A Visit to the Farm | Chapter 1 | Class 2 English Term 3 | Questions and Answers

A Visit to the Farm

2nd English : Term 3 Unit 1

Let us understand

I. Match the animals with the sounds.

Try to match the animal with the sound it makes in the table below.

Animal	Sound
Pig	Neigh
Sheep	Snort
Horse	Grunt
Buffalo	Bleat

Solution

Here are the correct matches:

II. Fill in the blanks.

mirror     village     grunt     head

1. Dona lives in a village.

2. How do you grunt ?

3. Dona shakes his head in front of the mirror.

4. “I sway my head from side to side.”

III. Listen, think and say.

1. Why did Dona want to learn a song?

There is a singing contest in the car festival.

2. Whom did Dona ask for help?

Piggy, sheep, horse, Buffalo

3. How did the buffalo snort?

“Buffalo sway his head from side to side, open my mouth wide, and shout.” “Mrrrrr!”

4. Was Dona able to sing at the car festival?

Yes

5. Have you heard a donkey bray? Can you do it?

Yes, I heard a donkey bray. Yes, I can do it.

Let us know

Valli and Chittu talk about their friends.

Note to the teacher: Focus on the use of am/is/are with pronouns in the above dialogues. Use the table above for more practice.

Let us practice

Draw lines to match.

Try to match the pronoun on the left with the correct word on the right.

Column A	Column B
I	is a boy.
We	is a girl.
You	are my pet.
He	am a girl.
She	are friends.

Solution

Here are the correct matches:

Choose and write.

1. I am a tall boy. (is/am)

2. We are happy. (is / are)

3. You are my pet. (are/ am)

4. He is thin. (are / is)

5. These are pens. (are/is)

6. That is a bus. (am/is)

7. She is sad. (am/is)

8. They are good. (are/ is)

9. It is a book. (is/am)

10. Those are cars. (are/is)

Spell check

Fill in the missing letters.

Let us do

Word wall

tell   next   please   leave   hand   why   better   while   should   never   each   also

* Display the words on the word wall.

* Say the word once.

* Let children repeat it.

* Say the word loudly.

* Let children say it loudly.

* Whisper the word.

* Let children whisper it.

Read aloud and circle the words you see on the word wall.

1. Leave my hand.

2. Please tell me.

3. Never tell lies.

4. It is better.

5. Each one should come here.

Read and copy.

1. Please give me a pen.

Please give me a pen.

2. Why are you late?

Why are you late?

3. You can do better.

You can do better.

4. She never comes late.

She never comes late.

Circle time – Let us talk

Make children sit in a circle. Ask a child to stand up and tell the class pointing to him/her, “He/She is a boy/girl. His/Her name is ______.” Encourage him/her to point to the next child and say “He/She is a boy/girl. His/Her name is ______.” Continue till every child gets a chance.

Let us practice

Fill in the blanks.

1. She is a girl. Her name is Vimala. (His/Her)

2. He is a boy. His name is David. (His/Her)

3. Arun is a boy. He is my friend.(He/She)

4. Devi is a girl. She is my sister. (He/She)

Let us say

Listen and repeat

Read aloud.

Listen and circle the words with long ‘u’ sound.

1. He threw the glue.

2. The tube is yellow.

3. The sky is blue.

4. The goose is in the pool.

5 .The cute bird flew to the zoo.

Note to the teacher: First teach the sound /u:/ to children. Then, introduce the four different letter clusters for the same sound. Help children relate the sound to the letter clusters.

Let us do

Word wall

pool room broom school food zoom roof
sew blew grew crew threw drew screw
huge duke dude jute rule June rude

* Display the words on the word wall.

* Distribute the word cards to all the students.

* Show a word with ‘oo’.

* Let all the children with the letter combination stand up and say the words they have.

* Practise with ‘ue’, ‘ew’ and ‘u_e’ words also.

Let us practice

Add 'e' and write the words. Example: cut – cute

cub - cube

hug - huge

us - use

tub - tube

Fill in the blanks.

Tick (✓) the correct picture.