English Skills 2

Listening

13 Listen and learn to say.

1st - first 2nd - second 3rd - third
4th - fourth 5th - fifth 6th - sixth
7th - seventh 8th - eighth 9th - ninth
10th - tenth 11th - eleventh 12th - twelfth

14 Listen and choose. Parents' Day
14 October
a. What is Muna talking about? performing drama
telling stories
Father's Day Children's Day
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b. When is Children's Day?

14 September 9 September

c. What are they doing first?

playing games painting

d. What are they not doing?

Playing football enjoying sweets

15 Listen and sing.

January, February
March April
May, June, July
August, September
October, November
December
These are the twelve months of a year.

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Writing

16 Write the names of the months in order.

17 Read the names of Nepali months.

Baishakh Jeth Asar Saun
Bhadau Asoj Kartik Mangsir
Push Magh Falgun Chait

Remember, January is not

Baishakh. They are months of

two different calendars. Nepali

New Year begins on 1 Baishakh

while in English Calendar, New

Year beings on 1 January. Do you

know Lhosar also means a new

year?

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Reading

18 Read and learn.

Hi friends, I am James. I am from London.
In English calendar, New Year begins on
1 January. We say good bye to the old
year and welcome the New Year.

We celebrate New Year doing different things. We go shopping.
We buy new clothes for New Year. The streets are decorated in
New Year. The city becomes really nice. Many people come to
the street. We also sing and dance. We also say "Happy New
Year" to each other and exchange greetings. At mid night, we
can see fireworks in the sky. The New Year eve is noisy and fun.

Hello friends, I am Tsering. I am
from Mustang. We follow Tibetan
calendar. Lhosar is our New Year. It
is also our greatest festival. To mark
this day, people come back home.
On the New Year Day, we go to a
monastery. We enjoy different food
there. We exchange greetings. We also dance and sing.

Hi friends, I am Krishna Maan. I am from
Kathmandu. My father says, "Maha Puja is
our New Year day". Nepal Sambat begins on
this day. On this day we take bath, clean our
house and light lamps. In the evening we
worship ourselves.

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Comprehension

19 Match. Maha Puja Tibetan calendar

a. James

b. Tsering 1st January Nepal Sambat

c. Krishna Maan Lhosar English calendar

20 Answer the following questions.

a. Where is James from?



b. What happens at mid night on New Year Eve in London?



c. What does Tsering do at Lhosar?



d. What does Krishna Maan do on Maha Puja?

21 Write true or false.

a. On New Year, the streets in London become quiet. _______

b. People come home for Lhosar. _­­ ______

c. People dance and sing on Maha Puja day. _­­ ______

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Writing

22 How do you celebrate Nepali New Year? Write.

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23 Write numbers to match. Then, listen and check.

3 a farmer
12 a shoemaker
a carpenter
4 a policeman
a firefighter
5 7 a driver
6 8 a tailor
a hairdresser
9 a butcher
10 a pilot

24 Now, complete the sentences.

a. A teaches students.

b. A keeps the garden clean.

c. A takes care of the area or a building.

d. A cooks food.

e. A cleans the area.

f. A takes care of sick people.

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Conversation He is a
25 Listen and practise. hairdresser.

What does your She is an
father do? office worker.

What does your
mother do?

What does an
office worker do?

I’m not sure.

26 Talk about your family members in the same way.
Listening

27 Listen and tick the correct person.

a. b. c.

d. e. f.

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28 Listen and number the pictures.

Speaking She’s a teacher.

Who is Miss Honey?

Miss Honey /
a teacher

29 Look, ask and answer.

Miss Rana / Rohan / Raju /
a pilot a student a fisherman

Miss Baidhya / Mr Thapa / Mrs Panta /
karate player a footballer a singer

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Grammar

a singer two singers a student many students

a doctor two doctors a driver three drivers

a fisherman many fishermen a hero three heroes

We cannot count all the things. For example, we can’t count water,
rice or juice. But we can count people, pens, pencils or many
other things. When we count, one is singular but more than one is
plural. We make some spelling changes while saying more than
one.

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Spelling

30 Learn and write.

Add s to say more than one. Add es to say more than one.

one more than one one more than one

cup cups potato potatoes

cake cakes church churches

cookie _____________ watch _____________
fox _____________
driver _____________

shop _____________ glass _____________

table _____________ class _____________

carpenter _____________

spoon _____________ bush _____________

lamp _____________ hero _____________

farmer _____________ bus _____________

Change y into i and add es quiz _____________
to say more than one. box _____________

one more than one We change spelling of some
words to say more than one.
fly flies one more than one
foot feet
butterfly butterflies tooth teeth
mouse mice
baby _____________ goose geese
louse lice
cherry _____________ man men

fairy _____________

library _____________

factory _____________

party _____________

city _____________

country _____________

story _____________

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Reading

31 Read and learn.

What is a job? A job is the work that one does. You are a student.
A teacher comes to you. She teaches you. That is her job. A bus
driver also does a job. Most people do jobs. They earn money by
doing jobs. However, all jobs are not for money.

For some jobs people don’t need to
go outside. They stay in a building
or an office and work. For an
example, teachers do not go outside.
They come to school. They go to the
classes and work inside a building.
Similarly, doctors don’t need to go
out for their job. They go to a hospital or a clinic.

Some people work in a same place most
of the time. For an example, teachers
work at the same building. In many
offices people use computers sitting at
the same place. An air hostess works
in a plane. She helps passengers in the
plane.

Some people have special uniform for
their jobs. For examples, police and
soldiers have uniforms. They have to
wear their uniforms while working.
Firefighters have special uniform. They
wear it to be safe from fire. Wearing
the uniform, firefighters can go to very
hot places.

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Cities are always busy because many people
live here. There are many types of jobs in
cities. People work in shops, parks and
libraries. Chefs work in restaurants. They
cook food for the people.

Tourists come to
visit cities. Some
people help them to
learn about the city. Those who help the
tourists are tourist guides.

Cities are busy with
different types of vehicles. Many people work
as drivers here. The drivers who drive buses,
trains, taxies and other vehicles help us to go
from one place to another.

For some jobs,
people have to work outside. For
an example, people who make road
have to go outside. Drivers too work
outside. They have to travel as they
work.

In countryside, many people work outside. Farmers work in the
fields. They grow rice, wheat, corn and vegetables. Some farmers

keep animals. Fishermen catch fish in the
rivers, ponds, seas or in the oceans.

You can even work in the sky. Astronauts
go to the space. They travel in a spaceship.
They look the stars and planets.

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Comprehension

32 Complete the sentences.

hot help are outside planes
a. Cities __________ busy.
b. Most farmers work __________.
c. Air hostesses work on __________.
d. Air hostesses __________ passengers.
e. Firefighters can go into very __________ places.

33 Match. Then, write the sentences.

People use computers outside, in the field.
Fishermen tourists to learn about cities.
Astronauts go to the catch fish.
Farmers work in offices.
Tourist guides help space and learn about stars.

a. _______________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________

c. _______________________________________________________

d. _______________________________________________________

e. _______________________________________________________

34 Write the jobs by rearranging the letters.

a. corodt _________________ d. feamrr _________________
b hfce _________________ e. oliepc _________________
c. rvdier _________________

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35 Answer the following questions.

a. Who wear uniform in their jobs?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
b. Where do doctors work?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
c. What do farmers grow?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
d. Who keeps animals?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

Speaking

36 What job do you want to do? Think of your favourite

job. Then, complete the diagram.

What type of work? In the day or at night?
____________ ____________

Inside or outside? My favourite Is there a uniform or
____________ job: not?

____________

For money or not? With animals or people?
____________ ____________

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Now, share about your favourite job. See an example below.

Hello everybody! I am Suman. I want to be
a vet.

A vet takes care of sick animals. Actually,
a vet is a doctor for animals. For this job, I
don’t need a special uniform.

I can earn money from this job. I love it
because it doesn’t need to work at night. Sometimes, I need to go
outside for this job. But most of the time, I can be inside my animal
clinic. I love this job because I love animals.

Grammar

If we don’t know, what do we do?

We ask questions when we don’t know something. Who, what, where
and when are some questions words. If you want to know about a
person, we use who. To know about things, we use what. To know
about place we use where. To know about time we use when.

Who is he? He is a doctor.

Where does he work? He works in a hospital.

What does he do? He takes care of sick people.

When does he work? He works during day or at night.

37 Read the answers. Then, write questions.

a. She is a farmer. (who)
____________________________________________________
b. She works in the field. (where)
____________________________________________________
c. She works in day time. (when)
____________________________________________________
d. She grows vegetables. (what)
____________________________________________________

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Unit 7

Communication
Technology and Market

1 Write numbers to match. Then, listen and check.

3

2

1 5
4

6 computer lab
8 mobile phone
7 watching TV
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9 laptop
radio
router
online shopping
shopping

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Conversation

2 Listen and practise.

Shopkeeper : Hello, may I help you?

Father : Yes, please. I’m looking for a packet of pencils.

Shopkeeper : What colour do you like?

Son : I want blue.

Shopkeeper : Here you are.

Father : How much is the price?

Shopkeeper : Rs. 100 please.

Son : Here you are!

Shopkeeper : Thank you!

Speaking

3 You become a shopkeeper, your friend will be a buyer.

Then, try to buy and sell the items below.

A pack of pencil / Rs. 120 Rs. 120

A packet of colour pencils /Rs. 50 Rs. 50 Rs. 10

A pink sharpener / Rs. 10

A white eraser / Rs. 10 Rs. 10 Rpise.c5e0./ per
A note-book / Rs. 50 per piece

4 Cut some pieces of paper. Write values in the note.

Suppose this as money. Then, put your things on
sale. Play buying and selling.

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5 Listen and sing.

Let's go shopping, let's buy our things.

Let's visit the market and play in the swing.

When you need some rice or oil

Visit a grocery fine and well.

When you need things more and more

You may visit a mall or a big store.

You may buy shoes or clothes,

Sometimes, you buy one or both.

Let's go shopping, let's buy our things.

Reading

6 Read and learn.

Sunita likes helping her parents. It is her
job to buy simple things like tea packets,
biscuits, bread, eggs, milk, sugar and
noodles from the market. Her mother
sends her to the market everyday. She
loves shopping. She knows how to pay
money.

Everyday, she gets some coins from the
shopkeeper. She keeps her coins in her
piggy bank. She has collected different
kinds of coins. She has golden coins, silver coins and brown coins.

Sometimes, her elders give her money. She gets paper money
in Dashain and Tihar. She has kept that money too in her piggy
banks. She wants to buy a new headband with her money.

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Comprehension

7 Answer the following questions.

a. How does Sunita Help her parents?
b. Where does Sunita keep her coins?

c. When does she get paper notes?
d. What does she want to do with her money?

8 List from the text.

a. Things Sunita buys from the grocery:

b. Colour of the coins Sunita has.

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Listening

9 Listen and choose the correct answers.

a. What did Hema buy? Circle all the items.

b. How much is the price of tomato?

Rs 50 per kg Rs 20 per kg Rs 60 per kg
50
c. How many eggs did Hema buy?
10 2 three

d. How much milk did Hema buy?

a packet one kg

Writing

10 What do you buy from a grocery? Write.

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Reading

11 Read and learn.

This is Rehan's class.

Everyday at 5 PM, Miss

Honey comes on TV.

She is a teacher. She

is teaching on TV. She

teaches English. She

does not go to schools

these days. The schools

are closed. People are at

home. People are asked

to stay at home due to

the COVID pandemic.

Students are watching her and learning how to speak English.

Rehan likes her classes very much. He never misses the classes.

Moreover, Rehan watches cartoons and movies on TV. His

favourite TV show is Ninja Hattori. He likes Hattori. Sometimes,

he likes to do like Hattori. He also watches stories on TV.

In the evening, the family come together. They watch news. Rehan

also likes news. His father likes to watch comedy shows as well.

Rehan has a sister. They play together. Rehan's sister, Rumi likes

watching Chham Chhami. It is a dance show. She likes dancing a

lot. She wants to be a dancer one day.

Rehan's mother also likes to watch NTV Show 'Swada". She

prepares delicious food items after watching the show. Last

Saturday, she prepared paneer momo. It was so tasty.

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Comprehension

12 Answer the following questions.

a. What is Rehan doing?

b. What does Miss Honey teach?

c. What time does Miss Honey come on TV?

d. What is Rehan's favourite TV show?

e. What is Rumi's favourite TV show?

f. What does Rumi want to be?

g. What did Mother make after watching the TV show?

h. When do family watch TV together?


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Speaking

13 Sit in pairs and talk about your favourite TV show.

Do you watch TV? Yes, I do.

What is your My favourite TV show is
favourite TV show? Discovery Kids. And yours?

I love watching Animal Planet. No, I don't. I watch
I love those amazing animals. YouTube videos.

Do you watch TV?

What do you watch I watch Gogo Loves English. It
on YouTube? teaches us English. And you?

Sometimes, I watch the Dr Binocs
Show. It is a nice show. We can
learn a lot of things by watching
these.

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Listening

14 Listen and write true or false.

a. Sonam's favourite TV show is Mickey Mouse.
b. His favourite show comes on TV for half an hour.
c. He watches the show with his sister.
d. They watch the show in the evening.
e. He watches the show after finishing his homework.
f. They cry when they watch this show.

Writing
15 Write five sentences about your favourite TV show.

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Conversation

16 Listen and practise.

Bina : Hello!

Binit : Hello, can I talk with
Bina, please?

Bina : Speaking.

Binit : This is me, Binit!

Bina : Hi Binit. What's up?

Binit : Tomorrow is my birthday. I want to invite you to the
party. Will you come?

Bina : Sure!

Binit : Let's meet at 5 pm tomorrow.

Bina : OK, see you then.

Reading

17 Read and learn.

Today we are learning about
telephones. Many people have
phones. Some phones come
with wire. The phones with
wires are kept at home.

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A phone has a place to talk and place to hear. We hold the phone
next to our ear to make a call.

When someone is talking on the phone you have to be polite. You
should not make noise.

Telephone helps us talk to people here and there, in the house next
door, or across the street or in the countries
everywhere.

You can call the police on the phone. You
can call firefighters on the phone. Likewise,
you can call an ambulance on the phone.

On smart phones, we can have video calls.
You can buy things using your smart phones.
Your smart phones help you in your study
as well as you can watch videos and read books.

Comprehension

18 Answer the following questions.

a. What are two types of phones?

b. Write the things you can do with your phone.

d. Who do you usually talk on phone?


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Writing

19 What do you do with your phone? Write.

20 Listen and sing.

What’s this? What are these?
It’s a car. They are stairs.
What’s that? What are those?
It’s a jar. They are chairs.

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Speaking

21 Sit in pairs. Then, point, ask and answer.

Reading

22 Read and learn.

Dashain of 2020 was different. The market was closed. We could
not go to the market easily. People were asked to stay home.
Actually, I and my sister were making list of things to be bought.
1. a pairs of jeans
2. a watch
3. a T-shirt
4. a packet of pencil

5. a pink dress

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Mother had also got a list of
things to buy. She also gave
the list to dad. "The market
is closed, how to buy those
things?" said Uncle Hari.

Then, father called every
body to his room. He opened
his computer. He asked everybody, "Hold your list. We are going
to the market." He opened a page. Then, the pictures with price
came on the screen. He saw the list. We chose the items on the
screen. Father clicked them one after another. He placed the order.
He said, "I have paid for them. They will come next day."

Next morning the door bell rang, "ding dong". I and my sister
rushed to the door. The things were there. A man had brought
things for us. Wow! We do not need to go to market to buy things.

Dad said, "Online shopping is good. We can buy from home. It
is nice." It was a different Dashain. We never had such Dashain
before.

Comprehension

23 Write true or false.

a. The children wanted to buy a packet of pencil.

b. Mother wanted to buy some pieces.

c. They went to city hall to buy the things.

d. The things arrived next morning.

e. Father went to the shop to pay the money.

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Conversation
24 Listen and practise.

What day is today?

Was it Saturday It’s Sunday.
yesterday?

I came to school Yes, it was.
yesterday too. I didn’t But why?
know it was Saturday.

When you talk about now, use is/am/are. When Short form

you talk about yesterday, use was/were. didn’t = did not.

Grammar

Yesterday...

I was sick yesterday. He was in the class yesterday. Sona was sad yesterday.
She was happy yesterday. It was born yesterday. We were wet yesterday.

You were angry They were tired yesterday. Romi and Rosy were not
yesterday. at home yesterday.

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25 Listen and sing.

Some one said She was faster than Joe
"Let’s have a race. But she lost her shoe

Go, go, go!" And remained a bit slow.
Arman was second.

Some were fast, Just behind Kim.
And some were slow. He was very fast,

Tej was fourth. But she was faster than him.
He wasn’t fast. Kim was first.
His bag was heavy, She ran so fast.
He was last. That’s the reason why
Tashi was third. She won the race at last.

26 Choose and write.

a. I ________ (was / were) sick yesterday.

b. They ________ (was / were) at the park yesterday.

c. She ________ (was / were) at home this morning.

d. The dogs ________ (was / were) barking at me.

e. You ________ (was / were) in grade one last year.

f. Sangam ________ (was / were) swimming yesterday.

Speaking

27 Ask and answer.

How were you I was happy yesterday sad
yesterday? because my mother gave happy
me her computer to play. angry
tired

sick

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28 Yesterday Rosy went to the park. She saw people

doing different things. What did she see? Write.
Yesterday

Mike and Madan Ram and Hari

Dolma

Rama and Gita Yadav Rita and Gita

a. M__i_k_e_a_n_d_M__a_d_a_n__w_e_r_e_p_la_y_i_n_g__fo_o_tb_a_l_l_y_e_st_e_r_d_a_y_______________.

b. ______________________________________________________.

c. ______________________________________________________.

d. ______________________________________________________.

e. ______________________________________________________.

Pronunciation

29 Listen and say aloud.

a. We played football yesterday.
b. We watched TV last night.
c. We painted the wall yesterday.
d. We walked to school yesterday.

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30 Listen and repeat.

+ wanted painted fainted ended visited waited

kissed helped walked passed stopped brushed

played cleaned opened listened stayed closed

Spelling

31 Complete the table and say aloud.

When we talk about something that
happened in the past, we add ed or d to
the action words. Yesterday, last week, last
month, last year, etc. are all past times.

Add ed to these action words. Add d to these action
words.
rain r_a_in__ed_________ love lov_ed____________
close clo_se_d___________
play _p_la_y_e_d________ like _____________
dance _____________
call _____________ live _____________
bake _____________
pull _____________ hate _____________

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open _____________

stay _____________

help _____________

jump _____________

kick _____________

pick _____________

brush _____________

wash _____________

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32 Here is a list of action words and their past forms. Read and learn.

I went to the market go – went sleep – slept
with my father think – thought keep – kept
see – saw ride – rode
yesterday. I bought sing – sang read – read
my books there. break – broke sit – sat
write – wrote wake – woke
make – made give – gave
buy – bought take – took
sell – sold catch – caught
have – had hide – hid
do – did draw – drew
say – said tell – told
bring – brought eat – ate
come – came

33 Write past forms of the given verbs.

think à ___________ eat à ___________ draw à ___________

bring à ___________ say à ___________ write à ___________

buy à ___________ do à ___________ sell à __________

tell à ___________ come à ___________ pay à __________

Positives Negatives Questions
I danced. I didn’t dance. Did I dance?
We danced. We didn’t dance. Did we dance?
You danced. You didn’t dance. Did you dance?

He danced. He didn’t dance. Did he dance?
She danced. She didn’t dance. Did she dance?
It danced. It didn’t dance. Did it dance?
They danced. They didn’t dance. Did they dance?

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34 Choose and write the correct word.

a. We __v_is_it_e_d___ (visit / visited) the museum
last week.

b. We d_i_d_n_’_t _v_is_i_t (didn’t visit / didn’t visited)
the park last week.

c. We _________ (see / saw) many things
there.

d. Ravi and Vicky were also there. They
_________ (bring / brought) some cheese. They _________ (didn’t
bring / didn’t brought) cakes.

e. We _________ (eat / ate) the cheese. It was very tasty.

f. We _________ (didn’t eat / didn’t ate) rice.

g. We _________ (come / came) home at four o’clock yesterday.

Reading

35 Read and learn.

It was Saturday yesterday. Everyone from
school went to clean the river. Other people
from the town also came there. There were
lots of people at the river.

In the morning, the river was dirty. The
water was dirty.
There was a lot
of rubbish in the
river and on the
riverbank. There were many plastic bags on
the grass and in the trees.

The children picked up the plastic bags

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from the grass. We also collected chocolate
wrappers and pieces of paper.

The grown-ups went into the river and picked
up the rubbish. There were big bags, bottles
and cans. There were many other dirty things
too. Even teachers were there. They were also
picking up the rubbish. There were trucks to
carry the rubbish away.

In the evening, the grass was tidy. There
weren’t any plastic bags in the trees. There
wasn’t any rubbish in the river. The river was
clean. Everything was clean and green. But the
people weren’t clean. Everyone looked dirty.

In the evening, we all went home and had a
good bath.

Comprehension

36 Write the correct letter in the box.

a b c de

The river was dirty.
There were plastic bags in the trees.
The trucks came to take the rubbish away.
The grass was tidy.
The river was clean.

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37 Fill in the blanks with was, wasn’t, were or weren’t.

a. Yesterday __________ Saturday.

b. In the morning, the river __________ dirty.

c. In the morning, there __________ plastic bags in the trees.

d. In the evening, there __________ any plastic bags on the grass.

e. In the evening, the river __________ dirty.

38 Put the sentences in order by numbering them from 1 to 5.

We all picked up the rubbish.
The river was dirty.
The truck took away the rubbish.
The river was clean.
Everyone took a bath.

39 Answer these questions.

a. How was the river in the morning?
_T_h_e_r_iv_e_r_w__a_s_d_i_rt_y_i_n__th_e__m_o_r_n_in__g_. ________________

b. How was the river in the evening?
_____________________________________________

c. What did the grown ups do there?

_____________________________________________

d. What carried away the rubbish?

_____________________________________________
e. Were there teachers to clean the river?

_____________________________________________

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Writing

40 What did you do yesterday? Write.

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Unit 8

Fruits and
Vegetables

1 Write numbers to match. Then, listen and check.

12 34 cauliflower
broccoli
5 7 apple
6 8 radish
mushroom
9 12 banana
10 11 peas
tomatoes
13 14 15 pineapple
16 papaya
17 potatoes
19 18 oranges
coconut
onions
grapes
Carrots
peaches
cucumber
mango

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2 Look, read and write the names.

Bhaloo

a. Mica the monkey likes bananas.
b. Bhaloo the bear does not like cheese.
c. Leo the lion likes chicken.
d. Bunny the rabbit does not like fish.
e. Bekha the bear likes cakes.
f. Limo the lion does not like cucumber.
g. Bunty the rabbit likes carrots.
h. Mike the monkey does not like carrot.

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The bear likes sausages.
He doesn’t like peas.
Some chicken and sausages,
For the bear, please.

Peas, peas, lovely peas.
Someone come and eat them,
My lovely peas.

The monkey likes bananas,
She doesn’t like peas.
Some apples and bananas,
For the monkey please.
Peas, peas, lovely peas.
Someone come and eat them,
My lovely peas.

The piggy likes sandwiches,
He doesn’t like peas.
Some cabbage and sandwiches,
For the piggy, please.

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Reading

4 Read and learn.

One sunny day, Mona went to a vegetable market.
She saw some apples in a basket. There were some
bananas hung on a rope.

They were talking like human. She found it strange.

The apple said to a banana, “You are shaped like the moon.”

The banana said “Yes, I know, and I’m also the same
colour as the moon.”

The apple said, “I’m bright and red. Some of my
family are green and some are yellow like you.
When people eat me it makes a crunch sound. That’s
because I’m hard.”

The banana said, “When people eat me it doesn’t make any sound.
That’s because I’m soft.”

Finally Mona said “You are both fruits, You both taste nice and you
are both healthy foods.”

Comprehension

5 Answer the following questions.

a. Which fruit is shaped like the moon?
___________________________________________
b. Which fruit can be red, green and yellow?
___________________________________________
c. Why do apples make a crunchy sound when you eat them?
___________________________________________
d. What is the same about apples and bananas?
___________________________________________

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6 Read, look and circle.

These are apples. They are red.
They have a smooth surface. They
have soft pulp, too.

This is a coconut. It has a hard
shell. The shell is rough, too.
It has soft flesh. It also has
yummy milk.

It is soft / hard. It is rough / smooth.
It is rough / smooth. The shell is soft / hard.

It is thick / crunchy. It is creamy / crunchy.

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Conversation My favourite fruit is
7 Listen and practise. apple. What about

What is your you?
favourite fruit?

My favourite
fruit is papaya.
Do you like
mango?

No, I don’t. Yes, I do. Do you
like it?

Speaking
8 Guess what their favour fruits are. Then, talk about

your favourite fruit.

Describe your favourite fruit. Now your friends will guess.

My favourite fruit is round My favourite fruit is rough
and big. It is green outside but and thorny outside. It is soft
red inside. It is juicy too. It has and yellow inside. It is juicy.
many seeds too.

My favourite fruit is long My favourite fruit is round
and yellow. Some can be and juicy. It has same colour
green too. It has soft and as its name.
white inside. It is sweet.

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Reading

9 Read and learn.

My family likes fruits. My mother likes
bananas and oranges but she does not like
kiwis and peaches. My father likes apples
and pears but he does not like grapes. My
brother likes watermelons and pineapples
but he does not like lemons. I like kiwis
and strawberries but I do not like plums.

Fruits can be a healthy snack. It is also fun to eat fruits. Fruit is tasty
and sweet. It comes in many colours. Fruits can be red, orange, yellow,
green, black or purple. Fruit salad thus can make a nice rainbow.

Eating fruit is not only fun. It is healthy as well. Fruits give us various
types of vitamins and minerals. It is nice to drink fresh juice of fruits
like orange or pomegranates.

Mostly farmers grow the fruits that come to the market. However,
Kafal or Aiselu grow in the wild.

Comprehension

10 Answer the following questions.

a. What do fruits give us?

_____________________________________________________

b. How do fruits taste?

_____________________________________________________

c. Where do you get the fruits from?

_____________________________________________________

d. How does fruit salad look like?

_____________________________________________________

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11 Write the fruits they like and do not like.

likes dislikes

Father

Mother

Brother

I

Writing

12 Describe your favourite fruit.

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Listening

13 Listen and choose.

a. Anuj and his mother are at a ......................

vegetable market meat shop shopping mall

b. They bought the following items: green beans
mushroom
cauliflower okra
Rs 500
cucumber chillies
protein
c. In total, Mother pays ........................
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d. We get .................. from vegetables.

mineral and vitamins

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14 Fill in the taste words in the blank spaces correctly.

sweet sour salty hot bitter

a. Bitter gourds are ___________. d. A lemon is ___________.

b. Chocolate is ___________. e. Chillies are ___________.

c. Curry is ___________.

Speaking

15 Sit in pairs and talk. What vegetable did you eat

yesterday?

Yesterday, we ate some green
beans, potatoes and onions.

Mother prepared some
pickle of tomato. We also had

mustard green.

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some pumpkin mixed with

beans and potatoes. He
cooked some mushroom
soup. He made pickle of

cucumber.

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Reading

16 Read and learn.

What food do you like?

What is your favourite food?

Do you like sandwich? Do you like salad?

You can order food in a restaurant. You read a menu. A menu is
a list of food. You can choose your food from the menu.

What do you like for breakfast?

This is a breakfast menu. This is a lunch menu.

Breakfast Lunch

Fruits Fruits

oranges, apples, melons, mangoes

bananas and and papaya
grapes Rice with
Bread
vegetable curry

bread, (cauliflower, broccoli,
doughnut, spinach or common vegetable)
eggs and Rice with chicken curry
sandwich Salad
Drinks tomatoes, radishes,
orange juice, cucumbers and carrots
milk, tea and
coffee Ice cream, curd

Drinks

orange juice and
lemonade

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This is a dinner menu. Rice

Dinner Vegetable
Soup broccoli, peas, beans, chips,
carrots and potato fry
Pizzas
cheese and mushroom Hot cake

Fish Rice pudding

Chicken

Drinks
orange juice, tea and coffee

Comprehension

17 Write the names of vegetables and fruits from the menu.

fruits vegetables

18 Read and mark as ‘True’ or ‘False’.

Breakfast a. You can have eggs. _________________
Lunch
b. You can drink lemonade. _________________

c. You can have grapes. _________________

d. You can have an ice cream. _________________

e. You can have chicken curry. _________________

f. You can have soup. _________________

g. Pizza is on the lunch menu. _________________

h. There are three different fruits. _________________

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