ENGLISH FOR TODAY

FOR CLASS FOUR

Writers

Shaheen M Kabir
Amirun Nesa
Naina Shahzadi
Mahmud Ullah

Editor
Professor Khandaker Abdul Hannan

NATIONAL CURRICULUM & TEXTBOOK BOARD, DHAKA

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 Contents

Lesson Topic Page

1 Greetings and Introduction 1

2 Self Introduction 5
3 Food and meals 7
4 Numbers (101-105) 10
5 Road Lights 12
6 Pronunciation Practice 1 13
7 A Picnic 16
8 Numbers (151-200) 19
9 Work with Numbers (101-200) 21
10 A Daily Routine 22
11 Pronunciation Practice 2 27
12 Commands, Requests and Instructions 1 30
13 Writing on your own 33
14 Stress Practice 36
15 A Prayer 38
16 Commands, Requests and Instructions 2 39
17 Family and Friends 42
18 Punctuation 44
19 Telling the Time 47
20 Names of Months 52
 Contents

Lesson Topic Page

21 A Day in a Farmer's Life 56

22 Intonation Practice 59
23 Mice 62
24 Making Requests 63
25 Punctuation 65
26 Punctuation: Quotation Marks 67
27 Letter to a Friend 70
28 Pronunciation Practice 3 73
29 Number in words 75
30 Ordinal Numbers 76
31 The Swing 77
32 A Thirsty Crow 78
33 Letter to a Penfriend 81
34 What is It? 83
35 The Farmer and the Magic Goose 84
 Lesson 1

Greetings and Introduction

A. Listen, say and read.

Runa - Hello, I’m Runa
Reza - I’m Reza. Pleased to meet you. How are you?
Runa - Fine, Thank you. And you?
Reza - I’m fine, too. Where do you live?
Runa - I live at New Paltan. What about you?
Reza - I live at Mohammadpur. How do you come to
school, Runa?
Runa - By rickshaw. And you?
Reza - I come by bus. Do you like your English class?
Runa - Yes, of course. What about you?
Reza - I like it too. Runa, I am in a hurry, Bye.
Runa - Bye. See you tomorrow.

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A1. Make sentences from this table.

I to school by car.

We to market by rickshaw.
go
You to hospital by bus.

They to post office

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B. Listen and say.

Teacher - Are you Dina?

Dina - Yes, I am.
Teacher - Are you a doctor, Dina?
Dina - No, I’m not.
Teacher - Are you a student, Rafiq?
Rafiq - Yes, I am.
Teacher - Do you like your English class, Masud?
Masud - Yes, I do.
Teacher - How old are you Helen?
Helen - I’m nine years old.
Teacher - What’s your favourite sport, Ranju?
Ranju - Football.
Teacher - Do you like Hockey, Reza?
Reza - No, I don’t.

B1. Chain drill. Ask and answer.

Example : Are you happy? Yes, I am/No, I am not.

S1 Are you sad? Yes, I am/No, I am not

-------------------------
S2 Are you hungry? -------------------------
S3 Do you want to eat something? -------------------------
S4 Do you like biscuits? -------------------------
S5 Are you tired? -------------------------
S6 Do you want to go home? -------------------------
S7 Thank you. You’re welcome.

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B2. Fill in the gaps.

1. _______ you have any toys?

2. No, I ______.

3. ________ you happy?

4. ________, I am.

5. _______ you like banana?

6. _______ , I ________.

New words / Phrases :

in a hurry, bye, market, hospital, post office, sport,

hockey, sad, hungry, biscuits, tired, toys.

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 Lesson 2
Self Introduction

A. Look, listen, read and say.

I am Helen. I am nine years old. I am
in class four. My father is a doctor.
My mother is a teacher. I have one
brother and one sister. They both go
to school. I have some friends. I like
them very much. We play together at
tiffin time. I have a pet. It is a cat. Its
name is 'Sundari'. She loves fish and
milk.

A1. Ask and answer.

1. How old is Helen?
2. What does her father do?
3. What does her mother do?
4. Does Helen have a pet?
5. What does she call it?

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A2. Fill in the blanks.
1. Helen is ______ years old.
2. Her father is a _______.
3. She has ______ brother and _______ sister.
4. Her pet is a _______.
5. The name of her cat is ________.

A3. Write about yourself with the clues given below:

Your name, age, class, school, names of parents, their work, brothers
and sisters (if any), pet/hobby.

B. Copy the sentences.

How old are you?

Are you a student?

No, I’m not.

New words :
play, together, tiffin time, pet, milk.

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 Lesson 3
Food and Meals
A. Listen and read.
We need food.
We must eat to live.
Food helps us growing.
Food gives us energy.
We eat different kinds of food at different times.

In the morning we have breakfast.

We usually eat bread, puffed rice, eggs and drink tea or milk for breakfast.
At noon we have lunch.
For lunch we usually have rice, vegetable, chicken, beef or fish curry and
lentil.
In the afternoon, we usually have tea and biscuits or some snacks.
At night we have our dinner.
For dinner, we usually have rice, curry, vegetable and lentil.
Sometimes we eat sweets after dinner. English people call it dessert.

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B. Look and say.

Which is your favourite vegetable? Tomato

Potato

Cucumber

Which is your favourite fruit? Banana

Mango

Orange

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Which is your favourite meat?

Chicken

Beef

Mutton

B1. What is your favourite food?

Make a list of food items you like to eat.

New words :

grow energy meals breakfast snacks list

lunch tea dinner curry dessert sometimes
chicken beef lentil cucumber favourite mutton

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 Lesson 4

Numbers (101-150)

A. Look, listen and say :

101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110

111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120

121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130

131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140

141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150

A1. Practise writing :

101

150

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A2. Write the missing numbers :

101 104

107 110

112 115

118

122 125

129

131 133

136 139

142 145

148

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 Lesson 5

Road Lights

Red light, red light

What do you mean?

I say stop and stop right away.

Yellow light, yellow light
What do you mean?

I say wait till the light is green.

Green light, green light
What do you say?
I say go and go right away.

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 Lesson 6
Pronunciation Practice 1
Sounds / e / and / æ /
(G) ( G¨v )

A. Look, Listen and Say.

[ Note: Teacher reads the following words first. Ss repeat in group of 4 or
5 three times after the teacher. Teacher should be careful about the pro-
nunciation of / e / ( G ), and / æ / ( G¨v ).]

pen pan

men man

head hat

bet bat

guess gas

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B. Look, Listen and Say.

[ Note: Teacher stops at each slash ( / ). Students repeat three

times after the teacher. ]

G Hashi and Bela are in a shop. /

G Hashi is going to buy some pens. /

G Bela is going to buy some pans. /

G Look at that man! / He has a hat on his head. /

G The man is talking / to three other men. /

G Shirin has a bad headache. / She’s going to lie down on the bed. /

G Look! / The girl is wearing / a red cap on her head. /

G Look! / The man has a cricket bat / in his hand. /

G Oxygen is a natural gas./

G Where can we find it? / Can you guess?/

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C. Listen and Complete.
[ Note: Teacher reads part of the sentences and the students in
groups finish them. ]

T: Hashi is going to buy _______

Ss some pens.
T: Bela is going to buy ________
Ss: some pans.
T: Look at _______
Ss that man!
T He has a _______
Ss: hat on his head.
T: The man is talking to _______
Ss: three other men.
T: Shirin has a ________
Ss : bad headache.
T: She is going to lie down ________
Ss: on the bed.
T: Look! The girl is wearing ________
Ss: a red cap on her head.
T: And look! The man has _______
Ss: a cricket bat in his hand.
T: Oxygen _________
Ss : is a natural gas.
T: Where can we _______
Ss : find it?
T: Can you _______
Ss: guess?

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 Lesson 7
A Picnic
A. Look, listen and say.

It is December and the season is winter. Mita’s school is closed after the
annual examination. Mita & her family have come near a forest for a pic-
nic. Mita has brought her pet dog Tommy too. It is a nice sunny day. They
have spread a mat under a big tree. Mita’s father, Aminul Huq is helping
her mother, Sahera Banu. He is taking out the food from the basket.
Sahera Banu has prepared pitha, khichuri, chicken, and potato chops for
the picnic. She is pouring water from a bottle into the glasses. Mita is run-
ning around and playing with Tommy. Tommy loves to play with balls.
Mita throws a ball and Tommy catches it up in his mouth. He brings it
back to Mita. Her sister Minu likes wild flowers. She has a small basket
in her hand. She is plucking flowers. Everybody is happy. They are hav-
ing fun.

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A1. Circle the right answer.

1. Which season of the year is it?

a) Summer
b) Winter
c) Monsoon

2. Where have they gone for a picnic?

a) To a village
b) To a market
c) Near a forest

3. Where did they spread the mat?

a) Beside the river
b) Under a tree
c) Near a house

4. Who is playing with Tommy?

a) Mita
b) Minu
c) Sahera Banu

5. Which month of the year is it?

a) October
b) November
c) December

New Words :
spread, pouring, plucking, prepared, sunny, summer, winter, monsoon,

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A2. Now look at the picture and say what each person is doing.
One is done for you.
1. What is Aminul Huq doing?
Ans. He is taking out food from the basket.

2. What is Sahera Banu doing?

3. Who has cooked food for the picnic?
4. What is Mita doing?
5. What is Minu doing?
6. What is the dog doing?

A3. Fill in the blanks.

It is a nice ______. Mita and her __________ are having a __________.
They have spread a ________ under a tree. Her pet ________ Tommy has
also come with them. Tommy ______to play with balls. Mita loves to
_________ with Tommy. Mita and Tommy are _______ in the sun. Minu
________ wild flowers. She has a ________ in her hand. She is ________
some wild flowers.

A4. Read the table and make sentences.

Mita pouring water into the glasses.
Minu playing with Mita.
Aminul Huq has running in the sun.
Sahera Banu is cooked special food for the picnic.
Tommy a basket in her hand.
come on a picnic with her family.
helping Sahera Banu.

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 Lesson 8

Numbers (151-200)

A. Look, listen and say.

151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160

161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170

171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180

181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190

191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200

A1. Practise writing.

101

200

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A2. Write the missing numbers.

151 154
157 160
162 165
168
172 175
179
181 183
186 189
192 195
198

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 Lesson 9
Work with numbers (101-200)
A. Write the numbers that come after :
101 -----, 104 -----, 108 -----, 111------, 113 -----, 117 -----, 119 -----.

120 ------, 126 -----, 129 -----, 182 ------, 185 -------, 188 -------,

192 ------,195------, 199-------.

A1. Write the numbers that come between :

100 ----- 102, 105---- 107, 109---- 111, 117 ---- 119, 123 ---- 125,

127----- 129, 131----133, 134 ---- 136, 138 ---- 140, 141 ---- 143,

145 ---- 147, 148 ---- 150.

A2. Fill in the missing numbers :

151 154
157 160
162 165
168
172 175
179
181 183
186 188
192 195
198

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 Lesson 10

A Daily Routine

A. Read about Mehedi’s daily routine.

Mehedi is a student of class 4. He is the first boy in his class. He is intel-

ligent and hard working. He gets up at 6 o’clock. He says his prayer early
in the morning. Then he prepares his lessons. He has his breakfast at 8
o’clock. After breakfast, he puts on his uniform and goes to school.

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 Mehedi starts for
school at 9 o'clck.
His class begins at
10. His school
breaks up at 2
o'clock. He takes
his lunch after he
returns from school.
In the afternoon, he
goes to the field to
play with his
friends. He does his
homework in the
evening. After din-
ner he watches TV.
and then goes to bed
at 10 o'clock.

A1. Answer the questions in short.

Short answers :
Yes I do./We do.
He/She does./They do.
No I don’t./We don’t.
He/She doesn’t./They don’t.

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 Questions
Answers

a) Does Mehedi get up at 5 o’clock? No, he doesn’t.

b) Does Mehedi do his lessons regularly? _____ _____ _____
c) Does he take his breakfast at 9 o’ clock? _____ _____ _____
d) Does he watch TV in the afternoon? _____ _____ _____
e) Do his friends dislike him? _____ _____ _____
f) Do you like his daily routine? _____ _____ _____

A2. Ask and Answer

a) Who is Mehedi?
b) What time does Mehedi get up in the morning?
c) When does he put on his uniform?
d) What time does the school begin?
e) Why does he go to the field?
f) What does he do after dinner?

New Words :
intelligent, hardworking,
uniform, put on, watch.

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B. Ask and answer.

Look, say and write.

Kamal : Is it a pen?
Ruma : No, it isn’t.
Kamal : What is this?
Runa : It is a pencil.

Kamal : Is it a newspaper?
Ruma : No, it isn’t.
Kamal : What _____ this?
Runa : ____ ____ a book.

Kamal : Is it a shirt?
Ruma : No, _____ ____.
Kamal : What is this?
Runa : It is a ____

S1 Is it a circle?
S2 No, ____ ______.
S1 _____ is this?
S2 It is ____ ______.

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N Are these oranges?
N No, they aren’t.
N What are these?
N These are apples.

N Are these cups?

N No, ____ ______.
N _____ _____ these?
N These ____ ______.

N ______ _____ glasses?

N No, ____ aren’t.
N What ______ _____?
N These ____ bottles.

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 Lesson 11

Pronunciation Practice 2

Sounds / i : / and / i /

The teacher reads the following words and sentences first.

[ Note : Teacher prolongs the sound C / i: / in words marked with long

underlines, and uses short B / i / sound for words with short underlines.
Ss in groups of four or five repeat after the teacher at least three times in
succession. ]

A. Look, listen and say.

sit seat

it eat

pill peel

bin bean

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 ship sheep

slip sleep

B. Look, listen and say.

Repeat every sentence after the teacher three times.

G Asif is going to sit on the seat.

G He has a banana in his hand.

G He is going to eat it.
G He throws the skin at the bin.
G But it misses the bin.
G It falls near a tree.
G Asif opens his notebook.
G He’s going to draw a picture.
G He is going to draw a sheep on a ship.
G Look! A man is going to slip on the banana skin.
G Asif is going to sleep.
G It isn’t easy to speak English.

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C. Listen and complete.
[Note: Teacher says part of a sentence and students in groups
finish it.]

T: Look! Asif is going to _____________

Ss: sit on the seat.

T: He has a banana in his hand. He’s going to ________

Ss: eat it.

T: He _______
Ss: peels it.

T: He throws the _______

Ss: skin into the bin.

T: But it _______
Ss: misses the bin.

T: It falls _______
Ss: near a tree.

T: Asif opens his notebook. He is going to draw _______

Ss: a picture.

T: He’s going to draw a _________

Ss: sheep on a ship.

T: Look! A man is going to ________

Ss: slip on the banana skin.

T: Asif has finished his picture. He’s _______

Ss: going to sleep.

T: It isn’t ______
Ss: easy to speak English.

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 Lesson 12
Commands, Requests and
Instructions 1

A. Listen and do.

Teacher - Good afternoon, students.
Students - Good afternoon, teacher.
Teacher - How are you?
Students - Fine, thank you.
Teacher - Disha, come here.
Take the duster from the table.
Clean the blackboard.
Write your name on the blackboard.
Thank you. Go to your seat.

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Teacher- Mishu, take a piece of chalk.
Draw a fish on the blackboard.
Do not clean the blackboard.
Write ‘Fish’ below the drawing.
Thank you. Go to your seat.

Ruby, please go and get a leaf of a tree.

Bring it here.
Do not give it to me.
Put the leaf on the table.
Thank you. Go to your seat.

Mishu :Ruby, can you give me a pen,

please?
Ruby : Sure, here you are.
Mishu: Thanks. Can you give me a
piece of paper, too?
Ruby : Ok. Mishu, can I borrow your
dictionary for a day?
Mishu : Sorry, I don't have it with me now.
I'll bring it tomorrow.

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A1. Listen and do: Work in pairs.
[Note : S1 will play the role of a teacher and S2 will carry out the
instructions. S3 & S4, S5 & S6 will continue like this].
(i) S1, Open your bag.
Bring your water bottle.
Open the bottle.
Drink some water.
Put the bottle in your bag.
Close your bag.
Thank you. Sit down.

(ii) S3, Take your English book.

Open at page 6.
Read some lines from the page.
Close the book.
Put it in your bag.
Thank you. Sit down.

A2. Change the following instructions into negative.

Example : Dina, please touch your head.
Dina, please do not touch your head.
1. Make a circle.
2. Write your address, please.
3. Cover your head.
4. Take your English book.
5. Raise your voice.

New words :
Good afternoon, a piece of chalk, below, leaf,
water bottle, address, voice.

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 Lesson 13

Writing on your own

A. Practise writing :

101

200

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B. Try to write on your own :

201
202
203

300

C.
301
302
303

400

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D.

401
402
403

500

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 Lesson 14

Stress Practice

[Note: Stress is an important feature of English speech. It refers to the

emphasis that is given on a particular syllable in a word. This mark (I)
shows where the emphasis or stress in a word should fall. Teacher reads
the following words loudly and clearly putting stress in the right place.
Students in groups of 4 or 5 repeat at least three times after the teacher.]

A. Look. listen and say.

shirt strong beautiful airport

I I I I

almost everything language extremely

I I I I

intelligent enjoy June July

I I I I

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B. Look, listen and say

[Note : Teacher reads the first phrase, and one group of students repeats
after him/her at least three times in succession. The teacher immediately
reads the second phrase and the next group repeats after the teacher.
Teacher continues like this with the rest of the phrases.]

Come here Try again

I I I I

Take the chalk Not so fast

I I I I

Draw a bird That’s good

I I I I

Try hard Thanks

I I I

Time for bed Hurry up

I I I

Change your clothes Go to sleep

I I I I

C. Listen and Complete.

One student says the first words of the above sentences, the next student
completes them.

S1: Come ________ S2: here

S3: Take _________ S4: the chalk

S5: Draw _________ S6: a bird

S7: Try __________ S8: hard

Continue like this.

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Lesson 15

A Prayer
Thank you, God
For the light.
Thank you
For the day and night.

Thank you
For the world so sweet.
Thank you
For the food we eat.

Thank you, God

For the water.
Thank you, God
For the shelter.

Thank you
Fot the birds thst sing.
Thank you, God
For everything.

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 Lesson 16
Commands, Requests and
Instructions-2
A. Look, listen and say.

Teacher - Hasan, please come to the blackboard.

Take a piece of chalk.
Draw our national flag on the blackboard.
Look Rony, what is Hasan doing?

Rony - Hasan is drawing our national flag.

Teacher - Thank you, Hasan.

Thank you, Rony.
Palash, come here.
Open the window.
What is Palash doing, Reza?

Reza - Palash is opening the window.

Teacher - Thank you, Palash.

Thank you, Reza.
Sit down.
Rakhi, please open your book at page 14.
Read some lines from the page.
What is Rakhi doing, Helen?

Helen - She is reading.

Teacher - Thank you, Rakhi.

Thank you, Helen.
Sit down.

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A1. Look at the pictures given below.

1 2 3 4
Answer the following questions. Use the clue words-
reading, playing, skipping, swimming
1. What are the girls doing in picture 1?
2. What are the boys doing in picture 2?
3. What are the girls doing in picture 3?
4. What are the boys doing in picture 4?

A2. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.

1. Salma is .................................................

2. Tom is .................................................

3. Shila is .................................................

4. Kiron is .................................................

New words :
National flag, reading, opening, playing, skipping,
swimming, eating, making.

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A3. Correct the following statements.

Example : Salma is sleeping.

No, Salma is not sleeping.
She is ---------------.

1. Tom is playing football.

2. Shila is swimming.
3. Kiron is doing his homework.

A4. Make sentences from this table.

Tania playing badminton.

Boys is talking to a friend.
Nina and Nahid making a kite.
Mother are doing her homework.
Esha watching TV.

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 Lesson 17
Family and friends

A. Look, listen and read.

Shameem is nine years old. He is from Feni. It is in Bangladesh. His par-
ents work in Government offices. Tanni and Panni are his sisters. His
grandparents live with them. His grandfather is a retired Government offi-
cer and his grandmother is a housewife. Now they are both about seven-
ty. They are Bangladeshi.
Shameem’s father has a friend in India. His name is Mr. Sarat Chandra.
He is an Indian. Shameem’s mother has a friend too. Her name is Naina
Khan. She is a college teacher. Naina Khan has two daughters. They live
in Karachi. They are Pakistani.

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A1. Ask and answer.
a) Where is Shameem from?
b) Who are Tanni and Panni?
c) What does his mother do?
d) How old are his grandparents?
e) Who is his mother's friend?
f) Where is she from?

A2. Answer these questions about yourself.

i) What’s your name?
ii) How old are you?
iii) Where are you from?
iv) How many brothers and sisters do you have?
v) Are you Bangladeshi?
vi) Do you have any friends outside Bangladesh?
vii) Which country is he/she from?

A3. Write 5 sentences about your family.

New Words:
retired, both.

A4. Copy the sentences.

We are Bangladeshi.

Mr. Chandra is an Indian.

They are Pakistani.

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 Lesson 18
Punctuation
Full Stop

A. Read and Say.

Mrs. Amin is a teacher.
She teaches English.
Rina, come to the blackboard.
Write down your full name on the board.
Now go back to your seat.
Take your book out.
Open at page 12.

We use the full stop ( . ) to end statements and mild commands.

Remember that a sentence always starts with a capital.

A1. Use full stop and capital letters.

shirin lives in a village she is 9 years old she reads in class four her father
works in the field he is a farmer she has a sister she loves her sister very
much

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Question Mark

B. Read and Say.

What’s your name?
Do you have a pen?
Can you answer this question?
Are you hungry?
Do you want to eat something?

We use the question mark ( ? ) after direct questions.

B1. Use question marks and capital letters.

do you live here
where do you play
is she your friend
does shamim read in class IV

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Exclamation Mark

C. Read and Say.

The book is wonderful!

This is a beautiful place!
The show was great!

We use exclamation mark ( ! ) after statements that express strong feel-

ings.

Go home immediately!
Come here right now!
Hurry up!
Bravo! You have done well in the exam.
Hurrah! We have won the game.

We use exclamation mark ( ! ) after strong commands and interjections.

C1. Use exclamation mark.

Stop immediately
How beautiful
Ah it is so cool

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 Lesson 19

Telling the Time

A. Read the passage.
Mita got a table clock on her birthday. Mita’s uncle gave it to her because
she cannot wake up in time on school days. Now Mita has a clock but she
doesn’t know how to tell the time. Next day she takes her clock to the
class. She says to her teacher Saira Banu, “Teacher, last month you taught
us the names of months and number of days. I have a clock and I can’t tell
the time. Could you please teach us how to tell the time?” Saira Banu
becomes very happy. She says, “Of course! I will be happy to teach you
to tell the time. First we will know only about the hours. Look at the
clock, it has two hands. The short one is the hour hand and the long one
is the minute hand.” She shows the clock to the students and says, “When
the long hand is on 12, it means an hour and the short hand at different
numbers mean different hours. From 12 midnight to 12 noon we say a.m.
From 12 noon to 12 midnight we say p.m.”

A1. Look and say.

What time is it?

It is one o’clock.

What time is it?

It is two o’clock.

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 What time is it?
It is three o’clock.

What time is it?

It is four o’clock.

A2. Look at the clock and tell the time.

It is ……………………. . It is ………………….. .

It is ……………………. . It is ………………….. .

It is ……………………. . It is ………………….. .

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It is ……………………. . It is ………………….. .

A3. Look at the time and fill in the blanks.

Mita wakes up at …………. .

She has her breakfast at ………….. .

Her school begins at………….. .

Her school finishes at ……………

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She has her lunch at……………. .

She sits to study at ………………..

She has her dinner at ……………… .

She watches television at …………… .

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A4. Pair work

S1 When do you get up in the morning?

S2 At ………………

S2 What about you?

S1 ………………….

S1 When do you have your breakfast?

S2 …………………..

S2 When do you have lunch?

S1 ……………………

S1 When do you study?

S2 ……………………

S2 When do you have dinner?

S1 ……………………..

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 Lesson 20
Names of Months
A. Look at the picture and read.

Saira Banu has brought an English

Calendar in her class. She Shows it to the
students. This calendar has six pages.
There are beautiful scenery of different
places of Bangladesh. In each page two
months are shown.
One can know the date, day and month of
a year from it. Saira Banu says to her stu-
dents, "Look students, the English year
begins with January. Then comes Fabruary, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November. The last month of the year is
December.”

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A1. Read the questions and find out the answers. Write the
answers in your copy.
a. What has Saira Banu brought in the class?
b. How many pages are there in the calendar?
c. How many months are shown in the calendar of the first pic-
ture?
d. How many months are there in each year?
e. What is the last month of the year?

A2. Pair work

S1 What month of the year is it now?
S2 It’s ----------.
S2 What is the name of the month after this?
S1 It’s ---------.
S1 When is your birthday?
S2 It’s in ---------.
S2 When is yours?
S1 It’s in ------------.

Saira Banu tells more about the months. “Look at the months, students.
Count the number of days. You will see that seven months have 31 days
each. They are January, March, May, July, August, October and
December. Four months have 30 days. They are April, June, September
and November.” Now Saira Banu turns the page on February. She says,
“Look students, February has got only 28 days! But when it is leap year
it has 29 days. Leap year comes after every four years! So if you have
your birthday on the 29th of February, you have to wait for four years to
celebrate it! But to remember the number of days in each month, I will tell

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Remember this poem

Thirty days has September,

April, June and November;
All the rest have Thirty-one
Excepting February alone,
Which has but Twenty-eight days clear
And Twenty-nine in each leap year.

B1. Fill in the blanks.

a. February comes before……….. .

b. April is between ……… and ………. .
c. The seventh month of the year is ……….. .
d. The shortest month of the year is ………. .
e. September comes after ………… .
f. The last month of the year is …………….. .

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B2. The names of the months are not in order. Rearrange
and write them down.

April, December, January, May, February, October, July, March,

September, November, June, August

B3. Write the name of the month corresponding to the num-

ber given in the box. One is done for you.

5
2 8 3
May

9 12 4 1

6 10 7 11

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 Lesson 21

A Day in a Farmer’s Life

A. Look at the pictures. Ask and answer the following

questions. Work in pairs.

Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture

3

a. What things do you see in picture 1?

b. What is the man doing in picture 1?
c. What is he doing in picture 2?
d. What is he doing in picture 3?
e. What is he?

A1. Read.
I am Rahmat Mia. I am a farmer. I grow crops. I don’t have my own land. I
work for others. I wake up before sunrise. Then I go to the land-owner’s
house. I take the oxen to the field to plough the land. When I reach the field,
the sun begins to rise. I work the whole day. At mid-day, I take a short break
for lunch. I take rice and green leafy vegetables for lunch. My eldest

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daughter brings my lunch from home. I continue to work in sun and rain. I
stop when the sun sets. I take back the oxen to their master’s house. I wash
and feed them. After that, I go home, wash myself, and eat whatever there is
in the house. Sometimes there is not much food. I go to bed early because I
need rest and sleep. Then I can work well the next morning. I lie down in
bed. I say to myself, “Maybe I will have better luck next year.”

A2. Choose the best answer.

1. Who works in the field?

a. Rahmat Mia’s daughter
b. Rahmat Mia
c. The land owner

2. Rahmat Mia works ………….. .

a. the whole day.
b. before sunrise.
c. after sunrise.

3. Rahmat Mia takes the ……….. to the field.

a. land owner
b. his daughter
c. the oxen

4. Most of the time Rahmat Mia eats ----------- at night.

a. whatever there is
b. a lot of food
c. nothing

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A3. Fill in the blanks.

a. Rahmat Mia is a ………….. .

b. He doesn’t have any land. He works ………… .
c. Every day he ……… up before sunrise.
d. He goes to the land owner’s home to ……… out the ……….
.
e. When he reaches the ……….. the sun begins to rise.

A4. Ask and answer the questions. Write down the answers.

1 Who is Rahmat Mia?

2 When does he wake up?
3 Where does he work?
4 What does he grow?
4 When does he take a short break?
5 What does he have for lunch?
6 What does he say to himself ?

New Words :
Plough, oxen, leafy, continue, feed, luck, sow, harvest.

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 Lesson 22
Intonation Practice
[Like stress, intonation is an important feature of English speech.
Intonation refers to the change in pitch of the voice, or the rising (up) and
falling (down) of voice in saying a sentence.

In questions that begin with wh__ (what, where….) and which cannot be
answered with yes or no, the voice normally rises at the beginning and
falls at the end of the sentence. This is called falling intonation.

Teacher asks the students to practise in the same manner as in Stress

Practice. The curve after the question shows the movement of the voice.]

A. Look, listen and say.

What’s your name?

Where do you live?

What’s your address?

Who’s that girl?

What’s the time?

What day is it?

What’s the date?

How are you?

When does your school start?

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Intonation Practice

[Note: In questions that can be answered with yes or no, the voice normal-
ly rises at the end of the sentence. This is called rising intonation.

Teacher asks the Ss to practise in groups of 4 or 5 in the same manner as

in Stress Practice.]

B. Look, Listen and Say.

Are you Rina?

Are you a student?

Do you live here?

Is your father a teacher?

Do you like ice-cream?

Can you swim?

Are you tired?

Shall we stop now?

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C. Now practise asking and answering the
above questions from A and B.

Student 1 asks student 2. Student 2 answers and then asks the next ques-
tion to student 3. Student 3 answers and asks the next question to student
4. … Continue like this.

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 Lesson 23

Mice
Rose Fyleman

I think mice
Are rather nice.

Their tails are long,

Their faces small,
They haven’t any
Chins at all.
Their ears are pink,
Their teeth are white,
They run about
The house at night.
They nibble things
They shouldn’t touch
And no one seems
To like them much.

But I think mice

Are nice.

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 Lesson 24
Making Requests
A. Listen and repeat
[Note : Teacher reads the requests first, students repeat. Teacher reads out
the responses, students repeat.]

i) Would you hand me your English book, please?

Of course. Here it is.

ii) Would you open the window, please?

Sure. I’ll be happy to.

iii) Could you pass me the sugar, please?

Sure. Here you are.

iv) Could you post the letter, please?

Sure, I’ll be glad to.

v) Would you give me a change for Tk. 50/-?

Of course. Here you are.

vi) Would you buy a gift for me?

Sure, I’ll be glad to.

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A1. Ask and answer. Practice in pairs. Use would / could
with the clue words. One is done for you.

1. S1. Would you lend me your pen, please? (lend, pen)

S2 .............................................................

2. S1............................................................. (open, door)

S2 .............................................................

3. S1 ............................................................. (tell, the time)

S2 .............................................................

4. S1 ...........................................................(give, a glass of water)

S2 .............................................................

5. S1 ............................................................. (cover, the food)

S2 .............................................................

B. Copy the sentences.

Eat some vegetables everyday.

Open the door, please.
Clean the blackboard.
Draw a mango.

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 Lesson 25
Punctuation
Comma
A. Read and say.
Yes, I like to play football.
Well, I like to play cricket.
No, Mina hasn’t come today.
Oh, I didn’t see you.

[Note: We use comma ( , ) to separate yes, no, and interjections

such as oh, well etc. from the rest of the sentence.]

I have visited India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

He will buy some pencils, erasers, pens and note books.
I like banana, apple, mango and papaya.

[Note : We use comma to separate three or more items in a series.

We put a comma after each item except the last.]

A1. Use comma and full stop.

I met Rina Ruma Amin and Tuhin yesterday
Yes they were coming to class
No they are never late

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B. Read and say.

Dialogue 1
Mother: What’s the time now, Dina?
Dina: It’s four, mother.
Mother: You are early today. Are you sick?
Dina: No, mother. I’m alright.
Mother: Where’s your brother?
Dina: He is playing football in the field.

Dialogue 2
Mother : Are you hungry, Dina?
Dina : No, mother. I’m thirsty. Could you please
give me a drink?
Mother : Here’s a glass of cold lemonade.
Dina : Thank you, mother. What are you cooking
for dinner?
Mother : Rice, fish and vegetables.
Dina : Oh, I like fish. Thanks, mother.
Mother : You’re welcome!

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 Lesson 26
Punctuation
Quotation Marks
A. Read and say.
“I am so happy”, Rina said.
“I am not feeling well. I want to go home”, said Meena.
The teacher asked the students, “Do you understand what I am saying?”
Mother asked Shirin, “Is your school closed today?”
Shirin replied, “Yes, mother. Today is International Mother
Language Day".
[Note : We use quotation marks (“ ”) to show that we are copying
words that some one else said or wrote. We use quotation marks at
the beginning and at the end of the quotation. Notice that the first
word inside the quotation marks starts with the capital letter.]

A1. Use Quotation marks.

Bulbul said I don’t like rain.
Mother said go and ask your father to come.
I don’t know Sultan said Shahin.

Do you like rain?

No, I don't like rain

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B. Use capital letter, full stop, comma,
exclamation mark and quotation
marks in the following sentences, where necessary.

a. is shaila ahmed a painter

b. no she isn’t
c. she is a teacher
d. what does she teach
e. she teaches English
f. does she enjoy teaching
g. yes she does
h. she says I love teaching
i. she also says my students love me
j. she is a wonderful teacher

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B1. Use the correct punctuation marks.

Nadia's mother is not well grandmother has come to see her mother Nadia
is sitting on the veranda after sometime her grandmother comes running
Nadia Nadia you have a baby sister oh I am so happy I have a sister we
will play sing and dance together yes you can do that said grandmother can
I see my sister grandmother yes dear you can said grandmother

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 Lesson 27

Letter to a Friend

A. Arif is a student of Class IV of Mymensingh Zilla

School. Read his letter to a friend, Anwar.
July 12, 2009
Dear Anwar,

How are you? I’m fine. I’m in Dhaka now, at my grandfather’s

house. My mother and I came here last week. I am going to spend
the summer vacation with my uncles, aunts and cousins. I’ve got
four cousins – Ayesha, Alam, Asif and Laila. Ayesha is in class six.
Alam is in the same class with me. He reads in Tejgaon Boys’
School. Asif is in class five and Laila is only five years old. She
goes to a primary school at Tejgaon.

Dhaka is a very big and crowded city. There are many tall build-
ings. The roads are wide but there are lots of cars, buses and trucks
on the roads. So, I never go out alone. But I’m having lots of fun.
My grandfather took us to the zoo and the museum. Tomorrow he
will take us to the Shishu Park. We went to New Market yesterday.
I have bought two story books for you.

Write to me soon. Tell me what you are doing.

Love.

Arif

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B. True or False? If false, give the correct answer.
1. Arif is writing from Mymensingh.
2. Ayesha, Alam and Anwar are Arif ’s cousins.
3. Arif and his cousins are going to the zoo tomorrow.
4. Arif bought two books for Alam.
5. Arif is not happy in Dhaka.

New words :
Vacation, cousin, crowded, zoo, museum, park, wide

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C. Read and write.

Read the following questions silently.

What’s your name? How old are you? Which class do you read in?
How many students are there in your class? What’s the name of
your best friend? Why do you like him or her? What are some of
the things you do together? What’s your friend’s hobby? What do
you like to do in your free time?

C1. Ask and answer the above questions in pairs.

C2. Write down the answers to the above questions in the form of a
paragraph. Give the title ‘My Friend’ to the paragraph.

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 Lesson 28

Pronunciation Practice 3
Sounds / s / and / /
(x) (v)
A. Look, Listen and Say.
Repeat after the teacher.

sea she

sip
ship

sock shock

sow show

ass
ash

sign shine

sell shell

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B. Practise this tongue-twister, first slowly, then as quick-
ly as possible and see the fun.

She sells sea shells on the sea-shore.

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 Lesson 29
Number in words
A. Look, listen and say:
21 twenty one 26 twenty six 31 thirty one
22 twenty two 27 twenty seven 32 thirty two
23 twenty three 28 twenty eight 33 thirty three
24 twenty four 29 twenty nine 34 thirty four
25 twenty five 30 thirty 35 thirty five

36 thirty six 41 forty one 46 forty six

37 thirty seven 42 forty two 47 forty seven
38 thirty eight 43 forty three 48 forty eight
39 thirty nine 44 forty four 49 forty nine
40 forty 45 forty five 50 fifty

A1. Write the numbers in words:

21 26
22 27
23 28
24 29
25 30
31 41
32 42
33 43
34 44
35 45
36 46
37 47
38 48
39 49

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 Lesson 30
Ordinal Numbers
Look, read and say :

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 Lesson 31

The Swing
Now so high,
Now so low,
Up in the air,
Then down I go.

Up to the sky,
Down to the grass,
I watch birds fly,
I see folks pass.

Over the world,

Under the tree,
Nobody knows
What things I see.

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 Lesson 32

A Thirsty Crow

A. It was a hot summer day. A crow was

very thirsty. He flew from one place to
another in search of water. But there was
not a drop of water anywhere. All the
ponds and ditches had dried up. The crow
flew a long distance and was tired.
Suddenly he saw a pitcher under a tree.
The crow flew down and sat on the pitch-
er. He looked into the pitcher. The pitch-
er had a little water. But the crow could
not reach it. He looked around and saw
some pebbles. He picked up the pebbles
one by one with his beak. He dropped
them into the pitcher. Soon the water
came up to the mouth of the pitcher. The
crow drank the water and flew away hap-
pily.

Moral : If there is a will there is a way.

New words :
Thirsty, search, distance, pebbles, ditch, pitcher.

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A1. Circle the right answer.

1. Who was thirsty?

a. a cow
b. a crow
c. a dog

2. What was the crow flying for?

a. food
b. tree
c. water

3. What was in the pitcher?

a. water
b. pebbles
c. nothing

A2. Fill in the blanks.

1. It was a hot summer --------.
2. All the ponds and ditches have --------- up.
3. A crow was very ---------.
4. He flew here and there in ----------- of water.
5. Suddenly he saw a -----------.
6. The crow flew ------- to the pitcher.

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A3. Match the phrases from column A with the phrases from col-
umn B.

A B
1. A crow was a. a pitcher under a tree.
2. He flew from one place to b. because of the hot sun.
another
3. All the ponds and ditches c. and the crow could not reach it.
had dried up
4. Suddenly he saw d. in search of water.
5. The pitcher was half filled e. very thirsty.

A4. Read the table and make sentences.

looking for water.

some pebbles.
A crow was clever and dropped the pebbles into the pitcher
He saw very tired.
able to drink water.
very thirsty.

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 Lesson 33
Letter to a Penfriend
A. Rehana wants to make a penfriend. Read her letter to Indra,
who lives in Nepal.

8 May, 2009
Dear Indra,

I’m a student of class 4 at a school in Dhaka. My school is only ten min-

utes walk from my home. I have an elder sister, Roxana. She’s in class 6 in
the same school. My sister and I walk to school every morning.

My favourite subjects are History and English. I don’t like Maths. What
about you? I love to read story books, especially ghost stories. I also like
to watch cartoons on TV.

Please write to me and tell me about you.

Best wishes,

Rehana

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A1. Imagine that you’ve a penfriend. Write a similar letter to your
penfriend. Use the given clues.

- Your school (in village or town), class, family, your favourite

subjects, things you like to do.

New words/phrases :

Walk, home, especially, ghost, cartoons, best wishes

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 Lesson 34

What is it?
Marie Louise Allen

Tall ears,
Twinkly nose,
Tiny tail,
And – hop, he goes!

What is he –
Can you guess?
I feed him carrots
And watercress.

His ears are long,

His tail is small –
And he doesn’t make any
Noise at all!

Tall ears,
Twinkly nose,
Tiny tail,
And – hop, he goes!

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 Lesson 35
The Farmer and the Magic Goose

A. Read the story.

Once upon a time, there lived a poor farmer named Abul Mia. He lived in
a village. He grew vegetables and sold them in the market. But the money
he got was not enough. One day he bought a goose. He thought, “I’ll sell
eggs and earn some money. Then with that money, I’ll buy some more
geese. I can earn more money by selling more eggs”. He kept the goose
inside his room. It was a magic goose. Next morning, Abul Mia saw a gold
egg beside the goose. He was very happy. “I don’t have to worry any more.
Now I can buy enough food for all of us.” From then on everyday the
goose laid a gold egg. Abul Mia sold it in the market at a good price. Soon
he became rich. He bought a big house. He lived there with his wife and
children. They had good food to eat. They had fine clothes to wear.

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But Abul Mia was not happy. He became very greedy. He wanted to live
in a palace like a king. He wanted to be very rich. He thought and thought.
Then an idea came into his head. He said to himself, “If I kill the goose,
I will get all the eggs at a time. I don’t have to wait for an egg every morn-
ing. I’ll sell all the eggs and become very rich.”

One morning, Abul Mia killed the magic goose. He cut the body open.
There were no eggs inside. Abul Mia went mad with grief. He hit his fore-
head with his hand and said, “What have I done! What have I done! The
goose is dead and there will be no more gold eggs. I’ll be poor again!”

Moral: Grasp all lose all.

New Words :

Enough, goose, earn, magic, inside, worry, laid, greedy,

grief, forehead, grasp, lose.

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A1. Circle the right answer.

1. Abul Mia had a magic–

a. bird
b. goose
c. duck

2. Every day the goose laid a–

a. white egg
b. gold egg
c. magic egg

3. Abul Mia sold the egg at a–

a. good price
b. poor price
c. high price

4. Soon he became–
a. rich
b. very rich
c. a king

5. But Abul Mia was not happy. He wanted to be–

a. the king of the country.
b. a very rich man.
c. the poor farmer again.

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A2. Say true or false. If false, give the correct answer.
a. Abul Mia lived in a city.
b. He had a magic goose.
c. Every day the goose laid gold eggs.
d. Abul Mia bought a big palace.
e. He became very greedy.

A3. Fill in the blanks.

1. The farmer was very …………
2. One day he bought a ………… from the market.
3. He kept the goose …………. his room.
4. It was a ……………… goose.
5. It laid a ………… egg every day.
6. He bought a ……… house.
7. But he was not ………..
8. He wanted more …………

A4. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.

Now write the answers down.
1. What did Abul Mia buy from the market?
2. Why do you think it was a magic one?
3. Why was Abul Mia happy?
4. What did he do with the egg?
5. Why was Abul Mia unhappy after becoming rich?
6. What did he do one morning?
7. What did he find after cutting the belly of the goose?
8. What do we learn from the story?

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A5. Match the phrases from column A with the phrases
from column B.

A B
1. One day Abul Mia a. the egg at a good price.
2. He wanted to sell b. and it laid a gold egg every day.
3. It was a magic goose c. bought a goose from the market.
4. Abul Mia sold d. became rich.
5. Soon he e. not happy.
6. But he was f. the eggs to earn money.

A6. Make sentences from the following table.

no more poor.
a magic goose.
Abul Mia was vegetables in the market.
sold a big house.
He bought a goose from the market.
laid a gold egg every morning.
It a poor farmer.

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