Chapter 4 : The Unlikely Best Friends
Unkind ,yelped ,awake, relieved ,missing ,started ,appeared ,sad ,untouched ,Hate
Complete the paragraph
My pencil was __________. I was very _________ as it was a gift from my friend. I woke up my elder brother
who was _________ on the bed. I told him that my pencil seemed to have _________. He ___________ and
told me to look under my pillow. I was ________ when I ________ the pencil there.
PAST TENSE
Put the verbs in their correct Category
Simple Past Tense
Past Progressive Tense
Past Perfect Tense
was looking noticed felt
looked was munching touched
gave went had tied
had ordered had remained joined
was missing served arrived
hated told Threw
had followed asked
Correct form of the verb to complete the passage.
The farmer came back and ____________ (noticed/was noticing/had noticed) that Buntee was sad.
He ____________ (tied/ was tying/had tied)
Buntee with a rope the day before.
He ____________ (asked/was asking/had asked) Buntee why he was sad.
The farmer ____________ (felt/was feeling/had felt) that Buntee ____________ (missed/was missing/had
missed)
“Neither……nor” - “Either….. or”
‘Neither, nor’ connect two negative choices .When you need to choose between two things that you want, you
may use ‘either, or
Neither the farmer nor the mahout noticed that the two friends were in tears.’
Neither Rohit nor I want to play football.
Rohit wants to play either cricket or kho-kho.
Neither Shikha nor Anuj like to tell stories.
Either Bhavesh or Abha made this painting.
Chapter 5 : A Friend’s Prayer
Good friends have a lot of qualities : loyal, h e __ __ f __ l, k __ __ d, c __ __ i n g, h o __ __ __ t
Fill in the blanks with the words you just listed above.
1. My friend is always _____________ to me even when I make a mistake.
2. My friend shares things with me. She is very _____________.
3. My friend is _____________ because he always supports me.
4. My friend never lies. She is an _____________ person.
5. My friend and I believe in _____________ for each other.
Chapter 6 : The Chair
Meaning Word
(i) a person who you do things together with p __ r __n __ r
(ii) an informal word for friends b __ __ d __ __ s
(iii) a person who you spend a lot of time with c __ m p __ n __ o __
(iv) children who are in the same class as you at school c l __ s __ m__ t __ s
State whether True or False.
1. Mario was very proud of having so many friends.
2. Mario successfully sat on the invisible chair on his first attempt.
3. Mario’s friends were very caring and helpful.
Fill in the blanks with two words that describe the chair.
The chair is _____________ and ___________.
Mario’s grandfather challenged him to a bet of __________.
Mario says there was a technical problem because ___________.
Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.
Mario wouldn’t give up. This shows he is _____________.
a. strong-willed C. loving
B. supportive d. hard-working
Root words & Suffixes
Column A Column B
friendly 1. friend ly
suddenly 2. sudden ly
talking 3. talk ing
carrying 4. carry ing
called 5. call ed
Showed 6. show ed
Root Word Suffix Word Sentence
Magic -ing Magical Magician performed an amazing magical act.
Care -al Careful We should be careful while crossing the road.
Celebrate -ful Celebration India’s victory called for a celebration.
Laugh -ly Laughed He laughed at my jokes.
Wonder -ed Wondered He wondered about nature’s beauty.
Help -tion Helped My friend helped me.
Friend -ous Friendship Friendship is the most beautiful gift.
Courage -ship Courageous She is a courageous woman.
Adjectives
The words that describe the quality of a person or a thing are called adjectives.
Match the following
1. Brave Friends
2. Clever Rain
3. Tasty Soldier
4. Heavy Plan
5. Slight Peanuts
6. True Cold
Complete the paragraph with suitable adjective-noun pairings. Use the words in the box given below.
old book magical adventures happy boy amazing stories
fantastic adventures colourful creatures old castles
Once upon a time in a little village, a/an (i) __________________ named Abhishek found a/an (ii)
__________________ in the attic. He read (iii) __________________ about fairy lands, (iv)
__________________, and (v) __________________. Abhishek’s eyes got big as he imagined these (vi)
__________________. He told his friends about the stories, and they started to have their own (vii)
__________________ when they played together.
Chapter 7 : Neem Baba
Compound words
Open compound words: spaces between the words.
Closed compound words: no spaces between the words.
Hyphenated compound words: hyphens between the word
Classify these words
something neem oil cleanliness-parting well known grandmother
seed powder childhood well trained thought-provoking
VERBS
Words that tell us what a person is doing are called verbs
Present Past
1. become (i) made
2. find (ii) gave
3. make (iii) told
4. discover (iv) became
5. tell (v) found
6. give (vi) discovered
Personification : Amber speaks to Neem Baba as if speaking to a person. This figure of speech is called
personification.
● The leaves whispered in the wind.
● The flowers danced merrily in the breeze
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