Numbers Numbers in Words Numbers Numbers in Words 31 Thirty-One 32 Thirty-Two 33 Thirty-Three 34 Thirty-Four 35 Thirty-Five 36 Thirty-Six 37 Thirty-Seven 38 Thirty-Eight 39 Thirty-Nine 40 Forty 41 Forty-One 42 Forty-Two 43 Forty-Three 44 Forty-Four 45 Forty-Five 46 Forty-Six 47 Forty-Seven 48 Forty-Eight Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 47
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 Numbers Numbers in Words Numbers Numbers in Words 49 Forty-Nine 50 Fifty ACTIVITY 2 Act out and learn. Look, listen, ask and answer as shown: A : How many pens are there? B : There are two pens. 48
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ACTIVITY 3 Do and learn. (i) Write the numbers from one to fifty (1-50). Numbers Numbers in Words Numbers Numbers in Words 1 One Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 51
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(ii) Match the numbers with their correct words. 17 Eighteen 12 Twenty-One 11 Thirteen 29 Twenty-Nine 13 Seventeen 21 Twelve 18 Eleven 27 Forty-One 41 Twenty-Seven Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 53
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 (iii) Circle the correct spellings. Elevan Eleven Elevene Thirteen Thirten Thirtean Forteen Fourteen Fourten Eighten Eightai Eithteen Twenty One Twenty-One Tweenty-One Twenty-Nine Twenty Nine Tweenty-Nine Thirti Thirty Thirtiy Thirty-Five Thirty Five Thirty-Vive Fourty Forty Faurty Fourty Four Forty-Four Forty Four Fifty Fivety Fiftey ACTIVITY 4 Act out and learn. Look, listen, say and write as shown in the examples. Use “There is…” for one and “There are…” for many for answers. A : How many cups are there? B : There are three cups. 54
A : How many spoons are there? B : Three are five spoons. A : How many puppies are there? B : There are four puppies. A : How many parrots are there? B : There are eight parrots. A : How many trees are there? B : There is one tree. A : How many lamps are there? B : There is one lamp. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 55
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 5 Do and learn. Ask, answer and write. Use “How many…?” A : How many members are there in your family? B : There are _______________________ in my family. A : How many students are there in your class? B : ____________________________________________________ A : How many boys are there in your class? B : ____________________________________________________ 56
A : How many girls are there in your class? B : ____________________________________________________ A : How many benches are there in your class? B : ____________________________________________________ A : How many tables are there in your class? B : ____________________________________________________ A : How many tables are there in your class? B : ____________________________________________________ A : How many play grounds are there in your school? B : ____________________________________________________ A : How many black/white boards are there in your class? B : ____________________________________________________ Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 57
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 " Recite the rhyme with action while instructing your students to do the same. " The rhyme aids in pupils' retention of the pronoun rule and its pronunciation. " Show them how to use the personal pronouns using examples. " Let them know when to use the pronouns he, she, it, they, you, we, and I. " Show them with examples how to use this, that, these, and those. " Ask them to use pronouns to describe their family in a few sentences. " Encourage pupils to share information orally with peers for more fluent speaking. TEACHING TIPS OBJECTIVES define pronouns with examples use personal pronouns ( he, she, it, we, they, you) correctly use demonstrative pronouns this, that, these and those correctly After the completion of this unit, students will be able to: USE OF PRONOUNS UNIT 7 Pronouns are used in place of nouns. KEY CONCEPT 58
ACTIVITY 1 Learning by singing Look, listen and recite after your teacher with action. Pronouns Rhyme Pronoun is a word, Comes for the noun, comes for the noun. (Clap…clap…clap) Noun comes first, then comes pronoun, then comes pronoun. (Clap…clap…clap) Don’t use a noun again and again, again and again. (Clap…clap…clap) Use a pronoun in place of a noun, in place of a noun. (Clap…clap…clap) Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 59
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 2 Read and learn. Use of Personal Pronouns Look, listen and say. Circle the coloured words, which are personal pronouns. Sara is a student. She is in Grade One. Lata and Kala are her best friends. They like her very much. Sara, Lata, and Kala study together and play together. Sara likes swing. She swings. Lata and Kala like slide. Shek is their friend. He likes cycling. The coloured words he, she, they are personal pronouns. Other personal pronouns are I, we, you, and it. Look, listen and say. I am a teacher. You are students. We are in the classroom. We are reading grammar. It is a cat. It likes rats. They are players. They like playing football. We use he for boy, she for girl and they for more girls and boys. 60
ACTIVITY 3 Do and learn. Use He, She, It, I, We, You in the blanks to complete the following sentences: I’m Kunti Moktan. ________ sing songs. _______ like singing songs. Ram Krishna Dhakal is a singer. _____ sings songs. ________ likes singing songs. Kunti Moktan and Ram Krishna Dhakal are singers. ___________ sing songs. _________ are very famous singers of Nepal. ________ like them. Riya is a singer. _________ sings well. Prakash is a dancer. ________ dances beautifully. You are my friend. _________ always help me. Ostriches are the largest birds_________ can run very fast. _________ give us largest eggs. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 61
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 Mt Everest is in Nepal _________ is the highest peak of the world. ACTIVITY 4 Do and learn. Complete the story with I, we, you, he, she, it, and they. Hello! It’s me Abby. _______ am a student. I am in front of you. _______ am going to tell about my friends. My friend Riya, Rich, David, Liza are in the ground. _______ have bubbles and balloons. My friend Riya and Rich are playing bubbles. Rich has red bubblepipe. _______ is blowing it. Riya has blue bubble-pipe. _______ is also blowing bubbles. David and Liza have balloons. Liza has yellow balloons. _______ has two yellow balloons. Rich has green balloons. _______ has three balloons. Make sentences using I, we, you, he, she, it and they. I : _________________________________________________ ___________________________. We : _________________________________________________ ___________________________. You : _________________________________________________ ___________________________. He : _________________________________________________ ___________________________. 62
She : _________________________________________________ ___________________________. It : _________________________________________________ ___________________________. They : _________________________________________________ ACTIVITY 5 Learning by singing Look, listen and recite after your teacher. This, That, These and Those Rhyme This shows near and that shows far; Let’s make our hands, Clap, clap, clap and clap, clap, clap! This for one and that for one Let’s make our hands Clap…clap…clap…and clap…clap…clap! These shows near and those shows far; Let’s make our feet; Tap, tap, tap and tap, tap, tap! These for many and those for many Let’s make our feet; Tap…tap…tap…and tap…tap…tap! Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 63
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 6 Act out and learn. That is a panda What is that, mum? This is a teddy bear. What is this, mum? Those are bats What are those, mum? These are dolls. What are these, mum? 64
ACTIVITY 7 Do and learn. (i) Use this or that as shown below: _________________________ _________________________ This is a cat. _________________________ That is a rat. _________________________ Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 65
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ (ii) Use these or those as shown below: These are flowers. Those are trees. 66
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ACTIVITY 8 Do and learn. Rewrite the following sentences using pronouns in place of nouns. a. I live in Kathmandu. Kathmandu is a big city. ____________________________________________________ b. Ramesh, Karan, Jack and John are friends. Ramesh, Karan, Jack and John study in the same school. ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ c. Seema went to bed. Seema is sleeping now. ____________________________________________________ d. Suman plays football. Football is a good game. ____________________________________________________ e. My sister gave me a pencil. The pencil is very nice. ____________________________________________________ f. Sandeep plays cricket. Sandeep is a national player. ____________________________________________________ g. Cows give milk. Cows are useful for us. ____________________________________________________ h. Tika sings songs. Tika is a popular singer. ____________________________________________________ Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 69
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 " Explain adjectives with real life examples such as black hair, green grass, white paper, cold water, hot water,etc. " Ask the kids to highlight the coloured terms in the poem. " Explain to the pupils, using examples, that an adjective answers the 'how' question, such as ‘How is the rose?’ Answer: It is red. " Explain adjectives to kids through several real life examples. " To make kids comprehend, use real objects, people, and places " Apply drill method and ask and answer technique. " Let the kids use simple adjectives like colour, size, and shape when they talk. TEACHING TIPS OBJECTIVES define adjectives with examples identify adjectives tell kinds of adjectives identify different kinds of adjectives use adjectives like colour, size, time, age, quality, and quantity in sentences Use adjectives to describe things, people, and places. After the completion of this unit, students will be able to: USE OF ADJECTIVES UNIT 8 Adjectives are describing words. KEY CONCEPT 70
ACTIVITY 1 Learning by singing Look, listen and recite the following rhyme after your teacher with action: Adjectives Rhyme We have got a beautiful birth; Beautiful birth, beautiful birth. We are cute kids of the earth, Of the earth, of the earth. Clap your hands.... We make our life sweet and tall, Sweet and tall, sweet and tall; By helping and loving to all, Loving to all, loving to all. Clap your hands........ The above coloured words beautiful, cute, sweet and all are describing words. Describing words are called adjectives. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 71
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 2 Read and learn. Colour Adjectives Look, listen and say. There are bananas. The bananas are yellow. There is a cap. The cap is black. There are leaves on the trees. The leaves are green. There is an umbrella. The umbrella is red. There is a bag. The bag is brown. 72
ACTIVITY 3 Do and learn. Write the names of the colours. Names of the Colours ACTIVITY 4 Act out and learn. Look, listen, ask, answer and write as shown below: A : What is the colour of your hair? B : The colour of my hair is black. A : What is the colour of your teeth? B : ____________________________________________________. A : What is the colour of your shoes? B : ____________________________________________________. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 73
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 A : What is the colour of your shocks? B : ____________________________________________________. A : What is the colour of your shirt? B : ____________________________________________________. A : What is the colour of your frock? B : ____________________________________________________. A : What is the colour of your school? B : ____________________________________________________. A : What is the colour of your house? B : ____________________________________________________. A : What is the colour of the sky? B : ____________________________________________________ A : What is the colour of the sun? B : ____________________________________________________. A : What is the colour of a ripe mango? B : ____________________________________________________. 74
ACTIVITY 5 Read and learn. Adjectives of Size Look, listen and say. He is thin. He is fat. The tiger is short. The giraffe is tall. The football is big. The cricket ball is small. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 75
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 The snake is long. The stick is short. The words thin, fat, tall, short, big, and small describe size. So they are size adjectives. ACTIVITY 6 Do and learn. Describing Time and Age My grandfather is very old. He is ninety-five years old. I am his grandson. I am young. I have a bag. It is new. We have an old car. My sister has a doll. It is new. The words old, new and young describe time and age. My father is fifty years old. My mother is forty-five years old. Who is old? ___________________________________________________. Who is young? ____________________________________________________ Soniya bought this pen last year. Suraj bought this pen yesterday. Whose pen is old? ____________________________________________________ Whose pen is new? ____________________________________________________ 76
ACTIVITY 7 Read and learn. Adjectives of Quality Liza reads her book. She is a good girl. Arish plays with dust. He is a dirty boy. Dev pushes other boys. He is a naughty boy. Dell helps others. He is a kind boy. Mangesh listens to his teacher. He is a gentle boy. The above coloured words good, dirty, naughty, kind and gentle are describing words. They describe quality of persons or things. ACTIVITY 8 Do and learn. Use appropriate describing words from the brackets. 1. Shikha is looking smart because she is wearing a __________ shirt but Indira is wearing a __________ shirt. (clean/dirty) 2. The boy is throwing stones at the old man. He is a __________ boy. (gentle/bad) 3. The girl is helping the old man to cross the road. She is __________ (naughty/good) 4. The cotton is ________ but the stone is _______ ( soft/hard) 5. A balloon is light but a ball is __________ (light/heavy) 6. The road is __________ (dusty/clean) because the sweepers are absent for many days. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 77
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 7. A lemon is _______ but an orange is _______ (sour/sweet) 8. A chilly is __________ (hot/sweet) 9. An ice cream is _______ but the coffee is ____ (cold/hot) 10. We like _______people but dislike _______people.(bad/good) ACTIVITY 9 Do and learn. Use the following adjectives in your own sentences. good : ____________________________________________ bad : ____________________________________________ gentle : ____________________________________________ naughty : ____________________________________________ happy : ____________________________________________ unhappy : ____________________________________________ dirty : ____________________________________________ ACTIVITY 10 Read and learn. Adjectives of Quantity I have some candies. She has eaten some cake. 78
The glass has full water. Sunita has fifty rupees. The glass has half milk. Seema has hundred rupees. The coloured words some, all, full, half, fifty, hundred, many are describing words. They describe quantity of nouns. ACTIVITY 11 Do and learn. Look at the pictures and use correct describing words. 1. The glass has __________ juice. (full/ half) 2. She has kept __________books in her bag. (all/some) Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 79
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 3. There are __________ bananas in the basket (five/ten) 4. There are __________ girls and __________ boys in the class. (three/ four) 5. There is __________ water in the jar. (some/full) 6. There are __________ eyes and __________ nose in our body. 7. We have __________ hands and __________ legs. 8. We have __________ fingers and __________ ears 80
" While you recite the rhyme with motions, your students should mimic your every move. " Illustrate the correct usage of the tenses is, am, are, was, were, has, have, and will with specific examples for each. " On the whiteboard, jot down some questions using the verb tenses "is," "am," "are," "was," and "were," such as "What is your name?" What age are you currently? Who are in your family? What day is it today, exactly? Which day was it the day before yesterday? Etc. " Request the kids to act in pairs, taking turns, asking and responding questions. Keep an eye on them. " Ensure that the activities they participate in are primarily verbal so that they can improve their ability to communicate. " Ask them to construct their sentences using auxiliary verbs. " You should challenge kids to construct sentences using straightforward action verbs such as eat, go, read, play, fight, run, walk, write, etc. TEACHING TIPS OBJECTIVES define verbs with examples identify verbs use them use is, am, are, was, were according to subjects use auxiliary verbs is, am, are, was, were, has, have, had and will in sentences identify helping verbs and action verbs use simple action verbs in sentences After the completion of this unit, students will be able to: USE OF VERBS UNIT 9 Verbs are doing words. KEY CONCEPT Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 81
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 ACTIVITY 1 Learning by singing Verbs Rhyme Look, listen and recite the rhyme after your teacher with action. Is, am, are and is, am, areI don’t know what they are? They are verbs, they are verbs. Let’s make our hands Clap…clap…clap and clap…clap…clap! Is for one- he, she, itDo you know? They take IS Let’s make our hands Clap…clap…clap…and clap…clap…clap! I takes AM and you takes ARE AM for I and ARE for you I love you… I love you. Let’s make our hands Clap…clap…clap and clap…clap…clap! We takes ARE and they takes ARE We are friends; don’t sit far. Let’s make our hands Clap…clap…clap…and clap…clap…clap! 82
ACTIVITY 2 Do and learn. Use of is, am and are Look, listen and say. I am a teacher. He is a doctor. Sagar is a driver. She is a student. She is a nurse. Reshama is a pilot. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 83
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 We use am with I, is with he, she, it and single subjects, are with you, we, they and more than one subject. Look at the diagram. He/She/It = is He is a doctor. I = am I am a pilot. We/ You/They = are We are teachers. Look listen and say after your teacher. I am reading a grammar book. He is reading a story book. She is reading a poem. We are eating apples. They are eating mangoes. It is raining outside. The birds are flying in the sky. The girls are singing songs. 84
ACTIVITY 3 Do and learn. Now, use is, am, are in the blanks and complete the sentences. 1. She __________ dancing beautifully. 2. He __________ going to school. 3. The dog __________ barking at the stranger. 4. They __________ running. 5. We __________ looking at the board. 6. The boys __________ sitting in the class. 7. The girls __________ dancing on the stage. 8. It __________ blowing hard. ACTIVITY 4 Read and learn. Use of was and were A. Look, listen and say after your teacher. He was sick yesterday. She was at home yesterday. I was at school yesterday. It was very hot yesterday. Dipesh was busy yesterday. Bina was with Bimala yesterday. They were in the zoo yesterday. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 85
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 We were in the garden yesterday. You were at the shop yesterday. The students were in the class. The girls were in new dress. The cows were in the field. Five aeroplanes were in the sky. We use was with he, she, it and I. We use was with single subjects also. We use were with you, we, they and plural subjects. Look at the diagram. I, He, She, It=was He was a doctor. You, We,They =were We were players. ACTIVITY 5 Do and learn. Use was or were to complete the sentences. 1. She __________ a good nurse. 2. He __________ a good student. 3. It __________ a beautiful doll. 4. I __________ very happy yesterday. 5. She __________ very sad yesterday. 6. We__________ at the party yesterday. 7. You __________ in his house yesterday. 8. They __________ in my home in the morning. 86
9. They __________ very sorry for their mistakes. 10. We __________ busy at school yesterday. ACTIVITY 6 Read and learn. Use of has, have and had Look, listen and say. He has an apple. It has a long tail. She has a mango. We have four balls. They have four bats. You have flowers. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 87
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 He, She, It=has He has a book. I, We, You, They=have I have a pen. ACTIVITY 7 Learning by doing B. Use has or have in the blanks. I am a student. I _________ many books. I _________ a new bag. It _________ pink colour. I _________ two best friends. They are Tina and Saru. Tina _________ long black hair. Saru _________ short hair. They _________ new bags. Tina _________ a red bag. Saru _________ a black bag. We _________ a new school. It _________ a playground. It _________ a garden. It _________ many flowers and trees. ACTIVITY 8 Read and learn. Use of had Look, listen and say. I had an umbrella. It had red colour. I had two friends. They had yellow and black umbrellas. 88
We had three umbrellas. You had a raincoat. It had brown colour. We had a new van in our school. The van had fifteen seats. It had white colour. Note: We use had with all subjects for yesterday i.e. past tense. ACTIVITY 9 Do and learn. Use has, have, or had in the blanks. Today I _________ a new dress. Yesterday I _________ an old dress. Today they _________ a new dress. Yesterday they _________ an old dress. Today you _________ a new dress. Yesterday you _________ an old dress. Today she _________ a new frock. Yesterday she _________ an old frock. Today we _________ new dress. Yesterday we _________ old dress. Today we all are very happy. ACTIVITY 10 Read and learn. Use of will Look, listen and say. Tomorrow is Friday. I will go on a picnic. I will go with my friends. We will eat different food items. I will wear an out-dress. Tomorrow we will enjoy a lot. My friend Rima likes dance. She will dance a Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 89
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 lot. My friend Hamid likes to play the madal. He will play the madal. Our class teacher sings songs. She will sing sweet songs tomorrow. We like her songs. We will play hide and seek. We will play other games, as well. ACTIVITY 11 Do and learn. Suppose tomorrow is Saturday. What will you do? Write at least ten sentences as shown. I will wake up early. I will wash my face. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 90
ACTIVITY 12 Learning by singing Doing words Look, listen, recite and act with your teacher. Let’s Chant! Wash, wash, washWash your hands. Clap, clap, clap Clap your hands. Touch, touch, touch Touch your nose. Give, give, give Give your pose Brush, brush, brushBrush your teeth. Tap, tap, tapTap your feet. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 91
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 Dance, dance, dance Don’t miss your chance. Fly, fly, fly Fly to France. Bow, bow, bow Bow your head. Don’t sit On your bed. Knock, knock, knock Knocking on the door. Somebody comes Open the door. 92
Run, run, run Run your race. Tie, tie, tie Tie your lace. Cut, cut, cut cut your nail. Ring, ring, ring Ring a bell. Blow, blow, blow Blow your balloon. Pump, pump, pump Pump your ball. The above coloured words wash, clap, brush, tap, touch, give, dance, fly, knock, comes, open, bow, sit, blow, cut and ring are called doing words. Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 93
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 A : What is she doing? B : She is washing her dress. A : What are they doing? B : They are planting plants. A : What are they doing? B : They are climbing mountain. ACTIVITY 13 Act out and learn. Ask and answer. A : What are they doing? B : They are laughing. 94
ACTIVITY 14 Do and learn. Look at the pictures and write your daily activities in sentences. We wake up early in the morning. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 95
Leading English Grammar, Grade 1 " Use the given pictures and examples to explain place prepositions in, at, on, under, etc. " Use real objects and places to make them understand place prepositions on, in, it, etc. " Use drill as well as ‘ask and answer’ methods to make students understand clearly. " Show them how to use place prepositions and time prepositions on, in, at. " Make them converse in pairs using various prepositions. " Use examples from everyday life in dialogue to help kids understand. " Try to make visual learning using real life activities. " Focus on oral activities before assigning kids with written activities. TEACHING TIPS OBJECTIVES tell the use of time prepositions and place prepositions use place preposition on, in, at, etc. use prepositions of position among and between. use prepositions of movement and direction to, into, towards use time prepositions in, at, and on After the completion of this unit, students will be able to: USE OF PREPOSITIONS UNIT 10 Prepositions are used before nouns to show their relation to other nouns. KEY CONCEPT 96