e) After a bath, Sonu is . f) Winter is . Exercise 6: Complete the following paragraph with describing words of your choice. One is done for you. I like eating sweet ice creams in summer. I had ice creams once! In winters, I drink tea or milk. I wear a sweater too. When it rains, I use a umbrella. I also wear a raincoat. Describing Words 47
W5 Writing Story writing Exercise 1: Number the sentences in the correct order by taking clues from the pictures. Then, write the story. a) b) c) d) e) f) a) A woodcutter ran to the house and saved Red Riding Hood. b) She told the wolf that she was going to see her Grandma. c) One day, Little Red Riding Hood’s mother sent her to see Grandma. d) The wolf acted like Grandma and tried to eat Red Riding Hood. e) On the way, she met a wolf. 48
f) The wolf ran to Grandma’s house before Red Riding Hood reached there. Now, write the story in the space given below. Writing 5 49
6 A, An, The Using ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ Leena is a girl. She is holding an apple. She will eat the apple now. Look at the words ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’. These words point out naming words or groups of naming words. They are called articles. ► A is used before words that start with a consonant sound. A consonant sound is the sound made by all the letters except a, e, i, o and u. Rohan has This is a rat. a cat. ► An is used before words that start with vowel sounds. Vowel sounds are the sounds made by the letters a, e, i, o and u. Sheela has This is an ant. an orange. 50
► W hen we speak about something for the first time, we use ‘a’. After that, we use the. ► The is also used to speak about something specific. This is a rabbit. Ira went to The rabbit is the park near eating a carrot. her house. Exercise 1: Read aloud the names under each picture. Then, match the pictures to the words ‘a’ or ‘an’. One is done for you. a) b) ice cream dog c) a candy d) octopus e) insect an f) ball A, An, The 51
Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’. One is done for you. a) b) an arrow bat c) d) igloo caterpillar e) f) cake aeroplane Exercise 3: Underline the articles (a, an, the) in the sentences. One is done for you. a) She has an uncle who lives in Bihar. b) Karen is going to a party. c) Raja has an umbrella. d) There is a pencil on my table. Can you give me the pencil? e) The boys in my class like to play. f) I can see an eagle. The eagle is very big. 52
Exercise 4: Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’. One is done for you. a) I eat an every day. b) Give me . c) I have a . bicycle is very nice. d) This is pot. e) Give me that is on the table. f) He saw in the zoo. Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks with the correct articles from the options given in brackets. One is done for you. a) I wake up early in the morning. (a/an/the) b) We saw mouse in our house. (a/an/the) c) The woodcutter uses axe. (a/an/the) A, An, The 53
d) children near my house play all the time. (A/An/The) iron nail. (a/an/the) e) That is f) I am doctor. (a/an/the) Exercise 6: ‘A’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ are used incorrectly in the paragraph given below. Rewrite the paragraph by using the correct articles in place of the underlined words. One is done for you. Simran is walking on an road near her house. She sees a ox. She also sees the fruit seller. A fruit seller sees her too. Simran passes the railway station. She sees a engine. An engine is red in colour. Ans. Simran is walking on the road near her house. 54
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W6 Writing Make sentences Exercise 1: Join the words in the table to make sentences. You can use the words in the last column more than once. Make five sentences. Add a full stop when you complete each sentence. One is done for you. The mouse very happy. I The hungry cat my favourite colour. Sam is Brown in the shop. am running on the floor. sad. a) The mouse is running on the floor. b) c) 56
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P3 Picture Reading Picture 1 Look at the picture given below and choose the correct answers. 1) The children are flying ______. a) lights b) kites c) colours d) flowers 2) There are ______ kites in the picture. a) three b) one c) four d) seven 3) The children are in a field. Which pronoun can you use for ‘The children’? a) He b) It c) They d) We 58
4) T he children are happy flying the kites. The opposite of ‘happy’ is ______. a) joy b) cry c) angry d) sad 5) T here are 3 children in the picture. The number name for 3 is ______. a) tree b) three c) one d) kite Picture 2 Look at the picture given below and choose the correct answers. 6) The hare and the tortoise are having a ______. a) fight b) race c) dance d) party Picture Reading 3 59
7) The tortoise ______. a) wins b) rests c) loses d) sleeps 8) The word ‘tortoise’ is a ______. a) doing word b) describing word c) pronoun d) naming word 9) A rhyming word for ‘hare’ is ______. a) here b) hand c) care d) mouse 10) The tortoise is happy. The meaning of ‘happy’ is ______. a) careful b) joyful c) sad d) fast 60
7 Action Words Doing words or action words Words that show any action done by a person, animal or thing is called a doing word or action word. Here are a few examples of doing words or action words. play bark run Exercise 1: Colour the stars that have doing words or action words in them. One is done for you. a) b) c) talk skip frock d) e) f) eat box sing 61
Exercise 2: Underline the action words in the sentences below. One is done for you. a) Mira walks to school. b) The dog plays with its ball. c) Zoya smiles at Ira. d) I drink milk every day. e) Sana eats chocolates. f) We run to the park. Exercise 3: Match the pictures to the action words. One is done for you. Column A Column B a) A) jump b) B) laugh c) C) read d) D) sing e) E) kick f) F) sleep 62
Exercise 4: Read the words given in the box below. Then, look at each picture and choose the action words that are related to the pictures. One is done for you. kick cut ring climb brush wear a) b) kick d) c) e) f) Action Words 63
Exercise 5: Find action words in the word search given below. Look for the words given in the box. One is done for you. eat say write walk paint shouts T NG E Q XDL PA I NT CEWZ T I GS MF F E I M GNN USNKNK T NI Y W J I GG R Z N I YZKZD R NH Y K I S A Y NG S T I S L T Y L I SWE NG I NGUGN Z PMH J F Z S F M X Q A Z L O K G J H L G S L OO P GWG Z O A D L QMW R I T E D C N D R U V I N GQ A QC K T N U S J N A L I C I K T Y D S R B L U S K F GN I K N T R D Z QN S J P UMCA T F S G Z GN I Y A L P N AMC P Y CN JREP T VPV SB PR Exercise 6: Use the correct words from the box in Exercise 5 and fill in the blanks. One is done for you. a) We write in our books. b) I healthy food. c) We colourful pictures. 64
d) Sania at her brother. the alphabet e) I know how to from A to Z. to school every day. f) We Action Words 65
W7 Writing Join the dots and answer the questions Exercise 1: Read the numbers and connect the dots. Then, colour the picture and answer the questions. One is done for you. 66
a) Where is the bug lying? Ans. The bug is lying in the middle of a flower. b) What is the bug doing? Ans. c) How many petals does the flower have? Ans. d) How many leaves does the stem have? Ans. e) Give the bug a name. Ans. Writing 7 67
Draw the bug in the space given below. Show the bug doing something else. 68
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