Class-4 English Reader (Special) Lesson- 11 Playgrounds / MP Board

 

Lesson 11

Playgrounds

 

Glossary

Glad -  happyप्रसन्न

Moss-  very small green plants usually found on damp walls and stones काई

Lie- to be in a flat or horizontal position आड़ा पड़ा होना

Forest -  jungle वन

Grass -  a common small wild plant with narrow green leaves घास

Sea -  the salt water body that covers most of the earth's surface सागर

Stoop -  to bend the body forward and downward  झुकना

Snow-  soft, white pieces of frozen water बर्फ

Puddle -  a small amount of water collected on the ground डबरा

Freeze -  turn to ice जमना

Tall -  having greater than average height लंबा

High -  long way above the ground उच्च

Tree -  a tall plant that can live a long time  वृक्ष 

 

Summary/ Central idea

 

Children are happy because they are nearer to nature than the grown ups. They can see small things in nature and enjoy them; but at times of difficulty They wish they were grown ups.

 

Or

 

Being a child has its own advantages. Children see many things in nature differently because of their small height. It is only at difficult times they feel that they should be tall like grown ups.

 Exercises

 

Listen and Repeat (rhyming words) 

small -  all -  tall

moss -  toss -  loss

sea - pea - tea

wish - dish - fish

 

Word Power

 

Find plural for the given nouns:

 

Singular - Plural

child -  children

potato -  potatoes

puddle -  puddles

sea - seas

man - men

 

Comprehension

 

Answer the following questions.

 

Q.1 In which season is the poet happy?

Ans- The poet is happy in the summer.

 

Q.2 Who does not know much about the moss and stones?

Ans- Grown ups do not know about the moss and stones.

 

Q.3 Where do the men never lie and play?

Ans- Men never lie and play in the grass among forests.

 

Q.4 Where do they walk a long way off to?

Ans- They walk a long way off to the sea beach.

 

Q.5 What does the child wish in winter?

Ans- In winter, the child wishes to be very tall, high above the trees.

b) complete the lines of the poem.

 

         1) In summer I am very glad,

          We children are so small,

2) They don’t know much about the moss,

         And all the stones they pass,

3) I wish that I were very tall.

         High up above the trees.

 

c) Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions used in the poem.

 

1) They don’t know much about the moss.

2) They never play in the grass.

3) When we are at the sea.

4) When the snow is on the ground.

5) I am very glad in summer.

 

Let’s Write

 

Write five sentences about something a child can do but a man can’t.

 

1.   Lying on the grass and playing.

2.   Seeing small things like moss and stones.

3.   Climbing up all the things.

4.   Sobbing inconsolably.

5.   Asking the same question over and over.

 

Let’s Do

 

Collect pictures of small insects, and paste them in your activity notebook. Show it in your class.

 

Quiz on Lesson 12 A Wise King

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