A. Discuss these questions in pairs before you write the answers.
1. Why did the dog feel the need for a master? (1, 2)
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2. Who did he first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master? (3)
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3. Who did he choose next? (5)
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4. Why did he serve the Lion for a long time? (8)
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5. Who did he finally choose as his master and why? (9, 10)
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B. A summary of the story is given below. Fill in the blanks to complete it taking appropriate phrases from the box.
a dog stronger than anyone else the strongest of all a wolf the bear afraid of man his own master a lion
This is the story of —–––––—————————–, who used to be ——————————————. He decided to find a master —–––––––———————. First he found ————————————, but the wolf
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was afraid of –––————––——————— . The dog thought that the bear was ————————————— . After some time the dog met ————————————— , who seemed the strongest. He stayed with the lion for a long time. One day he realised that the lion was ———————––—————— . To this day, the dog remains man’s best friend
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A. Each word in the box given below indicates a large number of… For example,‘a herd of cows’ refers to many cows. Complete each of the following phrases with a suitable word from the box
school fleet brood bundle bunch pack flock herd
1. a —————––—— of ships 5. a ———––———— of sticks
2. a ——————––— of flowers 6. a ——––————— of sheep
3. a ——————––— of chicks 7. a —––—————— of fish
4. a ———————–– of cattle 8. a ––——————— of wolves
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B. Make nouns from the words given below by adding –ness or – ity. (For some words we need to add just –ty, or –y.)
1. honest ————————— 7. creative ———————————–
2. kind —————————— 8. sincere ———————————–
3. cruel —————————— 9. cheerful ——————————
4. calm —————————— 10. bitter ————————————
5. sad ——————————— 11. sensitive——————————-
6. active ——————————- 12. great ————————————-
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C. Wordsearch
• There are twelve words hidden in this table.
• Six can be found horizontally and the remaining six vertically.
• All of them are describing words like ‘good’, ‘happy’, etc.
• The first letters of the words are given below:
Horizontal: H R F F S G
Vertical: A W S F L Q
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Here are some points from a similar story that you might have heard in another language. Dividing the class into two groups try and tell the story in English. One person from each group can speak alternately. Your teacher will help you. As you tell it, one of you may write it down on the board.
A Mouse Maiden
l mouse changed into a girl by a magician…
l wants to marry the strongest person…
l asks whether sun or cloud stronger (why?)…
l but mountain stronger than clouds (how?)…
l but mouse stronger than mountain (how?)…
l girl asks to marry mouse, becomes a mouse again.
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WORKING WITH THE POEM
1. List out the action words in the poem. dive, dip, snaps, ——————, ——————, ———————, ——————, ——————
Find out the meanings of these words.
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2. Read these lines from the poem:
Then soars like a ship
With only a sail
The movement of the tailless kite is compared to a ship with a sail. This is called a simile. Can you suggest what or who the following actions may be compared to?
He runs like —————————————––———
He eats like ——————————————–—–—
She sings like ————————————––——–—
It shines like ————————————–––———
It flies like ——————————————––———–
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3. Try to make a kite with your friends. Collect the things required such as colour paper/newspaper, thread, glue, a thin stick that can be bent. After making the kite see if you can fly it.
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