NCERT Solutions for Class 4 English - The Little Fir Tree

Ques 1:
1) Pretty     
2) Needles      
3) Leaves     
4) Gold       
5) Stole 
Ans:
1) Pretty: pleasing to the eye
Example:

a) Smita is a pretty girl.
b) Her dress looked really pretty.

2) Needles: a small, thin object used for sewing
Example:
a) I could not find the needle in the sewing kit.

b) She pricked her thumb with a needle.

3) Leaves: plural form of leaf
Example:
a) I found pale green leaves in the garden.
b) The leaves are as pretty as flowers.

4) Gold: a yellow precious metal
Example:
a) My mother gifted me a gold ring on my birthday.
b) The box contained gold coins.

5) Stole: past of steal
Example:
a) She stole a lot money from the bag.

b) The man stole the car from the parking.

Reading is fun

Q1: Tick (√) the correct answer –
(a) The pretty little fir tree was happy with gold leaves but…
(i) a goat came along and ate them.
(ii) all the leaves got wet in rain.
(iii) a man stole them
(b) The fir tree was sad…
(i) because it had yellow leaves.
(ii) because it had needle-like leaves.
(iii) because it was very short.
(c) The fir tree was not happy with the gold leaves…
(i) because the goats came and ate them up.
(ii) a man stole them.
(iii) the gold leaves broke.
Ans:
(a) (iii) a man stole them
(b) (ii) because it had needle-like leaves.
(c) (ii) a man stole them.

Word building

Q1: By changing the circled word to its opposite, rewrite these sentences. One has been done for you.
Example: 
(a) I carry a  to school every day.  
I carry a heavy bag to school every day.

(b) Rina  the race
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(c) I  eating vegetables.
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(d) This glass of milk is
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(e) The old man is
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Ans:
(b) Rina lost the race.
(c) I hate eating vegetables.
(d) This glass of milk is empty.
(e) The old man is foolish.

Q2: Now give the opposite of the words below by adding un or im.

Ans:

Q1: Rita loved her dog Sheroo. Every day, Sheroo would go out of the house and come back himself. But one day he did not come home. Rita looked everywhere for him. Tears rolled down her cheeks. Sheroo was lost. He was nowhere to be found. Rita was crying when she reached home. She got into her bed. All of a sudden something jumped on her. Can you guess who it was? Rita was very happy.

Ans:

1) Hated

2) Come in

3) Go  

4) Nowhere

5) Up  

6) Found

7) Everywhere

8) Laughing

9) Sad

Let’s Write 

Q2: Rewrite the passage below using capital letters where necessary :
(i) one Saturday afternoon Amarjit and his little sister Rani went for a picnic to India gate. there they saw ducks, water, and their friend Raj
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(ii) oh dear said the fir tree I like my old needle-like leaves best for goats don’t eat them and no man can steal them
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Ans: 
(i) One Sunday afternoon, Amarjit and his little sister Rani went for a picnic to India Gate. There they saw ducks, water, and their friend Raj.
(ii) “Oh dear!”, said the fir tree. I like my old needle-like leaves best, for goats don’t eat them and no man can steal them.

Let’s talk 

2). Look at the picture again. Describe the picture.
Ans:
1).

2).
a) A brother and a sister have come to a park to enjoy picnic.
b) There is a beautiful lake.
c) Two ducks are swimming in the lake.
d) There are also many green trees in the park.

Fun time 

Ans: “Yes, dish gardens are tiny gardens planted in a shallow dish. We must first put sand, manure and pebbles in a dish. Plant very tiny plants in it and place the dish on the window sill.”
Hint: This is a sample answer. Students are advised to do this activity on their own.

Q2: Glass breaks easily when it is dropped. Do you think a mud flower pot, a glass spoon, a wooden table, a plastic cup, books or your plastic water bottle can break easily?
Ans: Things can break easily:
i) Glass Spoon
ii) Flower Pot

Q3: Which of the following actions would make others happy/unhappy? 

Ans:

Let’s listen, read and write

Ans: Do not weep on stupid things They will make you more weak Be happy for what you have got You never know what others have not
”Why are you crying”? asked the Koyal, ”Its my feet that have got trouble”. The peacock felt sorry for it without knowing that it was subtle.