English Reader 3

Baby

The baby also has a few teeth.
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7 Writing

A. Read and complete. 61 Sixty-one
51 Fifty-one 65 ................................................
52 Fifty-two 68 ................................................
53 Fifty-three 70 Seventy
54 Fifty-four 71 ................................................
55 Fifty-five 75 Seventy-five
56 Fifty-six 80 ................................................
57 Fifty-seven 87 ................................................
58 Fifty-eight 90 ................................................
59 Fifty-nine 100 ................................................
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B. Make a list of the clothes you have.
a. ……………………………. b. …………………...………………

c. ……………………………. d. ………………...…………………

e. ……………………………. f. ………...……………….…………

g. ……………………………. h. …………….....………...…………

Now, write a paragraph describing them.
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8 Reflecting

What will you do if you have Rs. 10,000? Think of a funny way
to spend it and tell your friends.

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Our Culture

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10 Culture and Tradition

1 Warming up

A. New words

a. Read and learn.
Hindus worship many gods.
They also worship many goddesses.

Note:
The word “goddess” indicates the female gender of the noun
"god." In English, only personal nouns such as he, she, it and
possessive determiners such as her, his, hers are grammatically
marked as being gender specific. However, some nouns such as
“goddess” indicate feminine gender.

b. Change the gender of these words.

god goddess bridegroom

actor actress monk

poet poetess uncle

tiger tigress son

hero heroine nephew

mister mistress lad

dog brother

papa bull

husband man

ram gentleman

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B. New structures

Did you visit the
shrine of a goddess

in Dashain?

Yes, I did. No, I didn't.
But, I visited the
I visited the shrine shrine of a god.
of Durga.

We use "Did you ………..?" in interrogative sentences to ask
about the past event. Usually we say "Yes I did." or "No, I didn't."
to answer such questions.

Walk around the classroom. Ask what your friends did or didn't do.
You may use the clues below to form questions.
a. climb/mountain b. travel/abroad
c. go/fishing d. do/paragliding
e. visit/Pokhara f. feed/bird
g. plant/flowers h. stay home/alone

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2 Reading

A Visit to Kumari Ghar

[This lesson introduces students to one of the important cultural heritage sites
of Kathmandu Valley. Ask students if they know about a real person being
worshipped as a God or Goddess for an effective way to begin the lesson.]

Have you ever visited the shrine of
a goddess near your hometown or
village? You must have. Saraswoti,
Kalika, Durga, etc. are some
goddesses worshipped in Nepal.
Their temples are called Devisthan
- the place for Devi. Inside the
temples, you can see the idols of
the goddesses. Kumari, however, is
a living goddess of Nepal. She is a
real living person. Both the Hindus and Buddhists worship her.

The living goddess - Kumari - is quite a young girl. But she is a special person.
She is chosen from a Shakya family of Kathmandu. She may be between four
to twelve years of age. When it is time to change the sitting Kumari, a new
Kumari is selected to live in the Kumari Ghar.

Kumari Ghar is in the centre of Kathmandu. You can see Kumari - the
living goddess - in the Kumari Ghar.

It is a famous building in the
Durbar Square of Kathmandu.
There is a wrought wooden
door to lead into the Kumari
Ghar. There are many carved
windows, pillars and frames in
the Kumari Ghar. Visitors can
enter the courtyard and wait
for the Kumari to appear on the
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visitors from Nepal and other countries
come to the Kumari Ghar to see the living
goddess.
During the Indrajatra festival, goddess
Kumari visits other temples in the
Hanuman Dhoka area. She is carried in a
special chariot. A large number of people
visit Hanuman Dhoka at this time.
When the Kumari enters into her puberty, a new Kumari is chosen to
replace her.

A Playing with words

Learn the meaning of the following words.
hometown : a place where you were born and lived as a child
image : copy of something; a picture or photo
special : not usual; not ordinary
sitting : current (here)
wooden : made of wood
carve : to make images or things by cutting wood, stone, or metal
courtyard : an open place surrounded by a building
chariot : a vehicle with two wheels, usually pulled by horses

Now, use the above words in your own sentences:

a. hometown : ...........................................................................................

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b. image : ..................................................................................................

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d. sitting : ...................................................................................................
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h. chariot : .................................................................................................
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B Working with the text

Answer the following questions.
a. Who is Kumari?
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b. Where does Kumari live?
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c. How is a Kumari chosen?
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d. What are the common forms of the Goddess in Nepal?
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e. What happens during the Indrajatra?
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Think and answer.
a. Do you believe in God?
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b. Do you sometimes worship someone in your own family?
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c. Do you like the idea of worshipping a real living person as a God
or Goddess? Why?

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3 Practising grammar wh-question

A. Make as many questions as possible from the table below.

What I
you

Where he do yesterday?

When did she play football?

Why It go to school?
How we

they

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h. ………………………………………………………………………………
i. ……………………………………………………………………………
j. …………………………………………………………………………

B. Make questions as in the example.

a. Shyam washed his clothes.

What did Shyam wash?

b. They played football.

When …………………………………………....…………...……..?

c. I cleaned the house yesterday.

What ………………………………………………….........……….?

d. Children danced in the hall.

Where ………………………………….……………………....…..?

e. The teacher called Eve to deliver speech?

Why …………………………………………………………..……..?

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f. Hira went to school by bus.
How ……………………………………………………….....……..?
g. The party started at three o' clock.
When ………………………………………………………………?
h. My father cooked cookies.
What …………………………………………………….....………?
i. The boy closed the door.
Why …………………………………………………….………….?
j. Anita watched a movie yesterday.
When ……………………………………………………...………?

4 Listening and speaking

A. Speaking

a. Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer the questions about
the following topics. Use the questions given there.

TV Food

• Did you watch TV yesterday? • Did you drink three cups of
• What did you watch? coffee yesterday?
• What was it about?
• Did you watch it alone? • What did you eat two hours
ago?

• Did your mum cook food
yesterday?

• Did you eat any fish last week?

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Sports Housework

• Did you go jogging in the • Did you clean your room last
morning? Friday?

• Did you go skiing last winter? • Did you water any plant
• Did you swim last summer? yesterday?
• Did you train yesterday?
• Did you iron your clothes
yesterday?

Shopping Birthday

• Did you go shopping last • Where did you go on your last
week? birthday?

• What did you buy? • How many friends did you
• Did you go shopping alone? invite?
• How much did you spend?
• What presents did you get?

• What did you eat and drink?

School Internet

• Did you have a test yesterday? • Did you send any e-mail an
hour ago?
• Did you get bad grades last
week? • Did you chat online yesterday?

• What was your favourite school • Did you watch any video on
subject three years ago? the Internet yesterday?

Reading Vacation

• Did you read a book last • Where did you go on your last
month? vacation?

• What was it about? • How did you go there?
• Did you like it? Why? • What did you do?
• What did you see?

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b. How did you spend this morning at home? Tell your friends.
c. Tell a story with the help of the following pictures.

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B. Listening
Look at the picture and answer these questions orally.
a. What is this?
b. What is its colour?
c. How many legs does it have?

Listen to the audio and answer these questions.
a. What was Bob?
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b. What colour was Bob?
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c. How was his tongue?
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d. What did he catch?
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e. Where did Bob live?
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f. How were his legs?
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g. What did he use his legs for?
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5 Learning English sounds

Listen and practise: Vowels /e/ and /eɪ/
bed / bade pen / pain test / taste west / waist

tell / tale tent / taint met / mate fell / fail

A. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences. Then read
them aloud.

a. The woman bought some half-price shoes in the
.............................. (sale, sail)

b. The man went to a barber to have his ............................ (hare,
hair) cut.

c. The dog wagged its .............................. (tale, tail)
d. Three of the passengers were ........................ (mail, male)

6 Having fun

Which is your favourite festival? How did you celebrate it last time?
Paste the photos here. And then, tell your friends about it.

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7 Writing

A. You may have visited the temples/mosques/churches/ stupas in
your neighbourhood. Write a short description of any one of
them. Take help from the clues below.

You may include the following:

Name of temple / stupa / church / mosque
Place it is located in
Special things about the building: size / shape / colour/art / idols
God or goddess worshipped
Main occasions / festivals celebrated
Any story related to the temple / mosque / church / stupa
Things you liked about it

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B. Lookatthepicturesbelow.Writenumberstoshowtheirorderand
then write a story.

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8 Reflecting

Why does lord Ganesh have the head of an elephant? Find out
the reason and tell the class about it.

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Communication, Technology
and Market

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11 Voice of the Child

1 Warming up

A. New words

How often do you go shopping? What type of shop do you often
visit for buying things?

Here is a list of different types of shops. Can you match the
things you can buy with the correct shop?

Shops Things to do

1. Butcher’s buy a hair cream
2. Post Office buy meat
3. Pet Shop buy a stamp

4. Bakery buy a puppy

5. Newsagent's buy bread

6. Restaurant buy magazines

7. Hairdresser's buy world food

8. Grocery buy food items

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B. New structures Excellent! I can buy carrots. I can
also sell things that I have more
a. Read and learn.
Mr. Rabbit, I think we need a than I need.
grocery in our village.

We use “can” followed by a verb to talk about services we get in
a particular place such as a shop or an office.

b. Write what you can do at the following shops.

Butcher’s: I can buy meat at the Butcher’s.

Grocery: ...................................................................................

Barber's Shop: ...................................................................................

Stationery: ...................................................................................

Bakery: ...................................................................................

Jeweler’s: ...................................................................................

Gym: ...................................................................................

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c. Now, write at least three things you can do at the following places.

Example:

Dentist: I can get my teeth checked.

I can get my tooth filled.

I can get my tooth pulled out.

Library: .....................................................................................
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Post Office: .....................................................................................
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Restaurant: .....................................................................................
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Bakery: .....................................................................................
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2 Reading

Let the Boy Speak

[This one–act play mildly satirises the tendency of grown-ups to undermine
and ignore children's insight. Form a group of students and ask them to
perform a small segment of the play for fun.]

Characters Johnny
Mr. Smith Miss White Mrs. Ball Mrs. Wood

(Mr. Smith is in his greengrocer’s shop. Three women are waiting in the shop.)

Mr. Smith : Yes ? Who’s next, please?

Miss White : I think you’re next, Mrs. Ball. You were here before
me, weren’t you?

Mrs. Ball : Oh, was I?
Mr. Smith : What can I do for you, madam? Do you need any

fruit?
Mrs. Ball : Let me see. Ah, yes! I want some.

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(A small boy runs into the shop. He pushes his way to the front.)
Johnny : Please, Mr. Smith... ...
Mr. Smith : One moment, young man! I’m serving this lady. And

these two ladies are waiting. (He turns to Mrs. Ball
again.) Yes, madam. What were you saying?
Johnny : But, sir!
Mrs. Ball : Be quiet! I want two kilos of potatoes, Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith : Two kilos of potatoes. Certainly. I have some good
ones here. (He points to the potatoes near the counter.)
Forty rupees a kilo. Are these all right?
Mrs. Ball : Yes, I’ll take those.
Mrs. Wood : (Looking at Johnny) The children today! They push in!
Miss White : They can’t wait! They want to be first!
Mrs. Wood : How old are you?
Johnny : Nine, er ... ...
Mrs. Wood : Only nine! And you pushed in front of this lady.
Johnny : I had to. I wanted ...
Miss White : (Not letting him finish) Young people must learn to
wait. You can’t push in front of people. You’re not
the only customer in the shop. You know?

Mrs. Ball : Did your mother send you?

Johnny : No. I wanted ...

Mrs. Wood : (Quickly) Ah, you wanted something for yourself!
You couldn’t wait, could you? What’s your name?

Johnny : Johnny Bell.

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Miss White : You live in Church Street, don’t you? I’ve seen you
there.

Johhny : Yes, that’s right. But ...

Miss White : Yes, I know your mother. I’ll speak to her about you.

Johhny : But I only wanted ...

Mr. Smith : That’s enough, young man. We don’t want to hear.
(He turns to Mrs. Ball.) Here you are, Mrs. Ball. Two
kilos of potatoes. Is that all? That’ll be eighty rupees,
please. Thank you.

(Mrs. Ball gives Mr. Smith eighty rupees. She takes her potatoes and leaves.)

Mr. Smith : Next, please.

Johnny : I’m sorry but .... (No one listens to him.)

Miss White : I want some apples, please. One kilo.

Mr. Smith : What about these? (He points to some apples on the

counter.) They’re only one hundred and forty rupees

a kilo.

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Miss White : No, they look rather green. Have you any sweet ones?
Mr. Smith : Certainly, madam. I have some good ones but they’re

still in my car. Two hundred rupees a kilo.
Miss White : Can I see them?
Mr. Smith : I’ll go and get them.
(Mr. Smith goes out. After a moment, he runs in again.)

Mr. Smith : (Shouting) They’re not there! There was a box of
apples in my car and now it’s gone. The car’s empty.

Johnny : I saw two men near your car, Mr. Smith. They opened
the door and took out a box of apples.

Mr. Smith : My apples! I’ve lost a big box of apples. (He turns to
Johnny and shouts in an angry voice.) Why didn’t you
tell me?

Johnny : I wanted to tell you, sir, but no one let me speak!

— Donn Byrne (adapted)

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A Playing with words

Match the words with their meanings.

a. serve a person who buys or receives services

b. moment penny

c. pence a very short period of time

d. customer to give help to a customer in a store

Read and learn these new phrases.

As you have learned before, phrasal verbs are made of a verb
and a particle, which is often a preposition. Study the following
phrasal verbs with "look" as the verb.

look through look up (a word)
(find the meaning)

look round (a look through (his
museum) (visit) suitcase) (examine)

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look over look over (his work) look down on

(check) (someone) (despise)

look after look for (try to find) look forward to
(take care of) (expect with
pleasure)

Complete these sentences with the phrasal verbs above.
a. The policeman .............................. the thief’s bag.

b. If you don’t know the word you must .............................. it
.............................. in a dictionary.

c. Mary ............................. our dog when we went on holiday.

d. You should not .............................. people who are less intelligent
than you.

e. Have you seen my pen? I’ve ........................ it everywhere.

f. Would you like to ..............................our new house?

g. I’m .............................. the summer holidays.

h. Now you should .............................. these sentences to find any
mistakes.

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B Working with the text

Answer the following questions.
a. Where does the event take place?
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b. What does Mrs. Ball buy?
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c. How much does a kilo of potatoes cost?
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d. Where does Johnny live?
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e. Why did Johnny push his way to the front?
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f. What does Miss White want to buy?
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g. What happens to Mr. Smith’s apples?
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Think and answer.
a. Who do you think is the main character in the play?
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b. What lesson do you learn from the play?
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3 Practising grammar must/can't and tags

Look at this table and the sentences that follow.

I

You

We must work hard.
They can’t leave.
He

She swim.

It

You must reach school on time.

You can’t enter if you are late.
You must wear school uniform.

You can’t put on fancy dresses.

A. Fill in the blanks with ‘must’ or ‘can’t’.
a. A student ............................. do his homework.
b. You ............................ go to the party without an invitation.
c. You ............................. enter without permission.
d. You ............................. throw banana peel on the street.
e. We ............................. brush our teeth daily.
f. You ............................. keep yourself clean.
g. Young people ......................... learn to respect their seniors.
h. You ............................. go abroad. You don’t have a passport.

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Look at these tags. Yes, it is.
Your name is Daniel, isn’t it?
You come from the U.S., don’t you?
Yes, I do.

You haven’t been to
Pokhara, have you?
No, I haven’t.

Question tags are used to check information.

B. Now add suitable tags to the following statements. Then write
short answers.

a. It is raining, isn’t it? Yes, it is.
b. You aren’t a Bhutanese, are you? No, I’m not.
c. She lives in London, .........................? ................................
d. You have a cat, ...................................? ................................
e. You are a student, ..............................? ................................
f. He didn’t go to school, .......................? ................................
g. You have taken my pen, .....................? ................................
h. You’re not telling the truth, ...............? ................................

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4 Listening and speaking

A. Speaking
I. Practise the telephone conversation below.

Mr. Sharma : Could I speak to the Principal, please?

Receptionist : Who’s calling, please?

Mr. Sharma : Tell him it's his friend from Hong Kong.

Receptionist : Just a moment, please.

Write a short conversation between two friends talking over
the telephone. Ask if you could speak to someone else. And
then act out in pairs.
A : .........................................................................................................

B : .........................................................................................................

A : .........................................................................................................

B : .........................................................................................................

A : .........................................................................................................

B : .........................................................................................................

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II. Practise the following conversations in pairs.
Pema: What do you like to
have, tea or coffee?
Sundar: I prefer tea.

Hem : Do you listen to the
radio or watch TV?
Lata: I listen to the radio.

Shopkeeper: What would you like
to buy sir, apples or bananas?
Customer: I want to buy some
bananas.

Now, have similar conversations with your partner.
a. b.

c. d.

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B. Listening
Look at the picture and answer these questions orally.

a. Who are they?
b. What are they doing?

Listen to the audio and complete the conversation below. Use
the alternatives given in the box.

Hi Prabesh.
Can I speak to Marina, please?
Let's meet at the bus stop.
What time shall we meet?

A : Hello.
B : Hello. ……………………………………
A : Speaking.
B : Hi. This is Prabesh.
A : ………………..….What's up?
B : Sajina is sick.
A : That's too bad.
B : Em… How about going to see her?
A : That's a good idea. ……………………………….
B : How about at two?
A : Sounds good. ………………………………………
B : Okay. See you then!

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5 Learning English sounds

Listen and practise: Consonant /n/ ten / tunnel / net
new / tent / pen nap / bend / pan

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

What's the news of the new boy who got caught napping?

Who got nabbed in the net near the tent at the bend?

Who left the pen and pan and ran through the tunnel?

6 Having fun

Go around the neighbourhood and ask your seniors: 'Did you use
to watch TV when you were a child?'

Then fill in the box with your findings about at least 10 people.

Names Present Age Yes No

Now guess when TV was first introduced in Nepal. Ask your teacher
for the right answer.

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7 Writing

Write a short conversation about the situation given below.
Your friend and you are on a holiday. You want to go shopping in
the town but your friend wants to go to the cinema. After some
discussion, your friend agrees with you.
A : Hello, ...............................................................................................

B : ..........................................................................................................

A : ..........................................................................................................

B : ..........................................................................................................

A : ..........................................................................................................

B : ..........................................................................................................

8 Reflecting

Do you like shopping? When you go shopping, whom do you
mostly go with? What things do you like to buy? Share in the class.

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Fruits and Vegetables

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12 The Orange

1 Warming up

A. New words
Read and learn.

The Orange

At lunch time I bought a huge orange - by Wondy Cope
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave
They got quarters and I had a half.

And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.
This is peace and contentment. It's new.

The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all the jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I'm glad I exist.

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Complete the riddles below.

I am not a plant. I am round and sweet. I grow very tall.
I am not green or orange. I can be made into jam. I have a green cover.
I grow in the dark. I have a long green stem. I have many little pieces.
I have a cap and a stem. I have a hard pit. Animals and people love me.
Children don't like me. I arrive in the spring. I can become oil and
Grown-ups love me. Some say: life is a bowl cereal.
of ............... . My shape is like a banana.
I am a/an .........................
I am ................................ . I am ................................ .

I am quite small. I am green and round. I am the most popular
I am round and green. I can be cooked. vegetable.
I am found in pods. I can be eaten in salads. I grow underground.
You cook me before I am as big as football. I cannot be eaten raw.
eating. I am found in the winter. You can cook me in many
I can be made into soup. I am very crispy when ways.
raw. Children like me much.
I am ................................ .
I am ................................ . I am ................................ .

I grow in bunches. I am little and red. I am one colour outside.
I come from warm I grow really fast, in 30 I am another colour inside.
countries. days. I am big and round.
Everyone loves me. I am usually found in I am sweet.
I have a thick peel. salads. You cannot eat my outside.
You eat me now. I grow underground.
I have a green top. My skin has stripes.
I am ................................ .
I am ................................ . I am ................................ .

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B. New structures Wow!
It's wonderful!
Look! What a
beautiful scene!

Read other similar sentences.
a. What a lovely dress you have!

b. How tired the baby looks!

c. What a beautiful place!

An exclamatory sentence shows a strong feeling. It helps to
express love, anger, surprise happiness and other emotions. It
ends with an excmamation mark(!)

An exclamatory sentence must have a subject.

An imperative sentence needs no subject.

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Now, complete the following sentences. iii. Which
a. …..…… a beautiful flower! iii. What
i. How ii. What
b. …..……wonderful the rainbow is!
i. How ii. Which

c. ……..…a surprise!
i. What ii. Which iii. How

d. …..……! Our team won the competition.
i. Ow ii. Ouch iii. Wow

e. ………..! I made the goal.
i. Hurrah ii. Ouch iii. Ow

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through the trees. The air
smelled of oranges all around
him. The weather was perfect,
and the oranges were growing
bigger by the day. He liked to
walk through the groves, and
loved the smell of the oranges,
but he didn’t like that he and
his family ate oranges all the

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time. Sometimes, he wanted to avoid them for weeks at a time.

He wished his family could grow other things, like corn, or the apples
which are his favourite. His mouth watered just thinking about his
favorite apples. Yes, those apples would be better than oranges all
the time.

“Mum, why do we have to have oranges almost every day?” Bentley
asked.

“Well, since we grow them, there are plenty around,” his mum
replied.

“Does every kid eat as many oranges as we do?” he asked.

“No. There are parts of the country and parts of the world that don’t
have the type of weather to grow oranges. We’re actually very lucky!”

“So some kids don’t eat oranges at all?”

“We send oranges all over the world, so that if people can’t grow
their own oranges, they can still buy and eat them,” said the mum.

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“Hmmm… so people move foods all over the world? Are there foods
that I like that don’t grow here? ”

“Apples do not grow well here, so they have to be sent from where
they grow well,” replied mum.

“I never knew!” said Bentley. “What else moves around like food?”

“Plenty of things! The factories that make your favorite toys are not
all in our little town here. The companies make the toys and then
send the toys to other places. So foods move from where they can be
grown to places where they can’t be grown. People move themselves,
too. May be they’re looking for a specific job that isn’t around where
they live, or they want to be closer to their families.”

“Wow! I never thought about where all of our food and toys come
from, or about people moving far away. It’s very interesting,” Bentley
said.

“It sure is. I’m glad you asked. I’m sorry you get tired of eating
oranges all the time,
but I hope now you
understand why we
do.”

“Yes, but I still might
take a break from
them every once in
a while. May be I’ll
try to grow my own
apples!” Bentley
replied.

Mum laughed and
said, “Sure, honey. Now let’s go to make dinner.”

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A Playing with words

Match the words with their meanings.
Column A Column B
a. grove i. a large amount
b. avoid ii. related to one not others
c. plenty iii. a group of fruit trees
d. replied iv. keep away from something
e. specific v. answered

Form words ending in '-ly'.
Examples: slow - slowly

a. careful : …………...……. b. beautiful: …...………….

c. happy : …………………. d. kind: …….…………

e. quick : ………………… f. silent: ………………..

Now, use the above words in your own sentences.
a. carefully: Walk carefully, the path is difficult.

b. …………………………………………………………….....………..

c. ………………………………………………….....…………..………

d. …………………………………………………………….....….……

e. …………………………………………………………….......………

f. ……………………………………………………………....…...……

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B Working with the text

Write 'TRUE' for true and 'FALSE' for false statements.

a. Bentley likes to have oranges every day.
b. His favourite food is corn.
c. We grow different foods in different soasons.
d. We must grow all the food we need.
e. Foods and goods are sent from one place to another.

Choose the best answer.
a. Bentley likes the ……… of oranges when he moves in the groves.

i. taste ii. smell iii. shape

b. Bentley always has the oranges because ………………………. .

i. his family has many oranges

ii. they are his favourite
iii. his family cannot send the oranges to other place
c. Bentley wants to grow …………….in the future.

i. oranges ii. corn iii. apples

d. Bentley wants a break from ………………………………… .

i. his study ii. his work iii. his food

Think and answer
a. Why do people send food from one place to another?

…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………........

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b. Do you think Bentley will be able to grow his own apples? Why
or why not?

…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………

3 Practising grammar a/an/the

We use a/an to talk about one particular person or thing when the
listener or reader does not know which one is meant or when it does
not matter which one.

We use ‘an’ in front of vowel sounds.
Rohan is an artist.
Reena’s father is an author.
We use a in front of consonant sounds.
There is a visitor for you.
Tshering is a dancer.
But we use ‘a’ in front of ewe because in ewe ‘e’
sounds like a consonant. And we say an hour because the ‘h’ in hour
is silent.

He arrived an hour later.

We use ‘the’ to refer to somebody or something that has already
been mentioned or is easily understood by the listener or reader.

There were three questions. The first two were easy but the third

one was hard.

We also use 'the' when there is only one of
something.

Mount Everest is the tallest peak in the
world.

The sun rises in the east.

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Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.

a. She lives in .......... nice big house.

b. .......... doctor must like patients.

c. She is .......... architect.

d. ‘What's that noise?’ ‘I think it's .......... helicopter.’

e. He decided to become .......... engineer.

f. She studies in .......... college.

g. I live in a remote village. But I love .......... village I live in.

h. Don't use your plate as .......... ashtray.

i. There was .......... accident here yesterday .......... car hit the
tree and .......... driver was killed.

j. .......... Koshi is one of the three big rivers in Nepal.

4 Listening and speaking

A. Speaking

This is a banana tree. It
is not tall. It is not so big.
It has many leaves. The
leaves are long and green.
There are yellow bananas.
They look beautiful.

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Describe the following pictures in the same way.

B. Listening
Look at the picture and answer these questions orally.

a. What is this?
b. What is it used for?

Listen to the audio and complete the sentences.
a. Potatoes come in ………………..shapes.
b. Potatoes are ………………..in colour.
c. Potato is the ………………..vegetable.
d. Potatoes are the first vegetable grown in ………………..
e. French fries are made from ………………..
Listen to the audio again and answer the following questions.
a. Are potatoes big or small?
………………………………………………………………..
b. Which part of the potatoes do we eat?
………………………………………………………………..
c. How do we cook potatoes?
………………………………………………………………..

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5 Learning English sounds

Listen and practise: Consonant /ŋ/
sing / song ding / king / ping
looking / hooking cooking / booking

Repeat the sentences after your teacher. Note the /ŋ/ sound in the
coloured words.
Mr. Foxy sang a song,
But he sounded like a ding and dong,
So, he began cooking pudding for the king.

6 Having fun

Draw a picture of the plant of your favourite fruit and colour it.

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