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d. What is the relationship between the speaker and the listener in the above lines?

i. father-daughter ii. mother-daughter

iii. grandfather-granddaughter iv. grandmother-granddaughter

2. ‘Just think, if you didn’t have to wait, your surprise would be over by now.’

a. What is the main point of discussion in this line?

i. importance of waiting ii. importance of surprises

iii. importance of birthday celebration iv. importance of friends

b. What kind of behaviour does the speaker display in this line?

c. What kind of relationship do the speaker and the listener share?

d. What do you think can be the outcome of this conversation?

Time to think and answer
1. Although it was Betsy’s birthday and she deserved a party, the Fairies tell her to wait
and see. Why? life skill critical thinking

2. How does Betsy catch on to the secret of the Wait-and-See Fairies? life skill logical thinking

Time to study language

You have learnt in an earlier class that nouns are of different kinds, for example, proper,
common and collective nouns. Let us revise them quickly.

Proper nouns are the special names of people, things or places, such as, Betsy, Mrs
Button, Tommy, Mary.

Common nouns are the general names of people, animals, things and places, such as,
gift, fairy, cupboard, cupcake, candle.

Collective nouns are the names for a collection of people, animals or things, like troop,

herd, fleet, swarm, flock.

Read these sentences and notice the highlighted words.

• They planned a surprise for Betsy.

• There was a lot of happiness in the end.

The highlighted words in these sentences represent a quality, idea, or feeling that cannot
be seen or touched. Such nouns are called abstract nouns.

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