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Nouns
herdsman: someone who looks after a large group of animals.
yak: an animal like a bull, but it has hair on its back
herd: a group of animals
hill: a piece of a high land, smaller than a mountain
mountain: a high hill
piece: a part of anything
desert: an area of a bare country that usually hot, dry
and sandy.
humps: a round bump on a camel's back.
thorn = spike: a sharp, prickly point that grows on some plants
leopard: a large wild animal that has yellowish - brown fur
with black spots.
fur: soft thick hair that grows on the body of some animals
nostrils: the openings of the nose
gazelle: an African animal like a deer
Verbs
look after: take care of something
Example: - Chang looked after the sheep of the Emperor.
load: to carry something
Example: - We are loading the car with food for the trip.
attack: to hit someone and hurt him/her
Example: - The gazelle doesn't attack people.
drop: something you don't hold it tightly and it falls out of your
hands
leap: to jump high or a long way.
hunt: when you chase an animal and kill it for food
store: keep something in a place
"The Irregular Verbs in the past tense" (You have to learn these )
leap
leapt
Exercise 4
Question 1:
Cut and stick in your copybook:
Question 2:
Fill in with the right words from the box:
Herd hill piece desert thornsfur attack look after load
dropped leap store humps
1. Some hunters kill the bear to take its .
2. A camel food in its
3. Can I have a of your sandwich, please?
4. Parents ..their children.
5. The lion .the hunter and wanted to eat him.
6. The man his hat while he was climbing the
7. Herdsmen live in the and look after .of animals.
8. A frog can ..higher than a rabbit.
9. Be careful dont touch these flowers, or the will hurt your
hand
Question 3:
Do as the arrow tells you, then fill in the gap with the right word:
1. Sharp opposite ..
- Be careful this knife is very It can hurt you.
2. Narrow opposite ..
- The door way is ..enough for an elephant to pass.
3. Soft opposite ..
- Glass feels , but sand feels .
4. Thick opposite .
- Lets hide behind this tree. Its very
5. Adult opposite ..
- Lions like to eat ..giraffes because they cant run fast, but an
giraffe can kick the lion away.
6. Think past ..
- When she was young she ..she would never grow up.
7. Write past .
- Yesterday the teacher gave me a present because I the best
story.
8. Know past .
- Last time in the test I all the answers, but there was no time.
Question 4:
Change the following into plural
1. Chair
2. Watch .
3. Clash ..
4. Toy
5. Lorry
6. Man ..
7. Child .
8. Mouse ..
9. Sheep .
10. Tooth .
11. Wife
12. Half
13. Potato
14. Desk
15. Fox
16. Ox .
17. Foot
18. Mouth
19. Deer .
Question 5:
Question 6:
Dogs
There are two kinds of dogs: wild dogs and pet dogs. Pet dogs are helpers
and friends to people. There were no pet dogs 15,000 years ago. Men and women
learned how to work with dogs. Dogs helped humans travel from Asia to North
America 10,000 years ago by pulling sleds in the snow. People say dogs are mans
best friend. They help with farming. They help with hunting. They help with
fishing. They can pull things for people. They can help find things.
There are many colors of dogs. There are white dogs, gray dogs, black dogs,
and brown dogs. A dogs fur can be short or long. Dogs have curly hair or straight
fur. There are very small dogs. They are only 6-8 inches tall. There are very big
dogs. They are about 3 feet tall.
Some dogs can see well. Some dogs do not see very well. All dogs can hear
well. They can hear sounds that people cannot hear. They can hear high sounds
and low sounds. They can hear sound very far away. All dogs can smell very well.
They can smell 40 times better than humans !
Dogs live 5 to 13 years, but some dogs live much longer. One dog lived to be 24
years old!
III Grammar
Do as shown in brackets:
1. The elephant is heavy. The yak is light.
(Compare)
The elephant
2. The camel is strong. The yak is strong. (as as)
IV - Punctuation
Punctuate the following sentences:
1. Stop! Youre under arrest!
said Noha
said mum
V The Reader
Answer the following questions:
1. What did he do with his new nose?
(Give 3 examples)
VI - Writing
Look at the table and use the information to describe the Gazelle:
Nature
- Wild
- Very fast
- Friendly
- Hooves
Diet
Habitat
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Unit Four
The Plural Nouns
The Regular Plural Nouns:
With nouns ending in f or fe, we
change the f (or fe) to v and
we add es to make the plural.
Examples:
knife
knives
wolf
wolves
shelf
shelves
half
halves
The Adjectives
Remember:
The Adjective is a word we use to tell us more about the noun.
It comes:
a. before the noun: such as "a fat boy."
b. after the verb "be": such as "Ahmad is thin."
The adjective can be:
a. short adjective: if it has one or two syllables (fast heavy)
b. long adjective: if it has more than two syllables (beautiful
dangerous)
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Comparison of Adjectives
"Compare" means "you try to see how things are (the same) and
how they are (different)".
We've two kinds of comparisons:
a. The comparative adjectives:
- We use the comparative form to compare TWO people,
things or animals.
b. The superlative adjectives:
- We use the superlative form to compare MORE THAN TWO
people, things or animals.
So we'll say:
Compare:
bigger
fat
fatter
thin
thinner
slim
slimmer
larger
nice
nicer
wise
wiser
wide
wider
heavier
funny
funnier
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easy
easier
(90%)
(70%)
Compare:
better
bad
worse
little
less
many
a lot of
more
much
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Writing
Factual Information about animals:
This type of writing shows facts about animals.
Example:
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Exercise 4
Question 1:
Change the following words into plural:
1. Chair
2. Wife
3. Watch
4. Half
5. Sock
6. Potato
7. Toy
8. Desk
9. Lorry
10. Fox
11. Shelf
12. Bus
13. Knife
14. Baby
15. Trolley
16. Wolf
17. Roof
18. Loaf
19. Puppy
20. Foot
Question 2:
Read the sentences and compare:
1. The elephant is fat. The zebra is fat.
(fat)
(thin)
2. Belly got 9/10 in English. Rita got 3/10.
(good)
(bad)
3. I have a lot of water in my bottle. You have little water in yours.
(a lot of)
(little)
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Question 2:
Complete with the comparative:
1. I'm my brother. (short)
2. This jacket is that jacket. (cheap)
3. Cosmo is Suzie. (old)
4. Stanley's articles are Dave's articles. (good)
5. Your house is ours. (big)
6. The blue dress is the red one. (nice)
7. English is German. (easy)
Question 3:
Do as shown in brackets:
1. Your bag is heavy. Mine is heavy. (Use: asas)
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4. Where ?
I went to my grandma last Friday.
5. Peter is 165 cm. tall. Macro is 170 cm. tall.
(Ask a question)
(Compare)
-
-
-
6. Stop here ordered the police officer.
(Punctuate)
Question 4:
Look at the table and write:
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Question 5:
Use the information to describe the snow leopard:
Nature
- Wild
- Fierce but never attack people
- Careful and intelligent
Diet
Habitat
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