Spelling List ( 4 )

Nouns
herdsman: someone who looks after a large group of animals.
yak: an animal like a bull, but it has hair on its back
herd: a group of animals
hill: a piece of a high land, smaller than a mountain
mountain: a high hill
piece: a part of anything
desert: an area of a bare country that usually hot, dry
and sandy.
humps: a round bump on a camel's back.
thorn = spike: a sharp, prickly point that grows on some plants
leopard: a large wild animal that has yellowish - brown fur
with black spots.

fur: soft thick hair that grows on the body of some animals
nostrils: the openings of the nose
gazelle: an African animal like a deer
Verbs
look after: take care of something
Example: - Chang looked after the sheep of the Emperor.
load: to carry something
Example: - We are loading the car with food for the trip.
attack: to hit someone and hurt him/her
Example: - The gazelle doesn't attack people.
drop: something you don't hold it tightly and it falls out of your
hands
leap: to jump high or a long way.
hunt: when you chase an animal and kill it for food
store: keep something in a place

"The Irregular Verbs in the past tense" (You have to learn these )
leap

leapt

Adjectives (You have to learn these)

sharp # blunt: something that can cut things because
it is thin or pointed. (knife scissors)
spiky: something that has spikes (a thin piece of metal with a sharp
point)
thick # thin: fat "more than normal"
wild: a kind of animals that are not looked after by people.
adult # baby: old and big
soft # hard: silk, not hard or rough
narrow # wide: tight (small in size)
heavy # light: weighs too much

Exercise 4
Question 1:
Cut and stick in your copybook:

This page is blank for cutting exercise on the previous page

Question 2:
Fill in with the right words from the box:
Herd hill piece desert thornsfur attack look after load
dropped leap store humps
1. Some hunters kill the bear to take its .
2. A camel food in its
3. Can I have a of your sandwich, please?
4. Parents ..their children.
5. The lion .the hunter and wanted to eat him.
6. The man his hat while he was climbing the
7. Herdsmen live in the and look after .of animals.
8. A frog can ..higher than a rabbit.
9. Be careful dont touch these flowers, or the will hurt your
hand
Question 3:
Do as the arrow tells you, then fill in the gap with the right word:
1. Sharp opposite ..
- Be careful this knife is very It can hurt you.
2. Narrow opposite ..
- The door way is ..enough for an elephant to pass.
3. Soft opposite ..
- Glass feels , but sand feels .
4. Thick opposite .
- Lets hide behind this tree. Its very

5. Adult opposite ..
- Lions like to eat ..giraffes because they cant run fast, but an
giraffe can kick the lion away.
6. Think past ..
- When she was young she ..she would never grow up.
7. Write past .
- Yesterday the teacher gave me a present because I the best
story.
8. Know past .
- Last time in the test I all the answers, but there was no time.
Question 4:
Change the following into plural
1. Chair
2. Watch .
3. Clash ..
4. Toy
5. Lorry
6. Man ..
7. Child .
8. Mouse ..
9. Sheep .
10. Tooth .

11. Wife
12. Half
13. Potato
14. Desk
15. Fox
16. Ox .
17. Foot
18. Mouth
19. Deer .

Question 5:

Question 6:

Weekly Assignment (4)

I- Reading Comprehension
a. Look and read:

Dogs

There are two kinds of dogs: wild dogs and pet dogs. Pet dogs are helpers
and friends to people. There were no pet dogs 15,000 years ago. Men and women
learned how to work with dogs. Dogs helped humans travel from Asia to North
America 10,000 years ago by pulling sleds in the snow. People say dogs are mans
best friend. They help with farming. They help with hunting. They help with
fishing. They can pull things for people. They can help find things.
There are many colors of dogs. There are white dogs, gray dogs, black dogs,
and brown dogs. A dogs fur can be short or long. Dogs have curly hair or straight
fur. There are very small dogs. They are only 6-8 inches tall. There are very big
dogs. They are about 3 feet tall.
Some dogs can see well. Some dogs do not see very well. All dogs can hear
well. They can hear sounds that people cannot hear. They can hear high sounds
and low sounds. They can hear sound very far away. All dogs can smell very well.
They can smell 40 times better than humans !
Dogs live 5 to 13 years, but some dogs live much longer. One dog lived to be 24
years old!

b. Answer the following questions:

1. Which kinds of dogs are the helpers to people?

2. Were there pet dogs in the past?

3. How do the dogs help people?

4. How tall are the biggest dogs?

5. What can all dogs do well?

II Spelling and vocabulary

a) Complete, using a word from the box:
Gazelles - Herdsmen desert humps cushions cart race massive

1. The are soft and comfortable. Ive some in

the living room.
2. The is a two-wheeled vehicle for carrying loads.
3. Dinosaurs were animals.
4. The is a hot, dry and sandy land, where there is
very little rain.
5. are very fast animals.
6. A camel stores food in its
7. live in the desert and look after animals: goats
and sheep.
8. A is a competition to find who or which is the
fastest.

b) Write the name of each picture:

III Grammar
Do as shown in brackets:
1. The elephant is heavy. The yak is light.

(Compare)

The elephant
2. The camel is strong. The yak is strong. (as as)

3. Ahmad is tall. Omar is short. (Compare)

4. Maha is fat. Soha is thin. (Compare)

5. Tim is heavy. Eric is heavy. (as as)

IV - Punctuation
Punctuate the following sentences:
1. Stop! Youre under arrest!

the policeman said

2. I want to eat pasta

said Noha

3. Its bed time! Go to sleep.

said mum

4. When do you go to bed?

The teacher asked

V The Reader
Answer the following questions:
1. What did he do with his new nose?

(Give 3 examples)

2. Where did the Elephants go?

Why did they go there?

3. What was the deal between the Elephants and Crocodile?

VI - Writing
Look at the table and use the information to describe the Gazelle:

Nature

- Wild

- Very fast

- Friendly

What it looks like Head and face:

- Small head, with long curved horns
and small ears
- Big eyes with long eyelashes
Body and tail:
- Brown and white fur - Weighs 140 kg.
- Short hairy tail

- Hooves

- strong back legs for jumping forward

quickly

Diet

- plants and leaves

Habitat

In the mountains of the Gobi desert and

the plains of Africa

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Unit Four
The Plural Nouns
The Regular Plural Nouns:
With nouns ending in f or fe, we
change the f (or fe) to v and
we add es to make the plural.
Examples:
knife

knives

wolf

wolves

shelf

shelves

half

halves

The Adjectives
Remember:
The Adjective is a word we use to tell us more about the noun.
It comes:
a. before the noun: such as "a fat boy."
b. after the verb "be": such as "Ahmad is thin."
The adjective can be:
a. short adjective: if it has one or two syllables (fast heavy)
b. long adjective: if it has more than two syllables (beautiful
dangerous)
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Comparison of Adjectives
"Compare" means "you try to see how things are (the same) and
how they are (different)".
We've two kinds of comparisons:
a. The comparative adjectives:
- We use the comparative form to compare TWO people,
things or animals.
b. The superlative adjectives:
- We use the superlative form to compare MORE THAN TWO
people, things or animals.

a. The Comparative Adjectives

"with adjectives that has one or two syllables"

We can form it in two ways:

1) as "adjective" as
We use it when we compare between two people, animals or things
that have the same description.
Example:
- The camel is strong. The yak is strong.
"Both of them have the same description"

So we'll say:

The camel is as strong as the yak.

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2) Adjective + -er than:

We use it when we compare between two people, animals or things
that dont have the same description or not the same.
Example:
- The hare is fast. The tortoise is slow.
"Both of them don't have the same description"

Compare:

- The hare is faster than the tortoise.

- The tortoise is slower than the hare.

The adjective forms:

1. With adjectives that end in a vowel and a single consonant:
- We double the consonant before adding "-er"
Examples:
big

bigger

fat

fatter

thin

thinner

slim

slimmer

2. With adjectives that end in "e":

- We only add "r"
Examples:
large

larger

nice

nicer

wise

wiser

wide

wider

3. With adjectives end in a consonant and "y":

- We change "y" to "i" and add "-er"
Examples:
heavy

heavier

funny

funnier
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easy

easier

The Irregular Adjectives

- When you compare using these adjectives, they don't follow the
rule of adding "er" to the adjective. Their spelling totally changes.
Examples:
Ahmed is a good boy.

(90%)

Omar is a good boy.

(70%)

Compare:

Ahmad is better than Omar.

"You have to learn these"
good

better

bad

worse

little

less

many
a lot of

more

much

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Writing
Factual Information about animals:
This type of writing shows facts about animals.
Example:

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Exercise 4
Question 1:
Change the following words into plural:
1. Chair

2. Wife

3. Watch

4. Half

5. Sock

6. Potato

7. Toy

8. Desk

9. Lorry

10. Fox

11. Shelf

12. Bus

13. Knife

14. Baby

15. Trolley

16. Wolf

17. Roof

18. Loaf

19. Puppy

20. Foot

Question 2:
Read the sentences and compare:
1. The elephant is fat. The zebra is fat.
(fat)
(thin)
2. Belly got 9/10 in English. Rita got 3/10.
(good)
(bad)
3. I have a lot of water in my bottle. You have little water in yours.
(a lot of)
(little)

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4. The clown is not funny. The monkey is funny.

(funny)
(silly)

5. The bush is short. The flower is short.

(short)
(tall)

Question 2:
Complete with the comparative:
1. I'm my brother. (short)
2. This jacket is that jacket. (cheap)
3. Cosmo is Suzie. (old)
4. Stanley's articles are Dave's articles. (good)
5. Your house is ours. (big)
6. The blue dress is the red one. (nice)
7. English is German. (easy)
Question 3:
Do as shown in brackets:
1. Your bag is heavy. Mine is heavy. (Use: asas)

2. The hare is fast. The tortoise is slow. (Compare)

-
-
3. We flew our kites in Montazah. (Use: not)

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4. Where ?
I went to my grandma last Friday.
5. Peter is 165 cm. tall. Macro is 170 cm. tall.

(Ask a question)
(Compare)

-
-
-
6. Stop here ordered the police officer.

(Punctuate)

Question 4:
Look at the table and write:

1. Leslie / Stanley (short)

2. Aunt Agatha / Leslie (old)

3. Stanley / Peter (tall)

4. Kikki / Aunt Agatha (thin)

5. Peter / Kikki (heave)

6. Leslie / Peter (young)

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Question 5:
Use the information to describe the snow leopard:
Nature

- Wild
- Fierce but never attack people
- Careful and intelligent

What it looks like

Head and face:

- Small round head, with two small
ears and no horns
- Big eyes with few eyelashes
- Whiskers around the mouth
Body and tail:
- covered with thick, soft whitish fur with
black spots
-(120 cm tall) - (50 kg)
- Thick long tail (80 100 cm)
- Strong back legs for jumping forward
quickly
-Paws with strong claws

Diet

- hunt wild goats and sheep

Habitat

In the mountains of the Gobi desert

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