Section – B
B.1. Listen to the poem ‘Curious Town’ as given in tape script and complete B.2.
Answer – Listen the audio or read the poem carefully.
B.2. The poet calls it a curious town because the following things are curious there, for one reason or the other. Write under each figure one strange behaviour of each.
- Cat saying “woof woof”
The cat barks like a dog. - Dog saying “miaoo miaoo”
The dog mews like a cat. - Tree growing upside down
The tree is growing with its roots up. - River full of fire
The river is flowing with fire instead of water. - Man walking on four legs
The man is walking on four legs like an animal. - Boat sailing on a mountain
The boat is moving over rocks instead of water.
B.3. Work in pairs. Find the words that rhyme with the following:
(i) hue – blue
(ii) way – day
(iii) roar — floor
(iv) grain — rain
B.4. Unscramble the words given in Column I and write them in Column II. Match the words you get with their descriptions in Column III. One is done for you.
Column I (Scrambled) | Column II (Correct Word) | Column III (Description) |
(i) kcor | rock | a small city (Given in the sheet, though it seems mismatched) |
(ii) wrnaiob | boulder | a very large stone |
(iii) tboa | boat | a small vessel for travelling in water |
(iv) ownt | town | a small city (Correct for this clue) |
B.5. Match the animals with their sounds.
- 🦁 Lion — roar
- 🐘 Elephant — trumpet
- 🐏 Goat — bleat
- 🐎 Horse — neigh
B.6. Look at this picture carefully and find out five funny things about it. Write five sentences in the space given.
- The man has no head.
- A cow is flying in the sky.
- The sun has a human face and is wearing sunglasses.
- The dog is chasing the ball instead of the boy.
- A boat is sailing on land.