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1. Naming Words 1
2. One and Many 9
3. I, He and She 16
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4. Describing Words Twitter 22
5. More on Describing Words 30

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6. Names of Days and Months 36
7. A and An 40
8. Action Words 45
9. Email
Am, Are and Is 51
10. What Is Happening Now? 56
11. Has and Have 61
Did you 12.find thisWords
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13. This Is and That Is 74
14. Introduction 78
15. These Are and Those Are 82
16. On, In, Under and Over 88
17. Word Pairs 94
Is this 18. The Sentence
content inappropriate? Report this Document 99
19. Capital Letters and Full Stop 104
20. Question Mark 109
Comprehension 113
Composition 118
Test Paper 1 122
Test Paper 2 126

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1 Naming Words

Everything has a name. We call people, things, places and

animals by names.
What are the things around you? Can you name a few?

Know
Read these sentences.
• The mango is my favourite fruit.
• This garden is full of red roses.
• The book is on the table.
• Samrat Roy is a kind man.
• An elephant lives in a forest.
• Rita has a doll.
• Shalini has a rabbit. Its name is Tiara.
• The capital of India is New Delhi.

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In these sentences, Samrat Roy, man, Rita and Shalini are the names
of people. The words garden, forest, capital, India and New Delhi
are the names of places. The words
elephant , rabbit and Tiara are the Notes
names of animals. The words fruit, Naming words are the names
of people, places, things or
roses, table and doll are the names of animals. For example: Ram, girl,
things. All these names are naming India, city, chair, pencil, cat,
dog, etc.
words.

Learn
Match the pictures with the naming words.

1. a. 2. b.
rabbit hill

3. c. 4. d.
snake baby

5. e. 6. f.
doctor cap

7. g. 8. h.
cow mother

9. i. 10. j.
dog flower

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Practise
A. Fill in the blanks with naming words from the box.

books teacher car nuts grandfather

bicycle tiger hat fox ball
1. My father’s __________________ ran out of petrol.
2. A __________________ is chasing a deer.
3. I love reading __________________.
4. Cricket is played with a bat and a __________________.
5. The red __________________ looks beautiful on her head.
6. I ride a __________________ every evening.
7. My __________________ is 70 years old.
8. The __________________ is teaching the students English.
9. Squirrels love to eat __________________.
10. The __________________ is a cunning animal.

Know
Read these sentences.
• Rohit wants to go to Australia.
• My grandfather lives in Jaipur. Notes
Some people, places and things
• Heena has a parrot. Its name
have special names. The special
is Miku. name begins with a capital letter.
• My teacher’s name is Pooja Sharma. For example: Tina, England, Taj
Mahal, etc.
• The name of our planet is Earth.

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• The Qutub Minar is in New Delhi.

• The Taj Mahal is a beautiful building.
• The name of my pet cat is Kiwi.
In these sentences, Rohit, Heena and Pooja Sharma are special names
of people. The words Australia, Jaipur, Earth and New Delhi are
special names of places. The words Qutub Minar and Taj Mahal are
special names of things. The words Miku and Kiwi are special names
of animals. They all begin with a capital letter.

Learn
Write down the names.
1. Your name: ________________________
2. Your best friend’s name: ________________________
3. Your school’s name: ________________________
4. Your teacher’s name: ________________________
5. Your father’s name: ________________________
6. Your mother’s name: ________________________
7. Your brother’s/sister’s name: ________________________
8. Your city’s name: ________________________
9. Your favourite country: ________________________
10. Your planet’s name: ________________________

Practise
Circle the special names of people, places or animals.
1. I live in a city. It is called Lucknow.
2. I have a pet. It is a dog. I call it Bingo.
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3. Delhi is a big city.

4. Shalini is a smart girl.
5. Rohan gave me a book.
6. This is a tiger. Its name is Rambo.
7. Neha is my cousin.
8. Charlie lives in New York.
9. Kolkata is called the City of Joy.
10 Seema is Rohit’s mother.

Know
Look at these pictures.

girl boy

A girl is a female child. A boy is a male child.

mother father
Mother is a female parent. Father is a male parent.

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lioness lion cow bull

The lion and the bull are male
Do You Know?
animals.
Is the sun male or female?
The lioness and the cow are female What about the moon?
animals. What about your country?

Learn
Match the male names with the female names. One has been done
for you.
A B
1. boy a. grandmother
2. king b. hen
3. grandfather c. mare
4. rooster d. girl
5. bull e. queen
6. stallion f. vixen
7. gander g. ewe
8. fox h. peahen
9. ram i. cow
10. peacock j. goose

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Practise
Put the words from the box in the correct columns. One has been
done for you.

tiger actor brother aunt

nephew actress bride tigress
niece uncle groom daughter
son sister prince princess

Male Female

tiger tigress

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Activity
What you need:
• a sheet of paper with columns made for Person, Place,
Animal and Thing
• a timer or a stopwatch
How to play:
Ask your teacher to call out a letter of the alphabet. The class
will get two minutes to write down names of a Person, Place,
Animal or Thing beginning with that letter.
Give yourself 10 marks for each column correctly filled. The
student with the highest score wins.
For example: If the teacher calls out the letter ‘E’, then:

Person Thing Animal Place

• Eva • Egg • Elephant • England

You may work in pairs or groups for this activity.

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2 One and Many

You have learnt about naming words.

Look at these pictures. Count the number of objects. Write down the
numbers in the blanks.

_______________________ toffees

_______________________ kites

_______________________ pencil

_______________________ combs

_______________________ rose

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Know
Look at these pictures.

one book many books

one fruit many fruits

one house many houses

one camel many camels

Did you notice that -s gets added to these naming words when they
change from one to many?
Read this table.
One Many
• pin • pins
• cap • caps
• lamb • lambs
• bag • bags
• toy • toys
• bird • birds
• jar • jars
• bottle • bottles

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Now, read this table.

One Many
• fox • foxes
• dish • dishes
• dress • dresses
• bus • buses Notes
• tomato • tomatoes We add -s
or -es to the
• potato • potatoes
naming words
• watch • watches to show more
than one.
• dress • dresses

We add -es to the naming words ending in -x, -sh, -ss, -s, and -tch
to show many.

Learn
Read these words. Put a tick [ ] in front of the words that mean
many.
1. roses
2. girls
3. star
4. bags
5. eraser
6. kites
Do You Know?

7. fan Words like pants, scissors,

shorts and trousers have no
8. hat word to show their one form.
9. rivers
10. hotel

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