My name is Leo.
I am a lion.
I can roar.
I am the king of the forest.
My name is Slimy.
I am a snake.
I can hiss.
Beware of me!
I am Jumbo.
I am an elephant.
I can trumpet.
I am a very big animal.
Let’s Speak
1. Work in pairs. Ask your partner to answer the questions given below.
How does a dog bark? What sound does the cat make?
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Let’s Write
1. Choose the correct words from those given in the brackets.
a. Tommy is a (dog/duck).
b. Kitty is a (cat/tiger).
c. The duck says (quack-quack/bow-wow).
d. The (lion/snake) is the king of the forest.
e. The (elephant/horse) is a very big animal.
What’s the Good Word?
1. Match the words in the two columns. Look at the example.
Column I Column II
horses trumpet
birds Example buzz
bees hoot
owls neigh
sheep bleat
elephants chirp
2. Write the names of the following animals.
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Let’s Learn Grammar
Simple Present Tense
Read these sentences.
The monkey swings from the tree. The cat plays with the wool.
a. The words ‘plays’ and ‘swings’ tell us about an action that happens again
and again.
b. When we talk about only one person, animal or thing, we add - s (or - es)
to the action word. (except with I and you)
For example:Tanvi sings. The cat runs. The teacher teaches.
c. When we talk about more than one person, animal or thing,
we do not add - s or - es to the action word.
For example: The children play. The dogs bark. The teachers teach.
d. With I and you, we never add - s (or - es) to the action word.
For example : I sleep. You drive.
1. Read the sentences given below and circle the right word.
a. Ramu (swim/ swims ) in the pool.
b. Varun (walk/walks) to school.
c. The children (play/plays) in the park in the evening.
d. You (climb/climbs) the apple tree.
e. The dog (bark/barks) at the man.
f. The sun (rise/rises) in the morning.
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2. People do all kinds of different jobs to help us every day.
For example, a watchman guards our house at night. Fill in the blanks with
action words to say what each one does.
a. Amit is a singer. He _____________ songs.
b. Veera is a driver. She _____________ the school bus.
c. Heena is a baker. She _____________ tasty cakes.
d. Harry is a painter. He _____________ pretty pictures.
e. Renu is a teacher. She _____________ English to Class I.
3. Look at these pictures. Write one sentence about what each one does
in your notebook.
Use the help words given below each picture. Remember to add –s or –es to the
action words where needed.
Harpreet Seema Varun
(read, a book)
(bake, a cake) (eat, a burger)
Roma The girls Ali
(kick, a ball) (sing, songs) (draw, a picture)
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Manisha Biku The cats Asha
(clean, the desk) (cook, food) (drink, milk) (write, poems)
Thinking Hat
Why is the duck named Quacky? Does the name suit the duck ?
Why do you think the snake is called Slimy?
Let’s Listen
(Interesting Fact)
Answer the following.
Listen carefully to your teacher as she talks. She will make the sounds of different animals.
Repeat the words and sounds after her.
Writing Skills
Look at the pictures, speak and write two sentences about each of the
following. One is done for you.
This is a camel.
The camel is called the ship of the desert.
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………………………………………………
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
Life Skill
Make a scrapbook with pictures of the animal that has ……………………………….
a. White and black stripes
b. A horn on its head
c. A long trunk
d. A slimy body
e. Big ears
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10 WILD ANIMALS
Let’s Read
Enjoy the poem
Read this poem with rhythm and
learn about wild animals
I will be a lion,
And you shall be a bear,
And each one of us will have a den,
Beneath a nursery chair.
And you must growl and growl and growl,
And I will roar and roar,
And then--why, then--you’ll growl again,
And I will roar some more!
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Let’s Speak
Discuss and share if animals have to talk like humans, what will they talk
about?
Let’s Write
1. Answer the following questions.
a Name the animals in the poem.
b. In the poem, where will the lion and the bear make their dens?
c. What sound does the lion make?
What’s the Good Word?
1. What does it mean?
yellow winter twenty blind
Which word means- b) a cold season _____________
a) a colour _____________ d) a number _____________
c) unable to see ___________
b. Join and write the words. b) f + airy = _____________
a) ch + urch = ____________ d) b + owl = _____________
c) fl + ower = _____________
2. What does it mean?
snail pine horse jaw
Which word means b) a large animal we ride _____________
a) a type of tree _____________ d) an animal with a shell _____________
c) part of your face ___________
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3. Look closely at each word. Write the smaller word you can find.
One is done for you.
a) cape ___ cap__ b) page ___ _____ c) stop ___ _____
d) land ___ _____ e) rice ___ _____ f ) clap ___ _____
4. Circle the word that matches the picture.
a) corn b) cone c) hive
horn zone dive
born bone five
d) keep e) lice f ) fish
sheep rice wish
weep mice dish
Let’s Learn Grammar
A prepostion is a word which is used before a noun or pronoun to show the
relation of the noun with some other word in the same sentence.
1. Complete the following sentences using suitable prepositions from
the the box below.
over under in near off of behind on for
a. The thief is hiding ___________ the house.
b. The house is made ___________ bricks.
c. There is a well ___________ the house.
d.The boy is hiding ___________ the cupboard.
e. The toy is ___________ the cupboard.
f. The boy is looking ___________ the girl.
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g. The cow is sitting ___________ the tree.
h. There are apples ___________ the tree.
i. The bird is flying ___________ the tree.
2. Fill in the blanks with prepositions of place or time. You have to use
some of the prepositions more than once.
at on in by in for on a
a. The concert started ___________________8:00 p.m.
b. Grandpa and Grandma were married _________________1939.
c. Our exams begin ___________________ Monday.
d. The boys like playing ___________________ the stream.
e. He saw a lot of animals ___________________ the zoo.
f. We went rowing ___________________ the lake.
g. The monkey is riding ___________________the back of the tiger.
h. He met his friend ___________________ the bus stop.
i. The team is leaving ___________________ Singapore next week.
3. Circle the correct word preposition.
a. The boy is swimming in/on the pool.
b. Books are kept in/on the study table.
c. Clothes are kept over/in the almirah.
d. My friend was standing near/on me.
e. Children are playing at/in the garden.
f. I placed the painting behind/on the wall.
g. The train moved over/near the bridge.
Life Skill
There are many stray dogs on the road. How can we take care of them?
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Thinking Hat
Some wild animals are kept in the zoo. Find out the reason why these animals are kept in
the zoo.
Let’s Listen
(Interesting Fact)
Listen to the poem your teacher reads and answer the following questions.
1. Which animal has a long neck?
2. What do zebras have?
3. What do monkeys do?
Conversation Skills
Read the conversation between Arjun and Neeraj. Have a similar
conversation with your partner.
Arjun : Hi. Neeraj! How are you?
Neeraj : Hello, Arjun! I am fine. What about you?
Arjun : I am also fine. Neeraj, did you complete
your holiday homework?
Neeraj : Yes, it is almost complete. Only one or
two things are left. What about you?
Arjun : One activity is pending at my end.
Everything else is complete.
Neeraj : Which activity is pending?
Arjun : Neeraj, the activity in which we have to visit a zoo and
paste the pictures of animals in a scrapbook.
Neeraj : Oh! I haven’t done that activity either.
Arjun : Let’s do one thing. Let’s visit the zoo and
complete the activity.
Neeraj : Yes, you're right. Let’s go there this weekend and
complete our work.
Arjun : Okay, done! Good bye!
Neeraj : Good bye!
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11 A FLY FORGETS
HER NAME
Let’s Read
A fly is flying around a garden.
She sits on a beautiful flower. The
flower asks the fly. “What is your
name ?”
The fly thinks for a few seconds.
She has forgotten her name. She
goes to an old woman. “Granny,
please tell me my name,” the fly
asks.
“Oh my dear! I am too old to remember. Go and ask my grand daughter,” the
old woman says.
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“Please tell me my name,” the fly asks the
grand daughter.”I am very busy. Go and ask
someone else,” she answers. The fly becomes
sad. She meets a pony.
The pony says, “Hello fly, how Hi!
are you?” “Good Lord! My name
is fly!” the fly says and goes back My name is
home happily. Rudra.
I am a boy.
Let’s Speak
Hello!
I am a fly.
What is your
name ?
Ask and answer the above questions changing the underlined words. You will
find many names for this role-play.
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Let’s Write
1 Answer the following questions.
a. What happened to the fly?
b. What did the flower ask the fly?
c. Who was very busy?
d. Who told the fly her name at last?
e. Why couldn’t Granny tell the fly its name?
2. Tick () whether the following statements are true or false.
a. A bee is flying around a garden. ( T/ F)
b. A fly has forgotten her name. ( T/ F)
c. The fly goes to an old man first. ( T/ F)
d. The grand- daughter tells the fly her name. ( T/ F)
What’s the Good Word?
1. Unscramble the word in the box and fill in the blank.
a. b d i r - This flies in the air. ____________________
b. o u n r d - A ball is this shape. ____________________
c. o u m t h - You put food in this to eat. ____________________
d. o u n g r d - You walk on this. ____________________
e. i r t h d - This comes after the second. ____________________
f. i r f t s - This comes before the second. ____________________
g. o e k j - It makes us laugh. ____________________
h. o u d n s - Something which you hear. ____________________
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Let’s Learn Grammar
Observe what these people are doing.
The baby is crying. Mother is working The children are playing.
on the computer.
Pia is reading a The waiter is
magazine. serving food.
The highlighted words tell us about the things that are happening right now.
We add -ing to the action words to show that it is happening right now.
Add –ing to these doing words.
a) When we talk about a single person or thing, we use am with I, are with you
and is with he/she/it.
For example: • I am playing. • He is drawing. • It is raining.
b) When we talk about more than one person or thing, we use are.
For example: • They are working together. • We are reading a book.
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1. Add –ing to these words in each group. One has been done for you.
a. Add only – ing.
teach - teaching walk ___ _____ talk ___ _____
play ___ _____
read ___ _____ go ___ _____ work ___ _____
sleep ___ _____ eat ___ _____ dance ___ _____
live ___ _____
b. Drop the last e and add –ing.
swim ___ _____
write - writing shine ___ _____ clap ___ _____
smile ___ _____ come ___ _____
c. Double the last letter and add –ing.
hop - hopping hug ___ _____
stop ___ _____ skip ___ _____
2. Complete the sentences with doing words after adding -ing.
sing learn chew dance climb play count eat walk
a. She is _____________ the tree.
b. The dog is _____________ a bone.
c. Mita is _____________ on the stage.
d. Grandparents are _____________ in the park.
e. My aunt is _____________ the money.
f. Sandy is _____________ karate.
g. Neha and her sister are _____________ .
h. The cat is _____________ with a ball of wool.
i. She is _____________ an apple.
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3. Use is, are or am with doing words given in the box and fill in the blanks.
running dancing shining talking
a. Reema ______________________ on the mobile.
b. Simi ______________________ to her house.
c. Tomy and Rover ______________________ on the floor.
d. The sun ______________________ in the sky.
wagging singing eating asking crossing playing
e. The goats ___________________ the bridge.
f. The puppies ___________________ in the garden.
g. They __________________ their tails.
h. The monkey ___________________ a banana.
i Diya ___________________ for a book.
j. I ___________________ a song.
listening chirping hugging crying
k. The little bird ____________________ loudly.
l. I ____________________ to it.
m. Ritu ____________________. She has got hurt.
n. Mother ____________________ Ritu.
Life Skill
You are in a garden playing with your parents. You see a small child crying bitterly. When you
asked the child his name, he says “ I don’t know’ The child seems to be lost.
Answer the following questions-
a. How will you help the child?
b. What are the things you have to be careful about while playing alone in the park?
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Thinking Hat
Look at this picture of a garden. Write four sentences about it choosing words from the
box.
Butterflies flowers trees birds grass dry leaves
1 __________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________
Let’s Listen
(Interesting Fact)
Listen to your teacher carefully as she says some words from this lesson. Find
them in the lesson and encircle them.
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12 GOD CREATED
TEACHERS
Let’s Read
Enjoy the poem
Let us read the poem with rhythm and learn why God has created teachers.
God created teachers,
And gave us special friends,
So that we understand His world,
And truly comprehend.
The splendor and the wonder,
Of all that we can see,
And become better people,
With each discovery.
God created teachers,
And gave us special guides,
To show us ways to grow,
So we all could decide.
The way to live and way to do,
What’s right instead of wrong.
To lead us so that we can lead,
And learn how to be strong.
So God created teachers,
With His wisdom and His grace,
To help us learn to make our world,
A better and wiser place.
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Let’s Speak
Why do you like to go to school? What is the best thing you like about your
teacher?
Let’s Write
1. Answer the following questions.
a. Who has created teachers?
b. How can we become better people?
c. How do teachers help us after they become our guides?
2. Fill in the blanks.
strong better people guides wiser
a. God created teachers so that we become better _______.
b. God created teachers and gave us special __________.
c. Teachers lead us so that we can lead and learn how to be _______.
d. God created teachers to help us learn to make our world a _________
and __________ place.
What’s the Good Word?
ink peacock ostrich earth wind
nest gold festivals shout paper
a. When I blow, the leaves fall.______ b. I help the pen to write. ______
d. I am a yellow metal. ________
c. I am a loud call. ________ f. I am the blue planet. ________
h. People celebrate me. _________
e. I am the national bird. ________ j. You write on me.________
g. I am a flightless bird. ________
i. Birds make it on the tree. ________
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Let’s Learn Grammar
A word that joins two words or sentences is called a joining word. A joining
word is also called a conjunction.
Read these sentences.
• Sonu loves to study English. Sonu loves to study Maths.
• Sonu loves to study English and Maths.
We use “and” to join sentences that have the same ideas.
1. Join the two groups of words using ‘and’. One has been done for you.
a. The cat is angry. The cat is hungry.
The cat is angry and hungry.
b. Sam likes apples. Sam likes oranges.
c. Diya likes fruits. Diya likes milk.
d. The girl eats a bun. The girl drinks milk.
e. Dev is going to school. His grandmother is going home.
f. Grandmother is making soup. Grandfather is making rice.
g. My sister is reading. I am colouring.
Read these sentences.
• This balloon is red. That balloon is blue.
This balloon is red but that balloon is blue.
• I like noodles. My brother likes rice.
I like noodles but my brother likes rice.
“But” is also a joining word.
We use ‘but’ to show that one thing is different from the other.
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2. Make sentences with the words in each pair of balloons by using the
conjunction ‘but’.
a. A king is rich but a beggar is poor.
b. ____________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________________
e. ____________________________________________________________
3. Underline the joining words in these sentences.
a. I have a banana and an orange.
b. Grandmother and grandfather are going for a walk.
c. My sister likes reading but I like colouring.
d. It is a cold and windy day.
e. Kabir is sad but Karan is happy.
f. I like oranges but my sister likes apples.
g. My socks and shoes are lost.
h. Kaye drinks hot soup but Dhaval drinks cold soup.
i. I have a black cat but Gurmeet has a white dog.
4. Make one sentence by using the correct joining word.
a. Ashok is a good boy. Ashok is a kind boy.
b. Sita opened her book. Sita began to read.
c. Tom is jumping. Mary is skipping.
d. That boy is thin. His brother is fat.
e. Hari has a bicycle. His brother has a scooter.
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Let’s Listen Thinking Hat
(Interesting Fact) Find out the names of all the teachers
who teach you. Now arrange them in
Listen to your teacher. Write whether each
statement is true or false. the alphabetical order.
a. ___________ b. ___________
c. ___________ d. ___________
Conversation Skills
Read the conversation between Kajal and Sonia. Have a similar conversation
with your partner.
Kajal : Hello! I am Kajal. What is your name?
Sonia : I’m Sonia.
Kajal : Are you a new student here?
Sonia : Yes, I am.
Kajal : What do your parents do?
Sonia : My father is a banker and my mother is a teacher.
Kajal : Oh! That is amazing. Nice meeting you
Sonia : Same here.
Life Skill Writing Skills
Aman was continuously talking in the Every student thinks one or two teachers
class and teasing his bench mate. as his favourite. Who is your favourite
teacher at school? Write a few sentences
The teacher stopped, but he did not about him or her.
listen. Answer the following: _________________________________
_________________________________
a. Do you think it is right to bully your _________________________________
classmates? _________________________________
_________________________________
b. Is it right to disrespect your
teacher / parents?
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13 VEGGIE WORLD
Write the names of the given vegetables.
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Let’s Read
Do you go with your parents to buy vegetables? How many names of
vegetables can you recall in one minute?
It is a bright summer morning. Mona
and her mother are going to the market
to buy some vegetables. Mona looks
around the greengrocer’s shop. She sees
many vegetables in lovely
colours.
Mona’s mother picks up a small
pumpkin and keeps it in the basket.
It is dark yellow in colour.
“Can I have this carrot, mother?” Mona says. “It looks nice.”
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“Yes,” her mother says, “You can, but don’t eat it without washing. You can
pick some tomatoes from that basket.” Mona picks five tomatoes and puts
them in the basket. "Can we have those brinjals?" Mona’s mother asks the
greengrocer.
“Yes, of course,” the greengrocer says. “Here you are.”
He gives Mona some purple brinjals.
Mona says, “Mum, please take a bunch of spinach. I love green vegetables.”
“Sure dear,” her mother replies. She gives the greengrocer some money.
They both walk back home.
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Let’s Speak
Which is your favourite vegetable? Why should we eat green vegetables?
Let’s Write
1 Answer the following questions.
a. What kind of morning is it?
b. Why are Mona and her mother going to the market?
c. What does Mona see in the greengrocer's shop?
d. Which vegetables does Mona love?
e. Why should we wash vegetables before eating?
f. Why did Mona’s mother give some money to the greengrocer?
g. Do you eat raw vegetables? Do you wash them before eating?
What’s the Good Word?
Read these words.
Polite Words
Thank you Please Sorry
Say thank you when • Say please when you ask Say sorry when you
someone does someone to help you with make a mistake.
something.
something for you.
• Say please when you want
to borrow something from
someone.
The words please, thank you and sorry are called polite words.
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1. Fill in the blanks with polite words from the box.
sorry please thank you
a. We say _________________ when we hurt someone by mistake.
b. We say _________________ when we want to borrow something
from someone.
c. We say _________________ when we step on someone’s foot by mistake.
d. We say _________________ when someone gives us something.
e. Neera wants a pencil from Suraj. She should say _________________ .
Here are some more polite words.
Polite Words
You are welcome Excuse me Excuse me, please
Say You are welcome Say Excuse me when you Say Excuse me, please when you
when someone thanks want someone’s attention. want to interrupt someone or
ask them to move or when you
you for something. sneeze suddenly.
2. Understand the situation and fill in the blanks.
a. Trisha is with her friends. Suddenly, she sneezes.
What should she say? __________________________
b. Tina wants some pudding. It is at the other end of table.
What should she say? __________________________
c. Tupur gives a pencil to Rahul. He says thank you.
What should she say? __________________________
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3. Find these polite words in the grid and colour them.
sorry thank you please excuse me you are welcome
A B CDE F GHY
S OR R Y B Z YO
UTHANK YOU
NE F PQR SDA
DGHL V U T E R
A J I EWX Y X E
Y A D A OMZ CW
DKL S ABCUE
T J EEBAYSL
C NMF L K H E C
B O P GM J I MO
A Z X HWV U E M
A S D F GH J K E
Let’s Learn Grammar
Let’s begin with a clap-snap drill.
Clap-clap-clap-snap-snap-clap-clap-clap
Do this four times, each time in a different way.
• First time-loudly • Second time- softly
• Third time- slowly • Fourth time- quickly
Clap and snap are actions. Loudly, softly, slowly, and quickly are words
that tell us how you clapped and snapped.
The words that tell us how an action happens are called adverbs. Adverbs
answer the question how? Most adverbs end with-ly.
a. How does the dog bark? c. How does Mira write?
The dog barks loudly. Mira writes neatly.
b. How does the Sun shine? d. How does the snail move?
The Sun shines brightly. The snail moves slowly.
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1.Read and choose the correct adverb.
a. A tortoise moves _______________ . (quietly / slowly)
b. Owls cannot fly _______________ . (fast / high)
c. He writes _______________ . (neatly / roughly)
d. A rabbit runs _______________ . (slowly / swiftly)
e. Elephants walk _______________ . (slowly / high )
f. Children clap _______________ . (happily / fast)
g. She speaks _______________ . (neatly / softly )
2. Choose words from the box to complete the sentences.
beautifully brightly softly slowly loudly
badly
shyly happily carefully loudly
a. The kitten peeps ___________________ from the box.
b. The girl dances ___________________ .
c. Do you work ___________________ ?
d. Boom - boom - boom said the big drum ___________________ .
e. Peter does not share his toys. He behaves ___________________ .
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f. The moon shines ______________ .
g. The children play ______________ .
h. The lion roars ______________ .
i. The chick cheeps ______________ .
j. The snail moves ______________ .
Thinking Hat
There are many people who help us in our daily lives. Find the names of some, meet
them and get information about the work they do.
Let’s Listen
(Interesting Fact)
Listen to the poem and choose the right answer.
1. What looks yummy and red?
(a) tomatoes and carrots (b) cabbage and beans
2. What looks yummy and green?
(a) tomatoes and carrots (b) cabbage and beans
3. How often should children eat vagetables?
(a) every day (b) once a week
(c) once a month (d) never
Life Skill
Raman went to a grocer with his mother. He wanted to buy some toffees but his mother said no
as they are bad for our teeth. Raman picked up some toffees and kept them in his pocket when
no one was watching.
1) Do you think what Raman did was right? ________________________________
2) If you had been in Raman's place, what would you have done?
_____________________________________________________________
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14 FIVE EGGS
Let’s Read
Enjoy the poem
Let us read the poem about eggs in rhythm and know how
the eggs become chicks.
Five eggs and five eggs,
Are underneath a hen.
Five eggs and five eggs,
And that makes a ten.
The hen keeps the eggs,
Warm for three long weeks.
She sits with folded legs,
Without even a squeak.
Crack, crack the shells go,
Hey there! what do I see?
Ten fluffy chickens,
As soft as can be.
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Let’s Speak
There are many animals that give birth to young ones. Find the names of five
animals and share with your classmates.
Let’s Write
1. Answer the following questions.
a. How many eggs are under the hen?
b. What comes out of the eggs when their shells crack?
c. How does the hen sit on the eggs?
2. Fill in the blanks.
three squeak ten soft and fluffy
a. There are _______ eggs underneath the hen.
b. The hen keeps the eggs warm for ________________ weeks.
c. The chicks are ______________.
d. The hen does not even ___________ when she is sitting on the eggs.
What’s the Good Word?
Write these sentences. Put in the missing letters.
buns buns cakes peas butter fish
meal
butter flakes beans pudding jam
a. P ___ ___ ___ and b ___ ___ n ___ grow in the garden.
b. Jim likes ___ ___ sh and chips.
c. You eat your ___ ___ dd ___ ___ ___ after the ___ ea ___.
d. ___ ___ n ___ taste nice with b__ __ __er.
e. You put ___ ___ m and ___ ___ tt ___ ___ on bread.
f. When it is very cold snow ___ ___ ___ ___ es fall from the sky.
g. The baker sells ___ u ___ ___ and ___ ___ k ___ ___ .
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Let’s Learn Grammar
Read these sentences.
The brown fox ran fast.
He jumped over the rabbit.
Why did the fox jump over the rabbit?
A sentence or a question always begins with a capital letter.
1. Begin the following with capital letters. Use a coloured pencil.
a. (w) ________ hat is the time?
b. (m) ________ y friend and my brother went to see a movie.
c. (d) ________ o you have an eraser?
d. (t) ________ he little rabbit ran into the burrow.
e. (t) ________ he rabbit was too fast for the fox.
Full stop (.) and Question mark?
Read the following sentences.
• I drink milk every day. • Do you like milk?
• Ravi lives in Delhi. • Where do you live?
We put a full stop (.) at the end of a sentence. We put a question mark (?) at
the end of a question.
2. Read these sentences and put a (.) or (?) at the end of each sentence.
a. What is your name d. Are you hungry
b. I like to read books e. My brother bakes tasty cakes
c. The little boy has a new bag f. Do you like dogs
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3.Anil does not know the rules. Below are his sentences without the capital
letters and full stops/question marks. Write these sentences correctly
in your notebook.
a. she is my sister i. is the dinner ready
b. this is your ruler j. a tailor makes clothes
c. the dress is nice k. cows give us milk
d. he is at school l. are they at home
e. you are not right m. mother is in the garden
f. please open the door n. ants are always busy
g. birds fly in the sky o. do you like cricket
h. here is your pencil
Thinking Hat
Find out about the variety of food we must eat to keep healthy. In the book, paste
the pictures of fruits and vegetables you like to eat.
Life Skill
Raman has a coop in his farm. There were many hens in it. He never used to clean it. Suddenly all
the hens fell sick. His mother guided him what to do. Tick ‘’ the right option
a. Clean the coop
b. Call the veterinary
c. Shift all the hens to some other place
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Let’s Listen
(Interesting Fact)
Listen to your teacher and answer the following questions.
a. Which bird lays the largest egg?
b. Which bird lays the smallest egg?
c. What is the colour of hen’s egg?
Conversation Skills
Read the conversation between a teacher and her students. Have a similar
conversation with your partner.
Teacher : Good morning, students!
Students : Good morning, ma’am!
Teacher : Students, today we shall learn about the importance of
eating breakfast.
Students : Okay, ma’am.
Teacher : First, tell me, do you all eat breakfast?
Students : Yes, we do.
Teacher : What do you eat?
Student 1 : I eat chapati with dal.
Student 2 : I eat sandwiches.
Students 3 : I eat an egg omlette with bread.
Teacher : I am glad to learn that you all eat breakfast. It is very
important to eat breakfast. It gives us energy to work. It also
helps you to be active. We should not miss our breakfast.
Have you understood, students?
Students : Yes, we have.
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15 A PET AT HOME
Let’s Read
Do you have a pet at home? How do you take care of it?
“Papa, I want a dog as my
birthday gift,” said
Prashant.”Okay, my son. We will
go to a big toy shop and get you
a nice, fluffy toy dog,” said his
father.
“No Papa, I don’t want a toy
dog. I want a real one.” said
Prashant. “The one I can play
with. I will teach it some tricks.”
Father remained quiet for some
time. Then he said. “A pet at
home is not like a toy, some-
thing to play with. You must
take care of it,” said his father.
“How can I do that, Papa ?”
asked Prashant.
“You must bathe it regularly. You must feed it every day. You must give it lots
of love and care. You must keep its shelter clean and tidy. Do you think you can
do all these things? If you can, I will get you a pet dog,” said his father.
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Let’s Speak
Prashant is very happy when his father agrees to get him a puppy.
See how he thanks his papa and his papa replies.
Thank you, You’re welcome,
Papa my son.
Practice how you say ‘Thank You’ and the reply you make when
a. a friend shares his/her lunch with you.
b. your brother/sister helps you with your project.
c. your parents give you a good birthday gift.
Let’s Write
1. Answer the following questions.
a. What does Prashant want as his birthday gift?
b. What did his father say ?
c. What all did Prashant think?
d. Did Prashant’s father agree to get him a pet dog on his birthday?
e. Why do you think Prashant wanted to have a pet dog as his birthday gift?
f. What should we do to take care of a pet animal?
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What’s the Good Word?
1. Answer the following questions.
jump kite ice write bite mice bump wipe white nice
a. b e You do this with your teeth.
You do this with a pencil.
b. w e You do this with your legs.
You can do this with a rag.
c. p This flies in the air.
This is a colour.
d. p
e. t
f. h
g. This is very cold.
h. c This means more than one mouse.
i. c Add n to ice, and you get this.
j. For l in lump, write b.
Let’s Learn Grammar
I, You, We, they
A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.
I, me, my, our, us and we are pronouns of the first person. They are called
personal pronouns.
You and your are pronouns of the second person.
He, him, she, her, his, they, them, their, it are pronouns of the third person.
The pronoun ‘It’ is used for things and animals. ‘It’ is also used when the gender
of the person is not known.
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1. Read the conversation below and circle the pronouns.
2. Make sentences.
a. I ________________________________________________________
b. We ________________________________________________________
c. He ________________________________________________________
d. She ________________________________________________________
e. You ________________________________________________________
f. They ________________________________________________________
Conversation Skills
Sometimes we lose our pet animals. Here are a few questions people may ask us
when they want to help us in locating our pets.
A LOST DOG
a. Is it big or small ?
b. What colour is it ?
c. What is its name?
d. Has it got a collar ?
Ask the questions and say the answers . Do this activity with your partner.
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Life Skill
Discuss with your friend what a pet will need to survive. Read the following statements. If you
agree put a ‘’ and if you disagree put a ‘’
a. A pet needs a dry place to sleep.
b. A pet has to wear clothes every day.
c. A pet needs food and clean water.
d. A pet has to clean its teeth.
e. When sick, a pet needs to be taken to a vet.
Let’s Listen
(Interesting Fact)
Listen carefully to this poem. How many times is the word ‘dog’ repeated?
___________________ times.
Thinking Hat
Apart from dogs, many other small animals can be kept as pets. Find out the
names of animals that can be kept as pets. Also find out the homes of these
animals and their favourite food.
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16 ICE - CREAM
Let’s Read
Enjoy the poem
Let us read the poem with rhythm. After reading it, you will feel like eating
an ice-cream.
In the summer,
When it is sunny,
Eating ice-cream,
Can be funny.
Ice cream melts,
And melts so fast,
It is very hard,
To make it last.
It is so lovely,
Sweet and licky.
But when it drips,
You get sticky.
I get ice-cream,
On my clothes,
In my hair,
And up my nose.
Papa says,
I should eat less,
Ice-cream plus me,
Equals a mess.
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Let’s Speak
Which season do you like more – summer or winter? Discuss about the
activities you do in each season.
Let’s Write
1. Answer the following questions.
a. Name the season in which eating ice-cream is funny.
b. What happens to the ice-cream in summer?
c. What happens when the ice-cream drips?
2. Fill in the blanks. fast licky sweet
clothes funny
a. Eating ice-cream can be _________________ in summers.
b. Ice-cream melts so ____________________.
c. It is so ________________ and ___________________.
d. I get ice-cream on my _____________________.
What’s the Good Word?
Circle the antonym of the first word in each row:
1. Laugh Cry live sleep
come
2. Early Free late false
sunny
3. True Correct truth fast
under
4. Day Night noon sell
5. High Low tall
6. Front Side back
7. Buy Hold take
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Let’s Learn Grammar
A contraction is a short way of saying and writing two words.
Many contractions are formed with “not”.
An apostrophe (’) takes the place of the letters that are left out.
Examples: do + not don’t - does + not doesn’t
1. Match the underlined words to contractions.Write the correct letter in
the space provided. The first one is done for you.
A. “This is not funny,” said Bunny.
B. “You are not good friends.”
C. “I did not do it,” said Frog.
D. “I was not the one,” said Skunk.
E. “We were not here,” they said.
F. “We could not have opened the box.”
a. isn’t ______A________ d. didn’t ________________
b. wasn’t ________________ e. couldn’t ________________
c. weren’t ________________ f. aren’t ________________
A contraction is a short form of two words. An apostrophe (’) takes the place
of the letters that are left out.
2. Write a contraction from the word box for the underlined words.
don’t haven’t wasn’t wouldn’t couldn’t
a. Little Spot would not help clean up. _____________________________
b. Mama Spot was not very happy. _____________________________
c. Little Spot could not go out to play. ___________________________
d. “I do not like sad endings,” Beth said.___________________________
e. “I have not come to the end,”said Dad.___________________________
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Let’s Listen
(Interesting Fact)
Listen to the poem your teacher recites and repeat it after her.
Thinking Hat
We use a lot of gadgets to keep ourselves cool in summer.
Name the gadgets that you and your family use during summers.
Conversation Skills
Read the conversation between Riya and her mother. Have a similar conversation
with your partner.
Mother : I am pleased to see your room today.
Riya : Mom, I have put things in proper order.
Mother : Good! You deserve a reward. What would you like to have?
Riya : Thank you, mom! Now, I would love to eat my favourite
ice-cream.
Mother : Okay! I’ll get you one in the evening.
Riya : Thanks, Mom!
Life Skill
The lunch is laid on the table. Mother informs everyone that after having lunch, they will all enjoy
a small scoop of milk ice-cream. Mona insists on eating only ice cream and refuses to eat the
healthy meal. Tick the option if you agree.
1. Eating a complete meal helps us to grow.
2. Eating only ice-cream is bad for health.
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FORESTS - OUR
17 FRIENDS
Get set go
Find out the names of eight common trees in this word-search and
encircle them. Write the names in the blanks below.
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
•e u c a l y p t u s a b
c d e f g h i j k n x •p
•g u l m o h a r l m x a
o o o o o o o o •p p x p
o o •a s h o k a i p x a
•n c c d d d c c n c x y
eeeeeeeeef fa
e e e •p e e p a l g f g
mh a o o o o o o o o o
i i a •b a n y a n o o o
l i aooooooooo
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Let’s Read
Do you look after trees and plants? Have you ever planted a tree ? Come, let’s
read this story about trees.
Anuj’s father was a forest officer. He used to live in the forest while on duty.
One day he took Anuj with him to the forest guest house.
Anuj requested his father to take him around the forest and his father agreed.
They went into the forest in a jeep.
While driving through the forest, his father showed him different wild
animals. To their surprise, they saw some people cutting trees in the forest.
Anuj’s father rushed to them and said, “If you don’t stop cutting the trees,
I will arrest you.”
The people became frightened and ran away.
Anuj then asked his father, “Why didn’t you allow them to cut the trees? Can’t
they take wood for their living ?”
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His father said,
“These forests
are our country’s
wealth. They are
very useful to us.”
Trees give us
fresh air. They
help in bringing
rain. Trees give
shade and shelter
not only to
human beings but
also to animals.
We get different
things from trees like wood, gum, medicines, fruits, spices, oils, tea etc.”
He further said, “Anuj, if you have
understood the value of trees,promise
me that you will plant a sapling and
take care of it.”
“Yes, Dad. I will definitely do that,”
replied Anuj.
Everybody should take a pledge not to
cut down trees.
Let’s Speak
Read this sentence aloud.
If you don’t stop
cutting the trees,
I will arrest you.
Discuss amongst yourself whether we should cut trees or plant trees.
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Let’s Write
1 Answer the following questions.
a. Where did Anuj’s father live?
b. What did Anuj request his father to do one day ?
c. What did they see in the forest ?
d. What did Anuj’s father tell him about trees?
e. Why should we pledge not to cut down trees?
What’s the Good Word?
Match the pictures with the words to make new words.
a.Guest + = ___________ b. Police + = ___________
c. + cutter = ___________ d. + boot = ___________
Let’s Learn Grammar
Look at the pictures and read the words given below:
Here, ‘boy’ and ‘uncle’ are ‘he’ words and ‘girl’ and ‘aunt’ are ‘she’ words.
Read the following He - She words and learn.
He She
king queen
brother sister
father mother
sir madam
husband wife
cock hen
prince princess
son daughter
bull cow
lion lioness
man woman
tiger tigress
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1. Categorize the ‘She-words’ and ‘He-words’ separately.
niece nephew brother dog sister
sir
madam mother father bitch
he-words she-words
______________ ______________
______________ ______________
______________ ______________
______________ ______________
______________ ______________
2. Write ‘He-words_’_o_f_th__e_w_o_r_d_s_i_n_r ed. ______________
a. A hen was running. ___________cock_____________
b. I talked to my sister. ____________________________
c. My aunt will visit you today. ____________________________
d. My mother taught me yesterday. ____________________________
e. The princess was wearing gold. ____________________________
f. A girl is standing there. ____________________________
Thinking Hat
“Trees are our country’s wealth.” How ?
Trees give us many things. They are very useful. Look at this tree and the
pictures on it. Write a few sentences about the usefulness of trees.
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