Ryan International School, Chembur

Grade 4 Subject- ENGLISH

Lenny, the FlyingInventor.

New words:
1. Contraptions
2. Experiments
3. Mysteriously
4. Angles
5. Skidded
6. Witness
7. Dash
8. Hooting
9. Snugly
10. Instructed
11. Quit
12. Murmured
13. Snapping
14. Halloween
15. Crest

Q1. Give meanings:

1. Spare- free
 2. Mysteriously- without saying much about something
especially when people want to know more.
3. Workshop- a room where things are made or repaired
are made or repaired using tools.
4. Contraptions-machines.
5. Scrap metal- waste metal or used articles made of
metal.
6. Angles- the space between two lines that meet at a
common point.
7. Strap on: put on or wear.
8. Skidded- slid
9. Witness- someone who sees something happen and can
describe it to other people.
10. Dash- sudden movement.
11. Snapping- breaking.
12. Right off- immediately.
13. Murmured- spoke softly.
14. Balsa- a tropical American tree that has soft and
light wood.
15. Instructed- ordered.
16. Snugly- closely.
17. Hooting- making a loud noise.
18. Quit- stop.

Q2. Answer the questions:

1. What did Lenny do in his free time?
A. In his free time, Lenny would shut himself in
his room, reading about difficult experiments and new
inventions. He invented all kinds of contraptions.

2. What did he tell his friend Rudy one day?

A. One day he told his friend Rudy that he was
going to make a pair of wings to fly with.

3. Why did Lenny need Rudy’s help?

A. Lenny needed Rudy’s help as the wings he
made were a little heavy and he needed his help to drag
them up to the top of Southern Hill.

4. What happened when Lenny tried to fly for the first

time?
A. When Lenny tried to fly for the first time, as
he ran the weight of the wings started to tire his legs
and he ran slower and slower. Just as he reached the
crest of the hill, his legs gave out and he skidded across
the ground on his face.

5. What did Lenny make the second set of wings with?

A. Lenny made the second set of wings out of
wood and tissue paper.

6. Describe the third set of wings?

 A. The third set of wings were made out of
wax and balsa wood and they looked just like birds’
wings.

7. Why did Lenny crash into the trees?

A. As Lenny flew higher, he noticed that the
Sun was starting to melt the wax he had used to make
the wings. He realised that his wings had become very
small and he was flying downwards. Soon Lenny crashed
into the trees.

8. Why did Lenny decide to stop trying to fly?

A. Lenny decided to stop trying to fly because
the third time he tried he crashed into the trees and he
got cuts and bruises on his hands and feet and he
thought that it was too rough on his body.

Q3. Read the lines and answer the questions:

1. ‘Don’t you think that it will be too heavy for the wings?’
a. Who said these words and to whom?
A. Rudy asked this to Lenny.
B. What were the wings made of?
A. The wings were made up of scrap metal.
C.What was the response of the listener?
 A. The listener did not agree with the speaker’s
view of the wings been heavy as he was confident about
his new invention.

2. ‘The wings may have been a little week, but I know the
shape is just right.’
A. Who said these words and to whom?
A. Lenny murmured these words to Rudy.
B. What was the speaker talking about?
A. The speaker was talking about the wings
which he had made out of wood and tissue paper the
second time.
C.What did the person spoken to say in reply?
A. The person spoken to said in reply that Lenny
should give up his idea of making wings again as it
sounds very bad to him.