Prem is counting ants. They are climbing a dead tree.

Is Prem thinking? No, he is not. Is he counting ants? No, he is not.

Is he sl · Yes, he is!

p He is sitting under a banana tree.

It has big leaves.

Prem is nodding his head. He is closing

his e es.

Soon Prem is dreaming. He is

making a present. It is for his mother.

Prem is clim bing the dead tree. e is sitting on

No\, he lS danung and ,hotiting and running.

C The ants are biting Prem.

1. An~wer th, following question\ .

d . Whc:r<! ,,, Prc·ni,

h What i11 Prem c r;un 1 ir ,;(r

c.. Wh,,rr· ,H (: th<!' ant ·;,

d What -:,r;und•, d<;E;', Pr,~m rr;,rt·,

"· What happ,:ns to Pr(;:m'

2. Talk about the following with your teacher.

a. Why dof;:s Pre-m go to 1letp?

b. When do you go to sleep?

c What dots Prem dream about?

d. Do you dream? What do you dream about?

3. Read these sentences aloud. Copy them (in the oorrect order) into your

notebook.

a. Prem is closing his eyes.

b. Prem is counting ants.

c. Prem is in his garden.

d. Prem is dreaming.

1. Read the words aloud. Do you know what they mean? ..

garden under banana leaf

ant climbing dead count ing noddm

closing eye thinking sleeping dream

mother branch chopping axe

shouts wakes bit ing dant§e

2. Read the words again. Now write them in your notebook. Can you spell

them all correctly?

w

USING A OR AN

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/ I I I

( ,/

a basket an egg

Copy the words in the previous exercise into your notebook. Write a o r an

before the name of each thing.

Examples:

a present an axe

(Do not write 'a' or 'an' before the words that are not thi ngs.)

1. Work in pairs or in small groups. Ask a question about the pictures given on the next page. Let your partner(s) answer. Example:

Wha t are these? What do they do? Tell me about them!

i ..i• ~ -.,.,~,i~;.rlltl! ... ,,.., i~-1 :, ..

, r

. 1,

These are fireworks or crackers. We let them off at Diwali . They go bang'

•: tt , . . • i:, They are noi sy. ~ ,,

ti .. ,

a. b. C.

d. e. f.

('i 2. Listen to the words and repeat them aloud. Say the vowel sounds carefully.

a

e

i

0

u

bag

leg

pit

hot

cup

hat

bed

sit

not

bus

rat

red

nib

log

JUg

3. Let a friend say the following words aloud. Listen carefully to each word,

then write it in the correct list in Exercise 2.

tJ p ten top

pot Lip

gun tin pen

sun man

t. Read the following words, then draw faces in your notebook to show them. happy sad angry

2. Write a sentence about each picture.