4. Puppy and I
A. Quote from memory. Also write the title of the poem and the name of the poet.
I met a Man _______________
________________________
________________________
'I'll come with you, Puppy,' said I
B. Choose the correct answer. Put a tick [✓]
1. The man was going to the city to buy bread.
2. The horse was rude to the poet.
3. The puppy was an old friend of the poet.
4. The poet wanted to play, so he went off with the puppy.
C. Answer these questions.
1. Why did the poet not go with the man and the horse?
2. Who did the poet agree to go with? Why?
D. Write the following words in the correct columns
[ man, bag, sale, lane, cap, came, age, dad page, jam, bake, made, add,
fat, had, safe ]
Words that have a sound as in male Words that have a sound as in bat
E. In each row, circle the opposite of the underlined word.
1. nice bad good
2. weak strong feeble
3. late delay early
4. below above under
5. right correct wrong
F. Each word in column B has two meanings. They are given in columns A and C.
Match the words to their respective meanings.
G. Make two sentences with each of these words to bring out their different
meanings.
1. play 2. fine 3. ring 4. can 5. right 6. fair.
H. Circle the countable nouns and underline the uncountable nouns.
I. In each of these sets, pick out the word that is not the antonym of the first word.
1. old a. young b. aged c. new
2. lock a. open b. unlatch c. push
3. place a. remove b. disorder c. stay
4. love a. kindness b. dislike c. hate
J. Find one word that fits both meanings.
1. a. to reserve b. something you read
2. a. the sound of a dog b. part of a tree
3. a. contains the stars and galaxies b. a gap or empty place
4. a building for horses b. steady, unchanging
5. a machine which keeps you cool b. a keen supporter
6. a belonging to me b. a source of coal, goal, etc.
K. Choose the correct answers from the box.
[ a pinch, a litre, a log, a bale, a bucket ]
1. _________________ of milk
2. _________________ of water
3. _________________ of hay
4. _________________ of wood
5. _________________ of salt
L. Ask questions for these statements.
1. The puppy chewed up the legs of the sofa.
2. We want two plates of rice and dal.
3. Aunty gave a glass of fruit juice.
4. I will finish the essay today.
5. There is a lot of ice-cream in the fridge.
6. Mamta Aunty stays in Mumbai.
7. I am going home because I'm tired.
M. Look at the picture and write a paragraph about what you see in it.
3. The Great Traveller
A. Complete the flowchart to trace Marco Polo's journey to China.
B. Answer the following questions.
1. Who were Marco's father and uncle? Where had they gone and why?
2. What were the three kinds of terrain that Marco Polo travelled through?
3. What is the difference between the Gobi Desert and other deserts?
4. Why did the Polos have to stay for some time in the cooler countries?
5. How do we know that Venice was an important port?
6. Why was Marco's book about his travels so important?
7. Kublai Khan gave 'a warm welcome' to Marco Polo. What do you think it means?
8. Marco Polo was a great traveller who braved harsh weather conditions to explore
new and distant lands. What are the qualities required to be a successful explorer?
C. Solve the crossword puzzle with the help of the clues given below. All the answers
are names of places.
Across:
1. The Taj Mahal is in this city.
5. People visit this country to
see the pyramids and the
Great Sphinx.
6. The Great Wall is in this
country.
8. A small island country lying
south of India, in the Indian
Ocean.
Down:
2. The kangaroo is found on
this continent.
3. Marco Polo lived in this city.
4. This country ruled India till 1947.
7. The Eiffel Tower is in this city.
D.Circle the words in the box that are related to travel.
[ explore, guide, pen, map, luggage, tree, packing, hotel, computer, photographs, shopping,
vacation, building, monuments, routes ]
Use the words that you have circled in sentences of your own.
E. Write each set of words in the alphabetical order.
1. journey, joker, join, jolly
2. demand, decide, defeat, dead
3. emperor, embrace, emerge, emotion
4. habit, harm, hair, hatch
5. price, produce, prepare, practice
F. Choose the correct spelling.
1. beautifull, beautiful, butiful, beauttiful
2. fascinated, fassinated, facinated, facsinated
3. dificult, difiecult, difficult, difficullt
4. mesenger, messengor, messenger, messanger
5. neighbouring, neighburing, neighboring, neighbaring
6. skurt, skirt, skert
7. brade, brede, bread
8. prifer, prefer, prefir
9. slember, slamber, slumber
G. Write down the plurals of these words.
1. leaf 2. man 3. tooth 4. louse 5. wife 6. foot 7. woman 8. sheep 9. half
H. Circle the nouns in these sentences. Then mark them as indicated - nouns in the
masculine gender (M), nouns in feminine gender (F) and nouns in the neuter
gender (N)
1. His father bought him a cycle on his birthday.
2. The monk thanked the lady when she presented him with a shawl.
3. I have a sister and a brother.
4. The girl asked the boy to lend her a pen.
5. The dog barked at the watchman when he showed it a stick.
I. Highlight the nouns in the common gender.
1. The child is playing in the playground.
2. The master rewarded the servant and the maid.
3. The students wished their teacher.
4. The workers got a raise.
5. The infant is sleeping peacefully beside its mother.
6. Yesterday, a stranger knocked on our door.
J. Think of associated words and complete these sentences.
1. Boat is to sailing as car is to _________________.
2. Tiger is to roaring as cow is to _________________.
3. Wind is to blowing as stars is to _________________.
4. New is to old as leave is to __________________.
5. Herd is to goats as __________________ is to flowers.
6. Joy is to laughter as pain is to _________________.
K. Find as many related words as you can and fill in this web chart.
L. Arrange in alphabetical order.
[ school, scissors, pencil, pen, eraser, bag, books, chair, chalk ]
M. Write the singular for the words that take a plural. Also write plural for the words
that make a singular.
1. news 2. women 3. leaf 4. excuse 5. injury 6. milk 7. loaf
8. hero 9. furniture.
N. Complete this table with masculine and feminine nouns.
O. Name the gender of these nouns.
1. bus 2. shopkeeper 3. horse 4. earth 5. desk 6. maid 7. doctor 8. gardener
9. mother 10. dog 11. snake 12. bird 13. apple 14. sky 15. niece 16. father
17.son 18. cow 19. friend 20. stick
P. What are the things you need to pack when you go on a trip? Make a list.
