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Answers to Reader Book Exercises

Lesson 1: A Daughter's Love

Reading Comprehension

A. 1; 4; 3; 7; 2; 6

B.1. a. King Lear said these words to his youngest daughter, Cordelia.
b. The King was disappointed and angry that Cordelia only felt a sense of duty
towards him and so he said these words.
c. Immediately after Lear said these words, the King of France, who was present in
Lear's court, expressed his wish to marry Cordelia. She agreed and they left for
France.

2. a. Cordelia said these words to her father.

b. The listener had told her earlier that she looked like his daughter.
c. They met in a prison.

Vocabulary

1. matter 2. apologise 3. worry 4. Thanks! 5. afraid 6. welcome

Grammar

A. Proper Nouns - Nutan, Priya, Warda, Theatre, Friday, Sonam, Rita, Chennai

Common Nouns - bees, sister, doctor, elephants, book, play, rabbit, bakery, cakes,
lake, town

Collective Nouns - hives, herds

B. Subject Predicate
1. The crocodile swam lazily in the river.
2. The sun shone brightly.
3. Butterflies flitted over the flowers.
4. The books are too heavy.
5. Pigeons have made a nest in my balcony.
6. Ravi Shankar played the sitar.
7. My father bought some new seeds for my flower garden.
8. Mita went to the market with her mother.

My Word Bank

1. obey 2. cruel 3. truth 4. lose 5. divide

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 Poem : Once Upon a Time

Reading Comprehension

A. 1. loving family 2. living room 3. love and trust each other

Vocabulary

A. knife and fork ; socks and shoes ; bread and butter ; soap and water ;

pen and paper ; pullover and gloves

B. 1. c 2. d 3. b 4. f 5. a 6. h 7. e 8. g

My Word Bank

twirl, communicate, trials, troubles

Lesson 2 : Good Neighbours

Reading Comprehension

A. 1. coat, hat and gloves 2. bucket 3. two 4. pine cones 5. hat and a scarf

B. 1.a. Jack spoke these words to Naoko.

b. He was annoyed with Naoko as she said that snowmen had only two snowballs.
c. His behaviour tells us that he was short tempered.

2. a. The terrible thing that happened was that the head fell off Jack’s snowman and crashed to
the ground.
b. Naoko rushed to Jack's yard and offered him help. Thus, the situation was saved.

3. a. Naoko said these words to Jack.

b. The speaker wanted to make another snowball with Jack to replace the one that had
crashed to the ground.
c. Yes, the person listened to the speaker.

Vocabulary

A. 1. milkman 2. blackberries 3. wheelbarrow 4. headache 5. eyewitness

B. 1. put off 2. put on 3. put away 4. put out 5. put up 6. put in

Grammar

A. 1. I 2. them 3. me, you, you, I, I 4. you, us, we 5. they, them

B. 1. hers 2. ours 3. mine 4. theirs 5. yours 6. his

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C. 1. this 2. These, those 3. This 4. This, That 5. This, That 6. This

7. This/That 8. These/Those

D. 1. wakes ; hurries ; goes ; comes ; loves ; carries ; gives ; sleeps ; gets

E. 1. I go to school every day.

2. The plane arrives at 9:00 a.m.
3. She brushes her teeth three times a day.
4. Imran never plays football.
5. Priya does her homework in the evening.
6. The baby cries at night.
7. No one likes Rahul. He pushes everyone while getting into the bus.
8. She studies at night.

Punctuation

1. Anjana's work is quite neat.

2. Rohit's project was excellent.
3. The man's wallet has fallen from his pocket.
4. I love my mother's cooking.
5. Yesterday, I went to my dad's office.
6. Raghu's dog is a Doberman.

My Word Bank

1. coat 2. gloves 3. hat / scarf

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Answers to Grammar Book Exercises

Lesson : 2 Sentences
Let’s crack it

A. 2. interrogative sentence 3. declarative sentence 4. imperative sentence

5. exclamatory sentence 6. negative sentence

B. 2. Please help me to carry these books.

3. Can you hear the birds sing?

4. I am not going to his birthday party.

5. Hurray! We have won the match!

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C. 2.Cats can see in the dark.

3. Ships sail on the sea.

4. The teacher taught us very well.

5. The policeman caught the robber.

6. All parents love their children.

D. 2.The gardener 3. The horse 4. Fish 5. The clown

E. 1.The teacher told us a story.

2. The students sang the morning prayer.

3. The little mouse ran towards its hole.

4. I love colouring pictures.

5. Birds chirp beautifully.

F. 1. Do they like going for picnics?

2. Does Abhay love swimming?

3. Did they sing loudly?

4. Does Shilpa like baking cakes?

5. Did I water the plants?

6. Did he see the play on Sunday?

G. 2. Who 3. Which 4. When/Why 5. Where

Let’s perfect it

A. 2.The teacher 3. gifted me five balloons for my birthday 4. The cat

5. The gardener 6. baked me a large cake. 7. ended at 6 p.m. 8. lives in Tokyo

B. 2.When 3. Where 4. How 5. When/How/Why 6. How 7. Why 8. What

C. Diana: Where will you keep it?

Bob: Mummy has made a bed for it in a wooden box.

Bob: My father is going to make a big iron cage for it.

Diana: I will come to see your rabbit.

Bob: Please come tomorrow evening.

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D. 2. No, I am not tired.

3. No, She didn’t watch the cartoon last night.

4. No, I don’t know how to draw a castle.

5. No, I haven’t learnt the tables well.

6. No, I can’t come for the class picnic on Monday.

7. No, I am not going to meet my grandparents this summer.

Lesson : 3 Nouns

Let’s link up
A. team, flock, shoal, army, deck, fleet
B. feminine (colour in pink) : niece, witch, vixen
masculine (colour in blue) : duke, nephew, colt, wizard, fox
neuter (colour in green) : throne, fence, wand, book, stable
common (colour in white) : teacher, baby

Let’s crack it
A. Concrete nouns : table, girl, Sun, soldiers. sea, water
Abstract nouns : warmth, honesty, bravery, sympathy
B. 1.helpfulness 2. courage 3. honesty 4. patience 5. cruelty

C. 2. childhood 3. warmth 4. pain 5. laughter 6. cleanliness

D. 2. candlestick 3. playground 4. bathroom 5. newspaper 6. woodcutter

E. 2. thieves 3. cities, hotels 4. tomatoes, onions 5. paintbrushes 6. wolves

F. 2. mosquitoes 3. stories 4. loaves 5. toys 6. calves

G. 2. wife 3. sandwich 4. berry 5. leaf 6. fly

Let’s perfect it
A. 2. kindness 3. bravery 4. brightness 5. truth 6. practice

B. boy, girl, teacher, blackboard, table, chair, desk, book, chalk, fan

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 C. 2. The puppies are hungry and tired.

3. The ladies ate with forks and knives.

4. The boys are eating toffees.

5. The matches are about to start.

6. Have you heard the stories of the wicked witches and the good fairies?

D. rain + bow= rainbow, rain + drops= raindrops

water + colours= watercolours, water+ melon=watermelon

book+ mark= bookmark, book + worm= bookworm

E. 2. housefly 3. rainbow 4. raindrops 5. watercolours 6. Watermelon

Lesson : 4 Adjectives

Let’s link up
Quality - The children are sitting under a red umbrella.
Quantity - They decided to have some lemonade.
Demonstrative - This lemonade tastes good.

Possessive - My lemonade is good too.

Number - How many boats can you see in the picture?

Let’s crack it

A.1.more talkative 2. that 3. most wonderful 4. white 5. these 6. Last

B. 2. It is a bright and sunny day. (S)

3. I like to visit quiet and peaceful places. (S)

4. The children were cheerful on the happy occasion. (S)

5. Rani’s table is tidy, but her cupboard is very untidy. (A)

6. Did you read how the ugly frog turned into a handsome prince? (A)

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C. 1. They built an enormous bridge on the river. An ant is a tiny insect.

2.They make sure that the guests are comfortable. Nina was uncomfortable during her speech.

3. They keep their room tidy. She sat on an untidy sofa.

4. They wear colourful clothes. It was a dull morning today.

5. Be careful while you cross the road. His careless behaviour was criticized by the teacher.

6. The test was not easy at all. Aastha did not feel that the puzzles were difficult.

D. 2. last (ordinal number) 3. two hundred and seventy (cardinal number)

4. fourth (ordinal number) 5. third (ordinal number)

6. three hundred (cardinal number)

E. Reeta is in the first position and Ravi is in the second place. Hari is the third best student
while Jai has achieved the fourth place. Dina is at the fifth position in class.

Let’s use it
good-hearted: kind, friendly, generous difficult: tough, hard, painful
The landlady is a good-hearted woman. The kind man gave a bun to the dog.
The new student is very friendly. The king is known to be generous.
It is a difficult problem. He found the work to be tough.
It was hard to open the box. The bite of a black fly can be very painful.

Let’s perfect it
A. 1. faster 2. strong 3. most beautiful 4. heavier 5. best 6. Huge

B. 2. It’s a dull, cool day.

3. The bark of this old tree is rough.

4. The thin dog barked at the cat.

5. The generous man kept a careless account of his money.

C. 1.wholesome 2. wonderful 3. excellent, terrific 4. good 5. right

D. Victory High School held a craft competition. Team C, which completed the activity in 19
minutes, got the first prize. The second prize was bagged by Team E and the third prize went to
Team A. Team D came fourth and Team B came last.

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 Let’s build words
A. Across - 2. bright 3. appear 6. attack 7. refuse
Down - 1. foe 2. brittle 4. war 5. wide

B. 2. disallow 3. disappear 4. unsure 5. untidy 6. unwrap 7. discontinue 8. disobey

9. unused, disused 10. unselfish 11. discourtesy 12. displease 13. disagree

14. unwanted 15. unwise 16. disrespect

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