Class 4 English Chapter 13 Complete Guide Book — Little Things | PunjabTest.com

This unit is the poem Little Things by Julia A. Carney. It teaches us that little things make a big difference: little drops of water make the mighty ocean, little grains of sand make the pleasant land, little deeds of kindness make our earth an Eden, and little words of love make the heaven above. Never look down upon little things.

The poem says: Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land. So the little moments, humble though they may be, make the mighty ages of eternity. So the little errors lead the soul away, from the paths of virtue into sin to stray. Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, make our earth an Eden, like the heaven above.

The message is beautiful: everything great is made of little things. A mighty ocean is just many little drops together, and a kind world is just many little deeds of kindness together. So we should never ignore little things, little moments and little deeds.

Eternity means infinite or unending time. Pleasant means enjoyable. Mighty means very large and powerful, and stray means to lose direction.

Find and write pairs of rhyming words in the poem: water / daughter? sand / land, be / eternity, away / stray, love / above. Then read the given map and write correct directions using the direction key: Direction of the post office from the school, direction of the hospital from the playground, direction of the police station from the hospital.

Stress, rhythm and intonation make our speech beautiful: we say some words louder (stress), we speak with a regular beat (rhythm), and our voice rises and falls (intonation). Read the given stanza with correct pronunciation: Now another day is breaking, birds are sweet and flowers are waking, dear Lord, I promised you last night, never again to sulk or fight.

In speaking, look at the given signs and read what they say: signs for celebration, angry and counselling. Then get into pairs and let one student perform an action or express an emotion by looking at his/her body language, while the other guesses it. Body language is a form of non-verbal communication.

Question words ask for information: who, what, where, when, why, how, how many, how much. How many asks about the number of countable nouns (How many people work in his company?) and how much asks about the price of uncountable nouns (How much sugar would you like in your tea?). Fill in the blanks with the correct wh-question words.

Simple future tense shows actions that will happen later: Subject + will/shall + base form of verb. They will water the plants. She will not go to school tomorrow. It will rain tomorrow. Will he plant a new tree? I will play football with my friends. Kinds of sentences: instructions (Fry the onion for 5-7 minutes. Take your medicine before sleeping.), commands (Clean your room.) and exclamatory sentences (What a lovely waterfall! Wow, you won a gold medal! What a cold day!). Do / does ask questions: Do you play hide and seek? Yes, we play hide and seek. Does she like Italian food? Yes, she likes it very much. Does he work in a bank? Yes, he does.

Read the central idea of the poem Little Things: The poem highlights the importance of little things. It teaches us that little things are not useless. Therefore, we should not look down upon little things. Everything has its own importance, no matter how little it may be. Now write the central idea of the third stanza in your notebook.

Then list four pairs of rhyming words and use them to write a simple poem about your favourite thing (for example toys or books). Use correct spelling, punctuation and capital letters in your poem.