i) Where did the monkey live?
Answer: The monkey lived in a rose apple tree beside a river.

ii) What did the monkey see in the river?
Answer: The monkey saw a crocodile swimming in the river.

iii) Who became friends?
Answer: The monkey and the crocodile became friends.

iv) What did the monkey give to the crocodile?
Answer: The monkey gave some sweet rose apples to the crocodile.

i) The crocodile lived in the river. ➔ Yes

ii) The monkey lived in an apple tree. ➔ No (It was a rose apple tree)

iii) The monkey was hungry. ➔ No (The crocodile was hungry)

iv) The rose apples were sweet. ➔ Yes

v) The monkey wanted to taste the heart of the crocodile. ➔ No

The words from the box that describe taste are:

• sweet (মিঠা)
• spicy (মচলাযুক্ত)
• sour (টেঙা)
• bitter (তিতা)
• salty (লুণীয়া)
• hot (জ্বলা / গৰম)

1. The male crocodile

2. The female crocodile (crocodile's wife)

3. The monkey (তৃতীয় চৰিত্ৰ)

My favourite character: I love the monkey because he was clever, kind, and saved his own life using his presence of mind.

1. Silent 'b' in words ending with 'mb':

• climb (উচ্চাৰণ: ক্লাইম)
• thumb (উচ্চাৰণ: থাম)
• comb (উচ্চাৰণ: কোম)
• dumb (উচ্চাৰণ: ডাম)

2. Silent 'k' in words starting with 'kn':

• knee (উচ্চাৰণ: নী)
• know (উচ্চাৰণ: নো)
• knife (উচ্চাৰণ: নাইফ)
• knob (উচ্চাৰণ: নব)

Question 1 : Where did the crocodile live?
Answer : The crocodile lived in the river.

Question 2 : What did the crocodile give to his wife?
Answer : The crocodile gave his wife rose apples.

Question 3 : What is your name?
Answer : My name is crocodile.

Question 4 : Where do you live?
Answer : I live in the river.

Note: We put a question mark ( ? ) at the end of every question.

• Rhyming words:

• tree ➔ see, he, me
• ran ➔ fan, can, man

• Opposites from the poem:

• up ✕ down
• she ✕ he
• came ✕ went