Picture Time — NCERT Solutions

Sample Answer: Yes, I have seen a fish.

Sample Answer: I saw it in a pond near my house. I have also seen fish in an aquarium and at a fish market.

Sample Answer: The fish was orange and white in colour. It was very beautiful and shiny.

Given: The poem 'Five Little Monkeys'.

Step 1: Read through the poem carefully.
Step 2: Find every place where the word 'little' appears.

The word 'little' appears five times in the poem — once in each stanza:

1. 'Five little monkeys'
2. 'Four little monkeys'
3. 'Three little monkeys'
4. 'Two little monkeys'
5. 'One little monkey'

Circle the word 'little' in each of these five lines.

Given: The word 'Ten' and the letters h, p, m, d from the help box.

Concept: Rhyming words end with the same sound. 'Ten' ends with the sound '-en'.

Step 1: Replace the first letter of 'Ten' (T) with each letter from the help box.

• h + en = hen
• p + en = pen
• m + en = men
• d + en = den

Answer: The rhyming words for Ten are — hen, pen, men, den.

Given: A task to find a number rhyme from home.

Sample Answer (a popular number rhyme to share):

'One, two, buckle my shoe,
Three, four, knock at the door,
Five, six, pick up sticks,
Seven, eight, lay them straight,
Nine, ten, a big fat hen!'

Children are encouraged to ask their parents or grandparents for a number rhyme in their home language (Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, etc.) and share it with the class.

Given: Six animal names and six animal pictures to be matched.

Concept: Recognise each animal by its appearance and match it to the correct name.

Correct Matching:

• Lion → Picture of a lion (big cat with a mane)
• Monkey → Picture of a monkey (climbs trees, has a long tail)
• Fish → Picture of a fish (lives in water, has fins)
• Elephant → Picture of an elephant (very large, has a trunk)
• Frog → Picture of a frog (green, lives near water, can jump)
• Rabbit → Picture of a rabbit (has long ears, soft fur)

Note: Draw a line from each animal name to its correct picture in the textbook.