Jolly Kittens

Reading Comprehension
Answer the following questions:

1. How many kittens went to buy the plates?
Answer – Four kittens went to buy the plates.
2. The kittens had many ideas about the use of the plates. Make a list of these ideas.
Answer – The kittens have the following ideas about the use of the plates –
(i) The plates are for playing.
(ii) The plates are for keeping off the rain.
(iii) The plates are for sailing.
(iv) The plates are for driving the birds away.
3. What were the plates for? Why did mother ask them to buy the plates?
Answer – The plates were for keeping or serving food.
4. What scared the kittens at the gate?
Answer – The kittens scared at the gate Stood a puffed up bird.
5. What scared the puffed-up bird?
Answer – Funny with his plate scared the puffed-up bird.
6. Choose the right answer. The kittens were
(i) friends
(ii) brothers & sisters
(iii) servants working in a house

Vocabulary

A Food- Bread, rice, Oil, milk, sweet, Kheer Cheese
1. Frame new words by re-arranging the letters:
(Clues are given in brackets)
(A) now – (Opposite of ‘lost’)
Answer – won
(B)ward – (Make a picture)
Answer – draw
(C)dear – (What do you do with a book?)
Answer – read
(D) bleat – (a piece of furniture)
Answer – table
3. Arrange these words in alphabetic order:
scared, bang, sudden, cross, curry, tasty, delicious, hungry, smell
1. bang 2. cross 3. curry
4. delicious 5. hungry 6. scared
7. smell 8. sudden 9. tasty

Grammar

Complete the table

First	Second	Third
catch	Caught	Caught
teach	Taught	Taught
Think	Thought	Thought
Bring	Brought	Brought
Buy	Bought	Bought
Fight	Fought	Fought

Activity

B Group Discussion
Use of Plates
Student A:Friends, what are the plates for?
Student B: I think plates are for playing.
Student C: Yes, I agree. They are for playing with them.
Student D: But we don’t always play with them. We usually use them for keeping food.
Student A: Certainly, we keep food on plates.
Student B: We also use them as lids.
Student C: That’s right! We cover pots and bowls to keep food and water safe.
Student A: Don’t we sometimes use plates as trays?
Student B: Yes, my mother always keeps tea cups on a plate.
Student C: That’s good. My mother sometimes uses plates as a rolling board.

Now continue the discussion using the hits given below.
(Keeping of the rain, for sailing, for banging to drive animals.)
Student A: Friends, what are the plates for?
Student B: I think plates are for playing.
Student C: Yes, I agree. They are for playing with them.
Student D: But we don’t always play with them. We usually use them for keeping food.
Student A: Certainly, we keep food on plates.
Student B: We also use them as lids.
Student C: That’s right! We cover pots and bowls to keep food and water safe, even keeping off the rain during outdoor events.
Student A: Don’t we sometimes use plates as trays?
Student B: Yes, my mother always keeps tea cups on a plate.
Student C: That’s good. My mother sometimes uses plates as a rolling board, and even for sailing. She uses them as makeshift sails for toy boats in the bathtub!
Student D: That sounds fun! My mother sometimes uses plates for banging to drive animals away in the kitchen when she’s cooking.