PRESANNA GOVINDAN

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO-1,

JALAHALLI-WEST,

BANGALORE-560 015

SUBJECT : ENGLISH

TOPIC : AN ADVENTURE ON

THE TRAIN

UNIT :

CLASS : IV

AN ADVENTURE ON THE TRAIN

Over the mountains

Over the plains

Over the rivers

On the rails

Carrying passengers

Carrying mail

Bringing their precious loads

In without fail

Here comes the…………

IN THIS POEM

TRAIN

Mention for what the following are used

We use these to send messages

(MEANS OF COMMUNICATION)

We use these to travel from one place to another.

(MEANS OF TRANSPORT)

Most of you would have travelled to different places by a train,bus,flight or a ship.

While travelling you would have come across an encounter with your co-passenger that had taken place.Here is one such encounter that Daisy’s mother had experienced with one of her co-passenger.

An Adventure on the TRAIN• Daisy and her mother started their journey

to Sultanpur by train,where her grandparents were staying. When the train stopped at the next station, a tall man entered their compartment. He was looking strong and scary wearing a hat and an overcoat.Daisy’s mother saw his photograph in the newspaper that morning the notorious criminal Billa. The next day,they reached Sultanpur. As soon as the stranger got down from the train,a few policemen rushed towards him and saluted.

• Daisy’s mother was shocked. She went to a nearby bookshop and bought a newspaper in which the stranger’s photograph was given as Inspector Bhola who caught the notorious criminal Billa. She was mistaken and learnt a lesson that “Persons should not be judged by their faces.”

From the given passage,pick up the past tense of the following words• Enter -

• Reach -

• Start -

• Stop -

• Catch -

• Learn -

• Buy -

Entered

Reached

Started

Stopped

Caught

Learnt

Bought

•Daisy and her mother started their journey to Sultanpur by train,where her grandparents were staying. When the train stopped at the next station, a tall man entered their compartment. He was looking strong and scary wearing a hat and an overcoat.Daisy’s mother saw his photograph in the newspaper that morning the notorious criminal Billa. The next day,they reached Sultanpur. As soon as the stranger got down from the train,a few policemen rushed towards him and saluted.

•Daisy’s mother was shocked. She went to a nearby bookshop and bought a newspaper in which the stranger’s photograph was given as Inspector Bhola who caught the notorious criminal Billa. She was mistaken and learnt a lesson that “Persons should not be judged by their faces.”

Pick up the opposites of the following

• Give *• Careful *• Up *• Slow * • Strong *• Familiar *• Close *• Safe *

Take

Careless

Down

Fast

Weak

Unfamiliar

Open

Unsafe

Fill in the blanks choosing the right word from the box

• An airport is to an aeroplane• as a railway station is to a train.

Port,railway station,horse,road,pilot

A driver is to a bus as a _______is to an aeroplane.Pilot

A bus is to a bus stop

as a ship is to a _____

A steamer is to water

as a truck is to the ____

An engine is to a train

as a ______is to a Tonga

Road

Horse

Port

SOLVE THE GIVEN PUZZLE WITH THE HELP OF THE CLUES

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