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Word Meanings

1. landing : the railing of the stairway that leads to the hall downstairs
2. topsy-turvy : upside down or to be in disorder

3. suppose : to assume

Exercise
Exercise
E Exxeerrcciissee

A. Tick (3) the correct option.
1. According to ________, we shouldn’t put our toys where they don’t belong.

(a) Grandpa (b) Granny (c) Mummy
2. There are something which ________ oughtn’t do.
(a) children (b) people (c) man

3. According to the ________, there should be a place where the things are in disorder way.
(a) parents (b) child (c) people

4. Then the child wants to do the things which the ________ ought to do.
(a) child (b) children (c) people

B. Write T for true and F for false statements.

1. The child is forbidden to do everything that is nice.
2. Granny says, it is right to put the toys back where they don’t belong.

3. The child likes to slide on the railing of the stairway.

4. The child does not like to climb trees.
5. The child wishes that there was a place called topsy-turvy town.

6. Everything would be upside down in topsy-turvy town.

C. Answer the following questions.
1. Write three things that the child in the poem is not supposed to do.

2. Write three things your mother or father tell you not to do.

Let’s Listen

Listen to your teacher pronounce these words and read them aloud in the class.
wrong long dong prolong pong

back lack jack sack hack
own town sown down crown

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