1. Listen carefully to find the answers from the story.
1. Who speaks first in the story?
- The lion speaks first.
2. What was the lion proud of?
- The lion was proud of his strength.
3. What was the man proud of?
- The man was proud of his intelligence.
4. What did the man show to the lion?
- The man showed the lion a statue of Hercules standing over a dead lion.
5. Who speaks last in the story?
- The lion speaks last.
5. Find two words from the story that begin with “pr” and guess their meanings.
- Proud – Feeling happy about one’s achievements.
- Proves – Shows something as true.
6. Find and write sentences from the story that tell us the following:
(a) Men and animals cannot talk to each other now.
- “Long ago, men and animals could talk to each other.”
(b) Lions do not make statues.
- “If lions made statues, they would show the lion standing and the man lying under his paws.”
8. Use your imagination to complete the following:
(a) That is why I didn’t eat the mango.
- It was not ripe.
(b) That is why the farmer beat the camel.
- Because the camel ate the crops.
(c) That is why the monkey jumped into the lake.
- To escape from the tiger.
(d) That is why Nu-Jo visited the earth.
- To learn about human body parts.
(e) That is why dogs are so dull.
- Because they sleep a lot.
9. Underline the nouns in the following sentences:
(a) Once a man and a lion got talking.
- Man, lion
(b) I am the king of beasts.
- King, beasts
(c) At last, the man took the lion to a statue in a big garden.
- Man, lion, statue, garden
10. Make one – many pairs by adding “-s” or “-es”:
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| Dog | Dogs |
| Map | Maps |
| Car | Cars |
| Fox | Foxes |
| Brush | Brushes |
| Dish | Dishes |
11. Use the ideas to make similar sentences:
- The lion is bigger than the mouse.
- The sun is brighter than the moon.
- One tree is taller than the other.
- A stone is harder than a brick.
- A butterfly is more colorful than a book.
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