The Smart Monkey — Chapter Summary
CBSE · Class 2 · English
Summary of The Smart Monkey for CBSE Class 2 English. Key concepts: Anju and Farida are the girls, The girls go to the market and The monkey eats a banana.
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Overview
The story shows how a monkey teaches two girls a lesson about keeping the place clean. Anju and Farida go to the market, buy things, eat snacks, and throw the wrappers on the ground. A monkey sitting above them watches, peels a banana, and puts the peel into a dustbin. The girls feel ashamed and the
Key Concepts
Anju and Farida are the girls
Anju and Farida are the girls in the story. The monkey sits on a tree branch above them.
The girls go to the market
The girls go to the market, buy things, rest under a tree, eat snacks, throw litter on the ground, and then see the monkey use the dustbin properly.
The monkey eats a banana
The monkey eats a banana and throws the peel into the dustbin.
Anju and Farida feel ashamed when
Anju and Farida feel ashamed when they see the monkey's good habit.
Groundnuts means peanuts
Groundnuts means peanuts. Peel means the outside part of a fruit. Dustbin means a bin for waste.
Learning Objectives
- To understand the main events of the story
- To identify the characters Anju, Farida, and the monkey
- To learn the meaning of new words like groundnuts, peel, and dustbin
- To notice how the monkey gives a good example
- To understand why throwing waste in a dustbin is important
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Sources & Official References
- NCERT Official — ncert.nic.in
- CBSE Academic — cbseacademic.nic.in
- CBSE Official — cbse.gov.in
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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