Use of Language

7. Grammar: Is the tense used correctly? 1 2 3 4

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(Suggested Answers to Worksheet 1) Adapted text: The Dog and the Reflection

English Saying of Wisdom: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A. Read the clues and solve the crossword puzzle below.

Across: Down:

3: A narrow bridge which is used only by people who are walking

1: A small space with walls around at the back of a house

5: Making a low sound, usually in anger 2: The image of something in a mirror or on any surface

4: To fall or to allow something to fall 6: To get hold of something suddenly

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(Suggested Answers to Worksheet 2) Adapted text: The Dog and the Reflection

English Saying of Wisdom: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Complete the story map by circling the correct words.

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(Suggested Answers to Worksheet 3) Can you answer the following questions by colouring the important words in the text below?

The Dog and the Reflection

There was a cute dog living with his owner in a village. He was the apple of everyone’s eye and so many people offered him a lot of food to eat.

One day, the dog was passing through the backyard of a house. An old woman saw him.

She said, “Oh! What a lovely dog! Let me feed him a piece of bone”. The dog picked the bone up and was ready to run back home. He was happy to have his lunch.

As the dog was crossing a narrow footbridge, he looked down and saw a reflection in the quiet water. “That bone is bigger than mine. It must be tastier than mine. I want to have it too!” thought the dog.

However, he did not know that it was only his own reflection. He thought that it was another dog. So he tried to grab that piece of bone by growling at the reflection.

Unfortunately, when he opened his mouth growling, he dropped his bone in the river and the bone was swept away.

“My bone! I dropped it in the river! Where is it now? I must get it back!” cried the dog.

He jumped into the river at once and tried to look for the bone in the river. Unluckily, the dog could not find his bone. “My bone is lost! Why did I have to get another bone? Why wasn’t I happy with the bone I had?” the dog cried more loudly. He was very upset and felt sorry for losing his bone. He left the footbridge and went home with sadness.

Red How did the dog feel when he was given a piece of bone by the old woman?

Yellow Where did the dog meet “another dog”?

Blue What did the dog want to do?

Green Why did the dog want to do that?

Purple How did the dog feel when he was unable to find the bone?

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(Suggested Answers to Worksheet 4) Adapted text: The Dog and the Reflection

What are character traits?

Character traits are words that describe characters’ personality or qualities that make them who they are. We can determine character traits by looking at what a character says, does and thinks.

What are the character traits of the dog?

(a) Read the speech bubble and circle the most suitable adjective provided below.

When people saw the dog

What did people say and do? What do you think about the dog?

(b) Read paragraph 3. Find the thought bubble from the text to support the adjective you choose.

When the dog saw another piece of bone

What did the dog think and do? What do you think about the dog?

generous / greedy / helpful cute / fierce / lazy Oh! What a lovely dog! Let me

feed him a piece of bone.

That bone is bigger than mine.

It must be tastier than mine.

I want to have it too!

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(Suggested Answers to Worksheet 5) Adapted text: The Dog and the Reflection

What are character traits?

Character traits are words that describe characters’ personality or qualities that make them who they are. We can determine character traits by looking at how a character feels.

What are the character traits of the dog?

(a) Read the speech and thought bubbles below. Then draw the face of the dog in the three boxes.

Beginning (lines 7-8)

Middle (line 13)

Ending (lines 15-16)

greedy careless regretful

(b) Many adjectives can be used to talk about how a character feels. Look at the pictures and circle the correct adjectives below.

(a) surprised (b) overjoyed

(a) joyful (b) furious

(a) worried (b) frightened

(a) grateful (b) scared

(a) shocked (b) angry

(a) panicky (b) shy

(a) sad (b) tired

(a) confused (b) cross My bone! I dropped it in

the river! Where is it now? I must get it back!

is it now? I must get it back!

My bone is lost! Why did I have to get another bone?

Why wasn’t I happy with the bone I had?

That bone is bigger than mine. I want

to have it too!

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Suggested Answers to Worksheets 6 & 7 (Accept any reasonable answers.)

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Selected Sayings of Wisdom (SOW)

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Themes SOW

SOW a grateful heart 1) Count your blessings.

2) Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

3) Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

4) One good turn deserves another.

5) Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Cherish what we have 6) A friend in need is a friend indeed.

7) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

8) Home is where the heart is.

9) The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

10) Opportunity only knocks once.

SOW a proactive attitude

11) Rome was not built in a day.

12) The early bird catches the worm.

13) Time and tide wait for no man.

14) Prevention is better than cure.

15) A stitch in time saves nine.

SOW an optimistic mind 16) All roads lead to Rome.

17) Every cloud has a silver lining.

18) Every dog has its day.

19) There is light at the end of the tunnel.

20) Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

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