Three Butterflies :: AP Class 4 English Workbook Solutions

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Worksheet 1.1

Read the given passage from the lesson and answer the questions that follow.
‘Three butterflies lived in ................................... asked the butterflies.’

I. Choose the correct answer.

• 1. Who lived in the garden? ( C )
  A. Three Frogs

  B. Three Monkeys

  C. Three Butterflies
• 2. Why did the butterflies stop playing? ( A )
  A. It was raining.

  B. They were tired.

  C. It became too windy.
• 3. What did the butterflies look for? ( B )
  A. moon

  B. shelter

  C. rain
• 4. What does the word ‘curiously’ mean in this story? ( C )
  A. lazily

  B. tiredly

  C. eagerly
• 5. Why did the butterflies refuse the sunflower’s help? ( C )
  A. They didn’t like the sunflower.

  B. They wanted to play in the rain.

  C. They wanted to stay together.

II. Tick the actions of a true friend.

• 1. Leaves you when you are in trouble. [    ]
• 2. Shares lunch with you. [ ✔ ]
• 3. Helps you when you fall down. [ ✔ ]
• 4. Makes fun of you when you cry. [    ]

III. Write 5 sentences about your best friend.

1. My best friend's name is Kiran.

2. He/She is 9 years old.

3. We like to play cricket together.

4. He/She helps me when I am in trouble.

5. I like him/her because he is very kind and supportive.

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Worksheet 1.2

Read the given passage from the lesson and answer the questions that follow.
‘The sunflower ................................... begged.’

I. Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word.

• 1. The butterflies will be in dismay if they stay separately. (happiness / sadness) ( sadness )
• 2. They needed shelter from the rain. (food / protection) ( protection )
• 3. The butterflies begged the white lily. (refused / requested) ( requested )
• 4. The rain fell like pebbles on the butterflies. (soft cotton / small stones) ( small stones )
• 5. Butterflies suck nectar from the flowers. (sweet liquid / water) ( sweet liquid )

II. Circle the word that is correctly spelt.

• 1. buterfly / butterfly / buterflai ( butterfly )
• 2. shelter / shellter / sheltar ( shelter )
• 3. necter / nectar / nactar ( nectar )
• 4. background-color: transparent; pebbles / pebles / pebbels ( pebbles )
• 5. disamay / dismay / desmay ( dismay )

III. Circle the odd one out.

• 1. rain, cloud, sky, shelter ( shelter )
• 2. fish, frog, crab, butterfly ( butterfly )
• 3. red, blue, yellow, huge ( huge )
• 4. petals, stem, roots, wings ( wings )
• 5. together, unity, friendship, enemy ( enemy )

IV. Write the following words in an alphabetical order.

(a). night, still, difficult, behind

Ans: behind, difficult, night, still

(b). happy, wings, garden, again

Ans: again, garden, happy, wings

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Worksheet 1.3

Read the given passage from the lesson and answer the questions that follow.
‘My favourite white one ................................... went to sleep together.’

I. Number the sentences 1 to 8 in the correct order.

• 1. The butterflies refused to stay separately. ( 7 )
• 2. It started to rain all of a sudden. ( 3 )
• 3. The sun shone and saved the butterflies in the end. ( 8 )
• 4. Three butterflies lived in a garden together happily. ( 1 )
• 5. They asked a sunflower for shelter. ( 5 )
• 6. One afternoon, it became dark when they were playing. ( 2 )
• 7. Their wings got wet in the rain and unable to fly. ( 4 )
• 8. The sunflower did not let the white lily to stay there. ( 6 )

II. Match the Character to the Action.

1. White lily

[ d ]

(a) begged for help

2. Three butterflies

[ a ]

(b) offered partial help

3. Sunflower

[ b ]

(c) made the butterflies' wings wet

4. Sun

[ e ]

(d) accepted only the white butterfly

5. Rain

[ c ]

(e) chased the clouds away

III. 'True' or 'False'.

• 1. The red butterfly left its friends to hide. ( False )
• 2. The sunflower offered help to all the butterflies. ( False )
• 3. The Sun came out and saved them. ( True )
• 4. The white lily was not helpful to all three butterflies. ( True )
• 5. The story teaches us about unity. ( True )

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Worksheet 1.4

I. Add ‘-s’ / ‘es’ / ‘ies’ to make Plural.

1. petal      -  petals

6. teacher  -  teachers

2. watch    -  watches

7. lorry      -  lorries

3. tomato  -  tomatoes

8. friend    -  friends

4. class     -  classes

9. baby      -  babies

5. city       -  cities

10. match   -  matches

II. Fill in the blanks with correct form.

• 1. There are many clouds (cloud/clouds) in the sky.
• 2. I saw a colourful butterfly (butterfly/butterflies).
• 3. The children (child/children) are playing together.
• 4. Put the toys in a box (box/boxes).
• 5. She picked three lilies (lily/lilies).

III. Fill in the blanks with the correct antonym from the box.

light, stop, together, warm, near, dry

• 1. The light faded away as soon as it grew dark.
• 2. The rain made the butterflies wet, later the sun made them dry.
• 3. The cold wind blew, the antonym of cold is warm.
• 4. The butterflies wanted the rain to stop, not to continue.
• 5. The sunflower was near to the butterflies (opposite of far).
• 6. The butterflies did not want to stay separately, so they lived together.

IV. Rewrite the sentence by replacing the italicized word with its antonym so the meaning changes clearly.

1. The butterflies were happy.

Ans: The butterflies were sad.

2. The rain made flying difficult.

Ans: The rain made flying easy.

3. The raagi malt is very hot.

Ans: The raagi malt is very cold.

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Worksheet 1.5

I. Circle the Material Noun in the following sentences.

• 1. The chain is made of gold.
  Ans: gold
• 2. We use cement to build houses.
  Ans: cement
• 3. The prices of petrol are rising day by day.
  Ans: petrol
• 4. Iron is a very useful metal in constructions.
  Ans: Iron
• 5. Farmers grow cotton in the fields.
  Ans: cotton
• 6. The room is built of brick, plastic and wood.
  Ans: brick, plastic, wood
• 7. The shoes are made of leather.
  Ans: leather
• 8. The necklace is made of gold and diamond.
  Ans: gold, diamond

II. Fill in the blanks with correct noun form - ‘Common / Material’.

1. boy        -  Common

6. school   -  Common

2. silver     -  Material

7. sugar     -  Material

3. glass      -  Material

8. paper     -  Material

4. chair      -  Common

9. baby      -  Common

5. wood      -  Material

10. water   -  Material

6. rubber    -  Material

12. book    -  Common

III. Choose the correct word.

• 1. My bat is made of wood. (wood/cotton)
• 2. The gate is made of iron. (iron/paper)
• 3. Gold is used to make jewellery. (Gold/Sand)
• 4. We get wool from sheep. (wool/rubber)
• 5. Water is a healthy drink. (Water/Oil)

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Worksheet 1.6

I. Underline the expression that denotes a ‘Polite Request’.

• 1. Give me water. / May I drink water?
  Ans: May I drink water?
• 2. I want your pen. / Can I borrow your pen?
  Ans: Can I borrow your pen?
• 3. Get out. / Can I go out?
  Ans: Can I go out?
• 4. May I come in? / I am coming in.
  Ans: May I come in?
• 5. Can you help me? / Help me now.
  Ans: Can you help me?

II. Fill in the blanks with ‘Can’ (Informal) or ‘May’ (Formal).

• 1. May I come in, Sir?
• 2. Can you lift this heavy box?
• 3. May I use your pencil, please?
• 4. Can you run fast?
• 5. Yes, you may go now.

III. We have already learnt that ‘May’ is used to seek permission and ‘May not’ for refusing permission. Now, read the following and rewrite them using ‘May’/ ‘May not’ in the table given below. One is done for you.

1. Take your eraser.          2. Close the door.          3. Use your bicycle.
4. Drink water.                5. Come in.                    6. Go to washroom.

Sl.No.	Seeking Permission	Giving Permission	Refusing Permission
1.	May I take your eraser?	Yes. You may.	No. You may not.
2.	May I close the door?	Yes. You may.	No. You may not.
3.	May I use your bicycle?	Yes. You may.	No. You may not.
4.	May I drink water?	Yes. You may.	No. You may not.
5.	May I come in?	Yes. You may.	No. You may not.
6.	May I go to the washroom?	Yes. You may.	No. You may not.

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Worksheet 1.7

I. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Three butterflies - one white, one red, and one yellow - lived happily together in a garden. They were good friends who played, danced, and sucked nectar from flowers.

One afternoon, dark clouds gathered and it started raining heavily. The butterflies became wet and found it difficult to fly, so they looked for shelter. First, they asked a sunflower for help. The sunflower agreed to shelter only the red and yellow butterflies, but not the white one. The red and yellow butterflies refused and chose to stay together.

Then, they asked a white lily for shelter. The lily offered shelter only to the white butterfly. The white butterfly also refused to leave its friends behind. Seeing the love and unity among the three butterflies, the Sun was pleased. He chased away the clouds, stopped the rain, and dried their wings. The butterflies were happy again and spent the rest of the day together, showing that true friendship means staying united in difficult times.

• 1. Why did the butterflies look for shelter? ( c )
  a) They were tired of flying.

  b) It became very hot.

  c) It started raining heavily.

  d) It was night time.
• 2. What quality did the butterflies show in the story? ( c )
  a) pride

  b) greed

  c) unity and friendship

  d) anger
• 3. Why did the butterflies refuse to take shelter in the sunflower and the white lily?
  Ans: They refused because the flowers offered shelter to only some of them, and they wanted to stay together.
• 4. What made the sun chase away the clouds and stop the rain?
  Ans: The sun chased away the clouds because he was pleased to see the love and unity among the three butterflies.
• 5. What lesson does the story teach us?
  Ans: The story teaches us that true friendship means staying united in difficult times.

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Worksheet 1.8

I. Read the following passage carefully.

"You told me that you don't like rain. But now you are telling me that every day should be a rainy day. Why?" asked the teacher.

The entire classroom became silent for a while and everyone was eagerly waiting for Kamal's response. But there is no answer from him.

"As it rained heavily last night, water from rain poured into my house through the leaks in the roof through which I could see the Moon. Usually, I sleep in my couch. But that rainy day, every part of our house was completely wet. I slept in my mother's lap, stretching my legs into my father's lap. Along with the rain, love poured into my house". He said to himself.

Choose the correct answer.

• 1. Why did the classroom become silent? ( B )
  A. Everyone was afraid of the teacher.
  B. They waited for Kamal's response.
  C. They thought Kamal would not be able to answer.
• 2. Where did the boy sleep on the rainy day? ( B )
  A. outside the house
  B. in his mother's lap
  C. in his grandmother's lap
• 3. Why did the house become wet? ( C )
  A. due to floods
  B. due to water pipe leakage
  C. due to leakage from the roof
• 4. What made the boy sleep in the laps of his parents? ( A )
  A. due to a wet house
  B. his parents asked him to do so.
  C. he was very much afraid
• 5. What is the name of the boy in the above passage? ( C )
  A. Vimal                B. Vishal                C. Kamal

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Worksheet 1.9

I. Read what the red butterfly is saying about herself and her friends.

Hi, friends!
I am a red butterfly.
I live in a flower garden.
There are two more butterflies in the garden.
We are friends.
We fly, play and dance together.
We all are very happy.

Now, write about yourself and your friends.

Hi, friends! I am Bhargav. I live in a beautiful town. I have three close friends named Kiran, Suresh, and Raju. We are good friends. We study, play cricket, and learn new things together. We all help each other and we are very happy together.

II. Write a short talk between two friends planning to play badminton.

Revathi    : “Hello, Bharathi! How are you?”
Bharathi : “I am fine, Revathi. Let’s play badminton now.”
Revathi    : “Do you have a shuttlecock?”
Bharathi : “Yes, I have. Shall we start the game?”
Revathi    : “Ok then, Bharathi, let’s go now!”

III. Look at a picture of a ‘Rainy Day’. Complete the sentences choosing an appropriate word.

• 1. It is raining. (snowing /raining)
• 2. The sky is cloudy. (clear /cloudy)
• 3. Children are using umbrellas. (sweaters/umbrellas)
• 4. There are puddles on the road. (road /roof)
• 5. I like/dislike rain because I cannot play. (read / play)

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Worksheet 1.10

My Self Reflections

I. Circle the face that matches your feeling.

• 1. When I share my toys: 😊 Happy
• 2. When I fight with friends: 🙁 Sad
• 3. When I help someone: 😊 Happy
• 4. When I tell the truth: 😊 Happy
• 5. When I listen to others: 😊 Happy

II. Scenario: Your friend fell down in the mud.

• 1. Will you laugh at him? (Yes/No) ( No )
• 2. Will you help him up? (Yes/No) ( Yes )
• 3. Will you tell the teacher? (Yes/No) ( Yes )
• 4. Will you make fun of him? (Yes/No) ( No )
• 5. Will you clean his shirt/pants? (Yes/No) ( Yes )

III. Activity 3.
Draw a picture of a ‘Butterfly’.

Clues :
1. Draw a small oval for the body and a circle on top for the head.
2. Draw two big wings on each side of the body.
3. Add antennae and simple designs on the wings.
4. Outline neatly and colour the butterfly.

[ Draw and color your beautiful butterfly here ]

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