A Little Seed

A little seed for me to sow
A little soil to make it grow
A little hole, a little pot,
A little wish, and that is that
A little sun, a little shower,
A little while –
And then, a flower!

A) Questions

1. Do you like flowers?
2. Do you have a favourite flower?
3. If so, why is it your favourite flower?
4. Have you ever tried to grow flowers?
5. What are the things you need to grow flowers?
6. Can you say what you would do first if you want to plant a flower?
7. What would you do next? Describe all the steps needed to grow a flower.
8. What does a plant need to grow and to be healthy?
9. You can grow flowers in a pot. What else can you grow in a pot?

B) Unscramble the sentences given below.
Example: love, cat, my, I
I love my cat.

1. sow, seed, a, I
2. I, carrot, plant, a
3. a, red, buy, I, flower
4. box, the, red, is
5. bananas, love, I
6. brush, teeth, I, my
7. nine, for, sleep, I, hours
8. blue, the, is, bag
9. bright, sun, is, the
10. help, I, friend, my
11. do, our, homework, we
12. in, the, we, play, park

C) Nouns

A noun is a naming word. It names a person, an animal, a place, a thing, or an idea.
The nouns in the sentence below are underlined.

Sushma eats an apple and a banana for lunch.

a) Underline the nouns in the sentences given below. The sentence might have one or more nouns.

1. My shoes are too big for me.
2. This is a very good book.
3. Fish swim in the water.
4. The keys are in my pocket.
5. The apple is crunchy.
6. There are cows in the field.
7. The bucket has a hole in it.
8. Let me show you my new pen.
9. Monkeys swing from the trees.
10. The door is open.

b) Make sentences of your own with the underlined words.

D) Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with “to” or “from”.

1. We are going __ Ludhiana tomorrow.
2. The dog ran __ us as soon as we came home.
3. I lived in Chandigarh __ 2008 __ 2010.
4. I go to office __ Monday __ Friday.
5. We go __ the park at around six in the morning.
6. Is this the way __ the railway station?
7. This bus goes straight __ Humayun’s Tomb.
8. My aunt is __ Haryana. She is a Haryanvi.
9. The best mangoes come __ Uttar Pradesh.
10. We will take the train __ Pathankot __ New Delhi.

E) Optional exercise

A famous writer once said, “The earth laughs in flowers.”
Do you think this is true? Why?

Audio courtesy Tanu Priya Puri