Little Daddy became obsessed with playing ping-pong and thought it was the most important thing in his life. He stopped going to school after beating the school champion. His parents took him to a doctor after finding out. The doctor convinced him to return to school in September. Though his team did not win the tournament, they came in second place. Little Daddy then realized ping-pong was not the most important thing and started missing school again.

1. UNIT – 1 SECTION – 1
HOW DADDY PLAYED PING-PONG

3. Alexander
Raskin
• Alexandar Raskin (1894 - 1971) was
born in Belarus while it is still part of
the Soviet Union. He is a famous
Russian author. One of his widely
recognized works is When daady
was a Little boy, a largely
autobiography book about his
childhood.

4. HOW
DADDY
PLAYED
PING-PONG

5. Summary
• Little Daddy was very fond of playing ping pong all day long,
and even was imagining to win championships. Little Daddy
used to think that ping pong was the work of his life and
everything else was a play. After beating the school champion,
little Daddy thought that there was no use of going school any
longer, and he stopped going to school. However after the
situation had come into his parents notice, they took him to a
doctor. He promised the doctor who treated crazy poeple, that
he would go back to school in September. However little
Daddy's team could not win the tournament, but took second
place. As it happens in little boys, little Daddy also understood
that ping pong was not the most important thing in the world and
he started to miss his school.

6. Vocabulary
Ping-pong – another term for table tennis
All the rage – popular
The end of him – his downfall
Playing hooky – to avoid or skip school or work without
permission
Fascinated- to attract somebody
Summoned- order someone to be present
Sane- mentally normal

7. QUESTION TIME
• Q1. From which book the extract “How Daddy
played ping pong” has been taken? Who is the
writer of the book?
• Q2. What the story “How daddy played ping-pong”
is about?
• Q3. Which game was invented when Daddy was a
little boy?
• Q4. “And that was the end of him”. What does this
phrase from the lesson mean?

8. Answer Time
• A1. This extract is taken from When
Daddy Was a Little Boy by Alexander
Raskin.
• A2. This stoy is about the childhood period
of daddy.
• A3. Ping-pong was invented when
daddy was a little boy.
• A4. The phrase end of him is his downfall

10. Homophones

13. Homonyms

15. PARTS
OF
SPEECH

17. NOUNS

19. ADJECTIVE

23. SYLLABLES