Chapter 1: Fun with Friends

Answer:
1. In the park, the children play games like hide-and-seek, tag, sliding down the slide, and swinging on swings.
2. Importance of taking turns: Taking turns ensures that every child gets a fair chance to play without arguments. It shows kindness, patience, and keeps the playground safe and friendly for everyone.

Answers:
• (a) Children love to swing on the swings.
• (b) We run across the grass during tag.
• (c) The friends laugh happily when hearing a funny riddle.

Model Sentences:
1. My best friend's name is Aarav, and we sit together in Class 3.
2. We always share our lunch tiffins and colour pencils during art class.
3. Our favourite game to play during recess is badminton.

Step-by-Step Picture Reading & Vocabulary:
(a) Animal Count:
• In the picture, there are 3 yellow ducklings swimming behind mother duck and 4 little chicks pecking near the grass.

(b) Matching Animals with Young Ones:
• Dog $\rightarrow$ Puppy
• Cat $\rightarrow$ Kitten
• Duck $\rightarrow$ Duckling
• Hen $\rightarrow$ Chick.

(c) Showing Friendship:
• The children are feeding grain gently, smiling, and petting the animals without frightening or chasing them.

Step-by-Step Analysis:
(a) Colors of Sky and Clouds:
• On a sunny day, the sky is bright blue.
• When it rains, the clouds are dark grey (or black).

(b) Three Green Things:
• 1. Grass
• 2. Leaves on trees
• 3. Parrots.

(c) Rhyming Pairs:
• Bright — White
• Seen — Green.

Unjumbled Color Words:
• (a) L E Y W O L $\rightarrow$ YELLOW
• (b) P L P E U R $\rightarrow$ PURPLE
• (c) R N A O E G $\rightarrow$ ORANGE
• (d) N K I P $\rightarrow$ PINK

Model Expressive Answer:
(a) Sharing Experience:
• Yes, I shared my set of wax crayons with my classmate when she forgot hers at home. It made me feel very happy, kind, and proud because we were able to color our pictures together.

(b) Two Sentences on Best Friend:
• 1. My best friend is Aarav, and we sit together on the front bench every day in school.
• 2. He always shares his lunchbox with me and helps me during art class.

Model Answer:
The children playing in the park are Rohan, Meena, and Ali. They are playing on the swings, sliding down the slide, and playing catch with a red ball.

Model Answer:
I love playing hide-and-seek with my friends. It is exciting to find good hiding spots behind trees while our friend counts to twenty.

Rhyming Words:
• (a) Play — Day, May, Say.
• (b) Ball — Call, Tall, Fall.
• (c) Swing — Ring, Wing, Sing.

Action Verbs:
The action words are: run, jump, and laugh.

Answers:
• (a) A park has green grass and colourful flowers.
• (b) Friends share their tiffin (or toys) during lunch break.

Articles:
• (a) a red swing (consonant sound 'r')
• (b) an apple tree (vowel sound 'a')
• (c) an orange balloon (vowel sound 'o')
• (d) a friendly dog (consonant sound 'f').

Model Answer:
Sharing ensures that every child gets a fair turn to play and enjoy. It teaches patience, builds friendships, and prevents quarrels in the playground.

Opposites:
• (a) Happy — Sad
• (b) High — Low
• (c) Come — Go
• (d) Friend — Enemy.

Corrected Sentence:
Rohan and Ali play together every evening in the park.

Model Answer:
My best friend's name is Aarav. I like him because he always shares his storybooks with me and helps me whenever I find math sums difficult.