THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD
UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE READ
A. Answer these questions.
1. What did the Elephant's Child ask his aunt the ostrich and what did she do?Ans. - The elephant's child asked his aunt, the ostrich, why her tail feathers grew in a particular way. She spanked him with her hard claw.
2. What did the Elephant's Child ask his uncle the giraffe and what did he do?
Ans. - The elephant's child asked his uncle, the giraffe, what made his skin so spotty and his uncle spanked him with his hard hoof.
3. What did he ask his aunt the hippo and what did she do?
Ans. - The elephant's child asked his broad aunt the hippopotamus, why her eyes were red, and his broad aunt, spanked him with her broad hoof.
4. What did he ask his uncle the baboon and what did he do?
Ans. - The elephant's child asked his hairy uncle, the baboon, why melons tasted just so, and his hairy uncle, spanked him with his hairy paw.
5. What new question made all his relatives spank him for a long, long time?
Ans. - The new question that the Elephant's child asked was, "What does the crocodile have for dinner?" It made all his relatives spank him for a long time.
6. What did the Kolokolo bird tell the Elephant's Child to do?
Ans. - The Kolokolo bird told the elephant's child to go to the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Lompopo River and find out what the crocodile had for dinner.
7. Who did the Elephant's Child meet on the banks of the great grey green greasy Limpopo river and what did the creature do?
Ans. - The elephant's child met the crocodile on the banks of the great grey-green greasy Limopop River. The crocodile caught the Elephant's child by his little nose.
B. Tick() the best answer.
1. Why did the crocodile weep 'crocodile tears'?
a. It wept crocodile tears, because it was a crocodile.
b. It wept crocodile tears, because it was pretending to feel sad that the Elephant's Child was not coming close to it.
c. By crying fake tears the crocodile wanted the Elephant's Child to come closer so that it could catch him. ✓
2. Why did the elephant kneel down on the bank?
a. It wanted to show that it was sorry for not coming closer to the crocodile.
b. The crocodile told the Elephant's Child that it would whisper into its ears, so he had to kneel down.
c. The crocodile has very short legs and an elephant has long legs, so it had to kneel down to hear what the crocodile was saying, ✓
3. Why did the crocodile want the Elephant's Child to come closer?
a. It wanted to catch it and eat it up.
a. It wanted to catch it and eat it up.
b. It wanted to whisper the answer to the question in the ears of the elephant.
c. It was cunning and behaved nice and kind, but all it wanted was to have the Elephant's Child for dinner. ✓
4. Why did the crocodile pull the Elephant's Child's nose?
a. It wanted to pull the elephant into the water.
4. Why did the crocodile pull the Elephant's Child's nose?
a. It wanted to pull the elephant into the water.
b. It wanted to get the elephant into the water so that it could eat it up. ✓
c. The elephant's nose was an ugly bulgy thing that the crocodile did not like.
c. The elephant's nose was an ugly bulgy thing that the crocodile did not like.
5. How did the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock Snake help the Elephant's Child?
a. It spanked him hard.
a. It spanked him hard.
b. It coiled its body around the hind legs of the elephant and pulled so hard that the crocodile couldn't pull him into the river. ✓
c. It helped the Elephant's Child to escape from the crocodile.
6. Why did the Elephant's Child not want to go home?
a. It was ashamed of its long trunk. ✓
a. It was ashamed of its long trunk. ✓
b. It thought its relatives would spank it again.
c. It thought its trunk would shrink and become bulgy once more.
c. It thought its trunk would shrink and become bulgy once more.
7. Why did the elephant families go to the great grey-green greasy Limpopo river?
a. They wanted to see the crocodile. ✓
a. They wanted to see the crocodile. ✓
b. They wanted to get new noses from the crocodile.
c. They wanted to know what the crocodile had for dinner.
C. Think carefully and answer the following questions
1. Was it right for the Elephant's Child to get spanked every time he asked a question? Why?
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2. Why did the Elephant's Child spank his dear brothers? (Clue: someone taught him this)
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3. Why is a nose, even a bulgy one, more useful than a boot?
Ans. -
SSPELLING AND VOCABULARY
A. Read and pronounce these descriptive words from the story. They all rhyme with each other.
bulgy, spotty, hairy, crackly, greasy, scaly, ugly
Now add some descriptive words, but remember they must all end with 'y'. Do this as a pair activity.
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| The Elephant's Child - Conquer English Solution |
B. Match the following words with their synonyms.
| 1. astonished | a. inquisitiveness |
| 2. broad | b. special; specific |
| 3. caught | c. back |
| 4. curiosity | d. courteously |
| 5. dreadful | e. surprised |
| 6. hind | f. thrashed (around in the water) |
| 7. particular | g. captured |
| 8. politely | h. beat |
| 9. spanked | i. wide |
| 10. threshed | j. terrible; frightening |
Answer:-
- e
- i
- g
- a
- j
- c
- b
- d
- h
- f
C. Find the antonyms of the following adjectives in the story.
1. cool → warm
2. false → true
3. impolitely → politely
4. smooth → rough
5. whitish → blackish
6. dirty → clean
7. hairless → hairy
8. narrow → wide
9. tiny → huge
10. young → old
6. dirty → clean
7. hairless → hairy
8. narrow → wide
9. tiny → huge
10. young → old
LEARNING GRAMMAR
Use the simple past tense to talk about:→ things that happened at a particular time in the past
We did our homework in the evening. The bus arrived at 7 am.
We did our homework in the evening. The bus arrived at 7 am.
→ a habit in the past
When we stayed in a house we had more space.
→ actions that happened one after the other in the past
I ran down the stairs, slipped on the tenth step, rolled down the last few steps and fell on the mat.
I ran down the stairs, slipped on the tenth step, rolled down the last few steps and fell on the mat.
The simple past tense forms of the verb 'be' are was and were, wasn't, weren't.
I/ He/she/it was/wasn't there.
We/You/They were/ weren't there.
We/You/They were/ weren't there.
Were/Weren't we/you/they there?
Was/Wasn't l/he/she/it there?
A. Complete the paragraph with the right simple past tense forms of the verbs given below.
| brush, put on, run, get, feel, begin, touch, gulp, gobble, bathe, race, stare, look, pick, rush, open, be |
Yesterday was a strange day. I got up late. I rush into the toilet. I brushed my teeth and bathed. I put on my school uniform and picked up my school bag. I ran down the stairs in a great hurry. I gobbled up a piece of toast and gulped down a glass of milk. I opened the front door and raced to the bus stop. My friends stared at me and began to laugh. They looked at my head. I touched my hair and felt it standing up in peaks all over my head!
B. Write the negative forms of these positive statements in your notebook.
We watched the match.
We didn't watch the match.
We didn't watch the match.
1. They ate the sandwiches.
→ They didn't eat the sandwiches.
2. She played the piano.
→ She didn't play the piano.
3. I met this boy last week.
→ I didn't meet this boy last week.
4. He studied in my class last year.
→ He didn't study in my class last year.
5. She fell down and hurt herself.
→ She didn't fall down and hurt herself.
6. They danced well at the dance competition.
→ They didn't dance well at the dance competition.
Change these statements into questions in your notebook.
She sang well at the concert.
Did she sing well at the concert?
Did she sing well at the concert?
1. He wrote a poem about trees.
→ Did he write a poem about trees?
2. You liked the gift the class gave you.
→ Did you like the gift the class gave you?
3. They went to the mall yesterday.
→ Did they go to the mall yesterday?
4. He broke his water bottle.
→ Did he broke his water bottle?
5. You bought a new pen.
→ Did you buy a new pen?
6. They sold their old car.
→ Did they sold their old car?
C. Complete the sentences. Use the positive/negative simple past tense form of the verb after reading and understanding each situation. All these things happened in the past. Do the exercise orally first.
1. The traveller took off his cloak as it was very hot. (take)
2. The boy ate his lunch as he wasn't hungry. (eat)
3.I didn't go to school today, because I was ill. (go)
4. My sister went to school alone today. (go)
5. He closed the windows as it was raining cats and dogs. (close)
6. I didn't break the bottle. Someone else must have broken it. (break)
We use the forms of the verb 'be'-was/wasn't/we re weren't as helping verbs along with the 'ing' fo ms of the verb to form the past continuous tense - was/ wasn't/weren't eating.
GO ONE STEP FORWARD
We use the forms of the verb 'be'-was/wasn't/we re weren't as helping verbs along with the 'ing' fo ms of the verb to form the past continuous tense - was/ wasn't/weren't eating.
Use the past continuo us tense: -
→ for an action that was taking place at a particular time in the past
They were swimming at five yesterday evening.
They were swimming at five yesterday evening.
I wasn't swimming.
I was sitting by the pool.
→ for an action that was taking place in the past when another action interrupted it. The action going on in the past is in the past continuous tense and the second action is in the simple past tense.
We were having dinner last night when the doorbell rang.
We weren't expecting visitors at that time.
→ for two or more actions taking place at the same time in the past
Last night I was reading my storybook while Dad was watching the news on TV and Mom was having a bath.
Last night I was reading my storybook while Dad was watching the news on TV and Mom was having a bath.
Grandpa and Grandma weren't watching the news.
Answer these questions about what you and your family were doing yesterday. Use the past continuo us tense.
1. What were you doing at 7:00 am yesterday?
2. What were your parents doing at 7:00 pm yesterday?
3. What were you doing at 4:00 pm yesterday?
4. What were you doing at 10:00 pm yesterday?
5. What were you doing at 09:00 am yesterday?
To be answered by the students as per their daily habbit ...
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