Class-4 English (Marigold), Unit-2_2 The Little Fir Tree / NCERT / CBSE Syllabus

Unit-2_2

The Little Fir Tree

New Words-

Pretty- good looking

Needle- a very fine slender piece

Leaves-  plural of leaf

Gold- a yellow precious metal

Stole- act of theft

Tick (√) the correct answer:

1-   The pretty, little fir tree was unhappy with gold leaves but...

a.   a goat came along and ate them.

b.   all the leaves got wet in rain.

c.   a man stole them. (√)

2-   The fir tree was sad...

a.   because it had yellow leaves.

b.   because it had needle-like leaves. (√)

c.   because it was very short.

3-   The fir tree was not happy with the glass leaves...

a.   because the goats came and ate them up.

b.   a man stole them.

c.   the glass leaves broke. (√)

Word Building

By changing the underlined word to its opposite, rewrite these sentences

1.   I carry a light bag to school every day.

I carry a heavy bag to school every day.

2.   Rina won the race.

Rina lost the race.

________

3.   I love eating vegetables.

I hate eating vegetables.

______________________________________

4.   This glass of milk is full.

This glass of milk is empty.

______________________________________

5.   The old man is wise.

The old man is fool.

Now give the opposite of the words below by adding -un or -im .

Word	Opposite Word
happy	unhappy
polite	impolite
seen	unseen
proper	improper
lucky	unlucky
possible	impossible
important	unimportant
perfect	imperfect
healthy	unhealthy
safe	unsafe
patient	impatient
pure	impure

Rita hated her dog Sheroo. Every day, Sheroo would come in of the house and go back himself. But one day he did not come home. Rita looked for him nowhere . Tears rolled down  her cheeks. Sheroo was found. He was nowhere to be found. Rita was crying when she reached home. She got

into her bed. All of a sudden something jumped on her. Can you guess who it was? Rita was very happy.

Give the opposites of the words in blue.

loved	hated
go out	come in
come	go
everywhere	nowhere
down	up
lost	found
nowhere	everywhere
crying	laughing/smiling
happy	unhappy/sad

Let’s write

Rewrite the passages below using capital letters where necessary –

one saturday afternoon amarjit and his little sister rani went for a picnic to india gate. there they saw ducks water and their friend raj

Ans- One Saturday afterneoon Amarjit and his little sister Rani went for a picnic to India Gate. There, they saw ducks, water and their friend Raj.

oh dear said the fir tree I like my old needle-like leaves best for goats don't eat them and no man can steal them

Ans- “On dear!” said the fir tree. I like my od needle-like leaves best, for goats don’t eat them and no man can steal them.

Describe the picture given on page 30 of textbook.

Raju and his sister have gone for a picnic near the pond. They have spread a mat on the grass. Their food and other things are on the mat. They have brought a ball too. There are beautiful flowers and trees all around. Raju’s sister is pointing at the ducks in the pond.

Glass breaks easily when it is dropped. Do you think a mud flower pot, a glass spoon, a wooden table, a plastic cup, books or your plastic water bottle can break easily? Circle the things that can.

Which of the following actions would make others happy/unhappy?

● respecting elders                    ● not saying thank you                  ● being polite

● caring for pets                        ● getting angry easily                    ● being honest

● playing with friends               ● visiting a sick friend                   ● not sharing

● watching television all day    ● telling lies                                   ● being greedy

Actions that make people happy	Actions that make people unhappy
respecting elders	watching television all day
caring for pets	not saying thank you
playing with friends	getting angry easily
visiting a sick friend	telling lies
being polite	not sharing
being honest	being greedy

Let’s listen, read and write

There was a thick jungle with beautiful green trees and birds. Koyal was singing happily.  Suddenly she heard someone crying. It was her friend, the peacock. She flew to him and asked, “Why are you crying?” Peacock replied, “I hate myself,

I have such ugly”.

Some things make you feel happy. Some things make you feel sad. Write a poem on the picture. (refer textbook for picture)

My poem

Some things make us feel happy,

like koyal’s song makes us feel happy.

Somethings make us feel cry,

like peacock’s legs made him cry.

We should love each one of us,

As god made all of us.

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