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Preface IMAX partners with schools, supporting them with learning materials and processes that are all crafted to work together as an interconnected system to drive learning. IMAX presents the latest version of the Pinnacle series – especially crafted as an accompanying workbook series for the Tamil Nadu state board textbooks. The Pinnacle series endeavours to be faithful to the spirit of the Tamil Nadu Curriculum Framework in conjunction with the content covered and approach adopted in the Samacheer textbooks. The Class 2 workbooks are based on the latest edition of the Grade 2 textbooks released for the academic year 2019-20. A close mapping has been undertaken to ensure that the workbooks support and add value to the textbook content. The IMAX English workbooks and Grammar & Composition books for the Pinnacle series strive hard to provide adequate opportunities for students to practise all the four skills of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing (LSRW). Below are some salient features of the Pinnacle English workbooks series:   Warm Up section to help learners recall the concepts covered in the textbook   M eanings of difficult words from the lessons provided, along with pictures or example sentences  Inclusion of questions based on comprehension, vocabulary, judgement & appreciation and speaking skills    Enhanced activities for hands-on learning Here are some salient features of the Pinnacle Grammar & Composition series:  The grammar concepts covered have a horizontal and vertical progression across grades, providing a spiral of cumulative learning  Inclusion of age-appropriate picture reading for grades 1 & 2, and reading comprehension passages for grades 3, 4 & 5  Inclusion of samples for format-based writing to provide for scaffolding of learning of formal writing  Provision of a listening to audio section for honing of listening skills for different purposes for grades 4 & 5 Overall, the IMAX English Pinnacle series aims to generate greater engagement with and enhance fluency in English language communication, while providing students the opportunity to develop a genuine appreciation of the language and its literature. – The Authors Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 2 5/24/2019 7:17:02 PM

Workbook Features WaDrimctaUtpion PicDtiucrteatGiolonssary Activities at the start of each section to Pictures of new words from the lesson introduce the key aspects of lessons to convey the meanings of new or difficult words LisDteicntation Engaging exercises to develop and practise listening skills Speak ReDaicdtation Speaking activities that can also be Simple exercises to develop and used as formative assessments practise reading skills VaDluicet-abtiaosned Questions WDriitcetation Exercises to develop students’ critical Effective exercises to develop and thinking skills practise writing skills AcDtiicvtitaytion Hands-on activities that encourage students to make real-life connections with aspects of the lesson Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 3 5/24/2019 7:17:03 PM

Table of Contents Unit Name Page No. 1) Our Sweet Home Section 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 Section 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8 2) Listen to Your Body Section 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13 Section 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 19 3) Know Your Feelings Section 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 24 Section 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 28 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 4 5/24/2019 7:17:03 PM

Unit 1: Our Sweet Home (Section 1 – pages 67–77) Warm Up Home is a place that belongs to us and where we feel most comfortable. It is a place where we live with our family. Circle the names of the family members shown in the pictures. aunt mother grandpa uncle mother father grandma father A Picture Glossary Word Meaning Meaning Word lift alone Our Sweet Home 1 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 1 5/24/2019 7:17:13 PM

Listen 1) Your teacher will read out a few sentences and repeat a few words. Colour the boxes with the words that your teacher says. bedroom house bucket living room table door kitchen window Read 2) Read the sentences. Then, draw pictures of the underlined words. a) This is my toothbrush. I brush my b) This is my bag. I put my books in it. teeth with it. c) This is a cup. I drink milk from it. d) This is my chair. I sit on it. 2 5/24/2019 7:17:13 PM Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 2

3) Your teacher will divide the class into two groups. The first group should read the poem, and the second group should act it out. Then, reverse the roles. One, two, buckle my shoe, Three, four, shut the door, Five, six, pick up the sticks, Seven, eight, lay them straight, Nine, ten, a big, fat hen! Our Sweet Home 3 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 3 5/24/2019 7:17:14 PM

Write 4) Choose and write the correct words to describe the pictures. (1M per question) small old big tall ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ 4 5/24/2019 7:17:19 PM Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 4

5) Read the words given below. Add the letter ‘s’ to the underlined words to make them ‘more than one’. (1M per question) a) one apple four ___________________ b) one book three __________________ c) one plate four ___________________ d) one frog two _________________ e) one tree five _______________ 6) Look at the pictures and guess the words. Fill in the blanks with the correct word endings. (1M per question) nk   mp   nd   ck j u _____ _____ d u _____ _____ Our Sweet Home 5 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 5 5/24/2019 7:17:28 PM

d r i _____ _____ h a _____ _____ Value-based Questions 7) Draw a balloon around the things that can be found inside a house. (5M) trees bed chair table horse car spoons clothes tiger 6 5/24/2019 7:17:28 PM Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 6

8) Write down one thing that you are big enough to do alone. (2M) Ans. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Our Sweet Home 7 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 7 5/24/2019 7:17:29 PM

Unit 1: Our Sweet Home (Section 2 – pages 78–86) Warm Up Look at the pictures. Choose the correct words from the brackets and fill in the blanks. a) (This/That) ___________ is a _____________ (small/big) ball. b) (This/That) ___________ is a ________________ (small/big) ball. c) (This/That) ___________ is a ________________ (thick/thin) pencil. d) (This/That) ___________ is a ________________ (thick/thin) pencil. A Picture Glossary Word Meaning catch 8 5/24/2019 7:17:34 PM Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 8

Listen 1) Listen to your teacher. Colour the words that your teacher reads out. Then, read aloud the words that you have coloured. frog crab sand clap flap wind left loft rest Speak 2) Your teacher will divide the class into two groups. Each group will then be given a card with a word. That group should read the word aloud. The other group should then say the opposite word. For example, if the first group reads out ‘above’, the second group should say ‘below’. Read 3) Read aloud the sentences. a) Drip-drop, drip-drop, the water is dripping down. b) Clickety-clack, clickety-clack, there’s a train on the track. c) The big, brown bear wore a black blazer. Our Sweet Home 9 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 9 5/24/2019 7:17:34 PM

Write 4) Read the sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct words from the brackets. (1M per question) a) There were three __________________ (boys/boy) playing in the garden. b) I saw a __________________ (bird/birds) flying in the sky. c) My brother has many __________________ (book/books) on his shelf. d) My father put an _________________ (orange/oranges) in the fruit basket. e) The cap seller has 20 __________________ (cap/caps) in his bag. 5) Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. (1M per question) a) Tick-tock, tick-tock goes the __________________. b) There are many fish in the __________________. 5/24/2019 7:17:37 PM c) The birds have made a __________________ on the tree. d) I __________________ my teeth every day. 10 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 10

e) Sana is wearing a __________________ dress. Value-based Questions 6) Read the story ‘Too Big… Too Small…’ and complete the sentences. (1M per question) a) Mom cannot lift Mano, because he is ___________________________. b) Mano cannot carry the baby to the park, because he is _____________________________. c) Mano is big enough to go to _____________________________. d) Mano is big enough to take Grandpa for his _____________________________. Activity 7) Look at the pictures below and name the rooms shown. _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ Our Sweet Home 11 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 11 5/24/2019 7:17:48 PM

Now, read the sentences given below and complete them. a) I sleep in the __________________________. b) We cook in the ___________________________. c) We take a bath in the _____________________. T he house below is empty. In each room, draw something you can find inside a house. 12 5/24/2019 7:17:48 PM Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 12

Unit 2: Listen to Your Body (Section 1 – pages 87–97) Warm Up Have you ever played the game, Listen to your body? Our body does lots of things to keep us healthy. It also makes all kinds of sounds! Match the body parts with what they do by drawing lines. touch taste hear smell see Meaning Word A Picture Glossary Word Meaning tent escape Listen to Your Body 13 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 13 5/24/2019 7:17:50 PM

Listen 1) Y our teacher will read out some words. Listen to them carefully and colour the circles below the words you hear. mail gate cake lay sail wait Read 2) L ook at the pictures and fill in the blanks. Then, read the sentences and colour the pictures. a) I have a red b) T his is a green ____________________. ______________________. 14 5/24/2019 7:17:51 PM Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 14

c) S he wears a blue d) T his a yellow ___________________. ___________________. 3) Read the sentences given below. Find the magic words and repeat them. a) Nita gave me a book. I said, ‘Thank you, Nita.’ b) Bela broke Saif’s pencil by mistake. Bela said, ‘I am sorry, Saif!’ c) We asked our teacher to let us go home. We said, ‘Please, Teacher, can we go home?’ Listen to Your Body 15 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 15 5/24/2019 7:17:51 PM

Write 4) Look at the pictures and fill in the missing letters. (1M per question) a) b) c) ____ l ____ ____ w o ____ ____ n g ____ f ____ n ____ e ____ s d) e) b ____ l ____ h ____ ____ d 5) Choose the correct words from the box and write them under the pictures. Also, write ‘a’ and ‘an’ in the correct places. (2M per question) dog car egg orange fish a) b) c) ____ _________________ ____ _________________ ____ _________________ 16 5/24/2019 7:17:59 PM Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 16

d) e) ____ _________________ ____ _________________ 6) Read the story about Rimo on Sports Day. Fill in the blanks with the help of the given pictures. (1M per question) Today is Sports Day. Rimo is ________________. His ________________ help him run. Rimo’s ________________ are ________________ in colour. Rimo has won the race. He is ________________ with joy. Everybody is ________________ for Rimo. We clap with our ________________ . Listen to Your Body 17 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 17 5/24/2019 7:18:05 PM

Value-based Questions 7) Nina and Nithin want jamuns before lunch, but their father says they should not. Do you think the father is right? Why? (2M) Ans. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 8) Your friend is sad because you broke his pencil box by mistake. What should you say to him? Why? (2M) Ans. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 18 5/24/2019 7:18:05 PM Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 18

Unit 2: Listen to Your Body (Section 2 – pages 98–106) Warm Up Look at the pictures. Choose and write words from the box to match the pictures. run write walk ride sleep jump a) b) _______________________________ _______________________________ c) d) _______________________________ _______________________________ e) f) _______________________________ _______________________________ Listen to Your Body 19 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 19 5/24/2019 7:18:08 PM

A Picture Glossary Word Meaning Meaning Word snail pail Listen 1) Y our teacher will read out some words. Number them in the order that you hear them. Then, read the words aloud. paid pay day cave gate mate Speak 2) R ead the following situations. Then, choose a situation and do a role play with your friends. a) A: Would you like a piece of cake? B: Yes, please. A: Would you like another piece? B: No, thank you. b) A: Will you play with me? B: No, I am sorry. I cannot play right now. 20 5/24/2019 7:18:09 PM Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 20

b) A: Will you play with me? B: No, I am sorry. I cannot play right now. c) A: I forgot to bring my pencil. May I borrow a pencil, please? B: Yes, of course! A: Thank you! Read 3) R ead aloud the rhyming words. a) sail  –  tail b) save  –  gave c)  late  – mate d) day  –  say e) bed  –  said Write 4) Fill in the blanks using words from the box below. (1M per question) pail cake face cage late a) I filled my ____________________ with water. b) The bird was trapped in the ____________________. c) Rama covered her ____________________ with a mask. d) Her mother baked a ____________________ for her birthday. e) I was ____________________ for school today. Listen to Your Body 21 Pinnacle G2 Term1 Unit2 Section 2.indd 21 5/31/2019 2:59:39 PM

5) Unscramble the sentences. (2M per question) . a) apples tree has The four. . Ans.  . b) The small frog legs four has. Ans.  5/24/2019 7:18:09 PM c) a duck yellow see I. Ans.  d) has That legs insect six. Ans.  e) shirt a I red see. Ans.  Value-based Questions 6) What three things can you do by yourself? Ans. I can  I can  I can  22 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 22

Activity 7) Look at the picture and label the body parts. ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ Listen to Your Body 23 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 23 5/24/2019 7:18:13 PM

Unit 3: Know Your Feelings (Section 1 – Pages 107–117) Warm Up Sometimes, we feel sad or angry. At other times, we feel happy. We have different kinds of feelings at different times. Look at the pictures and say how the people are feeling. Choose the words from the box. sleepy   angry   sad   happy   hungry Picture Glossary Word Meaning Meaning Word stool stack 24 5/24/2019 7:18:16 PM Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 24

Listen 1) Your teacher will read out some sentences. Listen carefully and guess how someone would feel in each case. Number the stars with the correct feelings accordingly. happy tired thirsty hungry scared sad Read 2) Read the following poem and name the feeling words. When I am happy, I go ‘Ha! Ha! Ha!’ When I am sad, I go ‘Boo! Hoo! Hoo!’ When I am angry, I go ‘Grr! Grr! Grr!’ When I am tired, I go ‘Oh! Oh! Oh!’ 3) Read the story about Gopi from your textbook. Then, put the sentences given below in the correct order. Number them as ‘1… 2… 3’ and so on. Read out the sentences after you have finished. One is done for you. Gopi got a brown dog.  Gopi wanted an apple. Gopi went to the market with his mother. Gopi put a stool over the chair to get the green box down. 1 Know Your Feelings 25 PNC_English_G2_Unit 3_Lesson 1_Term 1.indd 25 5/31/2019 3:02:14 PM

Gopi wanted a samosa. Gopi wanted a flower.  Write 4) Complete the sentences using ‘am’ or ‘are’. (1M per question) a) I ___________ a happy child. b) You __________ a tall boy. c) I __________ eight years old. d) We _________ good friends. 5) Answer the following questions using the hints given in the brackets. Start your answers with ‘I am’, ‘We are’ or ‘You are’. (2M per question) a) Who are you? (your name) Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ b) What are you and your friends doing? (reading books) Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ c) How old are you? (your age) Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ d) Tell your friends that they are good. Write the sentence below. (start with ‘You…’) Ans. ___________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 26 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 26 5/24/2019 7:18:16 PM

6) Fill in the blanks with the words given below. (1M per question) cooks   book   sit   flowers   school a) There are many ___________________ in the garden. b) My father ___________________ delicious idlis! c) We go to ___________________ every day. d) You can ___________________ on this chair. e) My mother gifted me a ___________________. It has so many poems and stories! Value-based Questions 7) Write one thing that makes you sad and one thing that makes you happy. (2M) Ans. __________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Is it good to be angry? Why or why not? (2M) Ans. __________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Know Your Feelings 27 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 27 5/24/2019 7:18:16 PM

Unit 3: Know Your Feelings (Section 2 – Pages 118–126) Warm Up Look at the pictures and guess the feelings. Then, fill in the missing letters. a) s l ____ ____ ____ y b) s ____ ____ c) ____ u ____ ____ r i s ____ d d) s c ____ ____ ____ d 5/24/2019 7:18:25 PM 28 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 28

Picture Glossary Word Meaning Meaning Word nap hop Listen 1) Your teacher will read out some rhyming words. Circle the pairs that are read out. heat – seat seat – heat jeep – deep deep – jeep bead – read read – bead seed – weed weed – seed each – teach teach – each Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 29 Know Your Feelings 29 5/24/2019 7:18:28 PM

Speak 2) Read the following conversation. Divide your class into pairs. Each pair should choose a word and role play the conversation. You can replace the parts with any of the following phrases – ‘read the story’, ‘eat lunch’, ‘draw pictures’ and ‘play football’. A: Shall we play with toys? B: No… no… not now. A: Then, shall we go for a walk? B: Yes! Let us go! Read 3) Read out the poem. Two sheep fell fast asleep, Two sheep fell fast asleep, Dreaming of two chickens, Riding in a jeep. The jeep went beep-beep. The chicks went peep-peep. But both stayed quiet, In their deep, dreamy sleep. 30 5/31/2019 3:03:19 PM PNC_English_G2_Unit 3_Lesson 2_Term 1.indd 30

Write 4) Fill in the blanks with words from the box given below. (1M per question) seen   need   deep   please   sleep a) I _________________ to finish my work. b) I love to _________________ on Sundays. c) I have _________________ this movie. d) The sea is very _________________. e) Pass me the book, _________________. 5) Complete the story by filling the blanks with the words given below. (1M per question) thirsty bored sad surprised tired I was alone in the house. I was feeling very _______________. So, I went for a walk. As I was walking, I started feeling _______________. I couldn’t find any water. It was hot, and I was feeling _______________. I went to my friend’s house. She was very _______________ to see me. She had been feeling _______________ because there was nobody to play with her. She gave me a glass of water, and we happily played together. Know Your Feelings 31 Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 31 5/24/2019 7:18:29 PM

Value-based Questions 6) Write one thing that makes you happy and one thing that makes you sad. I feel happy when _______________________________________________________. I feel sad when __________________________________________________________. Activity 7) Talk to a friend and ask them how they are feeling and why. a) Name of your friend – ______________________________________________________ How is your friend feeling? Why? Ans. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ b) Your name – _______________________________________________________________ How are you feeling? Why? Ans. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 32 5/24/2019 7:18:30 PM Pinnacle_G2_Term1_Final.indb 32