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1 An Elephant Never Forgets 3

2 The Two Goats 9

3 The Miser and His Purse 13

4 A Clever Judge 17

5 Wolf! Wolf! 22

6 Seven Wise Men 28

7 The Man and The Donkey 33

8 Telling the Truth 37

9 Time 42

10 The Hare and the Tortoise 47

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THINGS TO DO
1. Complete these sentences.
1. When the man was walking through a forest, he heard a loud noise .

2. The elephant was limping because of Pain .

3. The man pulled out the thorn .

4. The man climbed up the tree, because the wild elephants can kill him

5. When the man climbed up the tree, one elephant wrapped

its trunk up the tree and pulled it up . .

6. When the elephant looked at the man, it drove

the other elephants away

7. The man was happy that the elephant recognized him .

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2. Fill in the blanks with the help of these words.

loud climb trunk remember

1. I am sorry. I do not remember your name.

2. This tree is very tall. So I am unable to climb it up.

3. I heard a loud noise and got afraid.

4. The elephant can pick up leaves and fruits with its trunk .
3. Read these sentences.
1. One day, a man was walking through a forest.
2. The elephant was limping.
3. It was groaning with pain.
4. They were running.

4. Tick ( ) with true sentences and ( ) with false sentences.

1. One day, a man was walking through a forest.

2. He did not hear any noise.

3. The man looked at elephant’s foot.

4. Suddenly, a herd of elephants came towards a man.

5. Elephant moved away without any expression.

5. Answer the following questions:

1. Write the names of five animals which are big in size.

Ans: Elephant, Giraffe, Dianosour, Rhinoceros, Alligator.

2. What is pet animal? Write the names of five pet animals.

Ans: The animal that we keep in our houses is called pet animal.
Hen, Dogs, Horses, Cows and Parrots are pet animals.
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3. Why the elephant was groaning?

Ans: Elephant was groaning with pain.

4. Does an elephant forget?

Ans: No, Elephant never forget.

5. What was thrust in the elephant’s foot?

Ans: A big thorn was thrust in the elephant's foot.

6. Write the missing letter.

f o r e st ex p r e s s ion at t a c k

pu l l e d wra p ped cl i mb

tho r n e l e p h ant gro a n

o bse r ved q ui c kly no d d e d

7. Match the columns to complete sentences.

A man was walking with pain.

Elephant was groaning running towards him.

He saw a herd of elephants to attack him.

The elephant was about through a forest.

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8. What were these people doing at 4 o’clock yesterday?
Look at these pictures and fill in the blanks with the correct
words. The first one has been done for you.

were playing was watching

was taking was reading was flying

1. He was taking tea. 3. They were playing cricket.

2. She was reading a book. 4. He was flying a kite.

5. He was watching television.

9. Use this table to make six meaningful sentences.

fly kite?
Do you

ever get up late?

Does Bilal
study?

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1. Do you ever fly kite? 2. Do you ever get up late?

3. Do you ever study? 4. Does Bilal ever fly kite?

5. Does Bilal ever get up late? 6. Does Bilal ever study?

10. Now answer the above written questions using word “never”.
The first one has been done for you.

Do you ever fly a kite? Do you ever get up late?

No, I never fly a kite. No, I never get up late.

Do you ever study? Does Bilal ever fly kite?

No, I never study. No, Bilal never fly kite.

Does Bilal ever get up late? Does Bilal ever study?

No, Bilal never get up late. No, Bilal never study.

11. Write five short sentences using word “ever”.

Do you ever watch television?

1.

Does Hina ever drink milk?

2.

Do you ever cut trees?

3.

Does Ali ever read book?

4.

Do you ever run fast?

5.

12. The story tells us that an elephant never forgets.

Write the name of another animal which never forgets?

Snake
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THINGS TO DO
1. Complete these sentences.
1. The two goats met on the bridge .

2. The goats could not cross the bridge because the bridge was

very narrow .
3. The goats quarrelled because both wanted to cross the bridge
first.
4. The wise goat said, “If we fight, we will both fall down into the
stream and die.

5. When the wise goat laid down, the other goat walked gently over him.
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2. Complete the paragraph using suitable words.
Two goats were crossing narrow bridge. There was
a path only for one goat to go across. Finally, they

decided not to fight and the first goat lay down. The

other goat walked gently over him and in this way both

of them crossed the bridge.

3. Write the opposites of the following words:

wide wise foolish

narrow
up new
down old
wild, unkind live
gentle die

strong weak first last

4. Learn these forms.

old older clever cleverer long longer

short shorter cheap cheaper cold colder
great greater wide wider warm warmer
big bigger hot hotter good better

5. Read aloud.
sit - seat ship - sheep rid - read hill - heal

bit - beat hit - heat rich - reach dip - deep

mill - meal will - wheel hip - heap fit - feet

knit - neat pit - peat wit - wheat sill - seal

fill - feel kill - keel pill - peal rip - reap

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6. Tick ( ) with true sentences and ( ) with false sentences.
1. One day, a lion was crossing a bridge.

2. The first goat was ready to fight.

3. The foolish goat lay down.

4. One of them crossed the bridge.

5. ‘Come on’, said first goat to another.

7. Fill in the blanks.

1. I am stronger than you.

2. The wise goat lay down .

3. It was ready to fight .

4. There is no way for both of us.

5. There was a very narrow bridge over a stream.
8. Pick up the words of same sounds.

here there

fair stair pair

fan pan ran

pen men when

go blow

brick chick

9. Write three simple sentences about a goat.

Goat is a beautiful animal.
It gives milk.
It eats grass.
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THINGS TO DO
1. Tick ( ) with true sentences and ( ) with false sentences.

1. A miser lived in a town.

2. He had hundred rupees in his purse.

3. The farmer found the purse near the post office.

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4. The miser offered a reward of fifty rupees.

5. The miser did not give the farmer his reward.

2. Fill in the blanks with the help of given words.

miser reward money judge

1. If you will top your class, you will get a reward .

2. Children should not have a lot of money with them.

3. The judge takes the decisions in the court.

4. The person who does not want to spend for others is

called a miser .

3. Answer the following questions:

1. Where did the miser live?
Ans: The miser lived in a town.
2. How many rupees he had in his purse?
Ans: He had one thousand rupees in his purse.
3. Where did the miser go when he did not find his purse?
Ans: The miser rushed to the town announcer
4. What sort of reward was announced by the miser?
Ans: The miser offered a reward of fifty rupees.
5. Where did the farmer find the purse?
Ans: Farmer found this purse near the post office.
6. What did the judge do?
Ans: The judge gave the purse to the farmer.
7. What we have learned from the story?
Ans: Do not be greedy or the greed is curse.
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4. Write the following sentences in right order:

1. rupees thousand had one in he his purse.

Ans: He had one thousand rupees in his purse.

2. must offer you reward a.

Ans: You must offer a reward.

3. he went for day one shopping.

Ans: One day he went for shopping.

4. purse the gave he to the farmer.

Ans: He gave the purse to the farmer.

5. was in he distress great.

Ans: He was in great distress.

5. Match the columns to complete sentences.

I have fifty rupees I can help you.

If you have a problem, in my pocket.

Child has been beautiful flower.

We should help crying since morning.

Rose is a very others.

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THINGS TO DO
1. Solve this puzzle.
The words for this puzzle are in the story you have just read,
write them in front of each.
king of forest. lion

payment for services. fee

opposite of whole. half

soldiers do this. fight

you cut this on your birthday. cake

opposite of unfair. fair

2. Read these words carefully.

of herd hear write sea

off heard here right see

Each pair of words has same sound but have different meanings
and different spellings.
Tick ( ) the correct word from the brackets to complete each of
these sentences:

1. Would you like a cup (of , off) tea?

2. The monkey bit piece (of , off) bigger part.

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3. The handle of the door came (of, off).

4. I saw a (herd, heard) of cattle in the field.

5. Have you ever (herd, heard) about Muhammad Bin Qasim?

6. I cannot (hear, here) what you say.

7. Come in and sit (hear, here).

8. You must (right, write)?

9. Is the answer (right, write).

10. Waheed cannot write with his (right, write) hand. He always

uses his left hand.

11. Can you see a ship at the (sea, see)?

3. Tick ( ) with true sentences and ( ) with false sentences.

1. One day, two cats were quarrelling over a cake.

2. A dog heard the cats quarrelling.

3. The monkey divided the cake into three pieces.

4. He bit a piece of the smaller part.

5. The monkey ate the remaining cake.

4. Fill in the missing letters in following spaces.

w e
bet__e__n , a
f__ir , i
p__ece , t
set__le , a e
c__k__

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5. Join the statement in group A with its related statement in
group B.
(A) (B)
I saw it your dispute.

I shall settle first.

Do you agree?

Other part the remaining cake.

Please give us is bigger.

6. Give short answers to the following questions:

1. Who was the judge of dispute?
Ans: Monkey was the judge of dispute.
2. Cats were quarrelling for what?
Ans: Cats were quarrelling for cake.
3. Did the monkey decide fairly?
Ans: No the monkey did not decide fairly.
4. What monkey received as case fee?
Ans: Monkey received the remaining cake as case fee.
5. What did cats feel about the quarrel?
Ans: “How foolish we were to quarrell!”, said one cat.
“And how foolish we were not to settle it ourselves!”,
said the other cat.
7. Write down the meanings of these words:
divide trouble quarrel dispute clever

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THINGS TO DO
1. Answer these questions.
1. What did the villagers ask the boy to do if a wolf came?
Ans: If you see a wolf coming, shout, ‘Wolf!’ and we will rush to help
you.
2. Why did the boy cry “Wolf! Wolf!” first time?
Ans: Because, the boy got bored and wanted to play a joke with the
villagers.
3. Why did the boy cry “Wolf! Wolf!” second time? Did all the
villagers run to help him?
Ans: Because, the boy said to himself, “Let me play the trick once
again. It was fun to see them coming. Yes, all the villagers run to help
him.
4. Why did the villagers not come when the boy cried
“Wolf! Wolf!” the third time?
Ans: Because, they decided that the boy was playing his trick again
so no body came for help.
5. How did the villagers punish the boy?
Ans: No one came to help the boy.
6. What is the moral of the story?
Ans: The punishment of foolishness.
2. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.

shouted drove fined frightened

1. He drove the sheep along the street.

2. I was frightened when I saw the snake.

3. The judge warned, “If you do it again you will be fined .”

4. She shouted for help.

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3. A shepherd looks after sheep. What do following people do?

watchman Look after people lives and property

tailor Stitch Clothes farmer Look after fields and crop

baker Make backery products butcher Sell meat

mason Construct buildings

4. Make ten sentences using this table.

wanted to see the Badshahi Mosque.

I
wished to buy a car.
He
liked to go to the seaside.

1. I wanted to buy a car.

2. I liked to go to the seaside.

3. I wished to see the Badshahi Mosque.

4. I wanted to go to the seaside.

5. I wished to go to the seaside.

6. He wanted to buy a car.

7. He wished to see the Badshahi Mosque.

8. He liked to go to the seaside.

9. He wished to buy a car.

10. He liked to see the Badshahi Mosque.

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5. Write True or False in front of each sentence.

1. There lived a girl who took care of sheep.

2. Many days went by, no wolf came.

3. When they reached the hillside, they found many wolves.

4. The men were very happy.

5. Third time villagers decided not to go.

6. Make fifteen sentences from the table.

agree with ideas.

your opinion.
We do take
our imagination.
You do not think about thoughts.
have suggestions.

1. We do agree with your ideas.

2. We do not agree with your ideas.

3. You do agree with our ideas.

4. You do not agree with our ideas.

5. We do take your opinion.

6. We do not take your opinion.

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7. You do take our opinion.

8. You do not take our opinion.

9. We do think about your imagination.

10. You do think about our imagination.

11. We do not think about your imagination.

12. You do not think about our imagination.

13. We do have our thoughts.

14. You do have your thoughts.

15. We do not have your suggestions.

7. Arrange the following disordered sentences into order:

1. Who in does thing every time called is punctual.

Ans: Who does every thing in time is called punctual.

2. We speak should truth.

Ans: We should speak truth.

3. Who a lie tells is not good boy a.

Ans: Who tell a lie is not a good boy.

4. Truthfulness our is belief.

Ans: Truthfulness is our belief.

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THINGS TO DO
1. Answer the following questions:

1. Why were the seven men were called “wise men”?

Ans: They were actually very foolish. The villagers jokingly called
them the “wise men”.

2. How did the wise men cross the river?

Ans: The wise men swam to cross the river.

3. Why were the wise men worried after they crossed the river?

Ans: Because, one of them was missing.

4. What mistake did they make in counting?

Ans: Everyone forgot to count himself.

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5. How did they get back their “missing” friend?
Ans: A man from their village happened to come that way and said
to the wise men, “Stand in a row, I will count.” You are seven, asked
the man. Hence they get back their missing friend.

2. Match the sentences.

Example: We are very tired. Let’s rest.

We are very hungry. Let’s take a rickshaw.

It is raining. Let’s hold umbrella.

We have missed the bus. Let’s go for a picnic.

Tomorrow is holiday. Let’s go to a restaurant.

3. Read these words aloud.

rat - rate mat - mate hat - hate man - mane

can - cane pan - pane cap - cape tap - tape

nap - nape gap - gape pat - pate ban - bane

4. Write True or False in front of every sentence.

1. There lived seven wise men in a village.

2. They were actually very wise.

3. On the way, they had to cross the forest.

4. He forgot to count himself.

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5. Write the opposites of the followings:

thin thick strong weak

fast slow long short

tall short last first

6. Make at least six sentences from the following table.

easy.
You take it tough.
comfortable.
I hard.
We feel these soft.
proper.

1. You take it easy.

2. I feel it hard.

3. We feel these comfortable.

4. I feel it soft.

5. We take it tough.

6. We take it proper.

7. Tick( ) the right option given in the boxes.

1. Who does not share with others is:

foolish generous miser

2. A greedy man want to get:

for himself for others for no body

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3. A comfortable person feels:

tension delight pain

4. When we swim, we are in:

water air sand

5. Mistake means to do something:

wrong right very good

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THINGS TO DO
1. Answer these questions.

1. What did the man do when a woman said that he and his son
were cruel?

Ans: They tied the donkey’s legs. The son carried the donkey by the
front and the man carried it by the behind.
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2. What happened when the man and the boy were carrying the
donkey over a bridge?

Ans: While they were going over a bridge, the donkey wriggled, the
rope loosened and the donkey fell into the river.

2. Complete the sentence below.

Please everyone
1. They lost their donkey in trying to

3. Remember these forms of verbs.

I Form II Form III Form
go went gone
They go to the They went to the They have gone
School everyday. School yesterday. to the School.

Can you write the missing forms?

I Form II Form III Form
go went gone
ride rode ridden
walk walked walked
fall fell fallen
put put put
say said said
break broke broken
carry carried carried
hang hanged hanged

4. Make similar sentences using this table.

asked to post the letter.

She him to wash the plates.
told to clean the fan.

1. She asked him to post the letter.

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 2. She asked him to wash the plates.

3. She asked him to clean the fan.

4. She told him to post the letter.

5. She told him to wash the plates.

6. She told him.

5. Tick ( ) with true sentences and ( ) with false sentences.

1. A man and his son were going to the market with

their horse.
2. “Look at that boy”, said a school boy.

3. My son, sit here in front of me.

4. They moved along for a while.

5. The father and son stood dumb at their own foolishness.

6. Use ‘is’, ‘his’ and ‘her’ to fill each blank.

1. This story is really funny.

2. She often gives her cat a piece of meat.

3. Her uncle is a postman.

4. He cut his finger with a knife.

5. Ali lost his notebook.

7. Make sentences of the following words:

dumb The two cats stood dumb at their own foolishness.

struck The electricity switch struck off, due to load shading.

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 behind Asma sit behind her friend on the swing.

bound Fahad uncle bound him to obey his order.

cruel Sana saw the cruel man, who was killing the deer.
On Eid day, the cow wriggled and the rope loosened and ran
wriggled
way.
8. Write at least five sentences about the moral of this story,
that you get from it.

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THINGS TO DO
1. Choose the correct answer.
1. Umar cut down a few plants in the garden because:
(a) he did not like the plants.
(b) he wanted to play mischief.

(c) he wanted to test how sharp axe was.

2. When Umar told his father that he himself had cut down the
plants, his father:
(a) punished the boy.

(b) was happy.

(c) was unhappy.

2. Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box.

sharp cut shook honest punish pleased

1. I always feel pleased when I have finished my homework.

2. The boy shook with fear when the teacher scolded him.

3. He is quite honest , you may trust him.

4. The knife is not sharp , you cannot cut the fruit with it.

5. Do not punish the dog, it may die.

6. Do not cut that tree, it is useful to man.

3. Read these sentences carefully.
His father gave a little axe to him.

The above sentence means nearly the same as:

His father gave him a little axe.

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 4. Rewrite these sentences.
1. He gave a book to me.

He gave me a book.

2. My uncle sent some money to me.

My uncle sent me some money.

3. I lent my umbrella to Ali.

I lent Ali my umbrella.

4. Bring a cup of tea for me.

Bring me a cup of tea.

5. I will send the flowers to him.

I will send him the flowers.
6. Please hand over this letter to Hassan.
Please hand over Hassan this letter.
7. Show the camera to me.
Show me the camera.
8. She took some food to him.
She took him some food.
9. Will you please pass the salt to me?

Will you please pass me the salt.

5. Tick ( ) with true sentences and ( ) with false sentence.

1. Umar was a very dishonest boy.

2. His father gave him a litter axe.

3. The boy wanted to test and see that axe was not sharp.

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 4. Umar’s father went into the forest.

5. Father waited for a while.

6. Change the following sentences from present tense to

past tense.

Present tense Past tense

1. He repeats his lesson today. He repeated his lesson yesterday.

2. He is glad to hear this news. He was glad to head this news.

3. Umar is a very honest man. Umar was a very honest man.

4. Umar shakes with fear. Umar shook with fear.

5. You tell me the truth. You told me the truth.

7. Write four more words of same sound.

brown crown down town noun

tight fight light right slight

block clock frock knock rock

red bed led head shed

8. Answer the following questions:

1. What thing was given to the Umar by his father?

Ans: His father gave him a little axe

2. How did Umar feel when he received the gift?

Ans: He was very pleased with the gift.

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3. What did Umar do to see the sharpness of the axe?

Ans: He walked into the garden and tried out the axe on some small
trees and plants.

4. Why was the father angry?

Ans: Become he found that some plants and trees had been cut down.

5. Did Umer tell a lie?

Ans: No Umer did not tell a lie.
6. What did the father do when Umer told him the truth?
Ans: His father waited for a while, then he smiled and hugged him.

9. Write the missing letters.

a h
f__t__er i
sm__le n
ho__est
a
pl__nts g e
hu__g__d a d
g__r__en

10. Capital letters are used:

1. to begin a sentence.
2. for the names of persons, pets, places and months of year.

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THINGS TO DO
1. Answer these questions.
1. A clock shows what time is it? What does a calendar show?
Ans: A clock shows what time is it. A calender shows the hour, the
minute and the second.
2. How many days are there in June?
Ans: There are 30 days in June.
3. How many days are there in October?
Ans: There are 31 days in June.
4. What is a leap year?
Ans: Every fourth year February has twenty-nine days instead of
twenty-eight days. Such a year is called a leap year.
5. How many months are there in a year?
Ans: There are 12 months in a year.
2. Fill in the blanks with the help of given words in the box.

unit space leap instead of

1. The metre is a unit of length.

2. He ate bread instead of rice.

3. 2000 was a leap year.

4. Men have travelled through space to the moon.

3. Read these sentences carefully.

January is the first month.
February is the second month.
Write similar sentences about the other months.

March is the third month. April is the fourth month.

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 May is the fifth month. June is the sixth month.

July is the seventh month. August is the eighth month.

September is the ninth month. October is the tenth month.

November is the eleventh month. December is the twelveth month.

4. There are some other ways of writing the date.

10th April the tenth of April

23rd July the twenty-third of July

5. Write these dates in another way.

1. 15th August the fifteenth of August

2. 27th May the twenty seventh of May

3. 22nd December the twenty second of December

4. 3rd September the third of September

5. 10th July the tenth of July

6. 1st October the first of October

7. 7th January the seventh of January

8. 30th June the thirty of June

9. 18th April the eighteenth of April

7. Write the name of the month of your birthday.

8. How many days are there in the month of your birthday?

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9. Write ( ) with true and ( ) with false sentences.

1. We do not live our lives by the clock.

2. We use a watch or a clock when we want to know the time.

3. We do not use calendar even if we want to know

about yesterday or a week.

4. A year is divided into four months of thirty days.

5. A watch shows time only in minutes and seconds

not in hours.

10. Write following sentences in right order.

1. My is name Ali.

My name is Ali.

2. February in has 29 leap days year.

February has 29 days in leap year.

3. Every in should work be done time.

Every work should be done in time.

4. Our taught teacher us lesson with work a great hard.

Our teacher taught us lesson with a great hardwork.

5. Can tell you me story a?

Can you tell me a story.

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11. Make sentences of the given words.

calender Calender is used to see date of any month.

minute There are sixty minutes in one hour.

clock Clock is used to see time in hours and minutes.

week There are seven days in a week.

leap year Leap year has 366 days.

every Every work should be done in time.

12. Fill in the gaps with missing letters.

a r
J__nua__y, e u
F__br__ary, c
Mar__h, p i
A__r__l, a
M__y, u e
J__n__,

l
Ju__y, u u
A__g__st, e e e
S__pt__mb__r, c o
O__t__ber, o e
N__v__mber

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THINGS TO DO
1. Answers these questions:

1. Why did the hare laugh at the tortoise?

Ans: The hare laugh at the tortoise because of his slow walk.

2. “What a joke!” Who said these words? What was the joke?

Ans: Hare said these words let’s run a race and see who reaches
that big tree first.”

3. Why did the hare want to have a nap during the race?

Ans: The hare want to have a nap during the race because the
tortoise was far behind.

4. Where was the tortoise when the hare woke up?

Ans: The tortoise already reached the tree first.

5. “Slow and steady wins the race.” Can you explain its meaning?

2. Read these sentences.

You walk very slowly. = How slowly you walk!

Write these sentences in another way using ‘How’. The first

one has been done for you.

1. She sings very beautifully. How beautifully she sings!

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2. She talks very politely. How politely she talks!

3. You drive very carefully. How carefully you drive!

4. Sara runs very fast. How fast Sara runs!

5. Saleem plays very well. How well Saleem plays.

6. They treat children very gently. How gently they treat children.

7. Qasim writes very clearly. How clearly Qasim writes.

8. Rahim works very steadily. How steadily Rahim works.

3. Write three lines to describe your daily routine of works.

4. Read these sentences carefully.

Have you already reached the tree?
I have already reached the tree.
5. Make eight sentences using this table.

She returned the pen.

I have locked the gate.
already
You has had the lunch.
He done the homework.

1. She has already returned the pen.

2. I have already returned the pen.

3. You have already returned the pen.

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4. He has already returned the pen.

5. She has already locked the gate.

6. I have already done the homework.

7. You already had the lunch.

8. He has already done the homework.

6. Somebody ordered you to do certain things. Tell him that

you have already done the things.
The first one has been done for you.

1. Sharpen your pencil. I have already sharpened my pencil.

2. Buy a ruler. I have already bought a ruler.

3. Post the letters. I have already posted the letter.

4. Wash your face. I have already washed my face.

5. Turn off the tap. I have already turned off the top.

7. Write ( ) with true and ( ) with false sentences.

1. One day, a hare met a lion.

2. The hare made a joke about his companion.

3. They did not started the race.

4. Hare thought that I cannot climb up the tree first.

5. Hare said “Slow and steady loses the race.”

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8. Make sentences of following words:
angry The tortoise got angry.

behind Ali sit behind Akbar on the bicycle.

nap Aqsa said to me, let me lie down here and take a nap.

steadily The old women was walking very slowly but steadily.

asleep Sidra was soon fast asleep, when mother come.

9. Join the sentences in proper order.

Hare’s speed was steadily.

Tortoise was walking soon fast asleep.

Tortoise very fast.

Hare was wins the race.

Slow and steady kept on walking.

10. Write the names of some common things which are:

green leaves, grass, parrot

sunflower, sun, yellow traffic light

yellow
red rose, redpepper, red traffic light
red
snow, milk, yogurt
white
crow, night
black
sky, water of ocean, blue ink
blue
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