Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 251 Activities for All Practise these conversations with a partner. Have you ever seen an elephant? Yes, an elephant is a very large animal. It has thick grey skin. It has large ears, and long nose called a trunk. I saw it at the zoo. Yes, it is a large black bird. It has a rough voice. It is a clever bird. It eats both plants and small insects. People worship crow at Tihar? Have you seen it in real? A peacock is a large bird. It has long blue and green tail feathers. It can spread its feathers like a fan. I have never seen a peacock. How does it look like?
252 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Reading for All My Visit to a Zoo Hello friends! I am Dolma Lama. Last Saturday, I went to Central Zoo with my mother. It is in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur. It is home to many animals. I saw several birds and animals at the zoo. My father has collected information about them. I am going to describe it. Can you write their names?
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 253 It is a large and heavy animal. It has thick skin. It has one or two horn on its nose. It likes to eat leaves of plants, grass, small branches and small bushes. It likes to play in the mud. Mud protects its skin from the sun. It can hear and smell well, but its eyesight is poor. It weighs 3000 kg to 5000 kg. It is about 8 to 13 feet long. It is a large animal. It has a large head and mouth. But it has short legs. It spends most of its time in the water. It is about 11 feet long and weighs more than 3000 kg. Its skin is very thick. It spends its day resting in the water. It can keep its head underwater for 5 to 10 minutes. It is a large wild animal. It has four long and thin legs. The males have horns. Their horns are called antlers. It has large ears and short tails. It has smooth, brown fur. Females are usually smaller than males. It is a large, wild cat. It has a cot of yellow or orange fur. It has black stripes. It is the largest of the cats. It hunts alone at night. It preys on small animals like deer and boars. It lives for about 11 years. RHDT
254 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) It is a very large African bird. It runs very fast but cannot fly. It has a long neck and long legs. It is the largest living bird. It eats grasses, plants and insects. It lays the largest eggs in the world. It is a common type of small bird. It has brown or grey feathers. It has a small and strong beak and a short tail. It eats seeds or small insects. It lives in groups. Exercise (1) Fill in the blanks with suitable names of birds or animals. Write one name only once. deer hippopotamus ostrich rhinoceros sparrow tiger (a) It has antlers. (b) It has brown or grey feathers. (c) It is the largest living bird. O S
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 255 (d) It is the largest of the cats. (e) It likes to play in the mud. (f) It can keep its head underwater for 5 to 10 minutes. (2) Write true or false. (a) A rhinoceros has thick skin. (b) A hippo has long and thin legs. (c) Both male and female deer have antlers. (d) A tiger has yellow or orange fur. (e) An ostrich can fly very high. (f) A sparrow likes to live in groups. (3) Answer these questions. (a) Where is the Central Zoo in Nepal?
256 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) (b) What does a rhino like to eat? (c) What type of animal is a hippo? (d) How is a female deer different from a male deer? (e) When does a tiger hunt? (f) Which bird lays the largest egg? (g) What kind of bird is a sparrow?
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 257 Word Power Birds Find the names of these birds in the puzzle. PEACOCK CROW SPARROW DOVE OWL OSTRICH DUCK PARROT PIGEON EAGLE S K E P O C D T
258 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Complete this puzzle with the names of these wild animals. bear camel crocodile fox giraffe kangaroo lion monkey panda zebra E E Z E R E U C E P M E N B E A R O T O B P M R R O L D N R A N T F C I D K A N G A R O O N E O D O T O D N E Y S A O Y N I H F O X C A M E L N H G I R A F F E E
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 259 Phonics for All (1) Repeat these words after your teacher. king ring sing swing wing string ink pink sink wink drink bank (2) Solve the given puzzle. r s i g p g b k
260 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Grammar for All Types of Sentences Read these sentences. (a) A rhinoceros is a large and heavy animal. (b) Does a hippo have a long tail? (c) Don't tease the tiger at the zoo. (d) What a huge animal! There are different types of sentences. A telling sentence says something. A question asks something. An exclamation shows strong feelings. A command makes a request or gives a command. Read these sentences. I like mangos. What a big mango! Is that a banana? Buy me an avocado.
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 261 Exercise (1) Write the sentence type on the line to the right of each sentence. Write T for each telling sentence or statement, Q for each question, E for each exclamation, and C for each command. (a) A tiger is the largest of cats. (b) Did you find the fruit? (c) Come over for dinner. (d) This tastes great! (e) Give me that apple. (f) What kind of fruit is this? (g) What a great dinner! (h) A mango is smaller than a watermelon. (i) Which way should I go? (j) Please go in a line.
262 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) Writing for All Choose one of the wild animals and write any five sentences about it. Include answers to these questions. A Wild Animal (a) What type of animal is it? (b) How many legs, eyes, tail and other body parts does it have? (c) What does it eat? (d) What does it do?
Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) 263 EXTRA Reading The Lucky Seed A long time ago, a farmer took a big bag of seeds to sell at the market. Suddenly, his cart’s wheel hit a big stone. Bump! One of the seeds fell out of the bag and onto the hot, dry ground. ‘I am scared!’ said the seed. ‘I need to be safe under the soil.’ Just then, a buffalo walked on the seed and pushed it into the ground. ‘I am thirsty!’ said the seed. ‘I need some water to help me grow.’ Just then, it started to rain. The next morning the seed had a little green shoot. All-day it sat in the sun and grew taller and taller. The next day it had its first leaf. This helped it to catch sunlight and grow.
264 Allied English for Everyone : Grade One (Approved by CDC) That evening a hungry bird tried to eat it, but the seed had roots to help it stay in the ground. Many years of sunshine and rain passed. The seed became a plant, and then the plant became a tree. Today if you visit the village you can see the tree. It is big and strong. It makes its own seed now. Kim Ashmore Exercise (1) Name these pictures.