An Adventure on the Train - A Poem and Story for Class IV

1. PRESANNA GOVINDAN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO-1, JALAHALLI-WEST, BANGALORE-560 015

2. SUBJECT : ENGLISH TOPIC : AN ADVENTURE ON THE TRAIN UNIT : CLASS : IV

3. AN ADVENTURE ON THE TRAIN

4. IN THIS POEM Over the mountains Over the plains Over the rivers On the rails Carrying passengers Carrying mail Bringing their precious loads In without fail Here comes the………… TRAIN

5. Mention for what the following are used

6. We use these to send messages (MEANS OF COMMUNICATION)

7. We use these to travel from one place to another. (MEANS OF TRANSPORT)

8. Most of you would have travelled to different places by a train,bus,flight or a ship. While travelling you would have come across an encounter with your co-passenger that had taken place.Here is one such encounter that Daisy’s mother had experienced with one of her co-passenger. THE STORY GOES ON LIKE THIS.....

9. An Adventure on the TRAIN • Daisy and her mother started their journey to Sultanpur by train,where her grandparents were staying. When the train stopped at the next station, a tall man entered their compartment. He was looking strong and scary wearing a hat and an overcoat.Daisy’s mother saw his photograph in the newspaper that morning the notorious criminal Billa. The next day,they reached Sultanpur. As soon as the stranger got down from the train,a few policemen rushed towards him and saluted. • Daisy’s mother was shocked. She went to a nearby bookshop and bought a newspaper in which the stranger’s photograph was given as Inspector Bhola who caught the notorious criminal Billa. She was mistaken and learnt a lesson that “Persons should not be judged by their faces.”

10. From the given passage,pick up the past tense of the following words • Daisy and her mother started their journey to Sultanpur by train,where her grandparents were staying. When the train stopped at the next station, a tall man entered their compartment. He was looking strong and scary wearing a hat and an overcoat.Daisy’s mother saw his photograph in the newspaper that morning the notorious criminal Billa. The next day,they reached Sultanpur. As soon as the stranger got down from the train,a few policemen rushed towards him and saluted. • Daisy’s mother was shocked. She went to a nearby bookshop and bought a newspaper in which the stranger’s photograph was given as Inspector Bhola who caught the notorious criminal Billa. She was mistaken and learnt a lesson that “Persons should not be judged by their faces.” Entered Reached • Enter - • Reach - • Start - • Stop - • Catch - • Learn - • Buy - Started Stopped Caught Learnt Bought

11. Give * Careful * Up * Slow * Strong * Familiar * Close * Safe * Pick up the opposites of the following Take Careless Down Fast Weak Unfamiliar Open Unsafe

12. Fill in the blanks choosing the right word from the box Port,railway station,horse,road,pilot • An airport is to an aeroplane • as a railwaystation is to a train. • A driver is to a bus as a _______is to an aeroplane. Pilot

13. A bus is to a bus stop • as a ship is to a _____ Port • A steamer is to water as a truck is to the ____ Road • An engine is to a train as a ______is to a Tonga Horse

14. SOLVE THE GIVEN PUZZLE WITH THE HELP OF THE CLUES DOWN T R N A I E B U S 2 R H I P A B O T 4 P R L U A C A R 6 N K O C K T R E 7 1 ACROSS 5 3 8