Here Comes a Letter
Question 1:
Given below is the journey of a letter shown through pictures. The pictures are not in a sequence. Arrange these to get the correct sequence, by putting number in the circles.
Answer:
Question 2:
What difference do you see in these letters?
Answer:
Some letters are postcards, some are envelopes, etc.
Question 3:
Which letters have stamps on them?
Answer:
All the letters have stamps on them.
Question 4:
Are all the stamps similar? What are the differences?
Answer:
No, all the stamps are not similar. They have different pictures as well as different prices mentioned on them.
Question 5:
Have you seen the stamp of the post office on these letters?
Answers:
Yes, I have.
Question 6:
Write your full address on the postcard given below.
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Question 7:
Reena’s letter reached Delhi by train. How do you think letters reached distant places when there were no trains?
Answers:
When there were no trains, letters used to be carried to distant places by people, pigeons and horses.
VISIT TO A POST OFFICE
Question 1:
Where all have you seen telephones?
Answer:
I have seen telephones at the offices, houses, schools, colleges, telephone-booths, etc.
Question 2:
With whom do you talk on the telephone?
Answer:
I talk to my friends on the telephones.
Question 3:
Which of the two do you like more – writing a letter or making a phone call? Why?
Answer:
I like to make phone call more than writing a letter. That is because through phone call, we get instant response from the other side whereas we have to wait for days to receive a response of a letter.
Question 4:
We wrote a letter. We also made a phone call. What are the similarities and differences between a letter and a phone call?
Answer:
The similarities between a letter and a phone call are as follows:
1. Both of these are a means of communication.
2. Both of these can be sent anywhere in the world.
The differences between a letter and a phone call are as follows:
1. Phone call is a faster means of communication whereas letter is a slow means of communication.
2. On phone, we can listen to each-other’s voices whereas in letters, we cannot.
3. The phone calls are more expensive than the letters.