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3. Why did Amy exchange the present she had bought?
4. How did the girls respond to their mother’s request to give up their breakfast?

5. Were the girls happy in the end? Why?

D. Refl ect and answer.

1. Why do you think Amy bought a smaller jar of cologne at first?
2. Why do you think the girls gave up their food although they were hungry?

3. Write two sentences about each of the four girls in the story.

Vocabulary

Read the following sentences.

Please fry your cakes and get everything ready.

It will please her very much, I know.
The word please in the first sentence is used to make a request while that in the second

means ‘make someone happy’. There are some words in the English language that have
the same spellings and pronunciations but are distinctly different in their meanings. These
words are known as homonyms.

A. Make sentences to show the diff erent meanings of the following words and

write them in your notebook.

1. bear 2. rose

3. seal 4. left

5. lie 6. bark

Colours and Hues

Read the following sentences.

Jo received a crimson-coloured book.

Beth’s book was dove coloured.

Crimson is another shade of red while dove is another shade of white.

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