Preposition Pre (before) Position (placement) + A preposition is a word which is used before a noun to show its relation to other noun. ACTIVITY 1 Read and learn. Prepositions showing location: (in, on, under, over, behind, in front of) Ask and answer. A : Where is the ball? B : The ball is in the box. A : Where is the joker? B : He is under the table. A: Where is the girl? B: She is on the box. A : Where is Mickey Mouse? B : It is in front of the door. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 97
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 A : Where is the dog? B : ________________________________. A : Where is the cat? B : ________________________________. A : Where is the cow sitting? B : ________________________________. A: Where is the ball? B: ___________________________ A: Where is the boy sitting? B : ______________________________ E 98
ACTIVITY 2 Read and learn. Prepositions Showing Position : between and among between for two things among for more than two things The boy is among the goats. The table is among chairs. There is a dog among the sheep. A boy is standing between two chairs. The tree is between two houses. There is an ink-pot between two books. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 99
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 3 Read and learn. Prepositions Showing Direction and Movement : to, into, towards: The girl is going to school. The ball is going into the box. The ball is going into the box. The dog is going to dive into the river. The leopard is running towards a deer. She is going to the market. The boy is going towards the board. 100
ACTIVITY 4 Do and learn. Act in pairs and write. 1. Where is the dog running? (towards the man) ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ 2. Where is the police man going? (to the police station) ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________. 3. Where is the man going? (to the post office) ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________. 4. Where is the ambulance going? (to the hospital) ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 101
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 5. Where is the tiger going? (into the cave) ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________. 6. Where is the train going? (into the tunnel) ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________. 7. Where are they going? (to school) ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________. ACTIVITY 5 Read and learn. Prepositions showing time: in, at, on Ask and answer. A : When do you go to school? B : I go to school in the morning? 102
A : When do you come back home? B : I come back in the evening. A : When do you sleep? B : I sleep at night. A : When do you get up in the morning? B : I get up at seven O’clock in the morning. A : When do you sleep in the evening? B : I sleep at eight O’clock in the evening. A : When does your class start? B : Our class starts at 10 O’clock. A : When do you get leave? B : We get leave at 3 O’clock. We use on with days on Sunday on Monday on Tuesday on Wednesday on Thursday on Friday on Saturday Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 103
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 A : When do you play? B : We play on Friday? A : When do you read grammar? B : We read grammar on Sunday. A : When do you read Pathfinder? B : We read Pathfinder on Tuesday. in January in February in March in April in May in June in July in August in September in October in November in December We use in with months ACTIVITY 6 Do and learn. Use on or in with the following months and days before them: on Saturday ___ March ___ Monday ___ January ___ August ___ Wednesday ___ September ___ Sunday ___ October ___ November ___ Thursday ___ April ___ February ___ May ___ December ___ Tuesday ___ Friday ___ July 104
ACTIVITY 7 Do and learn. Choose in, on or at and put before the word in the diagram. Use in, on, at ____ Evening ____ 9 O'clock ____ August ____ Sunday ____ Morning ____ Friday ____ Night ____ 2 O'clock ____ Monday ____ July ACTIVITY 8 Do and learn. Write correct prepositions in the blanks. 1. We sleep _______ night. 2. We go ________ school daily. 3. She goes to market _________ Saturday. 4. I celebrate my birthday _________ 2nd May. 5. We go for a walk __________ the morning. 6. I watch TV ____________ the evening. 7. He goes to bed ___________ 8 O'clock. 8. We go to school __________ 9 O'clock. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 105
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 " Recite the given rhyme with action and ask the students to follow you. " Explain to the students the function of adverbs with examples such as ‘She walks quickly’. And ask question ‘How does she walk?’ The answer is ‘quickly’. The word ‘quickly’ describes her walking. " Explain to the students how the most manner adverbs are formed and used. Most manner adverbs are formed by adding the suffix -ly to adjectives and adverbs such as beautiful-beautifully, slow-slowly. " Explain the place adverbs with examples and ask the students questions to identify the place adverbs in the sentences. " Ask students to identify the manner adverbs, place adverbs and time adverbs in the given sentences. " Ask them to use theses adverbs in their sentences. " Instruct them to conduct pair discussion using place, manner, and time adverbs. TEACHING TIPS OBJECTIVES define adverbs with examples identify adverbs ask and answer using adverbs of manner, place and time identify manner adverbs, place adverbs and time adverbs in the sentences use manner adverbs, place adverbs and time adverbs in the sentences After the completion of this unit, students will be able to: USE OF ADVERBS UNIT 11 Adverbs are used to modify (change) verbs, adjectives and adverbs. KEY CONCEPT 106
ACTIVITY 1 Learning by singing Rhyme: Adverbs of Manner Row, row, rowRow your boat. Slowly, gently Row your boat. Talk, talk, talkTalk to your friend. Sweetly, kindly Talk to your friend. Sit, sit, sitSit in the class. Silently, quietly Sit in the class. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 107
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 Do, do, doDo your work. Happily, nicely Do your work. Write, write, writeWrite your work. Clearly, neatly Write your work. Play, play, playPlay your game. Happily, merrily Play your game. The coloured words slowly, gently, happily, nicely, clearly, neatly, merrily are adverbs of manner. 108
ACTIVITY 2 Do and learn. Answer the following questions as shown using correct option of manner adverbs from the brackets. How should we walk on the ladder? We should walk slowly and carefully on the ladder. 1. How should we walk on the road? (carefully/carelessly) ____________________________________________________ 2. How should we talk to our friends? (angrily/politely) ____________________________________________________ 3. How should we eat food? (hungrily/ slowly) ____________________________________________________ 4. How should we wash our hands? (roughly/properly) ____________________________________________________ 5. How should we speak? (loudly/ sweetly) ____________________________________________________ 6. How should we write? (clearly/ poorly) ____________________________________________________ Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 109
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 7. How should we do our homework? (regularly/ irregularly ) ____________________________________________________ ACTIVITY 3 Read and learn. Look, listen, ask and answer. A : Where is he sitting ? B : He is sitting there. A : Where is your school? B : My school is nearby my house. A : Did you find your pen? B :No, I could not find it anywhere. A : Where do you play? B : We play there in the ground. Adverbs of place are used to show places. The words here, there, up, down, are adverbs of place. ACTIVITY 4 Do and learn. Look at the following pictures. Ask, answer and write as shown: A : Where are the stars? B : The stars are in the sky. 110
A: Where do you sleep? B: ___________________________ ___________________________ A: Where do you swim? B: ___________________________ ___________________________ A: Where do you drive? B: ___________________________ ___________________________ A: Where do you cook food? B: ___________________________ ___________________________ Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 111
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 A: Where do you keep your money? B: ___________________________ ___________________________ A: Where do dogs live? B: ___________________________ ___________________________ A: Where do tigers live? B: ___________________________ ___________________________ A: Where do fish live? B: ___________________________ ___________________________ 112
ACTIVITY 5 Act out and learn. adverbs of time Ask and answer. A : When do you go to school? B : We go to school in the morning. A : When do the stars twinkle? B : The stars twinkle at night. A : When does the sun rise? B : The sun rises in the morning. A : When does the sun set? B : The sun sets in the evening. A : What are you doing now? B : I am brushing my teeth now. A : Where were you yesterday? B : I was at school yesterday. The words now, today, yesterday, evening, morning, night are time adverbs. They tell us about time. Time adverbs are used to show time. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 113
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 6 Do and learn. 1. Answer the following questions using time adverbs. a. When do you go to school? _________________________________________________ b. When do you watch TV? _________________________________________________ c. When do you do your homework? _________________________________________________ d. When do you play with your friends? _________________________________________________ e. When do you brush your teeth? _________________________________________________ 2. Use the following time adverbs in your own sentences: today : _______________________________________ now : _______________________________________ morning : _______________________________________ afternoon : _______________________________________ evening : _______________________________________ tomorrow : _______________________________________ night : _______________________________________ 114
USE OF CONJUNCTIONS UNIT 12 " Recite the rhyme with action and ask the students to follow you. " Explain the connectives and their uses with examples. " Encourage the students to use connectives in real life activity such as there are ten boys and eight girls in the classroom. " Make pair discussion using connectives. For this, create some questions to get answer in connectives such as what things are there in your bag? The answer will be ‘there are books, notebooks, erasers, and pencils’. " Apply oral drill method to make students understand clearly. " Have more conversations with them before you give them writing assignments. TEACHING TIPS OBJECTIVES define connectives and identify them tell the use of connectives and, but, or, because, use the connectives and, but, or, because while speaking and writing After the completion of this unit, students will be able to: Conjunctions are joining words. KEY CONCEPT Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 115
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 1 Learning by singing Conjunctions Rhyme: BABO Look, listen and recite after your teacher with action. BABO, BABO, what are you? B for BUT, A for ANDClap your hands, clap,clap,clap. B for BECAUSE, O for ORClap your hands- purr… purr… purr! BABO, BABAO, what are these? These are connectives, Connect the words, connect the words. BUT shows difference, AND shows addOR shows choice, it’s not bad, it’s not bad. But- because –or- and Join your hands, join your hands. Clap, clap, clap-clap your hands. Tap, tap, tapTap your feet. 116
ACTIVITY 2 Read and learn. Conjunction showing addition: and Look, listen and say after your teacher. Once there was a man. He had a son and a daughter. The son was handsome and smart. The daughter was cute and lovely. She had a doll and a teddy bear. She used to play with them. The son had a bicycle and a ball. The son and the daughter used to play together. Their father and mother loved them. They had a dog and a cat. The dog and the cat lived together. They had a horse to ride, a cow and four goats . The man was hardworking and honest. His wife was beautiful and helpful. They had a happy and sweet life. ACTIVITY 3 Do and learn. (i) Join the pair of words with and as shown. book copy book and copy pen pencil pen and pencil computer laptop radio mobile father mother air water Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 117
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 girls boys vowel consonant good bad positive negative honest wise slow fast man woman flowers fruits rice dal son daughter soil stone earth sky teachers students shirt pants city village goat ship brother sister hands legs (ii) Use any 10 words given above in your own sentences using and. I have a book. I have a copy. I have a book and a copy. I eat rice. I eat dal. I eat rice and dal. 118
________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ACTIVITY 4 Read and learn. Conjunction showing difference: but Look, listen and say after your teacher. Ayush is tall but his sister is short. His father is fat but his mother is thin. Ayush studies in Grade Five but his sister studies in Grade One. Birds fly in the sky but animals walk on the land. A tortoise runs slowly but a rabbit runs fast. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 119
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 5 Do and learn. Look at the pictures and join with but as shown. tall boy/ short boy Karim is a tall boy but Sarif is a short boy. 1. an ostrich large bird/ a dove small bird _______________________________ 2. boy happy/ girl sad _______________________________ 3. tea hot/ ice cream cold _______________________________ 4. coconut tree tall/ apple tree short _______________________________ Karim Sarif 120
5. day bright/ night dark _______________________________ ACTIVITY 6 Do and learn. Join the sentences using but as shown: She is beautiful. She is not friendly. She is beautiful but she is not friendly. 1. She is beautiful. She is proud. ____________________________________________________ 2. He is poor. He is honest. ____________________________________________________ 3. They are rich. They are not happy. ____________________________________________________ 4. A lion is brave animal. A fox is a clever animal. ____________________________________________________ 5. An elephant is a large animal. Its eyes are small. ____________________________________________________ Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 121
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 6. We love good people. We hate bad people. ____________________________________________________ 7. I have many books. I don’t have a bag. ____________________________________________________ 8. She has a new bag. She doesn’t have any books. ____________________________________________________ 9. Suman has red frock. Ajima has white frock ____________________________________________________ 10. I have a bat. He has a ball. ACTIVITY 7 Read and learn. Conjunction showing reason: because Look, listen and say after your teacher. The girl is sick. She plays in dust. The girl is sick because she plays in dust. The boy is thin. He does not eat nicely. The boy is thin because he does not eat nicely. He is crying. He fell from the tree. He is crying because he fell from the tree. 122
They are happy. They have new dolls. They are happy because they have new dolls. The dog is barking. An elephant is coming towards it. The dog is barking because an elephant is coming towards it. ACTIVITY 8 Do and learn. Join the following sentences using because as shown above. 1. Begam is late for school. She woke up late. ____________________________________________________ 2. He is sick. He does not wash his hands. ____________________________________________________ 3. Her shoes are dirty. She does not brush them. ____________________________________________________ 4. I am hungry. I have not eaten anything. ____________________________________________________ 5. The old man is shivering. It is cold outside. ____________________________________________________ 6. She has a toothache. She does not brush her teeth. ____________________________________________________ Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 123
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 9 Read and learn. Conjunction showing choice: or Dad, please give me a doll and a teddy bear. No, darling. You can take a doll or a teddy bear, but you can't take both. No, you can’t take both. You can take a mango or an apple. Mum, can I take a mango and an apple? 124
ACTIVITY 10 Do and learn. What is your choice? Circle. red or black hot or cold day or night water or juice rice or roti mango or apple math or science mobile or laptop coffee or tea biscuit or chocolate rich or poor honest or dishonest moon or sun papaya or orange cartoons or rhymes meat or vegetables milk or cord ghee or butter cap or hat rose or lily duck or dove deer or bear swing or slide cricket or football ACTIVITY 11 Do and learn. Join the sentences using or as shown. We can drink water. We can drink juice. We can drink water or juice. 1. You can read your book. You can sleep. ______________________________________________________________________________ Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 125
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 2. There is a monkey. There is an ape. ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. You can answer question 'A'. You can answer question 'B'. ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. I will watch TV. I will go out. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. She will come. She will call me. ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. You can use red colour. You can use yellow colour. ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. We can play. We can go. ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. He is a teacher. He is a lawyer. ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. She is a doctor. She is a nurse. ______________________________________________________________________________ 10. They are students. They are players. ______________________________________________________________________________ 126
" Explain to the kids the distinction between vowel and consonant letters. " Show the kids how to use singular and plural nouns. " Before introducing the articles 'a' and 'an,' have the children learn what singular and plural nouns are called. " Before introducing the articles "a" and "an," teach the kids what countable and uncountable nouns are. " Inform the students that the article "a" is used before singular countable nouns with consonant-based first letters. Vowel sounds and consonant sounds are difficult to teach at this level, so just teach them using letters. Give examples to the kids as you explain it. " Teach your children that nouns beginning with a, e, i, o, and u require the article "an." " Teach individual words first such as "a book, a pen, an apple," then teach them complete sentences, such as this is a book, that is an apple, etc. " Inform them that the articles "a" and "an" do not go before plural nouns. TEACHING TIPS OBJECTIVES identify the vowel and consonant letters and their sounds use article a before singular countable noun whose initial sound is consonant use article an before a singular countable noun whose initial sound is vowel After the completion of this unit, students will be able to: USE OF ARTICLES A AND AN UNIT 13 Articles a and an are used before singular countable nouns. KEY CONCEPT Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 127
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 1 Read and learn. use of a We use a before a single noun which starts with a consonant letter. Look at the following consonant letters: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y and Z b,c, d,f ,g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t ,v, w, x, y and z Write the consonant letters both in capital and small forms. B b 128
Look, listen, spell and say. Rewrite the words. a bag a cat a dog a fan a girl a hen a jug a kit a lamp Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 129
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 a man a net a pencil a queen a rat a student a tree a van a yak 130
ACTIVITY 2 Do and learn. Write the names of the following pictures and use a before them. a bus Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 131
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ACTIVITY 3 Do and learn. Use of an We use an before a single countable noun which starts with a vowel letter. Look at the following vowel letters: Vowel Letters A, a an apple E, e an eye I, i an ink pot O, o an orange U, u an umbrella Write the names of the following pictures and use an before them. a ant Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 133
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 4 Do and learn. Use a or an before the following nouns and rewrite them. bat ideal man office log towel _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ox cat underwear stamp stick _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ leader engineer flat marble nose _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ 134
" Write a few simple sentences using is, am, are, was, were, has, and have on the writing board and explain them to the students. " Tell them how helping verbs are used to make positive sentences, negative sentences and yes/no questions. " Explain to the students how positive sentences are constructed. " Explain to the students how negative sentences are constructed. " Explain to the students how yes/no questions are constructed. " Use the examples to start conversations in pairs or in groups. " Focus on communication skill through conversation TEACHING TIPS OBJECTIVES define positive sentences with examples define negative sentences with examples classify positive and negative sentences define yes/no questions make yes/no questions make positive and negative sentences make yes/no questions use yes/no questions After the completion of this unit, students will be able to: KINDS OF SENTENCE UNIT 14 A sentence is a combination of words that gives complete meaning. KEY CONCEPT Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 135
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 1 Do and learn. Making positive, negative sentences and yes/no questions Look, listen and say after your teacher. Complete the table making positive, negative sentences and yes/no questions as shown. Positive Sentences Negative Sentences Yes/No Questions He is a teacher. He is not a teacher. Is he a teacher? He is a student. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ He is not a driver. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Is he a pilot? She is a nurse. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ She is not a dancer. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Is she a singer? He is a writer. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ I am a player. I am not a player. Am I a player? I am a poet. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ I am not a singer. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Am I a singer? It is a stick. It is not a stick. Is it a stick? You are a farmer. You are not a farmer. Are you a farmer? 136
You are a friend. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ You are not an enemy. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Are you a cook? We are workers. We are not workers. Are we workers? We are students. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ We are not teachers. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Are we friends? ACTIVITY 2 Do and learn. Making sentences using was and were Positive Sentences Negative Sentences Yes/No Questions He was happy. He was not happy. Was he happy? She was angry. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ He was not present. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Was it dark? You were at home. You were not at home. Were you at home? They were sad. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ You were not hungry. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Were we unhappy? Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 137
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 3 Read and learn. Making sentences using –ing form of verbs. Look, listen and say after your teacher. Positive Sentences Negative Sentences Yes/No Questions He is reading a book. He is not reading a book. Is he reading a book? She is writing a poem. She is not writing a poem. Is she writing a poem? We are drinking water. We are not drinking water. Are we drinking water? They are fighting. They are not fighting. Are they fighting? You are running. You are not running. Are you running? The dog is barking. The dog is not barking. Is the dog barking? ACTIVITY 4 Do and learn. Complete the table with positive, negative sentences and yes/ no questions as shown above. Positive Sentences Negative Sentences Yes/No Questions We are talking. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ They are not eating. __________________________ 138
__________________________ __________________________ Are you reading? He is walking. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ You are not looking. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Are they swimming? She is washing her face. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ We are not sleeping. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Is he cooking rice? ACTIVITY 5 Read and learn. Making sentences using has and have Look, listen and say after your teacher. Positive Sentences Negative Sentences Yes/No Questions He has a pen. He has not a pen. Has he a pen? We have a book. We have not a book. Have we a book? They have a cow. They have not a cow. Have they a cow? You have a bag. You have not a bag. Have you a bag? I have a mobile. I have not a mobile. Have I a bag? She has a doll. She has not a doll. Has she a doll? It has a tail. It has not a tail. Has it a tail? Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 139
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 6 Do and learn. Make sentences using has and have as above. Positive Sentences Negative Sentences Yes/No Questions He has a pencil. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ They have not a pen. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Have they a car? She has a new doll. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Asha has not a bag. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Have you a mobile? I have a dog. __________________________ __________________________ ACTIVITY 7 Read and learn. Making sentences using will Positive Sentences Negative Sentences Yes/No Questions He will go to school. He will not go to school. Will he go to school? She will read a book. She will not read a book. Will she read a book? We will play hide and seek. We will not play hide and seek. Will we play hide and seek? They will help us. They will not help us. Will they help us? 140
I will make a doll. I will not make a doll. Will I make a doll? You will come. You will not come. Will you come? ACTIVITY 8 Do and learn. Complete the following table making different sentences as shown above. Positive Sentences Negative Sentences Yes/No Questions She will not dance. Will you write a letter? We will eat mangoes. They will not fly. Will she sleep? I will wash my dress. She will not come. Will he help you? It will rain. I will not run. Will they go? You will laugh. We will play. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 141
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 " Show them how to introduce themselves. " Teach them how to talk about people, places, and things. " Teach them how to use describing words to talk about things, places, and animals. " Teach them words like colour, size, shape, texture, etc. to describe things. " Teach them how to use describing words to talk about things, places, and animals. " Encourage the students to speak out before they write. " Motivate the students for speaking and writing. " For fluency, use the speak-peer-share and write-peer-share techniques. " Apply the communicative method speaking before writing for better fluency. TEACHING TIPS OBJECTIVES introduce themselves in a paragraph tell and write about their parents, teachers, houses, schools tell and write about school, house, dogs, parrots, lions, tigers, cows, etc. tell and write short paragraphs about dogs, parrots, lions, cows, and tigers After the completion of this unit, students will be able to: WRITING COMPOSITIONS UNIT 15 142
ACTIVITY 1 Read and learn. My Introduction My name is Teria Magar. I am five years old. I study in Grade One. My father’s name is Dhan Bahadur Magar. He is a teacher. My mother’s name is Maya Magar. She is a housemaker. My school’s name is Pathfinder English School. It is in Biratnagar. ACTIVITY 2 Do and learn. Introduce yourself. Answer the following questions in complete sentences and introduce yourself. What is your name? ___________________________________________________________________________________. How old are you? ___________________________________________________________________________________. In which class do you study? ___________________________________________________________________________________. What is your father’s name? ___________________________________________________________________________________. What is he? ___________________________________________________________________________________. What is your mother’s name? ___________________________________________________________________________________. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 143
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 What is she? ___________________________________________________________________________________. What is your school’s name? ___________________________________________________________________________________. Where is it? ___________________________________________________________________________________. ACTIVITY 3 Read and learn. Dog This is a dog. It is a pet. Its name is Cuty. It is white. It is small. It has a mouth. It has four legs. It has white fur. It has two eyes. It has two ears. It has sharp teeth. It has a curved tail. It has a tongue. It keeps mouth open. It often takes out its tongue. It eats milk, bread and meat. It often barks. It barks at the strangers. It loves its master. It plays with its master. It is very useful animal. It guards our house from thieves. It is a very faithful animal. It is a very active pet. It is found all over the world. There are different types of dogs. 144
ACTIVITY 4 Do and learn. Complete the following paragraph filling the missing words from the above paragraph. This is a dog. It looks very cute. It is a ______________ Its name is Cuty. It is white. It is _________________ It has a mouth. It has _______________ legs. It has ______________ fur. It has two ____________ It has _______________ ears. It has _____________ teeth. It has a ____________ tail. It has a tongue. It keeps mouth ______________ . It often ______________. It eats milk, bread and _______________ It barks at the _______________________ It loves its _______________________ . It _______________________ with its master. It is a very _______________________ animal. It _______________________ our house from thieves. There are ________________ types of dogs. ACTIVITY 5 Read and learn. Parrot This is a parrot. It looks very beautiful. It has different colours. They are green, blue, red and black. It has two legs. It has two wings. It has a beak. Its beak is red. It has two eyes. Its eyes are round. Its eyes are beautiful. It can speak some words like human beings. It eats fruits and crops. It likes chillies. We make it a pet. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 145
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 6 Do and learn. Read the above paragraph and complete the following paragraph filling missing words. This _________________ a parrot. It __________________ very beautiful. It has different colours. They are __________________, blue, ____________________ and black. It has two ____________________ . It has ____________________ wings. It has a ____________________ . Its __________________ is red. It has _______________________ eyes. Its eyes are _________________ Its eyes are _____________________ It can ___________________ like ____________________ beings. It eats ____________________ and crops. It likes ______________ . We make it ___________________ ACTIVITY 7 Do and learn. Compare between Petu and Betu. Petu Betu 146