The small gray squirrel became friendly when ______________.

The old banyan tree “did not belong” to grandfather, but only to the boy, because _________________

Use the words in the box to speak about the people and the things below, using as … as or –er than

[Notice that in the word ‘hot’, the letter ‘t’ is doubled when –er is added.)

1. Heights

______________

2. Weight Lifters

_____________

3. City temperatures

______________

4. Lengths

______________

5. City Temperatures

______________

Look at these sentences.

Choose would and could to replace the italicized words in the following sentences.

Grandfather says, in the old days,

1. elephants were able to fly in the sky, like clouds. They were also able to change their shapes. They used to fly behind clouds and frighten them. People used to look up at the sky in wonder.

2. because there was no electricity, he used to get up with the sun, and he used to go to bed with the sun, like the birds.

3. like the owl, he was able to see quite well in the dark. He was able to tell who was coming by listening to their footsteps.

Read again the paragraphs of the story in which the author describes the banyan tree and what he used to do there. Is there a place in your house, or in your grandparents’ or uncles’ or aunts’ houses, that you especially like? Write a short paragraph about it, saying

● where it is

● what you do there

● why you like it

You may instead write about a place you dislike, or are afraid of.

The young boy spent his afternoons in the tree ____________________.

Find words in the story, which show things striking violently against each other.

1. The cobra struck the crow, his snout th_ _ _ ing against its body. (15)

2. The crow and the myna c_ ll _ _ _ _ in mid-air. (13)

3. The birds dived at the snake, but b _ _ _ _ d into each other instead. (14)

The words in the box are all words that describe movement. Use them to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.

The word ‘round’ usually means a kind of shape. What is its meaning in the story?

Read the descriptions below of what the snake did and what the mongoose did. Arrange their actions in the proper order. (11, 16)

“It was to be a battle of champions.” (8)

(i) What qualities did the two champions have? Pick out words and phrases from the paragraph above this line in the text and write them down.

(ii) What did the cobra and the mongoose do, to show their readiness for the fight?