Wonder Book 3

Example:

return back home from school

New words

shower - take bath

lukewarm - slightly warm

assigned - given

adventures - exciting activity, trip

moment - a particular time

surf - to search for something

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A Day of Ava

Hello everyone! My name is Ava. I'm 9 years old. I'm from Nepal.
I live with my family in Dhangadhi, a beautiful city of western
Terai.

Usually I get up at 6 am every day except Saturday. On Saturdays,
I get up at 7:00 or so. Every day, after I get up, I wash my face,
and comb my hair. I, together with my parents, go jogging for
about half an hour. We do different exercises and Yoga.

Then, I have a shower with cool fresh water but during winter
season I use lukewarm water. Then I have breakfast. Usually I
have an omelet and a glass of milk. While my mother prepares

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food for me, I do my homework and study. I also help my parents
doing different things at home if I finish my studies.

I have my lunch at 9, brush my teeth and get ready for school. I
go to school on foot. It takes me 20 minutes to get to school. But
sometimes, my father drops me to school if he has free time. Our
school starts at 10 am. I enjoy all the lessons but I'm excellent at
Science. I want to become a scientist one day. I help my friends
with their problems and timely submit all the tasks assigned
by the teachers. At 1:15, we have a break. I eat homemade food
for snacks. At 3:40 o'clock, the lessons are over. I usually have 7
lessons except for Friday. On Friday we have 4 lessons.

As soon as I return back home, I eat whatever my mother prepares
for me. Then, I play with my friends for about an hour and come

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back home; and start doing my homework. We have dinner at
around 7 pm every day. Then, I brush my teeth.

I watch TV for about half an hour. I love to watch National
Geography and Discovery Channel. They teach us good lessons
and take us to adventures, too. I hardly play video games on
my computer. I find them rather boring. On Fridays, we go to
movies or watch movies in our TV set together. I really enjoy this
moment.

After my tasks are over, I listen to different songs and watch
videos. I go to bed at around 9:30.

Did • Humans spend 1/4th of their life sleeping!

YOU • The record of the longest period without

Know? sleep is 11 days.

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Word power
A. Complete the crossword puzzle.

2S 1Y
4H 3L

5E

6A
7D
8P

Across Down
4. prepared at home 1. a kind of physical exercise
6. fix a duty, task 2. to wet in spray or drops of water
7. food eaten in the evening 3. classes, periods
8. father and mother 5. very good

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B. Look at the snake below. It has eaten some words from the
text. Take out these words.

q r exc e p d

s t u i esmn dr op s tyb h o m
j i
t

Comprehension Check

A. Fill in the missing information in the following table.

Time Ava's activities
5 am ……………………………………
………….............. gets up on Saturdays
9 am ……………………………………
………….............. her school starts
1:15 ……………………………………
………….............. returns back home from school
around 10 ……………………………………

B. Read the above text and answer these questions.
a. How old is Ava?

Ans: …………………………..…………………………………

b. Who goes jogging with her?

Ans: …………………………..…………………………………

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c. What does she usually have in her breakfast?

Ans: …………………………..…………………………………

d. How long does it take her to reach to her school?

Ans: …………………………..…………………………………

e. How many classes does she have?

Ans: …………………………..…………………………………

f. What are Ava's favourite TV channels?

Ans: …………………………..…………………………………

g. Why doesn't she play video games?

Ans: …………………………..…………………………………

C. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the text.
a. Ava's family lives in …………………… .
b. Besides physical exercises, they do ……………….. .
c. During winter she takes bathe with ……………………..
water.
d. She's ……………………………. at Science.
e. She always eats …………………….. food in school break.
f. Her favorite TV channels take her to ……………………. .
g. She waits for ………………… to come so that she can go
to movies or watch movies.

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Listen, Think and Share
In turn, act out these dialogues.
A : What time is it?
B : It's ten past ten.
A : Excuse me! Can you tell me the time?
B : Sure, it's quarter to five.
A : Is it seven thirty?
B : Yes, it is.
A : Oh, let's hurry. We've class right now.
Now, ask and answer about these times.

a. b.

c. d.

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Creative Writing

What did you do yesterday? Write in detail. Mention specific
times and activities.
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Fun Activity

You may have your grandparents at home. Perhaps there were no
watches in their time. Ask and find out about how they guessed
about time. Present your ideas to the class.

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My School

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7 The Homework
Party

a. How often do you have homework?
b. Do you do homework regularly?

New words

staring - to look in a fixed way
- imagining something, imagination
daydreaming - came in sight
- thing / material
appeared - a pad of blank pages for writing on it
- made a deep sound because of pain
stuff - much, many

notepad

groaned

loads of

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The Homework Party

"Charlieeee, do your
homework now!" His
mother was shouting at
him. Charlie thought, "Well,
she doesn't have to do it.
It's so boring." For students
doing homework is like
doing chores. But for him
it's something different.

And, he spent hours with
his books hoping that time
would pass and it would
soon be time for supper.
As usual, he was lying on
his bed, busy staring at
the ceiling, daydreaming.
Suddenly some little elves,
no more than a centimetre
tall, appeared by the window.

"Good evening, young man, will you please give us your
homework so we can play with it?" asked one of them politely.
Charlie laughed.

Do you think Charlie will let them play with his homework?

"How are you going to play with the homework?" It's the most
boring stuff there is! Ha, ha, ha ………. Go on, take it. You can

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play on it as long as you like."

Charlie watched his guests, and was so surprised to see what
they did. In less than a minute, they had formed teams and were
busy playing with the pen, eraser, the book, and the pad of paper.
Very strange stuff they were getting up to. Like with the sums,
instead of moving the pen across the paper, they would hold the
pen still and move the paper instead. Or, like how they had races
to see who could do the sums faster. And then the all dressed up
as either Father Christmas, a Halloween pumpkin, or a bag of
cheese. And whenever the clock was stopped, the elf who was in
the lead got to draw himself in the notepad.

So the pad ended up full of Santas and pumpkins. They were
also really funny while learning to read. They used well-known
songs, and had to learn the words to them. When they had done
that they put on a big concert to sing those songs.

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Charlie really enjoyed those little students; he even joined in
with the singing. And time passed so quickly, that suddenly his
mother was calling him for supper.

Aww, what a pain! This is so much fun…" he groaned as he got
up to go to supper. "Of course, it's fun! I already told you. Why
don't you try it for a few days yourself? We'll all come back to see
you again from time to time."

"Deal!" agreed Charlie.

So, every evening, Charlie started playing with his homework,
finding new and crazy ways to make it more fun. He would dress
up, sing loads of songs and do all manner of other things too.
Now and again, his elf friends would turn up, although the truth
was that he wasn't sure whether they really had come through
the window or from out of his own imagination.

Neither Charlie's parents, nor his teachers and anyone else in
the whole school could understand the great change in him.
From that day on, not only did he spend a lot more time doing
homework, he did it perfectly and with lots of drawings. He was
very happy and was always singing. His mother told him how
proud she was seeing him work so hard, especially at something
she knew he found boring.

But Charlie said to himself, "Well, she doesn't have to do it. It's a
fun!"

YOUDid An elf is a supernatural creature of folk tales,
typically represented as a small and delicate

figure in human form with pointed ears, magical
Know? powers and changeable nature.

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Word power

A. Make your own sentences using these words from the
story.

a. staring : …………………………..…………………..………

b. appeared: ……………………………………………………

c. stuff: …………………………..………………...……………

d. groaned: ……………………………………………...………

e. notepad: ………………………………………………..……

f. imagination: ……………………………………………..…..
B. Find seven words from the story in the given word diamond.

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fgyt
grpokrtwq
mpnelvesktrittyun
drtstaringdeqewytenfirung
ytrweimghfrhomeworktrvfueghfhe
notepadhhtyrknggnhjgdyrghbf
jghyutconcertgkkrytengb
kkutngnfnrhjloads
erdteachersqerder
hfgsifdgw
ghty

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i. ……………………………. ii. …………………………….
iii. ……………………………. iv. …………………………….
v. ……………………………. vi. …………………………….
vii. …………………………….

Comprehension Check

A. Answer these questions.
a. How did Charlie pass the time for homework in the
beginning?
Ans: …………………………………………………..
b. How tall were elves?
Ans: …………………………………………………....
c. What did the elves play with?
Ans: …………………………………………………....
d. What did they dress up with?
Ans: …………………………………………………....
e. Did Charlie enjoy playing with elves?
Ans: ………………………………………………....
f. How was his homework later?
Ans: …………………………………………………....
g. Did Charlie change his thinking about doing homework
in the end?
Ans: …………………………………………………....

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B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements.
a. Charlie didn't like homework in the beginning.
b. Elves asked Charlie to let them play with his homework.
c. Charlie didn't let them play with his homework.
d. They organized a big concert.
e. The elves came only once.
f. Charlie spent more time with the homework in the end.

C. Read the following extracts and answer these questions.

a. "Well she doesn't have to do it. It's so boring."

i. Who said this?

…………………………………………….…………….

ii. Who does 'she' mean?
…………………………………….……………….

b. "Will you please give us to play with your homework so
that we can play with it?"

i. Who said this?

……......…………………………….…………………….

ii. Who did they say it?

………………………………………………………...….

c. "Aww, what a pain. This is so much fun."

i. Who said this?

……………………………………………………...…….

ii. What does 'this' mean by the speaker?

……………………………………………………...…….

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Listen, Think and Share
A. Play the role of different characters in these dialogues.

Man : May I take a photograph
here?
Woman : Yes, of course.

Student : May I come in, sir?
Teacher : Yes, you may.

Student1 : Can I use your pencil, Shreya?
Student 2 : I'm sorry. I'm drawing
a picture with it.

Student : Can I clean the board, Ma'am?
Teacher: I'm sorry. I'll do it myself.

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B. Now, work in pairs. Have similar conversations in the
given situations.

Your friend has a birthday Your pen has run out. You
party. You want to go out want to use Ramu's pen.

in the evening.

You want an ice-cream to You are feeling cold. You
eat. Ask your mother to want to close the door.

bring it.

You want to ask your You feel thirsty and
friend for help. But s/he is ask your friend for a

busy. glass of water.

Creative Writing

How often do you have homework? Do you like doing homework?
Write a paragraph about the advantages of doing homework in
student's life.
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Literary term

Have you ever seen two completely unrelated things compared in
a piece of literary writing? If yes, it's the case of simile. In simile,
writers compare two things using 'like' and 'as'. It's different from
simple comparison. Let's look at some examples:

She smiles like the Sun.

My heart is like a shining bird.

He's as hungry as a wolf.

My love is like a red, red rose.

Fun Activity

Go round the class. Interview your friends and find out what
your friends think about doing homework.

Name of friends Like Don't mind Dislike

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8 My School

Tick (√) the pictures which are there in your school.

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motivates - encourages
multi-storey - having many floors
national anthem - a country's official song
well equipped - having a lot of facilities

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My School

My school is Chaitnya Secondary School. It is located in Rasuwa
district. My school is counted among one of the most successful
schools in the state. In that sense, I feel quite lucky to get education
in one of the finest schools in the nation.

My school has co-
education where both
the boys and girls
study happily. In fact,
the number of girls is
more than that of boys
in almost every class.
Our principal ma'am
always motivates the
girls to do better.

My school has a tall
and multi-storey building. All the rooms are wide having a lot of

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space. Air passes easily in every rooms of my school. Very often
we do group works in the classroom and play indoor games.

Every wall of our school has been beautifully painted with
different information, national flag, national anthem, famous
sayings of different people, pictures of national hero, and so on.
This has made our school look really attractive.

There is a wide, green and beautiful playground in my school.
During our sport hours, we play cricket, table tennis, football,
badminton, etc. In fact, our school pays great emphasis on sports,
gaming and other extra-curricular activities.

The teachers of my school are well qualified, very friendly and
kind. They teach us with great care. They always encourage us
to study and progress more. They use modern techniques and
teach using different technologies. This is the reason that our
school has largest number of students as compared to all nearby
schools.

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My school has a big library. It offers a variety of books, notes and
other study materials of every kind. My school library is always
open for everyone around the city. We love to study in library
during our free hours. We often borrow books from the library.
But we can keep books for a week only.

Besides, my school has well maintained science lab. We go there
time and again to see different scientific stuffs, experiments of
our elder students. Similarly, we have a well equipped computer
lab with high speed internet. I love to surf different sites and
watch different video which has helped me to learn more.

My school is my pride. I feel greatly honoured and happy to
study in such a great and beautiful school like ours.

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Word power
1. Find the opposites to these words from the text and write.
a. unlucky : ………………………………………………
b. never : ………………………………………………
c. narrow : ………………………………………………
d. cruel : ………………………………………………
e. old : ………………………………………………
f. younger : ………………………………………………

Comprehension Check

A. Answer the following questions.
a. Where is the school located?

Ans: ……………………………………………………………

b. Is the principal male or female?

Ans: ……………………………………………………………

c. What are the walls painted with?

Ans: …………………………………………………………....

d. Why does the school have largest number of students?

Ans: ……………………………………………………………

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e. List down the things available in the library.

Ans: ……………………………………………………………

f. How long can we keep a book from library?

Ans: ……………………………………………………………

g. How is the internet speed?

Ans: ……………………………………………………………

B. Write one or two qualities of each of the following.

place / rooms qualities

school a. successful, fine

classrooms

walls

playground

library

computer lab

C. Write true or false.

a. The school is the successful school in the state.

b. Only the girls can study in the school.

c. Children can't play inside the rooms.

d. School looks really attractive.

e. No one except the students can enter the library.

f. There is no internet connection in the school.

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Listen, Think and Share

A. Act out these dialogues.
A : Excuse me, can I ask you a
question?
B : Yes.

A : How far is the bus stop?
B : It's one kilometre away from
here.

Shopkeeper : Excuse me. Can I help you?
You : Yes, I want a kilo of fresh pea.

Teacher : Hello class!

How are you?

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B. What will you say in the following situations?
a. You are in the class. Somebody comes searching for
something.
b. Someone is knocking on the door time and again.
c. Your friend is staring somewhere.
d. Teacher is coming into the class. Radha and Mina are
talking.

Creative Writing

Write an essay about your school.

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Project Activity
Make an attractive picture of your school and colour it.

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9 The School Picnic

Look at the picture below and say a few words about it.

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New words

convent - a school where teachers are nuns
potential - courage
obstinate - stubborn, unwilling to change
approached - reached
afford - buy
hostility - showing strong dislike
matured - grown up
rubbish - nonsense

The School Picnic

Like every other morning, tea was boiling on the stove, Mom
was cooking food and Dad was reading the newspaper. All of my
school friends were going on ‘the school picnic’ and like every
other convent school you had to submit the fees before the trip.
Trust me that before eight years from today, 800 rupees was not a
small amount for a middle class family but then also, I gathered
the potential to ask my Dad about picnic. I asked my father

“May I go for the trip dad?”

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At first instance he didn’t answer me, then I asked my question
again. This time he moved his newspaper slightly and said “No”.
Before that I never disagreed with my father but that day I started
being obstinate.

“N-no I want to go. Let me go, everyone is going”.

He told me in anger that no means no. Then, I took my school
bag and ran towards school.

After reaching the school, I saw all my friends were planning
about the picnic and I was thinking. “What type of parents they
are, they don’t even want to see the happiness of their own child”.

I don’t even know what I was saying.

The road from school to home was just a walk of fifteen minutes
but that day I covered that road in 1 hour. When I approached
home, my mother asked me

“Why are you late today?”

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I didn’t respond to her. She understood that I was angry. Father
came at night and called me lovingly

“Biju, come here.”

I went to him and he told me that he didn't have enough money,
so we could not afford it now. He would let me go the next time.
In my obstinacy and hostility I was saying so much unacceptable
words that he almost slapped on my cheeks. He scolded me that
I would never be matured.

That night I cried so much, that I went to bed with an empty
stomach. When I slightly opened my eyes at night because of
hunger, I saw my mom and dad discussing about the trip. Mom
told dad that he should allow me to go as I go only once a year,
I would be happy too. Dad didn’t respond, he got up from his
chair and went outside to walk. Now it was sure that I was not
going to sleep all the night in curiosity of whether I could go to
picnic or not.

Do you think the father lets him go to the picnic?

Next morning dad came to me and gave me money for the trip. At
this time I was so happy that I was not able to express it in words.
I took my cycle and went to school but on the way I realized that
I had forgotten to take my lunch. So, I turned my cycle and went
home. When I reached home I saw mom and dad talking about
the money for the trip. Mom asked dad how he got the money
and asked if he had sold his watch. Dad answered in a strange
manner.

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“W-what rubbish are you talking about?”

I saw his empty wrist. I understood that dad really sold his watch
for my trip money. I stared sobbing, standing at the door.

Now when I came back from school, my father asked me if I
had submitted the trip fees. I didn’t answer him and went to my
room. Then I came to him and put a brand new watch in his
hand. I knew that this watch was not like the old one but had a
similar built to it. I asked my dad in a childish manner

“A-are you going to wear that or not?”

After wearing the watch my dad’s eyes filled with tears and the
one thing he said

“Now my son has grown up.”

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Word power

A. Here are some words from the story. Find them and write
below.

karbstwrespond
drnewspaperstrwz
boilingt
psrusrs soscolded
spsnws

sfeesd anwx

vrtm
ctrl

ttrt

ctrl

awun

rtro
otrc

B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words you've found in
the above 'question mark'.
a. In my father's birthday, I gave my father a …………….

mobile set.

b. Last week, we went to a family ……… in Pushpalal Park.

c. The teacher ……….. me when I couldn't get good marks.

d. Our school ……. are very low. Anyone can pay them!

e. She's calling me but I don’t ……………………. her.

f. My father always has his …………… in the office canteen.

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Comprehension Check

A. Put these sentences in the correct order. Write 1-5 after
each sentence.

a. It took me one hour to reach home from school.

b. I slept without eating anything.

c. The students had to submit the fees before the trip.
d. My father gave me the money for the trip.

e. I bought my father a beautiful wrist watch.
B. Answer these questions.
a. What was the father doing?

Ans: ………………………………………………………

b. How long ago did the story take place?

Ans: ………………………………………………………

c. How much does it take Biju to go to school usually?

Ans: ………………………………………………………

d. Why did Biju's father nearly slap him?

Ans: ………………………………………………………

e. Did Biju go to the school picnic?

Ans: ………………………………………………………

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f. How did the father collect money for Biju's picnic?
Ans: ………………………………………………………
g. What happened when Biju gave a watch to his father?
Ans: ………………………………………………………

C. Read the following extracts and answer these questions.
a. "May I go for the trip dad?"
i. Who said this?
Ans: …………………………………………………………….
b. "Why are you late today?"
i. Who is the speaker?
Ans: …………………………………………………………….
ii. Whom did s/he say so?
Ans: …………………………………………………………….
c. "My son has grown up."
i. Who said this to whom?
Ans: …………………………………………………………….

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Listen, Think and Share
A. Listen and say. Have you ever used these expressions?

When do you think these are used?

Very good!
Well done!
Congratulations!
Good job!
That's great!
It's perfect!
Keep it up!

B. Now, act out the given dialogue.

Anil : Hi! Have you seen the result of English test?
Anita : You got the highest score in the class.
Anil : Really? Oh... I'm so happy to hear that.
Anita : Congratulation! I'm proud of you!

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C. Have similar conversation between two friends in the
following situations.

a. Your friend is selected to the junior football team.
b. A is telling his father that he won a lottery.
c. You have been selected as the class monitor.
d. Your friends won the inter-house quiz competition.

Creative Writing
A. Read the following letter.

Dear Junu,

Congratulations for winning the best student award.
You are on the right way to fulfill your dreams. This has
really made us proud. Hope that we will hear such news
in the future too.

Your mom

B. Now, write a similar letter to congratulate your friend who
has won a speech competition.

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Project Activity

Go to your school library. Find a congratulation message in an
English newspaper. Bring it in the class and share with your
friends.

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Our
Environment

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10 What a Wonderful
World

Here you can see the things created by the nature itself
and that are created by human beings. Write 1 for the ones
created by nature and write 2 for those that are created by
human beings.

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New words

bloom - produce flower
wonderful - very good
sacred - holy and respectful
shaking - joining hands to greet each other

What a Wonderful World

I see trees of green, red roses too,
I see them bloom, for me and you,
And I think myself
What a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue, and clouds of white,
The bright blessed day, dark sacred night,
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow, so
pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces, of people
going by,

I see friends shaking hands

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saying', "How do you do?"
They're really sayin', "I love you."

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more, than I'll ever know,
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.

Yes, I think to myself,
What a wonderful world,
Oh, yeah.

– Louis Armstrong

Word power

A. Find the rhyming words for the following words.

a. too : ………………………....………………

b. white : ………………………....………………

c. sky : ………………………....………………

d. do : ………………………....………………

e. grow : ………………………....………………

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B. Match the nouns in the column A with their characteristics
in the column B.

Column A Column B

a. babies i. sacred

b. roses ii. shaking hands

c. days iii. white

d. couds iv. crying

e. nights v. red

f. friends vi. bright

Comprehension Check

Write T for true and F for false statements.
a. Red roses bloom for me and you.
b. For the poet, the world is not wonderful.
c. The poet sees blue skies with dark clouds.
d. The poet doesn't like the colours of the rainbow.
e. People are greeting one another.
f. Babies are crying, growing and learning more.

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Listen, Think and Share
A. Look at the pictures. Listen to your teacher about it.

This is Ron's house.
It's beautiful.
It's bigger than my house.
It has got a beautiful garden.

B. Now, listen to audio script or the teacher and tick the best
answer.

a. Kathmandu is the ………………… city of Nepal.

i. capital ii. holy iii. oldest

b. There are many ………………………… in the city.

i. houses ii. rivers iii. temples

c. Ghantaghar is one of the main …………………. of
Kathmandu valley.

i. buildings ii. attractions iii. parks

d. Kathmandu is ………………………… than Pokhara
Lekhnath municipality in its area.

i. larger ii. smaller iii. not less

e. It was …………………… in the past.

i. beautiful ii. small iii. polluted

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Creative Writing
Write a short description of your village or town.

My Village/Town

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Literary term
In a poem or song, a refrain is a line or group of lines that regularly
repeat, usually at the end of a stanza in a poem or at the end of a
verse in a song. A poem may have more than one refrain.

Can you find the refrain in the poem above?

Project Activity
Colour this picture. Compare your picture with your friends'.

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11 My Favourite
Season

Name these weathers. Choose a name from the list below.

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New words

vacation - a period when school is closed

severe - causing difficult

knits - to prepare clothes using two needles

bonfires - a large fire made outside

fumes - produce gas, smoke

hydrated - having enough water

My Favourite Season

We have four major

seasons; spring,

summer, autumn

and winter. Of

these four seasons,

winter is my

favourite season. In

our country, winter

begins in November

and ends at around

the month of

February. The

coldest time is at the

end of December

and beginning of

January. In the

northern parts of

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Nepal, the temperatures go very low and there is snowfall.

The winter season is my favourite season because we get our
vacation at that time. We have a two week long vacation and my
father usually takes us to different new places every year. This
year, we are planning to go to Ilam, the queen of the eastern hill.

In this season, people put on warm clothes and woolens to save
themselves from the severe cold. My grandma knits coluorful
sweaters and gloves for us and my favourite is the purple hand
gloves that she knitted for me last year.

Some people make bonfires at the backyard of their home and
sit by it for a long time. I see people making large fires at their
compounds even early in the morning. I see many such people
when I go to morning classes. It's foggy in many parts and fumes
come out of our mouths when we speak. For school, we wear
blazers of our school uniform and long stockings to stay warm.

Our mother bakes very delicious cakes for us in the winter
season. My sister likes the carrot cake while I prefer chocolate

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