Picture Reading

Given: This is a personal/open-ended speaking question.

Sample Answer:
I like to play hide-and-seek, cricket, and hopscotch with my friends. These games are fun and we can play them in the park or in our school ground.

Given: This is a personal/open-ended speaking question.

Sample Answer:
Yes, I have played bat and ball with my friends. We use a cricket bat and a rubber ball. It is very exciting to hit the ball as far as possible.

Given: This is a personal/open-ended speaking question.

Sample Answer:
Yes, I once made a bat using a flat piece of cardboard and a ball using old newspaper rolled tightly and tied with string. My friends and I played a simple hitting game with it in the garden. It was a lot of fun to make our own toys and play with them.

Given: We need to arrange the events from the story 'OUT! OUT!' in the correct sequence.

Concept: Reading comprehension and sequencing of events.

Correct Order:
1. Jeet got ready to throw the ball.
2. Jeet threw the ball.
3. Babli hit the ball.
4. The ball went into Mohit's garden.
5. They lost the ball.

Given: Three pictures with words — an egg, an engine, an elephant.

Concept: All three words begin with the vowel 'e'. The article 'an' is used before words that begin with a vowel sound.

Reading Practice:
- an egg (a round object laid by a hen)
- an engine (a machine that makes vehicles move)
- an elephant (a large animal with a trunk)

Key Learning: We use 'an' before words starting with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u). All three words here start with 'e', so we say 'an egg', 'an engine', 'an elephant'.

Given: Three pictures with words — a pen, a pencil, a bell.

Concept: All three words contain the short vowel sound 'e' in the middle. The article 'a' is used before words that begin with a consonant sound.

Reading Practice:
- a pen (used for writing with ink)
- a pencil (used for writing or drawing)
- a bell (makes a ringing sound)

Key Learning: The vowel sound 'e' appears in the middle of pen, pencil, and bell. We use 'a' before words starting with a consonant.

Given: Three pictures with words — a kettle, a hen, a well.

Concept: All three words contain the short vowel sound 'e'. The article 'a' is used before words beginning with a consonant sound.

Reading Practice:
- a kettle (a pot used to boil water)
- a hen (a female bird that lays eggs)
- a well (a deep hole in the ground from which water is drawn)

Key Learning: The vowel sound 'e' appears in kettle, hen, and well. We use 'a' before words starting with a consonant.

Given: We need to find the names of the children mentioned in the story 'OUT! OUT!'.

Answer:
The names of the children in the story are:
1. Babli
2. Jeet
3. Mohit

Given: We need to identify the materials used by the children to make a ball in the story.

Answer:
The children used the following items to make a ball:
1. Rags
2. Paper
3. Wool
4. String

Given: The word is 'up'.
Opposite: down
(This is the example already done in the exercise.)

Given: The word is 'in'.

Concept: Opposites (antonyms) are words that have the opposite meaning.

Opposite of 'in' = out