The Enormous Turnip
READING IS FUN
Question 1:
What did the old man plant?
Answer:
The old man planted turnip seeds.
Question 2:
Why was it difficult for the old man to pull up the turnip?
Answer:
It was difficult for the old man to pull up the turnip because the turnip was huge.
Question 3:
Who helped him to pull up the enormous turnip?
Answer:
An old woman, a boy and a girl helped him to pull up the enormous turnip.
Question 4:
Who ate the enormous turnip?
Answer:
The old man, the old woman, the boy and the girl- all four of them ate the enormous turnip.
TALK TIME
Question 1:
Name and draw four vegetables that have to be pulled out from the earth. Now name them in your own language.
Answer:
Potato (aloo)
Onion (pyaaz)
Carrot (gajar)
Garlic (Lehsun)
Question 2:
Let’s go shopping!
How many vegetables can you find in this maze? Draw a circle around each word. One has been done for you.
Answer:
Question 3:
A Game of Opposites
The entire class can be divided into two groups where one group says one word and the second group says the opposite word.
pull push
black _______________
true _______________
right _______________
This is how the game goes on. Some words are suggested here. You may pick up some more words from the lesson.
Far; good; dark; up; old
Answer:
Pull – Push
Black – White
True – False
Right – Wrong
Far – Near
Good – Bad
Dark – Light
Up – Down
Old – Young
TEAM TIME
Question 1:
Activity: Grow a plant.
Answer:
The student has to do as directed.
LET’S WRITE
Question 1:
How do you like to eat these vegetables—raw or cooked? Say why.
Answer:
| VEGETABLES | RAW | COOKED |
| Carrot | Raw | Cooked |
| Turnip | Cooked | |
| Potato | Cooked | |
| Onion | Raw | Cooked |
| Beans | Cooked |
Question 2:
Name four vegetables you ate last week. Write their names here.
Answer:
Potato, Peas, Cauliflower, Spinach.
Question 3:
Complete these columns
| ONE | MANY |
| Carrot | Carrots |
| Turnip | Turnips |
| Onion | Onions |
| Potato | Potatoes |
| Tomato | Tomatoes |
VOCABULARY
Question 1:
One word in each of the following sets is different from the others.
Circle the odd one out.
Answer:
1. turnip, potato, tomato, sunflower, carrot, brinjal
2. cow, horse, goat, fox, kangaroo, melon
3. banyan, neem, peepal, mango, snake, apple
4. rose, lily, sunflower, lotus, cauliflower
5. peacock, parrot, lizard, crow, woodpecker
SAY ALOUD
Question 1:
| Pull | Cool | Cut |
| Full | Root | But |
| Put | Shoot | Shut |
Answer:
The student needs to say the given words aloud so as to understand their pronunciations.