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Fourth,WorkbookIN

T:t t . trungilsn

byNirmali HettiarachchiMrinali Thalgodapitiya

andRajiva Wijesinha

Illustratedby

Sybil Wettasinghe

Publishedby the

English Association of Sri LankaJunior English Project

@ EnglishAssociation of Sri LankaJunior Readers Project

Chief Editor : Nirmali Hettiarachchi

Editorial Assistant : Malathi Thalgodapitiya

Editorial Board : Nihal CooraYNirmali HettiarachchiRajiva Wijesinha

r sB N-955-9068 -34-2

This workbookby the Juniorassistance of

is at the Fourth level of the

Readers Project of the Englisha €rant from the Canadian

Learning English Series PreParedAssociation of Sri Lanka, with the

International Development Agency.

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This is your very own English workbook. Treat, it as a hel-pfu1fr iend. Keep i t neat and t idy. Put a cover to i t and always wri tein iL as neatly as you can. Try your best to get all the exercisesr ight. But, most of al l , have fun with i t .

Answer in complete sentences.

tilhat is your full name?

2) t{hat i s your home .address?

3) What is the name and address of your school?

4) t{hat games do you like to play?

5) What are your favourite kinds of foorl?

6) How do you spend your free time?

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7', Do you like reading books?

I ) t{hy rlo you or don't you I i ke readi ng?

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Read this poem ouL 1oud.

Rain rain go awayCome again another dayDon't come back when rlteRajn rain go away.

plav

each word rhymes

the word gi-ven.

brant to

Notice . that the last word in

same.

Pick the words that rhYme with

: ie. sounds the

map

shame rake

tfri n

bun shut

knot

cat

rai n

pin

hut

clot

- rat rag

- pain mane

t in pl t

- nut but

hot dog

hot hat mat

make Spain

sin s i t h i l l

hum cut gun

pot cot log

z

l,Irite a rhymingletter. Eg: bed -

bed

word under each wordred .'.

. .by changing just the first

fai I

redhouse

ki n9

that rhyme with the words given below

tlai n

t

DOIn----t-----

brel I

Now find words

my

boat

hand

bu-----\J-

st|,eet see frock

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Mixed Stories

The sentencesWrite them dornn

given below arein the correct

not in the orderorder.

of the Pictures.

4.thethethe

ArrnaArnnaArma

heatsmixesfries

oi I .mixture.kavum.

u.

She eats her lunch.Mala comes home from school.She washes her hands.

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Fil1 in the blanks with

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or are.

1 ) Anuna

2) ',r

3) ttJe

4' tt|e

5) She

6) They

7l He

8) I -

9) She

10) Thatha

11 ) They

12) l'|e

gbing to market.

in school now.

students of this school.

s i t t ing on the wal l .

going 56sppin9 today.

not going for the match today.

not feeling well today.

soing by bus to school today-

not good at aritfrmetic"

coming home early today.

not well behavecl children-.

very hungry.

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tAn extract from Mala and Ravi at Home?

Tikka comes to stay

MaIa and Ravi were play'ing'in the garden brhen they heard anoise. They went down to the gate to see what it t.las and sah,a l itt le puppy who.looked very hungry. Ravi carried the puppyto Anna and asked her if they could keep him. when Thathacame home he said they could keep the puppy if no one camefor him. They kept the puppy and cal led him Tikka. Tikka becamevery fond of Ma'la and Ravi. He would run races with them andwould bark happily when he saw them coming home from school.

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1 ) MaIa

2) Tikka

3) Ravi

and Ravi

looked

found Tikka near their

very

asked her if they could

4) Thatha said they could

came for him.

5) Tikka would run

6) He would

the puppy up to Amnna and

him.

keep the puppy if

with Mala and Ravi.

happily when he saw

so they

of Tikka.

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8)

them coming home

No one came for

Everyone became

from

Ti kka

very

him.

There is one

There are ttlto

There are three

There are four

There are five

Here are the names of the things

ducks, k i tes, bal ls, mango'

toffees, f ish, f lowers, hats

How manv of each are there?

manqo r

inside each box.

butterflies, cups,

There are six

There are seven

There are eight

There are nine

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SiFiilar Words

From the rightthe one on the

hand column pickleft and write it

word that means the same asThe f i rst is done for vou.

pr'bsent

cycle

Pai nti ng

pussy

dress

paI

leave

reply

shout

hreep

I i f t

friend '-pa:l

sif t

bi ke

frock

picture.

cat

carry

go

cry

answer

scream

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We know that Proper Nouns, that, is, nouns that name for instancepeople or places, begin with a capiLal let ter.

From the fol lowing l ist , choose which words should begin withcapital let ters. Rewri te these words as Lhey should be wri t ten.

burma

sun

ravi

mala

market

. , .1 4.

amerrca

tree

dog

moneragala

elephant

mouse

chai r

ti kka

jaffna

india

saman

cow

man

school

bench

Rovi

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Putfor

a capital leLter where i t is necessary. SenLence L is done

you.

1 ) my dog's name is t ikka-

. _." j ,

,

U mala is dressing f ier dol l .

:

3) mal l i makes a k i te"

4),dinesh is c leanjng his bicycle.

5) thatha is going to iaffna tomorrow.

6) akka came from moneragala yesterday.

7) the queen of england wi l l v is i t sr i lanka.

8) the name of mY book js ' raththa' .

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WriLe these sentences in a sensible order.

After that she poured boil ing water into the pot.Then she put some tea in the potMother put the ketile to boi lA few minutes later she poured tea for us.

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He said goodbye and ]eft for school.Then he brusherl his teethAnanda got out of berlrNext he had his breakfast.After which he washed his face.il."'u*'o;-[*grothes and co]tected his school book5'

Make sensible sentences out of these jumbled up words.

1 ) p lay Mala and Sharma thei r l l i th clol ls

2) gives Sharma her Mala dol l

3) s i t t ing gTASS the are on they

4) dress the dol I 's on grassis

5) l ike

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together to they play

These senLences have beentogether again and write oui :ut

in -

two.. Joj_n ttie proper parrsthe complete sentences below.-

We go to schoolMotor cars must be drivenPeople rust trtalkl{e must al}rays wash our handsHater must be boiled

}{hen !{e are sickl{e must always write

before it is drunk.we hhve to go to a doctor.before eating.on the left of the road.on the right side of the

road.on week clays.very neatly.

1)

2)

3)

4',)

s)a

6)

7',)

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Make quest ionsto add quest ion

out ofmarks.

the fol lowing jumbled up words. Dontt forget

1) you are going to school today

2) a blackboard there is your in classroom :

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3) l ike do your lesson Engtish you

4) the teacherclassroom is in now the

5) sing can you this song

6) sky is bird in a that the

7 ) come see h,i I I me you to

8) write letter she did a

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It

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EarLier on we looked aL rhyming words'

the same. Sometimes rhyming words canwords that rhyme with the words given

dif ferent ly. Eg: TeaSeaMe

sueet

neat buy

or goal

hole

that is, wgrds that soundbe spel-t dif ferently. Find

below. They may be sPelt

my feel

heal

s.a]e :

sai Isaht

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Unrepentant

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They took away my catapult,They took away my gun,And gave me such a wal lopingBecause of what I 'd done.But j f you had an Uncle BedeWho bent to t ie his shoe,Ancl turned his great big bulgy backUp to the sky and youWell , wouldn' t you have clone the same?The stone went whizzing - THWACK.0h! I t r , ras worth the wal lopjngTo hear that lovely smack.

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Have you used a dict ionary before? Then you wi l l know that in

a dict ionary words appear in alphabet ical order '

look up a dictionary and write down the meaning of the following

words.

unrepentant

catapult

wal Iopi ng

Make a sentence with each word.

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Answer the fol lor ing qu""t ions in complete sent.ences.

1 ) }{hy was he given a wal loping?

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1

2) l{ould you have done the same thing if you had an uncle l ikeUncle Bede?

3) If you dicl would you be repentant?

4) Do you l ike the chi lc l in the poem?

5) What do you think of the person who walloped the child?

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