Karnataka Class 4 English Unit 10 Thimmakka, Trees Are A Lot Like Us & Let Us Learn Something New Questions and Answers by Expert Teacher.
Board |
KSEEB |
Class |
Four (4) |
Subject |
English |
Chapter |
10 |
Chapter Name |
Thimmakka, Trees Are A Lot Like Us & Let Us Learn Something New |
Thimmakka
I.) Underline the correct answer:
1.) Thimmakka could not go to school because;
a.) There was no school in her village.
b.)Her parents were very poor.
2.) Thimmakka earned many awards for ___________
a.) being illiterate.
b.) planting trees.
II.) How many times are the following words repeated in this lesson?
THIMMAKKA : 8 times.
TREES : 6 times.
PLANTS : 11 times.
SAPLING: 6 times
III.) Answer the following questions:
1.) What did Thimmakka do to keep herself busy?
Ans: Thimmakka decided to do something to keep herself busy and she decided to grow something.
2.) Why did Thimmakka want to plant trees?
Ans: Thimmakka wanted to plant trees to create life.
3.) When did Thimmakka and Chikkaiah plant trees mostly?
Ans: In the third year Thimmakka and Chikkaiah planted trees mostly.
4.) How did people come to know about Thimmakka and her love for plants?
Ans: One day Thimmakka was shocked to learn that some of the villagers were planning to cut a few of her trees. With the help of the local policeThimmakka stopped cutting the trees. This made news. This reason people come to knew about Thimmakka and her love for plants.
5.) How have people shown their appreciation of her work?
Ans:
6.) What kind of a woman is Thimmakka?
Ans: Thimmakka is a tree planting woman.
IV.) Identify the trees and write their names.
1) Mango Tree.
2.) Jackfruit Tree.
3.) Banana Tree.
4.) Coconut Tree
5.) Papaya Tree
6.) Pine Tree
V.) Some plants / trees grow from the seeds and some others grow just by planting the cuttings. Names of some trees and plants are given below, put them in their right boxes.
guava, neem, drumstick, coconut, rose, mango, cactus, hibiscus, papaya, black neem
Trees/plants grow from seeds | Plants/trees grow from cuttings |
papaya, guava, | coconut, rose, cactus, hibiscus, neem |
VI.) There are many action words (verbs) used in this lesson that come after the word ‘to’.
These verbs do not specify number and tense.
For example : I like to play.
Identify such verbs and write them in the space provided. Follow the example.
1.) to read and write
2.) decided to do
3.) able to have
4.) shocked to learn
VII.) Identify the correct phrases and complete the statements given below. Read and write, plant trees, water the plants, stop villagers from cutting the trees, ride a bicycle, keep herself busy.
1.) Thimmakka knows how to plant trees.
2.) Thimmakka knows how to water the plants.
3.) Thimmakka doesn’t know how to ride a bicycle.
4.) Thimmakkka knows how to stop villagers from cutting the trees.
5.) Thimmakka doesn’t know how to read and write.
6.) Thimmakka knows how to keep herself busy.
VIII.) By adding ‘not’, we can change the meaning of the sentences. Change the following sentences.
1.) Villagers could cut the trees.
Ans: Villagers could not cut the trees.
2.) Thimmakka could go to school.
Ans: Thimmakka could not go to school.
3.) Thimmakka learnt that she would be able to have a child.
Ans: Thimmakka learnt that she would not be able to have a child.
Trees Are A Lot Like Us
I.) Underline the correct answer:
1.) The poet compares the tree to _____________
a.) God
b.) a human being
c.) an animal
Ans: b.) a human being
2.) We’ll have fun all afternoon. ‘We’ here refers to __________
a) The poet and the reader
b) You and the teacher
c) The reader and the tree
Ans: a) The poet and the reader
3.) “I’d like to take a walk in the woods” means ___________
a) The poet likes to take a walk on the wooden board
b) The poet likes to take a walk in the forest
c) The poet likes to walk with wooden shoes.
Ans: b) The poet likes to take a walk in the forest
II.) Answer the following:
1.) What will be fun all afternoon according to the poet?
Ans: According to the poetwill be fun all afternoon because they will found a tree that they can climb.
2.) What do the little trees need to grow?
Ans: The little trees need to time and care to grow.
3.) What looks like a big family to the poet?
Ans: To the poet a big family looks like big once, short once, baby once.
III.) Identify and write the words from the poem that end with the same sounds as the words given below:
grow : Know
he : tree.
Let Us Learn Something New
I.) Arrange the following set of words as they occur in the dictionary.
1.) biscuits, aeroplane, education, call, dictionary.
Ans: Aeroplane, Biscuits, Call, Dictionary, Education.
2.) oil, monkey, new, letter.
Ans: Letter, Monkey, New, Oil
3.) clear, clerk, clean, cleft
Ans: Clean, clear, cleft, clerk.
4.) green, gem, gobble, grid.
Ans: Gobble, Green, Grid, Gem.
11.) Underline the headword in the following set of words:
1.) market, mark, maroon
Ans: Mar
2.) pie, pierce, piece
Ans: Pie.
III. )Write the meaning of the following words using the dictionary.
1.) breeze :a gentle wind.
2.) crime : illegal act
3.) arrow : Shaft
4.) decease : death
5.) tiny : Very Small
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