Munching: Eating something with a steady, chewing sound. Like when you eat a crispy apple. 🍎
Delicious: Tastes very, very good! A yummy flavor.
Fiddle: A small musical instrument, a lot like a violin. The grasshopper uses a bow to play cheerful songs on it. 🎻
Cheerful: Feeling happy and full of joy. Making others feel happy, too! 😊
Marched: To walk with steady, regular steps, like a soldier on a mission.
Gather: To collect or bring things together in one place. The ant had to collect food.
Plenty: More than enough of something. A large amount.
Chuckle: To laugh quietly. The grasshopper was laughing a little at the ant.
Frosty: Very cold and covered in a thin, white layer of ice, called frost. ❄️
Shivered: To shake a little bit because you are cold or scared.
Realizing: To suddenly understand something important. The grasshopper suddenly understood he had no food. 💡
Shame: A feeling of being embarrassed or sad because you did something wrong or foolish.
Lesson: Something important or helpful that you learn from an experience.
Choose the best answer for each question.
What was the Grasshopper doing in the sunny field?
a) Working and marching
b) Munching on grass and playing his fiddle
c) Building a house for winter
What was the Ant carrying on his back?
a) A little fiddle
b) A big piece of corn
c) A cold piece of frost
Why did the Ant say he could not stop and sing with the Grasshopper?
a) He was too tired from marching.
b) He had to clean his house.
c) He had to gather food for the winter.
How did the Grasshopper feel when winter arrived?
a) Cheerful and warm
b) Cold, hungry, and sad
c) Happy to have plenty of food
What lesson did the Grasshopper learn at the end of the story?
a) It is better to sing than to work.
b) There is a time for work and a time for play.
c) Grass tastes better than corn.
Match the vocabulary word (1-5) to its simple definition (A-E). Write the letter next to the number.
1. Delicious
2. Fiddle
3. Gather
4. Chuckle
5. Shivered
A. To laugh quietly.
B. Tastes very, very good.
C. Shook a little bit from the cold.
D. To collect things together.
E. A small musical instrument (like a violin).
Use the best word to complete the sentence. (Words: plenty, frosty, cheerful, shame, realizing)
The Ant had ______ of time to prepare, but the Grasshopper did not use it.
The Grasshopper made the air fun with his ______ music.
Winter mornings were very cold and ______.
The Grasshopper felt ______ because he had done something foolish.
He was cold and hungry, ______ he had made a mistake.
Past Tense: Find the correct past tense verb from the story: The Ant ______ his head when the Grasshopper called him.
a) shake
b) shakes
c) shook
Adjective Identification: What is the describing word (adjective) in this sentence? The Ant was carrying a big piece of corn.
a) carrying
b) piece
c) big
Verb Conjugation (Simple Present): Choose the correct verb form: The Grasshopper ______ to play his little fiddle.
a) start
b) starts
c) starting
Opposites (Antonyms): What is the opposite of the word tiny in the story?
a) sunny
b) hungry
c) big
Put the events of the story in the correct order (1, 2, 3, 4).
The Grasshopper was shivering and knocked on the Ant’s door.
The Ant was marching and carrying corn to gather food.
The Grasshopper laughed and said, "There's plenty of time!"
The Grasshopper was playing his fiddle in the sunny field.
What season was the Ant preparing for?
Why did the Ant say he could not share his food with the Grasshopper?
What is one way the Ant and the Grasshopper were different at the beginning of the story?
Part 1: Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ)
b) Munching on grass and playing his fiddle
b) A big piece of corn
c) He had to gather food for the winter.
b) Cold, hungry, and sad
b) There is a time for work and a time for play.
Part 2: Vocabulary
A. Matching Words: 1. B, 2. E, 3. D, 4. A, 5. C
B. Fill in the Blank: 1. plenty, 2. cheerful, 3. frosty, 4. shame, 5. realizing
Part 3: Grammar Questions
c) shook
c) big
b) starts (The subject, 'The Grasshopper,' is singular, so the verb needs an '-s' for simple present.)
c) big (The Ant was 'tiny' but carried a 'big' piece of corn/corn is 'big' in size compared to the ant.)
Part 4: Comprehension & Subjective Questions
A. Story Sequencing: (4, 2, 3, 1)
4 - The Grasshopper was shivering and knocked on the Ant’s door.
2 - The Ant was marching and carrying corn to gather food.
3 - The Grasshopper laughed and said, "There's plenty of time!"
1 - The Grasshopper was playing his fiddle in the sunny field.
B. Short Answer (Accept similar simple answers):
The Ant was preparing for winter.
The Ant said he was busy preparing while the Grasshopper was only playing, and now he had just enough food for his family, but not enough to share.
The Ant was working (marching, gathering food), but the Grasshopper was playing/having fun (munching, playing music).