Class 4 English Lesson 15

Exercise

Reading I

A Lump of Gold

A. Learn these words/phrases and complete the sentences with them.

• Answers:

a) Wait for a moment. I’ll be back.

b) A lump of clay is beside the lump of silver.

c) Don’t shout loudly! The baby is sleeping.

d) Last night, a thief broke into our house and stole the money and the gold.

e) My father has stopped smoking. It was his wise decision.

B. What lesson did you learn from the story?

Answer: Money doesn’t make you happy.

C. Answer the following questions.

a) How many characters are there in the story? Who are they?

Answer: There are three characters in the story: the rich old man, the thief, and the wise woman.

b) What did the man sell?

Answer: The man sold his house, furniture, car, and clothes.

c) What did the man do with the lump of gold?

Answer: The man put the lump of gold on the table and looked at it every day.

d) Where did the thief put the lump of gold?

Answer: The man put the lump of gold on the table and looked at it every day.

e) What did the wise woman tell the old man to get?

Answer: The wise woman told the old man to get a big stone and put it on the table.

f) What did the old man think of himself?

Answer: The old man thought that he was very silly and that he didn’t need a lump of gold to be happy.

Grammar I

C. Make yes/no questions based on these sentences.

Example:

She brought apples.

Did she bring apples?

a) My father is making a paper boat.

b) They are fighting.

c) Hemlata likes tea.

d) Our cat jumps very high.

e) I like learning English.

f) She has a beautiful pen.

g) The three boys had poor eyesight.

h) They lived in a village.

i) She bought some apples yesterday.

j) Sanjari has given me a pencil.

• Answers:

a) Is your father making a paper boat?

b) Are they fighting?

c) Does Hemlata like tea?

d) Does our cat jump very high?

e) Do you like learning English?

f) Does she have a beautiful pen?

g) Did the three boys have poor eyesight?

h) Did they live in a village?

i) Did she buy some apples yesterday?

j) Has Sanjari given you a pencil?

Reading II

Picnic

B. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the poem.

• Answers:

a) They will have some fruits and sweets.

b) They will go to the park or to the playground.

c) Grandmother and Grandad will go with them.

d) The ants ate all their biscuits.

C. Read the poem again and write True or False.

• Answers:

a) False, they are planning for a picnic.

b) False, they are taking cheese and meats with them.

c) True, they want to go with Granny and Grandad.

d) False, they want to go with everyone.

e) True, they packed everything upside down.

Grammar II

A. Match the statements with their wh-questions.

• Answer:

Column A——————————-Column B

a) He is living in Dhangadhi.—- ii. Where is he living?

b) Monika speaks good English.—– iv. Who speaks good English?

c) Paru went to Bara yesterday. ———v. When did Paru go?

d) Phurba will play badminton. ——i. What will Phurba play?

e) She was dancing on the stage. —–vi. Where was she dancing?

f) He went to the market to buy apples.—— iii. Why did he go to the market?

B. Make wh-questions for these statements.

a) My name is Tom.

b) I study in grade four.

c) I have five members in my family.

d) We live in a town.

e) I am writing a letter to my friend.

f) Hemlata has painted a picture.

• Answers:

a) What is your name?

b) In which grade do you study?

c) How many members are there in your family?

d) Where do you live?

e) What are you writing to your friend?

f) What has Hemlata painted?

Writing II

Bringing Homemade Food to School

A. Read the following paragraph and look at the good things and bad things about home made food.

Answer:

Good things about homemade food:

a) Cheaper than fast food

b) More healthy

c) Helps create healthy eating habits

d) Opportunity to learn how to cook

Bad things about fast food:

a) Expensive

b) Unhealthy

c) Can lead to weight gain

d) Can cause health problems.