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C. Fill in the blanks with ‘oo’ or ‘u’.

1. d nes 2. p l 3. h mour

4. m nch 5. f mes 6. p blic

D. Find homophones (words that are pronounced the same as a given word but have
a different meaning or different spellings) of the given words. Some of them are
from the story. Make sentences of your own with the words.

1. buy 2. sell

3. weak 4. tail

E. Form nine words from the word KINDNESS.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

Listen and Learn • Communication Skills
• Environmental Awareness
• Listening to a passage for specific details
A. Your teacher will read the passage given in the listening text. Listen to it carefully

and tick () the correct words.

1. Banyan trees are huge. Their wood is used for making paper/furniture. The leaves
and bark of these trees are used to cure many diseases/headaches.

2. Neem trees are of great use. Their leaves are used to make perfumes/medicines
and soaps/lipsticks and other things. Neem can be used as support/fertiliser for
other plants also.

3. Peepal is a fast-growing tree. It has round/heart-shaped leaves. Its parts are used
to heal burns/wounds, prevent gum/skin diseases and so on.

4. The amla tree bears fruit that is rich in vitamin C/vitamin D. It is used to make
skin ointment/shampoos, butter/pickles and jellies, etc.

• Communication Skills
Converse and Connect • Creativity
• Collaboration
• Speaking as characters from the story
A. Work with your partner. Imagine you are the tree and your partner is the little boy
who has grown very old, tired, weak and sad. He needs to sit and rest. You, as the

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