Published by: ALLIED Publication Pvt. Ltd. Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: 01-5378629, 5388827 E-mail: [email protected] Author: Pratibha Pandit Artwork: Prem Lamsal Design PSDESIGN (Manoz Manohar) Baghbazar, Putalisadak Kathmandu @ 9849055680 Copyright All rights reserved with the publishers. Edition : 2078 (2020/21) Revised Edition : 2079 (2022) Allied’s ENGLISH FOR EVERYONE 1
PREFACE English for Everyone is a carefully graded series strictly based on the latest curriculum prescribed by the Curriculum Development Centre. It has been designed as a stepping stone for young learners towards all-round development of language skills along with a wholesome appreciation of literature in the English language. The series has emphasised all language skills viz., listening, speaking, reading and writing. It contains abundant exercises based on vocabulary (word power) building, functional grammar, creative writing, phonics, and extensive reading comprehension based on various literary genres. Every lesson of the series makes the students practise essential language skills introduced through multiple literary genres. The author and the publication family firmly believe that the balanced exercises and activities of the series assist the learners in developing their proficiency in the English language. The content of the series has been written in simple and lucid language. It contains carefully graded learning materials compiled in a child-friendly approach. It also features an attractive layout, meaningful contexts and learner-friendly presentation. Every effort has been made to present reading materials in a lively, conceptual and expressive manner. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the Allied Publication family for publishing and bringing the series to the teachers and learners. Likewise, I am also grateful to Manoz Manohar for his attractive layout and design. I am certain that this book will make teaching and learning a productive activity. I expect feedback and constructive suggestion for the further improvement of this book. Thank you! Author
Unit: 1 The English Alphabet 7 Unit: 2 Hello Friends, It’s Me 21 Unit: 3 My Body 36 Unit: 4 My Family 53 Unit: 5 My Daily Life 67 Unit: 6 My Classroom 85 Unit: 7 My School 97 Unit: 8 My Room 110 Unit: 9 My House 124 Contents
Unit: 10 My Neighbours 138 Unit: 11 My Birthday 152 Unit: 12 My Favourite Festival 165 Unit: 13 My Computer 179 Unit: 14 My Visit to a Market 191 Unit: 15 My Healthy Plate 206 Unit: 16 My Hobby 222 Unit: 17 My Pet Animal 236 Unit: 18 My Visit to a Zoo 250 Contents
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 7 The English Alphabet Unit: 1 Reading for All Capital Letters A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The other names of capital letters are UPPER CASE letters or block letters. Small Letters a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Another name of small letters is lower case letters. The set of letters from Aa to Zz is the English alphabet. There are twenty-six letters in the English or Roman alphabet.
8 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) The Alphabet Song Listen and sing after your teacher. A – B – C – D – E I'm in the jungle in a coconut tree F – G – H – I – J Do you want to come and play? K – L – M – N – O – P – Q I will bring a friend or two R – S – T – U – V A zebra and a chimpanzee W – X – Y – Z We'll play until it's time for bed. Test Time Write the correct answer. (1) How many letters are there in the English alphabet? (2) Which letter comes before H? (3) How many letters are there between K and P? (4) What is the first letter of your name? (5) How many letters are there in your first name?
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 9 Exercise (1) Write the missing big and small letters of the alphabet. A __ __ b C __ __ d E __ __ f G __ __ h I __ __ J K __ __ l M __ __ n O __ __ p Q __ __ r S __ __ t U __ __ v W __ __ x Y __ __ z (2) Which letter comes first? Write in the box. (a) P R M F ______ (b) B Q Z W ______ (c) C D E A ______ (d) G J H I ______ (e) O K T S ______ (f) V U X L ______
10 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Word Power Different Games Games and sports are important for children. They make us fit and healthy. Can you name these games?
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 11 Grammar for All English Vowels and Consonants The English Alphabet Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk LL Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz The English alphabet has twenty-six letters. Among them, a, e, i, o and u are vowels. Rest of the letters are consonants. There are five vowel letters and twenty-one consonant letters in the English alphabet. Vowel Letters Consonant Letters Aa Ee Ii Oo Uu Bb Cc Dd Ff Gg Hh Jj Kk LL Mm Nn Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
12 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Exercise (1) Insert the letters to the correct column below. a s w i u p q e t o Vowels Consonants (2) All the words below have vowels in them. Write the vowels in the boxes. (a) chocolate (b) cartoon (c) alphabet (d) umbrella (e) octopus (f) education
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 13 (3) Fill in the blanks with vowel letters (a, e, i, o, u). __nt __ __r__pl__n__ b__ll b__n__n__ c__p ch__ __r d__ll d__ck __l__ph__nt __ __r
14 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) fl__w__r fl__g g__ __t gr__p__s h__nd h__rs__ __nkp__t __c__ cr__ __m j__m j__g k__t__ k__ttl__
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 15 (4) Fill in the blanks with consonants. __a__p __ea__ __an__o __on__e__ __e__t __ur__e o__io__ o__t__ic__ __a__ __e__ci__ __uil__ __uil__ __o__e __ab__i__
16 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) s__a__ __wa__ __i__e__ __a__le u__bre__la u__c__e __a__ __a__e __a__c__ __in__o__ x-__a__ __ylo__ho__e __a__ __el__o__ __e__r__ __e__o
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 17 Activities for All Same or Different Circle the same pictures in each row.
18 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Read these poems and do the activities that follow. Extra Reading Start of School Summer was fun Summer was cool Now we are coming Back to school Playing and singing And learning everything When I come back to school It makes me want to sing My Teacher My teacher is kind My teacher is smart My teacher loves teaching Down deep in her heart My teacher is fair My teacher is fun She teaches us everything Under the sun - Helen H. Moore
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 19 Exercise (1) Match these words with their rhyming words. (a) cool heart (b) everything sun (c) smart sing (d) fun school (2) Write true or false. (a) The children are coming back to school after summer. (b) The poet doesn’t want to sing at school. (c) The teacher loves teaching very much. (d) The teacher is not fair.
20 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) (3) Answer these questions. (a) How was summer? (b) What do students do at school? (c) How is the teacher? (d) Where does the teacher teach the students? (e) How was your first day at your school? (f) What is the name of your English subject teacher?
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 21 Hello Friends, It’s Me Unit: 2 Good Morning Good morning, good morning And how do you do? Good morning, good morning A happy day to you Good morning, good morning How are you? How are you? Very well thank you, very well thank you. How about you?
22 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Good Morning and Goodbye Good morning, good morning, Good morning, everyone, I’m so glad to see you, Good morning, everyone. Goodbye, goodbye, Goodbye, everyone, I’m so glad to see you, Goodbye, everyone.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 23 Activities for All Act out the given conversations. Good morning, teacher. I am fine. Thank you! Hello Kamal, how are you? Good afternoon, teacher. Good afternoon, Sandhya Goodbye, Muna. Goodbye, Reena.
24 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Reading for All About Me Hello, friends! Good morning, My name is Dinesh Magar. I live in Gulmi. I am seven years old. My birthday is on Ashad 19. I study in grade one. I am a student. There are four members in my family. They are my father, mother, my sister, and me myself. Thank You!
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 25 Exercise (1) Choose the right answers. (a) Dinesh lives in .................................... (Jhapa, Gulmi) (b) He is .................................. years old. (seven, six) (c) His birthday is on .................. . (Baisakh 1, Ashad 19) (d) He studies in grade ................................... (one, two) (e) There are ............ members in his family. (four, three) (2) Fill in the blanks. Write about yourself. (a) My name is ............................... .............................. . (b) I live in ............................................................... . (c) I am ............................. years old. (d) My birthday is on .................................................... . (e) I study in grade .................................................... . (f) There are ............................. members in my family.
26 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Word Power Polite Expressions (1) Fill in suitable greeting words. (2) When do you use these polite words? Write. please sorry excuse me welcome thank you (a) When you make a mistake ______________________________________________ . (b) When you want to ake a request for something ______________________________________________ . (c) When you want to greet somebody politely ______________________________________________ . (d) When you want to say something ______________________________________________ . (e) When you want to thank others ______________________________________________ .
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 27 Phonics for All Short Vowel a (1) Repeat these words after your teacher. bad bag bat cab can cat dad fan fat had ham hat mad man mat pad pan pat ram ran sad sat tap van (2) Name these pictures. (3) Match these words with their rhyming words. (a) bad rat (b) bat sad (c) lap fan (d) ram tap (e) pan jam
28 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Grammar for All Is, am and are Read and learn. I am a student. He is a doctor. We are students. Is, am and are are forms of the verb ‘to be’. We always use am with I. I am We use is with he, she and it. He is She is It is We use are with they and we. They are We are
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 29 Exercise (1) Complete these sentences with is, am or are. (a) He ……………. my father. (b) They ………………….. my friends. (c) We ……………. from Nepal. (d) She ……………. my sister. (e) It ……………. my puppy. (f) I ……………. a student.
30 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Writing for All (1) Put the words in the correct order. Ask them with your friends. (a) full/your/name/What/is? (b) you/are/How? (c) do/you/Where/live? (d) old/are/you/How? (e) English/Can/speak/you?
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 31 (2) Put these words in the gaps. Then, practise the conversation. Nice Hello Hi thanks meet How good He Binod : Hello, Pramod. Pramod : ......................., Binod! ....................... are you? Binod : I am ......................., ....................... . And you? Pramod : I am very well, thanks. Binod : Pramod, ....................... is Manoj. Manoj : Hello Pramod, ....................... to meet you. Pramod : Nice to ........................ you.
32 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) EXTRA Reading Winnie the Pooh Winnie the Pooh was a fat little bear. And Winnie the Pooh liked honey. One day Pooh saw a honey bee. The honey bee went out of the house. And Pooh went out of the house, too. The honey bee went down the path. And Pooh went down the path, too. The honey bee went into the wood. And Pooh went into the wood, too.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 33 The honey bee went up the big tree. And Pooh went up the big tree, too. He went up, up, up to the top of the tree. Crack! The branch broke! Pooh went down, down, down. Pooh landed with a bump! He got up and went to see Christopher Robin. "Could you help me?" said Pooh. Pooh sat in some mud. Christopher Robin gave Pooh a big balloon. Pooh went up, up, up, to the top of the tree. He got some honey. Whoosh! The balloon went down. And Pooh went down, too. He went down, down, down. Pooh landed on top of Christopher Robin. "Silly old bear," said Christopher Robin.
34 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Exercise (1) Name these pictures. (2) Match these words with their meanings. (a) little foolish (b) path forest (c) wood small (d) mud road (e) silly dirt
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 35 (3) Write true or false. (a) Winnie the Pooh was a fat little bear. (b) Pooh followed the bee up to a tree. (c) Pooh didn't fall from the tree. (d) Pooh went to see Robin. (e) Robin didn’t help Pooh. (4) Answer these questions. (a) What did Winnie the Pooh like? (b) What did Pooh see one day? (c) Who gave a big balloon to Pooh? (d) Where did Pooh land?
36 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) My Body Unit: 3 Listen and sing. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Head, shoulders, knees and toes, Knees and toes. Head, shoulders, knees and toes, Knees and toes. And eyes and, ears and, mouth and nose. Head, shoulders, knees and toes, Knees and toes. My Body Parts Ten little fingers and ten little toes Two little eyes and one little nose Two little ears and two little feet One little mouth and many teeth Two little hands and one round head These are my body parts God has made
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 37 My Body Look and study. Head Eye Mouth Ear Hair Neck Chest Fingers Thigh Leg Shoulder Hand Stomach Knee Foot Toes
38 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Activities for All Asking and Responding In which body parts do we wear these things? Work in a pair. Ask and answer. Where do you wear your hat? I wear it on my head. Glass Cap Tie Socks Gloves
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 39 Reading for All My Body Hello friends, My name is Manoj Shrestha. I live in Chitwan. I am 6 years old. My body has different parts. I see with my two eyes, and smell with my nose. I use my mouth for speaking and eating. My teeth help me chew my food. I taste my food with my tongue. It also helps me to speak and swallow food. I hear with my ear. I feel and touch with my skin. I use my hand for eating food, writing, brushing, combing, holding things, and doing other work. I stand, walk and run with my legs.
40 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Exercise (1) Answer these questions. (a) Where does Manoj live? (b) Which body part helps him to smell? (c) What does he use to taste his food? (d) Which body part does he use the most? (e) What helps him stand, walk and run?
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 41 (2) Tick ( ) the right answers. (a) How do ears help us? To smell To hear (b) How many hands does the human body have? Two Four (c) Where do we chew our food? Shoulder Mouth (d) We walk with our hands. True False (e) We wear our shoes on our feet. Right Wrong (3) Count and write. (a) The number of your fingers (b) The number of your hands (c) The number of your feet (d) The number of your eyes (e) The number of your toes
42 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) (4) Look at these pictures and fill in the blanks. ears eyes nose skin tongue (a) I see with my (b) I hear with my (c) I smell and breathe with my (d) I taste with my (e) I feel or touch with my Ears, eyes, nose, skin and tongue are our sense organs. We see, smell, hear, taste, and touch or feel with them. We have five sense organs.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 43 Word Power Parts of the Human Body (1) Name these parts of the human body.
44 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) (2) Re-arrange these words to name different body parts. (a) NCEK (b) FGINER (c) HDAE (d) AIRH (e) RAM (f) ETO (g) TMHUB
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 45 Phonics for All Short Vowel e (1) Listen to your teacher, and repeat these words. bed bet fed hen met pen set web beg den get leg net red vet wet (2) Name these pictures. (3) Repeat these sentences after your teacher. (a) The hen has a nap on the red bed. (b) The bed is wet! (c) The hen is red!
46 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Grammar for All One and Many Look and learn. (a) We have a nose and two ears. (b) A monkey has a tail and two eyes. one pen three pens one ball six balls one triangle three triangles one girl four girls one egg five eggs one guitar two guitars We add –s at the end to name more than one thing.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 47 Look and learn. one bus two buses one watch three watches one tomato six tomatoes one bench four benches one brush five brushes one fish seven fishes We add –es to some things to name more than one thing.
48 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Exercise (1) Add –s to write plural words. (a) apple (b) cat (c) table (d) doctor (e) book (2) Add –es to name plural words. (a) mango (b) class (c) glass (d) box (e) story
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 49 Writing for All (1) Re-arrange these words to make meaningful sentences. (a) our/hands/use/We/comb/to/hair/our. (b) can/We/kick/a ball/with/legs/our. (c) our/ears/We/listen/music/to/with. (d) hand/Our/helps/us/to/hold/a pencil.
50 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) (2) Re-write these sentences correctly. Use capital letters for the first word in a sentence, and names of people and places. (a) manoj is from Kathmandu. (b) kathmandu is the capital of nepal. (c) his teeth help him chew the food. (d) she feels and touches with his skin.