Subject Enrichment Activity | Notice Writing | Class Discussion | Class 5 | English

 

Kendriya Vidyalaya ……………….
Subject Enrichment Activity
Activity No	.........	Date	...............
Subject	English
Lesson	Class Discussion
Topic	Notice Writing

 

Name	......................................	Class /Sec	..............
Teacher	.....................................	Roll No	...............

 

1. Collect a notice from any newspaper or magazine and paste it.

Paste your notice here.

 

2. You are the house captain. You have to decorate the House Display Board. Write a notice for a house meeting to discuss about the Display board decoration.

Kendriya Vidyalaya ................. ................. House Notice Date: ......................... The Shivaji house meeting will be held in classroom  on Dt…….. at ……. am/pm. We will plan to decorate our house display board for competition. Will each one of you please bring a picture or article?                                                                                                             Name House captain ............   house

 

Subject Enrichment Activity | Decimal Representation | Tenths and Hundredths | Class 5 | mathematics

 

Kendriya Vidyalaya ……………….
Subject Enrichment Activity
Activity No	…………….	Date	…………….
Subject	Mathematics
Lesson	Tenths and Hundredths
Topic	Decimal Representation

 

Name	......................................	Class /Sec	...............
Teacher	......................................	Roll No	...............

 

Represent the decimal numbers by drawing figures.

A ) 0.5	B ) 1.3
C ) 2.9	D ) 4.0
E ) 6.7

 

 

 

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Subject Enrichment Activity | Present and Past form of verbs | The Milkman’s Cow | Class 4 | English

Kendriya Vidyalaya ……………….
Subject Enrichment Activity
Activity No	…………….	Date	…………….
Subject	English
Lesson	The Milkman’s Cow
Topic	Present and Past form of verbs

 

Name	......................................	Class /Sec	...............
Teacher	......................................	Roll No	...............

 

Prepare a chart of present and past form of verbs.

 

Present form ( V1 )	Past form ( V2 )
See	……………….
Break	……………….
Drink	……………….
Tug	……………….
Sit	……………….
Refuse	……………….
Beg	……………….
Grow	……………….
Plead	……………….
Pull	……………….
Pray	……………….
Come	……………….
Show	……………….
Move	……………….
Eat	……………….
Hold	……………….
Begin	……………….
Lead	……………….
Know	……………….
Clap	……………….
Twirl	……………….
Grin	……………….
Chew	……………….
Clatter	……………….

 

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The Milkman's Cow | Class 4 | English | Reading Comprehension

The Milkman’s Cow Class 4 English Reading Comprehension

Read the following passage and answer the given questions.

Passage 1

The milkman’s cow was in a bad mood. It sat in the middle of the road and refused to move.

The milkman begged the cow to get up. “The children are waiting for their milk to help them grow strong. Please get up,” he pleaded. He pulled and tugged and prayed.

But the cow wasn’t going anywhere that day.

Along came a policeman, his buttons and buckles gleaming bright. “Humph,” he said, twirling his long moustache. “I’ll show you how to do it right.”

The policeman and the milkman pulled and tugged and prayed. But the cow wasn’t going anywhere that day.

1. Who was in a bad mood?

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

2. What did the cow do?

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

3. Why did the cow refuse to get up?

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

4. Why did the milkman beg the cow to get up?

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

5. Who joined with the milkman to get up the cow?

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

6. Was the policeman able to move the cow?

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

7. Write the word which means ‘shining’.

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

8. Opposite of dull is …………………………

  

Passage 2

Along came a grocer with bags of potatoes and peas. He said, “I’ll move this cow with the greatest of ease.”

The grocer, the policeman and the milkman pulled and tugged and prayed.

But the cow wasn’t going anywhere that day.

Along came a wrestler, his muscles gleaming in the sun. He said, “I have the strength of ten horses, so this should be fun.”

The wrestler, the grocer, the policeman and the milkman pulled and tugged and prayed.

But the cow wasn’t going anywhere that day.

Along came the ice-cream man, jingling his cart. “Cool down, cool down, it can’t be too hard.”

The ice-cream man, the wrestler, the grocer, the policeman and the milkman pulled and tugged and prayed.

But the cow wasn’t going anywhere that day.

Answer the following questions as per the above passage.

1. What did the grocer have?

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

2. Who came with gleaming muscles?

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

3. How much strength did the wrestler have?

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

4. Who joined by jingling his cart?

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

5. Was the ice-cream man able to move the cow?

Ans: …………………………………………………………………………..

 

The Milkman's Cow | Class 4 | English

The Milkman’s Cow | Class 4 | English | NCERT Solutions

Vocabulary

Word Practice

Write the following words three times each and remember the spelling.

Words	Three times each
Mood	……………	……………	……………
Refuse	……………	……………	……………
Beg	……………	……………	……………
Plead	……………	……………	……………
Tug	……………	……………	……………
Buckle	……………	……………	……………
Gleam	……………	……………	……………
Twirling	……………	……………	……………
Grocer	……………	……………	……………
Wrestler	……………	……………	……………
Sheaf	……………	……………	……………
Grin	……………	……………	……………
Clattered	……………	……………	……………
Pail	……………	……………	……………

 

Word meanings

Write the word meanings and remember.

Words	Meaning
Mood	Feeling
Refuse	Do not accept / say no
Beg	request
Plead	Request for something
Tug	To pull with a lot of force
Buckle	Metal piece of a belt
Gleam	To shine
Twirling	Moving / twisting
Grocer	seller
Wrestler	A player who has to play by fighting
Sheaf	A collection of things
Grin	A wide smile
Clatter	Making loud noise by hitting
Pail	A container

 

Textbook Question and Answer

Reading is Fun

1. Why did the cow refuse to get up?

Ans:

The cow was in a bad mood. So she refused to move.

2. Name those who tried to make the cow move.

Ans:

The milkman , a policeman, a grocer, a wrestler, an ice-cream man and a boy all tried to make the cow move.

3. Who finally made the cow get up and how?

Ans:

A little boy finally made the cow get up.

He held a sheaf of tasty green and slowly led the cow to the side.

Let’s talk

1. We can make people do more things with kindness than with cruelty or force. Do you agree? What do you think? Tell the class about a time when you were kind to an animal.

Ans:

It was very hot outside. I saw many birds were searching for water. So I made a birdbath and kept in my balcony. I saw many birds drinking water from the birdbath.

2. Do you do an action always in the same way?

( a ) How do you talk to visitors?

Ans:

I talk to visitors politely with respect.

( b ) How do you talk to your friends in the playground?

Ans:

I talk to my friends friendly and informally.

( c ) How do you talk to your teacher in the class?

Ans:

I talk to my teacher smartly and very politely with respect.

Word Building

1. Circle the words that describe the boy.

cruel	clever	big	kind
happy	gentle	angry	little

 

Ans:

clever

kind

gentle

little

 

2. Fill in the blanks using the words given at the end of the sentence.

( a ) Insects ………. Crawl on the wall. ( can / cannot )

Ans: Insects can Crawl on the wall.

( b ) The grocer was ………….. to move the cow. ( able / unable )

Ans: The grocer was unable to move the cow.

( c ) It was ………… for the boy to make the cow get up. ( easy / difficult )

Ans: It was easy for the boy to make the cow get up.

( d ) Children …………… walk on their heads. ( can / cannot )

Ans: Children cannot walk on their heads.

( e ) Sometimes love and kindness may …………….. where force will …………… ( succeed / fail )

Ans: Sometimes love and kindness may succeed where force will fail.

( f ) We should be ………….. to animals. ( kind / cruel )

Ans: We should be kind to animals.

Let’s Write

1. From the story , The Milkman’s Cow find the simple past tense of the action words given below and write them in the blanks. One has been done for you.

Ans:

simple present Tense	Simple past tense	simple present Tense	Simple past tense
Pull	pulled	Know	Knew
Lead	led	Learn	Learned
Come	Came	Grow	Grew
Say	Said	Pray	Prayed
begin	began	tug	tugged

 

Fun time

1. Complete what is missing in these drawings. What work do these men or women do?

Ans:

• A milkman sells milk.
• A grocer sells vegetables and fruits.
• A police man maintains law and order.
• An ice-cream man sells ice-cream.
• A wrestler builds body.