1.ANJU AND THE STREAM
I.SPELLING
(a) DICTATION:
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1.merry
2 . sparkling
3.refreshing
4.vanished
5.scratched
6.refuses
7.drains
8.quite
9.factory
10.marched
11.promise
12.manage
II. VOCABULARY
A. .Meanings
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1.Rippling
- moving in small waves on the surface of water
2.lean
-very narrow
3.puddles
-small pools of water
4.forlorn
-sad and lonely
5.belches
-blows out forcefully
6.toil
-work hard
7.refuse
-garbage
8.shrivelled
-become dry and wrinkled
9.chee
-a common Hindi expression of horror or shame
10.wages
-regular payment for work done
11.nice new scheme
-a good, new plan
12.dart
-move suddenly and quickly
C. Match the columns to make new words. Write the new words on the blanks :
1.bird
a .spread
1.________________
2.fire
b. brow
2.________________
3.arm
c. melon
3.________________
4.water
d. chair
4.________________
5.eye
e. wood
5.________________
6.bed
f. song
6.________________
D. Choose words from the boxes . Make sentences to describe the pictures :
wash
make
feed
rake
chop
dog
bed
vegetables
leaves
clothes
E. Write the plurals of these words. Change the spellings where needed.
1.shelf ______________
2.witch______________
3.lady______________
4.knife______________
5.leaf______________
6.child______________
7.rope______________
8.church____________
III. GRAMMAR
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A. Rearrange these words to make complete sentences. Remember to use capital letters and
punctuation marks.
1. jump up / to / Anju / the / seemed to / stream / great
2. stream / loved / Anju / the / little / too
3. her / feet / loves / water / she / in / the / putting
4. summer / it / hot / down / cools / her / in / the
5. Anju / when / was / the / sad / fell sick / stream
B. Read these groups of words. Write S if they are the subject of a sentence, P if they are the predicate
or C if they are complete sentences :
1. would walk to school beside the stream __________
2. the lioness and her cubs were hungry _________
3. Ram likes to go trekking in the forest___________
4. a new factory near the stream________________
5. the deer were grazing in the forest ____________
6. Pankaj, my brother ___________
7. go skiing in the Himalayas__________
8. goes for a walk every day ___________
9.the sparkling stream____________
10. these huge trees____________
C. Complete these sentences with subjects or predicates from the box. you will not need all of them
we the lightning
gurgled along
the drops
came falling down
clashed with a loud sound
1. Two clouds ____________________________________________
2. The rain_______________________________________________
the stream
on flat stones
3. ____________________________ hit the ground.
4. The stream _____________________________
5. _____________heard a lovely song.
6. ____________________________went on all night.
IV. COMPREHENSION
a . Tick the correct answers:
1. Every day Anju would walk to the river to
a. fetch water
b. go to her school
c. help keep it clean
2.The crow told Anju that the stream had dried up because
a. of the smoke from the new factory
b. the waste from the new factory had polluted it
c. the fish and birds had left
3. The elder of the village
a. quarreled with the factory owner
b. said that the villagers were also responsible for polluting the stream
c. wanted the factory owner to pay the villagers fair wages.
4. Together, the villagers and factory owner decided to
a. close the factory
b. get new fish for the stream
c. work together to save the stream
5. The villagers came up with ideas to
a. save and reuse water
b. punish the factory owner
c. build a new stream
6. The stream was eventually saved because
a. the villagers were hard working
b. the factory owner was a nice man
c. everyone did what they said they would do
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B. Write true or false for these sentences:
1.Birds would come from far away to fish in the stream.
2. After a new factory opened close by, the stream became sick and foul smelling
3. The stream was only being polluted by the new factory.
4. The stream was being polluted by waste from the factory and refuse from the village.
5. Anju ran to the factory to scold the owner after the crow told her about the stream.
6. The elder said that the villagers too had a role in polluting the water .
C. Answer the following questions
1.Who loud the stream?
2.Why did the birds come to the stream?
3. Why was Anju feeling sad?
4. Who were the responsible for pollution?
5. Which factory was established near the stream?
Every day
I. Meanings:
1. ploughing:
2.reaping
3.sleet:
II. Answer these questions:
1.Which lines or phrases tell you people are working
(a) in all places?
(b) in all weathers?
(C) At all kinds of jobs?
(d) at all times?
2. Why are they working like this according to the poet?
III. Write four pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
IV. Circle the words that are opposites of the words in capitals:
1.HURRY a. rush b. quicker c. slow down
2. REAP
a. plough b.sow
3. DANGEROUS
4. WIDE
a. difficult b .risky
a. deep
5. EXPENSIVE
c. harvest
b. narrow
c. safe
c. tall
a. cheap b. costly c. priceless