NCERT Textbook - Alice In Wonderland | English for Class 4 PDF Download

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Why?
Alice in Wonderland
UNIT-4
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Why?
Alice in Wonderland
UNIT-4
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Why?
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I know a curious little boy,
Who is always asking “Why?”
Why this, why that, why then, why now?
Why not, why by-the-by?
He wants to know why wood should swim,
Why lead and marble sink,
Why sun should shine and wind should blow
And why we eat and drink.
He wants to know what makes the clouds
And why they cross the sky,
Why sinks the sun behind the hills
And why the flowers die.
Some of these why’s are not too hard
To answer if you’ll try;
Others no one ever yet
Has found the reason why.
Read and enjoy the poem
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Why?
Alice in Wonderland
UNIT-4
2024-25
Why?
5
61
I know a curious little boy,
Who is always asking “Why?”
Why this, why that, why then, why now?
Why not, why by-the-by?
He wants to know why wood should swim,
Why lead and marble sink,
Why sun should shine and wind should blow
And why we eat and drink.
He wants to know what makes the clouds
And why they cross the sky,
Why sinks the sun behind the hills
And why the flowers die.
Some of these why’s are not too hard
To answer if you’ll try;
Others no one ever yet
Has found the reason why.
Read and enjoy the poem
2024-25
Why?
New words
curious, lead, marble, sink, reason
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61
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Why?
Alice in Wonderland
UNIT-4
2024-25
Why?
5
61
I know a curious little boy,
Who is always asking “Why?”
Why this, why that, why then, why now?
Why not, why by-the-by?
He wants to know why wood should swim,
Why lead and marble sink,
Why sun should shine and wind should blow
And why we eat and drink.
He wants to know what makes the clouds
And why they cross the sky,
Why sinks the sun behind the hills
And why the flowers die.
Some of these why’s are not too hard
To answer if you’ll try;
Others no one ever yet
Has found the reason why.
Read and enjoy the poem
2024-25
Why?
New words
curious, lead, marble, sink, reason
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61
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Reading is fun
Let’s talk
Word building
1. Name a few things that sink.
2. List three questions that the little boy asks.
(a) _____________________________________________
(b) _____________________________________________
(c) _____________________________________________
3. What sort of a boy is described in the poem?
(a) sad (b) curious (c) brave
Ram is a curious little boy. He is always asking questions. One
day he came home and asked his grandfather questions like –
1. Why can’t we look at the sun during a solar eclipse?
2. Why can’t we touch the sun?
3. Why can’t we go out to play in the dark?
Discuss these questions with your teacher and class. Do you
know the answers?
1. Fill in the blanks with words from the poem which rhyme
with the coloured words in the sentences –
is the _____________ so high?
Do you the colour of _____________?
Why
know
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Why?
Alice in Wonderland
UNIT-4
2024-25
Why?
5
61
I know a curious little boy,
Who is always asking “Why?”
Why this, why that, why then, why now?
Why not, why by-the-by?
He wants to know why wood should swim,
Why lead and marble sink,
Why sun should shine and wind should blow
And why we eat and drink.
He wants to know what makes the clouds
And why they cross the sky,
Why sinks the sun behind the hills
And why the flowers die.
Some of these why’s are not too hard
To answer if you’ll try;
Others no one ever yet
Has found the reason why.
Read and enjoy the poem
2024-25
Why?
New words
curious, lead, marble, sink, reason
5
61
2024-25
Reading is fun
Let’s talk
Word building
1. Name a few things that sink.
2. List three questions that the little boy asks.
(a) _____________________________________________
(b) _____________________________________________
(c) _____________________________________________
3. What sort of a boy is described in the poem?
(a) sad (b) curious (c) brave
Ram is a curious little boy. He is always asking questions. One
day he came home and asked his grandfather questions like –
1. Why can’t we look at the sun during a solar eclipse?
2. Why can’t we touch the sun?
3. Why can’t we go out to play in the dark?
Discuss these questions with your teacher and class. Do you
know the answers?
1. Fill in the blanks with words from the poem which rhyme
with the coloured words in the sentences –
is the _____________ so high?
Do you the colour of _____________?
Why
know
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Have you who made the _____________?
Put the glass in the after you finish your _____________.
2. The spellings of these words are jumbled. Put them right
and make sentences of your own –
wokn know _____________________________
wism _______ _____________________________
dael _______ _____________________________
blarme _______ _____________________________
llihs _______ _____________________________
1. Discuss and write –
(a) Why do cats and dogs fight?
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
(b) Why do we walk across the road, not run?
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
found
sink
Let’s write
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