English Reader 3

May I have your attention please? I have a short notice. We will have
a quiz contest tomorrow. Please inform your class teacher today, if
you want to take part. Thank you!

Excuse me! Can I sit Yes, have a seat.
next to you?

Excuse me, Radha! Do you Yes, of course. Go
know where the library is? straight and turn right.

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Have similar conversations in the following situations.

You want your teacher to You do not know where the
repeat the answer. principal's office is and you

ask your teacher.

You want to inform your friends You want to borrow your
that the teacher has called them friend's book.
in the ground to play.

You want to make a library card and you are
talking to the librarian.

B. Listening
Listen to the audio and complete the following conversation.

Amrita : Excuse me, sir!
Teacher : ………………………………
Amrita : Sir, I missed your class yesterday. I was sick.
Teacher : ………………... Get the project work from your friend.

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Amrita : Thank you, sir.
Teacher : You're …………………….. .
Amrita : ……………… Soniya! I need your help.
Soniya : ………………... Please let me know.
Amrita : Can you help me with the project work of English.
Soniya : …………………. I will help you.
Amrita : Thank you.

5 Learning English sounds

Listen and practise: Vowel /eɪ/

lane / pain stake / stale rain / gain gate / bait

Repeat the sentences after your teacher. Note the /eɪ/ sound in the
coloured words.

Wait for me at the gate on the lane.

Bake a cake and take it home in the rain.

6 Having fun

Discover the hidden talents in your friends. Make a list of people
and their specific talents.

Then collect all the lists and use them for Having fun when you go
on a picnic.

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7 Writing Teacher

makes you feel safe has patience
encourages you listens to you

respects you greets you with
a smile
will always be
there to help always believes
in you
will never give up
on you teaches you new
things

Now, write a paragraph about your teacher.
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8 Reflecting

Make a list of things you should do and things you shouldn't
do at your school. Talk about it with your parents.

Things I should do. Things I shouldn't do.

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Our Environment

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7 A Strange Place

1 Warming up

A. New words

Read and learn.
One day, Milan’s mother scolded him.

He was unhappy.

So, he ran away.

On the way, he ran into three strangers.

Expressions such as “ran into” work as a single word. They are
made of a verb and a particle. They are called phrasal verbs.

Let’s learn a few phrasal verbs that have “run” as the verb.
run on to continue without stopping
run off flow out of a container
run into meet something or someone accidently
run out use or finish something
run over overflow

Now, fill in the blanks. Use the phrasal verbs you have just learned.

a. I was walking alone. Then, I ........... ........... a giant monkey.

b. I can write no more. I have ................. ................. of ink.

c. Turn off the tap. The water has ................. ..................

d. I left the movie early. But, the show ................. ..................

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B. New structures
Read and learn.

a little lamp a terrible place a beautiful young woman

the dirty smelly place the sick and wounded soldier

The coloured words in the examples above are describing words.
They add more information to a thing, place, or person. Such words
are called adjectives. They may appear alone or may be combined
with other describing words as well. Different adjectives can be used
to describe the same thing.

Can you think of five different words to describe the following?

a lamp a little lamp; a big lamp; a bright lamp; an expensive lamp; a
beautiful lamp

a woman: ...........................................................................................

a place: ...........................................................................................

a soldier: ...........................................................................................

a school: ...........................................................................................

a house: ...........................................................................................

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a person: ...........................................................................................
Now, use at least two words to describe the following.
a dog: a big black dog
a kite: ...........................................................................................
a knife: ...........................................................................................
a house: ...........................................................................................
an elephant:...........................................................................................
a mountain: ...........................................................................................
a garden: ...........................................................................................

2 Reading

Elidor

[Adapted from a twelfth–century Wales story, the following lesson enacts
childhood fantasy of escape. It also shows how, even in the fantasy world,
one must abide by rules and bear morality.]

Once upon a time there was a boy in Wales, called Elidor. He didn’t
like school and he didn’t work very hard. When he learnt one thing,
he forgot another. The teacher was often angry and scolded him but
he learnt nothing.

One day Elidor was so unhappy that he ran away! Elidor ran down
to the river. He knew the river very well. He knew all the best places
to hide. Elidor hid by the bank of the river. Nobody could find him
there.

He thought, ‘I’ll stay here until teatime. They will look for me. They
will be very worried and they will be sorry, really sorry, because they

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were so unkind to me.’ The
evening came and it began
to grow dark. Elidor stayed
by the bank above the river.

‘I won’t go home tonight.
I’ll stay here all night. They
will be really worried.’

Elidor stayed all night and all the next day. Then he decided to stay
the next night as well and all the next day! He stayed there for two
days and nights. During the third evening, two little men came to
him. They were very small, only the height of Elidor's knee!

‘What are you doing here?’ they asked him.

Elidor told them how unhappy he was because the teachers scolded
him.

‘Oh, in our land children are always happy and nobody scolds them.
Why don’t you come with us?’

So Elidor agreed to go with them. The two little men walked along
the bank of the river until they came to a large hole. They walked
into the hole and Elidor followed them; he crawled on his hands and
knees. Elidor crawled for a long way. At last he saw some light ahead
of him and then he came out into a new land of fields and trees and
hills.

There were corn-fields and farmers
were cutting the corn. The farmers were
the same size as the two little men who
were with Elidor. The farmers’ horses
were as big as dogs. The two little men
took Elidor to the king's palace. The

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king was very kind, ‘Of course, you can stay in my land. And you
can play with my son, the prince.’

Elidor played with the prince; they played with a golden ball.

At last Elidor wanted to go home to see his mother. ‘Of course you
can go, Elidor!’ said the king, ‘You can come and go as you wish.’

So Elidor went across the fields and through the hole, to the river
and then home to his mother. She was very pleased to see him.

After some time, Elidor went
back again to the land of the
small people to play with the
prince. He often went to the land
of the little people.

Elidor told his mother about that
world and all the gold that was
there.

‘Oh, Elidor, you know we are
very poor. Bring some gold back with you next time.’ Elidor didn’t
want to take any gold from the little people but he wanted to help his
mother.

The next time he played with
the prince he took the golden
ball and ran across the fields.
The two little men ran after
him, ‘Elidor, come back. Come
back! Don’t take the golden
ball!’

Elidor ran across the fields, through the hole, to the river and back
home. The two little men ran after him. Elidor opened his mother's

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door and he fell into the kitchen. He dropped the ball and the two
little men shouted ‘Elidor!’. They took the ball and then ran away
and down to the river.

Elidor ran after them but
he could not catch them.
He went to the river but
he could not find the hole!
He looked and he looked
for hours but he could not
find it anywhere.

Elidor came the next day
and the next but he could not find the hole. He never found it again.

Many years later, when Elidor was an old man, people sometimes
asked him about the land of the little people. Tears came to his eyes
when he remembered what he had done and what he had lost.

A Playing with words

Learn the following words and their meanings.

catch : to hold something in hands

crawl : to move using hands and knees

drop : to fall or let something fall

stay : to remain; not to go away

scold : speak angrily

tear : liquid that flows off your eyes when you cry

unhappy : not happy

pleased : being happy

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Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box.

catch crawled dropped stayed
scolded tears unhappy pleased

a. Ramesh didn’t do his homework. So the teacher ...........................
him in the class.

b. It rained yesterday, so we .......................... home all day.
c. We could not play football yesterday. We were very ........................
d. Please walk a bit slowly. I cannot ........................... you.
e. The boy ........................ under the fence because the garden gate

was locked.
f. Rita found her lost doll. She was very ............................
g. Sujan ........................... the mirror. It was all in bits.
h. When you weep, ........................ roll down your eyes.

Add un- to these words to make opposites.

happy unhappy certain .....................

kind ..................... known .....................

aware ..................... comfortable .....................

easy ..................... married .....................

healthy ..................... educated .....................

lucky ..................... tidy .....................

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B Working with the text

Answer the following questions.
a. Where did Elidor live?
................................................................................................................
b. Why did the teacher scold him?
................................................................................................................
c. How long did Elidor hide by the bank of the river?
................................................................................................................
d. Where did Elidor go with the two little men?
................................................................................................................
e. Why did Elidor want to go home?
................................................................................................................
f. Why did the two little men run after Elidor?
................................................................................................................
g. What did the two little men do after they reached Elidor’s home?
................................................................................................................

Think and answer.
a. Why did Elidor steal the golden ball?
................................................................................................................
b. Who is to blame for Elidor’s bad luck?
................................................................................................................
c. If you were Elidor, would you steal the golden ball?
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3 Practising grammar direction words

Read the following sentences carefully.
Elidor ran across the field.
The rat ran through the hole.
Elidor ran to the river.
He fell into the kitchen.
The two little men ran away from the house.
They ran down to the river.

The coloured words are direction words. They indicate movement
of persons and things to a particular direction.

Learn how the "direction words" are used.

12 3

towards to through
6
4 5

into up down

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out of away (from) along

10 11 12

under on over

Now, write a sentence about each of the pictures given above. The
first one has been done for you.

a. The boy is walking towards the house.

b. ................................................................................................................

c. ................................................................................................................

d. ................................................................................................................

e. ................................................................................................................

f. ................................................................................................................

g. ................................................................................................................

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h. ................................................................................................................

i. ................................................................................................................

j. ................................................................................................................

k. ................................................................................................................

l. ................................................................................................................

4 Listening and speaking

A. Speaking
Read and learn.

Pokhara is a beautiful city.
It is unique.
The scene of lakes and
mountains is magical.

Now talk about the following places in the same way.
(Kathmandu: big, old, many temples)

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(Kanyam : beautiful, green, cool)
(Janaki temple: ancient, big, beautiful, attractive)

Paste the photo of your village or town

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My village/town : ……………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………….…………….……....
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……………………………………………………….…………….……....

B. Listening
1. Listen to the conversation between Ravi and Rupak and fill in
the blanks.
a. The boys are talking about the ………………..........… .
b. The …………….…..… are green, but the ……….....…………

is brown.
c. The orange is …….......…………… in colour.
2. Listen to the conversation again and answer the following.
a. What are the colours found in a the rainbow?
…………………………………………………………………………..

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b. What colour is the trunk of a tree?
…………………………………………………………………………..

5 Learning English sounds

Listen and practise: Consonant /m/
mouth / mouse / mike
mumps / hemp / lamp
rim / seam / beam

Repeat the sentences after your teacher. Note the sound /m/ in the
coloured words.
► Mr. Foxy looked mumsy with lumps of mumps.
► Yet he munched the mouse in his mouth.
► And hurt his lumps of mumps while munching the mouse.

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6 Having fun

Find the differences. There are 10 differences between these
two pictures.

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7 Writing

Describing the Picture

a. Where does the scene take place ?

It ............................................................................................................

b. How many people are there in the picture?

There are ..............................................................................................

c. When does the scene take place? Refer to the season and time of
the day. Mention what the weather is like.

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d. Describe the path. (On the left or in the middle...........................
straight or winding....................................)

e. What are the two boys in the foreground doing?
..............................................................................................................
f. How do they look? (miserable or happy)
..............................................................................................................
g. What is happening in the pond and beside the pond?
..............................................................................................................
h. Who are under the tree and what are they doing?
..............................................................................................................
i. There are two people on the path. (What is each doing?
..............................................................................................................

Now, write a paragraph on the basis of your answers.
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8 Reflecting

Which is the strangest place that you have ever seen? Tell your
friends about it.

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8 The Gift of Nature

A. New words
Look at the pictures and name them.

a) raincoat a) easter a) seeding
b) rainbow b) bee b) butterfly
c) flowers c) planting c) raincoat
d) butterfly d) blossom d) flowers

a) swimming a) sunny a) swimsuit
b) sunburn b) picnic b) sandcastle
c) picnic c) sunburn c) hot
d) sunscreen d) camping d) sunglasses

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a) acorn a) apples a) corn
b) leaves b) squirrel b) rainy
c) harvest c) windy c) mushrooms
d) plants d) mushrooms d) squirrel

a) fireplace a) snowman a) snowman
b) snowman b) fireplace b) gloves
c) skates c) hat c) shovel
d) snowy d) snowy d) coat

Now put the new words under the correct headings.

Summer Autumn Winter Spring

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B. New structures Sure. Continue straight
Read and learn. ahead for about five
minutes.
Excuse me!
Could you tell me how to

get to the bus stand?

There are many ways of giving directions. In the example above, the
girl is asking for the directions and the boy is giving her the directions.
The sentences begin with the verb when we give directions.

Now, match the expressions with the suitable pictures.

Take the second left.
Turn right.
Go past.
Opposite.

Go straight on.
Take the second right.

Next to.
Turn left.

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2 Reading

Water Is a Lovely Thing

[This poem is about the colours and lovely sights that water offers us. Since
water in itself is colourless, it can take the colour of the object that contains it.]

Water is a lovely thing.
Dark and ripply in a spring,
Black and quiet in a pool,
In a puddle brown and cool;

In a river blue and gay,
In a raindrop silver gray,
In a fountain flashing white,
In a dewdrop crystal bright.

In a pitcher frosty cold,
In a bubble pink and gold,
In a happy summer sea,
Just as green as green can be,

In a rainbow, far unfurled,
Every colour in the world,
All the year from spring to spring,
Water is the loveliest thing.

— Nancy Byrd Turner

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A Playing with words

Match the words with their meanings.

a. ripply to open or spread out

b. puddle producing cold or covered with frost

c. frosty small pool of water

d. unfurl full of little waves

Read the poem again and write below all the words that describe

water.

a. ............................................. f. .............................................

b. ............................................ g. ............................................

c. ............................................. h. .............................................
d. ............................................ i. ............................................
e. ............................................. j. .............................................

Write what water looks like in the following places.

in a spring in a river in a fountain

in a dewdrop in a puddle in a pool

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Compound words.

We can use adjectives to describe the exact shed of colour. Can you
think of at least three words to describe the colours listed in the
earlier page?

brown: light brown dark brown tick brown

blue: ....................... ....................... .......................

gray ....................... ....................... .......................

pink ....................... ....................... .......................

gold ....................... ....................... .......................

white ....................... ....................... .......................

B Working with the text

Answer the following questions.
a. Where does water look gay?

............................................ ..................................................................
b. How does water look in a happy summer sea?

............................................ ..................................................................
c. Where do you see all the colours in the world?

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

Think and answer.
a. Why is water quiet in a pool?

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

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b. Complete the following cycle of seasons.
Winter

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

Summer

3 Practising grammar

This is Mr. Karki. This is Miss Chhetri. These are daisies.
They are flowers.
He is a driver. She is a nurse. They are small.
daisies are small
He is fat. She is tall. flowers.

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A. Make sentences using these words.
Example: Meera/girl/young / Meera is a young girl.
a. Mr. Tharu/ man/ old ...........................................................
b. Kathmandu/city/big ...........................................................
c. Elephants/animals/big ...........................................................

d. Peas/vegetables/green ...........................................................

e. Narayan Gopal/singer/famous .........................................................

B. Choose one word from each group to complete the sentences
below.

Group A sheep building cars birds swimmer villagers

Group B tall old black new fast white

Example: This is a white sheep.

a. This is a .......................................................

b. These are.....................................................

c. This is a .......................................................

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d. This is a .......................................................
e. These are......................................................

f. These are......................................................

4 Listening and speaking

A. Speaking
Asking for direction

Nitesh : Where’s the airline's office?

Nistha : It’s near the bus park.

Nitesh : How far is that from here?

Nistha : About a mile, I think.

Pair work
Have a similar conversation with your partner. You ask for
directions to the following places. Your partner gives you
directions as in the example above.

Principal’s office library
bathroom your partner’s home
nearest hospital cinema hall

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B. Listening
Listen to the audio and answer the following questions.
a. The name of the hotel is ……............……. .
b. The tourist has to turn left at ………...……….. .
c. The tourist has to go straight on for …………………..minutes.
d. The tourist will find the …….......…….on his right.
Listen again and write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements.
a. The tourist is lost.
b. He asks a shopkeeper for help.
c. The hotel is not far.
d. He has to take the first right at Ratna Street.

5 Learning English sounds

Listen and practise : Vowels /e/ and /eI/

bell sell shed less
bail sail shade lace

Pronounce the following words. Put them under the right column.

/e/ words /eɪ/ words

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

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

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

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

bread face when wane wren
rain plate chess fame fate
jail deck sale debt date

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6 Having fun

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7 Writing

Study the map below.

First Avenue

Library News Clothing store
stand
Hill Avenue Fire Police station
Forest StreetItalianBus department
Pine StreetRestaurant BankStop Church
Beech way
MuseumHill Avenue

Toy Chinese Bar Parking lot Book Super
store Restaurant Store Market

Cal's School Park Oak Street
Cafe
Movie
Second Avenue Hospital Theatre
Train Station
Gas Pharmacy Dry
Station Cleaners

Give directions

A : Excuse me, where's the supermarket?
You
: The supermarket? Go .......... on ............turn.................... on
A ............ it's ......................from the museum.
You
A : Thank you!
You
:

: Excuse me, where's the bank?

: Go .............on .................. turn ................... on ................
and turn ............. on ...............and again turn ..............on
................ . The bank is ................the Italian restaurant and
the bus stop.

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8 Reflecting

Have you ever been lost? How did you find the way? Talk to
your friends.

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My Belongings

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9 The Right Share

1 Warming up

A. New words
Read and learn.
Puss and Peter went to London.
Puss bought a pair of red boots.
Puss put on the boots.

Expressions such as “put on” work as a single word. They are
made up of a verb and a particle. They are also phrasal verbs
like you learned before.

Let’s learn a few phrasal verbs that have “put” as the verb.

put on to dress yourself in something

put off cancel, especially a meeting

put down to land, usually an aircraft

put back to return something

put aside ignore or forget

Now, fill in the blanks using the phrasal verbs you have just
learned.

a. The airport was damaged. So, the pilot .................. .................
on the field.

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b. I have .................. .................. the book to the shelf.
c. We .................. .................. the Parent’s Day.
d. My mother has .................. .................. her meeting with other

women.
e. What costume will you .................. .................. for the party?

B. New structures Oh, this dog belongs
Read and learn to Tony.

Whose dog is
this?

Oh, this is
Tony's dog.

A possessive noun shows ownership. An apostrophe is used to
indicate possession.

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2 Reading

Puss and Peter

[As in most fairy tales, there is a talking and thinking animal in the story.
With its intelligence, the animal helps its master overcome the heavy odds in
life. While such stories embody the themes of courage, luck, and intelligence,
they also employ varied language structures to use for language learning.]

Once upon a time, an old man lived in a little house in the country
with his three sons. They were very poor. They had only one cow,
one horse and a small black cat.

One day the old man said to his sons, ‘I am dying.’ He gave the house
to his first son, he gave the horse and the cow to his second son and
he gave the cat to his youngest son. Then he closed his eyes and died.

‘Let’s work together,’ said the oldest son to the second son. They said
to their younger brother, ‘We don’t need you! You aren’t old enough,
and you aren’t strong enough. Go away - and take your cat with you!’

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The young man’s name was Peter. He said to the cat, ‘Come on, Puss!
Let’s go to London. Perhaps I can get a job there.’

‘OK,’ said the cat. ‘But it’s a long way to London. Please, may I have
some boots?’

‘Puss, you can take!’ said Peter.

‘Of course,’ said the cat. ‘I’m a very special cat. Now let’s buy those
boots.’ And they walked down the road together.

Well, cats do not usually wear boots, and Peter did not have much
money, but they went together to a shoe shop and Peter bought a
pair of beautiful red boots for his cat. Puss put his new boots on. He
looked wonderful.

They walked and walked. One evening, they saw a sign.

‘I can’t read', said Puss. ‘What does the sign say?’

‘It says LONDON 5 KILOMETRES,’ said Peter. ‘We’re very near to
London now.’ In the morning, Puss got up very early and caught two

fat young rabbits. He took
them to the King’s palace
and knocked on the door. A
servant opened the door.

‘Good morning,’ said Puss.
‘I am Prince Peter’s servant.
He sent these rabbits for the
King.’

‘Thank you,’ said the
servant. He took the rabbits and closed the door.

The servant took the rabbits to the King. ‘A present from Prince Peter,’
he said.

‘That’s wonderful,’ said the King, ‘Take them to the kitchen, please.
Who is Prince Peter?’

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‘I don’t know,’ said the servant.

The next morning, Puss got up early again. He caught two fat little
birds and took them to the palace. Again, he knocked at the door,
and gave them to the servant. And again, the King was very pleased.
But who was Prince Peter? The King wanted to know.

The next day, Peter and Puss came to a river. Peter took off his old,
dirty clothes and jumped into the cold, clean water. He swam happily
for a long time and he washed his hair and cleaned his fingernails.

Then the King’s beautiful coach came down the road. Puss saw it.
Carefully he put Peter’s old, dirty clothes in some long grass.

‘Stay in the water for a moment,’ said Puss. Then he ran to the coach
and shouted to the driver.

‘Can anybody help me, please? The Prince is drowning!’ Peter heard
him. He said, ‘Puss, don’t be silly! I’m not drowning, and I’m not a
Prince!’

‘Be quiet,’ said Puss.

The driver helped
Peter out of the water.
‘Don’t look,’ said
Puss. ‘The Prince
hasn’t any clothes.’

The King gave Peter

some beautiful

clothes. ‘You are cold

and tired,’ he said.

‘Climb into my coach

and come home with

me.’ He looked at

Puss. ‘You can come too, little cat,’ he said. 'Climb into my coach and

come home with me.'

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A Playing with words

Learn the following words/phrases.

sign drowning a pair of shoes coach

Form words ending in ‘-ly’ b. beautiful .........................
e.g. : usual–usually
a. careful ......................... d. wonderful .........................
c. happy .........................
e. kind ......................... f. silent .........................

Now, make sentences of your own using the above words.
a. …………………………………………………………………………
b. …………………………………………………………………………
c. …………………………………………………………………………
d. …………………………………………………………………………
e. …………………………………………………………………………
f. …………………………………………………………………………

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B Working with the text

Answer the following questions.

a. Where did the old man live?
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b. What property did he have?
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c. Why didn't the two brothers work with the youngest one?
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d. What did Peter buy for his cat?
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e. What present did Puss take to the king the first morning?
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f. Was Peter really drowning?
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g. What did the King give Peter?
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Think and answer.
a. Do you think Puss was very clever? How?
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b. Can you guess what happened when they reached the King’s palace?
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3 Practising grammar possessives

Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.
(Davids / David's ) football went over the fence.

a. (Sarahs/Sarah's) textbook was in her backpack.

b. I went to (Stephen's/Stephens) home for dinner.

c. The (teams/team's) Jerseys were brand new.
d. (Michael's/Michaels) sweater was dirty.

e. The (lion's/lions) fur was bright yellow.

f. The (computer's/computers) keyboard was missing.

g. We went to my (mother's/mothers) house to dinner.

h. The (ships/ship's) deck was very beautiful.

Now, study and learn the following table.

Personal Pronouns Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns

I my mine

You your yours

He his his

She her hers

It its its

We our ours

You your yours

They their theirs

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Choose the best answer for each of the sentences below.
a. The dog wagged ............................ tail to show how happy he was.

(its, it's, its')

b. The book is .............................but you're welcome to read it. (mine,
yours, my)

c. Please return................phone at once. (my, mine, its)

d. .........................bike is so dirty I can't tell what colour it is! (your,
mine, its)

e. Your house is much bigger than ........................is. (ours, yours,
my)

f. Your bike is a lot faster than ............................ . (my, mine, its)

g. I saw her dog at ...........................house. (yourself, yours, your)

h. I never found out .....................wallet that was. (who's, whose,
who)

i. ....................dog is always so friendly. (There, They're, Their)

j. My sister gets along well with .............................. . (you're, you,
yours)

4 Listening and speaking

A. Speaking

Learn and act: talking about possession.
You : What's your favourite possession?

Joe : It's my mobile phone. It's really cool!
You : Is it new?

Joe : Yes, it is.

You : Has it got computer games?

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Joe : Yes, it's got three games!
You : Has it got an MP3 player?
Joe : Yes, it has. And it's got a camera, too.
You : Where's your phone?
Joe : I haven't got it here today. The teacher's got it with him!

Talk about the following things as in the example.

This is my classroom. It is big. This is my shirt. It is blue.

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B. Listening

Listen to the story about the golden egg and complete the
sentences with suitable words.

a. Once upon a time a man had a …………………. .

i. duck ii. goose iii. hen

b. The goose laid a …………………. egg every day.

i. orange ii. violet iii. golden

c. Although the man was slowly becoming rich, he grew ………...

i. intelligent ii. impatient iii. impolite

d. The word ……………. in the story means valuable object.

i. success ii. suitable iii. treasure

e. The man …………………. the goose.

i. sold ii. killed iii. ate

Listen to the story about the golden egg again and write ‘True’
or ‘False’ at the end of the following statements.

a. The man had a golden goose.

b. The man was slowly becoming poor.

c. He killed the goose for meat.

d. He grew richer by selling the goose.

e. It takes time to achieve success.

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5 Learning English sounds

Listen and practise: Consonants /m/ and /n/
beam / been them / then came / cane seem / seen
Repeat the sentences after your teacher. Note the sounds /m/ and
/n/ in the coloured words.
Mr. Foxy had no dime to dine in the dinner dance.
So he came home lame like a lemur.

6 Having fun

Talk about the similarities and differences between a 90 years old
woman and two years old baby girl. Use 'and' or 'but' where possible.
You can use the following cues.

Grandma

The grandma has a few teeth.

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