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English for classes 3 to 5

5 lessons, each with worked examples, a try-at-home activity and a practice sheet. The practice sheets are together after the lessons, and the answer keys are at the very back.

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  • Classes 3-5
  • 5 lessons
  • 50 practice questions
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Contents

What is in this book

  1. 1Nouns and pronounsNouns name people, places, animals and things. Pronouns take their place. Learn to tell them apart and use them well.3 min
  2. 2Verbs and tensesVerbs are action words. Learn how they change to show the past, the present and the future.3 min
  3. 3Adjectives and describing wordsAdjectives describe nouns and make your writing colourful. Learn to use them and to compare things.3 min
  4. 4Describing people, places and thingsUse describing words for colour, size, shape and feel so that your reader can see and touch what you write about.3 min
  5. 5Building sentences step by stepBuild strong sentences from who, what they do, and extra details like where, when and how.3 min

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Lesson 1 of 5

Nouns and pronouns

Nouns name people, places, animals and things. Pronouns take their place. Learn to tell them apart and use them well.

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Let us begin

The big idea

Look around you. Every person, place, animal and thing has a name. Words that give these names are called nouns. Pronouns are small words that help us avoid repeating the same noun.

A noun is a naming word. It is the name of a person, a place, an animal or a thing. Meena, teacher, Jaipur, school, cow and book are all nouns.

A common noun is a general name, like girl, city or river. A proper noun is the special name of one person, place or thing, like Meena, Jaipur or Ganga. A proper noun always begins with a capital letter.

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, so that we do not repeat the same name again and again. Common pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we and they.

Use he for a boy or a man, she for a girl or a woman, it for a thing or an animal, and they for more than one person or thing.

Four kinds of naming wordsFour coloured boxes are headed Person, Place, Animal and Thing. Each box lists three nouns, such as Meena, Jaipur, cow and book. Two notes below say that proper nouns start with a capital and that a pronoun takes a noun place.Nouns are naming words Person Meena teacher doctor Place Jaipur school park Animal cow parrot tiger Thing book kite table Proper nouns start with a capital: Meena, Jaipur A pronoun takes a noun's place: Meena - she
Every noun names a person, a place, an animal or a thing.

Worked examples

See how it works

  1. Finding nouns

    In 'Meena took her book to school.' the nouns are Meena, book and school. Meena is a proper noun. Book and school are common nouns.

  2. Using a pronoun

    Without a pronoun: Aman is tall. Aman plays basketball. With a pronoun: Aman is tall. He plays basketball. The word He takes the place of Aman.

  3. A pronoun for many

    Rohan and Sita are cousins. They live in Bhopal. The word They takes the place of Rohan and Sita.

Try it at home

Noun treasure hunt

You will need

  • Paper
  • Pencil

What to do

  1. Draw four columns on your paper: Person, Place, Animal, Thing.
  2. Walk around your home or look out of the window.
  3. Write down five nouns in each column.
  4. Put a circle around the ones that are proper nouns, such as your own name or the name of your town.
  5. Write three sentences using these nouns, then change one noun in each sentence into a pronoun.

Ask a grown-up: A grown-up can help you spell the names of places and people.

Lesson 2 of 5

Verbs and tenses

Verbs are action words. Learn how they change to show the past, the present and the future.

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Let us begin

The big idea

Run, jump, eat, sleep: these are all verbs. A verb tells us what someone or something does. The form of the verb also tells us when it happens. This is called tense.

A verb is an action word. It tells what a person, animal or thing does. Words like is, am and are are verbs too, even though they do not show a big action.

The present tense tells about something that happens now or happens again and again. I eat. Meena sings every morning. With he, she or it, the verb usually takes an s or es: she plays, he goes.

The past tense tells about something that has already happened. Most verbs add ed: play becomes played, walk becomes walked. If the verb ends in e, add only d: bake becomes baked. Some verbs change in other ways: go becomes went, eat becomes ate, write becomes wrote.

The future tense tells about something that will happen later. We put will before the verb: I will play. We will visit the zoo.

Past, present and futureA horizontal time line with an arrow points to the right. Three markers show past, present and future. Under them are the sentences I played, I play and I will play. Past Present Future I played. I play. I will play. already happened happening now has not happened yet Verbs change form to show time.
The verb changes to show when something happens.

Worked examples

See how it works

  1. One verb, three tenses

    Present: Rina draws a picture. Past: Rina drew a picture. Future: Rina will draw a picture.

  2. Regular verbs

    Walk becomes walked. Jump becomes jumped. Clean becomes cleaned. For verbs ending in e, add only d: bake becomes baked.

  3. Irregular verbs

    Some verbs change in their own way: go - went, eat - ate, write - wrote, see - saw, run - ran.

Try it at home

Yesterday, today, tomorrow

You will need

  • Paper
  • Pencil

What to do

  1. Fold your paper into three columns and write Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow at the top.
  2. Think of something you do every day, such as read a book.
  3. In the Yesterday column write a sentence in the past: I read a book.
  4. In the Today column write a sentence in the present: I read a book now.
  5. In the Tomorrow column write a sentence in the future: I will read a book.
  6. Repeat with two more verbs, such as play and eat.

Ask a grown-up: A grown-up can check the verbs with you.

Lesson 3 of 5

Adjectives and describing words

Adjectives describe nouns and make your writing colourful. Learn to use them and to compare things.

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Let us begin

The big idea

A red kite, a tall tree, a sweet mango. The words red, tall and sweet tell us more about the nouns. Words like these are called adjectives.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It can tell us the colour, size, shape, number or kind of a person or thing: red, big, round, three, kind, sweet.

An adjective can come before the noun: a red kite. It can also come after the word is or are: The kite is red.

We use adjectives to compare. With short words, add er to compare two things and est to compare three or more: tall, taller, tallest. If the word ends in one vowel and one consonant, double the last letter: big, bigger, biggest. With long words use more and most: beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.

A few adjectives change in their own way: good, better, best. We never say gooder or goodest.

Comparing: tall, taller, tallestThree bars stand on one line and grow taller from left to right. They are labelled tall, taller and tallest. A note says to add er for two things and est for three or more.Comparing adjectives tall taller tallest Add er for two things, est for three or more.
Add er to compare two things and est to compare three or more.

Worked examples

See how it works

  1. Describing nouns

    The small brown puppy drank warm milk. Small and brown describe the puppy. Warm describes the milk.

  2. Comparing

    Ravi is tall. His brother is taller than Ravi. His father is the tallest of the three.

  3. Special words

    This book is good. That book is better. The best book is on the top shelf.

Try it at home

Describe it!

You will need

  • Paper
  • Pencil
  • A few things from your room, such as a toy, a fruit and a cup

What to do

  1. Choose three things and put them on the table.
  2. Look at the first thing closely.
  3. Write five adjectives about it: its colour, size, shape and how it feels.
  4. Write one sentence using two of your adjectives.
  5. Do the same for the other two things.
  6. Compare two of the things in a sentence using an er word.

Ask a grown-up: Do not use anything breakable. A grown-up can help with spellings.

Lesson 4 of 5

Describing people, places and things

Use describing words for colour, size, shape and feel so that your reader can see and touch what you write about.

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Let us begin

The big idea

A good writer makes you see a picture in your mind. The trick is to use describing words. Let us learn to describe things so well that anyone can picture them.

Describing words tell us more about a noun. They answer questions such as: What colour? How big? What shape? How does it feel?

We can use our five senses to find describing words. We can see (red, round), touch (soft, rough), hear (loud, quiet), smell (sweet, sour) and taste (salty, sweet).

A plain sentence says: I ate a mango. A better sentence says: I ate a sweet, juicy, yellow mango.

Try not to use the same word again and again. Instead of saying big many times, we can say huge, tall, giant or wide.

Describing with the sensesA mango in the centre with four labels around it: see, touch, smell and taste, each with a describing word. mango See: yellow Touch: smooth Smell: sweet Taste: juicy
Each sense gives us describing words.

Worked examples

See how it works

  1. Describing a place

    My grandmother has a small, green garden. The roses are red and soft. The air smells sweet, and the birds make a happy sound.

  2. Describing a person

    My teacher is tall and kind. She has long black hair and a warm smile. Her voice is gentle and clear.

  3. Describing a thing

    My school bag is blue and heavy. It has two big pockets and a shiny zip. The straps are soft and wide.

Try it at home

Mystery object

You will need

  • A paper bag
  • A small household object, such as a spoon or a sock
  • Paper and a pencil

What to do

  1. Ask a family member to put an object in the bag without showing you.
  2. Feel the object through the bag. Do not look inside.
  3. Write five describing words for it, using touch only.
  4. Now take the object out and add two words about colour and shape.
  5. Write three sentences describing the object.

Ask a grown-up: An adult can choose a safe object without sharp edges.

Lesson 5 of 5

Building sentences step by step

Build strong sentences from who, what they do, and extra details like where, when and how.

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Let us begin

The big idea

A sentence is like a small house. It needs a strong base, and then we can add rooms. Let us build a sentence one piece at a time.

Every sentence needs two parts. The first part tells us who or what the sentence is about. This is the subject. The second part tells us what the subject does. This is the verb part.

The shortest sentence can be just two words: Birds fly. Birds is the subject. Fly is the verb.

Now we can add details. Answer the questions where, when and how. Birds fly in the sky. Birds fly in the sky every morning. Birds fly quickly in the sky every morning.

A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark. Always read your sentence aloud to check that it makes sense.

A sentence growingThree stair steps. The first says Birds fly. The second adds in the sky. The third adds every morning. Birds fly. Birds fly in the sky. Birds fly in the sky every morning. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Add one detail at a time to grow a sentence.

Worked examples

See how it works

  1. Building up

    Step 1: Dogs bark. Step 2: Dogs bark loudly. Step 3: Dogs bark loudly at night. Each step adds one detail and the sentence stays correct.

  2. Finding the parts

    In the sentence "The little girl sings a song", the subject is The little girl and the verb part is sings a song.

  3. Fixing a broken sentence

    "Plays in the park" has no subject. We add one: The children play in the park. "The children in the park" has no verb, so we add one too.

Try it at home

Sentence stairs

You will need

  • Paper
  • A pencil
  • Colour pencils

What to do

  1. Draw a staircase with five steps.
  2. On step 1 write a short sentence such as Cats sleep.
  3. On each next step, add one more detail, such as where, when or how.
  4. Read the longest sentence out loud.
  5. Make a new staircase with a different sentence.

Ask a grown-up: An adult can read your sentences and help check capital letters and full stops.

Part two

Practice sheets

One sheet for each of the 5 lessons. Write your name and the date at the top, answer in the spaces, then check with the answer keys at the back.

Practice sheet

Nouns and pronouns

Practice sheet: Nouns and pronouns (Classes 3-5, English)

  1. Pick the noun in this sentence: The girl sang.
  2. Which one is a proper noun: city, Jaipur or river?
  3. Fill in with a pronoun: Aman is tall. ___ plays cricket.
  4. Fill in with a pronoun: The boys went home. ___ were tired.
  5. Fill in with a pronoun: I have a cat. ___ is white.
  6. Write all the nouns in this sentence: Dad bought a book from the shop.
  7. Rewrite the second sentence using a pronoun: Sita and Gita are sisters. Sita and Gita live in Pune.
  8. Give one proper noun for the common noun city.
  9. Rewrite with the correct capital letters: my friend rohan lives in kolkata.
  10. Write your own sentence using the pronoun we.

Practice sheet

Verbs and tenses

Practice sheet: Verbs and tenses (Classes 3-5, English)

  1. Pick the verb: The bird flies.
  2. Write the verbs in this sentence: Kabir ran and jumped.
  3. Write the past tense of walk.
  4. Write the past tense of go.
  5. Fill in with the past tense of eat: Yesterday I ___ a mango.
  6. Fill in with will and the verb visit: Tomorrow we ___ the zoo.
  7. Fill in with the correct form of sing: Meena ___ every morning.
  8. Which tense is this sentence in: She will paint a picture.
  9. Rewrite in the past tense: I write a letter.
  10. Write your own sentence in the future tense.

Practice sheet

Adjectives and describing words

Practice sheet: Adjectives and describing words (Classes 3-5, English)

  1. Pick the adjective: The soft pillow is on the bed.
  2. Write the adjective in this sentence: Riya has a red kite.
  3. Choose the correct word: An elephant is ___ than a rat. (big / bigger)
  4. Write the er form of tall.
  5. Fill in with the est form of high: Mount Everest is the ___ mountain in the world.
  6. Write all the adjectives: The small brown puppy drank cold milk.
  7. Write an opposite of the adjective heavy.
  8. Complete the line: good, better, ___
  9. Fill in with an adjective of your choice: I ate a ___ mango.
  10. Write your own sentence using the adjective beautiful.

Practice sheet

Describing people, places and things

Practice sheet: Describing people, places and things (Classes 3-5, English)

  1. What kind of words tell us more about a noun?
  2. Name three questions that describing words can answer.
  3. Add two describing words: I saw a ___ ___ dog.
  4. Which sense do we use to find the word soft?
  5. Which sense do we use to find the word loud?
  6. Make this sentence better: I ate a mango.
  7. Find the describing words: The tall, kind teacher smiled.
  8. Give two words we can use instead of big.
  9. Write two describing words for a lemon.
  10. Write three sentences describing your school bag.

Practice sheet

Building sentences step by step

Practice sheet: Building sentences step by step (Classes 3-5, English)

  1. What are the two main parts of a sentence?
  2. Name the subject in: Birds fly.
  3. Name the verb in: The boy runs fast.
  4. Add a place to this sentence: The cat sleeps.
  5. Add a time to this sentence: We go to school.
  6. Is "Plays in the park" a full sentence? Why or why not?
  7. Make a full sentence from these words: children, play, the, in, garden, the.
  8. What should a sentence start with?
  9. Name the three marks that can end a sentence.
  10. Grow this sentence in three steps: Dogs bark.

Part three

Answer keys

The answers to every practice sheet, in the same order as the lessons. Parents and teachers may like to keep these pages separately.

Answer key

Answers: Nouns and pronouns

  1. girl.
  2. Jaipur.
  3. He.
  4. They.
  5. It.
  6. Dad, book, shop.
  7. Sita and Gita are sisters. They live in Pune.
  8. Any name of a city, for example Mumbai, Delhi or Kolkata.
  9. My friend Rohan lives in Kolkata.
  10. Any sentence with we, for example: We play in the park.

Answer key

Answers: Verbs and tenses

  1. flies.
  2. ran, jumped.
  3. walked.
  4. went.
  5. ate.
  6. will visit.
  7. sings.
  8. The future tense.
  9. I wrote a letter.
  10. Any sentence with will, for example: I will read a book tonight.

Answer key

Answers: Adjectives and describing words

  1. soft.
  2. red.
  3. bigger.
  4. taller.
  5. highest.
  6. small, brown, cold.
  7. light.
  8. best.
  9. Any suitable adjective, for example sweet or juicy.
  10. Any sentence with beautiful, for example: The peacock has beautiful feathers.

Answer key

Answers: Describing people, places and things

  1. Describing words (adjectives).
  2. Sample answers: What colour? How big? What shape? How does it feel?
  3. Sample answer: I saw a small brown dog.
  4. Touch.
  5. Hearing.
  6. Sample answer: I ate a sweet, juicy, yellow mango.
  7. tall and kind.
  8. Sample answers: huge, giant, large, tall.
  9. Sample answer: yellow and sour.
  10. Sample answer: My bag is blue. It is heavy and has two big pockets. The zip is shiny.

Answer key

Answers: Building sentences step by step

  1. The subject and the verb part.
  2. Birds.
  3. runs.
  4. Sample answer: The cat sleeps on the sofa.
  5. Sample answer: We go to school in the morning.
  6. No, it has no subject. We do not know who plays.
  7. The children play in the garden.
  8. A capital letter.
  9. A full stop, a question mark and an exclamation mark.
  10. Sample answer: Dogs bark. Dogs bark loudly. Dogs bark loudly at night.

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