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This document provides definitions for new words, a short story about Mowgli the human baby adopted by a wolf family, questions about the story, examples of animal sounds and how animals communicate, descriptions of where different animals live in the wild, on farms, or as pets, and examples of homophones with different spellings but similar sounds.

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This document provides definitions for new words, a short story about Mowgli the human baby adopted by a wolf family, questions about the story, examples of animal sounds and how animals communicate, descriptions of where different animals live in the wild, on farms, or as pets, and examples of homophones with different spellings but similar sounds.

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1. New words  j) Who said this ? “Yes, See.

He is looking at us and is not


afraid !” Father Wolf
a) Squeal : to make a high pitched sound
ex : you squeal when someone drops a big, hairy spider on k) Would the baby be safe living with Father Wolf and his
you family ? Why ? Yes, because the baby look happy and
b) Tumble : to fall suddenly or clumsily not afraid with Father Wolf

c) Rustle : to make a soft , dry sound l) Do you think that the animals in the story are similar to
ex : when someone steps on dry leaves human ? How are they similar ?
Yes, because they have too keep him from Shere Khan,
d) Crouch : to squat close to the ground the Tiger
ex : a tiger crouches before it leaps to catch its prey
4. Animal Sounds 
e) Gurgle : if a baby gurgles, it makes a noise in its throat
Animal make special sound to “talk” to one another.
when it is happy
It is their way of communicating. Examples 
2. Mowgli 
a) Bear : growl Bee : buzz
It was dusk in the seeonee hills. Father Wolf woke up,
b) Bird : chirp Chicken : cackle
stretching & yawning as he prepared to go out hunting. He
looked proudly as his four cubs squealed & tumbled playfully c) Cocks : crow Cows : moo
close to Mother Wolf.
d) Cricket : chirp Crow : caws
As the pale moon rose, Father Wolf said, “It’s time to hunt.”
e) Deer : bells Dogs : bark
He cautiously sniffed the air at the entrance of the cave. “I
hear something,” said Mother Wolf, twitching her ears. The f) Dolphin : click Donkey : brays
bushes rustled. Father Wolf crouched low. He was ready to g) Dove : coos Duck : quack
catch his prey.
h) Eagle : scream Elephant : trumpet
Suddenly the bushes parted. A naked little brown baby
crawled out looking Father Wolf straight in the eye and i) Frog : croak Girrafe : bleats
gurgling happily. j) Hen : cackles Horse : neigh
“What is this ?” It looks like a man cub,” said Mother Wolf. k) Hummingbird : hums Owl : hoot
“Bring it to me !”
l) Panda : snorts Peacocks : scream
The great, big wolf gently carried the baby and laid him at
Mother Wolf’s feet. Immediately, the baby pushed himself m) Pig : grunt Rats : squeak
among the cubs. n) Sheep : bleats Snake : hiss
“He’s bold!” said Mother Wolf softly.
o) Sparrows : chirp Tigers : roar
“Yes. See, he is looking at us and is not afraid !”
p) Turkey : gobbles Wolf : howls
“Let’s keep him !” she suggested. “He’s naked and looks cold
and very hungry. We have to keep him away from Shere Khan, 5. Like humans, animals live in the (1)wild 
the tiger. We shall call him Mowgli, the Frog.” a) Must protect themselves from other animals
Father Wolf looked worried. He wondered what the rest of b) Provide shelter from different weather conditions.
the pack would say.
6. Animal on the farm live in (2)barns & sheds called Domestic
3. Question & Answer ? Animals
a) Who do you think Mowgli was ? 7. Animal who live in (3)our homes as Pets
Mowgli was a human baby, not an animal
8. Animal Homes 
b) Where do you think the story took place ?
In the Seeonee Hills a) Antartica : Penguins Aquarium : Fish
c) What do you think Mother Wolf meant when she said b) Artic/Cold/Icy Regions : Polar Bears & Penguins
“man cub”? I think, Mother Wolf looked a naked little c) Barn/Stable : Horses Burrow : Rabbit & Moles
brown baby crawled out like human
d) Cave : Bears & Bats Coop : Hen
d) What kind of character was Mother Wolf ?
Patience and compassion e) Cote : Pigeon Den : Lion

e) Do you think Mowgli will be accepted by the wolf pack f) Desert : Camel Hive/Apriary : Bees
? Yes g) Kennel : Dog Nest/Aviary : Birds
f) Whose little shadow appeared at the mouth of the h) Shed : Cow Sty : Pig
wolves’ cave ? Bagheera’s
i) Tree : Monkey/Owls Web : Spider
g) Who was Shere Khan ? A Tiger
j) Water : Fish & crabs ; whales & dolphins
h) Why did Mother Wolf name the Baby Mowgli ?
Because he’s naked and looks cold and very hungry
i) Why do you think Father Wolf looked worried ?
He wondered what the rest of the pack would say
9. Homophones  (homo = same & phone = sound) e) Tina ................. (blue / blew) candies on her birthday cake
a) Same Sound c) Different Spelling f) He got a ..................... (knew /new) i-pad for christmas

b) Different Meaning g) The burglar ..................... (threw / through) the rope


..................... (through / threw) the window and escaped
Ate = Eight One = Won
h) The tourist didn’t ..................... (know /no) the
Bear = Bare Pair = Pear ..................... (way / weigh) to the train station
Blue = Blew Pale = Pail 13. Fill in the blanks with the correct words 
Bore = Bore Pack = Peck The knight rode on a road horse on a long lonely pale. He
For = Four Pray = Prey started his journey at dawn. He travelled all day, even when
Great = Grate Raw = Roar the sun set and it was night. He was going to meet his son,
Hair = Hare Right = Write who had gone to a nearby village to get a pail of sand
Heir = Air Ring = Wring 14. Write a sentence for each pair of homophones 
Here = Hear Road = Rode a) Great : Great Wall at the China country
Hole = Whole Sale = Sail Grate : I need to grate the potatoes
Hour = Our See = Sea b) Pair : I have a pair of shoes
I = Eye Story = Storey Pear : I like a pear
Knew = New Sum = Some c) Hour : I study hard for 3 hours
Knight = Night Sun = Son Our : Our classroom is very clean
Know = No Threw = Through d) Sum : Sum of 3 and 5 become 8
Knot = Not Some : My mother buy some oranges
Mail = Male Wait = Weight e) One : She is one year old
Meat = Meet Way = Weigh Won : I won a competition Mathematic
10. The sentences below sound all right when you read them f) Raw : Tom hates raw onions
But they do not make sense when you write them
Can you write the sentences with the correct homophones? Roar : The sound of tiger is roar

a) We will meat in the canteen after school. (meet) g) Sale : It’s for sale

b) A group of wolves that live and hunt together is called a Sail : The ship set sail
peck. (pack) 15. Verbs 
c) The teacher told them to right a poem. (write)
Every sentence that we speak and write has a verb. Each verb
d) The hair was caught in the snare. (hare) has a Tense
11. These sentences below are taken from the reading passage What is Verb ? A verb is simply a word which talks about
what we do
a) He looked proudly at his four cubs. (for)
Examples : we wake up in the morning, we bathe, we eat our
b) As the pale moon rose, Father Wolf said, “It’s time to breakfast and we go to school
hunt.” (pail)
The verbs are wake up, bathe, eat and go
c) He cautiously sniffed the air at the entrance of the cave Other examples : Wash, watch, read, play, sleep, run, sing
d) He was ready to catch his prey. (pray) (heir) 16. Tenses 
e) The baby looked Father Wolf straight in the eye. (I) What is tense ? A tense shows us the time of an action
f) “I hear something,” said Mother Wolf, twitching her ears That means a tense shows us when we do something

g) “See, he is looking at us and is not afraid !” (sea) (here) For example :


I play football every evening.
h) Baby Mowgli ate hungrily. (eight) Every morning my father drives me to school.
12. Choose the correct Homophone and write it on the lline ! These actions, such as play and drive, happen every day.
We say that these actions are written in the Present Tense
a) He was so hungry that he ..................... (eight / ate) a
because they happen every day
..................... (hole / whole) plate of sandwiches
17. When we speak & write, we use the Present Tense
b) Have you read the ..................... (story / storey) abot the
because 
tortoise and the (Hare / Hair)
a) We want to talk about what we do regularly
c) Can you ..................... (see / sea) that ..................... (sale /
sail) boat out at ..................... (see / sea) b) We want to talk about our habits
d) The woman is fetching water from the river in a ................ c) We want to talk about facts
(pale / pail) coloured ..................... (pale / pail)
18. How to use the Present Tense  b) Adding “es” (ex : watch + ‘es’ = watches)
Habits can be good or bad. My brother often bites his nails. c) Changing “y” to “i” before adding “es”
Many ti8mes he also forgets to switch off the television. He (ex : carry + ‘es’ = carries)
has two bad habits. However, he has some good habits too.
Ex : I pray every morning
For ex : he makes his bed in the morning. He also saves his
Ex : We go to church on Sundays
pocket money
19. These sentences talk about things we do regularly, and we 28. Present continous Tense  am / is / are + verb + ‘ing’
do these things at a certain time every day  The children are making a lot of noise in the other room
David is counting the number of chair and I am helping him
a) The children play football every evening
I am playing
b) Tina goes to school by bus daily
You are playing
c) Azman and Shima get up at 4.00 o’clock every morning the violin
He / She / It is playing
20. The sentences talk about FACTS (are thing that are true)
We / You / They are playing
a) The Sun shines during the day
29. Some of the time words that we use to show the Present
b) Tigers live in the jungle
Continouse Tense 
c) Stars shine at night
a) At the Moment c) Right Now
d) The Earth moves around the sun b) Today d) Now
21. Tina is a teacher. Every morning, she gets up at 6.00 30. When do we use the Present Continouse Tense ?
o’clock and has a shower. She usually has her breakfast at When we tell someone what we are doing now
6.30 a.m. She drives to school at 6.45 a.m. She always “What are you doing ?” asks Chris.
arrives at school on time “We are looking for Usha’s earring,”replies Meiling.
Tina often goes jogging in the evenings. When it rains, she “She is crying because she cannot find it.”
stays home and watches television. Sometimes she plays 31. What are the children doing in the park now ?
the piano
a) A girl is peeping from behind a tree while two other girls
Every morning ; usually ; always ; often ; sometimes are are running
also known as “time signal” (done regularly & habitually)
b) In the meantime, a boy is throwing a ball and a girl is
22. These are time words, we use them to talk about regular catching it
actions  c) Another boy is sitting on a bench and one is standing by
a) Always c) Never e) Sometimes himself
b) Usually d) Often f) Every Day d) A boy in a yellow T-shirt is flying a kite while a girl in a red
skirt is skipping rope
e) Two small chioldren are playing on the swing while two
23. Simple Present Tense to use : other children are playing on the slides
a) Truths or Facts b) Regular or Habitual Actions 32. Sometimes we may have to drop the last letter ‘e’ of the
24. How to use verbs in the Simple Present Tense correctly  word end before add ‘ing’ 

a) I / You drink a) Drive – driving d) Move – moving


b) Dive – diving e) Ride – riding
b) He / She / It drinks milk every day c) Love – loving
c) We / you / they drink 33. We use the Simple Present Tense when we talk about an
25. Singular  Plural  action that is done regularly
I When I am hungry You When you are hungry May drives to work every day
eat

You When you are hungry We When we are hungry


Past Now Future
He When he is hungry
They When they are hungry
eat

She When she is hungry The sentence above shows that May drove to work yesterday,
eats

It When it is hungry The she is driving to work now and she will be driving to work
When they are hungry
Joe When he is hungry Children tomorrow. This is a regular action.

26. Singular Pronouns  boy, girl, dog 34. We use the Simple Present Tense when we talk about a
Fact or Truth
Pronouns  he, she, it Ex : That penguins are found in the Antarctic (this is a a Fact)
Plural Pronouns  boys, girls, dogs 35. Grandpa usually reads the newspaper in the morning but
today he is watching television
Plural Personal Pronouns  we, they
The verbs reads tell us that this is what Grandpa does every
Special Pronouns  I, you day  Simple Present Tense Verb
27. We can form the verbs in the simple present tense by  At the moment Grandpa is watching television, this is what
a) Adding “s” (ex : drink + ‘s’ = drinks) Grandpa is doing now  Present Continous Tense Verb
36. Different Simple Present & Present Continous Tense  c) Add ‘s’ to other verbs ending in y
Simple Present Tense Present Continous Tense
I read my bible every morning I am reading a story about Moses
• Play – plays * Enjoy – enjoys
at the moment • Buy – buys
We play badminton every evening Today we are playing chess
d) Add ‘es’ to verbs ending in ch, sh, o, ss, x or z
Sue goes to church with her Now Sue is going to Sunday
family every Sunday School • Tina goes to school by bus daily
Roy always listens to his CDs at Tonight Roy is listening to his new • He watches television at night
night CD
• She brushes her teeth
37. Alphabetical Order  abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
42. Present Continous Tense 
Arranged according to the letters in the alphabet
When we tell someone what we are doing now
crawl ; bathe ; give ; draw ; arrive ; fight  arrange
I + am + __ing  I am playing the violin now
arrive ; bathe ; crawl ; draw ; fight ; give
He, she, it + is + __ing  Alice is skipping at the moment
grapefruit ; cherry ; lemon ; durian ; mango ; apple
apple ; cherry ; durian ; grapefruit ; lemon ; mango You, we, they + are + _ing  They are throwing ball
shoes ; sandals ; socks 43. New Words 
sandals ; shoes ; socks a) Advertisement : film that tell people about new things
a) horse ; harmster ; hippo : ______________________ they can buy
b) skirt ; shirt ; scarf : ______________________ b) Assemble : to sit together in an orderly group

c) sun ; snow ; star : ______________________ c) Cunning : clever in a sneaky way

d) cucumber ; cabbage ; celery : ______________________ d) Dispute : a disagreement

38. shore ; shell ; shine  shell ; shine ; shore e) Entertain : to interest people & make them happy

a) green ; grow ; grape : ______________________ f) Fable : a story that teaches a moral lesson

b) brush ; brown ; break : ______________________ g) Inform : to tell people about something

c) frankfurter ; frozen ; fresh : ______________________ h) Legend : a very oled story that may / may not true

d) chicken ; cheese ; chocolate : ______________________ i) Introduce : when you introduce people to one another

39. Verbs & Tenses  j) Narrate : to tell a story


k) Novel : a long story in one book
a) The children play football every evening
b) My friend, Tony often writes stories l) Pack : a group of animals that live & hunt together
c) The sun shines every morning
m) Poster : a large picture or drawing with words
40. Present Tense 
n) Purpose : a person’s aim or reason for doing something
a) What we do regularly :
o) Solemn : in a serious mood, not laughing or joking
The children play football every evening (not played)
p) Sprawl : to sit or lie with your arms & legs spread out
b) Our habits :
My brother often bites his nails (not bitten) 44. A narrative is a story  JUNGLE BOOK
c) Facts : Everyone loves a good story. When you were younger, you
Stars shine at night (not shined) loved to have your parents read you a story at bedtime. Do
you remember listening to a fairy tale until you fell asleep ?
41. Present Tense Verbs 
Sometimes your parents would make up their own little
Verbs is Simple Present Tense do not change form when they stories and narrate them to you. Today you know how to read
are used with the pronouns I, you, we, they & plural nouns a story by yourself. Which type of story do you like ?
(stars, children, teachers) 
There are fables, which are animal tales or stories. There are
a) I watch television every evening legends, which are stories about people and monsters in
b) They go to church every Sunday
faraway places hundreds of years ago. There are also novels
c) The stars shine at night which are very long stories about many different people doing
d) The children play football every evening many different things.
Verbs is Simple Present Tense change form when they are 45. Before you write 
used with he, she, it & Singular Nouns (Tina, boy, horse, sun)
Now you are going to read another part of the story. It is
a) Add ‘s’ to most verbs
called Mowgli Joins the Wolf Pack
• He kicks the ball and runs * A cat drinks milk
Before you begin, let’s learn some new words you will see in
• The sun shines during the day the story
b) Add ‘ies’ to verbs ending with a consonant and y.
Mowgli Joins the Wolf Pack
Replace y with i
According to the Law of the Jungle, once cubs were old
• Study – stud(y)ies * Cry – cr(y)ies
enough, they must be introduced to the pack council at full
• She studies Mandarin every Tuesday
moon. This was to protect them from being killed by one of When writers write a story , they want to tell us where the
the pack story happened and when it happened. For exampl, in the
Jungle Book, the story was set in a Jungle in India about one
Finally, the time came. Father Wolf took his cubs, Mowgli and
hundred years ago. Readers can imagine themselves in the
Mother Wolf to the Council Rock. This was a hiltop covered
jungle at the time. If they can do that, then the story becomes
with large rocks where all the wolves gathered.
more interesting and readers can begin to understand and
Akela, the leader of the wolves, sat sprawled on a big rock. enjoy the story
The rest of the pack were assembled below him. There was
solemn silence bas each family presented their cubs to the 51. Before you write 
pack. Then it was Mowgli’s turn. The settig of a narrative refers to the place and time.

Father Wolf pushed him to the centre. He was careful not to 52. Where & when Mowgli join s the Wolf Pack ?
hurt Mowgli with his sharp teeth. a) In the wolves cave at midnight
Suddenly, a young wolf growled. “He’s not one of us! He looks b) At Council Rock at full moon
like a man cub !” All the wolves turned to look at Mowgli.
c) In the Jungle one afternoon
The wise Akela said, “There is a dispute, so we must follow
the Law of the Jungle. It says that, besides his parents, two 53. The setting is usually written at the beginning of the story
members of the pack must speak up for the cub to be Here are some examples :
accepted. Who will speak up for this man cub ?”
a) Alice walked in the park every morning
“I do,” said Baloo, the kind, brown bear. He was allowed into
b) One day, the bird sang outside the apartments at full
the Pack Council because he taught the wolf cubs the Law of
moon
the Jungle.
c) Tom reached a small village early in the morning
“Is there another who will speak up for the man Cub ?” asked
Akela. garden
54. Every morning there were pretty flowres in the ..................
A shadow sprang into the circle. It was Bagheera, the cunning, street this afternoon
There was an accident on the ..................
black panther. The pack feared him.
lake
The swan rested beside the .................. in the evening
“I know I am not supposed to be here. However; the Law of
the Jungle also says that a cub can be bought for a price. It 55. Appearance : the way a person looks on the outside
does not say who may pay the price. So I am offering a bull as
the price for Mowgli to be accepted into the pack.” The 56. Hero : '
wolves agreed. 57. Quality : something that is part of a person’s character

“Let Mowgli be accepted, then,” declared Akela. Turning to 58. Villain : a bad character in a story or movie
Father Wolf, he said,”Take him and teach him to be one of the
pack.” 59. When you read a story or watch a movie, the people who
46. The writer’s purpose  are in it are called the characters , ex :
Why did the writer write a story about wolves who took care a) Mother Wolf d) Akela, the leader of the pack
of a boy in the Jungle? He wrote the story because he wanted b) Father Wolf e) Baloo, the bear
to entertain his readers. He wanted to tell an interesting story
that would make his readers happy whenthey read it. c) Mowgli f) Bagheera, the panther

There is another reason that writers write stories. They want 60. Find the character in section of Mowgli Joins Wolf Pack
to teach their reqaders to be good people. For example, again 
writers write fables to tell stories that teach people to be Suddenly, a young wolf growled. “He’s not one of us! He looks
good and to do good things. like a man cub !” All the wolves turned to look at Mowgli.
Another example is the Bible. The Bible also has many stories The wise Akela said, “There is a dispute, so we must follow
that teach people to love God, to love other people and to be the Law of the Jungle. It says that, besides his parents, two
brave and honest members of the pack must speak up for the cub to be
Writer also write stories to inform people. They want to tell accepted. Who will speak up for this man cub ?”
others about people or about events in their town or city and “I do,” said Baloo, the kind, brown bear. He was allowed into
all over the world. For ex, the stories in the newspapers give the Pack Council because he taught the wolf cubs the Law of
information about accidents, happy events, the latest movies the Jungle.
and books. Other examples are advertisements and posters.
They are usually not stories, but they are written to inform “Is there another who will speak up for the man Cub ?” asked
people about new things and events that are going to take Akela.
place or happen. A shadow sprang into the circle. It was Bagheera, the cunning,
47. Narratives are stories. Fables, Legends and Novels are black panther. The pack feared him.
type of narratives Young & brown is appearance and wise & cunning are
qualities of the characters
48. Narratives describe events that happened
61. Sometimes there are characters that are nasty or wicked,
49. Writters have a reason for writing stories. The writer’s
like the young wolf are known as villains
purpose may be to entertain, to teach or to inform
62. Sometimes characters do brave things to solve a problem
50. A setting is a Place & Time 
are called hethat happensroes
63. Describe characters like 
a) The young wolf who growled
b) Bagheera was a black or cunning panther
64. The words that a writer uses to describe the characters in a
atory are called adjectives, like young, black, wise &
cheerful
65. Sequence : The way that writers arrange events in a
narrative
66. Event : An event in a story is anything that happen
67. These things that happen in a story are called events
68. When things happen one after another in a particular
order, we say that they follow a sequence
69. The event in Mowgli Joins the Wolf Pack in the correct
order ?
a) Father Wolf and Mother Wolf took Mowgli to be
presented to the Wolf Pack
b) Then a Young Wolf said Mowgli was a man cub, so he
could not join the pack
c) As there was a quite, they followed the Jungle Law which
required two members to speak up for a cub
d) Baloo, the bear spoke up for Mowgli and Bagheera, the
panther paid the price of a bull or him
e) I the end, the wolves agreed to let Mowgli join the Wolf
Pack
70. Let’s try to remenber what events are 
a) They are things that happen in a story
b) The writer describes events in the order that they happen
c) That is one after another, according to the date or time
d) A writer is always careful to arrange the events in order so
the reader can understand the story
71. The things that a story must have are called features
72. You have learned how writes use Features of Narrative
such as the :
a) The writer’s purpose
b) Setting the Place and Time
• Where did the story happen ?
• When ?
c) The characters are people in a story
• Name the characters
• Use adjectives to describe their appearance and
qualities
d) Events to tell what happened
• What happened ?
• Arrange the events in sequence
73. Types of narratives like Fables, Legends and Novels
74. Narratives describes something that happened
75. The writer’s purpose can be entertain or to teach

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