Chapter 3 – Be a Good Listener
Things to do
1. Write the characteristics of a good listener.
Ans: A good listener does the following things:
(1) He/she looks at the person who is speaking.
(2) He/she pays close attention to the speaker.
(3) He/she tries to understand new or unfamiliar words spoken by the speaker from the context.
(4) He/she tries to keep listening even when he/she does not understand the speaker or disagrees with the speaker.
(5) He/she waits for the speaker to finish and is not afraid to ask polite questions.
(6) He/she notes down important points while listening and thinks about what is spoken.
2. Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.
(1) Once there was a crow. He was very thirsty. He wanted to drink _____ _____.
Ans: some water
(2) There were dark clouds in the sky. Soon, it began to _____.
Ans: rain
(3) This step is broken. Please be _____.
Ans: careful
(4) When the students saw the question paper, they were _____.
Ans: nervous
(5) When the teacher read the answer papers, she was _____.
Ans: happy
3. Listen carefully and write all the words correctly.
(1) You are right. Write it down in the right hand corner.
(2) ‘I need two books.’ ‘Me, too.’ ‘I gave one to my sister.’
(3) He ate the whole apple but there were holes in the apple.
(4) Do you know the tale of the mouse who had seven tails? Please tell it to us.
(5) I knew you wanted new shoes.
Ans: Students must do this on their own.
4. Activities
(1) Sit quietly for some time. Close your eyes and listen carefully to all the sounds that you hear. Can you guess what sounds they are, who or what is making that sound?
Note down what you heard.
Ans: Students must do this on their own.
(2) List 5 of the sounds that you like and 5 of the sounds that you don’t like.
Ans:
Sounds that I like:
Chirping of birds, flute seller playing the flute, whistle of the cooker, rustling of leaves, children shouting happily while playing, songs being played.
Sounds that I don’t like:
Honking of vehicles, screeching of tyres, cawing of the crows, noise of the aeroplane, banging of doors.
5. Group Work
Form groups. Discuss how one can be a ‘good reader’. Use the points in the above passage in your discussion. Write down the points that show what makes a ‘good reader’.
Ans: To be a good reader, one must:
(1) Good readers try to guess the meanings of new or unfamiliar words from the context.
(2) Good readers are not shy or afraid of asking questions.
(3) A good reader visualizes while reading.
(4) Good readers get their doubts clarified by asking polite questions.
(5) A good reader reads different kinds of books.
(6) A good reader enjoys what is being read.
(7) A good reader predicts what will come next.