UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE READ
A. Answer these questions in one, two or three words.
1. Where did the emperor live?
Ans.- China.
2. What was the emperor's palace made of?
Ans.- Expensive Porcelain.
3. Which two words can you use to describe the emperor's garden?
Ans.- The loveliest and large.
4. What word was used to describe the nightingale's voice?
Ans.- Enchanting
5. Who took the courtier to the nightingale?
Ans.- Kitchen maid.
6. Which two words describe what the nightingale looked like?
Ans.- Simple looking creature and songbird.
7. What gift did the emperor receive?
Ans.- An artificial bird.
8. What was the nightingale's home in the palace?
Ans.- Golden cage.
9. How many servants took care of the nightingale?
Ans.- Twelve servants.
10. What was tied around the nightingale's leg
Ans.- Silken thread
11. What word was used to describe the nightingale when it flew away?
Ans.- Ungrateful bird.
12. Who knew that the nightingale sang better than the artificial bird?
Ans.- A poor fisherman.
13. What was hung around the neck of the artificial bird?
Ans.- Golden slipper
B. Answer these questions in one or two sentences.
1. Why did people have walk around very carefully in the palace?
Ans.- The people had walked around very carefully in the palace because palace was made up of a thin delicate glass that can break very easily.
2. Where did the nightingale live?
Ans.- The nightingale lived in the emperor's beautiful garden.
3. How did the emperor find out about the nightingale?
Ans.- The emperor found out about the nightingale by reading books that was written in praise of its magical voice.
4. What preparations were made for the visit of the nightingale?
Ans.- The porcelain walls were cleaned and polished and the decorations were put up all over the palace. In the middle of the huge hall was a golden perch for the nightingale to sit on.
5. What effect did the nightingale's song have on the emperor?
Ans.- The nightingale's song had affected the emperor. He was so delighted that he wanted to hang a golden slipper round the neck of the bird.
6. Why did everyone call the artificial bird "pretty"?
Ans.- Everyone called the artificial bird "pretty" because the artificial bird was covered with rubies and diamonds and all manner of precious stones.
7. Why did the artificial bird stop working?
Ans.- The artificial bird stopped working because it was fixed by a watchmaker that it would sing only for one year.
8. Why did the emperor become sick?
Ans.- The emperor became sick because he hadn't listened the song of nightingale for five years.
9. What made the emperor well again?
Ans.- The melodious song of nightingale made the emperor well again.
10. What surprised the servants when they saw the emperor the morning after the nightingale's visit?
Ans.- The servants were surprised when they saw the emperor the morning after the nightingale's visit because the emperor was strong and happy like earlier.
C. Think and answer these questions.
1. Why did the people like the artificial bird more than they liked the living nightingale?
Ans.- The living nightingale looked very simple and small but the artificial bird was covered with rubies and diamonds and all manner of precious stones and it even sang like the real nightingale. So, the people like artificial bird more than they liked the living nightingale.
2. Why were the people able to learn how to sing the songs of the artificial bird? Why were they unable to learn the songs of the living nightingale?
Ans.- The artificial bird sang only one type of song and repeated it again and again but the nightingale sang in her own natural way. So, the people able to learn how to sing the songs of the artificial bird and unable to learn the songs of the living nightingale.
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SPELLING AND VOCABULARY
A. There are a number of new words in the story Now that you have read and understood the story, match the following to know exactly what they mean.
| 1. porcelain | a. sweet sounding like tuneful songs, soft beautiful music |
| 2. eventually | b. talked about |
| 3. melodious | c. treat |
| 4. astonished | d. enjoyment |
| 5. mentioned | e. kind and polite; pleasant |
| 6. presented | f. very pleased and charmed by a performance; to want to keep watching or listening to it |
| 7. mighty | g. a kind of delicate fine glass made in a special way |
| 8. gracious | h. not being thankful for something |
| 9. pleasure | i. made by human beings; not natural |
| 10. enthralled | j. at the end; finally |
| 11. ungrateful | k. introduced to a ruler in a court (here) |
| 12. artificial | l. very surprised |
Answer:-
2. - j
3. - a
4. - l
5. - b
6. - k
7. - c
8. - e
9. - d
10. - f
11. - h
12. - i
An idiom is a word or a phrase that means something different from what it says.
If someone says: It's raining cats and dogs. It doesn't really mean that cats and dogs are falling from the sky! It means that it is raining heavily
So, if you try and look up each of the words of an idiom in a dictionary, you will never find the meaning.
Idioms are used by people who know how to speak a language very well. So, in order to learn English, you must know what English idioms mean. There are thousands of English idioms. The more you read and the more you listen to people speaking, the more idioms you will learn. You will speak better English. You will speak idiomatic English!
B. Match the following idioms with their meanings. Do the exercise orally in class first.
| 1. all ears | a. catch someone doing something wrong |
| 2. beat around the bush | b. have to take back what you say |
| 3. catch him/her red-handed | c. woke up in a bad mood |
| 4. dot your 'is' and cross your 'ts' | d. spend or use up something and want to still have it |
| 5. eat your words | e. be in trouble |
| 6. face the music | f. listen to something very carefully |
| 7. got up from the wrong side of the bed | g. a person who can do different kinds of work |
| 8. have your cake and eat it too | h. be very careful about small things |
| 9. in hot water | i. try to avoid giving an answer |
| 10. jack of all trades | j. do something wrong, then bear the scolding of punishment |
Answer:-
2. - i
3. - a
4. - h
5. - b
6. - j
7. - c
8. - d
9. - e
C. Fill in the blanks with the correct idioms.
1. You spent a month's pocket money in a week and now you wish you hadn't. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
2. Dad's in a bad mood. I think he got up from the wrong side of the bed today.
3. I broke Mom's favourite coffee mug. I'm really in hot water now.
4. Why can't you just tell me if you broke my coffee mug? Why do you always beat around the bush?
5. Speak up, boy. I'm all ears. Tell me did you or didn't you break my coffee mug?
6. Mom, I did break it. suppose must now face the music.
7. Our chauffeur can do just about everything. Dad says he's a jack of all trades.
8. Somebody has been stealing the bulbs from our gate lamps. My parents say if they catch him red handed they'll hand him over to the police.
9. When you answer Ms Dasgupta's questions remember to dot your 'is' and cross your 'ts'. She wants our answers to be perfect.
10. You said Hari could work out this difficult sum. If he can't you'll have to eat your words.
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LEARNING GRAMMAR
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you
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he, she, it
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1. We are students.
2. I'll give the book to her.
3. They are hungry. Give them some food, please.
4. They came to see us.
5. I shall come to see you.
6. You eat too fast.
7. The man went up to the dog and started stroking it.
8. This package is for Arun. Please deliver it to him.
Note:- Object pronouns are highlighted.
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Personal Pronouns
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Possessive Forms
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Possessive Pronouns
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| I, me | my cricket bat | mine |
| she, her | her handbag | hers |
| he, him | his trousers | his |
| you | your bicycle | yours |
| they, them | their project work | theirs |
| we, us | our gifts | ours |
| it | its trunk | - |
1. This is my pullover. Please give it to me.
2. He is going to Singapore. His parents are living there.
3. She needs a needle and thread. Her skirt is torn.
4. We have to go onto the stage soon. It is our turn next.
5. They are upset. They have missed their train.
6. You must be careful with your things.
7. The dog was behaving quite silly. It was running round and round trying to catch its tail.
8. No, no, it is not silly, something must be biting its tail
Meera: This painting belongs to Rohit. It is his.
Navin: Well he has just given it to me, so now it is mine.
Ratan: He hasn't given it to you. It is not yours.
Nina: I think he gave it to our teacher, Ms Dasgupta. It is her.
Ms Dasgupta: Rohit said it was to be hung up in our classroom. So children, actually it belongs to all of us. It is ours.
Rohit: Sorry Ms Dasgupta, this painting is for the children of Class VI. It is theirs! I thought this was Class VI.
GO ONE STEP FORWARD
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| yourself | yourselves |
| himself, herself, itself | themselves |
A. Encircle the subject of each sentence. Underline the reflexive pronouns. See if the subject and the reflexive pronouns refer to the same person.
1. Maya hurt herself.
2. We did our work ourselves.
3. He invited himself to my birthday party.
4. I helped myself to some fruit from the bowl of fruit salad.
5. You ask yourselves if you really should have teased your friend.
6. You go and buy yourself whatever you want.
A reflexive pronoun is also used to say that a person/animal can do or did something without any help. Read these sentences.
1. I worked out these difficult problem sums by myself. No one helped me.
2. She did all this by herself. Unbelievable! You did all this work yourselves?
B. Fill in the blanks with reflexive pronouns.
1. The apartment itself is comfortable, but the neighbours are vary quarrelsome.
2. The lady sat on the bench and hummed to herself.
3. He cooks his meals himself but gets someone to clean the house every day.
4. The children enjoyed themselves at the birthday party.
5. The teacher himself said that we could look up the information on the internet.
6. You yourself said you would do this for me. Have you forgotten?
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