Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 101 Reading for All My School My name is Prabina Adhikari. I study in grade one. The name of my school is Children Park English School. It is in Dolpa district. It has a large playground and a beautiful garden. There are about 40 teachers and 500 students in my school. My school runs classes from nursery class to class ten. The name of the principal is Mr Rajendra Khadka. My school has three buildings. There are separate rooms for computer labs, library, science labs, music classes, dance classes and art classes. Our teachers teach us very well. They always tell us to write good handwriting and follow good habits. Every Friday, our school conducts different games and competitions. I am proud of my school.
102 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Exercise (1) Fill in the blanks with suitable answers. (a) Prabina’s school is in .......................... district. (b) There are about .................... students in her school. (c) There are .......................... buildings in her school. (d) Their teachers tell them to follow .................. habits. (e) She is .......................... of her school. (2) Answer these questions. (a) What is the name of Prabina’s school? (b) How many teachers are there in her school? (c) Write the name of the principal of Prabina’s school. (d) What do teachers of Prabina’s school tell?
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 103 (e) What does her school do every Friday? (3) Fill in the blanks. Write the information about your own school. (a) Name of school ................................................. (b) Location ................................................. (c) Name of the principal ................................................. (d) Number of students ................................................. (e) Number of teachers ................................................. (f) Name of your class teacher......................................... (g) Number of buildings ................................................. (h) Number of playground ...............................................
104 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Word Power Things Found at School Here are pictures of several things. We can find them at school. Write their names. bag bell bench book copy desk duster eraser marker pencil ruler sharpener slide swing table
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 105 Phonics for All Short Vowel u (1) Repeat these words after your teacher. bud bug cup cut fun gum hut jug mud mug nut rug run sun tub (2) Find and circle. T S C H Q U B U D R B A P I M K G D F U H U T P D L M S U N (3) Write a rhyming word. (a) bud ...................... (b) bug ...................... (c) cut ...................... (d) fun ...................... (e) gum ......................
106 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Grammar for All Doing Words What are these children doing? Look and write. cleaning crying dancing drinking jumping laughing listening playing reading singing walking writing (a) He is .......................................... . (b) She is .......................................... . (c) She is .......................................... . (d) He is .......................................... . (e) She is .......................................... . (f) He is .......................................... . (g) He is .......................................... . (h) She is .......................................... . (i) He is .......................................... . (j) He is .......................................... . (k) She is .......................................... . (l) She is .......................................... . Verb is another name for doing word. Doing words tell us what somebody is doing.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 107 Writing for All (1) Correct these spelling mistakes. (a) billding ..................................................... (b) compitison ..................................................... (c) diferent ..................................................... (d) narsary ..................................................... (e) palygournd ..................................................... (f) seperete ..................................................... (2) Make meaningful sentences using these words. (a) building ................................................................ .................................................................................. . (b) principal ................................................................ .................................................................................. . (c) music ................................................................ .................................................................................. . (d) handwriting ................................................................ .................................................................................. . (e) playground ................................................................ .................................................................................. .
108 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) EXTRA Reading Mice I think mice are rather nice; Their tails are long, their faces small; They haven’t any chins at all. Their ears are pink, their teeth are white, They run about the house at night; They nibble things they shouldn’t touch, and, no one seems to like them much, but, I think mice are rather nice. Rose Fyleman Exercise (1) Write right or wrong. (a) Mice have large faces. (b) They have chins. (c) Mice have pink ears. (d) They do not bite anything. (e) Everyone likes them.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 109 (2) Circle the word that does not rhyme in the group. (a) mice small nice (b) white night tail (c) seem much touch (d) small all think (3) Answer these questions. (a) How are tails and faces of mice? (b) How are the ears and teeth of mice? (c) What do they do at night? (d) Does the poet like or hate the mice? (e) Do you like mice? Why/Why not?
110 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) My Room Unit: 8 My Room My room is on the ground floor It has two windows and one door It has a bed, a table and chair Fan on the ceiling and fresh air There is a carpet on the floor The dustbin is behind the door From the window, I watch outside view I always keep it clean and new Pink walls and white ceiling This room gives me the best feeling
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 111 Where is the bag? Activities for All Practise these conversations with a partner. The bag is on the table. Where are the books? The books are in the bookshelf
112 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Reading for All My Room I am Parbati Gurung. I live in Lamjung. There are six rooms in my house. Among them, my room is on the upper floor. It has a door and two windows. The windows and door have curtains. The walls are pink in colour and the ceiling is in white colour. There are chairs, a bed, a study table, and a cupboard in my room. There is a ceiling fan on the ceiling. My bed lies next to the window. I can watch outside view from the window. There is a carpet on the floor. I always keep my room neat and tidy. I always keep books and things in their own place after using them.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 113 Exercise (1) Fill in the blanks with suitable answers. (a) There are ......................... rooms in Parbati’s house. (b) Parbati’s room is on the ......................... floor. (c) The windows and door have ......................... . (d) There is a ceiling ......................... on the ceiling. (e) She always keeps her room ...................... and tidy. (2) Find the words in the lesson, which mean. (a) a piece of cloth that hangs down from above a window ..................................... . (b) the inside surface at the top of a room ..................................... . (c) a piece of furniture used for keeping books or clothes ..................................... . (d) a heavy cover for a floor ..................................... .
114 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) (3) Answer these questions. (a) How many rooms are there in Parbati’s house? (b) Where is her room? (c) What are the colours of the walls and the ceiling? (d) Where is her bed? (e) What is there on the floor? (f) Where does she keep her books and things after using them?
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 115 Word Power Things at Room This is Bibek’s room. Bibek is Parbati’s friend. Look at the room carefully. Write any eight things or objects you see here. .................................................................................................. .................................................................................................. .................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................
116 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Phonics for All Short Vowel a (1) Repeat these words after your teacher. bake care fame game safe same tape cake case fare male sale take vase (2) Name these pictures. (3) Read these sentences after your teacher. (a) Cat runs to the cave. (b) She puts the cake on a rack. (c) He opens the gate. (d) He hits the vase. (e) He puts tape on the vase.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 117 Grammar for All Location Words Read these sentences. The cat is on the chair. The dog is in the box. The dog is under the table. The rat is beside the ball. The dog is behind the table. B is between A and C. On, in, under, beside, behind, between, above, etc. are location words. We use them to tell about the place of an object.
118 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) The inkpot is between the books. The snake is under the chair. The children are in swimming pool. The farmer is standing behind his ox. The rat is jumping above the ball. The ball is below the box.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 119 Exercise (1) Fill in the blanks with suitable location words. The flower vase is ..................... the table. The kitten is ..................... the basket. The cat is ........................ the chair. The cat is ...................... the basket. The house is ................... the two trees.
120 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Writing for All Write a paragraph about your own room. Write answers to these questions. (a) How many rooms are there in your house? (b) Where is your room in your house? (c) How many door and windows does it have? (d) What other things are there in your room? (e) Why do you like your room? (f) Do you keep your room neat and tidy?
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 121 EXTRA Reading A Delicious Dance Last night Pasang had a dream about a dancing strawberry. It was big and red, just like a normal strawberry, but it had long legs. It looked delicious and danced very well. Pasang woke up and went to the kitchen. "Mom, we have to eat a whole box of strawberries for breakfast!" said Pasang.
122 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) "Why?" asked Mom. “Are strawberries your favourite fruit now?" "No," answered Pasang. "l just want to dance." After Pasang ate the whole box of strawberry, she danced around the room. Exercise (1) Choose and write. breakfast delicious dream kitchen strawberry (a) A .................................. has seeds on its skin. (b) My father is washing dishes in the ........................... . (c) Rikesh saw a ........................... when he was asleep. (d) The first meal of the day is ........................... . (e) The soup is ........................... . (2) Write true or false. (a) Strawberries are Pasang’s favourite fruit. (b) Pasang wanted to dance. (c) A small strawberry danced in the Pasang’s dream.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 123 (d) Pasang danced around the room. (e) The strawberry in Pasang’s dream was different from a normal strawberry. (3) Answer these questions. (a) What dream did Pasang have last night? (b) How did the strawberry in the dream look? (c) Where did Alice go after she woke up? (d) What did Alice eat for breakfast? (e) What is your favourite fruit?
124 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) My House Unit: 9 My House Let's go to my house. Let's go right today. I will show you all the rooms Where we work and play. Here is the kitchen Where Father cooks for me Here is the living room Where I watch the TV. Here is the dining room We eat here every day. And this one is my room Where I sleep and play.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 125 Activities for All Practise these conversations with a partner. It is pink in colour. What is the colour of your house? Is that your house? Where do you live? Yes, that is my house. I live in Chitwan.
126 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Reading for All My House My name is Srijana Chaudhary. I live in Sauraha. I have a small but beautiful house. My house has two floors. Each floor has three rooms and a bathroom. There are two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a guest room and a hall in my house. All rooms in my house are large. They receive a lot of sunlight and air. I can have a beautiful view of the garden from my room. There are paintings and pictures on the walls of my house. All the floors have marble tiles. There is a beautiful garden beside my house. There are many flower plants in the garden. They make my house more beautiful. I love my house very much. I always keep it neat and tidy.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 127 Exercise (1) Fill in the blanks with suitable answers. (a) Srijana has a small but ............................... house. (b) There are ............................... floors in her house. (c) There are ............................... and pictures on the walls of her house. (d) There is a beautiful ....................... beside her house. (e) There are many flower plants in her ......................... . (2) Match these words with their meanings. (a) floor a kind of polished stone (b) view a level in a building (c) marble a flat piece of stone (d) tile a thing we can see
128 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) (3) Answer these questions. (a) Where does Srijana live? (b) How many rooms are there in her house? (c) How are the rooms in her house? (d) What do floors in her house have? (e) What makes her house more beautiful? (f) Describe the house of Srijana in two sentences.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 129 Word Power Rooms in a House (1) Name these rooms in a house.
130 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) (2) Name these rooms in a house. (a) We cook our food in this room (b) We eat our meals in this room (c) We sit together and watch television in this room (d) We take a bathe and use the toilet in this room (e) We use this room for sleeping
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 131 Phonics for All Short Vowel e (1) Repeat these words after your teacher. beak beat lead leak mean read seal bean eat leaf meal meat real weak (2) Solve the given puzzle. K S E A L L A C T B E A N A O M E A T D R W E A K O E B E A K O S S E A L E A F B A R N U R E A K
132 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Grammar for All Describing Words Read these sentences. (a) Srijana has a small but beautiful house. (b) There are two floors in her house. (c) The rooms in her house are large. (d) There are many flower plants in the garden. Small, beautiful, two, large and many are describing words. The words that describe are adjectives. They give more information about nouns. Look and read. a red rose a yellow banana a pink lotus a fat man All colour words are adjectives. Some adjectives tell what kind and some adjectives tell how many.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 133 Exercise (1) Underline adjectives in these sentences. (a) There are twelve months in a year. (b) We are blowing up blue balloons. (c) A funny clown will come to the party. (d) An elephant is a huge animal. (e) An ant has six legs. (f) Ramila is a greedy girl. (2) Look at these pictures. Insert suitable describing words of your choice.
134 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Writing for All Completing a Story clever deep enough high more some The Thirsty Crow Complete the story with suitable words. A crow was thirsty. It saw .............................. water in a pot, but it couldn’t drink the water. The pot was too ................... . Suddenly, the bird had an idea. It put a rock into the pot. Then, it put another. The bird put ............................ and more rocks into the pot. What did the rocks do? They pushed the water up! Finally, the water was ............................ to drink. The bird drank ....................... water. The .................. crow wasn’t thirsty anymore.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 135 EXTRA Reading The Four Cows and the Tiger Long ago four cows lived in a forest near a field. They were good friends and did everything with each other. They grazed together and stayed together. No tigers or lions could kill them for food. They were afraid because the cows were strong and always lived together. But one day, the friends fought. Each cow went to graze in a different direction. A tiger saw this. He thought that it was the perfect opportunity to kill the cows. He hid in the bushes and killed them all, one by one.
136 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Exercise (1) Name these animals. (2) Write the past forms of these verbs. (a) live (b) graze (c) fight (d) see (e) think (f) hide (g) kill
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 137 (3) Match these words with their meanings. (a) field chance (b) graze an open area (c) different great (d) perfect not same (e) opportunity to eat grass or other plants (4) Answer these questions. (a) Where did the four cows live? (b) Why couldn’t tigers or lions kill the four cows? (c) How did the tiger and lion kill the cows? (d) What lesson did you get from the story?
138 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) My Neighbours Unit: 10 My Neighbours For your neighbours, lend a hand. Show them that you understand They have rights we must protect Show them kindness and respect. For your neighbours try to care Share your things and always be fair. Lend an ear and listen too If they are sad, help them through. For your neighbours give a smile Spend time with them for a while Look after your neighbour's needs. And God will reward you for your deeds.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 139 Activities for All Practise these conversations with a partner. Who is he? He is a driver. He drives a bus. Who is that man? He lives next to us. He is a carpenter. He makes things of wood. She is my neighbour. She is a teacher. She teaches in a school. Who is she?
140 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Reading for All My Neighbours Many people live next to or near my home. They are my neighbours. They follow different occupations. Sumesh Uncle is a pilot. He flies an aeroplane. He has visited several countries in an aeroplane. Jessica Aunt is a doctor. She treats sick and injured people. Ramlal Uncle is a shopkeeper. He runs a shop. He sells many things like oil, soap, rice, spices, salt, etc. in his shop. Ramila Aunt is a nurse. She takes care of sick and injured people. Sanjay Brother is a baker. He bakes bread, cakes and cookies. Anil Uncle is a driver. He drives a taxi.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 141 Exercise (1) Fill in the blanks with suitable answers. (a) A ........................... flies an aeroplane or a helicopter. (b) A ........................... treats sick and injured people. (c) A ........................... runs a shop. (d) A ....................... takes care of ill and injured people. (e) A ........................... drives a taxi. (2) Make meaningful sentences using these words. (a) neighbour (b) occupation (c) aeroplane (d) sick
142 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) (e) cake (f) drive (3) Answer these questions. (a) Who are neighbours? (b) Where has Sumesh Uncle visited? (c) What things does Ramlal Uncle sell in his shop? (d) What does Sanjay Brother bake? (e) What occupations do people follow in your neighbourhood? Make a list.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 143 Word Power Different Occupations actor carpenter cobbler dancer dentist engineer farmer postal worker painter mason singer plumber (a) I care for people's teeth. Who am I? ............................................ (b) I collect and deliver letters and parcels. Who am I? ............................................ (c) I paint houses and walls of people. Who am I? ............................................ (d) I make or repair shoes of people. Who am I? ............................................
144 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) (e) I build or work with stones and bricks. Who am I? ............................................ (f) I run farm and grow crops and vegetables. Who am I? ............................................ (g) I design and build machines or buildings. Who am I? ............................................ (h) I sing and entertain people. Who am I? ............................................ (i) My job is dancing. Who am I? ............................................ (j) I show my acting skills in films. Who am I? ............................................ (k) I fit and repair sinks and water pipes. Who am I? ............................................ (l) I make or fix wooden objects or wooden parts of buildings. Who am I? ............................................
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 145 Grammar for All A and an Read these sentences. (a) Peter is an officer. He works in a new office. (b) Sneha is a nurse. She lives in an old house. (c) Anmol is an actor. He bought a red car yesterday. (d) Kulman is an engineer. He is a good man. A and an are articles. We use a before words that begin with a consonant sound. We use an before words that begin with a vowel sound. Study the following examples. a doctor a nurse a cobbler a mechanic an engineer an officer an astronaut an actor
146 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Exercise (1) Fill in: a or an. ........ dog ........ horse ........ eagle ........ zebra ........ owl ........ giraffe (2) Fill in the blanks with a or an. (a) Sneha ate ........... egg in the morning. (b) Please bring me ........... apple and ........... banana. (c) Today is ........... cold day. (d) Cinderella is ........... beautiful girl. (e) Kalu is ........... woodcutter. He always carries ........... axe with him. (f) ........... fly is ........... insect.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 147 Phonics for All Short Vowel i (1) Repeat these words after your teacher. bike fire hike like ride side wipe dime hide life lime ripe wife wire (2) Name these pictures. (3) Read these sentences after your teacher. (a) The man with a pipe has a kite. (b) The kite goes up. (c) The pipe goes up. (d) Mike sees a pine. (e) There is a dime under the pine.
148 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Writing for All What can you see in these pictures? Describe these pictures in five sentences.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 149 Read the poem and answer the questions that follow. Extra Reading People I Know Neighbours are people Who live on my street. They smile, and they wave Whenever we meet. Friends are people Who live near and far. They come for a visit. By bus, plane, or car. Families are made up Of people like me, With warm, happy hugs Given so tenderly! by Kate Arnold
150 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Exercise (1) Write suitable rhyming words from the poem. (a) street ................................ (b) far ................................ (c) me ................................ (2) Fill in the blanks with suitable words. hug neighbours street visit wave (a) Diya opened her arms to give him a ....................... . (b) I saw her standing in the ....................... . (c) Our ..................................... live near us. (d) Rashmika raised her hand to ....................... . (e) We .................. our grandparents many times a year. (3) Make meaningful sentences using these words. (a) neighbour .............................................................. (b) smile .............................................................. (c) street .............................................................. (d) visit .............................................................. (e) warm ..............................................................