UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE READ
A. Tick (✔) the right answer.
1. How do we know that Doctor Dolittle was a proper doctor?
a. He knew a whole lot.
b. People said he was a clever doctor.
c. He had studied a lot and done his M.D.
Answer - (c)
2. How do we know that lots of people liked the doctor?
a. Everyone called him clever
b. The people called him clever and the children and animals all ran after him.
c. Even tha crows nodded their heads and cawed when they saw him.
Answer - (b)
3. Who helped Doctor Dolittle to look after his house and garden?
a. his sister Sarah Dolittle helped him to look after his house and garden.
b. He and his sister looked after the house and the garden.
c. His sister looked after the house and he looked after the garden.
Answer - (c)
4. How do we know that Doctor Dolittle was very fond of animals?
a. He had many different kinds of animals, birds and even gold fish in his house.
b. There were animals all over his house.
c. He had gold fish in a pond and animals in his house.
Answer - (a)
5. Who was the only person who kept coming to the Doctor for medicine once a year?
a. Squire Jenkins
b. The parson
c. The Cat's-meat Man
Answer - (c)
6. Who still loved Doctor Dolittle even when he became very poor?
a. The children
b. The people
c. The children and the animals
Answer - (c)
B. Match the following to make sentences.
| 1. Sarah Dolittle used to grumbled |
because |
a. he had to feed so many animals |
| 2. The old lady with the rheumatism stopped coming to see Doctor Dolittle |
b. he had some money saved up in his money box. |
| 3.Sarah Dolittle was angry |
c. the money he'd got for the piano was getting used up. |
| 4. Doctor Dolittle was not worried |
d. they were getting poorer |
| 5. The doctor spent a lot of money |
e. the animals made the house untidy |
| 6. At first the doctor didn't have to worry |
f. she had sat on top of a hedgehog sleeping on the sofa. |
| 7. The mice had to live in the bureau drawer |
g. He liked animals better than the 'best people' |
| 8. The doctor sold his brown suit |
h. the piano they lived in had been sold. |
Answer:
- - d
- - f
- - e
- - g
- - a
- - b
- - h
- - c
SPELLING AND VOCABULARY
A. Read aloud these words beginning with 'cr'. Add more such words.
crab, creep, crib, crow, crumb, crack, cram, crocodile, crust
B. Read the words in the columns. Pick the name of the type of the things in each list and write it in the blank space at the top of each column.
Musical Instruments; Farm birds; Farm animals; Wild birds
Encircle the words that do not belong to the type of things mentioned in each column.
|
Wild birds
|
Farm Animals
|
Musical Instrument
|
Farm Birds
|
eagle
|
buffalo |
bongos |
chicken |
| crane |
calf |
drums |
hen |
| cuckoo |
cow |
guitar |
duck |
| owl |
elephant |
mobile phone |
ducklings |
| parrot |
goat |
piano |
geese |
| pigeon |
horse |
sitar |
hawk |
| turkey |
sheep |
xylophone |
rooster |
LEARNING GRAMMAR
Use the simple future tense when you talk about something you want to do or decide to do in the future.
Long Form: I will help Mummy to clean the store room on Saturday
Short Form: I'll help Mummy to clean the store room on Saturday.
Long Form: I will watch the cricket match on TV after that
Short Form: I'll watch the cricket match on TV after that
Long Form: I will not go anywhere at the weekend.
Short Form: I won't go anywhere at the weekend. I don't think I'll go anywhere at the weekend.
A. Mohit is going to be eight years old in a few days. What are the gifts he's going to get? Complete the conversation. Use I'll or I won't. The first one has been done for you.
Ram: I will buy Mohit a birthday gift tomorrow. I'll buy him a school bag. I don't think I can go to the market today. think I'll go with my sister tomorrow.
Hema: I'll get him some Mars bars. He loves them. I won't be able to go to the market today. I'll go tomorrow with Dad.
Samir: I'll give him a pen. He needs one. I'll go to the mall with you, Ram.
Tammy: I think, I'll ask his sister what he would like. I won't just buy something that I like.
Sonny: Mohit loves to read. I'll choose a nice storybook for him. I won't go to the bookshop alone. I'll go with my grandpa.
Kerry: I won't get him any of these things. I know what he really wants. I'll get him a DVD of The Lion King. It's his favourite movie
Be helpful. Use the simple future tense to offer to do something for someone. You can use shall with I and we
I'll get the newspaper for you, Uncle Hari. I'll also get you a cup of tea. Shall I put on the fan for you?
B. Fill in the blanks with I will/shall verb, I'll verb or Shall I verb, Shall we verb. Use the verbs given below.
help, place, look for, put, fill, take, get, lay, pour
1. I will carry that shopping basket for you.
2. Shall I get you a glass of water?
3. I'll fetch your spectacles
4. Are you looking for the umbrella? I'll get for you.
5. I'll pour some more juice in your glass?
6. I'll look for your earring. It must be in the bedroom.
7. I'll help you to wash the dishes?
8. I'll lay the table for you, Mom.
9. I'll take the new plates out of the cupboard?
10. I'll put the chips into these bowls?
11. I'll fill the water bottles and put them into the fridge.
12. I'll place these paper napkins in the quarter plates.
LISTENING CAREFULLY
The teacher will read the story in class. Listen carefully and then answer the questions.
1. Where did the crocodile come from?
Ans. - The crocodile came from circus.
2. Why did the crocodile come into the Doctor's garden?
Ans. - The crocodile had a bad toothache.
3. Why did the crocodile want to stay with Dr. Dolittle?
Ans. - The crocodile saw that the doctor's house was nice and all sorts of animals stayed there. So he wanted to stay with Dr. Dolittle.
4. Where did the crocodile want to sleep?
Ans. - He wanted to sleep in the fish pond.
5. What did the crocodile promise not to do?
Ans. - He promised not to eat the fish.
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