings her lunch,

keep asking everyone for a munch.

Alas! Yesterday, I found,

Her notebooks in the ground.

How careless one could be

she is as nut as, one could be

She brings flower for teachers

Butters them, as much as she can.

Yes, mam sure mam, always mam,  

flatters them, make them her fan.

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• New words  

Carpenter : person who makes or repairs wooden objects

My father is a carpenter and he makes best furniture in the town.

Queer : strange or odd

Her queer behaviour is intolerable.

Plane : completely flat

It is comfortable to sit on plane surfaces and relax.

Puzzled : unable to understand

I am puzzled by this Math's question, I will ask my Math's teacher tomorrow.

Puppet : model of a person or animal

Our school took us to a puppet show.

took shape : to develop a clear form

The vase took shape in the potter’s hands.

Amazed : surprised

Ram’s father is amazed by his good marks and his mother is very happy.

Finished : to bring to an end

He finished all his home work and now he is playing with friends.

Stiff : strong

This chart paper is very stiff, it is of good quality.

Decided : to make up your mind

I decided to do my home work first and then play.

• Reading is fun  

1. What did the carpenter buy?

Schoolvally answer:

The carpenter bought a very odd piece of wood.

2. What did he make out of it?

Schoolvally answer:

He made a puppet out of it.

3. What did he call his puppet?

Schoolvally answer:

He called his puppet Pinocchio.

4. What did Pinocchio say in the end?

Schoolvally answer:

In the end Pinocchio said that he was glad to be a real boy. He would never lie again.

• Let’s talk  

1. Have you ever seen a puppet?

Schoolvally answer:

Yes, I have seen a puppet in fair in Pushker in Ajmer, Rajasthan. It was beautiful with round big eyes and dressed like a boy in Shirt and trouser. It would move when strings were pulled and start dancing on the folk song.

2. Tell the story of Pinocchio with actions.

Schoolvally answer:

activity  

Schoolvally tips:

(a) Giggle when your friend carves you.

(b) Make a paper nose for your self.

(c) Sit in the class with big nose.

• Word building  

Word Fun  

How many words can you make from PINOCCHIO ? Fill them in the empty boxes.  

Schoolvally answer:

Words that we can make from PINOCCHIO are as under:

(a) Pin

(b) No

(c) Hi

(d) In

(e) Inch

(f) Chin

(g) Hop

(h) Nip

(i) On

(j) Chip

(k) Coin

(l) Conch

(m) Chop

• Let’s write  

1. Make opposites with the words – dis__, in __

Schoolvally answer:

respect - X - disrespect

own - X - disown

able - X - unable

capable - X - incapable

efficient - X - inefficient

secure  - X - unsecure

2. Make naming words by adding ness, ity, ty, at the end of the words given below. One has been done for you.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) Public : publicity

(b) Stupid : stupidity

(c) forgive : forgiveness

(d) kind : kindness

(e) polite : politeness

(f) moral : morality

(g) stupid : stupidity

(h) blind ; blindness

(i) cruel : cruelty

(j) swiftly : swiftly

(k) solid : solidity

3. Which of the following would you expect a carpenter to use at work?

bench, poker, plane, chisel, fork, spade, blotting paper, lawn-mower, telescope, pincers, jaw, scissors, hammer, map, nails, lathe, pencil, anvil

Schoolvally answer:

(a) plane

(b) spade

(c) hammer

(d) nails

(e) lathe

(f) pencil

(g) chisel

(h) jaw

4. Now make sentences using some of the above words.  

Schoolvally answer:

(a) plane :

The carpenter’s plane is very useful in his work.  

(b) spade :  

The gardener uses spade for digging and scissors for trimming the bushes.

(c) hammer :

Use this hammer to fix the nail before you take up next task.

(d) nails :

These nails bend very easily they are not of good quality.

(e) lathe :  

Be careful while using lathe it could be dangerous to use it without knowledge.

(f) pencil :  

use a dark pencil for this paper else it will not be visible.

(g) chisel :

Ram purchased a big chisel and Sandra bought a small one.  

(h) jaw :  

Tighten the jaw else you may hurt yourself.

5. Give another word from the story that means

Schoolvally answer:

(a) completed : Finished

(b) surprised : Amazed

(c) strange : Queer

(d) make up your mind : Decided

6. Add ‘ - er ’ or ‘ - r ’ to the doing words below to make new words.

Schoolvally answer:

(a) stiff : stiffer

(b) strange : stranger

(c) fight : fighter

(d) dance : dancer

(e) juggle : juggler

(f) ride : rider

(g) speak : speaker

(h) use : user

(i) write : writer

(j) joke : joker

• Reading is fun  

1. Why did the animals think that the jackal was a king?

Schoolvally answer:

The animals thought that the Jackal was king, because he dyed himself in blue colour.

2. How did the jackal become blue?

Schoolvally answer:

The Jackal jumped into a big tub of blue dye and become blue.

3. What did the animals do when they saw the blue jackal?

Schoolvally answer:

When the animals saw the blue jackal, they thought that he was their king and bowed before him.

4. Why did the dogs feel scared when they saw the jackal?

Schoolvally answer:

The dogs felt scared when they saw the jackal because he was looking fearful in blue colour.

5. How did the animals know that the king was just a jackal?

Schoolvally answer:

Once the Jackal get up in the middle of the night hearing other jackals howl in the forests, he forgot he was a king and joined them in howling.

This made the animals know that he was not a king.

Schoolvally Extra Questions 😀

A. What are different types of puppets?

Schoolvally answer:

The different types of puppets are:

(a) shadow puppets  

(b) string puppets  

(c) glove puppets  

(d) finger puppets  

(e) sculpture puppets  

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• Let us do  

❉ Look around you – where all do you see the use of pulleys? List them.  

Schoolvally answer:

Pulleys are used around us-   

(a) To fetch water from wells.

(b) In moving trolleys.

(c) In Elevators.

(d) In cranes.

❉ With the help of a pulley, try and lift various things, as shown in the picture.  

Schoolvally answer:

Must common use of pulley that can be seen in villages, where it is used in wells to pull water bucket. I have lifted a bucket with its help.

Second, most common use of pulley that can be seen in city is in crane. I have seen car mechanics lifting heavy car engine in a garage, when I went there.

❉ How is this bridge different from a bamboo bridge?  

Schoolvally answer:

This bridge is different because it is made from cement bricks and iron rods.

❉ How many people do you think can cross the bridge at one time?  

Schoolvally answer:

Eleven to Twelve people can cross this bridge at one time.

❉ If you had a chance, which bridge would you like to use? Why?  

Schoolvally answer:

If I had a chance I will use cement bridge, because it is strong and safe to use.

❉ Do you have to cross any bridge on the way to your school? If yes, what is the bridge like? Draw its picture.  

Schoolvally answer:

No, there is no bridge in the way to my school.

❉ Find out from your grandparents, what kinds of bridges were there when they were young.  

Schoolvally answer:

There were bridges made of wooden planks, when they were young.

❉ Is there any bridge near your house? Find out more about the bridge.  

Schoolvally answer: