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Vocabulary

Word Practice

Write the following words three times each.

Words	Write three times each
Teamwork	………………	………………	………………
Shoot	………………	………………	………………
Basketball	………………	………………	………………
Hoop	………………	………………	………………
Relay race	………………	………………	………………
Baton	………………	………………	………………
Goal	………………	………………	………………

Word Meaning

Write the meaning of the following words.

Words	Meanings
teamwork	Working together in a team or group
shoot	to hit
Basketball	A game
hoop	A circular band of metal with a net fixed in a basketball game
Relay race	A race between two teams
baton	A stick or pipe used in relay race
goal	an aim or purpose

Textbook Question and Answer

Let’s Read

Complete the following sentences.

1. If nobody passes the ball in a basketball game, then you can’t …………..

Answer

If nobody passes the ball in a basketball game, then you can’t shoot the ball through the hoop. You can’t win the game.

2. In a relay race, if no one passes the baton, then ……………….

Answer

In a relay race, if no one passes the baton, then the relay race can’t go on.

Think and Write

1. Name the team members needed for the following.

(i) To play cricket we need

    batsman, bowlers, fielders, coaches

(ii) To make film we need

    director, producer, actors, camera-man

(iii) To run a good school we need

    principal, teachers, students, sweepers

(iv) To run a restaurant we need

    manager, cook, waiters, accountant

2. Complete the sets of rhyming words. One has been done for you.

Words from the poem	team	plus	done	hoop	shoot	goal	joy
Your own words

 

Answer

Words from the poem	team	plus	done	hoop	shoot	goal	joy
Your own words	beam	thus	gone	soup	boot	coal	boy

 

3. Read the poem.

For Want of a Nail

For want of a nail the shoe was lost,

For want of shoe the horse was lost,

For want of a horse the rider was lost,

For want of a rider the battle was lost,

For want of a battle the kingdom was lost,

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail!

[traditional rhyme]

Now form questions for the answers given in the speech bubbles.

Ans. The shoe was lost because of the nail.

Q. Why was the shoe lost?

Ans. The kingdom was lost because the battle could not be fought.

Q. Why was the kingdom lost?

Ans. The battle was lost because there was no rider.

Q. Why was the battle lost?

Now make three more questions and answers from the poem, Teamwork.

Q. How can we make our dream work?

Ans. We can make our dreamwork by working together.

Q. What happens when nobody passes the basketball?

Ans. When nobody passes the basketball then nobody shoots.

Q. What happens when nobody passes the baton in a relay race?

Ans. When nobody passes the baton then the relay race can’t go on.

Picture Composition

Look at the picture and answer the questions in one sentence, using the word clues given in the box.

plumber	painter	mason
electrician	labourer	carpenter	gardener

1. Who is laying the bricks?

Ans: The mason is laying the bricks.

2. Who is holding the ladder?

Ans: The labourer is holding the ladder.

3. Who is the man on the ladder?

Ans: The electrician is the man on the ladder.

4. Who is making the door?

Ans: The carpenter is making the door.

5. Who is painting the walls?

Ans: The painter is painting the walls.

Now make up a story about the picture. Give names to the people. Write the story showing the importance of teamwork.

Answer

This picture is about the making of a house. The mason is making the house. The doors of the house are being made by the mason. The electrician is supplying electricity to the new house. The labourer is helping the electrician by holding the ladder. The painter is painting the house to make it beautiful. All the workers are working together for making a house. Teamwork makes a work easier.

Let’s Talk

1. In groups of five, discuss what you enjoy doing alone and what you like doing in a group.

Now prepare a list as shown below.

Answer

Things I like doing alone	Things I like doing in a group
Reading a story book	Playing cricket
Playing a digital game	Visiting places
Listening to music	Watching TV

2. In your family, what activities are done individually and as a group?

Answer

My mother decides how to cook and feed us.

My father decides what to study.

I decide which story to read.

We decide where to go.

Let’s Write

1. In the puzzle find the words given in the column. Notice that these words are formed b y joining two words. One is done for you.

Find some more such words.

Answer

2. Let’s write a poem.

I have a kite but need a friend to fly it with,

I know a song but need someone to hear it,

I have a ball but need someone to catch it,

Answer

I have a doll but need a friend to play with,

I know a dance but need an audience to watch it,

I know a story but need someone to listen it,

I have a bread but need a friend to share it with.

Say Aloud

1. Write the contractions for the following phrases.

has not	…………..	have not	……………..
do not	…………..	are not	……………..

Answer

has not	hasn't	have not	haven't
do not	don't	are not	aren't

2. Write the full forms for the following.

weren't	…………..	she'll	……………..
wasn't	…………..	who's	……………..

Answer

weren't	were not	she'll	she will
wasn't	was not	who's	who is