Unit 1: Fun with Friends
Join the duck and hen on their adventure to the village fair!
Difficult Words & Meanings
Village
Meaning: A small group of houses in the countryside
Hindi: गाँव
Sentence: We went to the village fair.
Chicks
Meaning: Baby hens
Hindi: चूज़े
Sentence: The hen brought her chicks along.
Stream
Meaning: A small, narrow river
Hindi: नाला / छोटी नदी
Sentence: They reached the stream on the way.
Plan
Meaning: A decision about what to do
Hindi: योजना
Sentence: I have a plan to help you cross.
Fair
Meaning: A public event with fun activities
Hindi: मेला
Sentence: The animals went to the village fair.
Practice Exercises
A. Answer the Questions
1. How many ducklings and chicks can you see in the picture?
Answer: There are three ducklings and three chicks.
2. Are the duck and the hen friends? How do you know?
Answer: Yes, they are friends. They talk kindly and help each other.
3. How did the hen and chicks cross the stream?
Answer: The duck helped them cross the stream.
4. Have you ever helped your friend? How did you help?
Answer: Yes, I helped my friend carry his school bag when he was tired.
5. Did you feel happy to help your friend?
Answer: Yes, I felt very happy to help.
Match the Animals with Their Young Ones
| Animal | Young One |
|---|---|
| Duck | Duckling |
| Hen | Chick |
| Cow | Calf |
| Cat | Kitten |
| Dog | Puppy |
Poem – Colours
A. Answer the Questions
1. How many children are there in the poem?
Answer: Two children are in the poem.
2. Why did the children want to share the crayons?
Answer: So that they could have all the colours together.
3. How can the children in the poem have a full pack?
Answer: By sharing their crayons with each other.
B. Think and Say
1. Do you share anything with your friends? What do you share?
Answer: Yes, I share my pencils and storybooks.
2. You have only green, blue, and red crayons. What can you draw?
Answer: I can draw a garden with trees, sky, and flowers.
3. Now you have all colours. What can you draw?
Answer: I can draw a rainbow, animals, and a fair scene.
Let Us Speak – Pronunciation Practice
Sound Clusters and Example Words:
- gr: green, grey, grass, grapes, grandmother
- cr: crayon, crab, crane, crow, cradle
- dr: draw, drum, dress, drop, dragon
- pr: prince, princess, prize, pray, present
Form Sentences:
- The green grass is wet.
- I have a crayon box.
- The baby can draw a flower.
- The prince wore a golden crown.
Colour-Reading Game (Trick Activity)
Say the Colour of the Word, not the Word Itself:
E.g., If the word “YELLOW” is written in blue colour, say “Blue”.
Action Words (Verbs)
A. Circle the Action Words
Action words: laugh, dance, eat, cry, swim, sleep, play, dig, jump, run, write, smile, push
B. Find in the Grid
Words: walk, yawn, pour, cough, give, see, open, help
Alphabetical Examples (A–Z)
| Letter | Example Sentence |
|---|---|
| A | Anu eats an apple. |
| B | Basu has a bat and a ball. |
| C | Chandu likes cabbage and carrots. |
| D | Dinesh dances day and night. |
| E | Esha enjoys an elephant ride. |
| F | Faiz feeds a fish. |
| G | Govind goes to get guavas. |
| H | Hari helps Hemant. |
| I | I like ice-cream. |
| J | Jack just jumps down. |
| K | Kavita keeps the kittens on her knees. |
| L | Lata loves lemonade. |
| M | Madhav mixes milk and mango pulp. |
| N | Navneet writes his name on notebooks. |
| O | Om opens a box of oranges. |
| P | Prema puts a pencil in her pocket. |
| Q | Queue up quietly. |
| R | Radha rolls the red ribbon. |
| S | Six sparrows sit on a sack. |
| T | The teacher tells a tale. |
| U | Usha uses an umbrella. |
| V | Vishnu visits a village in a van. |
| W | We see a watchman near the wall. |
| X | X is in box, fox, and ox. |
| Y | Yasmeen and Yana are friends. |
| Z | Zebras graze in the zoo. |
Alphabetical Order Practice
Arrange the Fruits:
CHERRY, APPLE, GRAPES, BANANA, ORANGE
→ APPLE, BANANA, CHERRY, GRAPES, ORANGE
Arrange the Colours:
YELLOW, BLUE, PURPLE, GREEN, RED
→ BLUE, GREEN, PURPLE, RED, YELLOW
Compound Word Practice (Word Friends)
| Word 1 | Word 2 | New Word |
|---|---|---|
| rain | bow | rainbow |
| paper | bag | paperbag |
| blue | ball | blueball |
| basket | worm | basketworm |
| earth | berry | earthberry |
(Some combinations are imaginary or picture-based. Use visual cues where available.)
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