Tamil Nadu 4th Standard English Book Back Solution | Treasure Trove | Lesson 2-2

Lesson.2 My Hobbies

Lesson.2.1> My Hobbies – Treasure Trove 

Glossary

• space – beyond earth
• zoom – travel quickly
• glance – look
• discover – find
• mystery – strange (or) unknown thing
• mermaid – an imaginary creature
• solve – find solution
• crime – unlawful act

A. Answer the following questions.

a. What would we do when we are happy or sad?

We would read when we are happy or sad.

b. When do we land on Mars?

When we read about space, we land on Mars.

c. Why do we discover a mystery?

We discover a mystery to solve a crime.

d. Where did we visit a mermaid?

We visited a mermaid under the sea.

e. Why should we read?

Reading gives us abundant knowledge and skills. So one should read when he/she is happy or sad.

Additional Questions

A. Answer the following questions.

1. How can we zoom with cars?

When we picture an autorace, we can zoom with cars.

2. What is lost in the poem?

A bicycle is lost in the poem.

B. Pick out the rhyming words from the poem and write.

• Mars – Cars
• time – Crime
• be – Sea

Let Us Know

• Simple present tense is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths and planned actions.
• The simple present tense is easy to form. We all know verbs have forms. Those are

• The present form is used in simple present tense. Come let us use it.

• For I, we, you and they, present form is used.
• For he, she and it, s is added to the present form.

Give the correct verb form for following sentences.

	I go to school. Ans : go
	We _______ to school. Ans : go
	It _______ to school. Ans : goes
	They _______ to school. Ans : go
	You _______ to school. Ans : go
	He _______ to school. Ans : goes
	She _______ to school. Ans : goes

• We saw simple present tense for action verbs.
• Let us see the simple present tense for ‘be’ verbs.
• ‘Be’ verbs show a state of being.

• ‘am’ is used for I
• ‘are’ is used for we, you, and they
• ‘is’ is used for he, she, it.

Give the correct verb form for following sentences.

	I ______ a doctor. Ans : am
	We ______ police. Ans : are
	You ______ an engineer. Ans : are
	He ______ a carpenter. Ans : is
	It ______ a car. Ans : is
	They ______ football players. Ans : are
	She ______ a driver. Ans : is

Let us see when to use the simple present tense.

Habitual actions

• I wake up at 6 am every day.
• I go to market every Saturday.

General truths

• The earth goes round the sun.
• Water boils at 100º C.

Unchanging situations

• I am a teacher and I teach English.
• I go to school by bus.

Planned actions

• The examination starts next week

A. Use the suitable verb.

(read, reads)

1. I ______ the book.

Ans : read

2. Suresh ________ the poem.

Ans : reads

3. My friends _______ a passage.

Ans : reads

4. The boy ______ the story.

Ans : reads

5. The robot ______ some words.

Ans : reads

6. Banu _______ the lesson.

Ans : reads

7. We _______ loudly.

Ans : read

8. My father ______ the news.

Ans : reads

9. You _______ the instruction.

Ans : read

B. Circle the correct word.

1. Boy like / likes the cake.

Ans : likes

2. We come / comes home at 4 p.m. every day.

Ans : come

3. The birds fly / flies in the sky.

Ans : fly

4. You comes / come late to school.

Ans : come

5. It run / runs very fast.

Ans : runs

C. Rewrite the sentences using the words in the brackets.

1. I go to school at 8 ‘o’ clock. (He)

• He goes to school at 8 ‘o’ clock.

2. We play cricket on Sundays. (Aravind)

• Aravind plays cricket on Sundays.

3. I watch tv in the afternoon. (My mother)

• My mother watches tv in the afternoon.

4. They visit their friends in the evenings. (Kavitha)

• Kavitha visits her friends in the evenings.

5. I have dinner at 8 p.m. (She)

• She has a dinner at 8 p.m.

Fill in the blanks.

1. I _____ Rani.

Ans : am

2. He ______ my father.

Ans : is

3. They ____ my brothers.

Ans : are

4. She ___ my grandma.

Ans : is

5. We ___ family.

Ans : are

6. He ___ my grandpa.

Ans : is

7. She ___ my mother.

Ans : is

Fill in the blanks.

1. I ______ to school.

Ans : go

2. My grandma ______ to temple.

Ans : goes

3. They _______ to school

Ans : go

4. My dad ______ to office.

Ans : goes

5. We all _____ our work regularly.

Ans : do

6. My grandpa ____ to shop.

Ans : goes

7. My Mom ____ to office.

Ans : goes

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