Week 3 Content: March 2020 English 1

Instructions:

1. Complete the book work on page no. 15 in the book “Raindrops”.

2. Fill in the index of your notebook regularly.

3. Paste the Emoji badge in your English A notebook.

4. Do the question / answers of voices in your English A notebook.

5. Exercises of chapter 1 and chapter 2 to be done in the grammar book.

6. Cut and paste the activity of common and proper noun in your English B notebook.

7. Cut and paste the activity of singular and plural noun in your English B notebook.

Name: ______________________________ Roll No: _______

Subject: English Class: 4th

Section: ________________

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Raindrops

Chapter 2: Joe the Emoji

Gist:

This poem is about Joe the Emoji and is written by Kenn Nesbitt. In this poem, Joe the Emoji talks

about himself. He tells us about the different faces he makes. He smiles when he is glad, his face

turns red when he is angry, and a teardrop appears when he is sad. Whenever he is silly he sticks

his tongue out. He will wink at you or blow you a kiss if he likes you. He sleeps when he is tired

and cries when he is afraid. He has the most flexible face ever made. He hopes that you like him

and don’t think he is rude. Joe the Emoji thinks he is a cool dude.

Exercises (Pg.No. 15)

A. Underline the correct words within brackets to complete this summary of the poem.

In this poem, Joe the Emoji talks about himself. He tells us about the different faces he makes. He

(smiles, cries) when he is glad, his face turns (green, red) when he is angry, and a (yawn,

teardrop) appears when he is sad. Whenever he is silly he (wears dark glasses/ sticks his

tongue out).He will wink at you or blow you a kiss if he likes you. He ( sleeps / cries) when he is

tired and (sings/ cries) when he is afraid. He has the most flexible face ever made. He hopes that

you (meet/ like) him and don’t think he is (rude/ silly). Joe the Emoji thinks he is a (boring/ cool)

dude.

B. Write two rhyming words of your choice for these words from the poem.

1. Sad mad bad

2. Silly hilly lily

3. Made paid fade

4. Rude dude crude

Activity: Choose your favourite Emoji and draw it on the craft paper. Make a badge out of it

for yourself.

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Voices

Chapter 1: Gardening is heaps of fun

Q1. What are the three tools mentioned in the poem that are used for gardening?

Ans: The three tools mentioned in the poem that are used for gardening are:

a. spade b. rake c. hoe.

Q2. What has to be vanquished for the wee shoots to thrive and grow?

Ans: Weeds.

Q3. Whom does the poet partner with, to help things to grow?

Ans: The poet partners with the sun to help things to grow.

Q4. What are the three things that hasten to share the work of gardening?

Ans: The three things that hasten to share the work of gardening are:

a. raindrops b. light c. air.

Q5. What does the poet do first, to prepare the ground when she is gardening?

Ans: To prepare the ground for gardening, the poet first digs the ground with the spade.

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Everyday English Grammar

Chapter 1: Common and Proper Nouns

Exercises: (Pg. No. 1-3)

A. There are fifteen nouns in the grid. Circle them and write them in the blanks given below.

1. watch 2. flat

3. bear 4. boat

5. beach 6. fan

7. waiter 8. clown

9. May 10. net

11. Sun 12. school

13. garden 14. Sunday

15. nuts

B. Underline the proper nouns in the given sentences and rewrite them correctly.

1. Akhil and I travelled to Jaipur by train.

2. My cousin Ravi will arrive from New York in July.

3. Black Beauty is a novel written by Anna Sewell.

4. My favourite cartoon character is Mickey Mouse.

5. Sania and Neha are going to watch a movie.

6. Smita has a pet dog named Pixie.

7. I visited the Red Fort when I was in Delhi.

8. The Nile is a river that flows through Egypt and ten other countries.

C. Write proper nouns for the following common nouns.

1. Countries 2. Rivers

a. Nepal a. Nile

b. Japan b. Ganga

c. Germany c. Yamuna

d. China d. Amazon

e. India e. Jhelum

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3. Cartoon character 4. Books

a. Mickey Mouse a. The Little Prince

b. Tom b. Voices

c. Jerry c. Raindrops

d. Donald Duck d. Cinderella

e. Minnie Mouse e. Harry Potter

D. Fill in the blanks with proper nouns:

1. Wednesday comes between Tuesday and Thursday.

2. River Yamuna flows through Delhi.

3. July is the seventh month of the year.

4. The Eiffel Tower is in Paris.

5. Ram Nath Kovind is the president of India.

6. Jesus Christ’s birthday is celebrated as Christmas.

7. Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra.

8. Ravana kidnapped Sita from the forest.

9. We celebrate Republic Day in the month of January.

10. Holi is also known as the festival of colours.

11. The novel The Witches was written by Roald Dahl.

12. The Charminar is located in the city of Hyderabad.

13. Bhubaneshwar is the capital of Odisha.

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Chapter 2: Singular and Plural Nouns

Singular noun names one person, place, animal or thing.

For example a boy, a school, a dog, a book.

Plural noun names more than one person, place, animal or thing.

For example boys, schools, dogs, books.

Let’s learn few basic rules when it comes to changing singular noun into a plural noun.

Nouns ending in consonant + y = -ies country – countries

sky- skies

Nouns ending in vowel + y = -s

toy – toys day- days

Most nouns add –s pen- pens cup- cups

Nouns ending in –ch, -sh, -s, -x, -z add –es

box-boxes watch - watches

Nouns ending in –f /-fe change to –ves

wife - wives However few don’t

follow this rule.

chief- chiefs

safe- safes

Certain nouns that end in -o,

add -es

hero - heroes

potato – potatoes

However few don’t follow this

rule.

photo – photos; piano – pianos hippo – hippos

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Exercises :( Pg. No.4-6)

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the nouns given in the brackets.

1. Mr Sood has two watches in his pocket.

2. Anita has a red dress.

3. The gardener cut off all the dead branches.

4. In my dream, the fairy granted me a wish.

5. There are lots of rooms in our school.

6. To be healthy and strong, we must eat our meals regularly.

7. The boys were not allowed to go out after dark.

8. They planned many lilies in their garden.

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the nouns given in the brackets.

1. There are forty children in my class.

2. While the shepherd was sleeping, his flock of sheep ran away.

3. Mowgli grew up with a pack of wolves.

4. Chinku the mouse peeped out of the hole to see if the cat was still there.

5. James brushes his teeth twice every day.

Irregular Nouns: These nouns change completely, don’t change or don’t obey to any specific rule. For example a child – children a goose – geese a man – men a mouse – mice a woman – women a sheep – sheep a person – people a fish – fish a foot – feet a deer – deer a tooth - teeth

There are some nouns that are always plural.

trousers spectacles jeans

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6. The cook has a collection of sharp knives.

7. The burglar had cracked several safes.

8. Tarun washed all his handkerchiefs and hung them to dry.

C. Rewrite the sentences by changing the nouns from plural to singular forms. Make other

necessary changes also.

1. The shelf has a book on it.

2. The woman told the child about her childhood experience.

3. The peon served coffee at the meeting.

4. The monkey is on the roof.

5. The child took a water bottle to the picnic.

6. The woman wants to borrow a pair of scissors.

7. The sheep is grazing in the field.

8. There is a deer in the deer park.

9. The actor went in to change his costume.

10. My brother bought a loaf of bread.

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Singular Plural Activity: Do the exercise below and cut and paste it in your English B

notebook.

A) Write the plural for each word.

Church =_____________ Class =_____________

Child =_____________ Video =_____________

Story =_____________ Baby =_____________

Hero =_____________ Cargo =_____________

Box =_____________ Zero =_____________

Buffalo =_____________ Fox =_____________

Tax =_____________ Watch =_____________

Monster =_____________ Volcano =_____________

Dancer =_____________ Carrot =_____________

Boy =_____________ Peacock =_____________

Office =_____________ Pilot =_____________

Girl =_____________ Singer =_____________

Instrument=_____________ Street =_____________

Day =_____________ Song =_____________

Camera =_____________ Bank =_____________

Paper =_____________ Ruler =_____________

Dancer =_____________ Singer =_____________

Tax =_____________ Bush =_____________

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Singular Plural Activity: Do the exercise below and cut and paste it in your English B

notebook.

B) Complete these sentences.

1. The _______(girl) are happy because they have got

new _______ (toy).

2. These are the _______ (way) to school.

3. Angie has _______ (candy).

4. My mother has _______ (mango) for me.

5. My favourite_______ (glass) are on the table.

6. That is the _______ (bus) to school.

7. She is in ten _______(photo).

8. Tony is 2_______(year) old.

9. My grandfather has three _______(radio).

10.There are _______(story) in these books.

11.These are your_______(key).

12.The map has hundreds of _______(country) .

13. I have many _______(wish) for Christmas.

14.Those are new ____________(computer).

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Common or proper noun activity: Cut the activity and paste in your English B notebook.

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