Tom and His New Medicine Class 4th | Question & Answers |Chapter 5|

Tom and His New Medicine Class 4th | Question & Answers |Chapter 5|

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1. What had happened to Tom? 

Answer: 

Tom was not feeling well. He could not eat and sleep as he used to. He did not want to run away from school. Sometimes he did not want to play. He was sad and ill. Or

Tom was not feeling well. He could not eat and sleep properly.

2. Why did not Tom take the painkiller? 

Answer: 

Tom hated it and do not want to take it because it was bitter in taste.

3. Where did Tom pour the medicine?

Answer:  

Tom poured the medicine into the hole in the floor.

4. What made Tom laugh?

Answer: Tom laughed when he poured

some of the medicine into cat's mouth

and it started dancing on its back legs.

1. Write the right answer in the space provided:

 Aunty Polly threw cold water / hot water / both cold and hot water over Tom.

______________

 Aunty Polly gave two tea spoonfuls / three teaspoonfuls / five tea spoonfuls of pain killer after each meal. ________________

 Pain killer was a bitter / sweet / sour medicine. ____________

 Tom poured the medicine into the garden / cup / hole in the floor.

______________

 Tom gave painkiller to cat / owl / monkey. ________________

 Aunty Polly understood that the painkiller was good / bad / excellent medicine. _____________

2. Pick out ten verbs from the story:

Ans. The ten verbs from the story are:

 Eat, Sleep, Run, Play, Bathe, Stand,

Throw, Wrap, Lie, Try, Drink, Hate, Look,

Pour, Come, Jump, Dance, Rush, Laugh,

Hear, Speak, Give, See, etc. 

3. Write the opposites of the following:

Sleep            awake

 Sad                happy

girl____  _       boy_____

Cold _____      hot_________ 

Bad _______     good

Hate               Like/love

Busy _______   idle______

 New ________ old______ 

Come _____   _Go________

 Lot ______     _less_______

4. Encircle the describing words / adjectives in the following sentences:

a) Tom was a naughty boy.

b) Aunt Polly tried a new idea to treat Tom.

c) Aunt Polly put hot water on Tom.

d) Pain killer was a bitter medicine.

e) Aunt Polly wrapped Tom in a wet sheet.

5. Spell the following words:

Grammar Time

In the previous lesson, we learnt about two kinds of sentences. Now let’s learn about other kinds of sentences:

c. Interrogative Sentence: It’s a sentence that asks a question. e.g.:

i. Do you like to go to school daily?

ii. What is your favourite subject ?

NOTE: Every Interrogative Sentence ends with the Note of Interrogation (?).

d. Exclamatory sentence: It’s a sentence that expresses some sudden strong feeling or joy or surprise. E.g.:

i. What a beautiful rose it is!

ii. How cold it is!

iii. What a silly idea!

e. Optative Sentence: It’s a sentence that expresses a wish or desire. E.g.:

i. May they live long!

ii. I wish I were a teacher!

NOTE: Every Exclamatory and Optative Sentences end with the Note of Exclamation (!).

Now write in the brackets what kind of sentences the following are. Also add the correct punctuation mark at the end of each.

1. Why don’t you start your own business 

Answer: Why don’t you start your own business ? Interrogative

2. Don’t waste your time ( )

Answer: Don’t waste your time. Imperative

3. What pleasant weather ( )

Answer: What pleasant weather! Exclamotary

4. How far is the airport from here ( )

5. How long shall we take to solve this question ( )

6. Lend me your pen, please ( )

7. May she become a great teacher ( )

8. Alas! He has failed ( )

9. They desire to be teachers ( )

10. May God bless them (