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UNIT 09

Our Beautiful World Activity 1

Act out

Clouds are FascinatingYogesh : Diyath, why are you looking at the sky? Are you looking forflyingsaucers?

Senura:No,I’mnot.Iamlookingatthosewonderfulshapescreatedbytheclouds.Look!Thosetwocloudslookliketwodinosaurs.Thatcloudovertherelookslikeagiantclimbingup a hill.

Diyath:Ican’tseethedinosaurs.Wherearethey?

Yogesh:They are near that large cloud shapedlike a tree.

Diyath:Letmesee.Yes,onelookslikeaT-Rex,buttheonenext to it looks like a huge elephant.

Yogesh:You are right. It’s changing now.There! Itfloated fast. It looked as if itwas jumpingintoariver.

Diyath:Thatsmallcloudovertherelookslikeacart.

Yogesh:Lookoverthere!Thatdarkcloudlookslikeacrow.Itisflyingabovethecart.

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Diyath:Isn’titadragon?There’ssmokecomingoutofitsmouth.

Yogesh:Ithinkit’sacrow.Look,there’sahorsejumpingoverafence.

Diyath:Yes,nowitisrunningdownthepath.Thisisveryinteresting.Wecanimagineanything.

Yogesh: One day, I would like to look at cloudsfrom an aeroplane. Do aeroplanes fly belowtheclouds?

Diyath:Ithinktheyflyabovetheclouds.Let’saskourscienceteacher.

Activity 2

Speaking - Pair Work

Canyouidentifytheshapesoftheseclouds?Discusswithyourpartnerand identify the shapes.

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Activity 3

Reading

Look at the pictures and mark the sentences correct (√) or incorrect (×).

1. A man is climbing down the hill.

2. The dinosaur is near the tree.

3. The buffaloes are jumping into the stream.

4. The crow is flying above the cart.

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5.Thehorseisjumpingoverthefence.

6.Thehorseisrunningdown the meadow.

7.Theaeroplaneisflyingbelowtheclouds.

Prepositions

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Activity 4

Writing

Lookattheabovepicturesandcompletethesentences.1. Theaeroplaneisflying…………………..theclouds.2. Sumaliisstanding……………..toherbrother.3. Theeagleisflying…………….themountain.4. Somemilkisbeingpoured…………..theglass.5. Rohanisclimbing…………….thestairs.6. Meenaissliding………..therailing.7. Thecatissitting……………..thedog.8. Thesheepisjumping…………..thefence.

Activity 5

Speaking and Writing

Describethepictureusingthewordsgivenbelow.

near,into,up,down,over,below,nextto,above

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Activity 6

Listening

Readthesentencesgivenbelowtoyourfriend.Yourfriendshoulddrawthe pictures in the given boxes. Refer toUnit 10Activity 02 of yourworkbook.

1. First draw a house. Now draw a well near the house.2. Drawatwo-storeybuilding.Labelit“Hospital.”Thendrawanother

smallbuildingnext toit.Labelit“Pharmacy.”3. Drawatable.Nowdrawalightbulbhangingabove it.4. Drawafishtank.Drawtwofishin the water.5. Drawsomesteps.Nowdrawaballbouncingdown the steps.6.Drawacoconuttree.Nowdrawasnakeslitheringup the tree.

Reading

The Greatest Artist Once upon a time in ancientChina, there lived a very talentedartist.Everybodyadmiredandpraisedhispaintings.Littlebylittletheartistbecame very proud of his skill. Hebegantothinkthathewasthebestartistin the whole world. “I have learnt everything about painting. There’snothing anybody can teach me,” he

oftenboasted. One day the Emperor wanted to get his portrait painted. So he orderedalltheartistsinthecountrytobringtheirfinestpaintingstothepalace.Theartistwasveryhappy.HewassurethathewouldbechosentodrawtheEmperor’spicture.

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AtthepalacetheartistwasaskedtomeettheEmperor’sChiefMinister.“I have heard about your paintings. They are famous,” the Minister said.“ButIthinkyouhavealottolearn.”TheMinisteraskedhimtogototheLiRiverandmeetthegreatestartistinthewholeworld.“She has painted many fine pictures. Learnsomethingfromher.”

The artistwas disappointed and angry.“Why haven’t I heard anything about such an artist?”hewondered.Buthewasalsocuriousabouttheotherartist.HetravelledtothebanksoftheLiRiverandaskedthevillagersaboutthefamousartist.Theysmiledandpointedattheriver.

Theartisthiredaboatandstartedhisvoyage.Astheboatmoved,theartistwasamazedby thenaturalbeauty of the surroundings. Theleaves of the trees glittered greenand gold. Beautiful mountains werereflected in the clear water. Whiteclouds covered the mountain tops.“I have never seen anything as beautiful as this,” the artist thought. “Have I ever painted such a beautiful picture?”heaskedhimself.Hefeltashamedofthinkingthathekneweverythingaboutart.Herealizedthathefinallymetthegreatestartistofall,MotherNature.

AdaptedfromaChinesefable.

Activity 7

1.Readthestoryandselectthecorrectanswers.

1.Thisstoryisfrom……………. a. Japan b. China c. India

2. Theartistwas…………..a.verygoodatpaintingb. lazy c.notverygoodatpainting

3. Theartistbecame……………abouthiswork.a. proud b. unhappy c. careless

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4. The…………………wantedtogethisportraitpainted.a. Chief Minister b. artist c. Emperor

5.TheChiefMinistertoldtheartist………….a. todrawtheEmperor’spicture.b. to learn from the greatest artist. c. togobackhome.

6.ThesceneryaroundtheLiRiverwas…………..a. notasbeautifulastheartist’spaintings. b. morebeautifulthanhispaintings. c. notnice.7.Accordingtothestory,thegreatestartistofallis………..a. the artist in this story. b. the Chief Minister. c. Mother Nature.

Plurals

Leaf leaves loafofbread loavesofbread

1. Add ‘s’ to the singular form. e.g. :-school-schools2. Singular nouns ending with ‘consonant + y’shouldbepluralizedby

adding ‘ies’ e.g:-city-cities3. Singular nouns ending with ‘vowel + y’shouldbepluralizedbyadding

‘s’ e.g:-toy-toys4. Some singular nouns ending with ‘f / fe’shouldbepluralizedbyadding

‘ves’ e.g:-loaf-loaves

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Activity 8

Reading

half, life, shelf, handkerchief, leaf, wolf, loaf, knife

Use the given words correctly to complete the sentences.

1. Don’t eat the whole apple. Give me a ………….. of it.2.Allthe……………….inthelibraryarefilledwithbooks.3. I heard some ………………. howling in the jungle.4. Mother sliced three ……….. of bread to make sandwiches.5. The young …………. of the Na tree are red.

Activity 9

Reading

The Present Perfect TenseNotice how the present perfect tense is used.•Ihave finished my work. •Suranihas read that novel.

•Have you brought your passport? •Has she taken her medicine?

•We have not / haven’t eaten dragon fruit before.

•Hehas not / hasn’t ridden a motorbike before.

• Have they not / Haven’t they been to Jaffna?

•Has he not / Hasn’t he fin-ished packing?

Formationhas / have + past participle

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Activity 10

Pair Work

Ask and answer these questions with your friend. youbeentoTrincomalee/NuwaraEliya,…?youseenapolarbear/tiger/lion,..?youfinishedyourhomework?youreadMadolDoowa/GreatExpectations,…?yourfamilybeentoHortonPlains?youbeentoAdam’sPeak/Maduchurch/NallurKovil,?yoursister/brotherwatchedthemovie‘HarryPotter?youevereatenDurian?

Has/Have

Activity 11

Writing

Constructsentences.ThecatIThedogsThephone

has/have

chaseddrunk

stoppedbought

ringing.anewbicycle.thebirdsaway.some milk.

IShe

hasnot/havenot(hasn’t/haven’t)

broughtdone

myumbrella.her homework.

Has/Have youhe

seenmet

the new students?theprincipal?

Hasn’t/Haven’t

sheyou

paidcompleted

her work?thebillyet?

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Oceans

Reading

Oceanscoverabout71%oftheearth’ssurface.Readaboutthemandfindthenecessaryinformation.

The Pacific Ocean

ThePacificOceanisthelargest and the deepest of all oceans.It covers more than 30% ofthe earth’s surface. The word“pacific” means peaceful inLatin. So its namemeans “thepeaceful ocean.” The deepest known part on the earth, the MarianaTrenchisinthisocean.Its lowest point is called theChallenger Deep. The largest coralreefintheworld,theGreatBarrierReef isalsosituated inthePacific.

The Atlantic OceanTheAtlanticOceanisthesecondlargest ocean in the world. Itcoversabout20%oftheworld’ssurface. The longest above-ground mountain range is the Andes. But the Mid-AtlanticRangewhich ismostly situatedin the Atlantic Ocean is amountain range much longerthan the Andes. Most of it is in the Atlantic.Greenland,theworld’sbiggest island isalso located intheAtlanticOcean.TheAtlanticwasthefirstoceantobecrossedbyshipandaeroplane.

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The Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the thirdlargest ocean in the world.It is also the warmest. TheIndianOceanwasmentionedas“Ratnakara” (amineof gems)in ancient Sanskrit literature.About 40% of the world’s oilcomesfromtheIndianOcean.

The Arctic Ocean

TheArcticOcean is the smallest and the shallowest ocean. It isalmost covered by ice in winter.PolarbearsareacommonsightontheArcticice.Theworld’slargest jellyfishknownastheLion’sManejellyfishisalsofoundintheArcticOcean.The Southern Ocean

In the year 2000, theInternational HydrographicOrganization named a new ocean called the SouthernOcean. It is the fourthlargest ocean. It is alsocalled theAntarcticOcean.It is the home of emperor penguinsandalbatrosses.

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Activity 12

Reading

Readthepassagesandcompletethetable.

•Thelargestocean:•Thedeepestpartoftheearth:•ThelowestpointintheMarianaTrench:•Theworld’slargestcoralreef:•Thelongestabove-groundmountainrange:•Thefirstoceancrossedbyshipandaeroplane:•Theworld’sbiggestisland:•Thewarmestocean:•Theworld’slargestspeciesofjellyfish:•AnothernamefortheSouthernOcean:

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Studythefollowingtable.Positive Comparative Superlative

bigsmalltallshortlongcleverstrongbeautifulinterestinggood

biggersmallertallershorterlongerclevererstrongermorebeautifulmore interestingbetter

biggestsmallesttallestshortestlongestclevereststrongestmostbeautifulmost interestingbest

Read these sentences.

•TheIndianOceanislarge.•TheAtlanticOceanislargerthantheIndianOcean.•ThePacificisthe largestocean.

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Activity 13

Writing

Completethetable.e.g. :- talldeepsimpleshallowlowwarmoldyounghighcoldbusyslowfunny

taller………………….

tallest……………………

Activity 14Singandenjoythefollowinglifecyclesongofanant.

Life Cycle SongAn ant starts its life in an egg, Then hatches into a larva It changes inside a pupa And then it becomes an adult.

ANT life CY-cle, ANT life CY-cle, Egg, larva, pupa, a-dult

ANT life CY-cle, ANT life CY-cle, Egg, larva, pupa, a-dult! Liana Mahoney

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Nowwriteasimilarpoemonthelifecycleofanyoneofthefollowing.1.Abutterflystartsasanegg...2.Abeetlestartsasanegg...3.Abeestartsasanegg....Youmayusethefollowingwords.

sting, hive, honey, honeycomb, antennae, nectar, black, shiny

Activity 15

Listening

Write the correct letter.

Mihiri-................... Manjula’sbag-...................Ruvini-................... Athula’sbag-...................Samadhi-................... Rizvi’sbag-...................

a b cd e f

“Theearthlaughsinflowers.”

What do you think of the above saying? Is it true? Why?

Flowersareoneofthemostbeautifulcreationsofnature.Whenwelookatthem,webecomerelaxedandhappy.Theyalsohelppollinationandprovidefoodforinsectslikebeesandbutterflies.

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Look at the pictures of the flowers and complete the table given for activity 16.

anthurium blue water lily white water lily

jasmine queen of the night orchid

marigold sunflower lotus

temple flower baberton daisies water snowflake

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Activity 16

Fragrantflowers ...........................Flowersthatbloomatnight ...........................Flowerswithaneconomicvalue ...........................Flowers that are mostly used for religious purposes ...........................Flowersthatkeeppestsawayfromcrops ...........................Flowersthatareusedformedicinalpurposes ...........................Flowerscommonlyusedinfloraldecorations ...........................

Activity 17

Group Work

Drawapictureofaflower.Donotshowittotheothergroups.Theothergroupsshouldaskquestionsandguessthenameoftheflower.

Whatcolourisit?

Isitafragrantflower?

Does it grow on land?Doesitbloomduring

daytime?Howmanypetalsdoesithave?

Ithasfive/manypetals.

It’s white.Yes,itis./No,itisn’t.

Yes/No.

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I Wonder

I wonder why the grass is green, And why the wind is never seen?

Who taught the birds to build a nest, And told the trees to take a rest?

Or, when the moon is not quite round, Where can the missing bit be found?

Who lights the stars, when they blow out,And makes the lightning flash about?

Who paints the rainbow in the sky,And hangs the fluffy clouds so high?

Why is it now, do you suppose, That Dad won’t tell me, if he knows?

Jeannie Kirby

Activity 18

Read the poem and select the best answer.1. a. Thetitle“IWonder”meansthespeakeris: i. impatient ii. curiousiii. happy

b.Whatisneverseen? i. clouds ii. wind iii. lightning

c. Accordingtothepoem,thetreesare: i. swaying in the wind ii. growing iii. resting

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d. The person who speaks here is a: i. woman ii. child iii. man

2. Write down the rhyming words you can find in the poem.

3. How many lines are there in this poem? 4. What are the images (pictures) that come to your mind when you read

this poem? e.g. :- green grass