New park english reader book 2

Fun Time

Colour the picture given below.

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Lesson-8

If All the Seas

For the Teacher
This is an imaginary poem which talks about mixing of all into one. Discuss
with the children advantages of mixing up and togetherness.

For the Children
Can you imagine what would happen when all the seas would

become one. Write names of two oceans near your country.

(i) __________________ (ii) __________________

Now read the poem. Scan Here
Audio Script
If all the seas were one sea,
What a great sea that would be!
If all the trees were one tree,
What a great tree that would be!

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And if all the axes were one axe, Rattle Your Brain

What a great axe that would be! Write a quality of sea you would like

And if all the men were one man, to adapt.

What a great man that would be!
And if the great man took the great axe, ____________________________
____________________________
And cut down the great tree, ____________________________
And let it fall into the great sea,

What a splish - splash that would be!

Words to Remember

sea : a very large collection of water covering a very large area.
splish-splash : the movement of water with a sound.

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Write one rhyming word each for the following words.
1. sea __________________ 2. bee __________________
3. man __________________ 4. axe __________________

B. Answer these questions in the given space.
1. What would happen if all the seas were one sea?

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

2. What would happen if all the trees were one tree?

..................................................................................................................
3. What would it be when all axes were one axe?

..................................................................................................................
4. What would happen if all the men were one man?

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

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5. What would happen if the great man took the great axe?

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

6. What is splish-splash?
.................................................................................................................

C. Fill in the blanks taking one of the two words from the brackets.
1. If all the seas were one _______________. (sea / river)
2. If all the trees were one tree, it would be a _____________ bee. (good /
great)
3. If all the axes were __________ axe, it would be a great axe. (two / one)
4. The great man would ____________ down the great tree. (cut / put)
5. If the tree would fall into the sea, it would be a splish-splash _________.
(picture / sound)

Communication Skills

Listening and Speaking

The teacher will recite the poem loudly in the class room. All children will keep
silence and will listen to the poem very attentively. They will also pay attention
to the pronunciation of different words. (You can also listen to the audio)

I am a red little car,

With a big loud horn.

Do you want a ride

Before I am gone?

I'll take you on a picnic,

I'll take you to the zoo. Scan Here
I'll take all the little ones.

You and you and you.

Audio Script

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After reciting the poem, the teacher will write the poem on the white board in
bold letters. One student will come forward and will speak, what the car says
in the poem in his own words. Similarly other students will speak about the
following words given in the box.

boat, aeroplane, motorcycle, train, bus

Fun with Grammar

Articles 'a' and 'an’
Article 'a' is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound and 'an'
is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound.
Example: a cow, a dog, a mango

an apple, an egg, an orange
A. Fill in the blanks with either 'a' or 'an'.

1. Mrs. Verma is ______________ English teacher.
2. The child was flying ______________ kite.
3. My son was eating ______________ ice cream.
4. The train was ______________ hour late.
5. I have ______________ big car.
6. There was ______________ toy on the table.
7. ______________ crow was sitting on the tree.
8. Amar has ______________ egg and ______________ glass of

milk for breakfast.
9. This is ________ umbrella.
10. Amy has ________ beautiful watch.

B. Something to think and do.
This is an 'if' poem. If puts a condition, which must have an answer. With
the help of your teacher complete the following sentences. One has been
done for example.
1. If I were a king, I would love my people.
2. If I were a teacher, _____________________

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3. If I were a doctor, _____________________

4. If I were a lion, _____________________

5. If I were a bird, _____________________

C. Spelling test: Write the words correctly in the given space.

1. grate ___________ 2. aix ___________

3. fale ___________ 4. sie ___________

5. splsh ___________ 6. doun ___________

D. Make sentences with these words.

1. sea : ________________________________________________

2. tree : ________________________________________________

3. man : ________________________________________________

4. took : ________________________________________________

5. fall : ________________________________________________

Word Search Puzzle

Search the box and find the words given below.
GB R A V AX E PU XWO Z L R
R A J WR Z L R S P L A S H CO
E I I M BQ BB OR J WB Z L T
A S VE BT E M P L ER B EG T
T C Y A I S P L I S H KN L L E
R H TD GF U R I O U S I OCN
S E AO GWW E E U X M R S L R

SEA SPLISH SPLASH GREAT AXE

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Unit-5 Lesson-9

An Evening at the Sea Beach

For the Teacher

Discuss with the children what people do in their holidays? Tell them the
names of some places where people can enjoy their holidays.

For the Children

1. Have you ever been to a sea beach?

i. Yes ii. No

2. Name two things you can see at a sea beach.

i. ____________________ ii. ____________________

Now read the story.

Murali and Ratna were brother and sister. They lived in a small town, some
hundred kilometres from Bohol Beach, Philippines.

Murali and Ratna had a great wish to visit a sea beach. They got this
opportunity when they were invited by their grandparents to visit Bohol Beach
in their summer holidays.

When the summer vacation started, Murali and Ratna came to Bohol Beach
with their parents. It was a night's journey from their home town to Bohol
Beach.

It was a nice afternoon today. The air was cool and pleasant. Murali, Ratna,
their parents and their grandparents came to the beach. Tommy, the puppy
also came with them.

Murali took his ball with him. Ratna took a small spade and a bucket with her.
The mother had prepared sandwiches at home. She bought them for
breakfast.

The grandmother brought cakes, biscuits, sweets and fruits in a big packet.
Murali and Tommy waded through the waves of the sea. Once Murali threw
the ball and the waves brought it back.

Ratna and her mother collected sand at a place with the help of the spade.
Ratna made some castles of sand. Her mother helped her. She was very
happy.

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Suddenly Murali threw the ball and it broke one sand castle. Ratna began to
cry. Murali came and felt sorry. He himself made one sand castle. Ratna
became happy again.

“All come here. Let`s take breakfast now”, the grandmother said, Ratna and

her mother served the breakfast. Tommy Rattle Your Brain

was given a cake and some sweets. Write any two advantages of a sea

It was 6:00 pm. It was time to come back beach.

home. Murali and Ratna wanted to ___________________________

stay on, but it was getting dark. They Scan Here

came back home.

“It was a very pleasant evening”, said

Murali and Ratna together. Audio Script

Words to Remember

wish : desire
sea beach : a stretch of sand along the edge of the sea
opportunity : chance, a favourable time for doing something
spade : a tool for digging earth
sandwich : two slices of bread with a layer of cheese between them
castle : a palace

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Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Fill in the blanks choosing suitable words from the box.

pleasant sandcastles dark
sandwich beach cake

1. Murali and Ratna wanted to visit a sea ___________________.

2. The air was ___________________ at beach.

3. The mother prepared ________________ for the breakfast at the sea
beach.

4. Ratna made some _____________ on the beach.

5. Tommy was given ___________ to eat.

B. Answer the following questions in the given space.
1. What was the great wish of Murali and Ratna?
...................................................................................................................
2. Who came to the sea beach?
...................................................................................................................
3. What did Ratna bring with her at the sea beach?
...................................................................................................................
4. What did the grandmother bring to the sea beach?
...................................................................................................................
5. What did Ratna make on the sea beach?
...................................................................................................................
6. Who served the breakfast?
....................................................................................................................

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7. What did Tommy get in breakfast?
....................................................................................................................

8. What did Murali and Ratna say at the end?
....................................................................................................................

C. See the pictures given below, recognise them and fill in the blanks.

1. Murali's _______________

2. Murali's _______________

3. Ratna's _______________

4. Ratna's _______________

5. Murali and Ratna's _______________

Communication Skills
Listening and Speaking

Consonant Sounds : p and b

Listen to the following words spoken loudly by the teacher in the class
room. Follow the pronunciation of the words.

pace pack packet paddy page
P pain palace pain pant park

bad bake bark base bee bench
B begin bible bless ball bow boat

Pair Work : Make a student your partner. Read the dialogue between two
students carefully and practise this with your partner.

Aman : Where did you go yesterday?

Mohit : I went to a garden.

Aman : What did you see there?

Mohit : I saw beautiful flowers there.

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Project Work

A. Below some sentences are given in incorrect order. Write them in
correct order. The first one has been done.

They were making “Yes, we`d better go
sand castles. home now”,
said Rohan

“It is about to rain”, “Look at the dark
said Sushma clouds in the sky”,

Tanya cried

Tanya, Roshan, They ran towards
Sushma and Kamal their home
came to the sea beach.

1. Tanya, Roshan, Sushma and Kamal came to the sea beach.
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________

B. Vocabulary: Making new words by joining two words. There are
different words in the two boxes given below. Choose two words,
one word from each box which can be joined to make a new word.

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class A book worm B shore
tent care book card
watch nose post pin pot free
sea home tea friend room father
grand work
girl man

1. _______________________ 2. _______________________

3. _______________________ 4. _______________________

5. _______________________ 6. _______________________

7. _______________________ 8. _______________________

9. _______________________ 10. _______________________

11. _______________________ 12. _______________________

D. Make sentences with the following words.

1. great : ________________________________________

2. journey : ________________________________________

3. packet : ________________________________________

4. ball : ________________________________________

5. sand–castle : ________________________________________

6. breakfast : ________________________________________

Fun Time

A. There are many things around you. Some of the things you like and
some of the things you don't. Write the names of five things you like
and five things you don't.

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I like sweets I don't like
1. _________________ chocolates 1. _________________
2. _________________ 2. _________________
3. _________________ games 3. _________________
4. _________________ puppy 4. _________________
5. _________________ home work 5. _________________
chillies
rains
poems

fish
banana

B. Draw the picture of a kite and colour it green.

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Lesson-10

I Am Lucky

For the Teacher

Discuss with children the word “Lucky”.

For the Children
We fell lucky for many things. Write here some of them.
(i) __________________ (ii) __________________

Now read the poem. Scan Here

If I were a butterfly Audio Script
I would be thankful
For my wings. I would be thankful
If I were a myna in a tree That I can wriggle and giggle with glee.
I would be thankful So, I just think I am lucky to be “me”.
That I could sing. Not “you” but “me”.
If I were a fish in the sea If I were an elephant

Rattle Your Brain

What do you want to feel lucky for?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

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I would be thankful
That I can raise my trunk.
If I were a kangaroo
I would try to hop
Right up to the moon.
If I were an octopus
I would be thankful
For my eight arms.
So I just think I am lucky to be “me”.
Not “you”, but “me”.
What do you think you want to be?
Do you want to be like me?
Or just you? Just you...

Words to Remember

butterfly : an insect
myna : a bird
hop : to jump on one leg.
glee : happiness
wriggle : to move a port of your body.

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Complete these sentences.

Animals Actions
A butterfly can fly.
A myna ______________.
______________ can wriggle.
An elephant ______________.
______________ can hop.
You ______________.

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B. Answer the questions in the given space.
1 . Why do you think the butterfly likes its wings?
2. What can the myna do?
3. What can you do— sing/paint/write...?
4. Do you think the fish was really happy to be
in the water?
5. What are the lucky things that have happened
to you? Tell your friends in the class.

C. Fill in the blanks using the hint words given blow.
1. If I were a kangaroo, I would __________.
2. If I were a tiger, I would ______________.
3. If I were a fish, I would _______________.
4. If I were a bird, I would _______________.
Now hop, roar, swim, and fly like them.

Communication Skills

Listening and Speaking

There are some pictures here. There is also poem. The teacher will first
point out the pictures. Then he will recite the poem loudly. The children
will listen to the poem very attentively. (You can also listen to the audio)

Kang has a dream Scan Here

Kang flew into the sky.

He flew to the moon.

He flew through a cloud.

He slipped down a tree. Audio Script
Kang woke up with a bang.

Close your eyes and hear your teacher say the

following words: butterfly, myna ,

fish, elephant, kangaroo.

With your eyes still shut, imagine

that you are seeing these creatures.

Open your eyes and move like

they do.

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Writing

A. Add to the words given in brackets and complete the sentences.
1. You must be _____________ to your friends. (help)
2. Make a _________________ drawing. (colour)
3. The puppy is so _____________ . (play)
4. Be ______________ while crossing the road. (care)

B. Join the two words to make one word. Look at the example.
peace+full =peacefull

play+full= _______________

c o l o u r + f u l l = _______________

c a r e + f u l I= _______________
h o p e + f u l l= _______________

Word Search Puzzle

Search the box and find the words given below.

F E L E PH A N T U X F I S H R
B U T T E R F L Y AQ A R X CO
A I I MBQBK ANGAROOT
MS VE BT E M P L ER B EG T
C C Y A I S H Y N I N GN L L E
R H TD GF U N I O U S I OCN

T GF U A I O U SI OC

BUTTERFLY MYNA KANGAROO ELEPHANT FISH

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Unit-6 Lesson-11

David in Trouble

For the Teacher

Discuss with the children the dangerous places where children should not go.
Advise them not to disobey their elders.

For the Children

1. Have you ever gone to a river to take bath?

(i) Yes (ii) No

2. Write the names of two things you see near a river.

(i) ______________ (ii) ______________

Scan Here

Now read the story.

David had come to meet his uncle in Kathmandu with

his parents. His uncle was the Police Chief of the city. Audio Script

Every day in the morning David came

out of house and joined other children

in the park. “Remain in the park only.

Don't go any where else. The roads

become busy very soon”, his uncle told

him.

“Don't worry uncle. I will not go

anywhere else”, replied David.

On the other part of the park, there flew a river. The river was deep.

“Don't go near the river”, his uncle had already warned him. Today David did
some exercises in the park. As he was tired, he sat on a bench. He saw some
people taking bath in the river. He also thought to take bath in the river. He
took off his shoes and came near the river. He forgot what his uncle had
warned him.

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David entered the river water. It was cold. He felt good. He enjoyed it. He
thought to go forward. But alas! He could not do it. The mud at the bottom of
the river caught hold of his legs. He could not go forward. He could not come
back to the bank of the river. He cried out, “Help! Help! Help me please!”

Some people saw him. They came to the bank near him. One of them entered
the water, caught hold of his shirt and started pulling him towards the bank of
the river. Very soon he was brought safe to the bank.
David was nervous. “Who are you and where do you live?”, one of the people
asked.
“I am David. I live near this park”. David replied. Two men brought David his
home. It was 8:30 am. David's uncle was about to leave for his office. He saw
two men bringing David home. He
became worried.“What happened
to David?”, David's uncle asked the
two men.The men told everything
to David's uncle.
David's uncle thanked the two men for
saving the life of David.“I promise that I
would never go near the river”, said David
to his uncle.

Rattle Your Brain
What is the importance of police in our life?
___________________________________________________________

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Words to Remember

chief : head took off : to remove
bottom : lowest part nervous : upset
worried : to be anxious

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. State whether the statements are true or false.
1. David was in Pokhara.
2. Every day David came to a park.
3. David's uncle told him not to go near the river.
4. David came near the river.
5. David did not want to take bath in the river.
6. The river water was hot.
7. The mud at the bottom of the river caught hold of
David's legs.
8. David did not cry for help.
9. Two people saved David.
10. David promised his uncle that he would not go near
the river.

B. Answer these questions in the given space.
1. Where did David come?
.................................................................................................................
2. What was on the other part of the park?
..................................................................................................................

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3. What did David do in the park?
................................................................................................................

4. What did David forget when he came near the river?
................................................................................................................

5. What happened to David when he entered the river?
................................................................................................................

6. Who saved David?
................................................................................................................

7. What did David promise to his uncle?
................................................................................................................

C. Rearrange the words properly in the given sentences and write the
meaning sentences.
1. police David's was Chief uncle.
___________________________________________________
2. soon roads busy the very become.
___________________________________________________
3. park was river the near the.
___________________________________________________
4. bath in David river thought take to the.
___________________________________________________
5. water cold the was river.
___________________________________________________
6. men saved two life David's.
___________________________________________________

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Communication Skills
Listening and Speaking

Consonant Sounds: ‘k’ and ‘g’

Listen to the following words spoken loudly by the teacher in the class

room. Follow the pronunciation of the words.

k cat crow care color camera

kite king kind key kill

g girl gun goat give game

gate go get gas garden

You have read the story. Think of yourself as David. Come in front of the
students and speak five things you do in the park and two things you
don't. You can use these words.

Five things to be done Two things not to be done

walk run fight
talk laugh to make dirty
to take exercise

Fun with Grammar

A. Find words from the story which have the same meaning as the

followings.

1. father/mother's brother u __ c __ e

2. home h __ __ __ e

3. men and women __ __ __ p __ e

4. cool c __ l __

5. to move a thing to oneself p __ l __

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B. Fill in each blank with either 'is' or 'are'.
Remember: 'is' is used for one person or thing. 'are' is used for more than
one person or thing.
1. The boy __________ very glad.
2. Uma __________ making a picture.
3. Karan and Arjun __________ good friends.
4. Rohan __________ helping his friend Gopal.
5. We __________ sad today.
6. Shreya and Saumya __________ present in the class.
7. My grand father __________ an old man.
8. They __________ digging a hole.

C. Make sentences with the following words.
1. city: _________________________________________________ .
2. road: ________________________________________________ .
3. bench: _______________________________________________ .
4. shoes: _______________________________________________ .
5. forget: _______________________________________________ .
6. bank: ________________________________________________ .
7. safe: ________________________________________________ .
8. office: _______________________________________________ .

Fun Time

See the picture and answer the questions in complete sentences with
the help of the words given in the box.

sun, clouds and birds, coconut, sun, ten, six,
three, sandcastle, coconut water, shells, two

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Questions:
1. How many trees are there in the picture?
___________________________________________________
2. How many boats are there in the picture?
___________________________________________________
3. How many children are swimming in sea water?
___________________________________________________
4. What things do you see in the sky?
___________________________________________________
5. What is the boy making?
___________________________________________________
6. What is the shopkeeper selling?
___________________________________________________
7. What are two people drinking?
___________________________________________________
8. What is shining in the sky?
___________________________________________________
9. What is the girl collecting?
___________________________________________________
10. How many people are there in the picture?
___________________________________________________

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Lesson-12

A Smile

For the Teacher
Discuss with the children the important of “smile”.

For the Children

We smile due to many reasons. Write here some of them.
(i) __________________ (ii) __________________

Now read the poem.

A smile is quite a funny thing,

It wrinkles up your face.

And when it’s gone

You’ll never find

Its secret hiding place.

But far more wonderful it is

To see what smiles can do.

You smile at one, Scan Here
He smiles at you,

And so one smile

makes two.

Audio Script

Rattle Your Brain

How do you make others smile ?
______________________________________________________________

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Words to Remember

wrinkles : a small line on the skin of your face.
hiding : a slate of being hidden.
secret : something that is not known by other people.

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Write one rhyming word for the following words.
1. sink ____________
2. trunk ____________
3. wringle ____________

B. Answer the questions in the given space.

1. Why is a smile a funny thing?

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

2. What happens when you smile at someone?

.................................................................................................................
C. Let`s listen to a JOKE

I asked my mother for twenty rupees,
to see the lion jump the trees.

He jumped so high, he touched the moon,
and never came back till the end of June.

Can you tell a joke and make everyone
laugh?

Communication Skills
Listening and Speaking

A. The teacher will recite the poem loudly. The children Scan Here
will listen to the poem very attentively. (You can also
listen to the audio)

Audio Script

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Sing with actions. Remember to

keep smiling!

If you are happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.

If you are happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.

If you are happy and you know it,
And you really want to show it,

If you are happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.

Repeat the rhyme
with the following actions also.
If you are happy and you know it,

Nod your head.
If you are happy and you know it,

Stamp your feet.
If you are happy and you know it,

Say “ha, ha!”
If you are happy and you know it,

B. Say aloud 2 3 4
sink wrinkle worry
1 think wriggle work
trunk pink write
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junk

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When we read ‘w’ in column 3 it has no sound.
Look at the word ‘talk’. Here ‘l’ is silent. Now say the silent letter in the
following words aloud.

walk more wrap joke

All the following words have an ‘i’ sound that rhymes with ‘my’. Can you fill
in the letter and then say the words aloud?
sm_le, k_te, m_ce, l_ne

Writing

A. Question: Look at these sentences.
1. What is your name?
2. How are you?
3. Is he a good boy?
4. Have you taken breakfast?

These sentences are asking something. These are questions.
A question begins with either question word (such as what, who, when,
why, where, etc.) or auxiliary verbs (such as is, am, was, were, has, have,
had, do, does, did, shall, will, etc.)

B. A question mark (?) is placed at the end of every question. Now fill
in the blanks with appropriate words choosing from the brackets.
1. _________ does your father do? (What / What)
2. _________ old are you? (What / How)
3. _________ will are you go home? (When / Where)
4. _________ is he sad? (What / Why)
5. _________ does she live? (What / Where)
6. _________ Ramesh completed his home work? (Is / Has)
7. _________ I a naughty boy? (Am / Have)
8. _________ we eaten our food? (Are / Have)
9. _________ she met her teacher? (Is / Has)

10. _________ you go home today? (Do / Will)

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C. Make question with these words.

1. Why ______________________________________________?

2. Where ______________________________________________?

3. What ______________________________________________?

4. Who ______________________________________________?
5. How ______________________________________________?

6. When ______________________________________________?

Word Search Puzzle

Search the box and find the words given below.

F B R A V EU B PU XWO Z L R
O A J WR Z L R R AQ A R X CO
A I I M BQ BB OR J WB Z L T
MS VE BT E M P L ER B EG T
S C Y A I WR I N K L E N L L E
MH TD GF U R I O U S I OCN
I O CO GWW E E U X F R S L R
L O OWA E I X C Z P U A T C Z
E L BARE L I FS LN I ALR
L R D PQWA BE U A N S T C Z
I X C Z J Q L I C L C Y K I LW
EQR T Y I I X C BEW I OCO
S H S E C RE T L R I O E A C W

SMILE PLACE SECRET WRINKLE FUNNY

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Unit-7 Lesson-13

Don’t Cut the Tree

For the Teacher

Discuss with the children why people cut trees. What would happen if trees
are cut down?

For the Children

1. If you see a man cutting a tree; will you stop him?

i. Yes ii. No

2. Write two results of cutting trees.

i. ___________________________________________

ii. ___________________________________________

Now read the story.

Ajay and Mukesh were friends. They lived in a

village. There was a forest near the village.

There were many trees in the forest. These trees

were homes of many birds. In summer, these

two boys went to the forest and played under a

mango tree. Some times Mukesh climbed on the

tree and enjoyed sitting on its broad branches.

Sometimes both the friends enjoyed watching

the parent birds feeding their babies.

One morning when Ajay and Mukesh were going

to school, they saw three strangers. They were

drinking tea at Ramu's tea stall. They had three

iron axes with them. Ajay heard one stranger

asking Ramu, “How far is the forest from here?”

“Can you tell us the way to the forest?” another stranger had asked Ramu.

Ajay could not hear what Ramu replied. But he grew Scan Here

suspicious. He looked at Mukesh and said, “What will

these strangers do with the axes? We must follow

them and find out”.

Audio Script

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Ajay and Mukesh did not go to the school.
They stopped and hid near by. After
sometime, the strangers moved towards
the forest. Ajay and Mukesh waited for
some time and then started following the
strangers from a distance.
Soon they heard a noise– thuk – thuk – thuk.
They moved forward. They saw that the three
strangers were preparing to cut down the
mango tree.“We must stop them from doing this”, said Ajay. “But we can not
do it alone. We would have to call others also”, said Mukesh.They ran to their
school and told everything to their teacher.
“We can't let them cut down the tree”, the teacher said. He sent two boys to
call the headman of the village and some other villagers. Within ten minutes
all assembled in the school. The teacher told them everything.
“We can't let them cut down any tree”, the headman and the villagers said.
Soon the crowd followed the boys into the forest. The strangers were about to
start the cutting of the mango tree.
“Stop! You can't cut down the tree”,
the headman shouted.
The strangers saw the crowd of
angry villagers. They got scared
and ran away as far as they could
leaving behind their axes.
Ajay and Mukesh were happy. All
were happy. “We are proud of
both of you, Ajay and Mukesh”, said the headman of the village. The teacher
was also proud of Ajay and Mukesh.

Rattle Your Brain

What is the moral of the story?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

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Words to Remember

broad : large and extensive strangers : unknown persons
a tool to cut wood assemble : gather
axes : doubtful scared : afraid

suspicious :

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Write whether the statements are true or false.
1. The trees were homes of many animals.

2. Ajay and Mukesh played under the mango tree.

3. The birds fed their babies on the tree.

4. The strangers had spades with them.

5. The strangers had come to cut the trees.

6. The two boys wanted to stop the strangers from
planting trees.

7. The villagers followed the boys to the forest.

8. The teacher was proud of the two boys.
B. Answer these questions in the given space.

1. Why did the two boys go to the forest?
......................................................................................................

2. What did Ajay and Mukesh see at the tea stall?
......................................................................................................

3. What did one stranger ask Ramu?
......................................................................................................

4. Why had the strangers come to the village?
......................................................................................................

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5. Where did the two boys go to complain against the strangers?
.................................................................................................................

6. What did the villagers see in the forest?
................................................................................................................

7. What did the strangers do to see the crowd?
...............................................................................................................

8. Were the two boys happy to save the mango tree?
...............................................................................................................

C. Mango is called the king of fruits. Similarly, some other things are

also called king of something. Read and remember them.

1. King of flowers - Rose

2. King of animals - Lion

D. Fill in the blanks choosing words from the box.
1. The two boys played under the ________ tree. (neem / mango)

2. The parent ________ fed their babies on the tree. (monkeys / birds)

3. While going to school Ajay saw __________ strangers at the tea

stall. (three / five)

4. The boys ran to their _________ for help. (home / school)

5. Looking at the __________ the strangers fled away. (villagers /

watchmen)

Communication Skills

Listening and Speaking

Consonant Sounds : ‘t’ and ‘d’

Listen to the following words spoken loudly by the teacher in the class
room. Follow the pronunciation of the words.

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t take tea tooth tall tape
tame toast teach tear tub

d dad dance dare date day
dead deaf deep dig doll

Look at the picture of the mango tree. Speak about this to your partner
using the following words. When you complete, he will start speaking
using the same words but making different sentences.

king of fruits
very sweet
delicious
many kinds
found all over Nepal

Project Work

A. Below some pictures are given. Write one sentence about each
picture.

snake tiger doctor kitchen umbrella

1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________

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B. Make sentences with these words from the story.

1. forest : ________________________________________

2. summer : ________________________________________

3. branches : ________________________________________

4. axes : ________________________________________

5. strangers : ________________________________________

6. noise : ________________________________________

7. teacher : ________________________________________

8. proud : ________________________________________

Fun Time

Make picture of the following fruits in the boxes and colour them.

Mango Banana

Apple Orange

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Lesson-14

MR. NOBODY

For the Teacher
Discuss with the children the word “ Mischief ”.

For the Children
We all do mischievous things at our home. Write here some of them.

Now read the poem. Scan Here
Audio Script
I know a funny little man,
As quiet as a mouse,
Who does the mischief
that is done
In everybody’s house!
There’s no one ever
sees his face,
And yet we all agree
That every plate we break was
cracked
By Mr. Nobody.

Rattle Your Brain

Who is Mr. Nobody in this poem?
__________________________________________________________
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Words to Remember

Mischief : bad behaviour
Quiet : with very little or no noise.
Agree : to have the same opinion
Nobody : not anyone

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Answer these questions in the given space.
1. Who is Mr. Nobody?
.................................................................................................................
2. Has anyone ever seen him?
.................................................................................................................
3. Is there a Mr. Nobody in your house?
.................................................................................................................
4. Have you ever done something naughty?
.................................................................................................................
5. What did you do?
.................................................................................................................
6. What did you say?
.................................................................................................................

B. Sometimes you want to look and find things for yourself. Tick (P)
those that you did. Tell your friends.

I tried to see why the I went out of the house at
clock ticked. night to see the stars.

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Communication Skills
Listening and Speaking

A. There is a poem here. The teacher will recite the poem loudly. The

children will listen to the poem very attentively. (You can also listen

to the audio)

There was a big bear. Scan Here

Who lived in a cave:

His greatest love

Was honey.

He had two pence a week

so he never had Audio Script
Any money.

B. Say aloud.
Say aloud and circle the rhyming words.
1. A mouse ran into the house.
2. I can see the little bee.
3. That was a fat cat.
4. Give me a handkerchief.
5. Don’t do any mischief.

C. Let’s draw.
Make groups of five children each. Each group takes a big chart paper .
Each group draws a Mr. Nobody.
The first child draws Mr. Nobody’s head.
The second child draws his clothes.
The third child draws the arms.
The fourth child draws his legs.
The fifth child draws Mr. Nobody’s hair.
Look at Mr. Nobody. Isn’t he a funny
man? Colour him.

Writing

Pronouns
Look at this paragraph.
James is a boy. James has a cycle. Juliet is Jame’s sister. Juliet is 10 years old.
James and Juliet go to school together. James has a dog. The dog is brown.

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Now again look at this paragrah.
James is boy. He has a cycle. Juliet is his sister.She is 10 years old. They go
to school together. He has a dog. It is brown.
In the second paragraph the word he has been used in place of james, his in
place of James, she in place of Juliet, they in place of James and Juliet and it
in place of the dog. So He, His, She, They and It are pronouns.

A. Write pronouns (he, she, it, his, her and they) in place of the underlined
nouns in the given space.
1. Sonu is my friend. Sonu helps the poor. ____________
2. I saw a horse. The horse was runing fast. ____________
3. Shruti loves dogs. Shruti also loves cats. ____________
4. My father is an officer. My father works is an office. ____________
5. Hari and Om are neighbours. Hari and Om play together. ____________
6. Shipra and Anu are sisters. Shipra and Anu respect their teachers.
____________
7. My grand father has an elephant. The elephant has only one tooth.
____________
8. Govind loves birds. Govind`s father also loves birds. ____________
9. Ali and Murad read in class 2. Ali and Murad are very intelligent.
____________
10. I do not go near the park. There is a pond in the park. ____________

B. Fill in the blanks with a, e , i , o , u.
1. he __ d, __ rms, l __ gs, dr __ ss, h __ __ r

C. Add ‘no’, ‘some’ and ‘every’ to the word to make new words.
1. _________ body, 2. _________ body, 3. _________ body.

D. Seema wrote her father’s name like this:
Mr. Dinesh Dixit

Ram wrote his mother’s name like this:
Mrs. Sneha Ramdas

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Write your father’s name as Seema did.

Write your mother’s name as Ram did.

Use ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’ to write more names you know.

Word Search Puzzle

Search the box and find the words given below.
F B R A V EU B PU XWO Z L R
O A J WR Z L R R AQ A R X CO
A I I M BQ BB OR J WB Z L T
MS VE BT E M P L ER B EG T
P C YM I S C H I E F Y NL LE
L H TD GF U R I O U S I OCN
A O CO GWW E E U X M R S L R
T O OWA E I X C Z P Q A T C Z
E L BARE L I FU NN YALR
L R D PQWA BE U XW S T C Z
I X C Z J Q L I HOU SE I LW

NOBODY MISCHIEF FUNNY HOUSE PLATE

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Unit-8 Lesson-15

The Pied Piper

For the Teacher

This is a story with a moral which tells people to keep one's promise. Discuss
with the children citing some examples. You may tell the children another
story.

For the Children

1. Have you ever seen a piper in the streets?

(i) Yes (ii) No

2. Have you ever made a promise? If yes, have you fulfilled it?

(i) Yes (ii) No

Now read the story.

Long long ago in Hamelin, a small town in

Germany, the people had to suffer a great

problem. The town had thousands of rats.

These rats were big and dangerous. They

were so big and dangerous that they used to

attack dogs and cats. They used to bite the

babies in their cradles. People were fed of the

rats. There was no solution to this problem.

Lastly the people complained this to the

Mayor of the town. The Mayor decided to discuss this problem in a meeting.

The Mayor held a meeting of important people of the town. While the meeting

was going on, a stranger came. He was tall. He wore a Scan Here
strange long coat from shoulder to heel. He had a

conical cap on his head. He had a pipe in his hand.

“Who are you? Why have you come in this meeting?

What do you want?” asked the Mayor. Audio Script

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“I am a piper. I have a magical pipe. I have heard about the rats. I can make
this town get rid of rats. But for this I shall take one thousand coins of gold,”
said the stranger.
“We are ready. We will give you even much more than that if you make this
town free of rats,” said the Mayor.
The tall man came out of the Mayor's building. He came to the street, took out
his pipe and started playing a tune. And what a surprise! The rats came out
from houses, shops, godowns and other places to the street.
The piper moved on. The rats followed the piper. He went forward to the river.
There was a boat on the bank of river. He sat on the boat. The boat man
sailed the boat. The piper continued playing his pipe.
The rats dived into the river. They were all drowned in river water and died.
The people were very glad. They got rid of the rats. They sang and danced
the whole night.
Next day in the morning, the piper came to the Mayor to take his one
thousand gold coins.
“This is too much,” said the Mayor, “we can pay you only one hundred gold
coins”.
The piper became angry. He shouted, “you dirty liar! You did not keep your
promise. You would have to repent for this”.
Once again the piper came out to the street and took out his pipe. This time
he started playing a different tune. Hearing this tune, all children of the town
came out of their houses and started following the piper.The Piper came to a
mountain side. Suddenly the side of the mountain opened up. The Piper
walked inside. All children followed him. Only one, a small child who was
lame, was left behind to tell this incident to the Mayor of the town.

Rattle Your Brain

What do you mean by the word “promise”?
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Words to Remember

pied : of two or more colours
piper : the person who plays on pipe
dangerous : to cause harm
cradle : a baby's bed
dive : to jump into water
repent : to feel sorry for one's action

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Fill in the blanks choosing words from the bracket.
1. The people of Hamelin were very ______________ by the rats.
(afraid / disturbed)
2. The ______________ decided to hold a meeting. (people / Mayor)
3. The Piper wore a ______________ cap on his head. (long / conical)
4. The Piper had a ______________ pipe. (golden / magical)
5. The Mayor promised to pay the Piper one thousand coins of
______________. (gold / silver)
6. All the rats dived into the ______________. (river / pond)
7. The Mayor ______________ to pay the Piper one thousand gold
coins. (agreed / refused)
8. The children walked inside the ______________. (mountain /
forest)

B. Answer these questions in the given space.
1. What was the problem with the people of Hamelin?

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

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2. To whom did the people complain against the problem?
...........................................................................................................

3. Who was the tall stranger?
...........................................................................................................

4. What did the Piper say to the Mayor?
...........................................................................................................

5. How were the rats called?
...........................................................................................................

6. What did the Mayor say about giving gold coins to the Piper?
...........................................................................................................

7. What did the Piper do when he was not paid?
...........................................................................................................

8. What happened to the children?
...........................................................................................................

C. Word Power: Sound alike words.

Write words having same sound for the following words. One has

been done for example.

1. people pupil 2. meet ___________

3. heard ___________ 4. sail ___________

5. night ___________ 6. hear ___________

7. tell ___________

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Communication Skills
Listening and Speaking

Consonant sounds 's' and 'z’

Listen to the following words spoken loudly by the teacher in the class
room. Follow the pronunciation of the words.

s sad safe sail sit sink

see send seed school second

z zap zebra zero zinc

zip zone zoo zoom

Pair work: Sit in pairs. One student will tell the other what he or she shares
with his/her family members/friends.

I sometimes share my I share my story books
lunch with Sudha. with my sister.

You may use the words given here.
pen, cake, breakfast, seat, books, toffees, sorrows, pleasures.

Project Work

Something to Think and Do:
A. Pipe is a musical instrument. There are many other musical

instruments. Take help from your teacher and write names of five
musical instruments. One has been written.

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(i) violin (ii) ________________

(iii) ________________ (iv) ________________
(v) ________________ (vi) ________________

B. Writing a Paragraph: The picture of a family living in a village is
given here. Study the picture and write as many sentences as you
can.

(i) .............................................................

(ii) .............................................................

(iii) .............................................................

(iv) .............................................................

(v) .............................................................

(vi) .............................................................

(vii) .............................................................

(viii) .............................................................

(ix) ..............................................................

(x) ...............................................................

C. Some words go together. Match the words of the two columns given

below. One has been done for you.

AB

(i) day (a) lock

(ii) right (b) answer

(iii) bread (c) night

(iv) key (d) socks

(v) question (e) plate

(vi) needle (f) wrong

(vii) cup (g) thread

(viii) shoes (h) butter

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D. Make sentences with the following words.

(i) problem : _________________________________________

(ii) babies : _________________________________________

(iii) important : _________________________________________

(iv) pipe : _________________________________________

(v) stranger : _________________________________________

(vi) surprise : _________________________________________

(vii) angry : _________________________________________

(viii) dirty : _________________________________________

(ix) promise : _________________________________________

(x) liar : _________________________________________

Fun Time

The Mayor of the town broke his promise to pay the Piper. Due to this
the people of Hamelin lost their children. “If you promise, never try to
break it”.

Discuss this in groups. One group will speak for this topic. Other will speak
against the topic.

The teacher will act as judge.

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Lesson-16

ON MY BLACKBOARD I CAN DRAW

For the Teacher
Discuss with the children the importance of blackboard.

For the Children
List some things you want to draw on blackboard.
(I) __________________ (ii) __________________
(iii) __________________

Now read the poem. Scan Here

On my blackboard I can draw, Audio Script
One little house with one green door,

Two brown gates that open wide,
Three red steps that lead inside,
Four little chimneys painted white,
Five little windows shining bright,
Six yellow marigolds straight and tall,

Growing up against the wall.

Rattle Your Brain
What is the importance of a blackboard in a class?
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Words to Remember

Wide : measuring a lot from on side to another.
Chimney : a pipe through which smoke is carried up.
Marigold : a plan of the daisy family.

Exercises

Reading and Understanding

A. Write one rhyming word each from the poem.

1. Door ____________

2. White ____________

3. Tall ____________

4. Brown ____________

5. House ____________

B. Answer these questions in the given space.
1. Where do the marigolds grow?
.................................................................................................................
2. How many windows does the house have in this poem?
.................................................................................................................
3. How many chimneys are painted white?
.................................................................................................................
4. How many gates are painted brown?
.................................................................................................................
5. What is the colour of the steps thar lead inside the house?
.................................................................................................................

Communication Skills

Listening and Speaking

There is a poem. The teacher will recite the poem loudly. The students
will listen to the poem very attentively. (You can also listen to the audio)

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Every room becomes dirty if it is not cleaned. Let’s clean our classroom
while singing this poem.

I’m going to sweep the dirt away, Scan Here
I’m going to sweep the dirt away, Audio Script
I’m going to sweep the dirt away.
Woosh, woosh, woosh.

Say aloud

The teacher will pay attention to the pronunciation of the words

draw drain drip

brown brain brick

three throw thread

grow grapes grey

Writing

Countable and Uncountable Nouns
1. There are five flowers on the table.
2. This pen is very cheap.
3. We cannot live without water.
4. Childhood does not come again.

In these sentences the nouns flowers, table and pen can be counted.
These are countable nouns.

The nouns water and childhood cannot be counted. These are

uncountable nouns.

A. Write whether these nouns are countable or uncountable.

1. birds ____________ 2. tree ____________

3. poverty ____________ 4. ink ____________

5. tea ____________ 6. ice-cream ____________

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