SOMETHING TO KNOW
A. Tick (✔) the correct option:
1. The hobby that can become a full time occupation is-
(a) Listening Music
(b) Singing ✔
(c) Watching T.V.
Answer – (b) Singing✔
2. Which activity is not popular among health-conscious people?
(a) Walking
(b) Gossiping ✔
(c) Yoga
Answer – (b) Gossiping ✔
3. The most popular period in school is-
(a) P.T. ✔
(b) Art & Craft
(c) Computer
Answer – (a) P.T. ✔
4. Which one is an outdoor game?
(a) Scrabble
(b) Rugby ✔
(c) Carrom board
Answer – (b) Rugby ✔
B. Fill in the blanks:
Help Box – (occupations, energy, models, activities, children)
1. Many children go to the swings and eat their tiffin.
2. Old people must follow leisure time activities.
3. The mind and body is filled with a new energy for the work ahead.
4. Many leisure time activities may become full time occupations.
5. Children enjoy building models.
C. Write two words beginning with each letter:
L – lion, Lotus
E – Energy, Elephant
I – Ice, Igloo
S – Stone, Ship
U – Uniform, Umrella
R – Rose, Rain
E – Enjoy, Engine
D. Answer the following questions:
1. Name five games that the children like to play in the school.
Answer – The children like to play chess, kabaddi, Kho-Kho, basketball, football, badminton, volleyball etc in school.
or
five games children like to play in school are:-
Football
Basket ball
badminton
Kabaddi
Kho-Kho
2. What are the benefits of leisure time activities?
Answer – The benefits of leisure time activities are:
It relaxes our body
It keeps us busy
It refreshes our mind.
It keeps us fit and healthy
3. List the leisure time activities that can be followed inside a home.
Answer – Leisure activities followed inside a home are-
Watching T.V
Playing Ludo, Carrom, Chess etc.
Dancing
Singing
4. Why is it important for grown ups to have different hobbies?
Answer – It is important for grown ups to have different hobbies because
It keeps them busy.
It helps them to choose their hobby as an occupation.
5. List five activities that the old people in your family follow to keep themselves fit and active.
Answer – Five activities that old people in my family follow to keep themselves fit and active are.
Morning and evening walk.
Reading news paper
Gardening
Listening radio
Household works.
6. Name your favourite hobby. Why do you like it?
Answer – My favourite hobby is Painting. I like it because I enjoy making beautiful scenery and painting them with vibrant colours.
Value Based Questions:
Look at the football game in progress. Mention three values that players develop when they play as a team.
Answer – Three values that players develop when they play as a team are –
Team Spirit
Leadership quality
Tolerance
SOMETHING TO DO
1. Answer the following questions:
(a) What is your favourite game/sport?
Answer – My favourite game is Badminton.
(b) What are the benefits of the game/sport?
Answer – There are many benefits of games and sports like, it keeps us healthy and active, it gives us reason to be more vigilant performer in our games.
(c) Name your favourite story. Who is your favourite character in it?
Answer – My favourite story is ‘Eidgaah’ written by Munshi Premchand. In this story ‘Haamid’ is my favourite character.
(d) Why do you like this character?
Answer – I like this character because of his pure innocence.
(e) Name the newspaper that your parents read. What portion do you like in it?
Answer – My parents read ‘The Times of India’ newspaper. I like sports section of this newspaper.
2. What type of music do you like?
Answer – I like instrumental music of combination of flute, sitar and sarod.
3. Books are windows to the world. List three things that you learn by reading books:
Answer – (a) I am enriched with vocabulary and phrasal verbs.
(b) I came to know many new things.
(c) I can now put my opinion on certain socio-political issues.
4. Look at the given diagram. Some hobbies are mentioned here. Write your favourite hobbies in the space given.
Answer – Reading – History books and biography of great personalities.
5. Spend time with the old members of your family. Involve them in your activities to make them feel useful and wanted by the family.
Answer –Yes, I do spend time with my grand parents and other old members of my joint family. For my school homework I go to my grandpa and for listening story I go to my grandmother, for discussing some daily life problems I talk with my mother’s parents.
6. You can learn some skills from your grandparents like stitching buttons, storytelling, gardening, etc. Fill in the space given some skills that you have learnt from the senior members of your family.
Answer – Stitching buttons – Grand mother
Story telling – Grand mother