WORKSHEET 1 READ AND UNDERSTAND Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. THE OLD TREE There was once a king who was very proud of his beautiful garden. It was full of colourful plants and creatures. The king did not like a very old and withered tree that grew in the middle of the garden. The tree was removed and a musical water fountain was made in its place. With the tree gone the moths and worms had no home, so they left the garden. With the worms gone, the birds had no food to eat so they too left the garden. When the birds stopped coming, no new plants and trees grew in the king’s garden. Soon, the only beautiful thing in the garden was the musical fountain. When the King learnt about his mistake he was very sad. “How easy it was to destroy the balance of Nature!” he thought. He built another garden but it took thousands of men and many years for the trees to grow. A. Tick (4) the correct answers. 1. The king was proud of his garden because a. he was a proud king. b. it had colourful plants and creatures. c. it was the only garden in the kingdom. 2. All the creatures left his garden when he a. asked them to leave. b. stopped feeding them. c. threw away a withered old tree. 3. The tree was the home for a. moths and worms. b. the king and the queen. c. all the creatures. 1. arrogant 3.error 2. wilted 4. demolish C. Answer these questions. 1. What had the king destroyed by throwing away the tree? 2. What did he do to make up for his mistake? For an interactive ebook of the main coursebook and animated activities and games, see the CD with this Companion. COMPANION – a complete resource for teachers B. Find words from the passage which mean the same as these words. 139 WORKSHEET 2 FUN WITH WORDS A. Write the names of these things. Choose from the box. ladder present calculator lock clock purse 1. something that tells us the time 2. something for reaching high places 3. something used to secure doors 4. something which you give to someone 5. something that can add, subtract, multiply and divide very fast 6. something for putting money in B. Tick (4) the correct words. 1. A present is a a. a thing given to someone as gift. b. a thing to decorate one’s room. c. a small tree. 2. A backyard is a. an empty space behind a house. b. a space outside a house. c. a space around a house. 3. A station wagon is COMPANION – a complete resource for teachers 140 a. a motorcycle. b. a car used for carrying goods. c. a trolley. 4. Another word for skinny is a. fat. b. stout. c. thin. c. kitchen. 5. A place where plants are grown for sale is called a. a nursery. b. courtyard. C. Rearrange these letters to name some trees. 1. MOHARGUL 4. YANBAN 2. SHAOK 5. NEPI 3. LMAP WORKSHEET 3 GRAMMAR CORNER A. Fill in the blanks with adverbs of time, place and manner. 1. Ramesh is coming (tomorrow/yesterday). 2. The children are playing 3. Place the vase 4. I will keep my bag 5. The children finished their breakfast 6. Do visit us (outside/never). (monthly/carefully) on the shelf. (here/when). (quickly/today). (out/soon). B. Fill in the blanks with the correct adverbs from the box. downstairs hurriedly proudly far tomorrow yesterday 1.Sita (how) showed her new bag to her friends. 2. The storeroom is 3. June walked 4. I will tell you the story 5. My house is very 6. Madhu was on leave (where). (how) to school. (when). (where) from my school. (when). COMPANION – a complete resource for teachers 141 WORKSHEET 4 WRITING CORNER A. Write an invitation to your friend inviting her/him to your birthday party. Take hints from the box. date of the party time games that you will play names of other friends you’ve invited You could begin like this: Dear , My birthday falls on COMPANION – a complete resource for teachers B. Jenny loved to have hot cocoa. Here are the hints to make hot cocoa. With the hints given write a paragraph on how you would make a cup of cocoa for yourself. 142 l take a big cup of hot milk l add two teaspoons of chocolate powder l add two teaspoons of sugar to the mixture l stir the mixture well till the chocolate and the sugar dissolves l top the cocoa with some cream l your hot and delicious cocoa is ready to drink