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Are there some things that grown-ups don’t let you do?
Read about what this child feels.
There are lots of things
They won’t let me do —
I'm not big enough yet,
They say.
So I patiently wait
Till I’m all grown-up;
And I’ll show Them all,
One day.
I could show Them now
If they gave me the chance,
There are things I could do
If I tried.
But nobody knows,
No nobody knows, that I’m
Really a giant,
Inside.
enough, chance, giant, patient
Irene Yates
New words
Don’t Tell
88
UNIT IX
2019-20
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Are there some things that grown-ups don’t let you do?
Read about what this child feels.
There are lots of things
They won’t let me do —
I'm not big enough yet,
They say.
So I patiently wait
Till I’m all grown-up;
And I’ll show Them all,
One day.
I could show Them now
If they gave me the chance,
There are things I could do
If I tried.
But nobody knows,
No nobody knows, that I’m
Really a giant,
Inside.
enough, chance, giant, patient
Irene Yates
New words
Don’t Tell
88
UNIT IX
2019-20
1. How old is the speaker?
2. Who are ‘they’ and ‘them’ in the poem?
3. What is the secret the speaker is hiding?
1. Think of three things that ‘they’ won’t let you do.
2. What are the things you’d like to do when you are
grown-up that you can’t do now?
2. Look at these words in the poem.
Don’t I’m I'll
Here are their full forms:
Don’t – Do not I’m – I am I’ll – I will
1. Using the letters of the given word, make three words.
One is done for you.
blackboard mother vegetable thousand   helicopter
black __________ __________ __________ __________
board __________ __________ __________ __________
back __________ __________ __________ __________
89
Talk time
Word building
Reading is fun
2019-20
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Are there some things that grown-ups don’t let you do?
Read about what this child feels.
There are lots of things
They won’t let me do —
I'm not big enough yet,
They say.
So I patiently wait
Till I’m all grown-up;
And I’ll show Them all,
One day.
I could show Them now
If they gave me the chance,
There are things I could do
If I tried.
But nobody knows,
No nobody knows, that I’m
Really a giant,
Inside.
enough, chance, giant, patient
Irene Yates
New words
Don’t Tell
88
UNIT IX
2019-20
1. How old is the speaker?
2. Who are ‘they’ and ‘them’ in the poem?
3. What is the secret the speaker is hiding?
1. Think of three things that ‘they’ won’t let you do.
2. What are the things you’d like to do when you are
grown-up that you can’t do now?
2. Look at these words in the poem.
Don’t I’m I'll
Here are their full forms:
Don’t – Do not I’m – I am I’ll – I will
1. Using the letters of the given word, make three words.
One is done for you.
blackboard mother vegetable thousand   helicopter
black __________ __________ __________ __________
board __________ __________ __________ __________
back __________ __________ __________ __________
89
Talk time
Word building
Reading is fun
2019-20
Team time
i. Now write the full forms of the following words.
Can’t __________ It’s ____________ Isn’t __________
What's __________ That's ____________
ii. Make sentences using the following
He’s She’s You’re We’re
iii. Now write about two things you'll do when you grow up.
You can begin like this :
When I grow up I'll _________________________________________
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Class Word Chart — How many new words have you learnt?
Write down three words you have learnt so far. Write them
down on a chart or blackboard. Tell their meanings to the
class.
giant goose
jam grey
gym gold
June gum
a. January goose gem jam
b. jacket giraffe grow July
c. giant grapes grey June
Choose and tick the words with a 'j' sound
Say aloud
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