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1Warm Up (Text Book Page No. 72)4 questions
Q.1During which season do you see a peacock dance?v
Answer:During Rainy season.
Q.2In which season can you see trees without leaves? Name the country where your can find this season.v
Answer:In Autumn, In Canada.
Q.3Which season is shown in this picture? What are the people doing?v
Answer:Winter season. The people are warming themselves by lighting a fire.
Q.4Which season is shown in this picture? How do you know?v
Answer:Summer season is shown in this picture. On seeing the hot Sun, people who drink the tender coconut water and a man who takes ice cream under his umbrella, I know this.
Section – I
2Textual Exercise11 questions
Q.1The wild dogs came to the spot to catch ………………….v
Q.2The rain came and poured ………………….v
Answer:for the three days and three nights
Q.3The whole earth smelled ………………… and ………………….v
Q.4The hole in the ground was filled ………………….v
Q.5The buffalo ………………… in the hole.v
Q.6The hole became ………………… and ………………….v
Answer:widened and little watering hole
Section – III
Textual Questions
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences: (Text Book Page No. 76)
Q.1Why did the farmer have to travel far?v
Answer:The father had to travel far to get water for his thirsty crops.
Q.2What sight made the farmer thankful?v
Answer:The sight of the verdant bowl made the farmer thankful.
Q.3Name the tools the farmer brought out. What did he do with them?v
Answer:The tools the farmer brought out were pickaxe and spade. He dug the earth with them.
Q.4Why did the crowd gather by the side of the pond?v
Answer:The crowd gathered by the side of the pond to see the priest furrow his brow and chant.
Q.5When did the richest farmer get upset why?v
Answer:The richest farmer got upset when things took place that he was not invited to see it. He came there to claim the pond his own.
3Read and Understand10 questions
Q.1The little bird broadened the hole with herv
Q.2The wild boar settled down scraping the hole into a to have a good sleep.v
Q.3The poor farmer’s crop wasv
- A. meagre
- B. surplus
Answer:a) meagre
B. Tick the correct answer.
Q.1The boar slept until the fading sun told him it was time to get up. What does the phrase until the fading sun mean?v
- A. until evening (✓)
- B. until sun fades in colour ()
Q.2The farmer was thankful at the sight of the verdant bowl becausev
- A. it was a pond of water (✓)
- B. he wanted green grass ()
Answer:a) it was a pond of water
Q.3They all stood around the little jewel of blue meansv
- A. They stood around the pond (✓)
- B. They stood around the jewel which was blue ()
Answer:a) they stood around the pond
Q.4The dry earth soaked up the moisture as a hungry puppy laps UP milk. It meansv
- A. The puppy was very hungry ()
- B. The dry earth absorbed the water very quicky (✓)
Answer:b) the dry earth absorbed the water very quicky
C. Answer the following questions:
Q.1Pick out the line which tells you about seasons (in Sec II). Which seasons are mentioned?v
Answer:Both rainy and summer seasons are mentioned.
Q.2What happened to the hole in the ground after the rain?v
Answer:The hole collected the rain water and around its edges there grew green grass.
Q.3Identify a sentence and a phrase which tells us that the story took place in summer.v
Answer:The dry earth soaked up the moisture.
4Vocabulary (Text Book Page No. 78)10 questions
Q.1We use rain ………………. on a rainy day.v
Q.2The toy ………………. boat danced on thev
Q.3We must drink tender ………………. water in summer.v
Q.4We can see a ………………. bow after summer showers.v
Q.5Clean the ashes out of the ………………. placev
Answer:fireplace
E. Complete the following using their group names.
Q.1A ………………. of wolves went hunting in the forest.v
Q.2She bought a new ………………. of shoes for her birthday.v
Q.3A ………………. of fish swam past our boat.v
Q.4A ………………. of bees had settled on a mango tree.v
Q.5I ate a ………………. of grapes.v
5Listening (Text Book Page No. 79)5 questions
Q.1Which season does the weather report show?v
Q.2What kind of a day is it?v
Answer:It is a clear day with blue skies
Q.3What is the temperature stated in the report?v
Q.4Tomorrow it may probablyv
Q.5The weather report suggests usingv
6Speaking5 questions
Q.1Our team played well ……………….. won the game, (but, because, and)v
Q.2She slipped badly ……………….. she did not hurt herself, (but, and, or)v
Q.3The box .was heavy ……………….. he could not lift it. (so, because, and)v
Q.4Rani was late to school ……………….. she missed the bus. (because,so,and)v
Q.5You can use a pen ……………….. a pencil for writing, (but, and, or)v