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4- Homophones are words with similar sounds but different meanings or spellings.
Read the following words given below and write atleast one homophone for each
of the following.
(i) All ........................ (ii) Deer ........................
(iii) Meet ........................ (iv) Their ........................
(v) Build ........................
5- Using the words given in the box, make your own sentences.
Bird, Beast, Built, Learn, Timid
(i) ...................................................................................................................
(ii) ...................................................................................................................
(iii) ...................................................................................................................
(iv) ...................................................................................................................
(v) ...................................................................................................................
6- Match 'A' with 'B' and write the complete sentences below.
AB
Whenever I go, I have friends.
Whoever I am hungry, I eat.
Wherever comes first, wins.
7- Fill in the blanks using 'whenever', 'whoever', or 'wherever'.
(i) ........................ I am in trouble, my parents help me.
(ii) ........................ has broken the glass, stand up!
(iii) Children! ........................ you are, remember my words.
(iv) I don't want to punish ........................ has done this.
(v) You can sit ........................ you like.
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(vi) Come to my home ........................ you have time.
8- Some words have similar sounds, but different meanings. Choose the correct
word from the box and fill in the blanks.
(i) The bird sits on a ........................ . (bow, bough)
(ii) The squirrel has a long ........................ . (tail, tale)
(iii) I have to leave at ........................ . (too, two)
(iv) This sum is ........................ . (right, write)
(v) I can ........................ the bird's song. (hear, here)
(vi) Do you ........................ a secret? (no, know)
(vii) The king sits on the ........................ . (thrown, throne)
(viii) He is our school ........................ . (principal, principle)
(ix) Ravi ate the ........................ pizza. (hole, whole)
(x) The ........................ is hot. (son, sun)
(xi) The lion's ........................ is very beautiful. (mane, main)
9- Complete the following stories by using an appropriate word from the box given
below.
my, his, he, your
(i) Ram was a farmer. ........................ wanted to sell ........................ goats
and sheep. So he went to the market. There ........................ sold all
........................ animals to a rich man and got a lot of money. When
he was going back to ........................ village, three thieves stopped him.
"Stop! Give us all ........................ money."Ram was very clever. He said,
"I'll give ........................ money to the strongest of you." On hearing this,
the thieves started fighting amongst themselves. Ram slipped away quietly.
(ii) Sitting on a tree a crow was enjoying a piece of bread. A hungry fox wanted
to have that bread. ........................ said very sweetly, "Dear brother, I've
heard that ........................ voice is very sweet. Please sing a song for me."
The foolish crow opened ........................ beak and the piece of bread fell
down. The fox picked it up in ........................ mouth and ran away.
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10- Fill in the blanks with the words in the help box.
myself, never, old, sometimes, doesn't
(i) Her books are so ........................ .
(ii) ........................ I go for a morning.
(iii) She ........................ like chocolates.
(iv) I ........................ tease the animals.
(v) I do my homework ........................ .
11- Circle the correct pronouns in the following sentences.
(i) (I/Me) like ice creams, so my mother bought (I/me) one.
(ii) The fairy changed (her/him) into a princess.
(iii) My brother and (I/me) are twins. (We/They) study in the same class.
(iv) Our teacher tells (us/we) not to throw rubbish on the road.
(v) Please give (them/me) a glass of water. (They/I) are very thirsty.
12- Use 'has' or 'have' to complete the following sentences.
(i) Hiawatha ........................ many friends among animals and birds.
(ii) The birds ........................ hidden themselves.
(iii) In summer, they ........................ built their nests.
(iv) Beavers ........................ learnt Hiawatha's language.
(v) The rabbit ........................ become his friend.
(vi) The squirrels ........................ hidden acorns.
(vii) Hiawaths ........................ named them 'brothers'.
(viii) He ........................ learnt the bird language.
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1- Read the extracts given below and answer the following questions.
I. The Pundit could speak many languages fluently. He was so fluent that on
one could find out what his mother tongue was. He challenged everybody at the
court to name his mother tongue. When everyone failed, the challenge was taken
up by Birbal.
(i) What were the courtiers unable to guess?
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(ii) What did the Pundit challenge the courtiers with?
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(iii) Antonym of 'failed' is
(a)demoted F (b) wrong F
(c)reached F (d) succeeded F
(iv) Find the word in the passage which means the same as 'smooth'.
(a)challenged F (b) taken up F
(c)fluent F (d) court F
II. That night, Birbal went quietly to the Pundit's room when he was asleep. He
whispered into the Pundit's ear and tickled it with a feather. The Pundit, half
awake, cried out suddenly and shouted out words in his mother tongue.
(i) What did Birbal do at night?
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(ii) How did Birbal disturb the Pundit?
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(iii) How did the Pundit react?
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(iv) Find the word in the passage which means the same as 'murmured'.
(a)whispered F (b) quietly F
(c)asleep F (d) tickled F
(v) Find the synonym of 'screamed' in the passage.
(a)whispered F (b) tickled F
(c)cried F (d) awake F
2- Read the following sentences carefully. Some of the sentences are incorrect. Put
a 4 and correct them and rewrite them in the space provided. Put a 5 in front
of the correct sentences.
(i) The learned Pundit told the king and his courtiers that he had mastery
over many different languages. F
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(ii) The Pundit was so fluently that no one could find out what his mother
tongue is.
F
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(iii) Birbal whisked into the Pundit's nose and tickled it with a leaf. F
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(iv) Birbal informed the king how he had gone to the Pundit's room to find the
truth.
F
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3- Who took up the challenge and why?
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4- In whose court was Birbal a courtier?
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5- How did the Pundit react when the truth was out?
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6- How do people react in times of difficulty?
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8- Who visited the court of Akbar? What was his special ability and what did he
challenge the courtiers to?
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9- Who came to Akbar's court?
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10- How did he challenge everybody?
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11- Why was it difficult to find out what Pundit's mother tongue?
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12- State 'T' for ture and 'F' false. F
(i) An illiterate pundit visited the court. F
(ii) Pundit challenged all to answer his mathematics's questions. F
(iii) Birbal accepted the challenge. F
(iv) Pundit's mother tongue was Telugu. F
(v) Birbal was one of the king Shahjahan's courtiers.
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1- Circle the subject and underline the predicate in the following sentences.
(i) A learned Pundit once visited the court of Akbar.
(ii) The Pundit could speak many languages fluently.
(iii) Birbal went quietly to the Pundit's room when he was asleep.
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2- Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.
(i) The Pundit had mastery ........................ many different languages.
(ii) He challenged everybody ........................ the court to name his mother
tongue.
(iii) When everyone failed, Birbal took ........................ the challenge.
(iv) Birbal quietly went ........................ the Pundit's room ........................
night.
(v) He whispered ........................ the Pundit's ear and tickled it ........................
a feather.
3- Read the following extract taken from the chapter carefully. There are many
mistakes in punctuation. Correct the mistakes and rewrite the paragraph.
king akbar then asked birbal, how did you find the truth. birbal answered in
times of difficulty a person speaks only in his mother tongue. he also told the
king how he had gone to the Pundits room at night to find out the truth.
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4- Tick ({) the right answer.
(i) 'I visited the court of Akbar' means
(a) You always live there F
(b) You came there for a short time F
(c) You were born there F
(ii) To imitate someone means to F
(a) copy someone F
(b) tease someone F
(c) make someone angry
5- Fill in the blanks with suitable interjections given below.
Hush!; Bravo!; Ha! Ha!; Hurrah!; Hey!
(i) ........................ What a wonderful shot!
(ii) ........................ We have won the match.
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(iii) ........................ The baby is asleep.
(iv) ........................ Why are you laughing?
(v) ........................ What a funny story!
6- Look and fill in the columns. One has been done for you.
quiet quietly sad ........................
fluent ........................ fierce ........................
angry ........................ gentle ........................
7- Complete the following sentences using the adverb forms of the words in brack-
ets.
(i) The wind blew ........................ . (noisy)
(ii) It is raining ........................ . (heavy)
(iii) Shikha ran ........................ to catch up with her friends. (fast)
(iv) Teena played ........................ with her pets. (happy)
(v) The brown dog is barking ........................ . (loud)
8- Match the words in Column 'A' with words in Column 'B'.
Column A Column B
(i) king (a) children
(ii) teacher (b) patients
(iii) doctor (c) courtiers
(iv) bus driver (d) clients
(v) lawyer (e) passengers
(vi) mother (f) students
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9- Make pairs of words that start with same sound (one noun and one adjective).
Together they should have meaning.
For example : Sweet song Happy horse
(i) ........................ (ii) ........................
(iii) ........................ (iv) ........................
(v) ........................ (vi) ........................
10- Encircle the adverbs in the following sentences.
(i) Neha sleeps soundly.
(ii) The old man walked slowly.
(iii) Our teacher often tells us moral stories.
(iv) We shall reach Pune today.
(v) Mohit ran upstairs.
(vi) She is not here.
11- Write the correct word:
ice, bee, pancake, owl, gold, hills, snail, ox, bat, fox, lamb, swan
(i) As slow as a ................... (ii) As flat as a ...................
(iv) As good as ...................
(iii) As cold as ................... (vi) As old as ...................
(viii) As wise as an ...................
(v) As busy as a ................... (x) As sly as a ...................
(xii) As gentle as a ...................
(vii) As strong as an ...................
(ix) As blind as a ...................
(xi) As graceful as a ...................
12- Use appropriate nouns to complete the following phrases.
rice, sun, wires, salt, bread, soap, cake, grass
(i) a slice of ........................ (ii) a cake of ........................
(iii) a pinch of ........................ (iv) a ray of ........................
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(v) a grain of ........................ (vi) a blade of ........................
(vii) a coil of ........................ (viii) a piece of ........................
13- Complete the given sentences by using the correct word from brackets.
(i) The door of the cupboard began to ........................ as I opened it. (creek/
creak)
(ii) Rama ........................ as she wished she had finished her homework earlier.
(sighed/side)
(iii) Have you ........................ my brother around the house? (scene/seen)
(iv) The ........................ in the computer mouse was not working. (sell/cell)
14- When we want to say that a thing belongs to a person, we use an apostrophe
('s) instead of repeating the owner's name alone. Rewrite the following sentences
using an apostrophe ('s).
(i) The Pundit car was red in colour while Birbal car was blue.
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(ii) Ram lamp had fallen off during the storm.
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(iii) The carpenter tools lay in the shed.
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(iv) The Pundit mother tongue was Telugu.
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(v) Was Birbal mother tongue Hindi?
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(vi) Gopal mother made snadwiches for him for breakfast.
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(vii) The king courtiers could not guess his mother tongue.
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(viii) The writer pen had broken.
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15- In each of the given pairs of sentences, tell whether the underlined word is an
adjective or a verb.
(i) The Pundit was a learned man. adjective
He learned his lessons thoroughly. verb
(ii) Dara was not wanted anymore by his children. He felt ........................
sad.
Chattu was wanted criminal. ........................
(iii) His failed efforts made him very sad. ........................
He failed his exams twice. ........................
(iv) He looked at the balanced body of the acrobat on the ........................
rope.
The acrobat balanced himself on the rope. ........................
(v) The warriors advanced towards the castle quietly. ........................
The advanced technology has brought many changes. ........................
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1- Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Water at the roots;
Flowers keep their mouths where
We should wear our boots.
Soak the earth around them,
Then through all the heat
The flowers will have water
For their thirsty 'feel'!
(i) Where should we water the flowers?
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(ii) In the stanza, what does 'feet' refer to?
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(iii) Find the word in the extract which means the same as 'drench'.
(a)water F (b) soak F
(c)thirsty F (d) roots F
(iv) Antonym of 'heat' is
(a)cold F (b) warm F
(c)torrid F (d) sultry F
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2- When should we water the flowers?
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3- What makes the flower die?
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4- What is the position of the sun at noon?
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5- Why do flowers need water?
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6- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False. F
(i) We should water the plants at noon. F
(ii) At noon the sun is high. F
(iii) If we water the plants in the evening flowers will die. F
(iv) We should water the plants at their roots. F
(v) Plants need sunlight and water to live.
7- Look for words in the poem which sound like the words given below.
(i) are ........................ (ii) there ........................
(iii) flour ........................ (iv) where ........................
(v) son ........................ (vi) threw ........................
8- Let's talk
(i) What happens when we water plants in the morning?
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(ii) Which part of the plant prepares food for the plant? ........................
(iii) Which part of the plant turns to become a fruit? ........................
(iv) Which part of the plant supplies food to all the parts? ........................
(v) Which part of the plant blooms into a flower? ........................
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1- Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B.
Column A Column B
(i) Watering (a) the part of a plant that grows under the ground
(ii) Noon day (b) to make something completely wet
(iii) Roots (c) pouring water
(iv) Boots (d) at noon
(v) Soak (e) a type of shoe
2- Rearrange the following letters to make meaningful words.
(i) NNIMROG ........................ (ii) EOWFRL ........................
(iii) OYNDAON ........................ (iv) SUOTMH ........................
(v) OTBSO ........................ (vi) TAREH ........................
3- Write the antonyms of the following words.
(i) Early ........................ (ii) High ........................
........................
(iii) Morning ........................ (iv) Die
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4- Write the rhyming words for the following. ........................
........................
(i) Hour ........................ (ii) High ........................
........................
(iii) Roots ........................ (iv) Heat ........................
........................
(v) Morning ........................ (vi) Water
(vii) Make ........................ (viii) Car
(ix) Where ........................ (x) Flower
(xi) Noon ........................ (xii) Keep
5- Unjumble the names of the flowers.
(i) EORS ___E (ii) SOTUL L____
(iii) YILL L___ (iv) SAMNIEJ J_____E
(v) PAETWEES S______A (vi) MRAIDOLG M______D
(vii) ARGOM M___A (viii) DHAAIL D____A
(ix) XOLHP P___X (x) ANSPY P___Y
(xi) BISIHCUS H______S
6- In the sentences below the capital letters, commas, full stops and question marks
are missing. Put these in the correct places.
(i) on monday i will go to school.
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(ii) rahim ravi and raju are going to see the circus
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(iii) sita where are you looking
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(iv) the tailor went to the market mr. singh
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(v) every sunday i go for a walk have breakfast read story books listen to
music and watch television
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(vi) laxmi why are you crying
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(vii) what is the colour of the sky
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(viii) oranges mangoes bananas and papayas are fruits
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(ix) my uncle is going to delhi tomorrow
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7- Words like morning, evening, watering end in 'ing' Write six more words to which
ing can be added at the end to form a new word.
(i) ........................ (ii) ........................ (iii) ........................
(iv) ........................ (v) ........................ (vi) ........................
8- Rewrite the given words by adding '-ing' at the end. Make other suitable changes.
(i) run + ing ........................ (ii) swim + ing ........................
(iii) put + ing ........................ (iv) knit + ing ........................
(v) share + ing ........................ (vi) give + ing ........................
(vii) write + ing ........................ (viii) drive + ing ........................
(ix) shine + ing ........................ (x) care + ing ........................
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(xi) snore + ing ........................ (xii) bloom + ing ........................
9- Pick out the silent letters from these words.
(i) hour (ii) knit (iii) wrong (iv) doubt
(viii) could
(v) often (vi) know (vii) night (xii) walk
(xvi) knot
(ix) write (x) knife (xi) high (xx) limb
(xiii) watch (xiv) numb (xv) doubt
(xvii) listen (xviii) plumber (xix) knob
10- Identify whether the following are trees, flowers or vegetables.
Brinjal Vegetable
(i) Rose ........................ (ii) Pumpkin ........................
(iii) Fir ........................ (iv) Daffodil ........................
(v) Pine ........................ (vi) Hyacinth ........................
(vii) Lily ........................ (viii) Gourd ........................
(ix) Lady's finger ........................ (x) Marigold ........................
(xi) Peas ........................ (xii) Jasmine ........................
(xiii) Lotus ........................ (xiv) Cauliflower ........................
(xv) Eucalyptus ........................ (xvi) Pansy ........................
(xvii) Deodar ........................ (xviii) Banyan ........................
(xix) Mogra ........................ (xx) Lettuce ........................
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11- Anagram is a word, phrase or name formed from another by rearranging its let-
ters, e.g. 'angle' is an anagram of glean.
Make anagrams for the following words.
(i) leg gel (ii) rose ........................
(iii) now ........................ (iv) net ........................
(v) tea ........................ (vi) tan ........................
(vii) pea ........................ (viii) salt ........................
(ix) vine ........................ (x) sap ........................
(xi) garden ........................ (xii) tab ........................
12- Write a story about a plant that is in danger. Write about how you might help
to save it. Be sure the story has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
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13- Prepare a speech giving some reasons why it is important to protect flowers and
plants. Include ways that you could help protect endangered.
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14- Use 'their' or 'there' to complete the following sentences.
(i) He lives in the red house over ........................ .
(ii) The fence in ........................ garden is painted.
(iii) At the end of the book, ........................ are practice exercises.
(iv) My mother and grandmother like ........................ tea to be very hot.
(v) ........................ is a big tiger in the zoo.
(vi) ........................ are twelve eggs in the basket.
(vii) The little children have lost ........................ bags at the fair.
(viii) The thief hid the jewels where ........................ was a hole in the ground.
15- Use these words in sentences of your own.
(i) hour ..............................................................................................
(ii) watering ..............................................................................................
(iii) noonday ..............................................................................................
(iv) roots ..............................................................................................
(v) boots ..............................................................................................
(vi) soak ..............................................................................................
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1- Read the extracts given below and answer the following questions.
I. The boy happily plucked the apples and carried them away. The tree was also
happy. But the boy stayed away for a long time and the tree was sad. One day,
the boy came back and the three shook with joy.
(i) What did the boy do?
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(ii) What happened when the boy came back?
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(iii) Find the word in the extract which means the opposite of 'sorrow'.
(a)happy F (b) stayed F
(c)joy F (d) sad F
(iv) The meaning of 'plucked' in the extract is F
(a)pull
(b) take out F
(c)remove F
(d) take hold and remove F
II. The young man cut the trunk of the tree and sailed away in a boat. The tree
was left only with a stump and after a long time, the young man came back
again. Now, he was an old man but the tree recognised him.
(i) What did the young man do?
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(ii) What happened to the tree?
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(iii) What happened to the young man?
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(iv) Find out the word from the extract which is a synonym of 'stem'.
(a)tree F (b) trunk F
(c)stump F (d) boat F
(v) Antonym of 'recognise' is
(a)recall F (b) remember F
(c)forget F (d) miss F
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3- How did the tree help the boy to earn money?
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4- What three things did the tree give to the little boy?
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5- How and why did the boy build his house?
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6- Where was the boy going? How did the tree help him?
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gave away everything it had? How did the tree change by the end of the story?
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8- What did the boy make with the branches of the tree?
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9- What did the boy make with the trunk of the tree?
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10- How was the stump of the tree useful?
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11- Why is the play called 'The Giving Tree'?
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12- What did the old man want?
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13- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False. F
(i) The tree loved the young girl. F
(ii) The tree offered mangoes to the boy. F
(iii) The boy used to sleep under the tree. F
(iv) The tree was unhappy to see the old man. F
(v) The tree was left only with a stump.
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1- Match the subjects in Column A to the predicates in Column B to make
meaningful sentences.
Column A Column B
(i) The boy (a) was happy to give its shade.
(ii) The tree (b) cut the trunk of the tree and sailed away
in a boat.
(iii) The young man (c) wanted a quiet place to sit and rest.
(iv) The old man (d) climbed the trunk and swung from the
branches of the tree.
(v) The old stump (e) had lost its apples, branches and trunk.
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2- Choose the correct conjunction from the options given and fill in the blanks.
(i) Once there was a tree ........................ (and/but/or) it loved a little boy.
(ii) The boy grew older ........................ (but/or/and) went away.
(iii) The boy happily plucked the apples ........................ (but/and/or) carried
them away.
(iv) The tree was very happy ........................ (but/or/and) the boy stayed
away for a long time.
(v) The young man was an old man now ........................ (and/or/but) the
tree recognised him.
3- Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition.
to, in, by, to, with, up, on, from
(i) But time went ........................ and the boy grew older and went away.
(ii) One day, the boy came ........................ the tree.
(iii) The tree asked him to climb ........................ its trunk and swing
........................ it branches.
(iv) The boy was too big ........................ climb and play.
(v) The tree asked him to pluck its apples and sell them ........................ the
market.
(vi) The boy was going ........................ a business trip.
(vii) He cut off the trunk of the tree and the tree was left only ........................
a stump.
4- Look at the table given below and write the comparative and superlative degree
of the adjectives given below.
Positive Degree Comparative Degree Superlative Degree
(i) Small ........................ ........................
(ii) Funny ........................ ........................
(iii) Delicious ........................ ........................
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(iv) Tired ........................ ........................
(v) Happy ........................ ........................
5- Make new words and complete the sentences.
(i) The children love to sing ........................ . (loud)
(ii) Read your lesson ........................ . (silent)
(iii) Throw the ball ........................ . (slow)
(iv) The tree gave its fruit to the boy ........................ . (happy)
(v) Do your work ........................ . (neat)
6- Fill in the blanks with the correct word.
My mother went to the market and bought a kilogram of ........................ (apple/
apples), a dozen ........................ (banana/bananas) and a dozen ........................
(orange/oranges).
I love oranges. So I ate an ........................ (orange/oranges).
My brother wanted a ........................ (banana/bananas).
And my sister asked for an ........................ (apple/apples).
A tree has one ........................ (trunk/trunks) but many ........................ (branch/
branches). A ........................ (branch/branches) has a number of ........................
(leaf/leaves) and ........................ (flower/flowers).
7- Write plurals for the following words.
(i) window ........................ (ii) army ........................
........................
(iii) half ........................ (iv) leaf ........................
........................
(v) ray ........................ (vi) sheep ........................
........................
(vii) ox ........................ (viii) child
(ix) tooth ........................ (x) potato
(xi) roof ........................ (xii) fish
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8- Fill in the blanks with 'a', 'an' or 'the'
(i) ........................ Ganga is ........................ longest river in India.
(ii) ........................ Ramayana is ........................ holy book of Hindus.
(iii) I kept ........................ pencil and ........................ eraser in my geometry
box.
(iv) I was ........................ hour late to school today.
(v) We saw ........................ amazing performance by acrobats in the circus.
(vi) ........................ umbrella is ........................ useful thing.
9- Strike out the wrong words given in the brackets in the following sentences.
(i) Neither Ram nor Krishna (are/is) guilty.
(ii) The ship with its crew (were/was) lost.
(iii) (Neither or None) of them (was/were) absent.
(iv) Curry and rice (were/was) ready.
(v) Those (was/were) red frocks.
(vi) We (works/work) in office.
(vii) He (likes/like) his mother very much.
(viii) The children (was/were) singing songs.
10- Write one word for the following sentences. One has been done for you.
(i) One who drives a vehicle. Driver
(ii) A person who makes furniture of wood. ........................
(iii) One who cuts hair. ........................
(iv) One who builds houses. ........................
(v) One who cures diseases. ........................
(vi) One who sings songs. ........................
(vii) One who makes the ornaments of gold and silver. ........................
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(viii) One who does farming. ........................
11- Fill in the blanks from the box.
which, where, who
(i) A post box is a place ........................ letters are posted.
(ii) This is the book ........................ I bought.
(iii) A potter is a person ........................ prepares pots with clay.
(iv) This is the temple ........................ I worship.
12- Choose the most suitable adjective from the box and fill in the blanks. One has
been done for you.
faithful, shallow, fresh, balanced, dangerous, express
(i) a fresh loaf of bread.
(ii) an ........................ train.
(iii) a ........................ friend.
(iv) a ........................ meal.
(v) a ........................ weapon.
(vi) a ........................ pond.
13- While pronouncing the word 'climb', we do not pronounce the letter 'b' at the
end of the word. It is thus called a silent letter. Find out and write the silent
letters in the following words.
(i) pluck ........................ (ii) build ........................
(iii) thumb ........................ (iv) witch ........................
(v) knee ........................ (vi) Christmas ........................
(vii) castle ........................ (viii) write ........................
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1- Read the extracts given below and answer the following questions.
I'd find a little hay
And give him some corn,
Then he'd be the best donkey
That ever was born
(i) Name the two things that the poet wants to feed the donkey.
_______________________________________________________
(ii) What will happen when the donkey is fed?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Antonym of 'best' is
(a)bad F (b) not good F
(c)better F (d) worst F
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2- What would the poet do if the donkey wouldn't go?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
3- What would the poet give to the donkey to eat?
____________________________________________________________
UNIT 7 Chapter 3 The Donkey Page 133
____________________________________________________________
4- How would the donkey become the best donkey?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
5- What would the child give the donkey?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
6- What would the child find for the donkey?
____________________________________________________________
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1- Put a tick ({) mark on the correct spelling.
(i) donkly F donkey F dankey F
wallop F
(ii) wollop F wallap F heya F
litle F
(iii) hey F hay F con F
(iv) little F liittlle F
(v) carn F corn F
2- Fill in the blanks with correct form of the verb.
If I (i) ........................ (have/had) a donkey, I (ii) ........................ (will/would)
never wallop him. I (iii) ........................ (will find/would find) a little hay bto
feed him. I (iv) ........................ (will give/would give) him some corn to eat. He
(v) ........................ (will/would) be the best donkey ever.
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3- Give the rhyming words of the following. ........................
(i) Go ........................ (ii) Corn
4- Using the words given in the box, make your own sentences.
Wallop, Little, Hay, Corn, Donkey
(i) ...................................................................................................................
(ii) ...................................................................................................................
(iii) ...................................................................................................................
(iv) ...................................................................................................................
(v) ...................................................................................................................
5- Write five lines on the topic 'My Pet'.
(i) ...................................................................................................................
(ii) ...................................................................................................................
(iii) ...................................................................................................................
(iv) ...................................................................................................................
(v) ...................................................................................................................
6- Use words given below to complete the sentences.
bundle, pride, bouquet, pile, group, pack, herd, swarm, album, band
(i) Leena bought a ........................ of flowers for her mother's birthday.
(ii) The farmer gave his donkey a ........................ of hay.
(iii) A large ........................ of people arrived at the fair.
(iv) A ........................ of books lay on his table.
(v) A ........................ of musicians sang the opening song.
(vi) My grandfather has an ........................ of old stamps.
(vii) A ........................ of cattle was seen in the farm.
(viii) A ........................ of wolves chased the buffalo.
UNIT 7 Chapter 3 The Donkey Page 135
(ix) A ........................ of lions was spotted by the hunter.
(x) The boy threw stones at the ........................ of bees.
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UNIT 8 CHAPTER 1
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1- Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
I opened one up
And sat down to look;
The pictures told stories!
What a wonderful book!
(i) What did the poet do?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) How did the poet understand the stories in the book?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) What kind of a book was it?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Antonym of 'wonderful' is
(a)awful F (b) pleasant F
(c)terrific F (d) cool F
(v) 'The pictures told stories!' In this sentence, 'pictures' is which part of
speech?
(a)Adjective F (b) Noun F
(c)Verb F (d) None of these F
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2- What did the library door say?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
3- What did the poet in the poem 'Books' see on opening the library door?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
4- What kinds of books were there?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
5- What did the books in the library look like?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
6- Why did the child in the poem like looking at the pictures?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
7- What did the child see inside the library?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
8- Why was the book wonderful?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
9- State 'T' for true and 'F' for false. F
(i) There were skinny books in the library. F
(ii) The child did not like the books.
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(iii) Fat books stood by themselves. F
F
(iv) Pictures told stories to the boy. F
F
(v) Books can be shared with friends.
(vi) Children should tear their books.
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1- Match the things mentioned in Column A to the place they belong in Column B.
Column A Column B
(i) Books (a) Toy shop
(ii) Students (b) Library
(iii) Toys (c) Zoo
(iv) Animals (d) Garden
(v) Flowers (e) School
2- Circle the subject and underline the predicate in the following sentences.
(i) The poet saw a lot of books in the library.
(ii) The books were kept on the shelves.
(iii) Some books were kept in a standing position.
(iv) The poet opened one of the books.
(v) The pictures in the book were very interesting.
3- Complete the following sentences using your own imagination.
(i) Books are ................................................
(ii) In a library ................................................
(iii) We find books ................................................
(iv) There are ................................................
UNIT 8 Chapter 1 Books Page 139
(v) I like ................................................ ........................
........................
4- Write antonyms of the following words.
(i) Come ........................ (ii) Open
(iii) Wide ........................ (iv) Tall
5- Make word families. The first word in each has been written for you.
ell ail ee ook
well tail see book
sh___ m___ thr__ l___
b___ tr___ b__ cr___
sp___ r___ tr__ sh___
t___ br___
6- Look at this sentence:
A library is a place where books are kept.
Now fill in the blanks after reading these sentences.
(i) An ........................ is a place where aeroplanes take off and land.
(ii) A ........................ is a place where food is cooked.
(iii) A ........................ is a place where sick people are taken care of.
(iv) A ........................ is a place where you can buy things.
(v) A ........................ is a place where children study.
7- Fill in the blanks with words from the help box.
bus stop, zoo, library, home, jail, aquarium, refrigerator, bank
(i) ........................ is a place where books are kept.
(ii) ........................ is a place where one lives.
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(iii) ........................ is a place where thieves are kept.
(iv) ........................ is a place where fishes are kept.
(v) ........................ is a place where animals are kept.
(vi) ........................ is a place where people board buses.
(vii) ........................ is a place where food is stored.
(viii) ........................ is a place where people keep money.
8- Unscramble the following words and make new words.
(i) RABILRY ........................ (ii) LEVSESH ........................
(iii) TOSRISE ........................ (iv) TITLLE ........................
(v) IDEW ........................ (vi) LOREGA ........................
(vii) KOOBS ........................ (viii) DERWON ........................
9- Underline such words in the following sentences. One has been done for you.
(i) I have enough money to buy a car.
(ii) You should show some patience.
(iii) There is insufficient grain in the house.
(iv) I lost all my money in the train.
(v) Give half of your cake to your sister.
(vi) I have some books in my bag.
(vii) There are many animals in a zoo.
(viii) There is not much interest shown by the children.
10- Complete the sentences with some or a lot of. The words in underline are clues.
(i) I added ........................ sugar to the tea. I like my tea to be very sweet.
(ii) There is ........................ tea left in the cup. I drank the rest of it.
(iii) I invited all my friends for lunch. So we cooked ........................ food today.
(iv) "Could I have ........................ more rice, please?"
UNIT 8 Chapter 1 Books Page 141
(v) That jug must be heavy because there is ........................ water in it.
11- Write the words ending with -ion, e.g. station, relation
(i) ........................ (ii) ........................
(iii) ........................ (iv) ........................
(v) ........................ (vi) ........................
(vii) ........................ (viii) ........................
12- Make new words by adding 'able', e.g. Value + able = Valuable.
(i) Change + able = ..............................................................
(ii) Believe + able = ..............................................................
(iii) Love + able = ..............................................................
(iv) Desire + able = ..............................................................
(v) Notice + able = ..............................................................
(vi) Cure + able = ..............................................................
13- Fill in the blanks with suitable interjections.
(i) ........................ !They did it. (Oh/Hurrah)
(ii) ........................ !He has died. (Oh/What)
(iii) ........................ !Do not make a noise. (Alas/Hush)
(iv) ........................ !You played well. (Bravo/Oh)
(v) ........................ !They have lost their purse. (Wow/Alas)
14- Use these words in sentences of your own.
library .......................................................................................................
wide .......................................................................................................
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galore .......................................................................................................
skinny .......................................................................................................
shelves .......................................................................................................
wonderful .......................................................................................................
15- Fill in the blanks using the words given below.
baker, author, farmer, lawyer, librarian, optician, physician, accountant
(i) A ........................ is a person who is in charge of a library.
(ii) An ........................ is a person whose job is to keep or check financial
accounts.
(iii) An ........................ is a person who writes books.
(iv) A ........................ is a person who owns or manages a farm.
(v) A ........................ is a person who is trained and qualified to advise people
about the law and represent them in the court.
(vi) An ........................ is a person whose job is to examine people's eyes and
recommend and sell glasses.
(vii) A ........................ is a person whose job is to bake and sell breads and
cakes.
(viii) A ........................ is a person qualified to practise medicine.
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1- Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
We ran home to our grandfather.
We climbed on his bed.
He put his arms around us and then
We read, and read, and read.
(i) Where did the children go?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) What did they do?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) What did grandfather do?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Find the word in the extract which means the same as 'moved up'.
(a)ran F (b) climbed F
(c)put F (d) bed F
(v) Simple present form of 'ran' is ........................
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2- What did grandfather give and to whom?
____________________________________________________________
UNIT 8 Chapter 2 Going to buy a book Page 145
____________________________________________________________
3- What did grandfather want the children to do?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
4- Who were happy and why in the story 'Going to Buy a Book'?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
5- With whom did the children go in the story 'Going to Buy a Book'?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
6- Why did the children to there?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
7- Why did the children decide to go to the small shop?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
8- How did the man in the small book shop help the children?
____________________________________________________________
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9- Which book did the girl buy and why?
____________________________________________________________
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____________________________________________________________
10- Which book did the boy decide to buy and why?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
11- How did the grandfather treat the children?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
12- How did the children choose the books they wanted to buy?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
13- Why did grandfather give the children money?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
14- Where did they go to buy books?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
15- Did the girl buy a picture book?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
UNIT 8 Chapter 2 Going to buy a book Page 147
____________________________________________________________
16- What did the children love to do?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
17- State 'T' true and for 'F' for false. F
(i) Grandfather gave books to children. F
(ii) Children loved to read books. F
(iii) Children went to a big mall. F
(iv) The shopkeeper liked the children. F
(v) The Grandfather scolded children.
18- Look at these sentences in the story.
(i) Should we go to the big market?
(ii) Should we go to the small shop?
(iii) Should I buy a thin book?
The coloured words above are describing words. Now fill in more describing
words into the passage below:
It was ........................ night. A ........................ girl sat up in bed listening to her
mother tell a ........................ story. Her ........................ eyes opened wide and
she gave a ........................ smile. "Now go to sleep, Paro," her mother closed the
book. "........................ dreams."
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1- Choose the appropriate adjective from the box below and fill in the blanks.
quiet, fat, happy, big, smell
(i) The children were very ........................
(ii) They decided to go to a ........................ shop.
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(iii) The bookshop was very ........................ as there was no sound.
(iv) The girl bought a ........................ book with many stories.
(v) The boy bought a ........................ book with many pictures.
2- Complete the sentences by using the determiners given in the box.
these, many, some, those, both, two, one
(i) ........................ day, grandfather gave the children ........................ money.
(ii) ........................ the children were very happy.
(iii) ........................ of them loved to read.
(iv) Just the ........................ of them went to the bookshop.
(v) "........................ books are about animals", said the man in the shop.
3- Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions.
(i) The children loved ........................ read.
(ii) The man ........................ the shop helped the children.
(iii) The man smiled ........................ them.
(iv) The children picked some books and sat ........................ the floor.
(v) They came home and climbed ........................ their grandfather's bed.
4- Fill up the blanks with the suitable comparative or superlative form of the ad-
jectives given in brackets.
(i) Who is the ........................ (good) boy in the class?
(ii) Prevention is ........................ (good) than cure.
(iii) My uncle is ........................ (smart) than my brother.
(iv) Iron is ........................ (much) useful than any other metal.
(v) Salma is ........................ (tall) than Nisha.
(vi) Mount Everest is the ........................ (high) peak in the world.
5- Tina goes to her school library to borrow a book. Complete her dialogue with
the librarian by using 'and', 'or' in the blanks.
Tina : Ma' am, I want to borrow a book.
UNIT 8 Chapter 2 Going to buy a book Page 149
Librarian : Do you want a story book ........................ a book of poems?
Tina : I want a story book.
Librarian : Do you like stories about animals ........................ adventure stories?
Tina : I like both.
Librarian : Go to the second cupboard. On the first shelf, you will find animal
stories ........................ on the second, adventure stories.
Tina (after selecting two books): Ma'am, I want 'Black Beauty' ........................
'Panchantantra' Stories.
Librarian : You can have either 'Black Beauty' ........................ 'Panchantantra'
Stories.
6- Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunctions given. Words can be repeated.
and, or, but, because, when, so
(i) Birds can fly ........................ elephants cannot.
(ii) Is Rita reading ........................ sleeping?
(iii) She did not do well ........................ she was ill.
(iv) Rohit is tall ........................ thin.
(v) We came back ........................ it rained.
(vi) He is a poor ........................ hardworking man.
(vii) I want to watch the match, ........................ I will stay up late.
(viii) I got good grades in all subjects ........................ art.
7- Write words ending with 'ed', 'ful', 'ly', 'ness', 'able', 'hood', 'less', and 'ment'.
-ed -ful -ly -ness
........................ ........................ ........................ ........................
........................ ........................ ........................ ........................
........................ ........................ ........................ ........................
-able -hood -less -ment
........................ ........................ ........................ ........................
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........................ ........................ ........................ ........................
........................ ........................ ........................ ........................
8- Make six new words from the word 'Wonderful'. One has been done for you.
(i) Under (ii) ........................ (iii) ........................
(iv) ........................ (v) ........................ (vi) ........................
9- Write anagram words for the following words. ........................
(i) bare ........................ (ii) flow ........................
(iii) act ........................ (iv) keen ........................
(v) sink ........................ (vi) inch ........................
(vii) race ........................ (viii) below
10- Use 'will' + a verb from the help box to show future events.
go, rain, be, win, help
(i) Wait a minute. We ........................ you.
(ii) I think I ........................ for a jog every morning.
(iii) Who ........................ the trophy?
(iv) It ........................ tomorrow.
(v) There ........................ many interesting projects at the science fair.
11- Use 'going to' + a verb from the help box to show future events.
snow, be, complete, participate, visit
(i) We are ........................ my grandmother tomorrow.
(ii) The forecast says that it is ........................ tonight.
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(iii) There are only five minutes left. I am not ........................ this project on
time.
(iv) Are you ........................ in the chess tournament?
(v) I'm ........................ an actor.
12- Fill in the blanks with the correct articles.
(i) Shalini bought ........................ new phone ........................ old one was
thrown away.
(ii) ........................ train was delayed by four hours.
(iii) She forgot to carry ........................ umbrella, so she got caught in
........................ rain.
(iv) Anu bought ........................ orange and ........................ banana but did
not buy grapes.
(v) I saw ........................ one-eyed man.
(vi) ........................ Ganga is ........................ holy river.
(vii) He is ........................ tailor.
13- Match the sentence openings to the appropriate endings.
(i) There is (a) many people at the fair.
(ii) There were (b) is home.
(iii) Not all the children (c) no money left.
(iv) Neither of my parents (d) are given the best training.
(v) Our soldiers (e) were present.
14- Use these words in sentences of your own.
alone ....................................................................................................
bookshop ....................................................................................................
machines ....................................................................................................
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