Year 4 (SK) Zone A (West)

Tidy Your Room, Tanya!

At A Glance A. Look at the cover of the book. Answer the questions.

1. The title of the book is ___________________________________. . The writer of the book is _________________________________. !. The pictures in the book are drawn by _______________________. 4. There are _____________________ people on the cover of the book. ". The picture on the cover shows a scene in a ___________________. #. The story is probably about __________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

$%&lore t'e Story A. Complete the story with the correct words. Tarzany a pit mother crocodiles jungle

helped

imagining

untidy

bedroom

boy

Tanya could not find her homework book. She looked for it in her _________________ (1). Her room was very _________________ (2). Tanyas _________________ (3) came to her room and looked around. She said that the room looked like a _________________ (4). Tanya started _________________ (5) that her bedroom was really a jungle. She imagined that she was _________________ (6) of the jungle. She was swinging through the jungle and looking for a lost

_________________ (7). Tanya saved the boy from the ______________ (8). The boy _________________ (9) her look for her book. He told her to look for her book in a deep _____________ (10). She decided to look into the deep pit.

(. Put the sentences in the correct order.

a. Tanya looked for her book on the top bunk.

). She looked for her book in her room.

c. Tanya realised that she had tidied her room.

d. Tanya looked for her book under the bunks.

e. Tanya had lost her homework book.

*. Mother found Tanyas book on the kitchen table.

+. Tanya looked for her book in her toy bo .

,. Complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases.

jungle tree climber

famous e plorer bears cave

lost room animal film maker

birds nest Tarzanya

1.

Mother said that Tanyas room looked like a _______________ .

Tanya imagined that she was _______________ of the jungle.

!ran said that Tanyas room looked like a _______________ .

Tanya imagined that she was an _________________________.

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"ad said that Tanyas room looked like a _______________ .

Tanya imagined that she was a _________________________.

4.

Mike said that Tanyas room looked like a _______________ .

Tanya imagined that she was a famous ___________________ _________________________.

T'e -eo&le in t'e Story A. Name these people in the story.

1. _________________

. _________________

!. _________________

4. _________________

(. Circle words that describe Tanya.

brave helpful

forgetful

adventurous organised
Tanya

untidy active careless

lazy unkind

,. Name the people who said the following. 1. #hat about in that secret tunnel$ ___________ _

Thank you% Tarzanya& 'ou saved my life&

___________ _

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( must have left it in the kitchen last night.

___________ _

4.

)kay& #hat about in that deep pit$

___________ _

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(ts like a bears cave. Tidy your room% Tanya&

___________ _

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*ave you been looking for it all this time$

___________ _

T'e -lace A. Name the places described. 1. *ow can you find anything under there$ (ts like a lost room&

__________________

__________________

*ow can you find anything in here$ (ts like a jungle&

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__________________

*ow can you find anything up here$ (ts like a birds nest&

4.

__________________

*ow can you find anything in here$ (ts like a bears cave&

(. Tanya had many adventures in her imagination. Ad.enture 1. Tanya filmed a mother bear and her two cubs. . Tanya found a room full of treasure. !. Tanya saved a boy from crocodiles. 4. Tanya landed in a big nest. ". Tanya looked for her book in a deep pit.

here did they happen! -laces _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

T'e /essa+e A. Complete the sentences. hard work than money 1. keep our room tidy a dangerous activity . say thank you we make it fun

When people help us, we should _____________ _____________ __________

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Climbing a tree can be ______ ____________ ____________

Life is more important _____________ _____________ __

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Work becomes easier when ______________ ______________

We should _____ ______________. Then, it will be easy to find our things.

When we enjoy doing something, _______________ becomes easy.

Year 4 (SK) Zone A (West)

T'e 0ittle (lue (oy
At A Glance A. Look at the cover of the book. Answer the questions.

1. The title of the book is ___________________________________. . The writer of the book is _________________________________. !. There are ____________________ people on the cover of the book. 4. The picture on the cover shows a scene in a ___________________. ". There are many ______________________ in the background on the cover of the book. #. The family on the cover looks _____________________________. 1. The _____________________ are laughing and pointing at the boy. 2. The title of the book tells us that the little boy is _______________. 3. This story probably took place in ___________________________.

$%&lore t'e Story A. Put the sentences in the correct order.

a. Mamma and +apa ,anga saw their son sitting with a group of children.

). The little blue boy and the village children became friends.

c. They went to the blue boys house and -ogoman ate a chocolate.

d. The children followed Tchedjan and left the little blue boy.

e. The little blue boy wanted to play.

*. -ogoman wanted to tell the other children about the chocolates.

+. -ogoman wanted to see the chocolates% so he offered to play with him.

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hat happens ne"t! Complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases.

went into the hut

the children of the village

sent for the old midwife

put up a fence

1. Mamma ,anga felt strong pains.

+apa ,anga ________________ _________________________

. Mamata did not come out of the hut with the baby.

+apa ,anga ________________ _________________________

!. +apa ,anga and Mamma ,anga did not want other people to stare at their son.

+apa ,anga ________________ around their hut.

4. The little blue boy opened the gate and went out.

*e met ___________________ _________________________

T'e -eo&le in t'e Story A. Name the people who said the following.

1 .

#hy is that normal$ My dog is all white&

___________ _

-o more stupid .uestions& /eave us alone&

___________ _

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)ur baby will be a fine boy.

___________ _

4 .

( have to go home% but (ll come back tomorrow% ( promise.

___________ _

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0ecause&

___________ _

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#ere all normal. 'oure different. 'oure blue&

___________ _

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hat are the people like! Cross out the wrong word.

happy

rude

The little blue boy curious clever

. arrogant loving

Mamma and Papa Fanga

caring

unfriendly

!. rude friendly

Tchedjan

patient

bossy

T'e -lace #ill in the blanks with the correct answer. 1. +apa and Mamma ,anga lived in a village called _____________________. . The village was in the heart of _____________________. !. The little blue boy was born in a _____________________. 4. The whole family waited _____________________ while Mamma ,anga had her baby. ". The little blue boy met the children in the _____________________. #. -ogoman followed the little blue boy back to his _____________________. T'e /essa+e A. $ead about the actions of the people in the story. %ay whether they are right or wrong. &ive a reason for your answer. 1. +apa ,anga put up a fence around his home. __________________________________________________________________ . +apa and Mamma ,anga loved their little blue boy. __________________________________________________________________ !. The children laughed at the little blue boy. __________________________________________________________________ 4. The children would not play with the little boy. __________________________________________________________________ ". Tchedjan said that the little blue boys .uestions were stupid. __________________________________________________________________ #. The little blue boy asked many .uestions about the colour of things around him. __________________________________________________________________ 1. The little blue boy did not stop trying to be friends with the children. __________________________________________________________________

(. Complete the sentences. +eople are the same to be different 1. patient and understanding share with our friends . colour of our skin give up easily

We should be _______ ____________ ____________ ________

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It is not wrong ____________ ____________ ____________

The ________ ____________ ____________ is not important.

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_______________ _______________
even though they may look different from us.

We should face challenges. We should not _____________

__________

We should _____ ______________ ______________

Year 4 (SK) Zone A (West)

Tales and Tails
At A Glance A. Look at the cover of the book. Circle the correct answer.

1. #hat is the title of the book$ A Tails and Tales ( Tales and Tails

. #ho is the writer of the book$ A *yacinth !audart ( Magic 1arpet

!. There is a _________________ on the cover of the book. A girl ( boy

4. The frogs are _________________ mos.uitoes. A chasing ( catching

". Some of the frogs are _________________ the pond. A diving into ( swimming in

Story 14 5t6s Rainin+ A. Complete the story with the correct words. rain problem stop play frogs solve true plants

insects dreaming

The story is about a girl called 2oy. She wanted to ________ (1) outside but it was raining. She wished that it would ________ ( ) raining. (t stopped raining. Many ________ (!) and animals died. (t was hot and there were many ________ (4). So 2oy wished it would rain ________ ("). *er wish was granted but it created another ________ (#). 2oy made another wish to ________ (1) the problem. 3ach time 2oys wishes came ________ (2)% bad things happened. ,inally% 2oy just wished that it would just ________ (3) again. Then% her mother woke her up. 2oy had been ________ (17). 2oy saw that it was still raining. (. hen 'oy made a wish( several things would happen. Number the events in the bo" in the correct order. W'at 'a&&ened ne%t8

#orms ate the frogs. There were no food for the frogs. 5 9is' it 9ould rain *ro+s. (t rained frogs. 0irds came and ate the worms. The frogs ate all the insects. The frogs began to die.

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

The birds stole food and made houses dirty.

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ho said the following! Put the sentences in the correct bo".

Stop that froggy noise& ( hope it rains every day. 4uiet down there& ( like cats. (ll keep this one& 0e careful what you wish for. #ell% ( dont want it to rain every day.

!et those cats out of here& #hat$ #hats wrong$ 'ou wanted it to stop.

Zoy 1. _________________ _________________ . _________________ _________________ !. _________________ _________________

/ot'er 4. _________________ _________________ ". _________________ _________________ #. _________________ _________________

T'e ;ei+')ours 1. _________________ _________________ 2. _________________ _________________ 3. _________________ _________________

:. #ill in the blanks with the correct phrases. 3verything in life should not be selfish there is a conse.uence Think carefully

1.

_______________________ before you wish for something.

__________________ __________________ ______ is

connected.

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4. We ________________ ___________________. We must think of others.

For every action, ________________ ________________

Story 4 T'e (ell A. )nderline words that describe the people below. T'e Ric' /an T'e <illa+e =eadman

humble selfish gentle proud

dishonest greedy intelligent

wise caring generous polite

stubborn patient bossy

generous rude

(. *atch the sentence parts. 1. #e should not other peoples things.

. Money cannot

buy everything we want.

!. #e should respect

steal other peoples things. to make other people do bad things.

4. -o one can

". (t is wrong

loyal to our friends.

#. #e should be

make us do things we do not want to do.

Story !4 ,om&uter Games A. Are these statements true or false! 1. . !. 4. ". rite +True, or +#alse,. _______ _

The boy in the story did not know how to play computer games.

The boy followed a beautiful woman wearing a long white dress. _______ _ The boy did not give up easily. _______ _

The boy ran away from the garden because there were bats there. _______ _ The boy found a house full of treasure. _______ _

(. #ill in the blanks with the correct phrases. to try new things go to dark places alone #e should not give up easily

1.

We should not _______ _____________________ _____________________

o not be afraid ________________ ________________ __________

4.

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Do not ______________ _____________________

________________ be too friendly with strangers.

Story 44 T'e /i+'ty Ti+er A. rite words that describe &runo. patient

!run o
runo is! 1. __________________________ . __________________________ !. __________________________ 4. __________________________ ". __________________________

unkind fierce friendly gentle a bully wise generous greedy lonely

(. #ill in the blanks with the correct phrases. share things by being kind and helpful 1. We should not ___________________ ______________________ !. help us when we have a problem bully others . We can make friends __________________ __________________ 4.

A good friend will _________ _________________ _________________ __________

Good friends ______ ___________________ ___________________

Story "4 T'e (i+ (un A. *atch the sentence parts. 5. Miss 6u had 1. and vegetables to the villagers.

5. . Miss She grew 6u had fruit

slipped and fell into a drain.

!. Miss 5. She gave 6u had fruit

work in her garden.

4. Miss 5. )ne day% 6u had Miss 6u

a wonderful garden.

5. She ". Misscould 6u had not

and vegetables in her garden.

(. The old woman gave *iss -u some instructions. #ill in the blanks to complete the instructions.

1ook +lant

+ick

1. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the seed under the tree. . >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the fruit when it is as large as an apple. !. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the fruit in an oven.

,. #ill in the blanks with the correct phrases. 'ou must never 'ou can 'ou should

_______________ open the big dot on the big bun.

_________________ eat all the buns in the big bun.

_________________ eat the big pink7and7 white bun.

:. $ead the sentences about *iss -u and *obi. correctly.

rite words that describe them

Miss 6u
1. She gave fruit and vegetables to the villagers. ________________

She was worried because she did not have food to give to the villagers.

________________

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She did not scold Mobi when he told her what he had done.

________________

Mobi

4.

*e wanted more buns.

________________

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*e told Miss 6u that he ate the big bun.

________________

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3ven though he was afraid% Mobi told the truth.

________________

Story #4 0ost in t'e ,ity ho said these! 1. (m going to jump on that lorry. rite your answer in the bo". . ( want to go home. ( miss Mama.

!. #hat are you doing here$ !o away& !et lost&

4. Theyre good monkeys. They share their food.

". ( have an idea. 8eep them here. (m going to the shop.

#. 'ou must not go anywhere without telling me where youre going.

Story 14 T'e -ond A. Are these statements true or false! 1. rite +True, or +#alse,.

9nzus and his family lived in a small pond.

/enny was caught by a boy.

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9nzus listened to his mothers advice.

4.

/enny father was caught and pulled out of the pond.

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/enny was very unhappy at the end of the story.

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The pond became smaller when it did not rain.

1.

(t was not safe to swim in the middle of the pond.

2.

/enny and his family came out of the mud when the rains came.

(. $ead about the actions of the fish in the story. )ne of 9nzus brother was caught and pulled out of the pond. 9 little girl caught him and took him home. *e had to live in a little bowl with other fish. )ne of the fish bullied him.

rite what happens to them.

The little fish stayed safe in the pond. They stayed safe and came out when the rains came. They played happily in the water.

Action Action

Result Result

1. 9nzus and his brothers and sisters played in the middle of the pond.

__________________ __________________ __________________ ___

. 9nzus and his brothers and sisters forgot their mothers advice. They played by the side of the pond.

__________________ __________________ __________________ ___

!. The pond became smaller. 9ll the young fish went into the mud with their parents.

__________________ __________________ __________________ ___

4. /enny did not stay in the mud. *e stayed and in the pond and played with other fish.

__________________ __________________ __________________ ___