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The Arc of Colours

Warm UpForm groups of five. Read this poem aloud in class.You can also sing it.

First comes the rain cloud passing byDropping raindrops in my eye!

Then comes the sunshine up so highNow, a rainbow in the sky!

Have you ever seen a rainbow?

Doesn’t it look beautiful? The seven colours in a rainbow are violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.

Do you think the colours in a rainbow always stay together peacefully? Let us read a story about the colours of the rainbow.

Once upon a time, the colours started to fight. Each colour said that it was the most important one.

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Green said, ‘I am the colour of nature. That is why I am the best.’

Blue interrupted, ‘I am the colour of water. Without water, you would be nothing.’

Yellow laughed, ‘I bring fun and warmth to the world. The sun, the moon and the stars are yellow.’

Orange said, ‘Think of my beauty when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset!’

Red shouted, ‘I am the colour of love!’

Violet spoke with great power, ‘I am the colour of royalty! I am the sign of wisdom and authority.’

Indigo spoke quietly, ‘I am the colour of silence. You need me for prayer and peace.’

Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning.

The seven colours heard Rain speak in a booming voice, ‘You foolish colours, fighting among yourselves!

Don’t you know that each of you was made for a special purpose?

When it rains, all of you will join hands and stretch across the sky together.

The rainbow is a sign of hope so that we can all get together and shine, even with our differences.’

The colours felt ashamed. They obeyed Rain and stopped fighting.

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Word Power peacefully without fightinginterrupted said in betweenroyalty of kings and queenswisdom great knowledgeauthority the power to make people do what you want

them to dobooming a loud roaring soundpurpose what something is used for hope have the feeling that good things will

happen soon

Comprehension A.1 Answer these questions. 1. How many colours does the rainbow have? 2. Why were the colours quarelling? 3. What did Rain say to the quarrelling colours?A.2 What do these colours stand for? 1. violet 2. indigo 3. green 4. red

Word Wise B.1 Look at these pairs of words. • peace–piece • seen–scene Each set of words have the same sound but their

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Fill in the blanks with the correct options. 1. Do you the way to the park?

(no/know) 2. If you eat all the pudding, you will

ill. (be/bee) 3. My mother has very long .

(hare/hair) 4. All my friends have these

story books. (red/read) 5. is a huge garden around my

house. (There/Their)

B.2 Write the missing letters to get all the colours of the rainbow.

v _ _ l _ t _ n d _ g _ _ l _ e

g r _ _ n y _ l l _ w

_ r _ n g _ r _ d

Express C. Read these words aloud. Pay attention to the sound

of c in each set.

arc car cut

face place pencil

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Language in Use D.1 Read these sentences. Do you know what the

highlighted words are? • This is a beautiful rainbow. • Rahul is a polite boy. • Rina ate four mangoes. • My mother drives a blue car. The highlighted words are describing words. You

have already learnt about them. They are also called adjectives.

Underline the adjectives in these sentences. 1. There are thirty students in our class. 2. Asha is an honest girl. 3. Elephants are strong animals. 4. I have a green umbrella. 5. The poor, old man walked slowly.

D.2 You have already learnt that a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.

Rewrite these sentences using capital letters and full stops.

1. god created a magnificent rainbow in the sky 2. the rainbow is made up of seven colours 3. the sun rises in the east and sets in the west 4. that is why i am the best 5. the rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow

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Create E. Out of the seven colours of the rainbow, which is

your favourite colour? Write the names of four things of that colour.

Activity F. Draw any one thing that you have named in the

previous exercise. Colour it.

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Comparisons

Warm UpWrite down the names of three big and three small animals. How many of these animals have you seen?

The elephant is very large,And I am very small;The snail might say as much to me—He’d think me very tall!A rose is to a ladybirdA palace great and sweet;As big as houses must appear To children in the street.

And stars, that look so wee, are big,Some bigger than the sun;And yet they sprinkle all the sky,Like currants in a bun.And though I’m really seven years old,So large, compared with me,Is Daddy’s car—when I get down,I feel I’m scarcely three!

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Word Power comparison when two things are put side by side, to see

how they are same or differentpalace a large building where a king might livewee very, very smallsprinkle looking like small dots covering somethingcurrant a small fruit like a raisinscarcely barely, not quite

Comprehension A.1 Which is bigger? Tick the correct answers. 1. rose or ladybird 2. snail or child 3. stars or currants 4. children or houses A.2 Name three things that are bigger than the child. 1. 2. 3. A.3 Answer these questions. 1. What do the stars in the sky look like? 2. How old is the child in the poem? How old

does she feel when she compares herself to her father’s car?

Word Wise B.1 Replace the highlighted words with their opposites.

Choose the correct word from the box.

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1. The elephant is a weak animal. 2. I hate medicines. They are so

sweet. 3. I am so sad. Tomorrow is a

holiday. 4. Ice cream is warm and sour.B.2 Read this sentence. Then fill in the blanks using the

correct groups of words from the box.• The stars look as bright as diamonds.

as busy as a bee as white as snowas brave as a lion as tall as a tree

1. Humayun is very tall. He is . 2. The hunter is . 3. Arif ’s new rabbit is . 4. Greg has a lot of work. He is .B.3 Match the words with similar meanings. 1. small a. large 2. big b. finish 3. afraid c. little 4. end d. sugary 5. sweet e. scared

Express C. Read these words aloud. Pay attention to the sound

of s.

snail sweet street rose easy house

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Language in Use D.1 Read these sentences. • I am small, but a snail is

smaller. • Tanya is tall, but Tina is taller.

The highlighted words are adjectives. They can be used to compare two people or things.

Complete these sentences. 1. A tortoise is slow, but a snail is . 2. Pratima’s hair is long, but Puja’s hair

is . 3. I am strong, but my brother is . 4. An elephant is tall, but a giraffe is .D.2 Change the spellings and complete the table as

shown.

1. funny funnier2. noisy3. happier4. angry5. merrier

Create E. Write two sentences about your best friend using

describing words.

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Naren’s Kindness

Warm UpHow do you celebrate your birthday? Tell the class about it.

There was great excitement at Vishvanath Dutta’s house. It was the 12th of January, little Naren’s birthday. The house was decorated with flowers.From the kitchen came the delicious aroma of the feast that was being prepared for the relatives and friends who had been invited.Naren’s mother laid out the new clothes Naren would wear and said, ‘Remember, no naughtiness today. Try to be a good boy!’‘Yes, Ma,’ replied Naren. ‘I’ll try.’‘Now off you go to bathe.’Naren, freshly bathed, came out of the bathroom and said his prayers. Then, he quickly wore the new clothes that had been bought for him. It was just what he had wanted! A silk dhoti and kurta and a warm shawl, exactly like the clothes his father wore to court. Carefully, he combed his hair and then, proud as a peacock, he strutted before the huge mirror!

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While he was admiring himself, he heard a beggar calling for alms.

He ran to the window, and saw a wretched family

shivering in the cold. As he heard their sad and painful cries, the cold they

felt pierced his heart.

Quickly, he opened the window and took off the

shawl and threw it down. Then followed his kurta and the dhoti.

A little while later, his mother came in to find him dressed in his old clothes. Before she could speak, Naren said, ‘Ma, don’t be angry with me. They were shivering in the cold, so I…’

‘Gave away your new clothes!’ interrupted his mother. ‘Oh Naren, will you give away everything just because someone needs it? At this rate, you will become a monk. But enough of my scolding. Come down and eat.’

Naren’s mother’s words were to come true. Naren gave up the world to serve the poor and today we know him as Swami Vivekananda.

Brinda Dutta

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Word Power excitement the feeling of cheerful joyaroma (here) good smell of foodfeast a large and fancy mealstrutted walked in a proud manneralms money or food given to a beggarwretched unhappy and sadshivering shakingpierced (here) moved someone deeplymonk a holy manserve (here) work for

Comprehension A.1 Mark these sentences as true (T) or false (F). 1. Naren’s birthday was on the 26th of January. 2. The house was decorated with candles. 3. A feast was being prepared for relatives

and friends. 4. Naren gave away his shawl, kurta and dhoti. 5. Naren’s mother’s words did not come true. A.2 Answer these questions. 1. Why was there great excitement at Vishvanath

Dutta’s house? 2. What clothes did Naren get on his birthday? 3. Why was Naren admiring himself? 4. What did Naren hear while he was admiring

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5. What do you understand by ‘the cold they felt pierced his heart’? Choose the correct answer.

a. The cold made a hole in his heart. b. It was as if the cold felt by the poor people

strongly affected Naren himself. 6. Why did Naren give away his new clothes to the

beggar?

Word Wise B.1 What are the words you think of when you hear the

word birthday? Write them in the boxes.

birthday

B.2 Match the sets of clothes that are usually worn together.

1. skirt a. trousers 2. salwar b. kurta 3. shirt c. blouse 4. dhoti d. jeans 5. t-shirt e. kameez

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Express C.1 Read these words aloud. Pay attention to the

sounds of u and ew.

huge tubecube cute

music uniformunicorn

new chewfew dew

knew mewnews

C.2 Read these words aloud. Pay attention to the silent letters.

alms talkhalf should

know kneeknot knock

fasten hastenlisten moisten

Language in Use D.1 Read this sentence. • Malini bought seven pens, two pencils, one eraser,

two notebooks and one sharpener. We use commas (,) to separate three or more words

in a list. We don’t use a comma before and. Insert commas where required. 1. Naren gave away his silk dhoti kurta and shawl. 2. I bought a pair of jeans two shirts three ties and

four handkerchiefs. 3. I like to play with Yash Arun Tara and Anuj.

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4. Janaki Varuna Mayank Tilak and Mrinal went for a picnic yesterday.

5. The zoo has seven tigers ten lions five deer two panthers one king cobra and many birds.

D.2 Use the verbs from the box to complete the sentences.

galloped soared wriggledswung pecked strutted

1. The peacock about proudly. 2. Several worms on the ground. 3. The horses across the field. 4. The hens at the corn. 5. The eagle high into the sky. 6. The monkey from tree to tree.

Create E. Describe Naren in about four to five sentences.

You can use these words.

kind-hearted polite obedientcaring generous thoughtful

strutted

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