Fill in the blanks with appropriate nouns.
1. The lions are roaring in the jungle.
2.  My mother is cooking food for the family.
3.  Ravi is eating fruits.
4.  Books are kept on the table.
5.  Dolphin and Octopus are water animals.
6.  I went to Agra for a holiday.
7.  The baby is crying in the cradle.
8.  My cousins live in Delhi.
9.  Grandma is sitting on a rocking chair.
10.  Please bring me a glass of water.

LISTENING
Listen carefully and complete the sentences.
1.  Sachin Tendulkar is a great Batsman.
2.  He had been playing cricket for India for more than twenty years.
3.  He is a very calm person who never loses his temper.
4.  He is excellent at batting.
5.  India is proud of  Tendulkar. 

SPEAKING
Read this sentence.
Open that window!” said the king.
The above sentence shows that the king gave a command or an instruction. What can also say it in a polite manner, in the form of a request. For  example,
“ Please open that window.”  Or
“ Will you please open that window?”

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT
A.  Choose the correct option from the brackets to complete the sentences.
1. Long ago, there lived a very wise (good/wise) king.
2. He remembered (remembered/forgot) that outside his window was a climbing vine with flowers.
3. The king had an idea (plan/idea)
4. The two wreaths looked alike. (alike/different)
5. The king was truly wise. (foolish/ wise)

B. Answer these questions.
1. Who came to visit the king and why ?
2. What had the queen heard about the king ?
3. What did the queen do to test the king’s wisdom ?
4. What did the king do to prove his wisdom ?
5. Why did the honeybees sit on only one wreath ?

UNDERSTANDING WORDS
Rewrite these sentences, replacing the underlined words with their opposites.
1. Rahul is a weak boy. strong
2. This is very tight. loose
3. My friend bought a cheap toy car. expensive
4. The first question is very easy. difficult
5. The cover of the book is very smooth. Rough

UNDERSTANDING RULES
You have learnt in the previous classes that a noun is the name of a person , place, animal, or thing. A noun that stands for any person, place, animal or things a common noun. A noun that is the name for a specific person, place, animal or thing is a proper noun.