Self -Study Learning Pack

English

Grade 6

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

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National Level Guidance and supervision
B.M. Weerasuriya Director – English and Foreign Languages Ministry of Education

National Level Planning and Coordination

Dharshana Wijesinghe Assistant Director of Education Ministry of Education

National Level Reviewing and Editing

B.M. Weerasuriya- Director of Education –English and Foreign Languages –
Ministry of Education
W. Indumini Darshika Deputy Commissioner - Education Publication Department
Dharshana Wijesinghe Assistant Director of Education Ministry of Education

Academic Guidance for content writing

Chapa Welagedara Senior Project Officer Department of English -NIE

Provincial Level Guidance

Lakmina D. Karunanayaka – Provincial English Coordinator
Assistant Director of Education
Provincial Department of Education
Southern Province
Panel of Editors
1. Anusha Wijewardena ADE-English-ZEO Hambantota
2. W.W.Inoka Priyadarshani ADE-English-ZEO Elpitiya
3. Renuka Kumari ADE-English-ZEO Akuressa
4. Janaki Wimalarathne ADE-English-ZEO Mulatiyana
5. Champika Abeywardena ADE-English-ZEO Tangalle
6. Deepani Uduwaka ADE-English-ZEO Walasmulla

Panel of Writers
1. Malika de Zoysa Co-ordinator - RESC- Balapitiya
2. Eranga Yapa RESC member- RESC- Matara
3. Hasanthi Uralagama Co-ordinator - RESC- Galle
4. Silda de Silva ISA-English- ZEO-Hambantota
5. Samanthi Gamachchige ISA-English- ZEO- Akuressa
6. Ajitha Namali ISA-English- ZEO- Ambalangoda
7. Shoby Handunhewa Co-ordinator - RESC- Matara
8. Kumudu Priyanka ISA-English- ZEO-Tangalle
9. Prasanna Handungoda RESC member- RESC- Galle
10. Sajani Somathunga Teacher –G/Ananda National School
11. Wasana Madushani RESC member- RESC-Tangalle
12. Gayathri Aandrahennadi Co-ordinator - RESC- Tangalle
13. A.C Renuka ISA-English- ZEO Elpitiya

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Contents Page
1. 6.3 Can/Can’t 04
2. 2.2 Let’s Use Full Stop Correctly 08
3. 2.3 Let’s Use Question Mark Correctly 10
4. 6.1 Writing Simple Sentences 11
5. 6.5 Contracted Forms 14
6. 6.8 Let’s Join Sentences 16
7. 4.5 Plurals of Nouns 20
8. 7.2 Describing Pictures 24
9 4.3 Synonyms 27
10 4.3 Antonyms 31
11 4.3 Synonyms and Antonyms 34
12 4.4 Prefixes 39
13 4.4 Suffixes 42
14 5.2 Read and Find Answer 45
15 5.1 Let’s Read with Pictures 47
16 5.1 Big Bear’s Honey Pot 48
17 6.9 Adverbs 51
18 7.4 Let’s Write Instructions 54
19 5.3 Read, Find and Write 55
20 4.1 Masculine and Feminine Nouns 58
21 5.4 Let’s Enjoy Poems 61
22 7.1 Writing Descriptions 63
23 7.1 Do You Know Me? 65
24 4.2 Names of Young Animals 67
25 5.5 Let’s Enjoy a Folk Tale 69
26 7.6 Writing a Poem 71
27 7.6 Let’s Write Poems 74
28 7.5 Writing a Paragraph 76
29 7.5 Compositions 79
30 5.6 Let’s Read 83
31 6.4 Determiners 84
32 7.3 Writing a Letter 89
33 7.2 Picture Reading 91
34 7.2 A Day at Home and Out 93

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 01. Can/Can’t
Hello Children,
Today we are going to write sentences using ‘can’ and ‘can’t.

I CAN I CAN’T
Look and read

I can swim. He can’t swim.

He can drive. You can’t drive.

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Let’s read.
Can /Can’t
Affirmative Negative
I sing. I sing.
We swim. We swim.
You cook. You cannot cook.
They can dance. They dance.
He drive. He can’t drive.
She read. She read.
It fly. It fly.
Mother help. Mother help.

Activity 1
Look at the pictures. Can you write sentences?

I х  x  
Father x  X  x
Ravi x x  x 
Bird  x X x x
We x  X  

Now write the sentences in the correct box.

Can Can’t
1) E.g.: Birds can fly. I can’t fly.
2)
3)
4)
5)

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Activity 2

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Activity 3
Write sentences.

Can he play football? Can she ride a bicycle?

He can play football. She can’t ride a bicycle.

1) Can they drive? 2) Can the bird swim?

……………………………. ……………………………..

3) Can they sing? 4) Can he climb? 5) Can we dance?

……………………………. ……………………………… …………………………

Circle
I know how to write sentences using can and can’t.
Yes/ No

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 2. Let’s use full stop correctly
Have you seen these marks before?
Where have you seen them?

 We use them in writing.

 We call them punctuation marks.
 Punctuation marks help readers to understand what they are reading.

 Look at this mark.

 It is called full stop.
 It marks the end of a sentence.

 These are some sentences.

1. I like ice cream.
2. This is my friend.
3. My mother is a teacher.
4. I am very tired.
5. The cat is drinking milk.

 You can see full stops.

 They are at the end of sentences.

Place the full stop in a correct place and write again.

1. She is my teacher 1) _________________________________

2. I can help you 2) _________________________________
3. My classroom is not big 3) _________________________________
4) _________________________________
4. I can read English well
5) _________________________________
5. I like English

Now you know that there is a full stop at the end of a sentence.

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Look at this paragraph. Notice the full stops.
My school is Rohana Vidyalaya. It is in Rathnapura. There are 350 students.
There are classes from grade 6 to 11. It has a good library. We often go there to read books.
We have a big playground too.

Read this paragraph. Full stops are missing in sentences. Can you correct and write
again?

I am Roy I am 11 years old My school is Rohana College I am in Grade Six E

My favourite subject is English Collecting stamps is my hobby I want to be a teacher
I am Roy. ………………………..…………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………

We also use Full stops

In abbreviations In numbers (decimal point)
at 10 a.m. 12.11
at 3 p. m. 5.2
Mr. Ranasinghe

Activity
Rewrite the paragraph using the full stop where necessary.
Mr Perera never misses news He sits in front of the television at
8 30 pm to watch news He generally sits on an arm chair He keeps
his tea on the coffee table He does the same in the morning at
6 30 am

…………………………………………………………………………………………………
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 03. Let’s use question mark correctly
 Questions are sentences that ask you something.
 Questions end with a question mark.

Here are some questions. Here are some sentences.

Where do you live? I live in Matara.
How old are you? I’m eleven.
Am I correct? Yes, you are correct.
Can Nimal run fast? No, Nimal cannot run fast.
Do you agree? Yes, I agree with you.

Activity 1
Place the question mark correctly.
1) Are you a student
2) Did you have your lunch
3) Could you please give me a pen
4) Do you have brothers and sisters
5) Can I borrow two books
6) Does he like ice cream
7) Why are you crying
8) How old are you
9) Would you like a mango
10) Which one do you like
Activity 2
Punctuation:
At the railway station. (Put a question mark ( ? ) or a full stop (.) where necessary.
Can I help you
When is the next train to Kandy
At one thirty-five
How much is a second class ticket to Kandy
It’s five hundred eighty rupees
Where is the ladys’ rest room
It’s the corner room on the left
Thank you very much

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04. Writing Simple Sentences.
Dear children,
Today let’s learn to write sentences of daily activities/ happenings.
Look and read

I brush my teeth. Birds fly in the sky.

She rides the bicycle every morning. The sun rises.

Look and read.

I play

We
They Play
You
Birds

She Plays
He
It
My mother

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Activity 1
Complete the table.
Go, comes, buys, like, sing, visit, plays, grow, cooks, make, works, sweep, runs,
jumps
Verbs Verbs
[in singular form] [in plural form]

z Eg: runs Go

Activity 2
Look at the pictures. Can you make correct sentences?

1) books/ we/ read. 2) writes / he / letters.

We read books. ………………………………

3) swim / they / pool / in the. 4) cooks / rice / mother.

…………………………………… …………………………………

5)at 6 o’ clock / gets up / she 6) kites / children / fly.

……………………………………. …………………………………..

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Activity 3
What do you do every day? What my friend does?
1. I brush my teeth. 1. Sumal reads books.
2. ……………………………… 2……………………………….
3. ……………………………… 3……………………………….

Put: or x
I can write sentences about...
What I do every day

What my friend does

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 05-Contracted forms
Dear Students,
Let’s learn how to use contracted forms in writing.
Activity 1
 Read the conversation.
A grandmother is talking with grandchildren.

I’m fine. How are

you?

Let’s wear our face How are you Grandma?

masks

We’re also fine

We name It’s better

highlighted
words as
contracted
forms.
Activity 2
 Write the highlighted words in the given space.
1) …………………………………………………
2) …………………………………………………
3) …………………………………………………
4) ………………………………………………...
Let’s learn about contracted forms.

A contracted form refers to short words made by putting two words together
and omitting some letters, which are replaced by an apostrophe.

Ex: - I am – I’m , We are – We’re

 Contractions are formed by combining two words.
Ex: - He is – He’s, She is – She’s
 Apostrophe (‘) is use to replace the letters that have removed.
Ex: - I am – I’m, He is – He’s
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 Activity 2
Match long forms with contracted forms

Long forms Contracted forms

I am It’s
We are Can’t
You are Let’s
He is I’m
She is didn’t
It is We’re
Cannot You’re
Let us She ‘s
Did not He’s
Activity 3
Expand the given contracted forms.

A B
(Contracted form) (Long form)
didn’t
let’s
can’t
it’s
we’re
you’re
he’s
she’s
I’m

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 06. Let’s join sentences
Tom Jenny

Jenny and Tom are happy.

Ridma Meth

Ridma and Meth are going to school.

Read (Nouns)

1. a) a pen
b) a pencil
c) a pen and a pencil

2. a) a ball
b) a bat
c) a ball and a bat

3. a) red
b) blue
c) red and blue

4. a) fish
b) meat
c)fish and meat

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Activity 1

Complete the blanks

1. a) a car 2. a) a table
b) a bus b) a chair
c) ...................................... c) ......................................

3. a) pink 4. a) chocalate
b) yellow b) ice-cream
c) ...................................... c) ......................................

Activity 2

Read these carefully.

1. a) I have a pen.
b) I have a pencil.
c) I have a pen and pencil.

2. a) I have a ball.
b) I have a bat.
c) I have a ball and bat.

3. a) I like red.
b) I like blue.
c) I like red and blue.

4. a) My dog likes fish.

b) My dog likes meat.
c) My dog likes fish and meat.

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Activity 3
Read these sentences.
1. 1. Kasun is tall.
2. Kasun is fat.
3. Kasun is tall and fat.

2. 1. Roshi is good.
2. Roshi is kind.
3. Roshi in good and kind.

Join these sentences

Eg :- 1. My mother is short.
2.My mother is fat.
3. My mother is short and fat.

2. Upul is tall
Upul is thin.

.....................................................................................................................................

3. My teacher is clever
My teacher is talented.

.....................................................................................................................................

4. Raja is a good
Raja is kind.

.....................................................................................................................................

5. Devi is a helpful student.

She is an honest girl.

.....................................................................................................................................

6. My friends are playful

They are naughty.

....................................................................................................................................

Read these sentences.

1. I went home.
I took lunch.
I went home and took lunch.

2. She went to the playground.

She played volley ball.
She went to the playground and played volleyball.

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Activity 4

Let’s join these sentences

E.g. :- 1) She went to the park.

She flew kites.
She went to the park and flew kites

2) Supun went to the canteen.

Supun had a bun.

.....................................................................................................................................

3) I cleaned the room.

I helped my mother.

.....................................................................................................................................

4) The teacher came to the class.

The teacher taught a new lesson.

.....................................................................................................................................

5) Ashin comes to the class.

Ashin writes notes.

.....................................................................................................................................

Underline

Now, I can join sentences with ‘and’; Yes No

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 7- Plurals of Nouns

Naming words are called ‘nouns ‘. Here are some nouns. Can you read them?

Examples:

Pen pencil school television chair book boy teacher girl

tree fan dog cat cow bicycle table

Let’s learn how to say if we have more than one.

Singular (one) Plural (more than one)

a cat - cats

a watch - watches

We add ‘s’ to most singular nouns to make them plural nouns.

Examples:
Singular (one) Plural (more than one)
cat cats s
book books
school schools

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 We add ‘es’ to singular nouns to make them plural nouns. Look at
their endings. They are s, sh, ch, ss or x.
Examples:
Singular Plural (more than
(one) one) +
bus buses
es
box boxes
Watch watches

We add ‘es’ to singular nouns ends with ‘o’ to make them plural
nouns.
Example:
Singular Plural (more than one)
(one)
mango mangoes
tomato tomatoes es
hero heroes
Exceptions:
radio radios
studio studios

When the last letter of a singular noun is ‘ y ‘ and the letter

before ‘ y ‘ is a consonant, its plural is formed by changing ‘ y ‘ to ‘
ies’.
Examples: ies
Singular (one) Plural (more than one)
baby babies
fly flies
city cities

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 Some nouns ending with ‘ f ‘ or ‘ fe ‘ form their plural
by adding ‘ ves ‘.
Examples: ves
Singular (one) Plural (more than
one)
leaf Leaves
knife Knives
calf Calves

Some nouns have different singular and plural forms.

Examples:
Singular (one) Plural (more than
one)
man men
child children
woman women

1. Match the singular noun with and the plural noun. One is done for you.
a table
tables

a brush
heroes brushes
a mouse

a hero a teacher
a lady
brushes
calves

teachers ladies a calf

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2. Fill in the blanks with the plural form of the nouns.

a) I have two ......................... (hand).

b) There are many ........................ (tree) in the garden.

c) These are .............................. (baby)

d). We like ..........................(mango)

e). There are five ....................... (book) on the table.

f). Fallen .................................(leaf) are on the ground.

g) ......................... (child) like toffees.

h) There are many .................... (radio) in the shop.

i) There are many ............................. (woman) in the picture.

j). We have two paint ..................... (brush).

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 8 - Describing Pictures
Look at this picture.

What can you see?

Five children two trees three clouds the sun a dog a kite

What are the children doing?

Riding a bicycle / flying a kite / sleeping on the ground / pulling a cart / eating an ice
cream/ sitting on the ground / laughing

How to describe the place?

in the middle/ in a corner/behind…. / in front of…. / next to / near/ on/ in / at/ close to

Now get ready to make sentences.

First, read these beginnings,

This is a picture of a…………

There is a………….

There are ………….

I can see……….

The boy in the middle is …………………….

The child in the background is………………….

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Let’s describe the above picture.

This is picture of a park.

The Sun is shining.

There are three clouds in the sky.

There are seven children in it.

A boy is riding a bicycle.

A girl is flying a kite.

Another girl is eating an ice cream.

The other girl is sitting on the ground.

The boy wearing a cap is pulling a cart.

Another boy is sleeping on the ground.

Activity 1

Shall we describe a new picture now?

Children / bridge/stream/ jumping/ lying/reading a book/ sitting/ climbing/ laughing/ woman/

holding a baby/trees/ park/seven /people/water

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Look at the picture. Read the words and fill in the blanks.

This is a picture of a…………. There is a …….in the picture. There are …seven….
………. in it. There is a ………carrying a ……... A boy is………. into the ……. Two …….
are standing. A boy is………. Tree. Another boy is……. on the ground and ……… a book.
There is a girl …………. on the ………

Activity 2

Now draw your classroom here.

Describe it.

…This is a picture of my classroom……………………………………………….

…..………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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 9- Synonyms

Synonyms =similar words

This flower is beautiful.

Describe this flower using the similar words given below.

Pretty Nice Attractive

Now, can you tell a similar word for hot?

Warm

This cup of tea is hot

Synonyms are words with the same or similar meaning.

You can use many synonyms to make your writing interesting.

So, synonyms for beautiful are pretty, nice, attractive

‘Warm’ is a synonym for ‘ hot’.

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Can you think of synonyms for these words? Select and underline the correct one.

close the door. (Open, shut, touch)

tiny bird (small, colourful, big)

large elephant (tiny, small, huge)

people talk (speak, laugh, walk)

she is happy. (pretty, sad, glad)

pretty lady (woman, man, child)

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Read the list of synonyms carefully. Learn them. Answer the questions given below.

begin - start glad - happy

end - finish help - assist

arrive - come reply - answer

difficult - hard fast - quick

1. Write a similar word (synonym) in the place of the underlined word.

Eg.
We have to reply with a synonym.
We have to answer with a synonym.

1. The sports meet begins at 1.30 pm.

………………………………………………………………………………
2. The questions were so hard.
………………………………………………………………………………
3. Competitors end the race now.
………………………………………………………………………………
4. Many school vans come to our village every morning.
………………………………………………………………………………
5. We are glad to come back to school.
………………………………………………………………………………
6. Teacher will assist us to do the task.
………………………………………………………………………………
2. Select and underline the synonym given in the same coloumn (similar word) for the

words given at the top. The first one is done for you.

1.Large 2.Quick 3. Small 4.Garbage 5. delicious 6. amazing

a. small a. slow a. huge a. fertilizer a. sour a. surprising

b. wide b. fast b. tiny b. sand b. tasty b. fearful

c. big c. trip c. big c. soil c. bitter c. angry

d. slim d. duck d. pretty d. waste d. biscuit d. sweet

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3. Now rewrite these sentences replacing the similar word.

E.g.

We saw amazing things in the forest.

We saw surprising things in the forest.
1. The food in the café was delicious.

2. The big trees provide shelter to people.

3. The train is very fast

4. A tiny fish in the tank.

5. Don’ t put garbage here.

3. Fill in the blanks replacing the similar words from the list.

Last Saturday we walked to a flower garden with our teacher. We started (1. began ) our

journey at 6.30 am. We saw many beautiful (2………………………….) flowers and big

(3……………………….) trees. We sat under a tree and ate some tasty

(4……………………….) food teacher gave us. We walked many hours. But it was not a

hard (5……………………) task. Because we were so glad (6……………….) to be there

with our teacher. We arrived (7………................) home at 5.00 pm.

(came, began, delicious, large, difficult, pretty, happy)

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10 - Antonyms (opposites)
Look..! Nisal is happy

Look at Sahan. Is he happy?

No ! He is sad.

Sad is the opposite (antonym) of happy.

Look at these buildings

This building is large. This building is not large. It is small.

What is the antonym for right?

It is wrong.

Antonym of right is wrong…!!

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 Let’s read this list of antonyms.

fast slow
good bad
full empty
hot cold
new old
broad narrow
clean dirty
heavy light
domestic wild
rough smooth

Let’s put them in sentences.

1. An aeroplane is fast but a cart is slow.

2. Nimal is good and helps others. He never does bad work.
3. My bottle is full of water but my friend’s one is empty.
4. Fire is hot and ice is cold.
5. My brother has a new car but my father’s car is old.
6. Main streets in the city are broad but the roads in our village are narrow.
7. We wash dirty clothes and wear clean clothes.
8. Stones are heavy but feathers are light.
9. A cat is a domestic animal but a tiger is a wild animal.
10. Sand paper is rough but cotton wool is smooth.

1.) Write the antonyms of the words bold in the sentences.

( Short, light, hot, old, slow, broad)

e.g. People can be tall or____ short_________

1. A train can be fast or _________________

3. A bag can be heavy or _______________

4. A road can be narrow or ______________

5. Water can be cold or ______________

6. A car can be new or ____________

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 Look at these antonyms carefully.
down ugly clean easy

bad full happy hot

2.) Now change the word underlined into its antonym.

Eg.

My teacher gives hard homework. My teacher gives easy homework…

1. The bottle is empty. --------------------------------------

2. Is the classroom dirty? --------------------------------------
3. His dog can climb up the tree. -------------------------------------
4. I like a cold tea. --------------------------------------
5. He has good qualities. ------------------------------
6. Their garden is beautiful. ------------------------------
7. Rishi is sad about the party. ------------------------------

3.) We are going to use the correct antonym to fill the blanks.
clean slow large rich beautiful domestic wet

E.g.:

My sister was dirty after playing. But after a bath she looks…clean………..

1. We filled blue bucket with small marbles and red bucket with …………... marbles.

2. They are poor but they have many ………………. relations.

3. There are ……………… and ugly places in the town.

4. Some competitors are fast but some others are …………………. in the race.

5. There are many …………………… animals live close to us.

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 11–Synonyms and Antonyms
Read the dialogue and study the words underlined.

Salesman: Good morning!

Amaya : Good morning! I want some balloons.

Salesman: O. K. come and see. Let’s go inside. There are many balloons.

Amaya: Oh! Very nice ones. Big balloons, small balloons, beautiful balloons, colourful
balloons.

Salesman: What colours do you like?

Amaya: I love pink, yellow, and blue. They are lovely.

Salesman: Here are some dark colour balloons.

Amaya: I dislike them. They are ugly. I need these large, light colour balloons.

Salesman: They are expensive.

Amaya: oh! Are they costly. I will buy these cheap balloons then.

We find antonyms and synonyms in the above dialogues. They are underlined.

Antonyms

big small dislike like

come go

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Expensive Cheap

Can you read the words given with the pictures?

These are antonyms or opposite words.

Now match the opposite words.

Beautiful Small
Cheap Go
Big Dislike
Light Expensive
Like Ugly
come Dark

Look at these pictures.

Now let’s learn synonyms or the similar words.

Synonyms

Nice flowers Lovely flowers

I love my pet. I like my pet.

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 Big house Large house

It’s expensive. It’s costly.

Complete the table using the synonyms (similar words).

Big
Expensive
love
Nice

Now do these activities.

Match the antonyms.

Fat tall rich Bad cold thin

Sad hot good Short poor top
Bottom clean Happy dirty

Ex. fat-thin

1………………… ………………….. 5……………………. …………….

2…………………. ………………….. 6………………….. …………………

3…………………. ……………………..7……………………. …………………..

4…………………….. ……………………..

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Match the synonyms.

Close difficult finish begin

Start tiny end hard shut
Small quick happy pretty
Beautiful glad fast

Ex. Hard-difficult

1………………...……………………….5………………….. ……………………

2…………………………………………6…………………. ……………………..

3………………………………………..7………………… ………………………

4……………………. ……………………

Now you know about synonym. It is a word similar in meaning to another.

My mother is happy.
My mother is joyful.
Example

Now do the following activity .Find the synonym for the word underlined from the box.

1. Radha has a little puppy.

2. It is a hard work for the child.

Little, difficult, big,
3. There is a large house in the garden. beautiful, small
4. She has a pretty puppy.

5. There are tiny fish in the tank.

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As you know antonym is a word opposite in meaning to another word.

Follow the example and do the activity.

Lions are brave , but rabbits are timid.

Select the correct antonym for the word underlined.

(a). Old man is slow but the young man is ----------------

(b) Elephant is big but the dog is----------------

Dark, fast, small,
(c) Train is long but the bus is ---------------- beautiful, short
(d) The daytime is bright but the night is---------------

(e) The caterpillar is ugly but the butterfly is --------------

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 12. Prefixes

Look at them.

happy unhappy

Connected disconnected

restart (start again)

Start

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 Look at –re, -dis,-un in the words unhappy, re start, disconnected and unlike

They are called prefixes.

Prefixes are added to the beginning of the words.

When prefix is added the meaning of the word is changed.

RE +USE REUSE

Prefix root

E.g. Unkind disloyal rewrite

Unusual disappear replay
Uncommon dishonest reuse

The tree has the root words at the root and prefixes on tree top. Match them to make
meaningful words.

Dis-
Un-
1)……………..
1)………………..
2)………………..
2)………………..

Re-
1)…Replay……
2)……………….

start appoint usual play honest kind When

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When we add prefixes: The meaning is changed but the word class is the same.
adjective adjective (most often the opposite meaning)
un(not) dis(not)
happy – unhappy honest – dishonest
kind - unkind agree - disagree
common – uncommon like - dislike
lucky - unlucky connected – disconnected
tie - untie appear - disappear

Re (do again)
use - reuse
write - rewrite
play – replay
start - restart
Match the opposites

1) honest dislike
2) agree unusual
3) like dishonest
4) usual unlucky
5) lucky disagree

Rewrite the sentences with the opposite of the underlined word.

e.g. My aunt is kind.
But sometimes she is unkind.

1) I agree with your idea.

Sorry, I…………………………
2) These are common dresses.
……………………………..
3) You are lucky.
……………………………….
4) I am happy.
………………………………
5) Tie your lace.
................................................

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 13. Suffixes
Read the description about my friend. Look at the words in bold carefully!

My Friend Nina is very beautiful. She sings beautifully. She

is a cheerful and kind girl, but she is careless when playing.
Our class teacher praises her neatness in books and her
kindness in helping others. She said her parents asked her to
be friendly with everyone.

Beautifully = beautiful +ly Neatness = neat+ness

Cheerful = cheer +ful kindness = kind +ness

Careless = care +less helping = help +ing

Playing = play +ing asking = ask+ ing

Friendly = friend+ly

Look at the parts -ly , -ful , -less , -ing , -ness , -ly .

They are called suffixes.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word:

Verb-------------------  adjective Noun----------- adjective

Care - careful beauty - beautiful

Cheer - cheerful mouth - mouthful

Adjective--------- noun

Kind - kindness

Neat - neatness

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Mouth + ful ------------- mouthful

root suffix

1. Let’s match the words with their correct meaning.

Without spot happiness

Spoon is full with something talked

Act with beauty spotless

Being happy spoonful

Past tense of talk beautifully

2. Look at the tree. You find root words on the ground and suffixes on the tree trunk.
Fill these “new word tree” by adding root+ suffix

(New words)

kindness

eg

-ly ful

Now let’s do
this task.
-ness
-less

slow peace care kind cheer happy

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3. Circle the word with a suffix

Eg: Teach, interesting do go

1. Bag, speak, reckless, cake

2. Repair, reconnect, restart, kindness
3. Game, activity, assemble, noiseless
4. Bagful, care, friend, unlock

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 14. Read and Find Answers
Activity 1

Read about Malaka and fill in the bubbles.

This is Malaka. He is eight years old. He is in grade 3. He is short and

fair. He can ride a bicycle and swim. He likes drawing very much. He
has two sisters.

Age
……

Malaka
Brothers and
sisters
Grade ……………
……………

Activity 2

Read the composition on my mother and match A with B

My mother
My mother’s name is Jayanthi Edirisooriya. She is 45 years old. She is a
teacher. She works at Gunananda M.V in Tissa. Her favourite dress is
saree. She is kind and active. She gets up early and does all the work such
as, cooking, washing and cleaning. She is tall and thin. She loves us very
much. I wish her a healthy life.

A B

1. Name Gunananda M.V.

2. Age Teacher

3. Working place J.Edirisooriya

4. Profession tall and thin

5. Appearance 45 years

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Activity 4

Read the letter and answer the questions.

No: 210,
Beach Road,
Look at the letter given answer the questions Matara.
12/11/2020.
Dear Sanduni,
Hope you are fine. How do you spend the day? I play a lot with my sister
and help my mother in the evening. Also I read my textbooks and did
work book activities.
I started gardening with my grandfather. It is an interesting hobby. We
grew brinjal, chilli and capsicum in our garden. We are expecting to get
the harvest next week. It will be enjoyable.
Sincerely,
Madavi

a). Who wrote this letter?

…………………………………………………………………………
b) To whom did she write the letter?
…………………………………………………………………………
c) Where does Madavi live?
…………………………………………………………………………
d). How does Madavi spend the day?
…………………………………………………………………………
e). What is Madavi’s new hobby?

…………………………………………………………………………

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 15. Let’s Read with Pictures
Activity 1

Look at the picture and underline the correct answer.

i. Is it a picture of a house? Yes/No

ii. Is it a rainy day? Yes /No
iii. How many flowers are there? Two/ Three
iv. Is the door open in this house? Yes/ No

Tom’s House

This is Tom’s house. He is a small boy. He lives with his mother. His house is small and
very nice. It has a small garden . Everybody likes his house

Activity 2.

Read it carefully and mark True/False.

1. This is Jim’s house. ( )

2. He lives with his mother. ( )
3. He is a small boy. ( )
4. His house is very big. ( )
5. It has a big garden. ( )

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 16-Big Bear’s Honey Pot

Look at the picture and answer.

1) Who are the two animals in the picture? …………………………………

2) What are the other things you can see? ………………………………….
3) Do you like to read a story?......................................................

Now you are going to read the story ‘Big bear’s honey pot’
Once in a jungle lived a big bear and a naughty monkey. They were good friends. They need
to have a lot of fun together. However, the monkey always used to copy the bear. He wanted
to become just like his friend.

One day, when they were sitting together, the monkey again started to copy him. The bear
asked him why he used to copy him. To this, the monkey said that he wanted to be as strong
as bear.
strong - powerful

True or False
1. The bear and the monkey were good friends. ( )
2. The monkey lived in a village. ( )
3. The monkey wanted to be strong as bear. ( )

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Suddenly, the bear saw a big pot of honey near the mango tree. The bear ran at once and took
the fresh pot of honey. The bear gave the monkey a few drops of honey. The monkey loved
the taste of it. But the monkey was not happy because the bear had given him only a few
drops.

The bear told him that this much was enough for the monkey. Soon, the bear picked up the
pot and hid it in his den before someone else could steal it. The monkey thought that honey
is a super food for getting strong. He slowly went into the bear’s den and stole the pot of
honey.

Match present tense past

tense
1) den take without permission hide hid
2) steal small amount of liquid steal stole
3) drops home of bear understand understood

The next day, the bear went to meet his friend. The bear went to monkey’s house to check if
the monkey was doing well. The monkey had got a stomachache. When the bear saw the
empty pot of honey, he understood what had happened. The monkey was crying out of pain.

The bear felt sad about the monkey and gave him some medicine. Monkey got well and
thanked the bear. Monkey was ashamed. Since then, the monkey never tried to copy any one.
He has learnt a good lesson.

1.Did the monkey get a lot of honey? ...................................

2.Where did the bear hide the pot of honey?.......................
3. Why did the bear go to monkey’s house? .....................
4. Was the monkey sick? .......................................
5.Why did the bear call the doctor?......................................

Underline the message of the story

1. Good friends always help
2. Drinking honey make you sick
3. We should not copy others

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Draw.

the bear the monkey

Write two sentences each.

The bear: 1………………………………………………….

2………………………………………………….

The monkey: 1……………………………………………….

2……………………………………………….

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 17. Adverbs
Dear children,

Let’s learn and enjoy adverbs today.

Read the following sentences and find the adverbs

He draws a picture beautifully.

She cries sadly.

They sing loudly.

They have ‘ly’ at
the end.

They climb the wall happily.

The sun shines brightly.

beautifully, sadly, loudly, happily and brightly are adverbs.

Adverbs tell us how the actions are done

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  Adverbs are formed mainly from adjectives by adding – ly to the end.

Adjective Adverb
kind kindly
slow slowly
bad badly
sad sadly
neat neatly
careful carefully
safe safely

 Can you find some adverbs in the picture

1............................................... 2. ...............................................
3................................................. 4................................................
5. .............................................. 6. ..................................................
7. ..............................................
Form Adverbs from following adjectives

Adjective Adverb
1.neat
2.quick
3.beautiful
4.happy
5.lucky

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Using the table make 10 meaningful sentences. One is done for you.

They sing beautifully

You draw nicely
My friend cries sadly
The old man walks slowly
we write carefully

1. They sing beautifully.

2. ……………………………………………………………………………..
3. ……………………………………………………………………………..
4. ……………………………………………………………………………..
5. ……………………………………………………………………………..
6. ……………………………………………………………………………..
7. ……………………………………………………………………………..
8. ……………………………………………………………………………..
9. ……………………………………………………………………………..
10. ……………………………………………………………………………..

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 18. Let’s write instructions
Dear children,

Activity 1

Imagine you are going to make a fruit salad. Your mother gives you instructions. But
they are not in the order.

Re-arrange them Put the number in the box.

Add some sugar, salt and lemon.

Cut the fruits into small pieces.

First take some fruits.

Put them into a ball.

Next wash them

Activity 2

Write the underlined instructions in activity 1 as follows.

Verb Rest

Ex. Add sugar

1. ……… ………………………
2. ……… ………………………
3. ……… ………………………
4. ………. ………………………

Activity 3

Match A with B and make meaningful instructions. Write them on the given space

A B

Turn Face masks

Wash Some water
Wear Your hands
Go Right
Boil Ahead
Wash your hands……….
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 19. Read, Find and Write
Activity 1

This is Achini. She is ready to go to a new school.

Her sister, Amali gives directions as follows;

I will tell you how to go to the school. It is in the Main Street. First walk along the Lotus
Street. Turn left at the junction. It is the Main Street. The park is just in front of you. Walk
past the park. Go straight ahead the street. There is a Library on your right. Then, you will
pass the Bank, too. Next you can see the school on your right.

Amali draws the map of it. Help her to label three buildings. Write the names of places.

Look at the example.

School

Lotus Street

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Activity 2

Read this note and complete the table below.

10/10/2020
Dear Nalaka,
I’m absent today because I’m not well. Please send me notes through my sister.
I will return them tomorrow.
Amal.

Date

Sender

Receiver

Reason for absence

What does Amal want

When can Amal return notes

Activity 3

Look at the following invitation and complete the lines below.

All are welcome

to the
opening ceremony
of the
New Auditorium of Ranna Maha Vidyalaya
Chief guest: Mr. L. Amarasena
Zonal Director of Education - Hambanthota
Date: 24th December 2020
Time: 3 p.m.

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i)The invitation is for an…………………………. ceremony.

ii) New Auditorium in…………………. will be opened on………………… 2020

iii) The ceremony will start at……………p.m.

iv) Mr.L.Amarasena is the …………………………..

v) ……………………… are welcome to the ceremony.

Activity 4

Read the given description and answer the questions.

Ananda Samarakoon
Mr.Ananda Samarakoon is a well-known Sri
Lankan, who composed the Nationaal Anthem of
our country. He was born on 13th January 1911 in
Padukka.His parents were Mr.Samuel Samarakoon
and Mrs. Dominga Peiris. He was a musician and a
composer. He composed songs such as, Ase Madura
Jewanaye geetha, Besa Seethala Gangule and many
more. He died on 5th April 1962 in Colombo.

a). Who is the well-known person mentioned in the text?

...................................................................

b) For what was he well-known?.............................................................................

c) What was he?........................................................................................

d) Where was he born?...................................................................................

e) Who was his father?..........................................................................................

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 20.-Masculine and Feminine Nouns
Dear Children,

Today let’s learn masculine and feminine nouns of people and animals.

Look at these pictures and read them.

Masculine /Male Feminine/ Female

He She

Boy Girl

Grandfather Grandmother

King Queen

rooster hen

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 1. Let’s learn more words. Read the words.

Masculine Feminine
father mother
brother sister
son daughter
uncle aunt
Bride groom bride
actor actress
prince princess
man Woman
policeman Policewoman
sir Madam
husband Wife
gentleman Lady

Activity 1

Change the underlined words into masculine or feminine words.

Eg: 1. My father has two brothers.

My mother has two sisters.

2. Our uncle is a policeman.

………………………………………. .

3. That woman can sing well.

…………………………………………

4. The actor is very clever.

…………………………………….

5. My grandmother has a daughter.

…………………………………………………

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Now let’s learn masculine and feminine nouns of animals.

Activity 2

Match ‘A’ with ‘B’ to find the feminine noun of the animals.
A B

Fox Hen
Peacock Cow
Bull Duck
Lion Tigress
Rooster Vixen
Tiger Goose
Lioness
Activity 3 Drake
Gander Peahen

Read this story and fill in the grid.

My sister celebrated her 10th birthday last week. Our aunt and uncle brought a nice gift. My
father had bought a toy duck, and my mother had invited our grandmother and grandfather.
My brother helped me to decorate the birthday cake.

Masculine Feminine
uncle

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 21. Let’s enjoy poems
Hello children,

Have you ever come out of the home at night?

What could you see there?

Now we are going to read a poem.

Firefly

A little light is going by

is going up to see the sky,

a little light with wings.

I never could have thought of it,

to have a little bug all lit

and made to go on wings.

Elizerbeth Madox Roberts

A. What is going up?

B. Why it is going up?
C. What does the light have?
D. Who is the writer of the poem?
E. Write the rhyming words for the following words.
1. By- Sky 2. It - ……………………..
F. What is the poem about?

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Let’s enjoy another poem………………

Look at the picture first.

Fireworks

Catherine wheels
They rise like sudden fiery flowers
That burst upon night,
Then fall to earth in burning flowers
of crimson, blue, and white.
Like buds too wonderful to name,
Each miracle unfolds,
And Catherine-wheels begin to flame
Like whirling marigolds.
Rockets and Roman candle make
An orchard of the sky,
Whence magic trees their petals shake Roman candle
Upon each gazing eye.
James Reeves

Activity 01
Let’s find out the rhyming words in the poem.

Rhyming words ends with the same sound.

1. Night - white
2. Name-
3. Unfolds-
4. Make-
5. Sky-

Answer the following questions

1. How do the fireworks rise?

a. Like fiery flowers b. like a waterfall c. like a spring

2. What do begin to flame?

a. burning flowers b. Catherine-wheels c. marigolds

3. ………………….. make an orchard in the sky

a. Rockets and roman candles b. miracle c. Catherine-wheels
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 22. Writing Descriptions
Who are they?

Nimali Raveen

These are two new students to the school.

They introduced themselves to the teacher.
Then the teacher said ,
“Write about you”

Nimali wrote like this.

I am Nimali Perera.
I am from Galle.
I am twelve years old.
I have a brother and a sister.
My mother is a teacher.
My father is a bank manager.
My favourite subject is English.
I can sing and dance.
I want to be a teacher one day.
Activity 1

You are Raveen.Write about you.

Change the underlined words. Use the words in the brackets.

[Raveen Yapa , Ambalangoda , 13 years, 2 sisters, house wife, police officer, maths, draw,
Engineer]

I am Nimali Perera. I am from Galle. I am twelve years old. I have a brother and a sister. My
mother is a teacher.My father is a Bank Manager.My favourite subject is English.I can sing
and dance. I want to be a teacher one day.

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Activity 2

Now write about you.

I am ……………………..…………………………………………….…………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
......................................................................................................................................................
............................................

Activity 4

Who is your best friend? Can you write about him or her by looking at what you wrote
about Nimali?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………

Activity 5

Have you got a pet? Is it a puppy or a kitten? This is about Nimali’s pet.

I have a pet. It is a puppy. It is brown. It has a bushy tail. It likes to eat fish and bones. It
plays with me in the evening. It can bark loudly. It loves me very much. I love it too.

Let’s write about our pet by using the words given.

My Pet

…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………

Now imagine your pet is going to speak about it.

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 23. Do you know me?

Dear students,
This is your new friend Sithum. Let’s read what he says.
I’m Sithum. I am ten years old.
My school is Ella Primary School. . I am in grade six.
My mother is Mrs Roshani. She is a house wife.
I have a sister. She is Sithari. She is in grade five. She has long hair.
My father’s name is Upul. He is a policeman. He likes to eat rice and curry.
I like cake and ice cream. They are my favourite food. I like rotti too.

My hobbies are playing cricket and swimming.

My favourite subject is science. My ambition is to be a cricketer.
I like to be your friend.

1. Sithum likes to be your friend. Can you tell him about you?
Read what Sithum says and write about you on the dotted lines. (Complete the
sentences)
I am ………………... …………………………………. years old.
My school is……………………………………………………………
I am in grade …………………………………………………………..
My mother is a …………………………………………. …………….
I have ………………………………………………………(sisters/brothers)
My father’s name is……………………………….…………………….
He is a…………………………………………………………………..
I like …………………………………………………………………….
My favourite colour is……………………………………......................
My favourite subject is………………………………………………….
My future ambition is to be a/an ……………………………………………

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Sithum has many friends. His best friend is Kapil. Sithum tells us about Kapil.
Let’s read it.
I have many friends but my best friend is Kapil. His school is
Vivekananda College in Matara. He is in grade six.
Kapil is very kind. He has a bike. He likes to ride it very much. His
hobby is bike riding.
There are five members in his family. They live in a small house. There is a beautiful pond in
front of their house.
Kapil has two sisters and no brothers. His elder sister is Krishni. She is in grade eight. His
younger sister is Gothami. She is in grade three.
Kapil’s mother is Gopali. She wears sarees at home.
Her hobby is cooking.
His father is Karthesh. He works at a tea factory.
Kapil likes to drink king coconut water. He likes to eat chapathi.
His favourite colour is white and his favourite subject is Mathematics.
He wants to be an engineer in the future.

1.3 Imagine you are Kapil and write about him.

I am Kapil. My school is Vivekananda College in Matara.

..…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
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24. Names of Young Animals
Dear children,
Do you like to know the babies of animals?
Let’s learn.

Look at the pictures and read the words.

Activity 1

Write the animals and their babies in the cages below.

Animal Baby

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Activity 4

Fill in the blanks using the names of baby animals.

1. This is a …………… It is a young tiger. It has a yellow fur with blank lines on it.

2. This is a ……………. It is a baby chicken. It has got two small wings and two feet.

3. This is a ………….. It is a baby cat. It has got nice and soft fur.

4. This is a …………... It is a baby dog. It likes fish and meat.

5. This is a …………... It is a young sheep. It is a farm animal.

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 25. Let’s enjoy a folk tale

Dear children,
Let’s enjoy a folk tale today.
Have you heard about Andare?

Here’s a story about Andare and his wife.

Andare was the jester of the Royal palace. He went to the palace every day and used to come
home very late and his wife was angry over his late arrivals.
She thought to teach Andare a lesson by keeping him out of the house all the night. So one
day she did not open the door although he asked her to open it.
Andare had an idea. He went to the garden and picked up a large stone. He dropped it into the
well and shouted “man netho!”.
The wife got upset thinking that Andare had jumped into the well. She came out to check.
Then Andare got into the house and closed the door. He asked his wife to wait outside till the
sun rises.

Activity 1
Read the story and mark ‘T’ for True sentences and ‘F’ for False sentences
1. Andare was not the jester of the palace . ( )
2. Andare’s wife was very happy about his late arrivals. . ( )
3. Andare dropped the stone into the well. .( )
4. Andare waited outside all the night. . ( )
5. Andare’s wife was able to teach him a lesson. .( )

Activity- 2
Read the story and underline the correct answer for each question.
1. Who is Andare?
A. A king B. A jester C. A minister

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 2. Where did he go every day?
A. To the palace B. to the temple C. to the garden
3. What did Andare pick from the garden?
A. A well B. A flower C. A stone
4. Where did he drop the stone?
A. Into the house B. into the well C. into the river
5. Who was outside all the night?
A. A king B. Andare C. Andare’s wife

Activity 3
Re arrange the story and put numbers accordingly
1. His wife wanted to teach him a lesson.
2. Andare was late to come home every day. 1
3. She opened the door and came out.
4. He dropped a stone into the well.
5. She kept the door closed and did not open.
6. His wife was outside all the night.
7. Andare got into the house and close the door.

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 26. Writing a poem

Dear children,
Today you are going to write a simple poem about a pet.
Activity 1
Answer
1. Do you have a pet? ……………………………………
2. Who is your pet? ………………………………………
3. Do you play with it? …………………………….
4. Draw and name your pet .

My Pet

Activity 2
Read the poem.
Pet Lover

I love my
But still I want a pup
I know one thing
I will get a
And a too.
Activity 3
Complete the poem.

mat
There was a …cat…
fat rat
Who sat on a ………..
It was so ………….. cat
It couldn’t even catch a …………

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Activity 4
Match and write the poem.
Little Rabbit
One day, I saw “Hello, little rabbit
Going stop, stop, stop?”
I said, hop, hop, hop
Can you a little rabbit

Little Rabbit
One day, I saw a little rabbit
Going …………………….
I said, ……………………..
Can you……………………

Activity 5
Read the poem.
Five Little Ducks
Five little ducks
Went swimming one day
Over the pond and far away
Mother duck said
“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
But only four little ducks came back.

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Write a similar poem about “Five Little Chicks” using the words in the circle.

Five Little Chicks chicks

Five little chicks
playing
………………………..
gardens
…………………………..
…………………….. hen
………………………………… cluck cluck
………………………………………..

Read and enjoy your poem.

Activity 6
Speak five sentences on ‘My Pet’

Dear students, put a tick (√) in the bracket.

Now I can write a simple poem about a pet. ( )

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 27-Let’s Write Poems

Poem: writing with four lines with a rhythm

Think of your class teacher. Write the words come to your mind.

kind

Mother

comes to school
everyday teach good & bad
loving

My class teacher
My class teacher is kind A loving heart,
Does work we find Always smart,
Relationships are bind Strong and caring,
Thinks in mind

My grandmother

My grandmother

She my second mother,

Relate me fairy tales,

Live long my grandmother,

Old but stronger than males.

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My pet

Do you have a pet?

What is it?
What is the colour of it?
Where does it live?
What does it eat?
How does it play with you?
How do you care about it?
How does it show its love for you?

Shall we write a poem about My Pet?

Look, find and fill

Find words from the boxes
……………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………

Silky soft brown fur Playing with me Awake at night

Sleeps in the kennel Dislikes bathing Sniffs everything Wagging its tail

protects us always Barks at strangers Companion to all of us

Sleeps on the mat Member of the family Licks bones everyday

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 28. Writing a paragraph

Dear children,
Today you are going to write a paragraph on a sport.

What is your My favourite My favourite

favourite sport? sport is netball.
sport is ………

You

Supun Fathima
Activity 1
1. Do you like to play games? ……………………………………
2. With whom do you play? ………………………………………
3. What do you play in the afternoon? …………………………….
4. Write names of two sports that you like. …………………………………

Activity 2
Match
1) football 2) cricket 3) volleyball 4) elle 5) netball

……2….. ………. ……….. ……….. ………..

What equipment do we need to play these games?

bamboo stick
goal post

Sport What equipment do we need to play ?

1) cricket a ball and a bat
2) football a foot ball
3) netball a net ball and a goal post
4) volleyball a volley ball
5) elle a bamboo stick and a ball

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Activity 3
Complete
Example – (1) We need a bat and a ball to play cricket.

(2) We need …………………... to play ……………

(3) We need …………………. to play …………….
(4) We need …………………. to play …………….
(5) We need…………………… to play …………….
Read.
Number of players in each of the teams

cricket – eleven players netball – seven players

football – eleven players volleyball – six players
elle – sixteen players

Activity 4
Complete the paragraph

ball sport eleven boys friends

Cricket

Cricket is a famous (1) …sport… in Sri Lanka. It is a team sport. The team
has (2) …………. players. We need a bat and a (3) ……………. to play the game. Now both
(4) ……………. and girls play this game. I play cricket with my (5) ……………… It is a
good exercise.

Activity 5

Write a paragraph about elle using the facts given in the following table.

Follow the example given about netball.

Sport No. of players What we need Played by International/Local

Netball seven netball, goal post girls international

Elle sixteen Bamboo stick, ball girls and boys local

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 Netball Elle
Netball is a team sport. The team has ……………………………………………….
seven players. This is played by girls.
………………………………………………
We need a netball and a goal post to
play the game. ………………………………………………
This is an international game. ………………………………………….……
……………………………………………….
……………………………………………….
………………………………………………
………………………………………………

Activity

Draw a poster on your favourite sport.

Dear students,

Put a tick (√) in the bracket.

Now I can write a simple paragraph on a sport. ( )

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 29. Compositions
Two girls are talking about their country, Sri Lanka.
The highest
mountain is
Piduruthalagala
Sri Lanka is an and the longest
island located in river is
the Indian Ocean. Mahaweli.
It’s called “the
pearl of the
Indian Ocean”.

The capital city is

Sri
Jayawardanapura
Kotte .
There are nine
provinces and
It has a hot, twenty-five
wet climate. districts. Many ethnic groups
and religious groups
live in harmony.

Shall we write about Sri Lanka?

First two lines are written. Write other lines. Use the facts given above and
other facts that you can find.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is an island. It is in Indian Ocean.……………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Kamal has visited Ramu’s house on Thai Pongal Day. Ramu is offering some laddu to
Kamal. Read the conversation which took place.

Ramu : Would you like to taste some laddu ?

Kamal: Yes of course. But I haven’t tasted it before.
Ramu : We prepare laddu at Thai Pongal.
Kamal: What is the shape and colour?
Ramu : It is round and yellow.
Kamal : Say, what do you need to prepare laddu?
Ramu: Flour, sugar and ghee. Wait I will ask my mother to
bring?

Kamal: MMM…really tasty.

Pol Sambol is a famous food among all Sri Lankans.

It is spicy.
We eat pol sambol with rice or bread.
Scraped coconut, dried chili powder, salt, lemon, onion, garlic and dried fish
add an extra taste to it.
Both small and elderly people enjoy eating it.

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 Now, write some lines about your favourite food.
My favourite food is
………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………........
Let’s read about sports.
Sports

Volley ball
Netball
This is popular among
Girls play netball. It is a boys. It is a team game.
team game. In each team In each team there are
there are seven players. The six players.. Players use
players have to shoot the their hands to pass the
ball to score marks. ball to the other side.

r head.
…………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………… What is your favourite sport?
…………………………………………………………………
How many players are there?
…………………………………………………………………
Is it a team game or
…………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………
individual game?
………………………………………………………………… What do you need to play it?
…………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………
…………………

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…………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………
 It is situated
My school in………………………
is…………………………………… …………………………
……………………………………… …………………………
………………………… ………………..

Our principal
is………………
There are ………………
………………… ………………..
…teachers and
He/She
………………
is………………
students. My ………………
School

There is a computer lab

………………………………
………………………………
It is a girls’ / boys’ /mixed ………………………………
school and a music room in my school.

Can you write about your school, now? Use your own words.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………

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 30. Let’s Read

Match the paragraphs with the topics given below

(Wonders of nature / I am a robot / A leisure time activity)
A
Crush! Crush! Crush! All my body parts were fixed with wires. When I opened my
eyes, the first person I saw is my master. He was a Japanese. He designed me as a
robot in Japan. He tested me whether I was perfect at work. He was happy when I
performed well.
Now I am in a big house with a small family. Usually the mistress in the house asks
me to do work at home. So I do all the work in this house.

B
There are many activities which people do in their free time. Among them reading
is an interesting leisure time activity. There are many interesting reading materials
available such as books, newspapers, magazines and other publications. We can
read anywhere at any time, even while travelling. Some have a habit of reading
when they go to bed at night.

C
There are many kinds of birds in the world. Weaver bird is one of them. It lives in
tropical countries like Sri Lanka, Africa and India. It has black and yellow
feathers. Weaver bird weave a wonderful nest. Its entrance is at the bottom. The
nest protects the babies well.

Let’s read some riddles. Find them and write.

I am hot and I live in the sky. I am I am usually a brown and green

round and go up and
With rain I can live for a long
I am bright. Don’t look at me directly. time.
You don’t see me at night. I am a house for birds.
Who am I? Children love to climb on me.
…………………………. I am a
……………………….

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 31-Determiners
A determiner is a word that introduces a noun. It always comes before a noun
Look at the underlined words. They are determiners.

These books a fish

an elephant that kite

Determiners

my our this
a

an your their that

the his its these

her those

one first several many

two second a few some

three third any a lot

four of

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second

third
 a / an / the

For nonspecific For specific nouns

nouns

For singular nouns

For singular nouns
beginning with
beginning with vowel
sounds
the
consonant sounds

a an

Ex: - Ex: -
 a child an ant
 a book an elephant
 a table an ice cream
 a duck an owl
 a pen an umbrella

The determiners “a” or “an” used with singular nouns.

a child an ice cream

We use “the” with both singular and plural nouns. We say the When it is clear which thing
we mean.

the children the tree

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Activity 1
Fill in the blanks with a/an or the
1. I can ride a ……………….. bicycle.
2. She is cutting ………… carrot.
3. ……………principal of the school hoists the school flag in the morning.
4. Piduruthalagala is …………….. highest mountain in Sri Lanka.
5. Kusum is ………….. very nice person.
6. I bought …………….ink bottle.
7. My mother is writing ……………..letter.
8. I saw …….airplane flying in the sky.
9. What is ………………….. name of this village?
10. We live in ……….. old house near ………….. station.

This / These / That / Those

near far
(this/these) (that/those)

singular plural singular plural

(this) (these) (that) (those)

This cow is near the child. That cow is far from the child.

Those cows are far from the child.

These cows are near the child.

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Activity 2

Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks. Use “this”,” these”, ”that” or “those”
One is done for you. Arrows show the distant things.

Me

1. Those are birds.

2. ………….are fruits.
3. …………..is a mango.
4. ……….......are cows.
5. …………..is a pen.
6. …………..is a flower.
7. …………..are kites.

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Activity 4

Fill in the blanks by selecting the correct word from the given words.

1.

…………………………are his books. (this/that/these)

2.

…………………………girls are going home. (this/these/that)

3.

Hey!.............................is my plane. (this/that/those)

4.

Look, ………………………are horses. (this/that/those)

5.

Is …………………….a ruler? (this/that/those)

6.
……………………….is a tree. (those/this/that)

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 32. Writing a letter

Dear children,
Today you are going to write a letter to a friend. occasions –special events

We sometimes write letters to friends and relatives.

These are called as informal or friendly letters.
Have you ever written a letter to a pen pal?

Format of a personal letter

Sender’s address

Date

Salutation,

Contents

Complementary close

Name/signature

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Read the letter and fill in the blanks.
Read the letter.

No. 2/5A,
School Lane,
Galle.
2/10/2020.
Dear Raj ,
How are you? Hope you are doing well. How are your family members? I am fine here.
I am writing this letter to tell you about a trip. We hope to go to Yala national park on the
2nd of December. Please join us with your family. On our way to Yala, we will visit the Dry
Zone Botanical Garden and Kataragama too. Bye for now. Reply me soon

Your friend

Kevin

Activity 3
Now write a similar letter to a friend.Imagine you are going to visit Anuradhapura.
Includethe following:
 Invite you friend to join with you.
 the palces you are going to visit- Temples , ruins, tanks
 With whom and how are you travelling?
 Where are you staying?

Activity 4
Speak five sentences about a place you have visited with your family.

Dear children, put a tick (√) in the bracket.

Now I can write a letter to a friend. ( )

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 33-Describing pictures
Study the picture and answer the questions .

(1) How many children are there in the picture?

(2) Where are they?
(3) Who is playing with a ball?
(4) What is Chanuth playing with?
(5) Who is playing on the swing?
(6) Where is the dog?
(7) What is the dog doing?
(8) How many birds are there?
(9)

Study the picture and read the description of it.

This is a picture of a living room.

There are four people in the picture.
There is a plant in the corner.
There are two pictures on the walls.
Mother and father are sitting on sofas.
The girl is lying on a mat and reading a book.
The dog is looking at her.
The cat is sleeping on the back of the sofa.
The boy is reading a book and he is lying on the sofa

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 Different sentence patterns are used to describe the pictures as shown
below.

We use the following sentence patterns to describe pictures

This is a picture of a ……………. (about the picture)
We use There is /There are to describe the things and people we can see in the picture.
There is a + one person/thing
There are + two or more people/thing.
We use am/is/are + - ing form to describe what is happening in the picture
He / She/ It + is + (verb) ing.
They + are + (verb) ing

Study the picture and complete the description with the words given in the box.

This picture shows an animal farm. There is a ……...………, a boy and two girls in the
……...………. They are working in the ……...………. One girl is giving an ………………to
the horse. One girl is pumping …………………..The pig is …………………….water from
the tank. The boy is feeding …………………. The dog is ……………………….. at the
rooster. The cats are ………………… on the hay stacks. There are many
………………….in this picture.

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Write 10 sentences about the following picture.

1 teacher
3 student
4 desk
5 chair
6 table
7 computer
8 overhead projector
9 screen
10 chalkboard/board
11 clock
12 map
13 bulletin board
14 Public
Addressing system
15 whiteboard/board
16 globe
17 bookcase/bookshelf
18 teacher’s desk
19 wastebasket

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 34 - A day at home and out
This is Vikum’s sister, Sithari’s room. Can you label the things you see in it?
Draw arrows and match the words with things you see. Painting
g

Curtain Window

Chair

Wall

Vase

Table
lamp

Table Eraser Books Pens

Now read the following on Sithari’s room.

This is a picture of Sithari’s room. Sithari is in the room reading a book. She is sitting at the
table on a chair. There is another book on her table. There are two pens next to the book.
There is another pen between book and the table lamp. There is a window in Sithari’s room.
It has a curtain. The vase is on her table. There is a painting on the wall behind Sithari.

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Look at the following pictures. Where is the apple?

A B C

The apple is on the box The apple is in the basket The apple is between
two boxes

D E F

The apple is in front of the . apple is next to the box

The The apple is behind the
box tin

The apple is under the tin

Describe the things in your house using the preposition you learnt.
E.g.
There is a book on the table.
The clock is on the wall.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
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