DAV Class 4 English Practice Book Solutions Chapter 5 Describing Words

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Rahul has lost his lunch box. He puts up a notice on the notice board.
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You have just read a notice put up by Rahul on the notice board. There are many words which describe his lunch box. Work with your partner and fill in the necessary information in the table given below:
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All the answers that you have written Columns 2-5 are describing Rahut’s lunch box. Words, like lunch box, Spoon, Sauce, are nouns and the words describing them are Adjectives.
Answer:
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DAV Class 4 English Practice Book Solutions Chapter 5 Describing Words

DAV Class 4 English Practice Book Chapter 5 Worksheet 1 Solutions

Imagine you have lost your pencil box. Work with your partner and prepare a notice to be put up on the notice board. Underline all the describing words that you use.
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Answer:

Notice

DAV School

New Delhi Lost
2 May 20XX
This is to notify that I have lost my pencil box in school campus. It is a double-decker red pencil box. It contains a pencil, an eraser, a pen, a sharpener and a scale.
If any of you finds it please submit in the Vice Principal’s office.
Rahul

DAV Class 4 English Practice Book Chapter 5 Worksheet 2 Solutions

Match the words that go together.
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All the words given in the first column are Adjectives.
Answer:

I II
a quick decision
a deafening sound
broken branches
snow-covered mountains
a cold winter night

Now use these groups of words to complete the sentences given below:
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Answer:
1. cold winter nights
2. quick decision
3. snow-covered mountains
4. a deafening sound
5. broken branches

DAV Class 4 English Practice Book Solutions Chapter 5 Describing Words

DAV Class 4 English Practice Book Chapter 5 Worksheet 3 Solutions

Make a Choice
Recollect the conversation between Reema’s father Mr Ajay Jain and Mr Singh from Sita Travels in B.2 (Unit-Travel) of My English Reader. Reema’s family has decided to go to Kanyakumari during the summer vacation. Reema is very excited about the trip. Her choice of clothes is given below in her wardrobe grid. Combine the words in different ways using words given in it. The first one has been done for you.
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1. I would like to carry cotton trousers.
2. ____________________________________
3. ____________________________________
4. ____________________________________
5. ____________________________________
6. ____________________________________
Answer:
2. I would like to carry woollen overcoat.
3. I would like to carry long skirt.
4. I would like to carry leather jacket.
5. I would like to carry silk scarf.
6. I would like to carry short T-shirts.

DAV Class 4 English Practice Book Chapter 5 Worksheet 4 Solutions

Holiday and Travel

I. Given below are some normal and extreme describing words. Match them and put them in the table that follows. Some have been done for you. Refer to a dictionary if you do not know the meaning.
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Answer:

Normal Extreme
1. hot boiling
2. big huge
3. tasty delicious
4. small tiny
5. tired exhausted
6. cold freezing
7. bad awful
8. dirty filthy
9. old ancient
10. good wonderful

II. Read the following conversation.

Raju: It was freezing, wasn’t it?
Sakshi: Yeah, it was very cold.
Raju: Delicious food, wasn’t it?
Sakshi: Yeah, it was really tasty.
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Raju and Sakshi always agree with each other. They are very good friends. They have recently returned from a trip to Manali after reading the advertisement given in B.4 (Unit-Travel) of My English Reader. Read what Raju feels about his trip to the hill station. Write the extreme describing words in place of the words given in bold. The first one has been done for you. Read the dialogues aloud.
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Raju says— Sakshi says—
1. ‘It was a big hotel, wasn’t ¡t?’ 1. ‘Yeah, it was huge.’
2. ‘But it was very old, wasn’t ¡t?’ 2. ‘Yeah, it looked almost
3. ‘And our room was very small.’ 3. ____________________________________
4. ‘But the food was nice.’ 4. ____________________________________
5. ‘I didn’t like the coffee though.’ 5. ‘But the coffee was ____________________________________
6. ‘The town wasn’t very clean.’ 6. ____________________________________
7. ‘And the weather was cold.’ 7. ____________________________________
8. ‘Still we had lovely weather.’ 8. ____________________________________
9. ‘Are you tired after the flight?’ 9. ____________________________________

Answer:

Raju says— Sakshi says—
1. ‘It was a big hotel, wasn’t ¡t?’ 1. ‘Yeah, it was huge.’
2. ‘But it was very old, wasn’t ¡t?’ 2. ‘Yeah, it looked almost ancient.’
3. ‘And our room was very small.’ 3. ‘Yeah, it was of course tiny.’
4. ‘But the food was nice.’ 4. ‘Yeah, it was really delicious.’
5. ‘I didn’t like the coffee though.’ 5. ‘But the coffee was awful.’
6. ‘The town wasn’t very clean.’ 6. ‘ Yeah it wasfilthy.’
7. ‘And the weather was cold.’ 7. ‘ Yeah, it was really freezing.’
8. ‘Still we had lovely weather.’ 8. ‘ Yeah it was wonderful.’
9. ‘Are you tired after the flight?’ 9. ‘Yeah, lam really exhausted.’

DAV Class 4 English Practice Book Solutions Chapter 5 Describing Words

DAV Class 4 English Practice Book Chapter 5 Worksheet 5 Solutions

Now, choose four pairs of synonyms and four pairs of antonyms from the adjective hut given below and complete the table that follows. Use a dictionary to help you. The first one has been done for you.
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You can add more to the list
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Answer:

Synonyms Antonyms
rude impolite ugly beautiful
rich wealthy long short
happy cheerful kind cruel
dangerous risky dirty clean

DAV Class 4 English Practice Book Chapter 5 Worksheet 6 Solutions

Match each word in Column A with correct face part in Column B to make a pretty face. Try and draw a face using these features.
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Answer:
Do yourself

Do It Yourself

Question 1.
Adding Adjectives Look at the pyramid
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Get into groups of four. Think of a naming word. Each member of the group should add an adjective. Make your own pyramid by adding adjectives like this.
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Answer:
The boy got a prize.

  • The intelligent boy got a prize.
  • The intelligent, studious boy got a prize.
  • The intelligent, studious, gentle boy got a prize.
  • The intelligent, studious, gentle, punctual boy got a prize.
  • The intelligent, studious, gentle, punctual, disciplined boy got a prize.

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Question 2.
Fill in the blanks with the antonyms of the words given in bold. Take help from the Aid Box.
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(a) Jayesh likes to drink hot coffee but Meera likes it ____________________________________.
(b) Mr Pal is a cruel man but his wife is ____________________________________.
(c) Raj at is wearing an old shirt but his sister’s skirt is ____________________________________.
(d) An elephant can lift heavy loads but a donkey can do only ____________________________________ work.
(e) Ritu has ____________________________________ hair but Reema’s hair is short.
Answer:
(a) cold
(b) kind
(c) new
(d) light
(e) long

Question 3.
Match the words that go together.
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Now use these groups of words in the sentences given below:
(a) The __________ __________ spoke gently to the patient.
(b) The __________ __________ laid down his life for the country.
(c) Abhishek gave his seat to an old man in the __________.
(d) Sherlock Holmes was a __________. He could solve any case given to him.
(e) The cracker exploded accidentally. There was a __________ __________ and all the children ran away.
Answer:
(a) kind nurse
(b) brave soldier
(c) crowded bus
(d) clever detective
(e) frightening noise

Question 4.
Tick (✓) the most suitable answer.
(a) Astronauts wear (special, ordinary) clothes in space.
(b) Suj ata thinks crows are (ugly, beautiful). I don’t agree. I think they are handsome birds.
(c) Wooden chairs are (light, heavy) but cane chairs are not.
(d) The headman in a village is a (powerful, powerless) person. In case of a dispute, all the villagers go to him.
Answer:
(a) special
(b) ugly
(c) heavy
(d) powerful

Question 5.
Farheen studies in Class-IV. This is what he feels about his father.

  • My father is an angry man.
  • But he is a brave soldier.
  • He is very punctual.
  • He leads a disciplined life.

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Describe your father in four to five lines.
Answer:

  • My father is a gentle man.
  • He leads a very simple life.
  • He is known for his honesty.
  • He does his work at right time.
  • He never tells a lie.