Question a: (i) What are these relations called?
Answer:
- My sister’s son is my nephew
- My sister’s daughter is my niece
- My mother’s brother is my uncle (maternal)
- My father’s brother is my uncle (paternal)
- My uncle’s daughter is my cousin
- My sister’s husband is my brother-in-law
- My brother’s wife is my sister-in-law
(ii) Whom do we call?
Answer:
- son-in-law: A daughter’s husband.
- daughter-in-law: A son’s wife.
Question c: Read the story and state whether the statements are true or false.
Answer:
- The man liked the dish at first. ➞ False (He refused it because he was shy. He only found out he liked it after a few drops accidentally fell on his hand!)
- He could ask for the dish again at dinner. ➞ False (He could not ask for it because he was feeling very shy).
- He hid among the sheep to escape. ➞ True
- The thief wanted the lightest sheep. ➞ False (The thief naturally wanted the heaviest one).
- The man escaped safely at last. ➞ True (The thief got scared, threw him down gently, and ran away!)
Question d: Look at the action pictures and number them in the order that they take place in the story.
Answer:(Since we cannot write inside the pictures, here is the correct story order of the events shown in the images):
- The son-in-law is eating dinner with his father-in-law.
- He reaches up high to the attic to get the pot of the sweet dish.
- The pot slips from his grasp, and the sticky liquid falls all over his head and clothes.
- He covers himself in cotton to wipe it off, but it sticks to him, making him look like a woolly creature.
- He hides outside among the herd of sheep.
Question e: Assign the roles and dramatise the above story and present it before the class.
Answer: This is a fun classroom acting activity! You and your friends can take turns playing the Man (Son-in-law), Wife, Mother-in-law, Thief, Sheep, and the Narrator.
Question f: Write Past Tense form of the following given words.
Answer:
- serve ➞ served
- carry ➞ carried
- refuse ➞ refused
- creep ➞ crept
- try ➞ tried
- steal ➞ stole
- smear ➞ smeared
- stick ➞ stuck
Question g: Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of verbs.
Answer:
- Tanmayee stuck (stick) a stamp on the envelope before posting it.
- Anurag went (go) to the park yesterday.
- Someone stole (steal) my pen during the lunch break.
- The thief crept (creep) into the room so as not to wake anybody up.
- She knew (know) the answer but she did not tell me.
Question h: Use the correct form of verb and complete the story.
Answer: Last week our village Haripur had (have) a big fair. Many people came (come) from the nearby village. Children played (play) games and won (win) prizes. There were many shops. We ate (eat) delicious snacks. A magician performed (perform) tricks and everyone clapped (clap). We enjoyed (enjoy) it a lot.
Question i: Find and write the opposite words from the following grid.
Answer:
| Word | Opposite |
| 1. light | dark / heavy |
| 2. loudly | softly |
| 3. bold | shy |
| 4. few | many |
| 5. low | high |
| 6. reject | accept |
| 7. yes | no |
| 8. come | go |
| 9. over | under |
Question j: Complete the following responses to make funny jokes.
(windows, memory, sharp)
Answer:
- Q – Why was the computer cold? A – Because it left its windows open.
- Q – Why did the pencil go to school? A – To become sharp.
- Q – Why did the computer get good marks? A – Because it had a lot of memory.
Phonics Awareness: Long Vowel Sounds
What is a Long Vowel Sound?
In English, the vowels are A, E, I, O, U.
A “long” vowel sound is very easy to spot because it sounds exactly like the name of the letter itself!
- Long A (/eɪ/): sounds like the letter A in cake or rain.
- Long E (/i:/): sounds like the letter E in see or field.
- Long I (/aɪ/): sounds like the letter I in time or pie.
- Long O (/oʊ/): sounds like the letter O in home or snow.
- Long U (/u:/): sounds like the letter U in moon or flute.
Task: Read each word carefully. Break it into syllables. Identify and underline the syllables that contain long vowel sounds.
Answer:Here is how you break these big words into syllables (beats) and underline the long vowel sounds. Notice how the underlined letters sound exactly like their alphabet name!
Group 1:
- in / di / vid / u / al / i / za / tion (U says “You”, a says “A”)
- com / mu / ni / ca / tion / al / ly
- re / or / gan / i / za / tion / al
- u / ni / ver / si / ty / ed / u / ca / tion
- ap / pre / ci / a / tive / ly
Group 2:
- de / ter / mi / na / tion / al / ly
- con / sid / er / a / tion / al / ly
- rep / re / sen / ta / tion / al / ly
(Tip : Any time you see “-ation” at the end of a word, the “a” right before it almost always makes a long “A” sound!)