Checking Understanding
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A. Write True or False.
1) The lion was very timid.
2) The lion was very afraid of rats.
3) The sheep did not consider himself to be brave.
4) The sheep saw a jackal hanging from a branch of a tree.
5) The rats quickly ran into the bush.
6) The lion thought that the rats were dirty and slithery.
B. Answer these questions.
1) What did the lion boast about?
2) What did the lion not want any animals to know about?
3) Why did the sheep not brag about his braver?
4) Why was the lion clinging to a branch of a tree?
5) Why was the lion afraid of the rats?
6) What did the lion admit eventually?
7) What lesson did the lion learn from the sheep?
Going the Extra Mile
A. If you were the senior one in the family of the rats, what
would you do to the lion and the sheep? Would you frighten
them or not? Why?
B. Can you give a surprising ending to this story.
The lion was hanging from a branch of a tree. The sheep arrived and
chased all the rats away. Then .....................
Let’s Spell
Here is a list of words that people often misspell. Six are spelled
wrongly here. Can you identify the mistakes?
usally contry height villege
defination intelligent Wedesday permission
adjective garentee opinion pneumonia
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d Let's Learn the Sounds
Dd
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A. Practise saying these words after your teacher.
bravery slithery strength usual
truthful cunning clinging screaming
entirely eventually desperate frightened
B. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the sound / dʒ /.
/dʒ/ bridge edge judge knowledge
budget engine college giraffe
jealous joy journey charge
C. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the sound /æ/.
/æ/ apple bank vat cat
zap daddy flag gang
that man stand tank
Let’s Listen
Listen to the tape or your teacher and complete the following
text.
gifted painter bright musical jogging fixing
sings mathematical different brain mechanical smart
Divya stops by Alina’s house on her way home from __________. They talk
about Alina’s brothers and sister. Smriti is her younger sister who is very
__________. She’s just won a math contest at school. When Divya calls
Smriti a __________, Alina says that all her siblings are __________, but
in __________ ways. Swaroop isn’t __________ in math, but he’s very
__________. He __________ very well and even plays the piano. Devraj
is the __________ one in the family. He’s good at __________ up old
machines. Divya thinks that Alina is also __________ because she is such
a good __________.
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Let’s Speak
A. Narrate a typical day’s incidence when someone you know
talked big of himself or herself, but you knew that the
person was not actually so?
B. Present your debate (argument) in the class on ‘Sometimes,
it is OK to be boastful’.
Everyday English
A. Read the conversation with your friend.
Kalyan : Rajesh, this is my friend, Anamika.
Rajesh : Hi! Nice to meet you.
Anamika : Nice to meet you too.
Rajesh : Anamika, where do you study?
Anamika : I study at Nobel Village
Academy in Thankot. What
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about you?
Rajesh : I study at Bright Future School,
Morang.
Anamika : How do you like your school?
Rajesh : I like it very much. It’s pretty
good.
Anamika : That’s nice.
Here are some expressions to introduce others. Read and learn
them.
• Ankit, please meet Nisha.
• Seema, have you met Upendra?
• I’d like you to meet Liza.
• I’d like to introduce you to Alisha.
Mohan, this is Subham, my friend from Birgunj.
• Jyoti, please meet Mr Hari Satyal, my assistant.
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B. Practise introducing your friends to each other.
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Jeena, I’d like you to
meet Maunata.
Nice to meet
you, Maunata. Nice to meet
you too, Jeena.
Let’s Write
A. Supply the ending to this story.
The Unfaithful Hen
There was a time when the
hawk did not prey on the chicks
of the hen. In fact, the hawk
was attracted by the charms
of the hen. He even gave her
a ring and told her to put it
around her neck so other fowls
would know she was already
spoken for.
The hawk, however, had to leave for a mission. For months, the hen
waited for him. Finally, she thought he would no longer return and so she
accepted the cock and together they started to build a family.
When the hawk returned, he was saddened and angered by the hen’s
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unfaithfulness. He demanded the return of his ring but the hen had
misplaced it.
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So he told the hen, “ ....................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
................................................................................................ ” .
B. Make a creative story to go along with the picture.
Let’s Connect
A. Read the following story out in your class.
The Eagle and The Hen
Once upon a time, the eagle was flying aimlessly across the sky when he
suddenly saw a beautiful red headed creature walking on the ground. It
was the hen, who was looking lovelier that day.
The eagle came near the hen and said, “My pretty hen, I love you very
much. Will you be my mate?”
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The hen was scared for the eagle was so strong. Her husband, the cock
had gone out to search for food and her kids had gone away somewhere
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to play with other children. She lived alone.
Quickly thinking up a way to avoid any quarrel, the hen answered: “I am
willing, but let me first grow wings like yours, so I can fly as high as you.”
The eagle replied: “I will bring nice feathers for you, and as a sign of our
engagement I will give you this ring. Keep it safely. Tie it around your neck
until I return.”
The hen promised to do so, and the eagle flew away.
When the cock met the hen the next day, he was very much surprised and
annoyed to see the ring around her neck. He said: “Where did you get that
ring? I don’t think you love me any more. You promised to be my mate just
a few days ago. If you still want to keep your promise, throw that ring away
immediately.”
The hen did this and the cock regained his cheerfulness.
But as the week came to an end, the eagle came back with beautiful
feathers to dress the hen. The frightened hen hid herself behind her door
but the eagle soon found her out and was about to gift the beautiful dress
to her when he suddenly gave a cry and said: “But where is the ring that I
gave you? Why are you not wearing it?”
The hen was too scared to answer but at last she said, “Forgive me! I lost
it yesterday. I was walking in the garden when I met a large snake. I was
so frightened that I ran back fast. But when I came back, I saw towards
the house. When I reached it I found that I had lost the ring, and I looked
everywhere for it; but alas! I have not yet found it.”
The eagle looked keenly at the hen and said: “I don’t believe one word
of what you have said. You have hurt me badly and have been unfaithful
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towards me for that cock. I will punish you for this. If you marry him, I
will snatch away all your chickens from you. I promise to forgive you and
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accept you as my mate only if you find my ring. Good-bye.”
With these words the eagle flew away. And ever since, all the hens all over
the world have been scratching the ground to find the eagle’s ring.
B. Discuss in what way is the story similar or dissimilar to the
above story (The Sheep and the Lion).
Let’s Create
Let’s create a mini-anthology of stories.
A. Visit your school library. Collect the names of 10 stories or books with
their writers. Then read them out in your classroom.
B. Write a short summary of each of the stories or books and a short bio
(like Meet the author) of each writer. And make a mini-anthology of
your favourite stories.
NOUN VERB Time for Grammar
A. Which pronouns could be taken instead?
My sister and I he
Jyoti and Pritam it
Bibek and you she
Srijana we
Jeevan you
My book they
B. Fill in the blanks with the right personal pronouns (I, you,
he, she, it, we, they).
1) I saw Tom this morning. ………… was riding a horse.
2) James and Angelina aren’t German. …………are American.
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3) Snigdha and I are grade five students. ………… are serious about
our study.
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4) The Rara Lake is in Mugu. ………… isn’t in Kaski.
5) Have ………… got a Facebook account, Santosh?
6) Dipjana is my friend. ………… has got a brother.
7) My name is Prabin. ………… am a student.
Picture Talk
There are at least four differences in the following pictures.
How many can you find?
Let's Have Fun
Can you answer these riddles? Will you and your friends have
the same answers?
A. What do cats have that no other animals have?
B. How do you spell mousetrap?
C. What is as big as an elephant but doesn’t
weigh anything?
D. When is it very bad luck to see a black cat?
E. A man rode into town on Friday. Two days
later he rode home on Friday. How is this
possible?
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UNIT 4 First Day At School
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In this unit, you will:
Read about how students feel in
new situations
Describe your first day at school
Listen and write Unit Highlights
Make predictions about story First day at school
Write a poem Vowel sound /e/
Make a diary entry Consonant sound /g/
Use prepositions Asking for and offering
Enjoy riddles help
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Let’s Begin
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A. Look at the picture and say where the scene takes place.
Who are these people?
B. Look at the rating scale and think what it could be about.
1 ___ 2 ___ 3 ___ 4 ___ 5 ___ 6 ___ 7 ___ 8 ___ 9 ___ 10
Do NOT want to be Agree to Participate Happy and Excited be
here! here!
Circle the number that most closely reflects how they feel about your class
(Grade V, your section).
Let’s Read
First Day at School
I was still shy and half paralyzed when in the presence of a crowd, and the
first day at the new school made me the laughing stock of the classroom.
I was sent to the blackboard to write my name and address; I knew my
name and address, knew how to write it, knew how to spell it; but standing
at the blackboard with the eyes of the many girls and boys looking at my
back made me freeze inside and I was unable to write a single letter.
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“Write your name,” the teacher called to me.
I lifted the white chalk to the blackboard and, as I was about to write, my
mind went blank, empty; I could not remember my name, not even the
first letter. Somebody giggled and I stiffened.
“Just forget us and write your name and address,” the teacher coaxed. An
impulse to write would flash through me, but my hand would refuse to
move. The children began to titter and I flushed hotly.
“Don’t you know your name?” the teacher asked.
I looked at her and could not answer. The teacher rose and walked to my
side, smiling at me to give me confidence. She placed her hand tenderly
upon my shoulder.
“What’s your name?” she asked.
“Richard,” I whispered.
“Richard what?”
“Richard Wright.”
“Spell it.”
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I spelled my name in a wild rush of
letters, trying desperately to redeem
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my paralyzing shyness.
“Spell it slowly so I can hear it,” she
directed me.
I did.
“Now can you write?’
“Yes, Ma’am.”
“Then write it.”
Again I turned to the blackboard and
lifted my hand to write, then I was
blank and void within. I tried frantically to collect my senses but could
remember nothing. A sense of the girls and boys behind me filled me to
the exclusion of everything. I realized how utterly I was failing and I grew
weak and leaned my hot forehead against the cold blackboard. The room
burst into a loud and prolonged laugh that made my muscles froze.
“You may go to your seat,” the teacher said.
Meet the Author
Richard Wright was born on September 4,
1908 into a poor Mississippi family that his
father left when Richard was five. Wright was
the first African-American novelist to reach a
general audience, even though he had barely a
ninth grade education. His difficult childhood
is described in his autobiographical novel,
Black Boy (1945). Literary critics believe his
work helped change race relations in the
United States in the mid-20th century. He
died on November 28, 1960 in Paris, France.
Richard Wright
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Word Trove
laughing stock /ˈlɑːfɪŋ stɒk/ :a foolish or ridiculous person or thing
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giggle /ˈɡɪɡl/ : laugh lightly and repeatedly in a silly way
stiffen /ˈstɪfn/ : make or become hard, strong and rigid
coaxed /kəʊkst/ : persuade (someone) gently to do something
impulse /ˈɪmpʌls/ : a sudden strong desire to act
tenderly /ˈtendəli/ : lovingly, with care
desperately /ˈdespərətli/ : hopelessly; very seriously
redeem /rɪˈdiːm/ : to make better or more acceptable
prolonged /prəˈlɒŋd/ : continuing for a long time; lengthy
exclusion /ɪkˈskluːʒn/ : the state of being left out or not involved
Way With Words
A. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings in column ‘B’.
Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
1) void i. anxiously
2) utterly ii. nervous and fearful
3) frantically iii. a large group of people
4) crowd iv. completely
5) shy v. empty
B. From the passage, find words which are similar in meaning
to the following words.
1) nervous and timid 4) sureness, self-assurance
2) spoke in a low voice 5) encouraged
3) lovingly 6) raised
C. From the passage, find words which are opposite in meaning
to the following words.
1) able 3) absence 5) dropped
2) full 4) remember 6) question
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Checking Understanding
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A. Choose the best answer and rewrite the sentences.
a. Richard was very ……….. in his childhood.
i. shy ii. talkative iii. funny
b. Richard tried to ………… on the board.
i. lift his hand ii. collect his senses iii. write his name
c. The laughing of the students made him …………
i. motionless ii. active iii. brave
d. Richard ………… that he could do everything better than the other
students.
i. showed ii. thought iii. proved
e. When Richard was standing in front of the board …………
i. he could talk without any stop.
ii. he could hear the students’ whispering.
iii. he could talk clearly.
B. Decide whether the following sentences are True or False.
1) Richard was praised by everybody on his first day at school.
2) Other students laughed at him.
3) In the end, he wrote his name and address on the blackboard.
4) The teacher did not encourage him to write his name.
5) The teacher asked him to do a difficult job.
6) Actually he did not know his name and address.
C. Answer these questions.
1) Why did the Richard curse himself?
2) Why could he not write what he was told to write?
3) Why did other students laugh at him?
4) Why did he hate the other students?
5) What happened to him when he turned to the blackboard and lifted
his hand to write?
6) Did the teacher try to help him? How?
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Going the Extra Mile
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A. Do you remember you had read on the same topic in grade
four? What ideas can you recall about your first day at
school? Discuss with your friend.
B. Have you ever been in a similar situation as Richard was?
Share your experience with the rest of the class.
Let’s Spell
A. Supply the missing letters to make sensible words.
(Hint: All the words are adverbs used in the above text).
T_N_D_R_Y _____________ D_S_E_AT_L_ _____________
F_A_T_C_L_Y _____________ U_ _ ER_Y _____________
S_O_L_ _____________ _OT_ Y _____________
B. Circle the misspelled word in each list and rewrite it
correctly.
a. science b. environment c. aducation d. physics education
b. desperate b. anxious c. excited d. intrested ________
c. laughing b. giglling c. tittering d. bursting ________
d. ispell b. write c. speak d. whisper ________
e. blackboard b. classroom c. playgraund d. office ________
d Let's Learn the Sounds
Dd
A. Repeat after your teacher.
paralyzed presence crowd address
flushed stiffened confidence desperately
utterly exclusion coaxed frantically
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B. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the beginning sound /g/.
/g/ glass giggle gamble gorilla girl ghost
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good guard guess guest guide guitar
C. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the vowel sound /e/.
/e/ let tell press end dead bread
send fence letter kettle leather weather
Let’s Listen
A. Your teacher will read a text at a dictation speed. As you
listen, copy the text.
B. Listen again to check your text.
Let’s Speak
Practise the following dialogue with your friend. Fill in the gaps
with the information about you.
A : Excuse me, what’s your name?
B : My name is …..................................................….. What’s yours?
A : …..................................................….. .
B : You speak English very well.
A : Thank you.
B : Are you new at this school?
A : Yes, I am.
B : Well, welcome to our school.
A : Thanks a lot.
B : I am sure you will like it here.
A : I am sure I will too.
Take turns and practise again.
B Describe your first day at school this year. How did you feel?
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Do you have a
Everyday English dictionary?
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Practise the following dialogues with
your friends.
Dialogue : 1
A : Excuse me.
B : Yes?
A : Do you have a dictionary?
B : I’m sorry, I don’t. It’s at home.
A : It doesn’t matter.
Dialogue : 2 Can I
A : It’s very hot in here. Can I open open
the window? the
B : Pardon? window?
A : The window, can I open it?
B : Yes, of course.
Let’s Write
Read Richard’s story again and imagine what happened
afterwards. Write in a paragraph.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
Write a poem describing your first day at school. You may use the poem by
Ruth Donnelly (see Let’s Connect section) as a model.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
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Let’s Connect
4. FOR SAMPLE ONLY
Now read the following verse on the similar topic.
The First Day of School
by Ruth Donnelly
I’ve got a brand-new lunchbox.
My shoes are shiny clean.
I’ve got a cool, new bookbag
And a pencil box that’s green.
But I don’t know my teacher,
Or where my desk will be.
I don’t know if I’ll like the kids,
Or if they’ll play with me.
I peek inside my classroom.
I stand there for a while.
My teacher’s tall and kind of loud,
But has a great big smile.
And, best of all, she’s got my
Favourite book upon the shelf!
I kiss my mother at the door
And walk in by myself.
Answer these questions.
1. How does the girl feel in this poem?
a. happy b. sad c. angry d. nervous
2. Fill in the blank parts of this web.
1. a new lunch box.
Four things the poet got for school 2.
3.
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3. How did the girl get to school?
a. She rode the bus. b. She walked by herself.
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c. Her mom brought her. d. Her dad brought her.
Let’s Create
Work in group. Make a poster showing the ways to tackle
glossophobia (a fear of public speaking, for example giving a
speech).
Write a diary entry on the first day of your fifth grade. You may make
illustrations to show what you did and how you felt on the first day.
Dear Diary,
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
_________________________.
Love,
________
Now, prepare the cover page of your diary and show your diary to your
classmates and teachers.
Time for Grammar
NOUN VERB
A. Write the prepositions under the pictures.
next to in front of opposite between
in on behind under
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B. Complete the given sentences using an appropriate
preposition from the box.
on in front of below in under down
into between down across over behind
1) The girl is sitting ….............…….. the piano.
The bird flew ….............…….. the room through
2)
the window.
3) The hat is ….............…….. the snowman’s head.
The chair is ….............…….. the man and the
4)
woman.
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The plane is flying just ….............…….. the
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5)
clouds.
6) He drove the lorry ….............…….. the hill.
7) The girl is walking ….............…….. the street.
Picture Talk
Circle things that do not belong here. Write things that belong
here.
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Let's Have Fun
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Read a short story. Will you call it a joke?
A man wanted to
become a monk so he
went to the monastery
and talked to the head
monk.
The head monk said,
“You must take a vow of
silence and can only say
two words every three
years.”
The man agreed and
after the first three
years, the head monk
came to him and said,
“What are your two
words?”
“Food cold!” the man
replied.
Three more years went by and the head monk came to him and said “What
are your two words?”
“Robe dirty!” the man exclaimed.
Three more years went by and the head monk came to him and said,
“What are your two words?”
“I quit!” said the man.
“Well,” the head monk replied, “I am not surprised. You have done nothing
but complain ever since you got here!”
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UNIT 5 I’m Late for School
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In this unit, you will:
Read about the reasons for being
late to school
Listen and write Unit Highlights
Make predictions about story Vowel sound / aʊ /
Write a poem Consonant sound / w/
Create a poster Panel discussion
Use the Simple Present Tense Asking and giving
Enjoy riddles directions
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Let’s Begin
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A. Look at the following picture.
a. Have you ever been into such a situation? What did you do?
b. What can be some of the reasons for students to be late for school?
B. Discuss some excuses that students make about being late
for school.
Let’s Read
What do you think will happen in this poem?
I’m Late For School
- Gareth Lancaster
I got up late for school today,
And nearly missed the bus!
I hurried down the stairs,
Wolfed my toast, and caused a fuss!
I quickly threw books in my bag,
My pens, my lunch and shorts.
Grabbed my coat from out the cupboard,
Took my bat and ball for sports.
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I slid across the kitchen floor,
And hopped around the cat!
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Then expertly rolled over,
Jumped back up and grabbed my hat!
I belted out of our front door,
Spun round and swung it shut.
Saw the bus was waiting for me,
I felt I had time to strut!
I climbed aboard and then froze still,
And knew that things weren’t right!
My friends fell down in fits of fun,
And pointed with delight!
My face went red, I couldn’t breathe,
For in my haste I knew!
I’d forgotten to wear trousers,
Jumper, shirt, my socks and shoes!
Word Trove
wolfed /wʊlft/: ate (food) greedily (hungrily and quickly)
fuss /fʌs/ : a display of unnecessary excitement
shorts /ʃɔːts/ : short trousers that reach only to the knees or thighs
grabbed /ɡræbd/ : catch suddenly and roughly
spun /spʌn/ : (past and past participle of spin); turned or whirled round
quickly
strut /strʌt/ : walk with a stiff, and proud way
belted /ˈbeltɪd/ : to rush or dash in a specified direction
aboard /əˈbɔːd/ : on or into a vehicle
in fits of fun /ɪn fɪts əv fʌn/ : having a lot of fun
delight /dɪˈlaɪt/ : great pleasure
jumper /ˈdʒʌmpə(r)/ : a loose jacket, with long sleeves, that does not open
at the front
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Meet the Poet
Hi there. I’m Gareth Lancaster, the author
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of all the poetry on the Fizzy Funny Fuzzy
web site. I’ve been writing children’s poetry
since around 2000 and started by writing
them initially for my daughter and then also
my son. I live in Derbyshire in the United
Kingdom with my wife, children and one
cat called Gonzo. We did have another cat,
who is sadly no longer with us, but was the
inspiration for my Bod, My Fat Cat poem.
Fizzy Funny Fuzzy is all about poetry for kids Gareth Lancaster
of any age. We all like to laugh and hopefully
my poetry on this web site will help you do
just that.
Way With Words
A. Find the following words in the word search box.
C B S N P Y Q Q T R COAT
HASTE
D U F R A Y U K R B
QUICKLY
H Q P D I I F S O Q
DELIGHT
Z A O B C A H L U Y SHOES
W T S K O O T H S R CUPBOARD
N O L T E A M S E E JUMPER
SHIRT
P Y V S E S R W R P
LUNCH
T H G I L E D D S M
TROUSERS
V Y M L U N C H R U TODAY
S H I R T A O C T J STAIRS
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B. Fill the web with the name of clothing items found in the
poem.
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6
1
5
Clothing
items
2
4
3
C. Find the rhyming words for the following:
1) Light ______________ 4) Shut ______________
2) Bus ______________ 5) Shorts ______________
3) Hat ______________
Checking Understanding
A. Write True or False.
1) The poet missed the bus.
2) He quickly put his pants in his bag.
3) He nearly fell in the kitchen.
4) The speaker is a student.
5) The boy forgot to wear uniforms.
B. Answer the questions.
1) Who composed the poem?
2) Why was the boy late for school?
3) What did the speaker in the poem keep in his bag?
4) Where was the coat?
5) Why did his friends laugh at him?
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Going the Extra Mile
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A. What might have caused the boy to get up late? Don’t you
think the boy had his parents to make him ready for school
in time?
B. What reason would the boy give to the teacher about being
late? What would the teacher say or do?
d Let's Learn the Sounds
Dd
A. Practise saying these words after your teacher.
hurried stairs toast fuss
cupboard sports expertly grabbed
swung aboard delight breathe
B. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the beginning sound
/w/.
/w/ windy water window washing
weaving world worm wardrobe
watch woman wonder weather
C. Repeat after your teacher. Practise saying words with gliding
vowel sound (the diphthong) / aʊ /.
/aʊ/ out about house mouse
now brown cow owl
powder frown how wow
Let’s Listen
Listen to the extract from a speech by Severn Suzuki. As you
listen, fill up the gaps to complete the speech script.
In my life, I have _______ of seeing the great _______ of wild animals,
jungles and _______, full of birds and _______, but now I wonder if they
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will even exist for my _______ to see. Did you have to
_______ of these things when you were my age? All this
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is happening before our _______ and yet we act as if
we have all the _______ we want and all the _______.
I’m only a _______, and I don’t have all the solutions. I
want you to realize, neither do you. You don’t know how
to _______ the holes in our ozone layer. You don’t know
how to _______ the salmon back up a dead stream. You
don’t know how to bring back an _______ now extinct.
And you can’t bring _______ the forest that once grew where there is now
a _______. If you don’t know how to fix it, please stop _______ it.
Let’s Speak
A. Hold a classroom discussion in a panel of four to six students
on ‘Dealing with tardiness (lateness) in school?’ The teacher
will moderate the discussion.
B. Practice the following dialogue with your friend.
Sanjita : Hi Milan.
Milan : Hi Sanjita. What’s up?
Sanjita : I’m looking for the airport.
Can you tell me how to get
there?
Milan : No, sorry. I don’t know.
Sanjita : I think I can take the taxi to
the airport. Do you know
where the taxi stand is?
Milan : Sure, it’s over there.
Sanjita : Where? I don’t see it.
Milan : Across the street, near the
corner.
Sanjita : Do you know if there’s a rest room around here?
Milan : Yes, there’s one here. It’s in the store.
Sanjita : Thank you very much.
Milan : My pleasure.
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C. Hold similar conversation with your friend.
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Everyday English
Read the following dialogues about asking and giving directions.
1. Excuse me. Is there a bank around here?
Yeah. There’s one right across the street.
2. Can you tell me how to get to the Chandeswari Temple?
Sorry. I don’t live around here.
4. How do you get to the public library?
Go straight down this street for two blocks. Turn left when you get to
the crossroad. Walk past the school. It’s on the left hand side. Next to
the coffee shop.
Useful expressions
Where is (the) ...? Turn left / right.
How do you get to (the)... (from here)? Walk straight ahead.
How do I get to (the) ...? It’s just across the street.
Can you tell me how to get to (the) ...? Take the first (turning) to the
left/right.
Can you give me directions to (the) ...? Go past the restaurant/school...
What’s the best way to get to (the) ...? The ... is beside/opposite/in
front of/next to... the....
Let’s Connect
Read the poem and discuss the questions that follow.
Good Hope
I believe I believe
There is enough food That it is possible
On this planet For all people
For everyone To live in peace
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I believe Every day
We can live Children cry for water,
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without guns, And every day
I believe every one is important Racists attack.
Still every day
I believe there are good Christians Children play
And good Muslims, With no care for colour.
Good Jews
And good not sures. So I believe there is hope
And I hope
I believe That there are many believers
There is good in everyone Believing
I believe in people There is hope.
If I did not believe That is what I hope
I would stop writing. And this is what I believe.
I know I believe in you,
Believe me.
- Benjamin Zephaniah
Meet the Author
Benjamin and his twin sister were born in
Birmingham in 1958 but he spent much of
his childhood in Jamaica. He didn’t enjoy
school, but he always loved writing poetry.
He started to perform his poems in public
at the age of 15. He wanted to take poetry
everywhere and to everyone and he has
succeeded. Audiences of all colours and all
ages love him. He often writes poems which
are funny but which have a serious message Benjamin Zephaniah
too.
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Questions to discuss
1. What sort of problems does Benjamin talk about?
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2. Is he hopeful about the future?
3. Do you agree or disagree with him?
Let’s Write
Write a short narrative on having been late for school one day.
Let’s Create
Work in groups of five. Create a poster showing that all religions
are equal. You will have one week to complete this project.
Then, present your poster in the class. The best one will go into
the school notice board.
NOUN VERB Time for Grammar
Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense form of
the verbs (in parentheses).
Example: Rasmita reads (read) every day.
1) It __________ (snow) in winter.
2) I __________ (walk) to school every day.
3) We __________ (understand) English.
4) Our exam __________ (start) at 11:00.
5) A dog __________ (bark).
6) Your dress __________ (look) pretty.
7) Lolita __________ (brush) her teeth twice a day.
8) Water __________ (freeze) at zero degrees.
9) My mom __________ (get) up early every day.
10) John speaks English, but he __________ (not speak) French.
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Picture Talk
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What is happening in the class? Make at least five sentences.
Let's Have Fun
Read the riddles and try to answer them as quickly as you can.
a. What comes down but never goes up?
b. I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
c. Mary’s father has 5 daughters – Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the
fifth daughter’s name?
d. How can your trousers’ pocket be empty and still have something in
it?
e. In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink
fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a
pink shower– everything was pink!
What colour were the stairs?
f. A dad and his son were riding their bikes and crashed. Two ambulances
came and took them to different hospitals. The man’s son was in the
operating room and the doctor said, “I can’t operate on you. You’re
my son.”
How is that possible?
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UNIT 6 I Will Never Not Ever
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Eat A Tomato
In this unit, you will:
Read about trying a new food
Listen to a song and respond
Participate in a class elocution Unit Highlights
Write a narrative paragraph Vowel sound /ai/
Create a poster Consonant sound /ŋ/
Use the question tags Saving food
Enjoy tongue twisters Offering things
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Let’s Begin
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A. Work in pairs. Do these activities.
1) List any five of your favourite foods.
2) List any five foods you don’t want to eat.
3) Now, compare your lists with your friend’s. Discuss what food items
both of you like and what you don’t. You may also ask why your friend
does not like a particular food?
B. What foods have your parents asked you to try? Are there
any foods that you would like to try but haven’t had the
chance?
Let’s Read
I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato
- Lauren Child
I have this little sister, Lola. She is small and very funny. Sometimes I have
to keep an eye on her. Sometimes Mom and Dad ask me to give Lola her
dinner. This is difficult because she is a very fussy eater.
Lola won’t eat carrots, of course.
She says carrots are for rabbits. I say,
“What about peas?” Lola says, “Peas
are too small and too green.”
One day, I played a good trick on her.
Lola was sitting at the table waiting
for her dinner. And she said, “I do not
eat peas or carrots or potatoes or
mushrooms or spaghetti or eggs or
sausages. I do not eat cauliflower or
cabbage or baked beans or bananas
or oranges. And I am not fond of
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apples or rice or cheese or fish sticks. And I absolutely will never not ever
eat a tomato.” (My sister hates tomatoes.)
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And I said, “That is lucky because we are not having any of those things.
We are not going to eat peas or carrots or potatoes or mushrooms or
spaghetti or eggs or sausages. There will be no cauliflower or cabbage or
baked beans or bananas or oranges. We don’t have any apples or rice or
cheese or fish sticks and certainly no tomatoes.”
Lola looked at the table. “Then why are those carrots there, Charlie? I
don’t ever eat carrots.”
And I said, “Oh, you think these are carrots. These are not carrots. These
are orange twiglets from Jupiter.”
“They just look like carrots to me,” said Lola. “But how can they be carrots?”
I said. “Carrots don’t grow on Jupiter.”
“That’s true,” said Lola. “Well, I might just try one if they’re all the way
from Jupiter. Mmm, not bad,” she said, and took another bite.
Then Lola saw some peas. “I don’t eat peas,” said Lola.
I said, “These are not peas. Of course they are not. These are green drops
from Greenland. They are made out of green and fall from the sky.”
“But I don’t eat green
things,” Lola said.
“Oh goody,” I said. “I’ll have
your share. Green drops
are so incredibly rare.”
“Well, maybe I’ll nibble just one or two. Oh,” said Lola, “quite tasty.”
Next, Lola saw the potato. “I will not eat potato so don’t even try, not even
mashed.”
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“Oh, this isn’t mashed
potato. People often think
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that but no, this is cloud
fluff from the pointiest
peak of Mount Fuji.”
“Oh,” said Lola, “in that
case a large helping for
me. I love to eat cloud.”
“Charlie,” she said, “those
look like fish sticks to me,
and I would never eat a
fish stick.”
“I know that. These are not fish sticks. These are ocean nibbles from the
supermarket under the sea -- mermaids eat them all the time.”
“Oh, I went to that supermarket one time with Mom. Yes, I know the ones.
I think I’ve had them before,” Lola said, gobbling. “Are there any more?”
And then she said, “Charlie, will you pass me one of those?”
And I said, “What, one of those?”
And Lola said, “Yes, Charlie, one of those.”
And I couldn’t believe my eyes because guess what she was pointing at
-- the tomatoes.
And I said, “Are you sure? Really? One of these?”
And she said, “Yes, of course, moonsquirters are my favourite. You didn’t
think they were tomatoes, did you, Charlie?”
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Meet the author
Lauren Child (born in 1967, Wiltshire, United
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Kingdom) is an English writer and illustrator.
She is best known for the Charlie and Lola
picture books and the Clarice Bean series of
picture books and novels. Her picture books
have won numerous prizes and she has sold
over 3 million books in 19 countries and in
30 languages. Her distinctive style combines
drawing, photography and collage and her
witty words skip and dance across the page. Lauren Child
Lauren Child lives in London, where she
works for the Design Agency ‘Big Fish’.
Word Trove
keep an eye on /kiːp ən aɪ ɒn/ : keep under careful observation
fussy /ˈfʌsi/ : choosy about one’s needs; hard to please
spaghetti /spəˈɡeti/ : an Italian meal made of noodles with sauce
sausage /ˈsɒsɪdʒ/ : a thin, tube-like food item containing meat that has
been cut into very small pieces and mixed with spices
twiglet /twɪɡlət/ : a small branch of a tree
goody /ˈɡʊdi/ : a good or favoured person, especially a hero in a book,
film, etc.
incredibly /ɪnˈkredəbli/ : to a great degree; extremely
nibble /ˈnɪbl/ : take small bites
mashed /mæʃt/ : crushed and mixed (food)
fluff /flʌf/ : soft fibers from fabrics such as wool or cotton which is
collected in small light clumps. For example, you can refer to the fur
of a small animal as fluff.
mermaid /ˈmɜːmeɪd/ : a mythical sea creature with the head and body of
a woman and the tail of a fish
gobbling /ˈɡɒblɪŋ/ : eating (something) hurriedly and noisily
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Way With Words
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A. Find words from the passage which mean the following.
1) a woman with a fish tail ___________
2) picky and choosy about food ___________
3) crushed to make soft ___________
4) eating quickly ___________
5) very small branch of trees or bush ___________
B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the story.
1) Charlie’s little sister’s name is ___________ .
2) Lola does not eat many things. She is a ___________eater.
3) Lola thinks that carrots are for ___________ .
4) Charlie said that the green peas are the green drops from _______ .
5) Charlie pretends that green drops are very ___________ .
C. If you were to rebrand some of the vegetables, what names
would you give to these vegetables?
Examples: Tomatoes: moonsquirters
Broccoli: Miniature tree
1) mushrooms : _____________ 5) cauliflower : _____________
2) cabbage: _____________ 6) peas: _____________
3) carrots: _____________ 7) radish: _____________
4) potatoes: _____________ 8) pumpkin: _____________
Checking Understanding
A. Write True or False.
1) The story takes place in Charlie and Lola’s house at dinner time.
2) Charlie told Lola that tomatoes were really potato chips from Jupiter.
3) Mashed potatoes are white and fluffy like a sky.
4) Fish comes from the ocean, so fish sticks are little nibbles from the
ocean.
5) Lola named tomatoes as moonsquirters.
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B. Answer the questions.
1) What good things happened because of Charlie’s trick?
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2) Why do you think Lola liked the foods after Charlie gave them new
names?
3) Who came up with the name moonsquirters for tomatoes at the end
of the story?
4) What is Lola’s opinion on peas and carrots?
5) Why do you think Charlie called peas green droplets?
6) What are the names of some of the foods that Lola at first did not
want to taste? Did she like them after she tasted them?
Going the Extra Mile
A. Does the new name (e.g. Green Drops) and place that the
food comes from make it sound more exciting to try? Would
you try it?
B. Do you think Lola learned a lesson at the end of the story?
C. Suppose your little brother or sister won’t try a new food,
what do you do to help him or her try it?
Let’s Spell
Circle the word in each row that is spelled correctly.
1) cuzin cosin cousin causin
2) umpire ampire empair yempire
3) truble drouble troubel trouble
) brige bridge breedge breej
5) ceason cijan seezon season
B. Circle the misspelled words in the sentences. Write them
correctly on the lines.
1) Her cuzin leaves in unother sity.
_________ ________ ________ _________
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2) The docter gave the pasent oxijen to make him breath on his own.
_________ ________ ________ _________
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d Let's Learn the Sounds
Dd
A. Practise saying these words after your teacher.
tomatoes absolutely fussy cauliflower
twiglets incredibly nibbles moonsquirters
gobbling mermaids spaghetti sausages
B. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the ending sound /ŋ/.
/ŋ/ tongue wing bang king
ring sing thing gong
rang string swing lung
C. Repeat after your teacher. Practise the sound /ai/.
/ai/ shy die bye lie
my hike bike ice
find smile tie buy
Let’s Listen
A. Let’s listen to the song “Far Away From Home” by Groove
Coverage and do the activities that follow.
1. As you listen to the song, match the halves.
i. I’m loving living every single day
ii. I hope to find a little peace of mind
iii. And who can heal those tiny broken hearts,
iv. Where is home on the Milky Way of stars,
a. I dry my eyes again.
b. And I just want to know.
c. But sometimes I feel so
d. And what are we to be.
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2. Put the words in correct order. Listen and check.
In my dreams I’m not so away far from home,
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What I am in a world far so away from home,
All my time all the life so far away from home,
Without you I’ll be so far home from away.
If we could make through it the night darkest
We’d have a day brighter.
The world I see beyond pretty your eyes,
Makes want me to stay.
And who can heal those broken tiny hearts,
And what we are to be.
Where is home the on Milky Way of stars,
I my dry eyes again.
3. Fill the blanks with correct words.
In my ________ I’m not so far away from home,
What am I in a ________ so far away from home,
All my ________ all the ________ so far away from home,
________ you I’ll be so far away from home.
4. Correct the verbs where necessary. Listen and check.
I counted on you, no matter what they said,
Cause love can found it’s time.
I am hoping to be a part of you again,
Baby let us shining.
And who can healing those tiny broken hearts,
And what were we to be.
Where are home on the Milky Way of stars,
I dried my eyes again.
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Let’s Speak
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A. Read and act out the conversation with your friend.
Rupa : Milan, would you like something to eat?
Milan : No, I’m full.
Rupa : Do you want something to drink?
Milan : Yes, I’d like some coffee.
Rupa : Sorry, I don’t have any coffee.
Milan : That’s OK. I’ll have a glass of water.
Rupa : A small glass, or a big one?
Milan : Small please.
Rupa : Here you go.
Milan : Thanks.
Rupa : You’re welcome.
Hold a similar conversation with your friend.
B. Prepare and organize a class elocution on ‘Food for Life:
Waste Not’.
Everyday English
Read the following dialogue.
A : May I get you something to drink?
B : Thank you. I’d like a cup of coffee.
A : Would you like some cookies?
B : Thank you, but I’m on a diet.
Here are some expressions you can use while offering something.
Can I get you some ...?
Would you like some ...?
Do you need some help?
May I offer you some ...?
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Would you like me to get you some ....?
What can I do for you today?
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Accepting offers Refusing Offers
Thank you. Thank you, but I’m on a diet.
I’d love to. That’s very kind. Unfortunately, I ...
I’d love some. I’d like to, but ...
That would be nice. It’s OK, I can do it myself.
Thank you. I’d like … No, thanks.
That you, that would be great.
Let’s Write
A. Look at the following narrative paragraph.
Yesterday morning, I got up quite early since I had an important assignment
to complete. My mom was surprised, she even scolded me for getting
up that early because it was still dark. After I told her about my science
project and that I got up early to complete it, she was happy. And she
made me some breakfast which I ate immediately. Then, I sat for doing
my project work. When I completed the task, it was already eight. Then, I
got ready for school. My friend Sindhu came to my house at 8:15 and told
me that we needed to reach the bus stop 10 minutes earlier because we
were having a special assembly at school. So, we rushed to the bus stop.
As soon as we reached school, I realized that I forgot to carry the project
work. Later, I asked my teacher for forgiveness and promised her to submit
the project work the following day.
A narrative paragraph tells a story. It is an account of a sequence of events,
usually in time order. Common linking words used in a narrative paragraph
are after, finally, soon, as (soon as), later, then, before, meanwhile, upon,
during, next, when, first, now, and while.
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B. Now that you have a good feeling for the form of a narrative
paragraph. Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with information
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about what you did yesterday evening.
Yesterday evening _________ at _________ o’clock. I immediately
_________. After _________, I (or we) _________. Then I (or we)
_________. I (or we) _________ while. Later I (or we) _________. I (or
we) finally _________.
C. Now, use your personal experience to write a narrative
paragraph about your last birthday.
My Last Birthday
My last birthday was the best one I ever had
Let’s Connect
Read the following narrative paragraph and answer the questions
that follow.
Making The Grade
My parents were always telling me to raise my grades, but they would
never tell me how. After getting one bad report card after another, I knew
I had to do something extra. When my first term report card arrived with
three Bs, two Cs, and an F, I was afraid to show it to my mother. That’s
when I came up with the brilliant idea of changing the F to an A. It was
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really quite simple just to give the F another leg. I was in the fifth grade
at the time. When I showed the card to my mother, she was very excited
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to see the one good grade. She gave me a hug and a kiss. Everyone was
happy in my house until two nights later when the phone rang. My mother
answered it, listened, and then looked at me with blood in her eyes. She
told me that there were some things much worse than failing, and that
cheating was one of them. I tried to argue. I said that she was the one who
had told me to change my grades. That made her really angry, and she said
that I knew that’s not what she meant. Then she gave me a beating. Since
then, I have learned to make the grade, not change it on the report card.
(Adapted from Richard Nordquist)
a) When did the writer realize that he had to do something extra?
b) Why do you think the writer’s parents never told him how to raise his
grades?
c) What was his idea to raise the grade?
d) How was his idea – simple or difficult? Why?
e) What reason did the writer give his mother about changing his grade
(letter)?
f) What made his mother angry?
Let’s Create
Work in groups of five. Create a poster each to run a ‘Save Food’
campaign at your school.
NOUN VERB Time for Grammar
Complete the sentences with the correct question tags.
isn’t she does she aren’t you didn’t she did he
don’t they haven’t we isn’t it will he can’t they
1) You are a student, ………….. ?
2) Ms Jumila is from Panjab, ………….. ?
3) She doesn’t ride a bike, ………….. ?
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4) Cars and buses pollute the environment, ………….. ?
5) He won’t tell her, ………….. ?
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6) Daddy didn’t watch TV, …………..?
7) We have already completed our project work, ………….. ?
8) My aunt went to see the doctor yesterday, ………….. ?
9) The trip is going to be very expensive, ………….. ?
10) They can help you, ………….. ?
Picture Talk
What is happening in the pictures? Describe them one by one.
Let's Have Fun
Read the following tongue twisters 3 times as fast as you can.
1) A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook could cook
cookies.
2) Once a fellow met a fellow
In a field of beans.
Said a fellow to a fellow,
“If a fellow asks a fellow,
Can a fellow tell a fellow
What a fellow means?”
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UNIT 7 Passive Smoking
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In this unit, you will:
Read about passive smoking
Listen and respond
Talk about preparing food Unit Highlights
Write an informal letter Health hazards
Create a poster Vowel sound /ɔ:/
Use the correct verb forms Consonant sound /r/
Enjoy a short story Expressing warnings
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Let’s Begin
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A. Work in pairs. Take turn to ask and answer these questions.
If you see any person smoking, how do you
feel? What do you do?
B. Look at the following pictures and
discuss with your friends why people
smoke and possible consequences of
smoking.
Let’s Read
1. Do you know that sitting near the person while he or she is smoking
will harm you as well?
2. Now, let’s read about passive smoking.
Passive Smoking
Being around tobacco smoke is bad for you, even if it’s someone else’s
smoke.
When someone smokes a cigarette, most of the smoke doesn’t go into
their lungs. It goes into the air, where anyone nearby can breathe it. This
way, we can easily become a secondhand
smokers.
Smoking is banned in many public places.
But many people are still exposed to
secondhand smoke, especially children
who live with parents who smoke. Even
people who try to be careful about
where they light up may not protect
those around them.
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What Is Passive Smoking?
Passive smoking (or secondhand smoking) means breathing in other
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people’s tobacco smoke. Secondhand smoke (SHS) is also known as
environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Secondhand smoke makes you more
likely to get lung cancer. It’s also bad for your heart. Although it is a danger
to everyone, children, pregnant women and the partners of people who
smoke are most vulnerable. Passive smoking increases the risk of sudden
infant death syndrome (SIDS), middle ear disease, asthma, respiratory
illnesses, lung cancer and heart disease.
Kids like you are particularly at risk
for the effects of secondhand smoke
because your bodies are still growing and
you breathe at a faster rate than adults.
Moreover, exposure to secondhand
smoke in childhood causes irreversible
damage to your arteries - increasing your
risk of heart attacks or strokes when you
grow up. “Exposure to passive smoke in
childhood causes direct and irreparable
damage to the structure of the arteries,” said Seana Gall, a researcher at
the University of Tasmania. Since children of parents who smoke are also
more likely to grow up to be smokers themselves, and more likely to be
overweight, their heart health risks are often already raised, Seana said,
and the second-hand smoke adds yet more risk. About 40 percent of all
children are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke at home, and almost
a third of the deaths attributable to second-hand smoke are in children.
Smoking causes lung cancer, which is often fatal, and is the world’s biggest
cause of premature death from chronic conditions like heart disease,
stroke and high blood pressure. On top of the 6 million people a year killed
by their own smoking, the World Health Organization (WHO) says another
600,000 die a year as a result of exposure to other peoples’ smoke. Of the
more than 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, at least 250 are known to be
harmful and more than 50 are known to cause cancer.
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