My Story
ACTIVITIES
1. Read the autobiography written by water and complete the sentences in the bubbles:
I help to....
i) to remain clean
ii) to grow plants and trees
You see me
i) in seas and lakes
ii) sailing in the sky as clouds
I don't like it
i) to be wasted
ii) to be polluted with dirty things
2. Let's learn a few words. Read the words which have the same meaning as 'beautiful':
⏺️pretty ⏺️attractive
⏺️good looking ⏺️charming
Now, make sentence using the words in the book:
đš Good Looking : Indra Gandhi was a
good looking woman.
đš Charming : Pete Cashmore is a
charming person.
đš Beautiful : The scenery is very
beautiful.
đš Attractive : The cover of the book is
very attractive.
đš Pretty : The baby has a pretty face.
đš Handsome : Rhitik Roshan is a
handsome man.
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4. Now, complete the table with action words:
đ lives lived will live
đ dances danced will dance
đ helps helped will help
đ pollutes polluted will pollute
đ writes wrote will write
5. Look at the picture of the bottle of cough syrup. Some information has been given on the label of the bottle of medicine. Write them down.
The name of the medicine is
đ Caffri Cough Syrup
The date of manufacture is
đ 18/8/2017
The date of expiry is
đ 21/7/2020
The price is
đ 47.00
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6. Now, write questions on Mother Teresa.
đ What was her real name?
đ Who was her parents?
đ Where was she born?
đ When did she die?
đ Why did she devote her life?
7. Find out words which have similar meanings with the word 'destitute'. You can look it up in the dictionary:
destitute : penniless, impoverished,
poverty-stricken, poor, impecunious,
indigent, down and out,
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9. Read the following sentences. Choose a sentence to match each picture. Write the sentences below each picture:
Pic 1 : The land is ploughed.
Pic 2 : Seeds are sown in fields.
Pic 3 : Rice seedlings are grown in
fields.
Pic 4. Seedlings are collected from
fields.
Pic 5 : Seedlings are planted in rows.
Pic 6 : Plenty of water is required for
the rice plant to grow.
Pic 7 : When paddy ripens the crop is
harvested.
Pic 8 : The paddy stalks are threshed to
separate the grains of rice from
the stalks.
Pic 9 : The grains of rice are collected
in gunny bags.
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10. Find out more sentences from the lessons you have read. Write the two parts in the table below:
The person/thing What the person/
doing the action thing is doing
đą Dr. Aditya Goswami --- is giving
lecture on drug abuse.
đą Tarun --- is kicking the ball.
đą Smita --- is running to the finish line.
đą Bina --- is eating ghila pitha.
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11. Try to making sentences in your notebook using some of the words above.
đšThey : They are our teachers.
đšIt : It's 8 o'clock now.
đšI : I like to read stories.
đšWe : We are friends.
đšHe : He is my brother.
đšRun : A horse can run very fast.
đšOpen : Open the door.
đšWatch : I don't have a watch.
12. Complete the following paragraph. You may use words given in the box:
⏺️pencil ⏺️write ⏺️lead and wood
⏺️draw ⏺️shorter ⏺️sharpen
⏺️factory
I am a pencil. I was born in a factory.
I am made of lead and wood. I have
many names. Children love me. I help
people to draw and write. I become
shorter when children sharpen me.
13. Read the following information and write a paragraph:
Name : Phuleswari Hazarika
Born : 8 September 1956
Parents : Late Madhav Hazarika and
Phulmoti Hazarika
Place : Dergaon, Assam
Known as : Social worker, children's
writer.
Died : 9 November 2012
Ans : Phuleswari Hazarika was born on 8th September 1956 in Dergaon in Assam. Her parents were Late Madhav Hazarika and Late Phulmoti Hazarika. She was known as social worker and children's storybook writer. She died on November 9th 2012.
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14. What To Do During An Earthquake?
Attention ! Attention
đ Do not panic.
đ Come out to an open place
đ Do not use the stairs of buildings.
đ Do not stay close to glass windows.
đ Do not stay near electric wires.
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15. Complete the following passage with the words given in bubbles:
At 10 O'clock yesterday, we were sitting
in our classroom. Our teacher was
writing on the blackboard. Suddenly the
doors and windows began shaking. The
children were running out of the class
room. Soon there was an announce -
ment. A man was sitting on a rickshaw
with a microphone in his hand. He was
telling people what to do during an
earthquake.
16. Choose the correct word and complete the following sentences. Remember to start the sentence with a capital letter.
a) ___ (are/can) you give me the phone
number of the civil hospital?
Ans: Can you give me the phone
number of the civil hospital?
b) ___ (could/do) you switch off the
lights, please?
Ans: Could you switch off the lights,
please?
c) ___ (do/can) you know the time when
the fire broke out?
Ans: Do you know the time when theđĨ
broke out?
d) ___ (would/will) you like to visit the
sick people?
Ans: Would you like to visit the sick
people?
e) ___ (could/are) you carry some
medicine with you?
Ans: Could you carry some medicine
with you?
