MAK LABS — Std 5 English Chapter 3 Be a Good Listener

1Write the characteristics of a good listener.

The characteristics of a good listener are:

They look at the person who is speaking instead of turning away.
They pay close attention to what the speaker is saying.
They make special efforts to understand the speaker.
They try to guess the meaning of new or unfamiliar words from the context.
They try to guess what the speaker will say next.
They keep listening even if they do not understand or if they disagree with the speaker.
They wait for the speaker to finish before asking polite questions to clarify doubts.
They note down important words or points while listening.
They keep thinking about what they heard even after the conversation is over.

2Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.

(1) Once there was a crow. He was very thirsty. He wanted to drink ...
He wanted to drink water.

(2) There were dark clouds in the sky. Soon, it began to ...
Soon, it began to rain.

(3) This step is broken. Please be ...
Please be careful.

(4) When the students saw the question paper, they were ...
When the students saw the question paper, they were happy / surprised / nervous.

(5) When the teacher read the answer papers, she was ...
When the teacher read the answer papers, she was pleased / disappointed.

3Listen carefully and write all the words correctly.

This is a dictation activity to be done in class. The teacher will dictate sentences containing homophones (words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings, like right/write, two/too, whole/hole, tale/tail, knew/new). Students must listen and write them down with the correct spellings.

4Activities

(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.

Things I heard:
1. The hum of the ceiling fan in the room.
2. The chirping of sparrows outside the window.
3. The distant honking of cars on the street.
4. The ticking of the wall clock.
5. The sound of footsteps in the corridor.

(2) List 5 of the sounds that you like and 5 of the sounds that you don't like.

5 sounds I like:
1. Rain falling on the roof.
2. Birds singing in the morning.
3. Waves crashing on the beach.
4. Soft instrumental music.
5. A baby laughing.

5 sounds I don't like:
1. Loud traffic horns.
2. Dogs barking continuously at night.
3. Chalk squeaking on a blackboard.
4. A loud drilling machine.
5. Thunder crashes.

5Group 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'.

Using the hints provided in the textbook, here are the characteristics of a 'good reader':

Good readers try to guess the meaning of new or unfamiliar words from the context.
They pay close attention to what they are reading.
They try to guess what is going to happen next in the story or text.
They note down important or difficult words to look up in a dictionary later.
They keep thinking about what they have read to understand the deeper meaning.

3. Be a Good Listener