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Question 1: Learn New Words
A) Tired
B) Musician
C) Peeped
D) Delicious
E) Ghosts
F) Scare
Answer:
A) Tired: in need of sleep or rest Example sentences:
1) I am tired of studying.
2) She is tired because of travelling.

B) Musician: a person who plays musical instrument Example sentences:
1) He is a well known musician.
2) A musician will be performing on our annual school day.

C) Peeped: look quickly at something Example sentences:
1) I peeped into the door to see who has come.
2) My grandfather peeped out of the door.

D) Delicious: tasty Example sentences:
1) My sister baked a very delicious cake.
2) My mother cooked delicious food.

E) Ghosts: dead person which is believed to appear Example sentences:
1) Ghosts are only our imagination.
2) My friend always shares ghost stories with me.

F) Scare: fear Example sentences:
1) He gave me a scare.
2) The cat scares me terribly.

Page No 132:

Question 1:

• Why did the farmer tell Goopu to see the world?
• Why did Goopu, Doopu and Furry want to go to Mumbai?
• Why did the people in the house run away?

Answer:

• The farmer tells Goppu to see the world as he was now very tired and old.
• Goppu, Doopu and Furry wanted to go to Mumbai to be musicians.
• People in the house ran away as they thought ghosts had come to scare them.

Page No 132:

Question 1:

• If you were to join the animal band, which animal would you want to be? Create the sound of that animal. Get together with your friends. As a group create the sound of the animal each one of you wants to be.
• The donkey saw a ball of fur and it was a cat. If you were to see a big ball of fur what could that be?

Answer:

• Disclaimer: This is a creative activity to be done on your own with your friends.
• Disclaimer: This is a sample answer. Students are advised to write the answer based on their own creative and imaginative skills.

If I were to see a big ball of fur, I could have thought it to be a rabbit.

Page No 133:

Question 1: Let’s sort out these words – Pick the words from the bags and put them on the right shelf. One has been done for you. Say the words aloud.
Short ‘e’ words leg
Short ‘i’ words pig
Long ‘e’ words deep
Long ‘i’ words smile
Answer:
leg  well  bell
pig  lip    hill
deep    nest  tree  seed  meal  street
smile   fish   kite  dice  line

Page No 134:

Question 1:
• Do you play any musical instrument? Yes, I
__________________________________________.
• If no, which instrument do you want to learn? I Would
__________________________________________.
• Add the word of the opposite gender in the given sentences. Anju’s mother and ________ came to the school. My uncle and ________ came to visit us on Monday. The lion and ________ looked lovingly at their cub. The King and ________ sat on beautiful thrones. The man is running and the ________ is walking. My grandfather and ________ went to the market.
Answer:
Disclaimer: These are sample answers. Students are advised to write the answers based on their own experience and observation.

• Do you play any musical instrument? Yes, I play guitar.• If no, which instrument do you want to learn? I Would like to learn how to play piano.
• Anju’s mother and father came to the school. My uncle and aunt came to visit us on Monday. The lion and lioness looked lovingly at their cub. The King and queen sat on beautiful thrones. The man is running and the woman is walking. My grandfather and grandmother went to the market.

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Question 1:
• Write any nine words from the given list in the boxes. Put only one word in one box.
• The teacher will call out any six words. If the word she calls out is in the box put a cross on it. The one who crosses out all the words first shouts “Bingo” and is the winner.
Answer:

Disclaimer: This is a creative activity to be done with your teacher in classroom. You need to choose nine words from the circle and write them in the box. Next, you have to cross out all the words one by one as the teacher calls out the word.

Page No 136:

Question 1:

In what way are these musical instruments different from each other? Put them into three groups based on how they are played.
Disclaimer: Kindly refer the textbook for the images.
Answer:

Page No 138:

Question 1:
• This is the picture of a musical instrument called a Jaltarang. Make your own Jaltarang – Get six to ten bowls of the same size and shape. – Pour water into the bowls. Keep the water at different levels. – Use two pencils and strike the rim of the bowls to make musical sounds.
Disclaimer: Kindly refer the textbook for the image.
• The word Jaltarang is made up of two words Jal – water, tarang – music. Now make new words by joining two words. One has been done for you.
Answer:
• Disclaimer: This is a creative activity to be done at your home. You are required to have 4-5 bowls of water filled at different levels ad two pencils. You can then enoy playing the musical sounds with the pencil moving around the rim of the bowl.

Page No 139:

Question 1: Get up early in the morning.
Answer:
Instructions: Join the dotted lines to form the given sentence.