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cake to the monkey. The monkey also joined Momotaro. Now, Momotaro, the
dog, the chicken and the monkey set out to fight the devils.

At last, Momotaro and his friends reached the land of the devils.

‘I have come to fight you,’ Momotaro said to the devils.

The devils looked at him and started laughing. Momotaro ran towards them with
his three animal friends. Momotaro fought the devils with his sword. The chicken
pecked the devils all over. The dog bit their arms and legs. The monkey scratched
and bit them. Thanks to the rice cakes, Momotaro and his friends were as strong
as a hundred devils. Soon, the devils started to cry in pain. They knew they had
lost, so they ran away. Momotaro and his friends went back to their village. They
told everyone the good news. The villagers were delighted and made Momotaro
the village chief.

—A Japanese folk tale retold

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Reading 1 FA

 

(1) What did the man cut every day?

(a) firewood (b) bread (c) stones
(c) peach
(2) What does Momo mean in Japanese?

(a) turnip (b) carrot

(3) What three animals joined Momotaro?

Reading 2

(1) What kind of foods can make you strong? 

(2) If we work together, we can do anything. What do you think? Discuss it

with a partner.  S

Grammar FA

 

Adverbs Ending with -ly
Look at these sentences:
The cat comes slowly into the room.
The mouse runs quickly into his hole.

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The word slowly tells us how the cat comes into the room. The word quickly tells
us how the mouse ran into his hole. These words describe the verbs. They are
called adverbs.
The cat comes slowly into the room.
verb adverb
The mouse runs quickly into his hole.
verb adverb

An adverb is a word that describes a verb.

Circle the adverbs in the following sentences:
(1) Dad ran up the stairs quickly.
(2) I did my homework slowly.
(3) The dog sat lazily on the sofa.
(4) Mum walked quietly into the room.
(5) The baby cried loudly when he lost his toy.

Conjunctions – and, but (Revision)
You have learnt that conjunctions are joining words. They join two sentences
together. Let’s recall what we know about the conjunctions and and but.
We use and to join two sentences when the second sentence adds to the idea
in the first sentence.
The monkey can jump. The bird can swing.
The monkey can jump and swing.

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We use but to join two sentences when the second sentence says something
different to what has been said in the first sentence.
I like pizza. I do not like momos.
I like pizza but I do not like momos.
Join the sentences below by using and or but.
(1) My bird likes seeds. My bird likes melons.
(2) I want cake. I want apple pie.
(3) She was at home. She did not do her homework.
(4) The bird made a nest. The bird laid an egg.
(5) The dog has a ball. The dog does not have a bone.
(6) My sister saw a frog. My sister saw a turtle.

Vocabulary FA

 
Homophones
Read these sentences aloud.

   It is chilly in here.  
He ate a green chilli.

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The words chilly and chilli sound the same, but they have different meanings.
Their spelling is also different. These words are called homophones.

Words that sound the same but have a different spelling and meaning are
called homophones.

Choose the correct word to fill in the blanks.

(1) I had a (pear/pair) at lunch.

I wore a (pear/pair) of trousers.

(2) I put the glove on my (write/right) hand.
The teacher told me to (write/right) my name.

(3) I can (see/sea) you.
The (see/sea) is full of fish.

(4) She waited an (our/hour) for him.
This is (our/hour) house.

(5) My dog loves eating (meet/meat).
Dad will (meet/meat) us at the bus stop.

Listening FA ASL

Circle the correct homophone as you
listen to the passage below.
The hare/hair was feeling hungry. He went to/
two the mouse and said, ‘Could ewe/you give
me something to/two eat, please?’ The mouse

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said, ‘Sure, eye/I have nuts. Here/Hear, have sum/some.’ The hare/hair was
happy. He eight/ate the nuts and said, ‘Thank ewe/you.’

Writing FA

 

Momotaro was living inside a peach before his parents found him. If
you did not live in a house, where would you like to live? Write five
sentences about it.

Speaking FA ASL

  

Imagine you have a giant peach. Tell the class what you think will
h­ appen when you cut it. Continue the story.

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10 How the Deer
Got His Horns

Hey, Sammy!
Look at the picture of
this deer. His horns are

so beautiful.

Oh yes, they
are! Do you know

why deer have
horns, Mike?

No, I don’t.
Do you?

Yes. My
grandmother once

read me a story
about it. I have it
here. Let’s read it

together.

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In the beginning, the deer had no horns. His head was as smooth as a doe’s. The
deer and the rabbit could run really fast. One day, all the animals were talking
about who was the best runner in the jungle. Some said that the rabbit was the
best runner, but others said that the deer was best. They decided to have a race
between the deer and the rabbit. Whoever won would be called the best runner.
The prize was a pair of beautiful horns that the winner would get to wear.
The day of the race came. The bear was chosen as the judge. The deer and the
rabbit were getting ready. They were going to race through the jungle with the
horns on their heads. They had to race one by one. It was decided that the rabbit
would run first.

Before the race, the rabbit said to the bear, ‘I have never seen this part of the jungle.
I may not be able to run if there are too many bushes in my way. I need to look

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at the path before the
race.’ The bear agreed to
let the rabbit take a look
at the path. The rabbit
went into the jungle. He
was gone for a long time.
After a while, the fox was
sent to search for him.
The fox came back and
told the bear what he
had seen. He said that the rabbit was busy eating twigs. When the rabbit came
back, he said, ‘Now, I am ready for the race.’
‘Oh no!’ said the bear. ‘You cannot take part in the race.’ He frowned at the rabbit.
‘You are too fond of eating twigs. So that is what you shall do from now on!’

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Then it was the deer’s turn to
run. The fox put the horns on
the deer’s head.

‘Ready! Steady! Go!’ shouted
the bear. The deer ran into the
jungle. He ran so well that the
horns did not get caught in
the bushes even once. When
he came back, all the animals
agreed that he was the winner.

‘You are the winner of this race,’ the bear said to him. ‘From now on, you will
always wear these horns on your head.’

And that is how the deer got his horns.

— A Native American folk tale

Reading 1 FA

 

(1) Who had a smooth head like the deer?

(a) the drake (b) the dinosaur (c) the doe

(2) Who was the race between?
(a) the duck and the chicken

(b) the rabbit and the deer

(c) the lion and the tiger

(3) Who was the race judge?

(4) What was the prize?

(5) Who went into the jungle first?

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Reading 2

(1) Why do you think the rabbit wanted to look at the path before the race?

(2) Do you think the rabbit should have been allowed to race?  S

Grammar FA

 

Conjunctions – or

Look at these sentences:

We can have pizza. We can have
burgers.

We can have pizza or burgers.

We have used or to join two sentences.
The word or is a connecting word or
conjunction, just like and and but. In
the second sentence, or is used to give
a choice between pizza and burgers.

We use or to join two sentences when there is more than one choice.

Join the sentences below by using or.The first one has been done as
an example.
(1) Is that Seema? Is that Rini?

Is that Seema or Rini?
(2) He wants to buy a book. He wants to buy a comic.

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(3) Would you like tea? Would you like coffee?
(4) We could take the bus. We could walk.
(5) Is Pintoo at home? Is Pintoo at school?

Prepositions of Place
Look at what Kitty is doing.

Kitty is outside the box.
Kitty is inside the box.

Kitty is standing below the fan.
The fan is above Kitty’s head.

Kitty is in front of the door.
Kitty is behind the door.

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Kitty is going up the stairs. Kitty is going down the stairs.

The words inside, outside, above, below, behind, in front of, up and down tell us
where Kitty is. They are called prepositions of place.

Use the prepositions in the box below to fill in the blanks.

inside outside above below
behind in front of up down

(1) Keep the books the cupboard.

(2) Who is hiding the wall?

(3) The table is the chair.

(4) I have kept my shoes the bed.

(5) The garden is the house.

(6) The sky is the house.

(7) I have to go to the top floor. I need to climb the stairs.

(8) We went the road.

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