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Grade 1

Editor

Uday Sharma

Authors

Dipendra Raj Silwal
Rajendra Poudel

Anamnagar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 0977-01-4313205

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Grade 1

Publisher

Oasis Publication Pvt. Ltd.

Anamnagar, Kathmandu
Phone: 01-4313205
www.oasispublication.com.np

Copyright
Publisher

Layout
Oasis Desktop

Illustrator
Kaji Rana

Edition
First : 2078

Printed in Nepal

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Foreword

English Skills is a comprehensive skills development coursebook in English
language specially designed for Nepalese students. It has a systematic skills
based approach to language teaching and learning with carefully worked
out lessons and tasks that lead up to clear communicative outcomes.

The authors believe that the development of all four skills of language,
viz. listening, speaking, reading and writing, requires a clear and explicit
focus on the actual process of communication as well as close integration
of those skills within a learning task. This is to ensure that the students
use the information and ideas from one skills activity while doing another
while at the same time develop awareness of the communication itself.
This course has been crafted with this core concept in mind.

Evidently, learner development is a vital feature of this entire course. Over
the ten stages of this comprehensive course, students are encouraged to
develop as independent and active learners of English. The authors stay
confident that the skills and habits that they learn through this course will
amply prepare them for their higher educational pursuits besides making
them conscientious learners for life.

The authors of this coursebook also recognise the fact that students in the
same class often come from different socio-economic backgrounds and do
not possess the same abilities and experiences of life. Therefore, they are at
different levels in the same class. English Skills provides sufficient chances
for students with less knowledge, experience or language ability to build
up their knowledge through practice volume and repetition. At the same
time, more proficient students have the opportunity to expand on the same
activity, extend it to new directions or approach it through new angles.
This is possible due to the open-ended and multi-level nature of activities
and tasks included in English Skills.

In the end, results count. The success of the students will be deemed the
success of the course as well. The authors welcome any suggestions or
feedback from students, teachers, administrators and parents.

Happy teaching and learning!

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Contents

Unit-1
Alphabet............................................................................ 9-53

Unit-2
Me and My Family.......................................................... 54-77

Unit-3
My Daily Life....................................................................... 78-98

Unit-4
My School......................................................................... 99-116

Unit-5
Our Environment............................................................. 117-157

Unit-6
My Belongings................................................................. 158-169

Unit-7
Our Culture..................................................................... 170-179

Unit-8
Communication, Technology and Market................... 180-195

Unit-9
Fruits and Vegetables..................................................... 196-204

Unit-10
Hobbies and Interests..................................................... 205-213

Unit-11
Birds and Animals........................................................... 214-226

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Unit 1

Alphabet

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Lesson

1 The Alphabets: A-F

1 Listen and sing.

A for apple, ant and axe
A for animals, anteater packs
A is for astronaut who can fly
Flying up, up in the sky.

2 Listen, say and then write Aa.
Aa

apple ant An ant has an apple.

A

a

___pple ___xe ___nt ___nimal

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3 Listen and sing.

B, B, B, B, B, B
How many B's, can I see?
B for banana, baby boy
B for blue bike, baby's toy
B for big bubbles I enjoy
B, B, B, B, B, B
Tune: Three Blind Mice

4 Listen, say and then write Bb.
Bb

bear bag A bear has a bag.

B

b

___anana ___oy ___ike ___ig

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5 Listen and sing.

Cat in the cab
Cat in the cab
Can you see that
Cat in the cab?

6 Listen, say and then write Cc.
Cc

cat cap A cat has a cap.

C

c

___at ___ab ___an ___ap

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7 Listen and sing.

Hickory dickory dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down
Hickory dickory dock.

8 Listen, say and then write Dd.
Dd

dog doll A dog has a doll.

D

d

___ock ___og ___oll ___ad

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9 Listen and sing.

We all have an E
Every body has an E
He and she and me
Everybody has an E.

10 Listen, say and then write Ee.
Ee

elephant egg An elephant has an egg.

E

e

___ye ___gg ___phant ___ar

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11 Listen and sing.

Fee fi fo fum!
He hi ho hum!
I am the most amazing boy!
The most amazing boy I am.
Fee fi fo fum!
He hi ho hum!
I am the most amazing girl!
The most amazing girl I am.

12 1 Listen, say and then write Ff.
Ff

fox fan A fox has a fan.

F

f

___ox ___an ___at ___ar

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13 Draw lines to match small letters with the capital letters.
A B C D E F

b e a f d c

14 Draw lines to join the letters with the picture.

c ba c ba c ba
ab ab ab

ac ac ac

ca ca ca
bc a bc a bc a

15 Circle the letter.

C B D A E D
d a c e d a

E B D C E D
d a e e d c

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16 Circle the two pictures that have the same first letters.

a. b.

c. d.
e. f.

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17 Listen and circle the pictures. Then, write the letters.

a. A a

b.

c.

d.

e.

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18 Play a game with your friends.

Take two counters. Roll a die. Start at the top. Count the dot on
the dice. If you get 3 dots, you should say what is there in third
place. If you can't say you wont be able to move your counter.
After that your friend will roll the die. The one who reaches the
end first wins.

START

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Lesson

2 The Alphabets: G-M

1 Listen and sing.

/G/ /G/ /G/ /G/ girl has G,
the girl has G,
the goat has G.
Oh, do you like the letter G
and like to sing with me?
- (tune of "The Muffin Man")

2 Listen, say and then write Gg.
Gg

girl green glass The girl has a green glass.

G

g

___ox ___an ___at ___ar

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3 Listen and sing.

In the house of Henry horse,
Hippo came hopping up.
He had a hat on his head top.
Hot-hot tea was in his cup.

4 Now read the story and circle the words beginning

with Hh.

Hari loves hats. He has hundred
hats. He covers his head with his
hat. He covers his hair with his hat.
Sometimes, he holds his hat with his
hand. Sometimes, he hangs his hat on
a hanger.

He has hot hats. He has huge hats. He
has heavy hats. His one hat has a hole.
He even wears the hat with a hole.
Hats make him happy.

5 Write h in the blanks. Then, discuss and draw.

a. Hari loves ______at.
b. Hari covers his _______air with his hat.
c. One of Hari's hats has a ______ole.
Discuss and draw.
Do you have a hat? What colour is it?
Draw a hat you want to have.

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6 Write Hh.

H

h

7 Listen and sing.

I was once a bottle of ink,
Inky
Dinky
Thinky
Inky
Black Minky
Bottle of Ink!
-By Edward Lear

8 Now write Ii. Also circle the pictures that begin with i.

I

i

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9 Join A-I. And say what it is. Write the first letter.

G
F

H

IE

AB D
C

10 Listen and sing.

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

Then up got Jack and said to Jill,
As in his arms he took her,
"Brush off that dirt you're not hurt,
Let's fetch that pail of water."

11 Write Jj.

J

j

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12 Join the pictures that begin with j.

• jar
• jacket
• Jug
• juice
• jellyfish

13 Listen and sing. Then, see the picture and guess

what you can see.

K was once a little kite,

Kity

Whity

Flighty

Kity

Out of sighty-

Little kite! -Edward Lear


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14 Circle the pictures that begin with K.

15 Write Kk.

K
k

16 Colour K.

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17 Listen and sing.

Little limping lambs love to leap around
They like to leap on logs.
For words that start with L
The little kids say, "That's well!"
Words like limping lamb leaping onto logs
LLLLLLL
- (tune of John, Jacob, Jingleheimer Schmidt)

18 Write Ll.

L

l

19 Look at the pictures and circle the first letter. i
j
hl k
ke
lf

ei g
aj h
lk i

hg g
gh l
il k

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20 Listen and sing.

Mmm, Meena wants meat, milk
and melon ,
But I got none of them. So mmm,
Meena who is hungry will just eat
this big letter “M”!

21 Join Mm with pictures.

M
m

man monkey balloon lemon moon
jacket mop lollipop mouse kite

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22 Listen, say and circle the words that begin with

m. Then, discuss.

My mum makes momos. She makes
momos in the morning. She makes
mo:mos for meal. She makes momos
most of the times.
Her momos are like moon. I want to
eat more momos my mother makes.

► What does mum make?
► What does the girl want to eat?
► What does your mother make for meal?
► What do you like to eat?

23 Write Mm. Then, colour.

M

m

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24 Listen, circle and write. English Skills Book - 1 29

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b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

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25 Read and write the words under the correct pictures.

j am b ed

jam g bed
fl a k id

flag kid
gh e
mi l k e

milk ghee

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Lesson The Alphabets: N-T

3

1 Listen and sing.

This is the way we trim our nails,
n n nails, n n nails,
This is the way we trim our nails,
early in the morning.

This is the way we crack our nuts,
n n nuts, n n nuts,
This is the way we crack our nuts,
early in the morning.

2 Look at the pictures. Then, listen and say.

nest nuts net

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3 Read the words. in n ap

n ibb

nib bin nap

n i lnot no s e

nil not nose

4 Write Nn.

N

n

5 Colour the pictures that begin with n.

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6 Listen and sing.

O for orange round and round
oval , owl, oil in town.
Octopus and ostrich too
I can see O peek a boo!

7 Point at the pictures. Then, listen and say.

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9o

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9 Join dots. What animal can you see? Colour it and

write the first letter.

10 Read .

g o d d o g f rog

god dog frog

f ogf ox b ox

fog fox box

11 Now write j, k, l, m, n, o. [Write one letter in a box.]

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12 Listen and sing. I like popcorn
when it is hot.
Popcorn popcorn I like popcorn
popping in the pot with butter on top.
Popcorn popcorn
Will you stop!

Do you like popcorn?

13 Listen and say.

penguin parrot panda pig

14 Write Pp.

P
p

15 Colour the pictures that begin with p.

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16 Listen and sing.

Quarrelsome queen says
qu... like ducks
qu... like ducks
I don't know why she makes sounds like 'qu..'

17 Listen and say.

question queen quill quilt

18 Write Qq.

Q

q

19 Write the missing letter and say the words aloud.

___uail ___ueue

___uiet ___uick

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20 Listen and sing.

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream. -by Eliphalet Oram Lyte

21 Look at the picture and discuss.

22 Point at the pictures. Then, listen and say.

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R
r

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24 Which of them begin with R? Draw lines to join with Rr.

. .. .
.
. . . .
. . R. r . .

..

25 Read and copy. Then, match.

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pan
far

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Lesson The Alphabets: U-Z

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1 Listen and sing.

We are learning letter U,

Letter U, letter U.

We are learning letter U

U-u-u-u! umbrella
Umbrella starts with letter U

Urn begins with letter U

Up starts with letter U urn
Us begins with letter U

U U U U! Sing in the tune of 'London brigade is falling down'

2 Look at the picture and discuss. Then, write Uu.

Uu

Uu

Uu

Uu

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3 Listen and say.

u

4 Colour U in the given puzzle.

A D
Z
Q X

G RK T
S
O V
M
5 Write Uu.
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u

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6 Read the words.

c up bus cut

cup bus c cut
put un le

put ud uncle t
st en

7 Read and copy. student push jump

bus sun put

8 Listen and circle.

a. tap b. tip c. hop d. crow
pop brow
nap nib

e. urn f. cut g. rat h. jam
fat jab
burn hut

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9 Look at the picture and discuss.

10 Point at the pictures. Then, listen and say.

v

11 Colour the pictures that begin with V.

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12 Write Vv.

V
v

13 Read the words.

ves t vas t vase

vest vast vase

vat give live love glove dove
have cave hive five vet van

14 Read and discuss.

I have gloves.

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15 Copy the letters. Ss
Tt
Vv

Uu

16 Look at the picture and discuss. What can you see?

17 Listen and say.

w

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18 Write Ww.

W

w

19 Read the words.

w0 l we l l c r ow

owl well crow

water wolf snow how now
show swim throw arrow bow

20 Read and discuss.

A wolf is drinking water in the river.

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21 Listen and circle. Then, try saying all the words.

a. watch b. tell c. water d. fax

match well mater wax

e. wheel f. jet g. win h. car
pin war
feel wet
Vv
22 Copy the letters.

Ww

Uu Tt

23 Look at the picture and discuss. What can you see?

24 Point at the pictures. Then, listen and say.

x

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25 Look and read. xylophone x-ray

6
six x-mas tree

26 Match the words with the pictures.

box
fox
axe
ox
taxi
wax

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X
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28 Read. Then, listen and say.

s i x f i x mi x b0x

six fix mix box

fax max wax text
next taxi maxi ox

29 Read and discuss.

The ox next to a box sees a fox in the box.

30 Copy the letters. Ww

Xx

Uu Vv

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31 Look and discuss. What can you see?

32 Point at the pictures. Then, listen and say.

y

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33 Help the yak find the yam. Then colour y.

34 Write Yy.

Y

y

35 Read. Then, listen and say.

t oy say p l ay

toy say play
boy they
my yam yak yarn
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