NCERT Solutions for Class 2 English Unit 1 Poem The Paddling-Pool

The Paddling-Pool

READING IS FUN
Question 1:

Fill in the blanks with the words given in the brackets – (sail, bark, sing, play, ring)

1. Boats ___________
2. Dogs ___________
3. Children ____________
4. Bells ___________
5. Birds ______________

Answer:

1. Boats sail
2. Dogs bark
3. Children play
4. Bells ring
5. Birds sing

Question 2:

Write the names of the days of the week. You can begin with Sunday.

Answer:

1. Sunday
2. Monday
3. Tuesday
4. Wednesday
5. Thursday
6. Friday
7. Saturday

Question 3:

Haldi wrote her name at school in this way – ‘haldi’. She made one mistake. What was it?

1. Write her name correctly.___________
2. Now write your name correctly.___________

Answer:

The name should begin with a capital letter.

1. Write her name correctly. Haldi
2. Now write your name correctly. Aayushma

Question 4:

Haldi wrote — i met a giraffe.

She made two mistakes. What are they? Write Haldi’s sentence correctly.

Answer:

The word “I” is always written in capital letter. Also, it is the beginning of the sentence, thus should be in capital letter.

I met a giraffe.

Question 5:

What do you do before going to school? Put ‘Y’ for yes and ‘N’ for no.

Answer:

Question 1:

Fill in the blanks with ‘before’ or ‘after’.

1. _________ eating food, I wash my hands.
2. _________ reaching school, I sit in class.
3. _________ eating food, I wash my mouth.
4. _________ reaching home, I do my homework.

Answer:

1. Before eating food, I wash my hands.
2. After reaching school, I sit in class.
3. After eating food, I wash my mouth.
4. After reaching home, I do my homework.

FUN TIME

Question 1:

What is the sound of your school bell?

Answer:

Tan-tan.

Question 2:

Can you make sounds of different bells that you have heard?

Answer:

The student has to do as directed.

Question 3:

Different bells make different sounds. Try and make the sound of a –

1. Phone bell
2. Door bell
3. Cow bell
4. Horse bell
5. Bus bell

Answer:

1. Phone bell – Tring-Tring
2. Doorbell – Ting-tong
3. Cow bell – Tin-tin
4. Horse bell – Tan-tan
5. Bus bell – Tan-tan

Question 4:

Write the first letter of each picture given in the box.

Answer:

Question 5:

What have you spelt?

Answer:

Giraffe