Lesson 7: Frogs at School
Class 4 English
These are some of the things that Aman and Ria like to do. Let's read:
Aman: I like to draw pictures
Ria : I like to solve crossword puzzles.
Aman: I like listening to stories.
Ria : I like to go to school on time.
Aman: I like to do my homework after school.
Ria : I like to study and play too.
Aman: What about poems?
Ria : I like to recite them. Let’s recite this one……
Let’s recite the poem:
Frogs at School
Twenty froggies went to school
Down beside a rush pool;
Twenty little coats of green
Twenty vests all white and clean.
“We must be in time,” said they.
“First we must study, then we play;
That is how we keep the rule,
When we froggies go to school.”
George Cooper
ACTIVITIES
1. a) Put a tick ( ✔️) on the correct
answer:
i) Forty froggies went to school.
Ans: 🗙
ii) Twenty froggies went to school.
Ans: ✔
iii) Thirty froggies went to school.
Ans: 🗙
iv) The vests of twenty froggies were all green and clean.
Ans: 🗙
v) The vests of twenty froggies were all white and clean.
Ans: ✔
vi) The vests of twenty froggies were all red and clean.
1. b) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the brackets:
i. The school is down beside a rushy (dirty/rushy) pool.
ii. The froggies wear green (white/green) coats.
iii. Froggies go (run/go) to school.
iv. The poem is written by George Cooper. (George Cooper/George
Cowper).
2. a) Draw lines to match the rhyming words:
rule clean
green they
play pool
Ans:
Rule ----- pool
Green ----- clean
Play ----- they
b) Read the poem. Find another word which rhymes with the words 'rule'
and 'pool'.
rule pool
school
Frame a sentence with the new word:
I go to school everyday.
3. Let's learn some new words from the poem:
Rush - quick movement towards something
Pool - a small area of still water.
4. Arrange the letters to make words:
Utsdy - study
Wetynt - twenty
Aelcn - clean
Titlle - little
Seiggfro - froggies
Hoscol - school
5. Write two other words which mean the same as 'little'.
Little small
tiny
The coat is too small to wear.
The froggies are tiny.
6. Rewrite the words given in the table using 'ies'. One is done for
you:
One More than one
Baby babies
Story stories
Fairy fairies
Berry berries
Cherry cherries
7. Read the two conversations between Ria and her mother:
a) 6 p.m.
Ria's mother: 1) Have you finished your homework?
Ria: 2) No, ma. Let me sleep a little.
7.30 p.m
Ria's mother: 3) Have you finished it? It is late.
Ria: 4) Why do it today? I’ll do it tomorrow.
Ria's mother: 5) Ria, you should do your work on time.
b) 6 p.m.
Ria's mother: 1) Have you finished your homework?
Ria: 2) Almost ma.
7.30 p.m.
Ria: 3) I’ve finished it ma.
Ria's mother: 4) Very good Ria. Now you can do anything you like.
c) How do you like to do your work? Later or right away? Talk to your friend and write the way you like to do your work.
8) Read:
The bus arrives at a quarter to eight. Aman, Ria and their mother get into the bus. Ria takes the window seat. They wait for the bus to leave. Their bus starts to move exactly at nine.
9. Look at the clocks given below. Choose and write the correct option from the box. One is done for you.
quarter to six quarter past three half past eleven
Ans:
half past eleven
quarter past three
quarter to six
10. Write short answers:
a) Where are Aman, Ria and their mother going?
b) Why are they going to Dibrugarh?
c) What time do they arrive at the station?
d) At what time does the bus arrive?
e ) When does the bus start to move?
Ans:
a) Aman, Ria and their mother going to Dibrugarh.
b) They are going to Dibrugarh to attend a wedding.
c) Aman, Ria, and their mother arrive at the bus station at half past
seven.
d) The bus arrives at a quarter to eight.
e) Their bus starts to move exactly at nine.
11. Aman and Ria's father couldn't go to Dibrugarh. So, he wrote a
letter to his uncle. Let's read this letter:
Rupnagar
10.9.2019
Dear Dada
With love,
Diganta.
12. After Ria came back, she wrote a letter to her friend. But some of
the words in her letter are missing. Choose the words from the box and complete
the letter. Remember to begin each sentence with a capital letter:
Mohan Bari
24.9.2019
Dear Bornali
Do convey my regards to Uncle and Aunty.
With love
Ria
13. Think and say:
I am usually made of paper.
I carry your words day and night.
You close me up with glue.
You put a stamp on me too!
I am an: envelope
14. Read what Aman and Ria did after getting down from the bus:
15. Make new words. Write the new word.
Post - office card man
Post office Postcard Postman
16. Read these sentences:
Aman and Ria were busy.
It was half past seven when they reached the station.
My mother was not well, so I could not go with you.
Now, fill in the letters in the word below to know what these underlined words are called.
Words that join two sentences are called conjunctions.
17. Join the sentences using the words from the box. One is done for you:
and but yet either or
a) i) Aman went to Dibrugarh.
ii) Ria went to Dibrugarh.
Aman and Ria went to Dibrugarh.
b) i) Ria can't sing.
ii) Ria loves singing.
Ria can't sing, but she loves singing.
c) i) Ria worked hard.
ii) Ria did not get a prize.
Ria worked hard yet she did not get a prize.
d) i) Aman may go to Dibrugarh.
ii) Aman may go to Jorhat.
Aman either may go to Dibrugarh or Jorhat.
18. Answer the following to complete the diary entry of Ria. One is done for you:
a) When did Ria go to Dibrugarh and with whom?
I went to Dibrugarh with my brother and mother.
b) Why did she go there?
I went there to attend a wedding.
c) What was she waiting for and with whom?
I was waiting for bus
with her mother and brother.
d) Which seat did she take?
I took windows seat.
19. Let's read this passage:
It is 8:30 in the evening. The large crowd of wedding guests is still there. Aman' s cousin is wearing a light green shirt. Ria is wearing a very nice dress. She is wearing a red frock. Aman and Ria's mother- is very happy. She meets many of her old friends. She sings beautiful marriage songs with her friends.
Now, underline the describing words in the passage. Count the words and
write the number: 7
20. Read the following instructions and complete the task:
👉 Take a pencil.
👉 Start from the box where Runima is sitting.
👉 Draw a flower to her left and a tree to her right.
👉 Go back to Runima. Draw a pen in the box above her and a fruit in the
box below her.
👉 Go to the box with a tree. Draw a pencil ~n the box below it.
👉 Go to the box with the tree and draw a book in the box above it.
👉 Go to the box with the flower and draw a sharpener in the box above it.
👉 Now, go to the box with the fruit and draw a bottle in the box
beside it.
Thank You
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