Maxim Grammar Book 1_Sunil 2075_Final

Vocabulary Practice People painter astronaut magician soldier postman blacksmith butcher scientist Things we wear gloves sneakers shorts sun visor ribbon goggles trousers socks Places Great Wall of China Taj Mahal Eiffel Tower 51

Grammar in Context Read and answer. My Family I am Monty. He is my father. His name is Kamal. He has one sister, Sujata. She is my aunt. I call her Suja Auntie. She has two children – Kusum and Pukar. They Monty Kamal are my cousins. Sujata I am six years old. My father is forty years old. My Suja Auntie is thirty years old. Kusum and Pukar are five years old. They are twins. My Auntie and cousins live in Pokhara. We live in Kathmandu. Pukar Kusum 1. Write the names of two people from the above text. 2. Write the names of two places from the above text. 3. Complete the sentences. cousin a. Sujata is Monty’s............................ aunt b. Kusum is Monty’s............................ nephew c. Monty is Sujata’s............................ son d. Pukar is Sujata’s............................ 52

4. Answer the following questions. a. Who is forty years old? b. Who is thirty years old? c. Who is six years old? d. How old is Kusum? e. How old is Pukar? 5. Complete the chart. Write the first letters capital. Age Name Monty Sharma 6 years Father Auntie Cousins 6. Now write four sentences about your family. 53

Guided Composition Complete and read. My Family I am Raju. I study in Grade one. There are five members in my family. I have a sister. Her name is Sony. She is ten years old. I have an uncle. His name is Gopal. He is twenty-two years old. My father’s name is Suman and my mother’s name is Goma. My father is a teacher and my mother is a doctor. We are a happy family. Now write about yourself. I am 54

Listen and read. Replacing Words I am a boy and I am a teacher and you are a girl. you are a student. I am tall. I have a bat. He has a ball She is short. and she has a doll. The dog is hungry. It has a bowl. We are students and they are teachers. I, we, you, they, he and she are replacing words. They are called pronouns. They replace naming words. The words which we use in place of nouns are called pronouns. Sita - she Sita and Ram - they Ram - he the dog - it 55

Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. I’m He’s She’s It’s You’re They’re We’re He has She has It has I have You have They have We have Grammar Practice: Circle the pronouns. We are twins. I am Roma and she is Nova. We are sisters. I like apples and she likes oranges. They are Roma and Nova. They are twins. Roma has short hair. She likes apples. Nova has also short hair and she likes oranges. Both Roma and Nova like fruit. They eat fruit everyday. Write down any four pronouns in the lines. 56

Grammar Practice: Write he, she, it or they below each picture. he 57

Grammar Practice: Choose the correct pronouns. She ...............is a dancer. I He We ...............is a joker. We ...............is a doctor. He They ...............are teachers. She He They ...............are photographers. It ...............is a cat. It ...............are dogs. They They 58

Grammar Practice: Write a pronoun for each noun. Nancy Goma Nikhil His father she His mother His uncle His aunt His sister His friends His brother His teachers His book Grammar Practice: Circle the pronouns. Pronouns bus she they Rosy rat Tina father it we aunt I pin he cap son dog bag Gopal you mother 59

Speaking Practice: Say who they are. Who is she? Who is he? She is a nurse. He is a doctor. a b c de Writing Practice: Fill in correct pronouns. he she it I we you they My name is Raju. ..……am eight years old. ..…… like to play basketball. I have a friend, Kumar. ..……is ten years old. ..….........…also plays basketball. “I’m a doctor and “........… am a shopkeeper ….........… are a patient.” and you are a customer.” 60

I am tall but ............. are short. We play football. ........ are football players. I am a student. He is a student. She is a student. ................ are students. This is a dog. …………has This is Anjali. ............has a doll. six puppies. 61

Grammar Practice: Fill in correct pronouns. A: How are you? B: ........am fine, thank you. What about you? A: I am also fine. A: Do you have a sister? A: Do you have a brother? B: Yes,...........have a sister. B: Yes, .........have a brother. A: How old is your sister? A: What does your brother do? B: ........ is nine years old. B: ........is a student. A: What does your mother do? A: How old are .......? B: ..........is a nurse. B: I am six years old. A: Where does ........ work? A: How old is your brother? B: ......... works in Bir Hospital. B: ..........is three years old. A: How old is your sister? 62 B: ......... is ten years old.

This, That, These, Those Listen and read. This is a rabbit. That is a goat. This is a parrot. That is a crow. This is a duck. That is a peacock. Both this and that refer to only one thing. This is a cat. That is a dog. This shows that something is near ( ). That shows that something is far ( ). 63

Listen and read. These are rabbits. Those are goats. These are parrots. Those are crows. These are ducks. Those are peacocks. Both these and those refer to more than one thing. These are cats. Those are dogs. These shows that something is near ( ). Those shows that something is far ( ). 64

Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. This is a car. These are cars. This is a ball. These are balls. This is an apple. These are apples. That is a dog. Those are dogs. That is a frog. Those are frogs. That is an orange. Those are oranges. Speaking Practice: Ask and answer. What is this? What is that? What are these? What are those? That is a bus. That is a monkey. That is an aeroplane. This is a car. This is a puppy. This is a pigeon. 65

Writing Practice: Fill in the blanks with THIS, THAT, THESE or THOSE. ............. are tomatoes. These are bananas. Those are coconuts. ............. are apples. ............. are brinjals. This is a cat. Those are pumpkins. ............. is a dog. ............. is a helicopter. ............. is a temple. That is a plane. ............. is a church. 66

Describing Words Listen and read. Deepa and Raju are in the room. Deepa’s hair is long. Her hair is brown. Raju’s hair is short. His hair is black. Deepa is tall and Raju is short. Deepa is reading her book. It is very thick. Raju is also reading his book. It is thin. There is a blue balloon on the table. Long, short, thin, tall, thick and red describe naming words. They are called adjectives. Adjectives come before nouns they describe. A word that describes a noun is called an adjective. black hair long hair short hair long legs small eyes small tail thick book long stick small wings 67

Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. tall man old man brave man new dress hot water clean room dirty place big tree empty glass little mouse full basket poor man rich man happy boy sad boy healthy boy sick boy thick book thin book large box Grammar Practice: Read and underline the adjectives. I have a long pencil. He is a tall man. The old man is sleeping Bhima is a brave man. It is small. Shova is a lazy girl. She is a beautiful girl. He is a strong man. The apples are sweet. It is an empty glass. 68

Vocabulary Practice: Tick (ü) the correct answer. a tall man an old man a new dress a short man a young man an old dress a little mouse a healthy boy a big mouse a sick boy a happy boy a large box a sad boy a small box a full glass a thick book an empty glass a thin book Speaking Practice: Ask and answer. A: Is he young? Is he old? Is it cold? Is he healthy? B: Yes, he is. Is he young? Is it hot? Is he sick? 69

Vocabulary Practice: Match the opposites and solve the puzzle. 1 new difficult 2 high small 3 fast slow 4 dark old 5 fun dirty 6 clean short 6 easy ugly 7 beautiful weak 8 big light 8 tall boring 9 strong low 70

Listen and read. Colour What colour is this shirt? It is blue. What colour is this cap? It is yellow. What colour are these slippers? They are blue. These are my clothes. My tie is blue and my shirt is white. My shoes are black. My socks are green. I have a yellow hankie and an orange T-shirt. My trousers are brown. Blue, black, yellow, red and white are colour words. They are called adjectives of colour. Adjectives of colour tell the colour of the naming words. Colour words are adjectives. red black yellow white green blue brown purple 71

Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. red apple black shoes yellow car white milk green leaf blue sky brown fox purple scarf red flag black coal yellow shirt white bird purple skirt brown coat red ink Writing Practice: Look and write. The cap is………blu…e....….... The parrot is……...…….…. The banana is………….…. The tie is……........…….…. The dog is……......…….…. The cup is …......……….…. 72

Speaking Practice: Ask and answer. What colour is the What colour is parrot? the bag? What colour is the apple? What colour is the lemon? What colour is the kite? What colour is the leaf? Fun Activity: Colour the picture by number. 73

Number Listen and read. This is Numa. Today is her birthday. She is six years old today. She has many presents. She has three dolls, twenty pencils and some chocolates. She has eight balls and many story books. One, two, three, four, five, six, eight and ten are number words. They are called adjectives of number. Adjectives of number say how many persons and things there are. Number words are adjectives. four pens nine pencils three apples 74 five balls

Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. seven days twelve months four seasons twenty-four hours fourteen zones seventy-five districts sixty doctors eighteen girls eighty students nine pencils ten balls forty dogs Speaking Practice: Ask and answer. How many pencils are there? There are four pencils. 4 Writing Practice: Fill in correct numbers. a. A day has twenty four hours. b. A dog has ……………..…. legs. c. A cow has ……………..…. tail. d. A parrot has ……………..…. wings. e. I have ……………..…. fingers and ………….….…. toes. f. I have ……………..…. hands. 75

Vocabulary Practice Look and learn. Places Janakpur Kathmandu Lumbini Things in the playground bicycle tricycle kite skipping rope slide bat swing merry-go-round seesaw Describing words happy sad angry healthy sick 76

Grammar in context Read and answer. Sabina’s Family Sabina studies in Grade one in SB Academy. She is six years old. She lives in a small building with her parents. Sabina has two pet animals. She has a small white cat, Kitty and a black dog, Brooma. Kitty is smaller than Brooma. Now Sabina is in her room. She is wearing a red T-shirt. She is playing with a small teddy bear. 1. Tick (ü) the correct answer. big small a. Sabina’s house is b. Kitty is black white c. Brooma is black white d. The teddy bear is small large 2. Write down four adjectives from the above passage. 77

Read and answer. Mr. Toda is fond of collecting combs. He has red combs, black combs, yellow combs, white combs and blue combs. He has thirty combs. Each day he uses a different comb. Some of his combs are very small and some are very big. Some are thin and some are thick. He keeps his hair very long. He doesn’t like short hair. 1. Write down four colour words from the above passage. 2. Write YES or NO. a. Mr. Toda has short hair. b. He has thirty combs. c. He likes long hair. d. He has got only small combs. 78

Guided Composition Read and write. Sahil is from Dharan. He is six years old. Sahil/Dharan/6 years He has a sister. Sister/Anjali/4 years Her name is Anjali. She is four years old. Bipin is from Birgunj. He is eight years old. Bipin/Birgunj/8 years Brother/Niraj/5 years He has a brother. His name is Niraj. He is five years old. Begin your sentence with capital letters. Write the first letters of special names in capital. Deepa/Jhapa/6 years Brother/Anil/3 years Now write about yourself in your notebook. 79

Listen and read. Doing Words Birds fly. We brush our teeth. We comb our hair. Dogs bark. We eat food. Cats mew. The words fly, bark, mew, brush, comb and eat are doing words. Doing words are called verbs. Verbs are action words that tell what a person, animal or thing does. Kitty can do a lot of things. She can jump and she can mew. She can sleep; she can dance and she can follow you. She can run and she can chase a rat. Do, jump, mew, sleep, dance, follow, run and chase are verbs. 80

Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. read write sing dance comb play jump call drink drive go catch watch fly bark come sleep cry walk hop talk Writing Practice: Fill in correct action words. We ..................... with our eyes. We ..................... with our mouth. We ..................... with our nose. We ..................... with our hands. We ..................... with our teeth. We ..................... with our ears. Speaking Practice: Listen and say. He brushes his teeth at 7. He catches a bus home at 4.30. He gets dressed at 8. He watches TV at 8. He takes breakfast at 8.15. He has dinner at 8.30. He leaves home at 8.30. He does his homework at 9. He goes to school by bus. He goes to bed at 10. He has lunch at 12. 81

Vocabulary Practice: Look and read. What are they doing? They are dancing. He is digging. They are diving. They are fighting. He is driving. She is eating. He is drinking. He is crying. She is painting. He is knocking. They are riding. He is swimming. 82

Writing Practice: Look and write what they are doing. hide laugh He is hiding. She is smell throw She is He is peel sit She is They are write walk She is He is 83

Vocabulary Practice: Solve the puzzles. read 4 eat dance 2 sing 13 4 1 2 knock swim wash drink 3 84

Look and read. Have, Has I have a ball. We have balloons. He has a bat. They have caps. She has a doll. It has a bone. A monkey has a tail. Monkeys have tails. It is singular. It is plural. Has or Have shows that something belongs to someone or someone has something. I he we Has comes with a singular noun or pronoun. she has you have Have comes with a plural noun or pronoun. it they a boy boys 85

Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. It has A boy has A dog has Dogs have A parrot has Parrots have I have You have We have They have He has She has Grammar Practice: Fill in have or has in the blank spaces. You …………. a book. We …………. books. He …………. an eraser. She …………. a red dress. The hat …………. a white fur. Dogs …………. tails. A week …………. seven days. A day ………. twenty four hours. A year …………. twelve months. I …………. a pet dog. They …………. dolls. He …………. an axe. A bicycle …………. a seat. A camera …………. a lens. A television …………. a screen. A clock …………. hands. The watch …………. three hands. A parrot …………. a beak. A monkey …………. a long tail. An elephant …………. a trunk. Speaking Practice: Look and say what they have got. Biva has a camera. Mohan Anita Biva 86

Look and read. Is, Am, Are Jolly and his friends are in the playground. Jolly is throwing a ball. Raju is picking up a book. Goma is skipping. Nita is sitting. Aryan and Nikhil are laughing. Biva and Tony are running. Kumar is lying down. The above sentences are in the present continuous tense. This tense is used to describe an action that is going on. Is, am, are + verb-ing tells what is going on. 87

Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. I am playing. He is playing. She is playing. It is playing. They are playing. We are playing. Spelling Practice: Add -ing to the verbs and read them aloud. carry ..c..a..r.r.y..in..g........... catch ....................... clap ....................... cry ....................... wear ....................... draw ....................... drink ....................... eat ....................... fall ....................... fight ....................... go ....................... jump ....................... kick ....................... knock ....................... laugh ....................... open ....................... peel ....................... play ....................... pull ....................... sing ....................... sleep ....................... smell ....................... sweep ..................... tear ....................... throw ....................... walk ....................... wash ....................... weep ....................... fly ....................... paint ....................... Vocabulary Practice: Underline these verbs in the sentences. carrying blowing riding checking digging sneezing calling crawling barking sleeping Raju is blowing bubbles. The dogs are barking. Gopal is calling Anita. She is riding a bicycle. She is carrying a bag in her hand. The man is sneezing. They are sleeping. The baby is crawling. The dentist is checking Mina’s teeth. The farmer is digging the field. 88

Speaking Practice: Look and say what they are doing. What is Biva doing? Pukar Biva She is skipping. Mina Anu Suman Sahil Grammar Practice: Complete the sentences with -ing forms of verbs. a. She is …………………………….Science. (study) b. The bird is ……………………………. in the sky. (fly) c. He is ……………………………. his homework. (do) d. I am ……………………………. a banana. (eat) e. She is ……………………………. food. (cook) f. I am …………………………….a picture. (paint) g. He is ……………………………. the ball. (kick) h. The dog is ……………………………. (bark) i. A boy is ……………………………. (jump) j. I am ……………………………. TV. (watch) k. Muni is ……………………………. an ice-cream. (eat) l. They are …………………. games on computer. (play) m. The farmers are ...…………................ in the field. (work) 89

Writing Practice: Look and write what they are doing. He She They She They She 90

Look and read. Present A cow lives in a shed. Cows live in sheds. It gives us milk. They give us milk. A rabbit lives in a burrow. Rabbits live in burrows. It eats grass. They eat grass. The above sentences are in the simple present tense. They express truth. The simple present tense is used to express the truth. Read and find the differences. Boys go to school. A boy goes to school. singular verb + s/es plural verb A girl wears a skirt. Girls wear skirts. singular verb + s/es plural verb 91

Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. He sings. She sings. It sings. A boy sings. They sing. Boys sing. I sing. We sing. Spelling Practice: Add -s/-es to the verbs and read them aloud. Add -s: Add -es: sing sings play go goes write clap do rise cook catch draw drink push fall fight brush kick knock wash open peel pass throw walk watch Speaking Practice: Look and read. The sun rises in the east. Water evaporates. Ice melts. Wood floats on water. 92

Speaking Practice: Say what they do. C AB He plays football. A doctor treats patients. E A teacher teaches in a school. D A singer sings songs. A barber cuts hair. F A driver drives a vehicle. A farmer grows crops. G A footballer plays football. A carpenter makes furniture. A butcher sells meat. I H 93

Past Actions Read and act. A: What did you do yesterday? B: I went to the zoo. I saw a crocodile and a tiger. A: What did you do yesterday? B: I washed my clothes. I painted a picture. A: What did you do yesterday? B: I watched TV. I did my homework. A: What did you do yesterday? B: I bought a doll. I went to the park and played hide and seek. Went, washed, watched and bought are past verbs. They show past actions. The verbs in these sentences are in the simple past tense. They have past verbs to show the past activities. danced played cooked watched visited jumped went ate drank talked bought walked flew saw slept 94

Listening Practice: Repeat these words after your teacher. go went play played write wrote jump jumped eat ate cook cooked buy bought kick kicked drink drank laugh laughed find found open opened sit sat walk walked fly flew talk talked dance danced see saw Writing Practice: Change the sentences into past. Today Yesterday I eat an apple. I ate an orange. I watch cartoons. I ……………….a movie. He writes a letter. He……………….a poem. They buy toys. They ……………….dolls. They go to the zoo. They ………………. to the park. He cooks mutton. He ………………. chicken. She drinks juice. She ……………….milk. 95

Speaking Practice: Say what they bought yesterday. Raju : woollen cap, scarf, jacket Kumar : shoes, scarf, sweater Anu : sweater, bag, jacket Rosy : gloves, jeans, jacket Raju Kumar Anu Rosy Writing Practice: Complete the chart. Yesterday Everyday Tomorrow He ate an apple. He eats fruit. He will eat grapes. She painted a dog. She ..................... She ..................... a pictures. rabbit. Anu cooked meat. Anu ..................... Anu .................... food. fish. He ..................... a He wears a cap. He ..................... a car. red cap. She ..................... a She ..................... a She will visit a park. zoo. place. 96

Fun Activity: Circle the balloons with the past verbs in red. Use different colours for the balloons with the present tense. Colour the dog and the grass. 97

Vocabulary Practice Cries of animals Dogs bark. Frogs croak. Lions roar. Pigeons coo. Now read the cries of these animals. Bees hum. Cats mew. Cocks crow. Crows craw. Ducks quack. Dogs bark. Elephants trumpet. Frogs croak. Goats bleat. Horses neigh. Lions roar. Monkeys chatter. Owls hoot. Pigeons coo. Snakes hiss. Homes of animals A dog lives in a kennel. A bird lives in a nest. A mouse lives in a hole. Now write where they live. lion den A lion lives in a den. pig sty horse stable rabbit burrow cow shed sheep pen monkey tree 98

Action words Kabir broke the pencil. Tina gave Peter a ball. Jenny dropped the plate. The chicks hatched out of the eggs. The baby climbed up the chair. The bird flew out of the cage. Describing words She is cheerful. These two books are same. These plants are dead. These two cars are different. Nancy has got fair hair. 99

Grammar in Context Look and read. David’s Family David has a very big family. They live in a big house in Kathmandu. There are twenty members in his family. He has two brothers, one sister, two parents, two grandparents, four uncles, four aunts, and four cousins. David is six years old. His two brothers are John and Paul. They are twins. They are four years old. His sister, Nancy is twelve years old. 1 Answer the following questions. two sisters a. How old is David? b. How old is John? c. How old is Nancy? d. How old is Paul? 2 Tick (ü) the correct answers. David has: eight cousins four parents two brothers two grandparents four cousins two parents four aunts 100