Farewell Party Anchoring Script | Best Anchoring Script for Farewell Party in English

UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE READ

A. Write T for true or F for fabe in front of these statements.

1. The sun carries off kites and howls down chimneys on blustery nights. - FALSE

2. The sun turns night into day, ice into water and grass into hay. - TRUE

3. The wind sails boats and sets windmills in motion. - TRUE

4. The wind melts puddles and opens up roses. - FALSE

5. The sun paints roses and freckles on noses. - TRUE

B. Tick (√) the best answer.

1. What did the wind want the sun to prove?

a. That it was stronger than the wind  (√)

b. That it would be able to make the man remove his cloak.

c. That it was very clever

2. What did the sun have to do?

a. Shine down on the man.

b. Get the man to take off his cloak. (√)

c. Prove that it was stronger by getting the man to take off his cloak.

3. What did the wind have to do to prove it was stronger than the sun? 

a. Band and break the boughs of trees.

b. Blow the cloak off the man.  (√)

c. Blow the man's hat off his head.

4. What made the man take off his cloak?

a. The heat of the sun  (√)

b. It was not cold any more.

c. It was not windy.

C. Think and answer these questions. Do this as a pair activity

1. Why did the sun grin?

The sun grinned because it had to prove that it was stronger than the wind by getting the man to take off his cloak.

2. Why did the man hold his cloak close to his body when the wind was trying to blow it off? Give two reasons.

The man held the cloak close to his body because he was feeling very cool and he didn't want his cloak to fly off.

D. Find out the following:

1. Does the sun really turn night into day?

Yes, The sun really turn night into day.

2. How is a rainbow formed?

A rainbow is formed when the light of the sun scattered by the water dorplets.

3. What is wind?

Wind is the natural flow of air that is created due to the change in temperature causes air to move from high to low pressure areas.

The Wind and the Sun - @VidyaCare

SPELLING AND VOCABULARY

A. Encircle the word that does not rhyme with the other words in each row.

1.  howled	growled	bowled	prowled	scowled
2.  phone	crown	stone	thrown	grown
3.  brow	stow	crow	show	flow
4.  love	prove	groove	hooves	move
5.  motion	ocean	relation	lotion	promotion
6.  colder	boulder	folder	builder	shoulder

B. Now that you have understood the poem you can match the following to find out what these words mean.

1.  windmills	a.  roared and moved around loudly
2.  ruffle	b.  wiping
3.  freckles	c.  forehead
4.  howled	d.  pulled
5.  blustered	e.  create waves in the water
6.  tugged	f.  a machine hose vanes are moved by the force of the wind; this movement was earlier used to grind grains or pump water; modern machines of this kind are used to generate electricity
7.  mopping	g.  large round rocks
8.  brow	h.  brown spots on the skin that become darker due to the sunlight
9.  boulders	i.  cried loudly as if in anger, sadness of pain (here it is the sound of the wind)

Answer:-

1. - f

2. - e

3. - h

4. - i

5. - a

6. - d

7. - b

8. - c

9. - g

C. Homographs are words that are spelled in the same way, but have different meanings. They may or may not be pronounced the same way. 

Wind: The wind blew away the man's hat. (short I sound)

Wind: Wind this bandage around your hurt finger. (long sound)

Fill in the blanks with each of these commonly-used homographs twice to show that you know that each word has a different meaning.

down, wound, wind, wave, bat, second, fine

1. He hit the ball so hard that the ball broke.

2. You have cut your thumb. Wash the wound, put some medicine and bandage it.

3. A gigantic wave flooded the tiny boat with water.

4. The little boy fell down.

5. If you lose the library book, you'll have to pay a fine.

6.  Wound this bandage around your hurt thumb

7. In a second the magician made the coin disappear from his hand.

8.  Dad wind the old grandfather clock every day so that it would keep working.

9.  I'll wave my hand when I'm ready to go.

10. A big bat hung upside-down from the banyan tree in the park row.

11. We have got seats in the second row.

12. The wind couldn't blow off the man's cloak.

13. The sun is shining it is a fine day for a picnic.

14. Down is the soft layer of feathers closest to a bird's skin.

LEARNING GRAMMAR

We use the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' before singular countable nouns. 'An' is used before words beginning with vowels a, e, i, o, u'. 
You cannot say: Raju is intelligent boy. You have to say: Raju is an intelligent boy. 
You cannot say: I am child. You have to say: I am a child.
The definite article is 'the' 
The is used:
*When we mention something again
Raju is an intelligent boy. He is the boy who came first in the quiz we had at school today.

*when we talk about a particular person, place or thing
The man wearing the cowboy hat was standing at the counter in the bank. (I had seen him earlier.)

*when talking about some thing that is the only one in the world.
The sun shines on the earth.

*with the name of musical instruments
Ravi can play the guitar, the drums and the trumpat. 

*when we talk about the armed forces
The army, the navy and the air force are three branches of the armed forces

*with some titles
The President takes the salute on Raj Path on Republic Day.

*with the names of oceans, seas, rivers and canals, but is not used with the names of lakes
The Brahmaputra, the Ganges and the Meghna rivers join and flow into the Bay of Bengal
*The sky, the ground, the environment, the sea, the radio, the cinema, the theatre, the airport, the station, the television set (but we watch TV/television)

A. Fill in the blanks with a, an or the. Put a cross (x) where no articles are required. 

1.  On the Independence Day. Prime Minister addresses the nation from the Rad Fort. People listen to his speech on the radio and watch programme on (X) television.

2.  My uncle is in the army. My brother has just joined the navy. would like I to join the air force, I know I am  a  girl, but am an intelligent and brave girl. I would like to become an officer in the air force. I would like to become a pilot. 

3.  Ravi's parents have bought him the drum set. He is very happy, but there is  a  problem. He wants to play the drums as soon as he returns from school. His mother has to tell him to stop it. Then he takes out the guitar he got as  a  Diwali gift and again there is an awful noise in the house. Is there  a  solution to this problem?

Use "some" with:

*plural countable nouns, to mean 'a number of'

Some cows were grazing in farmer Gopi's fields. (four, five or six cows) 

*uncountable nouns to mean 'an amount of'

He has some sugar with his coffee. Please may I have some juice?

*"Some is normally used with positive sentences.  'Any' is used with negative sentences.

Rita has some water in her water bottle. I haven't got any water in my water bottle.

 'Some' or 'any' can be used in questions, but normally 'any' is used.

Is there some pickle in the bottle? Is there any pickle in the bottle? 

'Some' is normally used in questions, when you have an idea that the answer will be, 'yes'.

Did you buy some mangoes? They were on your shopping list. No, I didn't buy any mangoes. Yes, did buy some mangoes.

B. Fill in the blanks with some or any

Dad: Seema, did you remember to buy some soap?

Mom: Oh! No! I completely forgot. didn't buy any soap. 

Leela: But Mom, I wrote it on your shopping list.

Mom: I had to buy some rice also, but I left the list at home. In fact, there it is on the table.

Dad: Then what did you buy, Seema?

Mom: I bought some coffee and some sugar. I didn't have any tea bags either, but the shop didn't have any Twinings tea bags today. didn't want to buy any other brand.

Leela: Mom, did you buy me some soya chips?

Mom: Of course, Leela! I did remember that we didn't have any packets left after your friends feasted on them yesterday.

GO ONE STEP FORWARD

Use 'a lot of' and 'lots of' with countable and uncountable nouns when you refer to a large amount or a large quantity of something.

This composition has a lot of spelling mistakes. Grandma drinks lots of tea on cold days.

*Use "many" with plural countable nouns: We have many classmates. 

*Use "much" with uncountable nouns: Too much sugar is bad for you.

*Use "a few" with plural nouns: A few of my classmates use the school bus.

*Use "a little" with uncountable nouns: There is only a little water left in this bottle.

Choose the right words and fill in the blanks.

1. He eats lots of food for lunch. (lots of, many)

2. Many (many, much,) of the children were playing hide and seek. A few were sitting on the grass. (a few, many)

3. I have many (many, much) friends, but only a few (a few, many) of them live near my house. 

4. There were so many (much, many) guests, but they did not eat much. Much (A lot of, Much) food was wasted.

5. There is so much (little, much) work and such a little (a little, a few) time to complete it. 

6. How many (much, many) bananas are there in the bowl? May have a few? (a little, a few)

7. There is such lots of (a lot of, lots of) rice and such a few (lots of, a few) chapattis.

8. Many  (Much, Many) of our guests want to eat chapattis.

9. There were lots  (many, lots) of mangoes on the tree this morning.

10. There are just a few (a little, a few) mangoes left now. Where have they gone? 

LIFE SKILLS

Sharing is caring for each other. Tick (√) the options you think are right.

1. Your friend has not understood how to do some difficult Mathematics problems.

a. Do them for him/her.

b. It's his problem. Forget about it.

c. Teach him/her how to do the problems.  (√)

2. Your friend forgets to bring his/her lunch to school. 

a. Share your lunch with him/her and remain a bit hungry.

b. Give him your lunch. You can do without lunch for one day 

c. Get a group of friends together. Explain the problem and all of you share your lunch with him/her  (√)

3. Your team wins the match. You win the trophy and also get a bag full of toffees.

a. Laugh at the losing team and eat the toffees in front of them.

b. You are all friends. Share your toffees with the losing team.  (√)

c. Go away and say, 'The best team always wins.'