The Story of Food
Question 1:
What kind of work are people doing in both the families?
Answer:
Venu’s Family: Mother is preparing food, father is cleaning the floor. All the people of the family are eating food together. Mother and father are reading newspapers and Venu is cycling.
Rani’s Family: Mother is cooking food. Males of the family are having food and Rani is serving the food.
Rani and her mother are fetching water, and Rani’s father is reading newspaper.
Question 2:
Is your family like any one of these families? If yes, like which one? How is your family like their’s?
Answer:
Yes, my family is similar to Venu’s. All of us eat meals together.
Question 3:
Do all the people in your family eat together? If not, why?
Answer:
Yes, they do.
Question 4:
Who eats last in the family?
Answer:
No one, because we eat the food together.
Question 5:
Who does not help in cooking food in the family and why?
Answer:
My father does not help much in cooking because he does not know how to cook.
Question 6:
In the table, some of the work done in the house has been mentioned. Find out who does them in your house and who does them in your friend’s house. You can add some other work also to the list.
Answer:
| Work | Who Does the Work In your house In your friend’s house | |
| Cooking food | Mother | Mother |
| Buying things from the market | Mother, Father, Brother | Father |
| Sweeping | Mother, Sister | Mother |
| Cleaning the utensils | Mother, Sister | Mother |
| Filling water | Brother, Sister | Mother |
| Reading books/newspapers | Everyone | Everyone |
| Mopping the floor | Mother, Sister | Mother |
Question 7:
Who does more work?
Answer:
In your house- Mother
In your friend’s house- Mother
WHERE DOES WHAT WE EAT COME FROM?
Question 1:
The names of some food items are given below. Add some more names to the list. Draw a green circle around those items that we get from plants. Draw a red circle around those items that we get from animals.
Answer:
Question 2:
When you are sick, do you take any medicine which we get from plants? What do you take when you
1. get hurt
2. have a stomach-ache
3. have a cough and cold
4. have a toothache
Answer:
1. get hurt- apply turmeric
2. have a stomach-ache – ajwain and black salt with water
3. have a cough and cold – milk with turmeric
4. have a toothache – put clove oil in mouth