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3. The boy asks his mother why she gets __________ with him when he uses his father’s pen
and pencil.
4. The mother calls the boy __________ if he takes a sheet of paper to make a boat with.

5. The boy’s father writes a lot of __________.

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

1. The boy writes a lot of books.

2. The father likes to hear the stories of giants and fairies.
3. The father keeps the dishes warm for the mother.

4. The child writes fairy tales.
5. The mother does not allow the child to make boat with sheets of papers.

D. Answer the following questions.
1. What is the occupation of the child’s father?

2. What was the father doing in the evening?
3. What kind of stories does the child want his father to write?

4. What all does the mother do for the father?
5. Why does the mother call him the naughty child?

E. Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow.
Did he never hear from his own mother—
Stories of giants and fairies and princess?

1. Name the poet and the poem of these lines.
2. Who said these lines and to whom?

3. Who is ‘he’ in the first line?
4. What stories are being talked about here?

Let’s Listen

Listen to your teacher read out a passage and fill in the blanks.

1. Our country is referred to as our __________.
2. __________ is a virtue every individual must have.

3. A country full of __________ makes it a better place to live.

4. A place where people have collective interests would certainly have lesser __________.

Let’s Speak

Prepare a speech on what you would like to become when you grow up. Also, say what you are
doing to realise your dream and present your speech in brief to the class.
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