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A.1. Some situations are given below. What would you do in these situations? Discuss with your partner before you tick (Correct Symbol ✔) your choice.
(i) You are sitting on the bank of a river. You have a toffee wrapper in your hand. You would-
throw it in the river.
throw it in the dustbin, kept at some distance.
put it in your pocket.
Answer – throw it in the dustbin, kept at some distance.
(ii) You are eating an orange at home. You would throw the pips and peels-
near the bed.
in the dustbin kept in the kitchen.
in the drain near your house.
Answer – in the dustbin kept in the kitchen.
(iii) You are sharpening a pencil in the classroom. You will throw the pencil chips-
in the dustbin kept in the class.
throw them under the desk.
keep them in your box to be thrown in the dustbin later.
Answer – in the dustbin kept in the class.
A.2. Now read the story given below.
THE GOD OF RIVER
Answer – Students will read the story ‘THE GOD OF RIVER’ under the supervision and guidance of the subject teacher.
Difficult Words in an easy way
Cottage – a small and usually old house.
Garbage – waste material
Scared – frightened
Dig – to move earth and make a hole in the ground
Pit – a large hole that is made in the ground
Manure – the waste matter from animals that is put on the ground in order to make plants grow better
A.3. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements. Rewrite the false statements correctly.
(i) Ramesh was thirteen years old. False
(ii) Ramesh always threw the garbage in the dustbin. False
(iii) The place where garbage was thrown became dirty. True
(iv) Ramesh saw a woman wearing a silver crown, coming out of the river. False
(v) The person who came out of the river was very happy. False
(vi) The water of the river had become dirty because of a factory. False
(vii) The teacher advised Ramesh to throw the garbage into the river. False
A.4. Answer the questions briefly.
(i) What was Ramesh’s daily routine?
Answer – Ramesh’s daily routine was to collect the garbage from his house and throw it in the river.
(ii) How did the God of water look?
Answer – The God of water was tall, fair and held a golden pot in his hand and he looked sad.
(iii) Why was the God of water sad?
Answer – The God of water was sad because Ramesh was always throwing garbage into water and polluting it.
(iv) What might happen to a person who drinks dirty water?
Answer – If a person drinks dirty water then he or she may catch diseases like typhoid and jaundice.
A.5. A three-letter word is hidden in all the words below. Work with partner and underline all those words. In some cases, you may be able to find more than one word. The first one has been done as an example.
(i) FARMER
(ii) VILLAGE
(iii) FLOWERS
(iv) ABOUT
(v) GOLDEN
(vi) WATER
(vii) YEARS
(viii) DISEASE
(ix) START
(x) INSTEAD
A.6. Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box below.
smelly scared pollute bother instead surprise
(i) Dust and smoke pollute the air.
(ii) I can carry the suitcase myself. Please don’t bother.
(iii) Mother said she wanted to give me a surprise
(iv) Your socks are dirty and smelly Why don’t you change them?
(v) You should take juice instead of Coke or Pepsi.
(vi) It was dark outside but the child did not feel scared.
A.7. Life Skills
How do we all knowingly or unknowingly contribute to water pollution? How can children help in curbing water pollution?
Answer – We all knowingly or unknowingly contribute to water pollution. We all use plastics items and then we dump it into water bodies. Waste from household, agricultural land and factories are also dumped into river or lakes.
Children can help in curbing water pollution by following ways.
They can form a group and teach others about methods to curb water pollution.
Kids can guide other people not to throw waste in water.
They should tell their elders not to drain household waste into water.
A.8. The teacher solves Ramesh’s problem by suggesting to him the correct way of garbage disposal. Ramesh recollects the instructions to convey them to his father. Help him in doing so.
i) Dig a pit outside the house.
ii) Put the garbage into the pit.
iii) Cover the pit with leaves.
iv) Leave the pit for few days.
v) The garbage will turn into manure.
vi) Use the manure in the fields.
Now frame a set of instructions for sowing a sapling. You may use the words given below.
Step- 1 – Dig a pit in the ground.
Step- 2 – Remove soil from the pit.
Step- 3 – Place the sapling into the pit gently.
Step- 4 – Cover the root of sapling with soil.
Step- 5 – Water the sapling everyday.
Step- 6 – Protect the sapling from hot Sun, birds and animals.
A.9. Read the given poster carefully.
Prepare a similar poster on Water Pollution.
