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A.1. Let us do some word-search. In the grid below, there are hidden names of thirteen animals and birds. First work individually and circle seven names. Now form pairs of two and compare your list with your partner’s to find names which you have missed.
Answer – Animals Name
Shark
Crab
Toad
Seal
Crocodile
Dolphin
Fish
Octopus
Whale
Prawn
Birds Name
Crane
Penguin
Swan
A.2. There are many animals which are docile, peaceful and friendly. But we usually do not keep them as pets. Name a few such animals. Discuss with your partner how we can be good friends with such animals.
Answer – Elephant
Dolphin
Deer
A.3. We generally confuse a dolphin with a fish. But dolphin is not a fish. Let us read the passage to find out more about this friendly creature.
Answer – Students will read the ‘Dolphin’ passage under the supervision and guidance of the subject teacher.
Let’s understand mammals
If an animal drinks its mother’s milk when it is young, has hair or fur and is warm blooded, it is a mammal. Whales, dolphins, even human beings are mammals.
A.4. Match the facts given below in Column A with evidence from the passage in Column B.
Column A Column B
(i) Dolphins are not fish. (c) Dolphins cannot breathe in water.
(ii) Dolphins can protect (a) Dolphins scare away a killer whale.
themselves.
(iii) Dolphins cannot speak but (d) When angry, dolphins make loud
they can express themselves. noises with their tails or jaws.
(iv) People have always liked (b) Dolphins are friendly, gentle and
dolphins. helpful.
A.5. Say whether the following statements are ‘true’ or ‘false’ Write “T” for true and ‘F’ for false statements.
(i) Dolphins do not like human beings. False
(ii) They are water animals. True
(iii) Dolphins catch fish with great difficulty. False
(iv) Dolphins like to live all alone. False
(v) Dolphins are not always gentle. True
(vi) Dolphins can express their anger. True
A.6. Answer the following questions briefly.
(i) How do dolphins breathe?
Answer – Dolphins breathe through a hole on top of their head.
(ii) What do dolphins eat?
Answer – Dolphins eat fish.
(iii) Why do dolphins live in groups?
Answer – Dolphins live in a group so that they can help each other. If a killer shark comes by, they circle around it and scare it away.
Or
Dolphins live in a group so that they can help each other.
(iv) What do dolphins do when they are angry?
Answer – When dolphins are angry, they make a loud clapping noise with their jaw and slap the water hard with their tails.
A.7. Find words from the passage which are the opposites of the words given below.
(i) dry — wet
(ii) bottom — top
(iii) soft — hard
(iv) sometimes — usually
(v) rise — fall
(vi) deep — shallow
A.8. Look at the words given in the brackets in front of each statement. They have the same pronunciation but different meanings. Fill in the blanks with the words.
(i) As you sow, so shall you reap. (so, sow)
(ii) Children get marks for the right answers they write. (right, write)
(iii) Madhur knew the names of all the new boys in the class. (knew, new)
(iv) It is not certain whether the weather will be pleasant. (whether, weather)
(v) two roads go to the market. (to, two)
A.9. Value Based Question
Some children had gone for a picnic on a beach. After eating their food, they threw the wrappers on the beach and in the sea. Were they right in doing so? Why? What would you do to restore the natural beauty and cleanliness of the beach?
Answer – The children were not doing right thing because they are destroying nature’s beauty and plastic takes time to decompose as well as it is harmful for animals, birds and fishes.
We can pick the wrappers and plastic bottles from the beach and throw them into the dustbin. Moreover, we can set up different dustbins for waste disposal for recycling waste, for wet waste and also for non-biodegradable waste. In this way, we can restore the natural beauty and cleanliness of the beach.
A.10. Imagine yourself to be the woman who was saved by the dolphin. Describe in a few sentences what happened to you.
Begin like this:
Answer – One day, I was on a boat on the sea. A wave pushed the boat and I fell into the water. I tried to swim but soon I grew tired. After a while a dolphin came near me and gently pushed me towards shallow water. I Was saved. A gentle dolphin saved me. Dolphins are one of the friendly creatures on earth.
A.11. Like the dolphins, dogs too, are very useful animals. They help us in many ways. Read this short passage on dogs.
Answer – Students will read the passage ‘Dogs’ under the supervision and guidance of the subject teacher.
Add information of at least two more breeds of dogs with their pictures.
