TERM III - Unit 1 - prose - Who owns water

 

 TERM - III - UNIT I - 

Prose : 1        Who owns water

Look at the pictures, discuss in pairs, share your answers with the class.

                                                

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Section I 

Put a (√) for the correct and (x) for the incorrect statements.

1. A tiny bird looked for a place to lay her eggs. (√)
2. The land was wet and green. (x) (The land was "parched and dry".)
3. The little bird found a shallow hollow in the ground. (√)
4. The eggs hatched and the babies flew away. (√)
5. The pit was comfortable for the wild boar to sleep in. (x) (The pit was "not comfortable enough" until he dug it further.)
6. The wild boar got up from its daybed because it was disturbed by another boar. (x) (He woke up because of the fading sun and the rumble in his stomach.)

Section II 

Complete the sentences given below with words/phrases.

• The wild dogs came to the spot to catch the scent of boar in the wind.
• The rains came and poured without stopping for three days and three nights.
• The whole earth smelled wet and fresh.
• The hole in the ground was filled with water.
• The buffalo wallowed in the hole.
• The hole became widened and grew.

Section III Comprehension

Answer the following questions in one or two sentences.

1. Why did the farmer have to travel far? The farmer had to travel far in summer months to get water for his thirsty crops.
2. What sight made the farmer thankful? The sight of a patch of green, described as the verdant bowl, made the farmer thankful because it meant water was close to his holding,.
3. Name the tools the farmer brought out. What did he do with them? The farmer brought out his pickaxe and spade. He used them to carve the buffaloes’ spot into a perfectly decent little pond.
4. Why did the crowd gather by the side of the pond? The crowd gathered because the farmer told his wife about his fortune, and she summoned the village priest to bless the pond, causing news to travel quickly.
5. When did the richest farmer get upset? Why? The richest farmer was always upset when things took place that he was not invited to.

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READ AND UNDERSTAND

A. Choose the correct answer and write it in the blank.

1. The little bird broadened the hole with her claws. (b. claws)
2. The wild boar settled down scraping the hole into a pit to have a good sleep. (a. pit)
3. The poor farmer’s crop was meagre. (a. meagre)

B. Tick the correct answer,.

1. The boar slept until the fading sun told him it was time to get up. What does the phrase until the fading sun mean? a. until evening
2. The farmer was thankful at the sight of the verdant bowl because _________. a. it was a pond of water,
3. They all stood around the little jewel of blue means _________. a. They stood around the pond,.
4. The dry earth soaked up the moisture as a hungry puppy laps up milk. It means _____. b. The dry earth absorbed the water very quickly,.

C. Answer the following questions,.

1. Pick out the line which tells you about seasons (in Sec II). Which seasons are mentioned? The line is: "Not long after, the rains came. It poured and poured and only those of us who have seen the monsoons will know what that means". The season explicitly mentioned is monsoons (rain).
2. What happened to the hole in the ground after the rain? The hole collected the water that fell. The grass grew a brighter green around its edges. Buffaloes wallowed in it, and through the multitude of hooves trampling the soil, the depression widened and grew and became a little watering hole.
3. Identify a sentence and a phrase which tells us that the story took place in summer.
   • Sentence: "In summer months he had to travel far to get water for his thirsty crops".
   • Phrase: "The land was parched and dry".

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VOCABULARY

D. Fill in the blanks with words given in the box to make compound words (rain, coconut, coat, sail, fire),.

1. We use a rain coat on a rainy day.
2. The toy sail boat danced on the pond.
3. We must drink tender coconut water in summer.
4. We can see a rain bow after summer showers.
5. Clean the ashes out of the fire place.

E. Complete the following using their group names.

1. A pack of wolves went hunting in the forest.
2. She bought a new pair of shoes for her birthday.
3. A school of fish swam past our boat.
4. A swarm of bees had settled on a mango tree.
5. I ate a bunch of grapes.

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USE GRAMMAR

H. Fill in the blanks with suitable linking words or conjunctions.

1. Our team played well and won the game.
2. She slipped badly but she did not hurt herself.
3. The box was heavy so he could not lift it.
4. Rani was late to school because she missed the bus.
5. You can use a pen or a pencil for writing.

I. Join the sentence of Column A with B using the words given in the box (and, but, or, because).

• The clouds moved away and the sun came out.
• Velu thanked his friend because he helped Velu in time.
• It rained heavily but the match continued.
• Eat slowly or you will get choked.