1Look at the pictures of the man making tea, the boy climbing a tree, the porter carrying a sack and the girl at the bookshelf. What are they doing? Can you do these activities? Do you need other's help to do them?
2What is happening in the picture of the burning forest? How does it affect the bird?
3Complete the sentences with words from the story that have similar meanings to the words in brackets: (a) The fire got so ______ (nearer) that the parent birds had to fly away too. (b) All the trees were burning and crackling with a loud ______ (sound). (c) The quail's parents risked their lives to save him, but they were ______ (powerless). (d) The quail felt ______ (surprising) change in his body. (e) The tiny quail wished for the spot to be ______ (out of danger) from fire for a million years.
4Who was born as a tiny quail?
5Why did all the birds fly away from the forest?
6Why did the bird's parents have to fly away without the little bird?
7What was the amazing miracle?
8Was the little bird's wish fulfilled?
9How do you feel about the little bird's parents?
10Have you ever seen a forest fire? How do you feel about them? Share your feelings.
11Look at the tick and cross table of Madan, Ashim, Aarim and Nima. Say what they can and can't do.
12Complete the sentences using because, since, because of and as: (a) I could not come to the office in time ______ the traffic jam. (b) We spoke quietly ______ we didn't want Raju to hear. (c) He got success ______ his hard work. (d) ______ there was a rumor of public holiday, many students are absent today. (e) ______ I was away from home the whole day, the water hasn't been consumed. (f) He could not finish the work ______ he was busy doing other work. (g) ______ everyone already knows each other, there is no need for introductions.
13Join and rewrite the pairs of sentences using the given words: (a) You don't see the vehicles on the road. There is a strike. (because of) (b) All the staff respect him. He is honest. (because) (c) She behaves well. Everyone wants to meet her. (since) (d) It was a beautiful day. We decided to have a picnic. (as) (e) All the seats on the train were taken. We had to stand. (since)
14Rewrite the jumbled sentences about the lion and the rabbit in the correct order to make an interesting story, and give it a suitable title.
15Write a paragraph about an interesting event of your life.
16Complete the table with the rhyming words from the poem for hear, rest, hay, tall and leaf.
17Do parents like their children to weep?
18Can a bird smile when it sees its children in grief?
19Look at the hospital picture. What do you see in the picture? What do you think the people are talking about? What do you do to meet a doctor?
20Listen to the recording and write True or False: (a) Pemba and Phurba are talking in the morning. (b) Pemba wants to see a doctor. (c) Raghu Yadav is a doctor. (d) The doctor is available on Tuesday morning.
21Listen to the recording again and complete the sentences: (a) Phurba works in a/an ______. (b) The best time for Phurba is ______. (c) Pemba wants to ______ Phurba's name.
22Have you ever been to a hospital? Share your experience with your friends.
23Work in groups. Draw a set of pictures for the story of the clever rabbit and display it in the class.
24What is the difference between because and because of? Give one example of each.
25Who wrote the poem On Another's Sorrow, and what is its main message?
26Change the sentence I work hard into the past continuous, the present perfect and the future simple.
27Why does the poet compare God to a father sitting beside a cradle?
28Make four sentences about yourself: two with can and two with can't.