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Study skills
Here are some words. Look up a good dictionary and find out what comes

immediately before and after each word. synthesising information

Word immediately before Word Word immediately after

bread

apple

porridge

coffee

pinafore

Time to listen
Listen to a poem, ‘The Balloon Man’ by Rose Fyleman.*

Now, answer these questions.

1. Who comes on market days?

2. What are the colours of the balloons?

3. When do the balloons ‘tug like anything’?

4. What would look pretty in the sky? When?

Time to speak

Suppose you are the narrator of the story. Tell the class how you felt after

sharing your breakfast with the poor family. You may use these words.

• it felt nice to see the smiles on their faces

• they were happy to get such a good breakfast
I felt very happy
to help them • they were grateful towards us
because … • we helped a family that did not have food to eat

or clothes to keep themselves warm

* For listening text, turn to page 139.
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