The Tale of Peter Rabbit

what are some of the safety rules that you learn at home and at school? LIst any three
of them.

Do not talk to
strangers.
DO not put your head or hand out of the window of the
School ous

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Let us read the story of Peter, a litle

rabbit, who did not follow his mother's instructions.
O nce upon atime, there were four little rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy
Cottontail and Peter.
They lived with their Mother in a
underneath the root of a very big fhrsandbank
tree .
Now, my dears, said Mrs Rabbit
going buy to some bread. You
one
morning I am
down the lane, but dont may go into the helds or
go into Mr McGregor's
garden
Flopsy, Mopsy and Cortontail, who were
bunnies, went down the lane to good little
gather blackberries

sandbanki à large pie of sand he tree: a tree with needle-like leaves blackberries:
bushes with thorns small black fruits that
grow
 who was very naughty,
Peter,
But
ightawayto Mr McGregor's
ran.
and squeezed in from under
arden,
chegate

s o m e lettucet and s
First.
he ate me
beans; and ther he ate Some
rench
ishes. Then, feeling rather sick,
w e n t
to look for some
parsley.
he
should he meet but
Butwhom
Mr McGregor!

hands his
Mr McGregor
was on

and knees, planting cabbages, but he

umped up and ran aft Peter, waving

a rake and call1ng out, Stop thief!

Peter was most dreadfully frightened; he rushed all over the What was Mr McGregor
qarden, for he had forgotten the way back to the gate.
doing in his garden?
Unfortunately, he ran into a gooseberry net', and got caught by
the large buttons on his blue jacket.
to" the top of Peter; but
Mr McGregor came up with a sieve', which he intended pop upon
Peter wriggled our" just in time
It would have been a beautiful
He rushed into the tool shed", and jumped into a can.
to hide in, had it not had so
much water in it.
thing
somewhere in the
Mr McGregor was quite sure that Peter was In your own words
He began to
tool shed, perhaps hidden underneath fowerpot.
a
explain what got
to hnd you and teach you
turn them over, one by one. I am going caught by means
then, Peter sneezed-Kertyschoo!
Esson, he called out.Just
in no time but Peter jumped
out
after him
ir McGregor was

of a window.

plant whose leaves can be eaten as a

a cure for
**snnnanaare******a*se***.
lettuce that can be eaten raw parsieyi
CCt a plant with large green leaves
leaves and make the ground smooth gooseberry net: a net put
stomach ache rake used to gather escapedby
ke: a gardening tool toi
wanted to wriggled out:
circular frame intended tools
around a sieve: a net in a
gooseberry busi for keeping gardening
Cwisting and t
urning tool shed: a small building
 The window nd he was How did Mr MeGregor
was too small for Mr McGregor find out wherePetervwas
tired of his work.
running after Peter. He went back to

hiding
him, till he
Feter stopped running, or looking behind
never -

got home. H
ue
Ot nome He was so tired that he Aopped down" upon
nice soft sand on the
foor of the rabbit hole.
put him to and gave hima
bed.and gave him.
Feter was not
very well during the evening. His mother
dose
dose of
of camomile teal3.
Dut Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper.

Adapted and abridgi

beatrix Potter (1866-1943) had many pets when she was a child, from mice and rabbits to birds.
3heoften drew pictures of these animals and wrote stories about them. She frst wrote The Tale of
eter kabbit as a
picture letter to a litle boy she knew who had been ill for a long time.

MAKING CONNECTIONS
Quick answers
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1. Put a tick
() against the sentences that are true and a
are false. cross (X) against those that
a. Peter obeyed his mother.
b. Mrs Rabbit went out to buy some
bread.
C. Mr
McGregor was happy to see Peter.
d. Peter hid underneath
e. Mr McGregor tried to
flowerpot. a

catch Peter with

f. Peter had some a sieve.
bread for dinner.
 Circle
rcle the thi
things that Peter ate in Mr
2
McGregor's garden.

blackberries lettuce radishes

parsley
French beans cabbages
Reference to context
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Now, my dears, said Mrs Rabbit one morning, I am going to buy some bread.
3
Who was Mrs Rabbit speaking to?
b. Whar warning did Mrs Rabbit give?
Where do you think Mrs Rabbit went to buy bread?
4. Peter was most dreadfuly frightened.
a. Where was Peter?
b.What does dreadfully frightened' mean? Why was Peter 'dreadfully frightened?
Where did Peter hide to escape from Mr McGregor?
Read, retlect and write
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5. Why do you think Mrs Rabbit warned her children not to go into Mr McGregor's
garden?
6. Was Peter a naughty rabbit? Give reasons for your answer.
1. How do you think Peter felt when he went to bed that night? What lesson did
helearn?0
LS

Integrate
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8. Collect different types of seeds. Write a short description of each. Describe the colou
size and shape of each seed.
 WORD WALL
and lowers
Howers
that
Word wise vegetables

and circle it,

Here is a
listoffruits,
does
not
fit in an
1. MrMcGre loved gardening. that
word
the
he had in his garden. In each list,
spot

Flowers
Vegetables
Fruits
daisy
***'*****'"'
*'*'''*****

lettuce * *

blackberry...
***'''**'*

rosg..**
Strawberry. cauliHower **'*"****

ily.
..Pear
plum..
parsieY...
***'**°°''
''**°*****

onion ***

.POnegranate ********

. spinach... dyinge... marigold.

gape.. cabbage.. dahlia..

2. Make sentences with the following wor

a.squeezed b. rushed C.wriggled d. jumped

GRAMMAR TIME

Past continuous tense: activities that were going on

Read these sentences.

> Peter was hiding.
Mr McGregor was looking for Peter.

In the sentences given above, the verbs are: was hding and was looking. These verbs are n
the past continuous tense.
stefanas

enssnb6snaentasnabnne**Amenabssearstaannspei
We use the past continuous tense wnen we talk about actions or
that were going on for some time in the past. activities
 a table that shows you how to use the pastcontinuous tense.
isa t
Here

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'*''**''**'''*'' past tense of helping verb be main verb ing

*' *****''*'''"****' was

You were

eating
He
sleeping
She
was working
It
(Singular nouns)
We
They were

(Plural nouns) "'** ''*''''***' '/''''''**'****

# *'''*** ' ' '**''

tense.
also called the past progressive
The past continuous tense is
main verbs.
Eating, sleeping and working
are

to form the past

helping verbs. They help the main verbs
Was and were are

continuous tense.

Puta
that use the helping verb correctly.
1, Put a tick (/) against the
sentences

that use the helping verb incorrectly.

against the
sentences

cross()
the hive.
2. The bees was buzzing around

b. I was doing my homework.

CAnn were planting a tree.
d. Mona and I was painting
c. We were playing
Look at the picture
lt shows whar
given below.
was
going on
yesterday. Write five sentences to
show what was
going on.

SPELLING
Plurals: word + ies
g e t the plural of the word bunny we remove y and add -ies to it. Ihe word becomes
bunnies.

bunny bunnies berry berries

Complete the given plurals to fill in the blanks.

1. countr 2. fami

3 CandL 4 firef
WRITÉ WELL

Descriptive WTIting
P e t e r

rerurned home sately that evening,. He told the other three bunnies abOu his
r e t u n

ure att tthe McGregor farm. Use the cues given below to write what Peter said.
yenture a
a d r e n

was eating vegetables-Mr McGregor ran after me with a

caught in a gooseberry net-escaped to the tool rake
a can-tull of shed-jumped nto
water-sneezed-chased again-escaped through a
window-Mr McGregor too
large to fit-ran all the way home

LISTEN AND SPEAK WELL

Peter was frightened when Mr McGregor chased him. He was sorry when he returned
home. Being trightened and being sorry are feelings. Everybody has feelings. Listen to the
recording that your teacher will play for you and answer the questions given below.

1. Which feeling do you think is shown by each person? Choose the correct feeling
from the box given below for each of the given pictures.

sleepy sad shy excited Sorry afraid

2. Take turns saying how you feel when something happens.

Ifeel sad when myfriends dont play with me.
Ifeel happy when-
I feel excited
when.
Ifeel sorry when .