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🧠 Let Us Think
1Which game does the poem mention? What is needed to play it?
The poem mentions Gilli Danda, played using a stick (danda) and a small gilli.
2According to the poem, how do the players feel while playing?
The players feel joyful, free and happy — they never want to quit and enjoy every swing of the game.
3What happens to the tiny gilli when the stick strikes it?
When struck by the stick, the tiny gilli flies up high into the bright blue sky.
4Which lines tell us that the children are playing outside?
Lines describing the playground, the blue sky, and the golden rays of the sun show that the children are playing outdoors.
5What is the meaning of the line 'our game is so sound'?
It means that Gilli Danda is a wonderful, enjoyable and satisfying game to play.
6Which word in the poem shows 'happiness'?
Words like 'joy', 'free', and 'laughing' show happiness in the poem.
✍️ Let Us Learn
7Add prefixes 'Un-' and 'Re-' to given words and write their meaning.
- Un + aware = unaware — not knowing about something
- Un + comfortable = uncomfortable — not comfortable
- Re + arrange = rearrange — arrange again
- Re + think = rethink — think again
- Re + write = rewrite — write again
8Encircle the nouns that you can see, taste, touch or smell (concrete nouns) — the rest are abstract nouns.
Concrete nouns (can be seen/touched/tasted/smelt): leaf, mountain, sun, shirt, toffee, rose, ice cube, sugar, hat, chessboard, football, deer, tree, cat, spoon, river, cup, tiger. Abstract nouns (cannot be touched — feelings/ideas): joy, anger, truth, lie, happiness, fear.
9Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive pronoun: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.
- These crayons belong to me. These are mine.
- The toy train belongs to Mudit. The toy train is his.
- The house with the red roof belongs to my cousins. The house is theirs.
- The bowls belong to the little girl. The bowls are hers.
- We have a cow. The cow is ours.
- The things belong to you. The things are yours.
✏️ Let Us Write
10Find the meaning of: Quit, Gather, Swing, Underneath, Golden.
Quit — to stop doing something; Gather — to come together; Swing — to move back and forth, or to hit with a swinging motion; Underneath — below something; Golden — having a bright yellow colour like gold, or something precious.
11Rearrange the jumbled words to form questions.
- Where are the cows?
- Which is your house?
- What time is it?
- Why is the sky blue?
- How many birds are on the tree?
- When will you return my book?
- Do you walk to school?
- Can you fly a kite?
12Circle the word that means the opposite (different in meaning) from the underlined word.
- expensive → cheap is the opposite
- forgot → remembered is the opposite
- continued → stopped is the opposite
- always → never is the opposite
- excitement → boredom is the opposite
- nervously → confidently is the opposite
- vibrant → dull is the opposite
- unique → common is the opposite
🎨 Let Us Do & Just for Fun
13Make a Gilli Danda using waste material.
This is a hands-on craft activity: find a thick, firm twig for the danda and a smaller twig (3–4 inches) for the gilli; smoothen both using a rough stone, sharpen both ends of the gilli, and decorate with paint or coloured paper if you like — always with adult supervision when handling sharp tools.
14Riddle: It belongs to you, but your friends use it more than you. What is it?
Answer: Your name — you rarely say your own name out loud, but your friends and family use it all the time to call you!
15Spellathon — make words of three or more letters from the letter wheel: A, E, E, H, C, R, T.
Example words: tea, ear, hare, care, chart, reach, each, race, cheat, react. The seven-letter word using all the letters (A, E, E, H, C, R, T) is TEACHER!