READING
READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: (UNSEEN PASSAGES)
Once upon a time , there lived a peacock in the forest. It was very unhappy about its ugly voice and was compalining about it. One day, a fox came to see the peacock. The fox said, It is true that you cannot sing but you are so beautiful! You have a beautiful tail!” “What good is beauty without a nice voice?” he complained. His friends answered,” The lion is strong but cannot sing. Quit complaining. Even if you got a beautiful voice, you would find still something to complain about”.
MORAL: ‘DON’T ENVY THE GIFTS OF OTHERS BUT MAKE USE OF YOUR OWN GIFTS”.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:
- Why was the peacock unhappy?
- Who came to see the peacock?
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Who has a beautiful tail?
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Who said to whom: ” What good beauty is without a nice voice ?”
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Who is strong but cannot sing?
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Fill in: Even if you got a beautiful voice, you ____________________________.
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What did the fox said to the peacock?
8 Name any two animals mentioned in this story.
- Give a suitable title for the story.
What is the moral of the story ?
II.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
- Who was amazed ?
- Why was he amazed?
To whom did he want to tell about the monster?
Who tries to impress the child ?
The father tries to impress his child ___________________ to look like an Ox.
What did the young frog say?
What did the young frog insist about the monster?
What did the father do to show the size of the monster?
What happened to the father frog at last?
What is the moral of the story?
II. WRITING: (PROSE AND POETRY)
- Why was it dificult for the old man to pull up the turnip?
- Where did the child find the sea shell?
- What did the child hear from the sea shell?
- Where does the balloon man stand?
- What happens to the balloons when there is a wind?
- Why did Sonu let the butterfly go?
Why was there great joy in Nina’s house?
- Why was the little fish unhappy?
- Name the tree does a seed need to grow?
Who helped the old man to pull up the enormous turnip?
III. GRAMMAR:
- WRITE THE OPPOSITE OF:
(1) FOUND x __________ (2) sweet x __________ (3) day x ____________
(4) Happy x__________ (5) slowly x____________ (7) slender x ______
(8) mighty x ________ (9) hard x __________ (10) came x___________
II.GIVE THE PLURAL FORM OF :
- Carrot – 2. Tree- 3. Onion – 4. Potato
- tomato- 6. Child – 7. Dress_ 8. Mesh-
Balloon- 10. Man-
III. FILL IN WITH THE CORRECT WORDS: ( students, bees, water, cows, paper, grapes, soldiers, fish, matches, wolves)
- A glass of ______________
- A herd of _______________
- A sheet of _______________
- A bunch of ___________
- A school of _______________
- A troop of ____________
- A box of _________________
- A pack of ______________
- A swarm of _____________
- A class of ______________.
IV. UNDERLINE THE NAMING WORD IN THE GIVEN SENTENCE:
- Nina’s aunt was getting married.
- The little children are very kind.
- The house will be safe perfectly and sparrows can come and go freely.
- The old man and the old woman pulled and pulled.
- The balloon man holds balloons in his hand.
- The butterfly flew all around Sonu’s garden.
V.GIVE ONE WORD FOR THE FOLLOWING:
- VERY BIG-
- HARD COVERING OF A SEA ANIMAL –
- TO RUN AWAY –
- TO BE SATISFIED-
- TEN LAKH –
- A YOUNG BRANCH-
- WEDDING-
- VERY THIN-
- SEED OF AN OAK TREE-
- TO BE EXCITED-