OPEN BASIC EDUCATION ‒ C LEVEL

MY BOOK OF ENGLISH

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OPEN SCHOOLING

(An Autonomous Institution under the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India)
A-24/25, Sector-62, NOIDA-201 309, Uttar Pradesh.
 CONTENTS

S.No. Lesson Name Page No.

Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Mu
1) u u and Amit 1
Beena
2) Amit’s Family 3
3) Things I Do 6
4) Beena’s School 11
5) My Hands And Legs 16
Student’s Assignment 1 20
6) Let’s Travel 22
7) Fruits and Vegetables 25
8) Visiting Grandmother 31
9) Games I Play 35
10) Kamla’s Family 38
11) Going To School 41
12) We are Playing Games Now 45
Student’s Assignment 2 48
13) I’II be a Pilot 50
14) Trees And Flowers 54
15) What Will You Buy? 56
16) The Village Fair 59
17) We Missed You Father 64
18) Mohan Uses Please……… 69
Student’s Assignment 3 72
19) Little Brown Puppy 75
20) My Zoo 76
21) Water Harvesting 81
22) How To Be In The Cricket Team? 86
23) The Drum 89
24) I Wonder 95
25) I Love My Country 96
Student’s Assignment 4 98
List of the New Words 101
Sample Question Paper 104
 How to use this book
Some terms m
are used in all the lessons. This is what they mean.
Muth
Type text here
Let us read
This appears at the beginning of a reading passage. It means you should read the lines
that follow.

Read, think and answer

This normally appears after the reading passage. Here you have to read the questions
given, think about the answer, which is based on what you have read and then write the
answer.

Let us write
This appears towards the end of the lesson. Here you should write about what you have
been asked to write on.

Let us talk
You have to speak the words or sentences given here out loud.

Check your answers

These are answers to questions you have answered after reading the lesson. Do not look
at them for help. Only check to see if you are correct or wrong.
 Muthukumar
Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
s.
1
Beena and Amit

We all have friends. Let us me et some more new people.

Let us read

I am Beena.

I am eleven year old.

I am Amit.

I am ten year old.

I’m Amit
I’m ten years old
2 English

Let us talk
Say these lines out loud about yourself as Amit said.
Amit .
I’ m............................
Ten years old.
I’m....................

Let us write
You have spoken two lines out loud about yourself. Now write
those lines.

naren.
I am …………..(your name)

I am ………….
11 Years old.
 m
2
Amit’s Family

We have met Amit. Let us meet the people he lives with. Let us meet his
family.

Amit’s Family

Let us read
Mother

Father

Brother

Sister
4 English

Mr. Amit Jha is my father.

Mrs. Amita Jha is my mother.

Beena is my sister.

Amit is my brother.

Let us talk
1. Say these words out loud

My brother My father

My sister My mother

2. Say these lines about yourself out loud.

Naren.
I ’ m ______________
(Your name)

J. Muthukumar.
_________is my father.
(your father’s name )

B. _________is
Anbumozhi my mother.
(your mother’s name )
 Amit’s Family 5

NIL
________is my brother.
(your brother’s name )

__________is
Muthukumar Sandhya. my sister.
(your sister’s name)

Let us write
Now write out the lines you spoke about yourself .

New words you have learnt

Father Mother

Brother Sister
 3
Things I Do

We do a lot of things every day. Let us find out what Amit and Beena do
every day.

Let us read

I wash my hands.

I wash my face.

I eat apples.

I eat carrots.
 Things I Do 7

I drink water.

I drink milk.

I brush my teeth.

I comb my hair.

I read stories.

I read poems.

I play with Amit.

We play hide and seek.

8 English

Let us talk
Look at the words given below. Then say out loud what all you
wash, eat and drink. Ask your teacher to help you. The picture
u
should also help you.

Example :- We wash our hands.

We wash our clothes.

We wash our hair.

We wash our face.

Wash
 Things I Do 9

Type text here

eat

drink
10 English

Let us write
Select suitable words from the box and fill in the blanks.

We eat ........................ Stories

We drink ........................ Milk

We read ........................ Clothes

We wash our ........................ Mangoes

New words you have learnt

Hands face apples carrots water milk
Wash eat drink

teeth hair stories poems

brush comb read

Check your answer

Let us write
We eat mangoes

We drink milk

We read stories

We wash our clothes

 u
4
Beena’s School

We have met Beena. Let us find out about her school.

Let us read

Teacher and pupils

Bags and books

Desks and chairs

Pencil and rubber

12 English

Board and chalk

Muthukumar sandy.

Games and playground

Beena’s school (picture )

This is Beena’s school.

This is Miss Dar.

She is her teacher.

Beena studies in this school.

She learns English.

She writes her name.

She plays with her friends.

 Beena’s School 13

Let us talk
Say these words out loud

Pen Hen

Pin Bin

Mat Cat

Chair Pair
14 English

Let us write
1. Beena’s bag has many things. Look at the things she has
and then complete the words below.

B — — K P — —

R — — BE — S — A — E

2. Copy these lines

(a) These are pens and rubbers.

_______________________________________

(b) These are tables and chairs.

_______________________________________

(c) These are sharpeners and pencils.

_______________________________________
 Beena’s School 15

(d) These are boys and girls.

_______________________________________

New words you have learnt

Teacher pupils bags books desk chair

Pencil rubber board chalk

Games playground school teacher

Check your answers

Let us write

1. BOOK

PEN

RUBBER

SCALE
 5
My Hands and Legs

Let us talk about the parts of our body.

Head, eyes, nose, two ears, mouth, long hair,

short hair, two legs.

Let us read
We have one head.

We have two eyes.

We have one nose.

We have two ears.

 My Hands and Legs 17

We have one mouth.

We have two hands.

We have two legs.

This is Beena.

Beena has long hair.

That is Amit.

He has short hair.

The monkey
has a tail
but I don’t.
18 English

Let us talk
Say these words out loud

1. One head

Two eyes

Two ears

Ten fingers

Two legs

Long hair

Short hair

Eye sky

hand land

nose rose

tail rail

Let us write

Copy these lines (sentences ).

a) We have one nose.

_______________________________________________

b) We have ten fingers.

_______________________________________________
 My Hands and Legs 19

c) We have two legs.

_______________________________________________

d) We have two eyes.

_______________________________________________

New words you have learnt.

Head eyes nose ears mouth legs

Long short one two

 Student’s Assignment – 1
(Lesson 1-5)

1. The words given below are not spelt correctly. Write them
correctly. (1x10)

ATFEHR _ _ _ _ _ _ BTRHORE _ _ _ _ _ _ _

OMHTRE _ _ _ _ _ _ RTSISE _ _ _ _ _ _

HECTAER _ _ _ _ _ _ _ HCOLOS _ _ _ _ _ _

AWAH _ _ _ INDRK _ _ _ _ _

DEAH _ _ _ _ ONSE _ _ _ _

2. Fill up the blanks with correct words from the brackets

(1x5)

a) We our face. (wash/drink)

b) We carrots. (read/eat)

c) We books. (look /read)

d) We with. balls (play/keep)

e) We milk. ( drink/eat)

3. Fill up the blanks with words given in the box.

One, two
 My Hands and Legs 21

a) We have nose.

b) We have ears.

c) We have hands.

d) We have legs.

e) We have head.

4. Write five sentences about yourself.

You can use the following words.

Father, mother, brother, sister, I am boy/girl, pet.

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________
 6
Let’s Travel

Read this poem out loud

Aeroplanes

In the air do fly

While buses

On the road do ply.

Trains

Run on rails.

While a ship

On the sea sails

 Let’s Travel 23

Let us recite
“Trains

Run on rails

While a ship

On the sea sails ”

Read and match

Where do we find these ?

Aeroplane On rails

Buses On seas

Trains On road

Ships In the air

Let us write
Look at the pictures below and name them. You can use the
words given in the box.

Car, aeroplane, truck, ship, boat, train

Eg : CAR _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
24 English

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _________

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _________

New words you have learnt

Aeroplanes buses train ship

Air road rails sea

Fly Ply run sail

Check your answers

Read and match

Aeroplane ­̶ in the air

Buses ­̶ on roads

Trains ­̶ on rails

Ships ­̶ on seas
 7
Fruits and Vegetable

Let us read and learn more about the fruits and vegetables we eat

Let us read
This is banana.

These are bananas.

These are
fruits

Yellow bananas

Green mangoes

Red apples
26 English

Black grapes

Brown coconut

Red tomatoes

These are
Orange carrots vegetables

White cauliflower

Brown potatoes

Green peas

Pink onions
 Fruits and Vegetable 27

Green cabbage

Amit eats bananas in the morning.

He eats oranges in the afternoon.

Mrs. Jha cut mangoes at night.

She gives them to Amit and Beena.
They eat the mangoes
28 English

Let us talk
Say these out loud.

This is a yellow mango.

That is a green apple.

Those are red plums.

These are green bananas.

Let us write
Tick the right answer

(a) These are ____________ (tomatoes /potatoes )

(b) These are ___________ (bananas / mangoes )

(c) These are ____________ (onions/ potatoes )

(d) This is a _____________(cauliflower /cabbage)

 Fruits and Vegetable 29

2. Look at the pictures and fill up the blanks.

I eat --------------------------

Beena eats --------------------

Mother cuts --------------------------

3. Match the fruits and vegetable given in the box with their
colours in the wheel. Write the right answer inside the
wheel.

bananas, apples, mangoes, patatoes, peas, cabbage,

carrots, grapes
30 English

New words you have learnt

Bananas, mangoes, apples, grapes, coconut, tomatoes,
cauliflower, potatoes, peas onions, cabbage

Yellow green red black brown orange white green

pink
 8
Visiting Grandmother

Amit and Beena are visiting their grandparents. Let us read and find out
what all they saw:

Let us read
Amit’s grandmother lives in Puri. She lives
with Amit’s uncle, aunt and their children.

Puri is on the sea shore.

The sea is blue in colour.

Fish live in the sea.

Puri is famous for its long sea shore.

There is sand on the sea shore.

Amit and Beena went to Puri last month.

They stayed with their grandmother.

They played on the sea shore.

They made sand castles.

32 English

Let us talk

1) Say this slowly

She sells sea shells on the sea shore.

2) Say these words out loud

Sea She

Sell Shell

Ship sip

Shore sore

Shock sock
 Visiting Grandmother 33

Let us write
Look at the word “sea” given below. Also look at the pictures
given below and fill up the chart with the word that goes with
sea.

Sea

Water
34 English

2. Complete these words:-

Sho e Se

S n . Pl y.

W t r

New words you have learnt

Grandmother Puri Sea Fish Colour

Long Blue

Sand Castles Sea shore

Check your answer

Let us write

1. Sho r e

Se a

S a nd

Pl a y

W a t e r
 9
Games I Play*

Read this poem out loud

Khoko and Kabadi

Are games I play

Out in the sun,

In the month of May.

Cricket and Hockey,

Also I play,

Out in the fields

Happy and gay.

36 English

Let us recite
“Khoko and Kabadi,

Are games I play,

Out in the sun

In the month of May”.

Let us write

1. Copy these sentences.

a) I play football. I kick the ball.

_____________________________________________

b) I play cricket. I throw the ball.

_____________________________________________

2. Look at the table given below. Pick out two games which
you like and two which you do not like.

Hockey Basketball
Cricket Carrom
Football Sankes and ladders
Kabaddi Table tennis
Khoko Ludo

Eg: Amit and Beena like cricket.

We do not like kabaddi.

 Games I Play 37

I like _____________________________________________

I do not like__________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

New word you have learnt

Khoko games play sun month

Kabadi cricket hockey fields happy gay

 10
Kamla’s Family

We have met Amit and Beena. Now let us meet Kamla.

Let us read
My name is Kamla. I am fourteen year old. This is my father.
His name is Mr. Suresh Singh. This is my mother. Her name is
Mrs. Rajni Singh. My brother is Mohan. He is ten year old. He
is playing cricket with his friend Ali, Razia is Ali’s sister. She is
my friend. Aunt Salma is their mother. She makes sweets for
us. Uncle Ahmed is Razia’s and Ali’s father. He teaches in our
school.

Read, think and answer

Fill up the blanks in the sentences. Use suitable words given in
the box

Father, sister, mother, friend, brother

(i) Kamla is Mohan’s …………………………..

(ii) Their……… is Mr. Suresh Singh

(iii) Kamla’s ……….. is Mrs. Rajni Singh

(iv) Ali is Razia’s ……………..

(v) He is Mohan’s ……………….

 Kamla’s Family 39

Let us write
Look at the picture given below. Write five sentences on Vasu’s
family.

This is Vasu Nair

His father is ………………………….

His mother is ……………………….

His sister’s name is ……………….

Lucky is ………………………

Let us talk
Answer these questions about yourself. Speak out loud

1) What is your name ?

My name is …………..

2) How old are you ?

I am …………years old
40 English

3) What is your father’s name ?

My father’s name is ……….

4) What is your mother’s name ?

My mother’s name is ……….

5) Who is your friend ?/(What is your friend’s name?)

My friend’s name is ……..

New words you have learnt

Friend aunt uncle

Check your answer

Read, think and answer
i. Kamla is Mohan’s sister.

ii. Their father is Mr. Suresh Singh.

iii. Kamla’s mother is Mrs. Rajni Singh.

iv. Ali is Razia’s brother.

v. He is Mohan’s friend.

Let us write
This is Vasu Nair.

His father is Shiv Nair.

His mother is Padma Nair.

His sister’s name is Latha.

Lucky is his pet dog.

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Going to School

Kamla and Mohan are going to school. Let us find out how they get ready
for school.

Let us read
It is seven o’clock, Kamla is saying goodbye to her mother.
She is running out of the house. She is getting into the bus
now. Look Razia is also getting into the bus. Razia is asking,
“Where’s Mohan?”

“He’s still sleeping”, laughs Kamla.

The school bell is ringing. Mohan is running into the class.

His hair is not combed. His face is not washed. His shirt is
hanging out of his shorts. He is looking very untidy.
42 English

Read, think and answer

Select the correct words from those given in bracket and fill in
the blanks.

i. It is seven o’clock. Mohan is _______ (sleeping/reading )

ii. It is six o’clock. Kamla is washing her________(face/

uniform)

iii. It is seven o’clock ______ is saying goodbye to her

mother. (Kamla /Razia)

iv. It is seven o’clock. Raza is getting into the __________.

(bus/train)

v. Mohan is running into the class. His _____ is hanging out

of his shorts. (shirt/coat)

Let us write

1. Look at the pictures and write five sentences on what Ali

is doing. Begin with “He is ”
 Going to School 43

He is __________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

2. Look at the pictures and rearrange the sentences below in

the proper order.

She is saying goodbye to her mother.

She is getting into the bus.

She is eating her breakfast now.

Razia is washing her face.

44 English

New words you have learnt

Running getting asking sleeping ringing hanging

Looking

Combed washed

Untidy

Check your answers

Read, think and answer
i. It is seven o’clock. Mohan is sleeping

ii. It is six o’clock. Kamla is washing her face.

iii. It is seven o’clock. Kamla is saying goodbye to her

mother.

iv. It is seven o’clock. Razia is getting into the bus

v. Mohan is running into the class. His shirt is hanging out of

his shorts.
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We are Playing Games Now

In the last lesson Kamla, Mohan and Razia went to school. Let us find out
what games they played in school.

Let us read
It is three o’clock. The school is over.
All the children are in the play ground.
They are playing games. Some girls
are playing throwball. Some boys
are playing volleyball. Mohan and
Ali are not playing volleyball.
They are in the big field. They are
playing cricket. Mohan is bowling
and Ali is batting.
46 English

Read, think and answer

I 1) It is three o’clock. All the children are in the
_________.

2) Some girls are playing _____________.

3) Mohan and Ali are not playing ____________.

4) Ali is ____________ and Mohan is ___________.

II Underline the odd word

e.g.:train, bus, taxi, guard green, apple, red yellow

a) volleyball, cricket, train, football.

b) grapes, oranges, mangoes, potatoes.

c) table, uniform, blackboard, chair.

d) comb, pen pencil, rubber.

Let us write
Use the word given in the box and fill in the blanks. Then read
the paragraph out loud.

Bats, likes, bowls, are, has

Ali ___________playing cricket. In cricket there __________

two team. Each team_______ eleven payers. One team and

the other__________ In India many people like cricket.

 We are Playing Games Now 47

New words you have learn

Played

Playing bowling batting

throwball volleyball cricket

Check your answers

Read, think and answer
1) It is three o’clock. All the children are in the play ground.

2) Some girls are playing throwball.

3) Mohan Ali are not playing volleyball.

4) Ali is batting and Mohan is bowling.

Underline the odd word

a) Volleyball, cricket, train, football

b) Grapes, oranges, mangoes, potatoes.

c) Table, uniform blackboard, chair.

d) Comb, pen, pencil, rubber.

Let us write
Ali likes playing cricket. In cricket there are two teams.
Eachteam has eleven player. One team bats and the other
bowls. In India many people like cricket.
Student‘s Assignment – 2
(Lesson 6-12)
Max. Marks: 25

1. Fill up the blanks using the right words from the brackets.
(1x5)

a) This ______ a banana. (is/was)

b) Raju is ______ with Kamla. (playing/played)

c) Puri ______ on the seashore. (is/was)

d) Ramesh is _____to school. (going/went )

e) Sneha _______to Delhi every week. (goes/going)

2. The words given below are jumbled up. Write them

correctly.) (1x5)

SUSBE ------- HISP - - - -

NIONO - - - - MEGAS - - - -

KETRCIC --------

3. Match the following.

Carrots Sky

Aeroplane Red

Tomatoes Game

Khoko School

Teacher Orange
 Student’s Assignment – 2 49

4. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (1x5)

Ramesh is a ten year old boy. He goes to school, Ali

and John are his friends. Ramesh plays football with his
friends. Ramesh wants to be pilot when he grows up.

a) Ramesh is eleven year old. (T/F)

b) Ali and john are his brothers. (T/F)

c) Ramesh plays football. (T/F)

d) Ramesh wants to be a doctor (T/F)

e) Ramesh goes to office everyday (T/F)

5. Write five sentence on “My favourite game”. You can use

the following words.

Cricket, bat, ball, fields, friends.

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I’ II be a Pilot

One day Kamla and Razia went for a walk. Let us read and find out what
all they saw.

Let us read
One day Kamla and Razia went for a walk. “Look that’s the
railway station”, said Razia. A train was standing at the station.
The guard waved a green flag. The train started.

“My brother Mohan wants to be a car mechanic” said Kamla.

“Ali want to be a bus driver”, laughed Razia. “I’m going to be a
pilot and fly a plane ”,

“My uncle is a bus conductor”, said Kamla. “He goes to Delhi

on the bus everyday”. Mine is a taxi driver,” said Razia. “ He
goes to Simla and Chandigarh “.

“I will be a doctor”, said Kamla. “Then I will fly in your plane ”,

 I’ II be a Pilot 51

What does what ?

Match the picture with words given in the box

Doctor, bus conductor, pilot, taxi driver, guard.

Let us write
Fill up the blanks

e.g. A Doctor treats

52 English

(i) A ________________flies

(ii) A ______________ waves

(iii) A _______________ teaches in a

(iv) A _______________ works in a

Read, think and answer

Say whether these sentences are true or false.

1) The guard waved a red flag.

2) The train was at the bus stop.

3) Mohan wants to be a car mechanic.

4) Kamla wants to be a pilot.

5) Razia’s uncle is a taxi driver.

6) Razia’s uncle goes to Delhi and Agra.

 I’ II be a Pilot 53

New words you have learn

Went saw said

Started laughed

Taxi driver doctor guard car mechanic bus driver pilot

Check your answer

Let us write

i. Pilot

ii. Guard

iii. Teacher

iv. Mechanic

Read, think and answer

(1) F (2) F (3) T 4 (F) (5) T (6) F
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Tree and Flowers*

Read this poem out loud

Gulmohar and Neem

Are name of Trees

Roses and Lilies

Are names of flower

Don’t cut trees ,

Don’t pluck flowers

They look good,

Wherever they are.

* Poem written by Soma Bhattachariya.

 Tree and Flowers 55

New words you have learnt

Gulmohar Neem

Roses Lilies

Flower Tree

Pluck
 15
What will you buy?

Razia mother goes shopping. Let us see what she buys. Ali and
Mohan are also with her.

Let us read
Bhim Yadav is a shopkeeper

Mohan : “Where’s Bhim Yadav?”

Ali : “He’s in his shop”.

Mohan : “What is he selling?”

Ali : “He is selling helps him in the shop?”

Razia’s mother is in the shop

Razia’s mother : “How much is this bag of rice?”

Bhim Yadav : “It’s Rs. 15/- per kg “.

Razia’s mother : “Give me 2 kg . please”.

Bhim Yadav: “Here you are”.

Razia’s mother: “Thank you. Here’s Rs. 30/”

 What will you buy? 57

Read think and answer

1. Say whether the following are true or false

a) Bhim Yadav is selling fruits.

b) Razia’s mother is buying rice.

c) She is giving him Rs.15/-

d) Rajni is sleeping in the shop.

e) Kamla’s mother is buying a litre of oil.

2. Select words from box B and use them in place of the

under lined ones in box A.

A B
Silling Oil A rose
Making a bill A bus
Playing volleyball Sweets
Driving a car Basketball
Giving money Soap

Let us write

1. Look at the pictures and complete the dialogue

Kamla : Where ______ Mewalal ?

Razia : __________________
58 English

Kamla : What _____________ selling ?

Razia : ______________________

Kamla : Who is __________shop ?

Razia : Aunty Salma __________

Kamla : ______________ is she buying ?

Razia : She _________________

New Words you have learnt

Shopping selling
Where What Who How
Helps makes

Check your answers

Read, think and answer
1. (a) F (b) T (c) F (d) F (e) F

2. Selling soap
Making sweets
Playing basketball
Driving a bus
Giving a rose
 16
The Village Fair

Kamla and Mohan went to the village fair. Let us find out what they did
there.

Let us read
Last Sunday Kamla and Mohan went to the village fair. They saw
an elephant. He was a friendly elephant. The children sat on the
elephant’s back and went round the fair. They enjoyed their ride.

There were many swings. They played on the swing. Then they
sat on the giant wheel. When the wheel went up they saw their
whole village. They waved to their mother.

They also saw many shops. Some shops sold clothes and some
sold bangles. These shops were very colourful. They had blue
skirts, yellow shirts, pink frocks and orange saris. The bangle
shop had red and green glass bangles. They were very pretty.

“Oh ! I am very hungry. Let’s have some sweets. “They went to

the sweet shop and had hot gulabjamuns.
60 English

Read, think and answer

1. Arrange these sentences in the order in which they come
in the next.

i. They waved to their mother.

ii. They had hot gulabjamuns.

iii. They had an elephant ride.

iv. They played on the swing.

v. They sat on the giant wheel.

vi. Kamla and Mohan went to the fair.

2. Say whether the following are true or false

a) Kamla and Mohan went to school on Sunday (T/F)

b) Kamla and Mohan ran round the fair (T/F)

c) Kamla and Mohan bought skirts and shirts at the fair

(T/F)

d) They saw many colorful shops. (T/F)

e) They are icecream at the fair. (T/F)

 The Village Fair 61

Let us write

1. Look at the following pictures.

Today

This is Raju. He is sitting on He is going to He is eating a

chair. school. mango.

What did do Yesterday ?

Yesterday

He went _______________cinema ___________ learnt

computers. He ate ______banana

Mohan came home and wrote in his exercise book.

Today I want to the fair. I saw many shops. I sat in a shop

and ate gulbjamuns. I also played games.

Can you write four sentences on what you did today. You can
use the following words.
62 English

Went, ate, played, met

I school. I

Let us talk
Pair work

Ask your friend these questions. Choose the answers from the
box below .

In the morning, English and Hindi, cricket and hockey, at four

o’clock.

a) When did you go to school ?

Ans.: I

b) What did you learn there ?

c) What games did you play there ?

d) When did you come home ?

 The Village Fair 63

New words you have learnt

Went did saw was sat

Sold had

Enjoyed played waved

Friendly colourful

Check your answers

Read, think and answer
1. (vi), (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)

2. (a) F, (b) F (c) F (d) T (e) F

Let us write

1. He went to the cinema. He learnt computer. He ate a_

banana.
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We Missed You Father!

On holidays we usually go out with our parents and enjoy ourselves.

Let us find out what Kamla and Mohan did on Kamla’s birthday.

Let us read
It was Saturday. Father came home from Chennai. The children
hugged him.

Father asked Mohan, “How did you celebrate Kamla’s birthday?”

Mohan, “Oh father! Mother took us to Agra”.

Father, “Really ? Tell me more about your trip”.

Mohan, “We saw the Taj Mahal. We climbed stairs to enter the
Taj. Then we walked around. I even touched the white marble”.

Father, “We there many people there? “

Mohan, “ Oh yes! Kamla and I talked to some of them. We told

them the story of the Taj”.

Kamla, “Mother cooked vegetables and made stuffed parathas at

home. We packed those in tiffin boxes and carried them to the Taj
Gardens”.

Mohan, “We also took boiled water in a flask. After we ate the
parathas, we had cold drinks”.
 We Missed You Father! 65

Kamla, “And Papa, we bought a marble box for you. It has pink
flowers on it.”

Father, “Thank you. I ‘II put my stamps in the box and I’m glad
you had a good time”.

Kamal and Mohan, “But we missed you papa!”

Read, think and answer

1. When did father come back from Chennai ?

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

2. Where did mother take Kamla and Mohan ?

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

3. Mention two things that Kamla and Mohan did there ?

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

4. What did the children eat and drink at the Taj Gardens?

______________________________________________

______________________________________________
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Let us talk
Say these words out loud.

Play tray

Jump bump

Run fun

Let us write
Fill up the blanks using the words given in the box

Danced, jumped, laughed, played

Maya’s mother gave her a doll. Maya ……… with joy. She
……… with it. She ……….. around the house. Her brother
thought this was funny. So he….. out loud

2. Look at the examples given below and write at least three

sentences using “played”.

eg. The man played the guitar.

Mohan played with Kamal.

1) ……….the flute

2) ………with friends.

3) ………..in the park

 We Missed You Father! 67

3. The letters of the words given below are jumbled up.

Write them correctly.

eg. EDLIMCB CLIMBED

a) MPEDJU …………..

b) AKWDLE ………….

c) GULAEHD …………..

d) OOKEDC …………..

Look at the picture of the Taj Mahal below. Write five sentences
on it. Use the word given in the box.

The Taj Mahal

White marble – built by Shah Jahan- in Agra-beautiful-green

lawns-one of the seven wonders of the world.

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________
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New words you have learnt

Missed hugged asked climbed walked

Touched talked cooked stuffed

Packed boiled

Check your answers

Read, think and answer

1. Saturday

2. The Taj Mahal is in Agra.

3. Climbed stairs to reach the Taj and walked around the Taj.

4. Stuffed parathas and cold drinks

5. A marble box.

Let us write

1. Maya jumped with joy. She played with it. She jumped
around the house. Her brother thought this was funny. So
he laughed out loud.

2. (1) The man played the flute.

(2) Mohan played with friends
(3) The children played in the park

3. J U M P E D, W A L K E D, L A U G H E D, C O O K E D
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Mohan Uses “Please”.

We have already met Mohan. Let us find out what makes him a nice boy.

Let us read
It was Monday. All the children were in class. Suddenly
someone rushed in and said, “May I come in please?”

‘Oh! Mohan! You’re late again?”

“Sorry ma’am. I got up late today”.

“All right. But don’t be late again”.

So, Mohan came into the classroom and sat down. He opened
his bag and took out his book. But where was his pencil box?
He had forgotten it. What should be do now? He didn’t want to
tell his teacher. He quietly tapped Rohit’s hand and whispered.
“Please can you lend me a pencil? I forgot to bring mine”.
Rohit gave him one, “Oh! Thank you”, whispered Mohan.

At lunch time again Mohan was in trouble. Mother had given

both Kamla and Mohan sandwiches, pakoras and some tomato
sauce. But Mohan and eaten up his pakoras and tomato sauce.
Now he wanted some more.
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He peeped into Kamla’s tiffin box. There were still some

pakoras and sauce in her box. He wanted to grab some of her
pakoraas. Suddenly he remembered what mother had told him.
She had said to use “Please” and say “Can I have some?”

So, very politely Mohan said, “Kamla, can I have some pakoras
and sauce, please?” Kamla gave them to him happily. Then she
said, “Mohan tell me one thing, since when have you become
so polite ?”

Let us talk
Look at A and B below, Speak them out loud with your friend.

You:- Please can you lend me our pencil.

Your friend:- Sure. Here you are.

You:- Thank you.

You:- May I borrow your dictionary?

Your friend:- Certainly.

You:- Thank you.

Let us write

1. Copy these sentences

a) What’s the time, please?

___________________________________________

b) Please, can you lend me your rubber?

___________________________________________
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c) Please can you give me a glass of water?

___________________________________________

d) May I borrow your pen?

___________________________________________

2. You have seen how Mohan uses the words “please” and
“thank you” . Now fill up the blanks below using these two
words.

A:- ……………………………. Give me another bun.

B:- Do you like buns?

A:- Yes. They are very tasty.

B:- Here you are. Take it.

A:-……………………… very much.

New words you have learnt

May please can

Sorry

Thank you

Check your answers

Let us write

2. A: Please give me another bun.

A: Thank you, very much.
 Student’s Assignment – 3
(Lessons 13-18)

Max. Marks. 25

1. Choose the correct words from the brackets and fill up the
blanks. 1x5

a) The children are ____________ games. (playing/

played)

b) The children ________________ to school yesterday.

(go/went)

c) Mohit is __________ to school. (running/playing)

d) Mohit _________ the stairs of the towls. (climbed/

climbing)

2. Fill up the blanks using the words given in the box 1x2

How, Where

a) Ramesh asked Ali, _______________ much did you

buy this for?”

b) Teacher asked Mohan “_____________ are you going

this summer?”

3. Underline the odd word out.

a) Cabbage, carrot, plum, potato.

b) Pen, pencil, rubber, taxi.

c) Cricket, football, comb, hockey.

d) Shirt, frock, skirt, ball.

e) Roses, lilies, aeroplane, lotus.

 Student’s Assignment – 3 73

4. Tick the correct answer.

a) He _______ to the fair (1x3)

i) Go

ii) Went

iii) run

b) We were late for school. So we ____________ after

the bus.

i) Ran

ii) Running

iii) Walking

c) The monkey _______________ down from the tree.

i) Jumping

ii) Jumped

iii) Singing

5. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

John and Ali went to Delhi. They saw the Red Fort. They
also saw the Qutab Minar. They stayed with John’s uncle.
John’s uncle took the two boys to the zoo.

a) Where did John and Ali go? 1

b) What two things did they see there? 2

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c) Who did they stay with? 1

d) Where did uncle take the boy? 1

6. Write five sentences on “The village fair”. You can use the
following words. (5 marks)

Shops – sweets – light – month of November – games

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Little Brown Puppy*

My puppy is soft and brown,

He loves to run up and down.

He comes to me when I call,

But runs away with my doll.

I shall take him to the vet.

There his injections he’II get.

A happy, healthy do he’II be.

So much like a friend to me.

He’II play with me all day.

And guard my house when I’m away.

Say these groups of words out loud:-

brown call vet be day

down doll get me away

* Poem written by Shefali Ray

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My Zoo

We have met Kamla and Mohan, who went to the zoo by bus. On the bus
they met Mr. and Mrs. Khan, Razia and Ali. They too, were going to the
zoo.

Let us read
On Saturday Kamla and Mohan went to the zoo by bus. On the
bus they met Mr. and Mrs. Khan, Razia and Ali. They too, were
going to the zoo.

At the zoo they saw some monkeys. Naughty children were

throwing stones at them. “Please don’t throw stones at animals.
They get hurt. Besides, it is unkind”. Kamla said. Kamla gave
some peanuts to the monkeys.
 My Zoo 77

They all walked around the zoo. They saw lions and tigers. The
tigers were playing with their cubs. The giraffe was standing near
a tall tree. He was eating leaves. “Where do giraffes come from?
asked Ali.

“From Africa, said his father.

They saw a rhinoceros with a horn on his nose. “Uncle where

does this animal come from?” asked kamla.

“From Assam, “said Mr. Khan.

“Why does he have a horn on his nose?” asked Mohan.

“To fight with his enemies”, said Mr. Khan.

“But wicked men kill the animal and sell the horn for a lot of
money. Now there are very few of these animals left”.

“People kill tigers too,” said Ali,” and sell the skin for a lot of
money. There are very few tigers left”.

“Oh! How sad …………………….” Said Kamla.

“Yes” said Mrs. Khan, “It will be very sad if all the tigers and
rhinos are killed and we can’t see any”.

Let us write

1. Fill in the blanks with the help of the pictures.

The ……………… lives in a jungle. Its babies are

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called……………

The ……………… has a long neck. It eats……………………

The ………………………. loves ……………………………

The ……………………. has a …………………… on his nose.

He kills his enemies with his ………………………..

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2. Use these question words in the blanks.

where, how, who, what

Example:- Who get angry?

Kamla got angry.

a) ………………….. did the children go?

They went to the zoo.

b) …………………... did they go?

They went by bus.

c) ………………….. went with Ali and Razia?

Their parents and their friends.

d) …………………. Did they see?

They saw monkeys, lions, tigers and giraffes.

3. Answer the questions below with Yes or No.

a) Did the children go by rickshaw to the zoo?…………

b) Did they see a giraffe?............................

c) Did the monkeys have peanuts?........................

d) Did the children have ice cream at the zoo?..................

4. Read these questions out loud and then copy them.

a) Are you going to school?

___________________________________________

b) Can I come with you?

___________________________________________
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c) Does a giraffe eat meat?

___________________________________________

d) Do lions climb trees?

___________________________________________

New words you have learnt

Monkeys lions tigers giraffe rhinoceros

cubs

Check your answers

Let us write

2. (a) Where did the children go?

(b) How did they go?

(c) Who went with Ali and Razia?

(d) What did they see?

3. (a) No (b) Yes (c) Yes (d) No

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Water Harvesting

During the monsoons lot of rain water is wasted. Can we store it and use it
when we need it the most? Let us read and find out how it can be done.

Let us read
Kamla went to Lata’s village on Sunday. They sat in front of
Lata’s house and ate peanuts. Kamla looked up at the roof of
Lata’s house. “Why is there a drain round the roof?” she asked.
“It collects the rain water”. Lata said, “There is a pipe on the
side on the wall and the rain water goes through it into this big
tank in the ground”.
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“Oh! Is that the tank?” said Kamla.

“The top of the tank is made of cement”, Lata said “Leaves and
dust cannot fall in and dirty the water. The water doesn’t dry up.
In summer when we do not get any water we use it for washing
and bathing. Last year we had no water at all. We had to walk 4
kilometers to the river everyday to wash our dishes and clothes
and have our bath. This year we will not have to walk so much
for water.”

“Having a tank is a good idea” said Kamla. “Rain water is not

wasted. We use it when we need it the most. I will ask my father
to harvest rain water too”.

“But remember, “said Lata. “We must not use tank water for
cooking or drinking.

Read, think and answer

Answer these questions:-

1. Why is there a tin drain round the roof?

_______________________________________________

2. Where is the pipe?

______________________________________________

3. What does the big tank contain”

______________________________________________

4. Where do the villagers go when there is no water in the

village?

______________________________________________

5. When should we not use tank water?

______________________________________________
 Water Harvesting 83

Let us write

I. Choose the correct words from the brackets and complete

these sentences.

1. a) We ……………… rice every afternoon.

b) A
 nil……………… too many laddoos yesterday and
fell ill. (ate/eat)

2. a) Seema ………………………. To the village once a

week.

b)  ohan ……………………… to play football this

M
morning. (goes, went).

3. a) T
 he gardener ………………………. Dry leaves
everyday.

b)  y father …………………. a lot of coins and gave

M
them to me. (collected, collects)

4. a) I …………………….. sweets for my friends

yesterday.

b) The tailor……………. Lovely suits. (makes, made).

II. Describe a summer day by using the given words in the

blanks.

hot, dry, fruit, water, shortage, river, swim, long, ice-cream.

It is very ……………… in summer. The days

are ………….. . We eat lots of ………………….
In the evenings we …………………… in the
……………………. .
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Let us talk

1. Say these words out loud.

Tank bank

River liver

Pump bump

Floor door

Drain train

tight right

2. Say these sentences out loud:-

Let’s store rain water.

Let’s not waste water.

New words you have learnt

Wasted looked asked

Went ate made had

Collect goes

Washing bathing cooking drinking.

 Water Harvesting 85

Check your answers

Read, think and answer
1. The pipe collects rain water.

2. On the side of the wall.

3. Rain water.

4. To the river. 4 kilometers away.

5. For cooking or drinking.

Let us write

I 1. Eat, ate

2. Goes, went

3. Collects, collected

4. Made, makes

II It is very hot is summer. The days are long. We eat lots of

fruit. In the evenings we swim in the river.
 22
How To Be In The Cricket Team?

Mohan has not been selected for the Cricket team. Let us find out the
reasons.

Let us read
The games master hasn’t selected Mohan for the cricket team.
Mohan is unhappy. Ali is the cricket captain. “Do not be
unhappy Mohan”. He says, “You play very well. But you are not
strong enough. You get tired very quickly. To play matches you
must be strong and healthy.”

“How can I become strong and healthy?” Mohan asked.

“Eat well”, Ali said. “Your mother says you do not eat properly”.

“What should I eat?” Mohan asked.

“To be strong you must eat lots of dal and chana. Fresh fruits
and green vegetables will give you good eyesight. Plenty of
milk and curd will make your bones strong”.

“I get tired quickly, I know”, Mohan said.

“You won’t get tired if you eat rice, chapaties, gur or sweets”,
Ali said.

“My mother talks just like you”, Mohan laughed. “Eat your
food, drink up your milk…………………..”
 How To Be In The Cricket Team? 87

“Listen to us”, Ali laughed, “And next year you will be in the
cricket team as well as in the football and hockey teams”

Read, think and answer

Complete these sentences.

1. Mohan is unhappy because he has not been selected for the

……………..

2. Ali tells him “You should be ……………… and

………………. To be in the cricket team”.

3. Fresh fruits and vegetables improve our ………………… .

4. ……………. and ………….. make our bones strong.

5. If we eat rice and chapaties we will not get…………….......

easily.

Let us write
Complete the paragraph on Ali the cricket captain. Use the
words given in the box.

Gur, dal, captain, rajma, milk, healthy, fruits, vegetables.

Ali is the cricket ………….. . He is strong and ……………....

Every morning he drinks a glass of …………… . He eats fresh

……………… At lunchtime be eats rice and …………… . For

dinner he has chapaties and ………………. . He enjoys a little

bit of ………………….. after dinner.

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Let us talk
Say these sentences out loud.

1. I love apples

2. My friend likes grapes.

3. Apples are sweet.

4. Grapes can be sour.

Check your answers

Read, think and answer

1. Cricket team

2. Strong, healthy

3. Eyesight

4. Milk, curd

5. Tired

Let us write
Captain, healthy, milk, fruits,

rajma, vegetables, gur.

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The Drum

Raju wanted a drum. Let us read and find out how he gets one.
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The Drum 91
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 The Drum 93

Read, think and answer

The sentences given below are not in the correct order. Arrange
them according the story you have just read.

Then the washerman gave him a coat. The potter’s wife gave
him a pot-Raju’s mother gave him a piece of wood. Raju met a
man who gave him a horse. The bridegroom gave Raju a drum.
Raju gave the horse to the bridegroom.

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

Let us write
Imagine that you are Raju. You have just got the drum. Write
five sentence on how you feel. You can use the following words.

Happy, joy, sweet, sound, dream, enjoy

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I Wonder

Read this poem out loud

Birds and butterflies

Both do fly,

Up in the sky,

Way up high.

I wonder how the sky,

Is always so blue,

And the flowers,

Bright in their hue.

* Poem written by Soma Bhattachariya

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I Love My Country*
My country is vast
I has a glorious past,

Four corners it got

For you and me to be proud of,

Treasures it has many

One does not know how many,

Its trees and flowers

Are rare in this world,

Its breeze is sweet

And its birds always tweet,

And when its trains which move so fast

And its aeroplanes fly past,

I know how lucky I am

To be in the country that I am,

Known as Bharat or India

From Japan to America,

This is a magic land of old

With sands of gold

I want to be here for long

And do things big and small
Because this is the land to which I belong

* Poem Written by Soma Bhattachariya

 I Love My Country 97

Let us write
Write five sentences on your country. You can use the following
words.

Big, beautiful, people, languages

 Student’s Assignment – 4
(Lesson 19-25)
Max. Marks : 25

1. Choose the correct word from the brackets and fill up the
blanks (1x3)

a) Shilpa went to the market. She ________ a lovely

dress for herself. (buy/bought)

b) Sunil bought a gift for Deepak. The shopkeeper said,

“shall I ____________it for you ?” (pack/packed)

c) John told Ali a funny story. Ali _________out loud.

(laugh/laughed)

2. Fill up the blanks with the correct words given in the box.
(1x3)

Where, how, what

a) Ramesh asked Ali, “____________ did you go to

school today.”

b) “_____________ did you buy for me ?” Razia asked

her mother.

c) “___________ can I find this book ?” The man asked

the librarian

3. Choose the correct word from the brackets and fill up the
blanks. (1x4)

a) Mohan loves to eat ______________ after dinner.

(mango/mangos)

b) Mr. Singh said to Mohan. “There are far too many

_______ on the road these days.” (car/cars)
 Student’s Assignment – 4 99

c) The money is eating a _________ (banana/bananas)

d) “Shall I cut some ____________ for you to eat?” Mrs.

Singh asked her children. (apples/apple)

4. Read the passage and then answer the questions that follow.

Kiran and Sumit decided to visit David on Diwali. They

packed sweets for David. At David’s house the three boys
lit candles and diyas. They did not burnt crackers. Their
teacher had told them not to do so. The boys also greeted
their parents and other friends that day.

a) Who decided to visit David ? 1

_______________________________________________

b) What did they take for David ? 1

_______________________________________________

c) What did the boys do on Diwali ? 1

_______________________________________________

d) Why did the boys not burn crackers on Diwali ? 1

_______________________________________________

e) What other things did the boys do on Diwali ? 1

_______________________________________________

5. The sentences given below are jumbled up. Write them in

their correct order. The first sentence is in its right places.
(1x5)

1. One day Emperor Akbar called everyone to his court.

2. He then said, “make this line shorter But don’t rub

any part of it.”
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3. Many people tried but failed.

4. Finally Birbal draw a longer line next to the first one.

5. Emperor Akbar drew a line on the floor.

6. Emperor Akbar was pleased.

7. Write five sentences on “The zoo”. You can use the

following words. (5 marks)

Tree , Flowers, Tigers, Elephant, Lion, Monkeys

 List of New Words

You have learnt all these words

Apples cook
Aeroplanes call
Air collect
Aunt desk
Ask doctor
Ate drink
Brother decide
Bags dance
Books demand
Board ear
Bus eat
Banana enjoy
Blue father
Bus driver face
Brush fly
Boil fish
Carrot fields
Chair friend
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Chalk games
Cauliflower grapes
Cabbage gay
Colour get
Cricket giraffe
Car mechanic hands
Colorful hair
Computer head
Comb happy
Climb hang
Help rail
Hug rhinoceros
Instrument run
Long read
Legs sister
Look story
Laugh school
Milk ship
Month sea
Mango sandcastle
Mouth sea shore
Monkey sun
Mouse short
Miss sail
Make sleep
Nose see
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Onion say
One start
Pupil shop
Poem sell
Pencil sat
Playground sweet
Potato speak
Pea tooth
Pilot teacher
Pad tomato
Play taxi driver
Ply tiger
Pack tall
Rubber talk
Read uncle

You have also learnt these words, Use them ……..

am I, and, at, as, an, are,

another, but, By, below, because,

do, have, in, is,.... it, on, of,

he, she, so, to, till, the, under,

we, why, what, while, who, where

 Sample Question Paper
English
(Part B)
Time : 2 hours Max Marks : 70

1. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from the bracket:

(1x2)

i. Father said to Rahul, “Look at the beautiful setting

_____”. (sun/son)

ii. The _______ lives in the forest. (bare/bear).

2. Select a suitable word from those given in brackets in

place of the underlined ones.

i. Mala is a six year old girl.

Mala goes to school every day. (He/She)

Answer : ___________ goes to school every day.

ii. Mala has pink bag.

The bag is lying on the floor. (It/She)

Answer: _____________ is lying on the floor.

iii. Mala is playing with the children.

The children are making a lot of noise. (They/She)

Answer: _____________ are making a lot of noise.

iv. Ravi is crying

Ravi wants Mala’s bag, (He/It)

Answer :______ wants Mala’s bag.

 Sample Question Paper 105

v. This gift is __________ you.

a) For

b) Of

c) By (1)

vi. Ravi is eating _____________apple

a) A

b) An

c) The

vii. These _______are sweet (1)

a) Mango

b) Mangoes

c) Lemon

viii. The ______ are on the table (1)

a) Book

b) Books

c) Jug

ix. The pine trees is tall. But the rose plant is __________

a) Short (1)

b) Heavy

c) Light
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x. The box was very light and I carried it easily. (1)

In the above sentence light means:

a) Full of light

b) Dark

c) Not heavy

xi. The monkey is __________the cage. (1)

a) In

b) At

c) On

In questions xi & xii select the questions to which the

underlined word are the answer

xii. Renu lives in Delhi (1)

a) Who lives in Delhi ?

b) Where does Renu live?

c) When does Renu live in Delhi

xiii. Rohit loves Apples (1)

a) Who loves Apples ?

b) What does Rohit love?

c) Why does Rohit love Apples ?

xiv. Given below are a group of words. Pick the odd one out.

Pencil, slate, pen, mother

 Sample Question Paper 107

a) Mother

b) Pen

c) Slate

In questions xiv to xviii read the sentences and answer the

questions that follow:

xv. Lord Shiva had two sons Kartikeya and Ganesha. (1)

Q) How many sons did Lord Shiva have?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

xvi. He said to them “Go round the earth as quickly as you

can”.

Q. What did he ask them to do ?

a) To go round the earth as quickly as they can.

b) To go round and round the earth.

c) To go round the earth in one day.

xvii. He elder son Kartikeya went round the earth on the

peacock. Ganesha walked round his parents.

Q) What did Ganesha do ?

i. He ran round and round

ii. He went round the earth

iii. He walked round his parents

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xviii. Lord Shiva asked Ganesha why he had done this. Ganesha
replied, “The Rig Veda tells that our parents are as great as
the earth. By going round my parents, I have walked round
the earth”.

Q) What was Ganesha’s reply ?

Ans. He replied that :

i. He was too weak and tired to walk round the earth.

ii. He had walked round the earth by going round his

parents.

iii. He wanted to make his parents happy by going round

them.

xviii. The sentences given below are not in the correct order.
Tick the correct order. The first sentences are in the right
place.

i. The fox was hungry.

ii. The crow opened its mouth and the roti fell out.

iii. The fox said sing for me.

iv. The crow had a roti in its mouth.

v. The fox wanted to eat the roti.

The correct order is :

a) (i), (ii) (iii),(iv),(v)

b) (i), (iv),(v), (iii), (ii)

c) (i),(v),(iv),(ii),(iii)
 Sample Question Paper 109

xix. Delhi is the capital city of India.

The correct way to punctuate the above sentences is:

a) delhi is the capital city of india

b) Delhi is the capital city of india

c) Delhi is the capital city of India