Lesson 01 Water's for
Word Meanings
Water (वाटर) = पानी, जल
To Scrub (टू स्क्रब) = रगड़ना
To Rinse (टू रिंस) = पानी से साफ़ करना या निचोड़ना
Shining (शाइनिंग) = चमकता हुआ
To Shift (टू शिफ्ट) = एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान पर हटाना
Dirt (डर्ट) = धूल, गंदगी
To paddle (टू पैडल) = पानी में चलना, छप-छप करना
To splash (टू स्प्लैश) = पानी इधर-उधर उलीचना, पानी में तेज गति करना
Spray (स्प्रे) = पानी की बौछार
Sleet (स्लीट) = बारिश के साथ बर्फ़बारी या हिमपात
Wellies (वेलीस) = सड़क किनारे बने कीचड़ भरे गड्ढे
Squirting (स्क्वर्टिंग) = पानी की तेज धार से मारना
Soaking (सोकिंग) = पानी से पूरी तरह भिगो देना
Reading Comprehension
1. Complete the table, ‘‘What’s water for?’’ according to the child and the mother:
Mother | Child |
●washing ●drinking ● making tea ● cleaning ● bath ● shining a car ● rinsing a shirt ● watering tomatoes ● shifting the dirt | ● paddling in wellies ● squirting at ● brothers splashing dad, ● soaking sister ● mixing with mud to ● bake a pie ● spraying the dog ● catching a fly ● playing water games |
2. Given are some situations. Imagine yourself as a 5 year old child. Tick some of the situations that you would enjoy doing:
1. Waking up some one by pouring water. (×)
2. Watering plants.(√)
3. Jumping in rain water.(√)
4. Washing clothes. (×)
5. Throwing water on someone.(√)
6. Floating paper boats in tub or bucket.(√)
7. Filling an empty bottle with water.(√)
8. Pouring out water from one glass to another.(√)
9. Put a paper in the water and stick it on walls or door. (√)
10. Playing with water.(√)
3. Complete the table with your own rhyming words. Pick up one from the poem:
shirt | dirt | hurt | skirt |
feet | treat | heat | sleet |
mad | sad | dad | had |
fly | dry | try | cry |
tea | sea | see | bee |
4. Make a list of hobbies for which water is necessary:
i. Cooking
ii. Gardening
iii. Swimming
iv. Pottery
v. Painting
Vocabulary
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