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NCERT
SOLUTIONS
CLASS - 4th
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Class : 4th
Subject : English
Chapter : 9
Chapter Name : The Naughty Boy Pinocchio
Q1 From where did the naughty boy come?
Answer. The ‘naughty boy’ came from England.
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Q2 Where did the naughty boy go?
Answer. The ‘naughty boy’ went to scotland.
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Q3 Why did he go there?
Answer. He wanted there to know about the people, places, things and fruits of Scotland.
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Q4 What did the boy wonder about?
Answer. The naughty boy wondered about many things of Scotland, such as:
(i) the heavy lead
(ii) a joyful song
(iii) the wooden door
(iv) ground as long as yard
(v) the fourscore of eighty
(vi) a red cherry
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Q1 What do you think the naughty boy would see in India?
Answer. The naughty boy would see everything same in India.
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Q2 Have you recently been to another place? What is it like? How is it different from your own
place?
Answer. DIY
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Q3 All cultures have their own folk songs in which each line is repeated. This line is sung in a
chorus. Sing a folk song in your own language.
Answer. DIY
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Q1 Naughty is a describing word. Cm you nd more describing words can
You nd in this maze.
Answer.
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Q2 Now write these words here –
(a) The peacock is a _____________ bird.
(b) Pinocchio is a _____________ puppet.
(c) I saw an _____________ quarrel.
(d) Morning exercises make you ______________ .
(e) A glass of milk makes your teeth ___________ .
(f) Rita’s ___________ behaviour annoyed me.
(g) Rahul does not eat green vegetables, therefore his eyesight is __________.
Answer. (a) Beautiful
(b) Naughty
(c) Ugly
(d) Healthy
(e) Strong
(f) Rude
(g) weak
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Q1 Can you write six things that are made of wood?
Answer. Toys, table, chair, pencil, door, furniture.
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Q2 Look at the words given below and put them under the things that they are made of
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Answer.
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Q3 Who do you think is the naughtiest child in your class? Describe her/him in ve lines.
Answer. Ravi is the naughtiest child in ow class. He teases everyone including teachers and the
principal. He is a fair skinned tall boy. He is very fat. eats a lot. He doesn't have many friends as he
annoys everyone.
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Q1 What did the carpenter buy?
Answer. He bought a piece of wood.
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Q2 What did he make out of it?
Answer. He made a puppet who could speak.
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Q3 What did he call his puppet?
Answer. He named it Pinocchio.
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Q4 What did Pinocchio say in the end?
Answer. In the end Pinocchio said, “I’m glad to be a real boy. I’ll never tell a lie again.”
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Q1 Have you ever seen a puppet?
Answer. Yes, I saw a puppet in the Eid Mela.
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Q2 Tell the story of Pinocchio with actions.
Answer. Pinocchio was made of wood. He had all the humanly features but his nose was very big,
and in the shape of a cone. He would speak to his master. He would ask questions to enquire
about things he didn’t know. In the end, it was found that he was a habitual liar.
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Q1 How many words can you make from Pinocchio? Fill them in the empty boxes.
Answer. Hop, Pin, Hip, Chop, Picnic, Coin, Nip, Iconic.
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Q1 Make opposites with the words –
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dis__in__
respect _________________ own _________________
able _________________ capable _________________
ef cient _________________ secure _________________
Answer. Respect - Disrespect
Own - Disown
Able - Disable
Capable -incapable
Ef cient - Inef cient
Secure - Insecure
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Q2 Make naming words by adding ness, ity, ty at the end of the words given below. One has been
done for you.
Answer.
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Q3 Which of the following would you expect a carpenter to use at work?
bench, poker, plane, chisel, fork, spade, blotting paper, lawn-mower, telescope, pincers, jaw,
scissors, hammer, map, nails, lathe, pencil, anvil.
Answer. Bench, plate, chisel, spade. hammer, nails, pencil, lathe.
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Q4 Now make sentences using some of the above words.
Answer. (i) People eat with knife and fork at restaurant.
(i) The courtyard in my house is
(iii) Scissors are used to cut paper, hair and ribbon.
(iv) Telescope is used to see distant Objects.
(v) I love to sit on a bench in park-
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Q5 Give another word from the story that means
completed ________________________
surprised ________________________
strange ________________________
make up your mind ________________________
Answer. Completed - Finished
Surprised - Amazed
Strange - Queer
Make up your mind - Decided
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Q6 Add ‘-er ’ or ‘-r ’ to the doing words below to make new words.
stiff __________ strange __________
ght __________ dance __________
juggle __________ ride __________
speak __________ use __________
write __________ joke __________
Answer.
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Q1 Why did the animals think that the jackal was a king?
Answer. The animals presume that the jackal was a king because he was blue in colour, just like a
king. as he proclaimed himself to be one.
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Q2 How did the jackal become blue?
Answer. The jackal becomes blue because he jumped into a big tub of blue dye.
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Q3 What did the animals do when they saw the blue jackal?
Answer. They thought that blue jackal is the king. Thus. they bowed down in front of him.
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Q4 Why did the dogs feel scared when they saw the jackal?
Answer. Dogs felt scared when they saw the jackal he looked frightening in colour.
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Q5 How did the animals know that the king was just a jackal?
Answer. One day, in the middle of full moon light, the jackal started howling Out of habit. This
activity if his. proved that he was just a jackal.
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