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Thursday, February 3, 2022

Practice Work - English - Unit 8 - The Little Bully


 


 8: 2. The Little Bully (Story)
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Unit- 8_2
The Little Bully


New words
tease-  make fun of
Bully- A person who uses strength to harm the weaker
pinch- grip tightly and sharply between finger and thumb
bruise - injury by blow to body
Miserable - unhappy
Horrid - terrible
Scowl - angry expression
pincer- gripping tool
stalk- main stem
prick- make a hole with sharp thing
tale- story
excite - cause to feel very enthusiastic and eager.

crowd- large number of people
hoarse – sounding rough and harsh
stare – look fixedly
fright- take part violent struggle
queer – strange, odd
nipped- pinched
yelled- a loud cry


Answer these questions:

Tick mark on the right answer.

1.    Why did all the children hate Hari?
a.    because he would not talk to anyone.
b.    Because he always pinched them. (√)
c.     Because he loved stealing their food.

2.    “Nobody took Hari's hand. Nobody went near him. Nobody played with him." this shows that Hari had
a.    Many friends
b.    Few friends
c.     No friends (√)
3.    Which of the following actions would make a friendly person? Write them down.
ØRespecting other people
ØEating a small child's tiffin
ØCalling people rude names
ØPushing a smaller boy and making him cry.
ØBeing helpful to everyone.
ØHelping your classmates in school.
ØMocking at friends and hurting their feelings.
ØProtecting a weaker person.

Actions which would make a friendly person

ØRespecting other people
ØBeing helpful to everyone.
ØHelping your classmates in school.
ØProtecting a weaker person.

Vocabulary
1- From the story, find out words, which are opposites or are closest to being the opposites of the words given below. Then write down the opposites in the grid.

Down
1. Smile
2. Happy
4. Strong

Across
3. quiet
5. Punish



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2- Hari was punished till he was black and blue.'Black and blue' means
(1)  Hari fell down in pain.
(2)  There were bruises on his body. (√)
(3)  Hari painted himself in colours.
(4)  Hari had a black and blue shirt.

3- 'I shan't pinch anyone anymore'.Shan't means
(1)  shall
(2)  should
(3)  shall not
(4)  will not

4- Give the full forms of
  
won't – will not
weren't – were not
wouldn't – would not
couldn't – could not

5- A girl was sitting quietly beside him. Hari leapt to his feet, crying loudly.
The words quietly and loudly tell us how an action is being done.
From the story find words ending in - ly  which denote how something is done.


Pleasantly
Heavily
Loudly
Eagerly

Add -ly to the following words.

clear
 clearly
merry
 merrily
weary
 wearily
double
 doubly
dreary
 drearily
bright
 brightly
bad
 badly
fond
 fondly

Make sentences with these words

Clearly-
I cant see clearly from my old glasses.

Merrily-
Children danced merrily in the birthday party.

Wearily-
I wearily dragged myself out from bed at 4 o’clock.

Doubly-
This cake is layered doubly with chocolate.

Brightly-
All the houses in the colony are brightly painted.

Badly-
Ashok as badly hurt in the fight.

Fondly-
Mother fondly takes care of child.



Fun with sounds

Let's practice with P and F.
Pleased                       Pricked                        Pinched                       Punished
Fat                               Fruit                             Fell
                              Forgotten
Palm                            Pair                              Proud                          Parade
Farm                           Fare                             Frown                          Fish

Complete the blanks with rhyming words of the following and practice allowed

bruise
 cruise
creature
 feature
carriage
marriage
teachers
preachers
prawn
dawn
vowed
 cowed

Let's practice some writing

How did the seaside creatures, the crab, the lobster etcetera teach Hari a lesson? Write in few lines.

The crab opened his pincers and nipped his hand very hard. After this lobster took his hand in his great pincer-like claws and pinched it so hard that he yelled in pain. Then, shrimps, prawns, crabs and another large lobster came out of water and pricked Hari till he was black and blue with their pinching.

Read this sentences carefully

I ate an apple.

A boy is standing under the tree.

The sun rises in the east.

A and an do not point out any definite or particular person or thing whereas, the is used when we speak of some particular person or thing. A, an and the are called articles.

Remember an is used before words beginning with a vowel a, e, I, o, u.


Now fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.


1.    Hari was an unpopular boy.
2.    The boys and girls went to the seaside for a picnic.
3.    He saw a big crab coming towards him.
4.    I found an empty bottle, floating in the water.
5.    A sea creature ate his food.

A crab has a hard shell whereas a frog does not have one. There are many animals that protect themselves from their enemies with their outer cover/shells/quills.

In the box given below are the names of some animals. Encircle the ones that can protect themselves with their hardcover.

crocodile                        snail                      lizard                          snake
turtle                               tortoise                  gorilla                         frog
hedgehog                       porcupine


Now paste or draw the picture of any one animal. Write five lines about it.

Crab is found in both sea and fresh water.
It has five pairs of legs.
First pair of legs is modified as pincers.
It has a round, flat body covered by shells.
Crabs are omnivore.

Can you tell the difference between turtle and tortoise? Write a few lines.

Turtle
Tortoise
Turtle lives well in water.
Tortoise lives well on land.
Shell of turtle is mostly flat and streamlined.
Shell of tortoise is dome shaped.
Shells are light-weight.
Shells are heavy.
Life span of turtles is 40 to 50 years.
Life span of tortoise is 60 to 80 years. Some live up to 150 years.
Turtles are found in Africa and America.
Tortoise are mostly found in Asia and Africa.
Turtles are omnivores.
Tortoise are generally vegetarian.

Describe what is happening in the picture. Use
is / are and ___ing to make your sentences. Clues are given in the box.
For example Krishna is swinging.

Play
football
jump
race
badminton
run
(i)            Mary is climbing up the slide.
(ii)          Hari is kicking and boxing her.
(iii)         Little Bittoo is licking a lollipop.
(iv)         Krishna is swinging on the swing.
(v)          Rita is sliding down the slide.

Let's be creative and talk
Imagine what the children will do in the playground tomorrow. You can take some hints from the words given in the box. For example - John will play Kabaddi tomorrow.

Boys will practice for the football match.
Children of class 5th will run a race.
Some of them will play badminton.
I will enjoy jumping on the

Work in groups of four. The picture of a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean.
Suppose you went deep diving. What would you find? Think of all the words that come to your mind, then build a paragraph. Share your story with other groups.
(Please refer the textbook for this picture)
If I happen to be at the bottom of ocean after a shipwreck, I will be adventurous. I will collect treasures of the sea. I will shake hands with octopus. I will collect pearls from seashells. I will get to see amazing sea creatures. I will explore the ocean all through the day.

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