Grade 1
Textbook Exercises
November
SCIENCE
CHAPTER- 8
Keeping Fit
NEW WORDS :
1. healthy
2. strong
3. hungry
4. tired
5. posture
6. upright
7. straight
8. refreshed
9. exercise
10. sleeping
11. shoulders
12. active
13. brush
14. morning
15. body
FILL IN THE BLANKS : (Pg No 55)
1. Exercise keeps you healthy and strong.
2. The way you sit, stand and walk is known as posture.
3. You should sleep early at night and wake up early in the morning.
A. Fill in the blanks with the correct options.(Pg No. 57)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
A healthy person enjoys life.
Exercise makes you strong.
Posture is the way you hold your body.
Always breathe through your nose.
You should get rest for about nine hours.
Never cover your face while sleeping.
B.Tick the correct option. (Pg No.57)
1. Exercise keeps you healthy and
a. strong(√)
2. While writing, you must
b. weak
c. sad
a. walk upright
b. stand straight
c. sit straight(√)
3. Covering your face while sleeping does not allow you to
a. breathe fresh air(√)
b. drink cold water
c. eat tasty food
C. State whether the following sentences are True or False.(Pg No 57)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
You need not exercise to be fit and healthy.
You must play every day.
You should play soon after eating food.
You must sit straight while reading a book.
Always breathe through your nose.
Rest and sleep make you lazy.
You should wake up early in the morning.
False
True
False
True
False
False
True
QUESTION AND ANSWERS : (Pg No.57)
1. Why should we exercise every day?
Ans: We should exercise every day to make our body strong and healthy.
2.
What is posture?
Ans: Posture is the position of our back and shoulders, when we are standing
or sitting.
3.
How should you stand or walk?
Ans: We should stand or walk upright.
4.
How should you sit while doing your homework?
Ans: We should sit upright while doing our homework.
5.
Why does your body need rest?
Ans: Our body needs rest to make us feel fresh and active again.
6.
What is the important thing you should do before sleeping?
Ans: We should brush our teeth before sleeping.
Chapter-10/Lesson-19
Good Habits
New Words
1. clean
2. healthy
3.bathing
4. surroundings
5.cough
6. sneeze
7. handkerchief
8. litter
9.flush
10. towel
A.Fill in the blanks with the correct option.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
You must brush your teeth twice a day.
Taking a bath removes dirt from your body.
After the bath, you must wipe your body with a clean towel.
If you eat without washing your hands, the dirt enters your body and you fall
ill.
You should use a handkerchief to blow your nose.
You should not write on a wall.
When you reach home after school and play, you must wash yourself.
Flush the toilet after use.
B. Tick (√) the correct answer.
1. To remove food particles stuck in your teeth, you must clean your mouth
a. before eating
b. after eating(√)
c. both a and b
2. To keep your ears clean, you must use
a. nail cutter
b. ear buds(√)
c. comb
3. Wear shoes to protect your
a. hands
b. feet (√)
c. mouth
C. Match the following
1. oil
a. feet (4)
2. soap
b. bathing (2)
3. nail cutter
c. hair (1)
4. shoes
d. dustbin (6)
5. toothbrush
e. teeth (5)
6. wastepaper
f. nails (3)
D. Answer these questions.
1. What type of child does everyone like?
Ans: Everyone likes a child who has good habits.
2. What do you use to clean your teeth?
Ans: We use a toothbrush and toothpaste to clean our teeth.
3. Why should you rinse your mouth after eating?
Ans: We should rinse your mouth after eating to remove food particles stuck
in our teeth.
4. How do you feel after a good bath?
Ans: We feel fresh after a good bath.
5. Why should you cut your nails?
Ans: We should cut our nails as they collect dirt.
6. What should you do when you cough or sneeze?
Ans: We should cover our mouth when we cough or sneeze.
7. How do you protect your feet?
Ans: We protect our feet by wearing shoes.
8. Where should you throw bits of paper?
Ans: We should throw bits of paper in the dustbin.
9. What is litter?
Ans: Garbage which is not thrown away properly and keeps lying around is
called litter.
A. Draw
for a bad habit and
for a good habit. (pg 97-SST
TXT)
1. Meena has a bath every morning.
2. Ali does not wash his hands before any meal.
3. Raj does not brush his teeth before going to bed.
B. Tick (√) the right answer. (Pg 97)
1.We should wake up.(late/early√).
2.We must brush our teeth (twice√/ once ) a day.
3.We must take a bath ( everyday√/ on Sundays).
C. Fill in the blanks by choosing the right word from the word ladder.
(Pg 97)
1. We must always wash our hands after using the toilet.
2. We must wash our hair with a shampoo.
3. Good habits make us a good person.
A. Answer in a word or two.(Pg 97)
1. We use these to brush our teeth. Tooth brush and tooth paste.
2. Good habits keep us this way. Healthy and fit.
B. Answer the following. (Pg 97)
Q-1. When should we brush our teeth?
Ans We must brush our teeth in the morning and before going to bed.
Q-2. Why should we follow good habits?
Ans. Good habits make us healthy and fit.
SOCIAL
STUDIES
Lesson 9
People Who Help Us
New Words
1.doctor
2. watchman
3.milkman
4.sweeper
5.cobbler
6.tailor
7.plumber
8.carpenter
9.postman
10.gardener
11. helpers
12.respect
A. Fill in the blanks.(pg 49)
1. A milkman delivers milk to us.
2. A plumber repairs water taps and pipes.
3. A carpenter repairs or makes wooden objects.
4. A postman delivers letters.
5. A cobbler mends shoes and slippers.
B. Mark ‘T’ for true sentences and ‘F’ for false sentences.(pg 49)
1. We do not need helpers around us.
F
2. A cobbler stitches clothes for us.
F
3. A sweeper keeps our surroundings clean.
T
4. A carpenter repairs or makes wooden furniture.
A. Guess who I am.(pg 50)
1. I mend shoes for you. I am a cobbler.
2. I make wooden chairs and tables. I am a carpenter.
3. I guard your apartment. I am a watchman.
T
4. I stitch lovely clothes for you. I am a tailor.
5. I bring milk every morning. I am a milkman.
Answer the following:(pg 50)
Q-1. Why do we need helpers around us?
Ans. We need helpers around us as we cannot do everything by ourselves.
Q-2. Name any three helpers around us.
Ans. The three helpers around us are:a.
Watchman
b.
Doctor
c.
Tailor
ENGLISH
Chapter 6
Just One Question
New Words
1. emperor
2. majesty
3. minister
4. people
5. clever
6. question
7. difficult
8. agreed
9. dawn
10. trousers
11. donkey
Time to understand:(Textbook Page No : 60)
1.Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks:
a.The wise man wanted to challenge Birbal.
b. Birbal agreed to answer one difficult question.
c. Birbal’s answer to the first question was chicken.
d. Birbal did not answer the second question because he agreed to answer only
one question.
2. Who said this?
a. “What can I do for you?”
Akbar
b. “I want to challenge him.”
The wise man
c. “You agreed to ask only one question.”
Birbal
Read the following pairs of sentences carefully. Complete the second
sentence with the opposite of the underlined word in the first sentence.(Pg 61)
2. The elephant is big.
3. The glass is empty.
4. Madhav is short.
Grammar time:(Textbook Page No : 63)
1.Amita needs to friend her sister’s classmate Tarun. She has to return the
books her sister had borrowed from him. Naveen is Tarun’s friend. Can you
help her with this conversation?
Amita: Are you Tarun?
Naveen: No I am Naveen.
Tarun: Hi. I am Tarun.
Are you Amita?
Amita: Yes I am Amita.
Time to write:(Textbook Page No : 64)
Read the conversation between Manisha and her brother Mahesh carefully.
Add a question mark ‘?’ or a full stop ‘.’ at the end of each sentence.
Manisha: What is this animal?
Mahesh: It’s a gorilla.
Manisha: what does it eat?
Mahesh: It eats fruits and vegetables.
Manisha: Do you know where it lives?
Mahesh: Why don’t you find out?
Manisha: How I can I find out?
Mahesh: I can give you a book on gorillas.
Manisha: That will be great.
Mahesh: I can give you the book tomorrow.
Time to understand:(Textbook Page No : 66)
Choose the correct answer.
a.The man was in a hurry.
b. It was morning
c. He was riding on a donkey.
CHAPTER 7
El, the Little Elephant
New Words:
1. pool
2. elephant
3. rude
4. trunk
5. trembled
6. trumpet
7. lesson
8. wonderful
9. generous
10. terrific
11. guts
12. brave
13. nuts
Time to understand:
1.Tick the correct option. (Pg 67)
a.The long nose of an elephant is called a trunk.
True
b. Rinku was rude little rat.
True
c. El could smell the tiger with her big ears
False
d. Rinku said, “I will make fun of others.
False
2.Some of these are parts of an elephant’s body. Identify them and colour the
circles. (Pg 67)
Trunk,
wings,
ears, whiskers,
fingers
3. Choose the correct option to completre the sentences below: (Pg 70)
a. El the elephant could smell the tiger.
b. In the end, Rinku promised that he would never make fun of everyone.
Match the words that mean the same.(Pg 70)
big
small
scared
large
rude
afraid
tiny
impolite
Time to spell: (Pg 71)
Complete the words below each picture using’e’ or ‘ee’.
Tree, pen, sheep, hen, bell, deer
Grammar time:
1.Read the following sentences carefully. Cross out the wrong answer. (Pg 72)
a. These are crayons.
b. Those are pigeons.
c. Those are buses.
d. These are caps.
e. These are my friends.
f. Those are my teachers.
2. Fill in the blanks with ‘these’ or ‘those’.(Pg 73)
a. Those are ducks.
b. Those are crows.
c. Those are empty boxes.
d. These are my pencils.
Time to write:
Here are four sentences from the story. Some phrases are missing in these
sentences. Choose the correct phrases for the sentences. (Pg 74)
1. She must be slow and lazy.
2. She thinks I am small and scared.
3. I could smell the tiger with my trunk.
4. I will never make fun of anybody again.
Time to understand:
1.Pick words from the poem and fill in the blanks. (Pg 75)
b. My elephant thinks I’m cool.
c. My elephant thinks I’m fun and smart.
2.Choose the correct option and fill in the blanks. (Pg 75)
a. My elephant is proud of my strength and guts.
Answer the following questions:
1.Who did Rinku the rat see ?
A.
Rinku the rat saw El the elephant.
2.
Why did El feel bad?
A.
El felt bad because Rinku made fun of her by saying that she is fat and
has big nose and big ears. Rinku also told that El must be slow and lazy.
3.
A.
What scared Rinku?
A tiger scared Rinku.
4.
A.
Who saved Rinku from the tiger?
El saved Rinku from the tiger.
5.
What is the moral of the lesson El the Elephant?
A.
The moral of the lesson El the Elephant is that we should not make fun
of anybody.
Note: The questions highlighted will be done in the class.