Class-4 English Reader (Special) Lesson-14 Moon So Round and Yellow / MP Board

 

Lesson 14

Moon So Round and Yellow

 

Glossary

Oft - often, many times अक्सर / बार-बार

Wonder - to think about something and try to decide what is true  आश्चर्य / अचंभा

Hanging- a large piece of material that is hung on a wall for decoration  लटकने वाला

Peeping- working quickly and secretly   झाँकना

Past- gone by in time  बीतना /  विगत

Slyly- suggesting that you know something secret that other people do not know  गुप्त रीति से

Overhead - above your head, raised above the ground  ऊपर /  ऊपरी

Snugly- warm, comfortable and protected  आराम से /  सुविधा पूर्वक

 

Central idea

A child loves to see the shining round moon. He wonders what its source of light is. He is eager to know why it disappears when the sun rises in the sky. He imagines he could play not even with the moon.

 

Exercises

 

Listen and Repeat (Rhyming Words)

moon	round	light	peep
soon	sound	night	sleep
boon	found	flight	keep

 

Word Power

 

Use these words and phrases and fill in the blanks:

 (Peeping, shining, hanging, sleeping)

1. The child loves to see the moon shining in the sky.

2. The moon looks like hangingin the air.

3. The Sun looks like peepingin the hills.

4. The child looks like sleepingin the bed.

 

Comprehension

 

a) Answer the following questions.

 

Q1. What does the child love?

Ans: The child loves to see the moon shining in the sky.

 

Q2. What surprises the child?

Ans- The hanging moon in the sky surprises the child.

 

Q.3 What does the child ask the moon?

Ans- The child asks the moon where it goes in the morning.

 

Q.4 How does the child make fun of the moon?

Ans- The child watches the moon slyly when everyone thinks that he is snuggling in the bed.

 

b) Complete these lines of the poem.

 

1) Oft and oft I wonder,

    When I see you there.

    How they get to light you,

    Hanging  in the air.

 

2) Sometimes I’ll watch you,

    Slyly overhead,

    When you think, I’m sleeping

    Snugly, in my bed.

 

Let’s Write

Look at this picture and write five sentences about it.

1) In this picture a boy is looking out from the window of his room.

2) It is the night time.

3) There is a full moon visible in the sky.

4) The sky is full of stars.

5) The boy is thinking about the moon and the stars in the night sky.

 

Let’s Do

Draw the picture of sun, moon stars and clouds, colour them and write a few sentences about them. 

The sun rises in the sky. It is seen during the day.

Clouds bring rain to us.

Moon and stars are present in the night sky.

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