Wonder Book 2

Listen, Pair and Share

Study the following calendar.
Calendar

Now, work in pairs to ask and answer the following questions.
Example
A : How many months are there?
B : There are twelve months.

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Questions:
a. Say the name of twelve months.
b. Which months have 31 days?
c. Which months have 30 days?
d. Which is the shortest month? How many days does it have?
e. Which is the first month?
f. Which is the last month?

Creative Writing

1. Write the name of twelve months.
1. January 2. ...................................
3. ………................…… 4. ....................................
5. ………................…… 6. ....................................
7. ………................…… 8. ....................................
9. ………................…… 10. ....................................
11. ………................…… 12. ....................................

2. Answer the following questions.

a. Which is your favourite festival?
………………………………………………………………

b. When does it take place?

………………………………………………………………

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c. How long does it take place?
………………………………………………………………
e. How do you celebrate it?
………………………………………………………………
f. Why do you like it?
………………………………………………………………

Now, write a paragraph on the basis of your answers.

My Favourite Festival

…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………

Project Activity

Look at a Nepali calendar and make a list of Nepali months.
Write them on a chart paper and display it in the class.

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Communication,
Technology and

Market

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16 Tommy's
Robot

Look at the picture and answer these questions.

a. Which place is this?

b. Who are serving the food?

c. Have you ever been to a
restaurant where robots
serve food?

New words

electronics - small electrical parts like wires, chips, etc.
designed - created
chopped - cut into pieces
assembling - putting different parts together
yawned - opened mouth wide and to take deep a

deep breath
flipped - pushed quickly

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Tommy's Robot

- Story by: Andreuw Frinkle

Tommy was a smart kid. He
was great with computers and
with tools. He was always
searching for a new challenge
and something new to build.
Today, he decided to build a
robot, so he went into his shop
and got to work.

First, he worked on the
electronics. He had to get all the
wires, lights, and sensors ready.
He was very busy all morning
putting the pieces together.

Second, he started designing
the body of the robot. This took
a lot of metal and plastic. He chopped, cut, shaped, and welded
the pieces into the proper shape. It looked really good so far.

Next, he began assembling the robot. He had to rework pieces to
fit together just right. After all, the robot had to move around and
do stuff. It was important to make sure it could do everything he
wanted when that was done, it was time for a lunch break!

It was alter lunch when he started working on the programs for
the robot. It wasn't enough to have wires, lights, motors, and
speakers in the robot. It had to do stuff, and that meant he had to
use his computer to tell his robot what to do.

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The final step was to decorate the robot. He added stickers, paint,
and decals. Then he added some neat designs to the robot's chest.

Now, it was finally time to test the robot. Tommy ywawned
and flipped the power switch. The robot hopped up and began
moving around, full of life.

"What are you orders?" The robot asked.

"Clean up this mess. I'm tired and need to go to sleep." Tommy
answered.

Making robots was tought work, and he didn't even have the
energy to paly with his creation. Minutes leater, Tommy was
asleep, while his robot cleaned the shop.

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Word power
Match the pictures with their names.

motor


sensor


wires


decal


lights

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Comprehension Check

1. Put the following sentences in the correct order.
a. Tommy designed the body of the robot.
b. Tommy worked in a shop.
c. The robot began to work.
d. Tommy assembled the different parts.
e. Tommy worked on wires, lights and sensors.
f. Tommy wanted to make a robot.
g. Tommy made a computer programme for robot.
a. ................................................................................................. .
b. ................................................................................................. .
c. ................................................................................................. .
d. ................................................................................................. .
e. ................................................................................................. .
f. ................................................................................................. .
g. ................................................................................................. .

2. Answer the following questions.

a. What did Tommy search for?

...............................................................................................

b. How did he design the body of the robot?

...............................................................................................

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c. What gives order for the robot to work?
...............................................................................................
d. What is the final step to make a robot?
...............................................................................................
e. Why was Tommy tired?
...............................................................................................

Listen, Pair and Share

1. Listen to the audio and choose the best answer.
a. Who gifted the computer to Ada?
i) mother ii) sister iii) father
b. Ada loves to use......................in the computer.
i) paint ii) games iii) Internet
c. What does Ada's brother love to do in the computer?
i) watch movies ii) play games iii) watch cartoons
d. A computer is very ..................machine.

i) useless ii) complex iii) useful

2. Practise the following conversation in pairs.
Sujan : Excuse me, Sunita! What's an email? Do you know?
Sunita : Yes, it is electronic mail.
Sujan : I didn't understand.

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Sunita : OK. Let me tell you in the next way. It is a way of
sending messages from on computer to another.

Sujan : Oh, I got it now.
Sunita : We need the Internet for this. Do you have?
Sujan : Yes, we have.
Sunita : I'll come to your house this evening and teach you to

write emails.
Sujan : Thank you very much.
3. Do you have a computer at home? What do you use it for?
Tell your friends.

Creative Writing

1. Read the following email.

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2. Write a similar email to your friend thanking him/her for
a birthday gift.

Project Activity

1. What do your friends mostly use the Internet for? Complete
the table below.

2. Put a tick (√) if they do and a cross (X) if they don't.

S.N. Name watch read send do Search

videos news messages shopping things

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Fruits and
Vegetables

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17 Don’t Throw
the Seeds Away

Here are the names of some fruits. Some of these fruits have
seeds and some don’t. Divide the fruits into two groups
and write them into the correct boxes.

apple banana mango grape
coconut orange pineapple litchi

Fruits with seeds Fruits without seeds

New words

toil - hard work

shoot - the first part of the plant that appear above
the ground

forest - jungle

remain - stay in the same place or condition

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Don’t Throw the Seeds Away

- Paramita Kaur

It makes you healthy,

It gives you energy.
An apple or a guava
An orange or a papaya
Eat a fruit every day
But don’t throw the seeds away.
Here’s a simple thing you can do
You could tell all your friends, too!

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(It doesn’t take much time or toil.)
Pour a little water there
A young shoot will soon appear.

In time it’ll become a big tree–
Which gives so much to you and me!
This way there’ll be forests again
Green and clean our earth will remain.

Grow trees this easy way
And it’s fun too, I say!
So eat a fruit every day
But remember
Don’t throw the seeds away.

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Did Paper is made from trees!

YOU

Know?

Word power

1. Write the rhyming words for the words given below.
a. do ..........................................
b. day ..........................................
c. tree ..........................................
d. soil ..........................................
e. there ..........................................

2. Write the opposites of the given words.

a. give ....................... small
take
b. remember ....................... forget
difficult
c. big .......................
that

d. this .......................

e. easy .......................

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Comprehension Check
1. Fill in the missing words.
In time it’ll become a .......................................... tree Which

.............................. so much to you and me! This way there’ll
be ......................... again .......................... and clean our earth
will remain.
2. Write T for true and F for false statements.

a. Fruits do not make us healthy.
b. Fruits give you energy.
c. We should not throw the seeds away.
d. We should plant seeds in the river.
e. We should eat fruit every day.

Literature

A poet writes a poem. Words in a poem generally rhyme. That
means, words in the end of the lines in a poem have sound like
in the end of earlier or later line.
Can you note the rhyming words from the poem?

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Listen, Pair and Share

1. Listen to the audio and answer the following questions.

a. What is the audio about?

…………………………………………………………….

b. What colour is the fruit?

…………………………………………………………….

c. Where does it grow?

…………………………………………………………….

d. What does it have?

…………………………………………………………….

e. Is this fruit good for our health?

…………………………………………………………….

2. Make as many sentences as possible.

pear good
apple nice
plum soft
sweet

apricot ripe
A peach delicious
An cherry is bright

melon round
big

strawberry little
raspberry healthy
blackberry
fresh
tasty

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3. Read the example below.
Example:
This is an apple.

It is round.
It is red.
It is fleshy.

Now talk about the followings in the same way.

long soft
green smooth
bitter fleshy

round round
big hard
healthy strong

small bulky
red green
useful helpful

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Creative Writing

Read and learn.

My Favourite Vegetable

My favorite vegetable is a carrot. Carrots
have a lot of nutrition. They have lots of
vitamin A. So carrots are good for our
eyes. Carrots smell good. They are a
very pretty color of orange. When I eat
a carrot, it sounds crunchy and feels hard. I especially like to eat
baby carrots because they taste the sweetest. It is important to
eat the right foods to keep us healthy. Doctors also ask us to eat
carrots.

Now, write a similar paragraph about your favourite vegetable.

…………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………

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Project Activity

Take the help of your parents and make a list of fruits and
vegetables that are grown in your village/town.

Fruits Vegetables

1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
6. 6.
7. 7.
8. 8.
9. 9.
10. 10.

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18 Tintin the
Tomato

What fruits have you tasted? Can you name them?

What is your favourite vegetable?

Keep in the right column

apple okra grapes eggplant cabbage
pomelo orange
mustard-green cauliflower banana

Vegetables fruits

New words

attention - notice, thought or interest

complain - to say something is wrong

pulpy - having very soft and wet mass

nutrition - something that you eat to remain healthy,
fit and strong

argue - to speak angrily to someone

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Tintin the Tomato

It was a sunny afternoon. A small boy came into the kitchen and
saw a watermelon. He went to his mum and asked her to give
him some watermelon. He liked it very much. Later on, his sister
came and asked her mother to give her an apple. The family was
having sweet juicy fruits on the hot summer afternoon.

Looking at that, the vegetables in the kitchen decided to have
a meeting. Pappu the pumpkin, Tumbe the turnip, Likhuri the
Lady Finger, Banti the Bean came together. They thought fruits
were taking all attention.

Tumbe complained, “No one likes us, the vegetables.”

They decided to change.

When the fruits saw what vegetables were doing, they too came

together and had a meeting. Walter the watermelon, Bunny the

banana, Punte the peach came together. They too complained.

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The veggies are talking all the attention.

They were ready to fight. They chose their leaders: Pappu and
Walter because they were the biggest.

“You are sweet and pulpy,” said Pappu. “You are colourful and
tasty. So people like you and they do not like us the vegetables.”

“No!” said Walter “People like you the vegetable because you
have nutrition. They love to have you. You are getting all the
attention from people. Not we the fruits.”

At the same time, there came Tintin the tomato.

“Aye! Stop! Stop arguing. People like both fruits and vegetables.
All of you have nutrition. All of you are important to stay a person
healthy. Don’t argue. Be like me calm.”

Do you know why Tinin said so?

It is because he is both vegetable and fruit.

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Comprehension Check

1. Write T for true and F for false statements.
a. The boy had some watermelon from the freeze.
b. People were eating vegetables in the afternoon.
c. The vegetables were angry because people
were eating too much of them.
d. Tomato said vegetables are better.

2. Answer the following questions.
a. What kind of day was it?
........................................................................................
b. Why did the vegetables have a meeting?

........................................................................................
c. Why did the fruits have a meeting?

........................................................................................

d. What was the complains of the vegetables?

........................................................................................

e. Why did they choose Pappu and Walter as their leaders?
........................................................................................

f. What did Tintin the tomato say? Do you agree with

tomato?

........................................................................................

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Literature
In the story, vegetables and fruits talk like humans. They are
treated as a person although they are not persons. In stories or
poems writers often bring animals and things and make them
talk like people.
Now choose any two vegetables you like. Then list the features
they have: their colours, shapes and how they look, what the
have etc.
Then write dialogues between them. They argue each one of them
to be better than other.
Then act your dialogue in the class.

Project Activity

Draw the vegetables in your dialogue here and show to the
class. You can give face to them.

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Hobbies and
Interests

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19 Aruna Lama

How many Nepali female singers do you know? Tell their
names.

New words

honour - respect
popular - famous
housewife - a woman who stays in the house and does

household works like cooking and cleaning

Aruna Lama

Aruna Lama is a very famous Nepali singer.

Aruna Lama is also called the ‘Nightingale
of the Hills’ for her sweet voice. She has
sung many famous songs.

She was born on 9th September 1945 AD in
Darjeeling, India. She started singing when
she was seven years old.

She won a music competition when she was

11 years old. After that, she became more interested in music.

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Aruna Lama got help from a famous musician. His name was
Amber Gurung. He helped her to become a great singer. She
became a great singer with her sweet voice. She also practised a
lot to become a great singer.

She is also known as ‘Swor Samragyi’ for her sweet voice. ‘Swor
Samragyi’ means the ‘Queen of Voice’. It is a big honour given
to a female singer.

Aruna Lama married a musician in 1963 AD. His name was
Saran Pradhan. He was a famous musician. After marriage, she
got very busy in her house. She started taking care of her family.
She became a housewife. She then stopped singing for a long
time. But her friends requested her to sing again.

Do you think Aruna Lama sang again?

She began to sing again. She sang many songs. Her songs became
very popular. People loved to listen to her songs again and again.
Some of her popular songs are hera na hera kancha; eklai basda;
pohor saala; eh kancha, etc.

Have you heard any of her songs? Her songs are very old. But
they are still popular. People still like to listen to her songs.

Aruna Lama also got many awards for her singing. She got Sangit
Puraskar in 1966 AD. She also got music awards from Kolkata
and Darjeeling. She got Gorkha Dakshin Bahu 4th in 1996 AD.

Gorkha Dakshin Bahu is a very big award in Nepal. It is given
to the person who does something great. She got it because she
was a great singer in Nepal.

Sadly, Aruna Lama died on 4th February, 1998 AD. But we can
always hear her sweet songs and remember her.

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Word power

1. Write synonyms of the words given below. Choose from
the box.

famous started award great honour

a. popular …………………
b. respect …………………
c. began …………………
d. prize …………………
e. grand …………………

Comprehension Check

1. Answer the following questions.
a. When was Aruna Lama born?
........................................................................................
b. Why is she called “Nightingale of the Hills”?

........................................................................................
c. At what age did she start singing?

........................................................................................
d. Who helped her to become a good singer?

........................................................................................
e. When did she die?

........................................................................................

f. How can we remember Aruna Lama?

........................................................................................

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2. Choose the correct words and fill in the blanks.
seven singer musician awards Swor Samragyi
a. Aruna Lama is a very famous ………………………......
b. She started singing at the age of …………………………
c. She was married to a …………………………….....…..…
d. She is also called ………………………………………...
e. She got many…………………..…………………...…….

3. Write T for true and F for false statements.
a. Aruna Lama was called “Nightingale of the Hills”.
b. Aruna Lama is a very bad singer.
c. She started singing at the age of 16.
d. Saran Pradhan helped her become a great singer.
e. Aruna Lama died in 1998.

4. Rewrite these sentences by putting the words in the correct
order. The first one has been done for you.
a. Aruna Lama singer Nepali very a is famous
Aruna Lama is a very famous Nepali singer.

b. ‘Swor Samragyi’ known is also as she
................................................................................................
c. housewife became a she
................................................................................................

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d. also awards many singing her got for Aruna Lama
................................................................................................
e. 4th died February on Aruna Lama 1998

...............................................................................................

5. Read the given words and select the ones that describe

Aruna Lama. Then write them in the box below.

poor bad singer housewife
famous great musician doctor

Aruna Lama

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Listen, Pair and Share

1. Listen to the audio and write True or False.
a. Lara’s hobby is reading maths.

b. Playing football is Robert’s hobby.

c. Lara is good at art.

d. Robert is 15 years old.

e. Tom is good at literature.
2. Listen to the audio and complete the following sentences.

a. Lara is ……………years old.
b. Lara likes writing ………………………….
c. Tom likes playing …………… .
d. Reading …………… stories is Robert's hobby.

3. Practise the conversation in pairs.

Abin : Do you like playing
football, Aastha?

Aastha : Yes, I like it. What about
you?

Abin : Well, I don't like playing
but I love to go to the
stadium to watch a
match.

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Aastha : Oh, what do you like to play then?
Abin : I enjoy playing cricket when I'm free. Do you play?
Aastha : No, I don't.

4. Practise the conversation in pairs.
Read the following examples.

Examples:
1. Learning English

A : Do you like learning English?
B : Yes, I like. What about you?
A : I also like learning English.

2. Swimming
A : Do you like swimming?
B : No, I don’t like it very much

Do you?
A : Yes, I love it.

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Now, work in pairs and share your likes and dislikes on the
followings.

Creative Writing

Choose the suitable word from the box and complete the
sentences.

collect hobbies stamp stamps

fit music violin play

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I enjoy different …………………..…... in my free time. I
like to ……………..basketball. It keeps me …………….……
and healthy.

I also play the ……………….….. I practise it with my ………….
teacher on Tuesday afternoons.

……………..……collecting is my favourite hobby. I have over
two hundred ………………. from many countries. My dad
also collected stamps when he was a child. Dad and I love to
………..……..stamps together.

What do you like to do in your free time? Write in ten sentences.
1. ………………………………………………………………………
2. ………………………………………………………………………
3. ………………………………………………………………………
4. ………………………………………………………………………
5. ………………………………………………………………………
6. ………………………………………………………………………
7. ………………………………………………………………………
8. ………………………………………………………………………
9. ………………………………………………………………………
10. ………………………………………………………………………

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Project Activity

Make a survey among your friends. Ask about their likes and
dislikes. Put a tick (√) if they like and a cross (X) if they do not.

Name singing dancing reading drawing playing

Swikriti √ X √ √ √

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Birds and
Animals

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20 Chicken Little

New words

Read the words and their meanings.

suddenly - happening quickly

scared - afraid

terrible - very bad
dinner - the main meal that we eat in the evening

You will come across these words in the play below.
Underline them while you are reading the play.

Chicken Little

NARRATOR: One fine day, Chicken Little went out for a
walk. She was walking through a park. She
came near a tree. Suddenly, a leaf fell on the
top of her head. She was very scared.

CHICKEN LITTLE: [loudly and exitedly] The sky is falling! The
sky is falling! I have to go tell the king.

COCKY-LOCKY: Where are you going, Chicken Little?

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CHICKEN LITTLE: [excitedly] I’m going to tell the king that the
sky is falling.

COCKY-LOCKY: Is it! We have to go to tell the king. I'll also
go with you.

GOOSEY-LOOSEY: Where are you going?

CHICKEN LITTLE: [excitedly] The sky is falling! We’re going to
tell the king that the sky is falling!

GOOSEY-LOOSEY: How do you know the sky is falling?

CHICKEN LITTLE: I felt it on my head!

COCKY-LOCKY: Chicken Little felt it on her head! She felt the
sky falling on her head!

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GOOSEY-LOOSEY: Oh, is it? We have to go tell the king that the
sky is falling, the sky is falling!

NARRATOR: And so Chicken Little, Cocky-Locky and
Goosey-Loosey ran as fast as they could.
Soon they met Turkey-Lurkey.

TURKEY-LURKEY: Where are you going?

CHICKEN LITTLE: [excitedly] The sky is falling! THE SKY IS
FALLING! We’re going to tell the king that
the sky is falling!

COCKY-LOCKY: [excitedly] The sky is falling! THE SKY IS
FALLING! We’re going to tell the king that
the sky is falling!

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GOOSEY-LOOSEY: [excitedly] The sky is falling! THE SKY IS
FALLING! We’re going to tell the king that
the sky is falling!

TURKEY-LURKEY: How do you know the sky is falling?

CHICKEN LITTLE: I felt it on my head! I felt it on my head!

NARRATOR: And so Chicken Little, Cocky-Locky,
Goosey-Loosey and Turkey-Lurkey ran as
fast as they could. Then they met Foxy-Loxy.

FOXY-LOXY: Where are you going?

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CHICKEN LITTLE: [excitedly] The sky is falling! THE SKY IS
FALLING! We’re going to tell the king that
the sky is falling!

COCKY-LOCKY: [excitedly] The sky is falling! THE SKY IS
FALLING! We’re going to tell the king that
the sky is falling!

GOOSEY-LOOSEY: [excitedly] The sky is falling! THE SKY IS
FALLING! We’re going to tell the king that
the sky is falling!

TURKEY-LURKEY: [excitedly] The sky is falling! THE SKY IS
FALLING! We’re going to tell the king that
the sky is falling!

FOXY-LOXY: How do you know the sky is falling?

CHICKEN LITTLE: I felt it on my head! I felt it on my head! I felt
the sky falling on my head!

COCKY-LOCKY: Chicken Little felt it on her head! She felt it
on her head! She felt the sky falling on her
head!

GOOSEY-LOOSEY: Chicken Little felt it on her head! She felt it
on her head! She felt the sky falling on her
head!

TURKEY-LURKEY: Chicken Little felt it on her head! She felt it
on her head! She felt the sky falling on her
head!

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FOXY-LOXY: Well, this is just terrible. But you are going
the wrong way. Follow me. I will show you
the right way.

CHICKEN LITTLE: Very well!

COCKY-LOCKY: Very well!

GOOSEY-LOOSEY: Very well!

TURKEY-LURKEY: Very well!

NARRATOR: So Foxy Loxy led Chicken Little, Cocky-
Locky, Goosey-Loosey, and Turkey-Lurkey
across the park. They went through a dark
jungle. He led them to his den. There he ate
them all. They never got to tell the king that
the sky was falling.

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Did A goose can eat almost 3 kilos of grass per day.
A baby goose is called a gosling.
YOU
A turkey only lives for 3-5 years.
Know?
Male turkeys are called toms.

Female turkeys are called hens.

Word power

Make a sentence using each of the following words.
jungle dinner sky head leaf

Comprehension Check

1. Answer the following questions.
a. What fell on Chicken Little’s head?
....................................................................................
b. Why was she going to meet the king?

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c. Who did she meet on the way?

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d. Where did Foxy-Loxy take them?

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e. Did they tell the king that the sky was falling?
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f. What can you learn from the story?
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2. Fill in the blanks with the words given below.

head Chicken Little dinner sky den

a. One fine day, ............................. went out for a walk.
b. Suddenly, a leaf fell on her ............................. !
c. “The ............................. is falling!”
d. Foxy-Loxy led them to his ............................. .
e. He had a very fine ............................. .

3. Write T for true and F for false statements.
a. A leaf fell on Chicken Little’s head.
b. Goosey-Loosey felt the sky falling on her head.
c. Foxy-Loxy led them to the king.

d. Foxy-Loxy ate them all.

e. They told the king that the sky was falling.

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Literature

Chicken Little is a play. It is also called a drama. A drama
or play is a story that is meant for reading aloud or
acting out. When you take part in a play, you play the role
of a character. You say their words.
The people who play the roles of the characters are
called actors. Some plays have a narrator. The narrator
tells what is happening in the play.
Have you acted in a play yet?

Divide the roles among your friends and now act out the
play.

The series of events in a play is called a plot. Here are some
events from the play.

1. Number the events (1-5) as they come in the play.
a. Chicken Little meets Cocky-Locky.

b. Chicken Little and Cocky-Locky meet
Goosey-Loosey.

c. A leaf falls.

d. Foxy-Loxy eats all the birds.

e. The birds follow Foxy-Loxy to cave.

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2. Match the names of the characters with their pictures.
Chicken Little

Goosey-Loosey

Turkey-Lurkey

Cocky-Locky

Foxy-Loxy

3. Number the characters from one to five of the play.
…………………… Goosey-Loosey

…………………… Turkey-Lurkey

…………………… Chicken Little

…………………… Foxy-Loxy

…………………… Cocky-Locky

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Listen, Pair and Share
1. Listen to the audio and answer the following questions.

a. Which is a dangerous animal?

…………………………………………………………………

b. Who can't see?

…………………………………………………………………

c. How long can a thirsty lion drink?

…………………………………………………………………

d. Which are the tallest animals?

…………………………………………………………………

e. What do giraffes use to clean their ears?

…………………………………………………………………
2. Practise the conversation below.
Pratik : What is it?
Anisha : It's a fish.
Pratik : Can it fly?
Anisha : No, it can't.
Pratik : What can it do?
Anisha : It can swim.

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Karina : What's it?
Nirman : ………………………
Karina : Can it fly?
Nirman : ………………………
Karina : What can it do?
Nirman : ……………………
Now, talk about the followings in the same way.

3. Talk about yourself. Say, "I can/can't……………".

swim dance climb up a tree

drive a car fly in the sky paint a picture

play cricket make tea wash your clothes

4. Recall one of the stories about animals that your parents
told you. Tell that story in the class.

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