Class 4 English Lesson 5

Exercise

Reading I

At a Shop

A. Complete the following sentences with these words.

• Answers:

a) My T-shirt has red stripes on it.

b) The price of the book has been stuck on its cover.

c) The part around the neck of a shirt is called a collar.

d) The store has a range of T-shirts. You will find your choice there.

e) Please, gift-wrap the watch. I am gifting it to my father on his birthday.

f) The shopkeeper told the woman to call him again.

B. Answer the questions.

a) What time of the day did the woman visit the shop?

Answer-The woman visited the shop in the afternoon.

b) What type of shirts did the woman like?

Answer-The woman liked shirts made of cotton and specifically liked the blue shirt with red stripes.

c) What is the price of the shirt?

Answer-The price of the shirt is five hundred and fifty rupees.

d) Why didn’t the woman try on the shirt?

Answer-The woman didn’t try on the shirt because it was a gift for her son on his birthday.

Writing I

Suppose, you are going to market this evening. Make a list of the things you wish to buy.

• Answers:

My Shopping List

• Ball point pen 2 pieces

• Sugar 1 kilogram

• Rice 2 kilogram

• Vegetables (tomatoes, onions, potatoes)

• Milk 1 liter

Grammar I

B. Choose the best option and complete the questions.

• Answers:

a) How many languages do you speak?

b) How many days are there in a week?

c) How many English words do you know?

d) How many pets do you have?

e) How much do you love me?

f) How much coffee do you drink?

C. Put the following words in the correct column.

pens, water, mangoes, sugar, tea, table, money, notes, computer, oil, milk. 

Then, add five more items you find in your school in the correct column.

• Answers:

How many:

1. Pens
2. Mangoes
3. notes

How much:

1. water
2. sugar
3. tea
4. money
5. oil
6. milk

Five more items in a school:

1. books
2. pencils
3. desks
4. chairs
5. markers

D. Are the words in red in the following sentences countable or uncountable nouns? Write ‘Countable’ or ‘Uncountable’ at the end of each sentence.

• Answers:

a) The children are playing in the garden. Countable

b) I don’t like milk. Uncountable

c) I prefer tea to coffee. Uncountable

d) My mother uses butter to bake cakes. Uncountable

e) There are three windows in our classroom. Countable

f) The waiters in this restaurant are smart. Countable

g) Some police officers are at the corner. Countable

h) I bought three bottles of water. Countable

F. Write either the singular or the plural form for the follow- ing nouns.

• Answers:

Singular-Plural

Driver-Drivers

Dress-Dresses

Banana-Bananas

Watch-Watches

House-Houses

Egg-Eggs

Cow-Cows

Tree-Trees

Window-Windows

Sofa-Sofas

Star-Stars

Sparrow -Sparrows

Knife-Knives

Thief-Thieves

Wife-Wives

Toy-Toys

Country-Countries

Kite-Kites

Baby-Babies

Family-Families

Man-Men

Tooth-Teeth

Goose-Geese

Reading II

The Lost Donkey

A. Choose one of the words below to complete the sentences.

 kind, laugh, food, funny, party, story, anything, happy, donkeys

Answers:

a) Jeha always made people laugh.

b) He did not want any more food.

c) He loved his donkeys and was kind to them.

d) He had a party for his friends.

e) People loved to eat Jeha’s food.

f) No one is happy when he loses his donkey.

g) His friends didn’t say anything.

h) They knew that Jeha was a kind man

i) Did you like this story?

B. Answer the following questions.

a)  What type of man was Jeha?

Answer-Jeha was a very funny man.

b) How many donkeys did he have?

Answer-He had five big donkeys.

c) Did he want to sell any of his donkeys? Why?

Answer-No, he did not want to sell any of his donkeys because he liked them very much and he was kind to them.

d) Where did he take his donkeys one day?

Answer-He took his donkeys to a nice field in the country.

e) What did the donkeys do in the field?

Answer-The donkeys ate the tall green grass in the field.

f) How many donkeys did Jeha lose?

Answer-Jeha lost one of his donkeys.

g) Who came to Jeha’s party?

Answer-His friends came to Jeha’s party.

h) Why was he not sad about losing a donkey?

Answer-Jeha was not sad about losing a donkey because he realized that if he had been on the lost donkey, he would have been lost too.

C. Retell this story to your brother/sister in your own words.

• Answer

Once there was a man named Jeha who was very funny and had five big donkeys. He loved his donkeys and didn’t want to sell them. One day, he took the donkeys to a field in the country and fell asleep. When he woke up, it was nighttime, and he realized he had lost one of his donkeys. Instead of being sad about it, he threw a party for his friends and was happy because he realized that if he had been on the lost donkey, he would have been lost too.

Grammar II

A. These sentences are from the story ‘The Lost Donkey’. Complete these sentences.

• Answers:

a) Once there was a very funny man named Jeha.

b) Jeha took his donkeys to a nice field in the country.

c) Jeha slept for a long time on the grass.

d) Why did you have a party for us today?

e) They knew that Jeha was a very funny man.

C. Complete the given sentences with a or an.

• Answers:

a) There is an English book on the desk.

b) She’s reading an old comic.

c) They’ve got an idea.

d) He is drinking a cup of coffee.

e) The girl is a pilot.

f) Humla has an airport.

g) This is an expensive bike.

h) Look! There’s a bird flying.

i) My friend would like to be an astronaut.

j) What a beautiful day!

Writing II

B. Put exclamation marks (!) in the following sentences and read them aloud.

• Answers:

a) Alas! His father is dead.

b) How beautifully you sing!

c) What a rude guy!

d) What a pleasant surprise!

e) What lovely weather!

C. Put question marks (?) or exclamation marks (!) in the following sentences.

• Answers:

a) What time is the game?

b) We are so happy we won the game!

c) I am so happy to see you!

d) What day is today?

e) What a sunny day!

Visit the nearest shop. Talk to the owner. Make a list of any ten things available at the shop with their price. Show your chart to your friends and talk about each item.

• Answers:

Here is a list of ten items that might be available in a shop with their prices:

Items: Sugar

Price: Rs. 85 per kg

Other items that might be available:

Flour – Rs. 50 per kg

Rice – Rs. 60 per kg

Cooking Oil – Rs. 90 per liter

Salt – Rs. 15 per pack

Tea Leaves – Rs. 120 per 100g

Coffee Beans – Rs. 200 per 100g

Biscuits – Rs. 20 per pack

Candies – Rs. 10 per pack

Soft Drinks – Rs. 30 per bottle

Soaps – Rs. 25 per bar