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T opsy-turvy Land
Have you ever thrown your school bag 
on your bed?
Have you ever left your shoes and socks 
here and there? 
Have you ever played with your ball in 
your room?
Does your room sometimes look like 
this?
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T opsy-turvy Land
Have you ever thrown your school bag 
on your bed?
Have you ever left your shoes and socks 
here and there? 
Have you ever played with your ball in 
your room?
Does your room sometimes look like 
this?
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Now read about one such upside-down land.
The people walk upon their heads,
The sea is made of sand,
The children go to school by night,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
The front-door step is at the back,
You're walking when you stand,
You wear your hat upon your feet,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
And buses on the sea you'll meet,
While pleasure boats are planned,
To travel up and down the streets
Of Topsy-turvy Land.
You pay for what you never get,
I think it must be grand,
For when you go you're coming back,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
                                         H.E. WILKINSON
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T opsy-turvy Land
Have you ever thrown your school bag 
on your bed?
Have you ever left your shoes and socks 
here and there? 
Have you ever played with your ball in 
your room?
Does your room sometimes look like 
this?
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Now read about one such upside-down land.
The people walk upon their heads,
The sea is made of sand,
The children go to school by night,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
The front-door step is at the back,
You're walking when you stand,
You wear your hat upon your feet,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
And buses on the sea you'll meet,
While pleasure boats are planned,
To travel up and down the streets
Of Topsy-turvy Land.
You pay for what you never get,
I think it must be grand,
For when you go you're coming back,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
                                         H.E. WILKINSON
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1. When do children go to school in Topsy-turvy Land?
2. In the poem, if buses travel on the sea, then where do the 
boats travel? How should it rightly be?
3. The Topsy Turvy land is very different from our land. Let's 
draw a comparison by filling in sentences wherever 
needed.
 Topsy-turvy Land    Our land
 (i) People walk on their heads. (I) _______________________
 (ii) ______________________  (ii) The buses run on land.
 (iii) They wear their hats  (iii)  _______________________ 
  on feet.    
 (iv) ______________________  (iv) Boats sail in the sea.
 (v) People pay for what they   (v) _______________________
  don’t get.    
New Words
topsy-turvy : upside down 
pleasure : feeling of enjoyment
grand : big, (here) great fun
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T opsy-turvy Land
Have you ever thrown your school bag 
on your bed?
Have you ever left your shoes and socks 
here and there? 
Have you ever played with your ball in 
your room?
Does your room sometimes look like 
this?
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Now read about one such upside-down land.
The people walk upon their heads,
The sea is made of sand,
The children go to school by night,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
The front-door step is at the back,
You're walking when you stand,
You wear your hat upon your feet,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
And buses on the sea you'll meet,
While pleasure boats are planned,
To travel up and down the streets
Of Topsy-turvy Land.
You pay for what you never get,
I think it must be grand,
For when you go you're coming back,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
                                         H.E. WILKINSON
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1. When do children go to school in Topsy-turvy Land?
2. In the poem, if buses travel on the sea, then where do the 
boats travel? How should it rightly be?
3. The Topsy Turvy land is very different from our land. Let's 
draw a comparison by filling in sentences wherever 
needed.
 Topsy-turvy Land    Our land
 (i) People walk on their heads. (I) _______________________
 (ii) ______________________  (ii) The buses run on land.
 (iii) They wear their hats  (iii)  _______________________ 
  on feet.    
 (iv) ______________________  (iv) Boats sail in the sea.
 (v) People pay for what they   (v) _______________________
  don’t get.    
New Words
topsy-turvy : upside down 
pleasure : feeling of enjoyment
grand : big, (here) great fun
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Fun with sounds
 pleasure  treasure        measure 
 wear tear         
 stare where
 planned  canned  scanned strand
 topsy-turvy  hurly-burly  curly-whirly
1. The words in the sentences are jumbled here. Rearrange 
them to make meaningful sentences. Words that begin with 
a capital letter are the first word of the sentence.
  (i) Renu naughty is a girl.
 (ii) untidy room Her always is.
 (iii) mother Her advises her clean to it.
 (iv) never listens She her mother to.
 (v) kind of What child a you are?
2. Can you tell of some things that go topsy-turvy at home 
and there is disorder?
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T opsy-turvy Land
Have you ever thrown your school bag 
on your bed?
Have you ever left your shoes and socks 
here and there? 
Have you ever played with your ball in 
your room?
Does your room sometimes look like 
this?
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Now read about one such upside-down land.
The people walk upon their heads,
The sea is made of sand,
The children go to school by night,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
The front-door step is at the back,
You're walking when you stand,
You wear your hat upon your feet,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
And buses on the sea you'll meet,
While pleasure boats are planned,
To travel up and down the streets
Of Topsy-turvy Land.
You pay for what you never get,
I think it must be grand,
For when you go you're coming back,
In Topsy-turvy Land.
                                         H.E. WILKINSON
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1. When do children go to school in Topsy-turvy Land?
2. In the poem, if buses travel on the sea, then where do the 
boats travel? How should it rightly be?
3. The Topsy Turvy land is very different from our land. Let's 
draw a comparison by filling in sentences wherever 
needed.
 Topsy-turvy Land    Our land
 (i) People walk on their heads. (I) _______________________
 (ii) ______________________  (ii) The buses run on land.
 (iii) They wear their hats  (iii)  _______________________ 
  on feet.    
 (iv) ______________________  (iv) Boats sail in the sea.
 (v) People pay for what they   (v) _______________________
  don’t get.    
New Words
topsy-turvy : upside down 
pleasure : feeling of enjoyment
grand : big, (here) great fun
Marigold
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Fun with sounds
 pleasure  treasure        measure 
 wear tear         
 stare where
 planned  canned  scanned strand
 topsy-turvy  hurly-burly  curly-whirly
1. The words in the sentences are jumbled here. Rearrange 
them to make meaningful sentences. Words that begin with 
a capital letter are the first word of the sentence.
  (i) Renu naughty is a girl.
 (ii) untidy room Her always is.
 (iii) mother Her advises her clean to it.
 (iv) never listens She her mother to.
 (v) kind of What child a you are?
2. Can you tell of some things that go topsy-turvy at home 
and there is disorder?
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1. Write five things that you do at home 
to make your home look neat and clean.
  (I) ___________________________________________________
  (ii) ___________________________________________________
  (iii) ___________________________________________________
  (iv) ___________________________________________________
  (v) ___________________________________________________
2. Let’s imagine a topsy-turvy scene and describe it in the lines 
below.
 ______________________________________________________
 ______________________________________________________
 ______________________________________________________
 ______________________________________________________
 ______________________________________________________
 ______________________________________________________
 ______________________________________________________
 ______________________________________________________
3.  Two stories got mixed up. Sort them out and write them 
in the appropriate boxes.
}  We thought the lion had eaten someone.
} Suddenly the kite lifted him off the ground and took him 
over the treetops.
} He saw a shoe in the lion's cage.
} Finally, the kite brought him back to the park.
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