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Pronunciation Practice • Sounds of ow

A. Your teacher will read aloud the given words. Learn to pronounce them correctly.
Note the difference in pronunciation of the highlighted letters ‘ow’ in the two sets
of words.

Column A Column B

1. crown 1. show

2. down 2. window

3. frown 3. blow

4. cow 4. yellow

5. allow 5. know

Punctuation • Commas

 We know that commas (,) are used to separate words in a series.

Example: Neha, Rita, Soma and Vinny went for a camp.

 We may also use commas when two sentences are joined by a conjunction (like
‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’, ‘yet’ and ‘or’). Example: Take rest now, or you will feel tired in the
morning.

A. Use commas wherever required.

1. The chef added some sugar salt essence and eggs to the flour.
2. The tree always helped the boy and it felt very happy.

3. We ordered for a sandwich burger nuggets coke and ice cream for lunch.

4. They built a new house but they had to sell it off.

5. He was sleepy yet he kept awake to watch the cricket match.

Dictionary Skills • Finding synonyms of words from a dictionary

A. Refer to a dictionary and find five synonyms of ‘generosity’ and ‘giver’.

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