Hail Guru Dev

MAHARISHI VIDYA MANDIR

Class II Subject: English
Term I (Printed notes)

Lesson 1 - Preparing for school

New words

Amber Pencils 15. Waves

2. Excited 9. Scissors 16. Vacation
3. Finished 10. Glue 17. Mumbai
4. Uniform 11. Mrs. Mehta Enjoyable
5. Stationery 12. Pleasant 19. Cousins
6. Shopping 13. Especially
7. Grocery Nervous

Let us understand

B. Tick ( ) the correct answers.

1. C 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. C

C. Write answers to the following questions.

When is Amber’s school reopening?

Ans. Amber's school is reopening on 1stJuly.
2. What do Amber and her mother buy at the stationery shop?
Ans. Amber and her mother bought new pencils and some books.
3. What is the name of Amber’s teacher?
Ans. Amber ’s teacher's name is Mrs. Mehta.
4. Where did Seema go for her holidays?
Seema went to Mumbai for her holidays.

D. Write the first letter of each picture in the boxes to make a new word.

shoe duck 3. coat 4. ball fish

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Let us read

Read the following passage carefully.

A. Write the answers to the following questions.

Who goes to school by bus?

Ans. Veera goes to school by bus.

2. Write the names of Veera’s friends.

Ans. Neet, Mahi and Anju

B. Fill in the blanks.

uniform, a tin box, a water bottle
2. story

C. Write the opposites of the following words.

happy 2. go

Let us write

A. Write your daily routine using the following words. Write sentences using each phrase.

I wake up at 6 a.m.
I brush my teeth.
I get ready for school.
I eat my breakfast.
I go to school.
I study in class II.
I have my lunch.
8. I do my homework.
9. I play in the park.
10. I go to bed at 9 p.m.

Usage comes alive

B. Underline the common nouns in these sentences and circle the proper nouns.

1. Common nouns - cow, grass, postman, leters, dog, park, bus.

2. Proper nouns - Sneha, Sanjay, Amber.
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B. What are the following words? Are they names of places, persons, animals or things?

girl - person
2. city - place
3. chair - thing
kangaroo animal
5. grass - thing
6. cup - thing
7. father - person
8. zebra - animal
9. pencil - thing
flower - thing

Lesson 2 - Homes
New words

building 9. architects 17. comfortable

2. bungalows 10. plumbers 18. shelter
bamboo 11. mason 19. constructing
4. human beings 12. Carpenters 20. cites
5. villages 13. electrician 21. available
leaves 14. provided 22. repaired
7. stone 15. machines 23. material
8. cement 16. creatures

Let us understand

A. Fill in the blanks with the words given below.

small 2. flats mud, leaves and bamboo 4. caves

B. Write the answers to the following questions.

1. What is a house?
A building that provides shelter to human beings is known as a house.

2. What are houses in villages made of?

The houses in villages are made up of mud, leaves and bamboo.

3. What are houses in cities made of?

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 In cities, the houses are made up of stones, cement and wood.

4. Where do animals live?

Animals live in places provided to them by nature.

5. What is a bungalow?
Answer: Bungalow is a house made for one family where the garden is used only by the
family members living there.

Let us write

A. Match the columns.

architect plans the house
plumber - repairs taps and pipes
mason - builds the walls with bricks and cement
carpenter makes doors and windows
electrician lays wires for fans and lights

B. Who am I?

carpenter nurse 3. teacher gardener dentist

barber 7. pilot 8. actor 9. tailor 10. plumber

C. Match the animals with their homes.

Bee – hive 2. Lion - den Horse - stable Sheep – pen

5. Bird – nest 6. Hen – coop

D. Write one word for this?

metals 2. fruits 3. animals 4. insects 5. birds

6. cites 7. flowers

Usage comes alive

Write the plurals of these nouns.

dogs 2. clocks 3. beds 4. tables 5. shirts

6. birds 7. eggs 8. bats 9. lamps 10. kites

B. Write the plural of the following nouns by adding 'es'.

glasses 2. potatoes 3. dishes 4. mangoes 5. dresses

benches 7. churches 8. foxes

Write the plurals of the following nouns by replacing “f” or “fe” with “ves”.

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 loaves calves 3. wolves 4. wives 5. thieves 6. halves

Write the plurals of the following nouns by replacing “y” with “ies”.

flies 2. ladies 3. lorries 4. fairies 5. diaries 6. cites

E. Write the plurals of the following nouns by changing the vowels.

men 2. teeth 3. feet geese

F. Complete the following verbs.

drawing 2. seeing 3. cooking 4. drinking 5. eating 6. sailing

G. Complete the 'ing' form.

running cutting 3. sitting 4. digging 5. putting

H. Complete the following.

1. writing 2. giving 3. shining 4. living coming leaving

I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of 'ing' words.

digging 2. playing 3. writing 4. cutting 5. shining

J. Fill in the blanks with “a, an or the “

1. An, a 2. a 3. an 4. The, a, the 5. An, the

Let us have some fun

A. Correct the spelling and rewrite the words.

elephant smile 3. orange 4. table

Lesson 3 - Clocks
Let us understand

1. Write the sounds made by different clocks as mentoned in the poem.

Ticktock, tick tock

Ding dong, ding dong
Cuckoo, cuckoo

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 2. What type of clocks does the poet talk about?
Big ones, small ones, round ones, long ones, table clocks and wall clocks.

3. Which according to the poet are the best clocks.

According to the poet, the big grandfather clock and the cuckoo clock are the best of all.

Fill in the blanks

twenty four sixty 3. minutes

Let us read

Let us read the time in these clocks.

1. 6 o'clock 2. 12 o'clock 3. 12.20 4. 11. 35 5. 2 o'clock

6. 8 o'clock

Let us write

Read the lines below, they tell you what Disha does at different times of the day.
Write answers to the questions about her activities.

What does Disha do at 6 o'clock?

A. Disha gets up at 6 o ’clock.
What does she do at 2 o’clock?
A. She comes back from school at 2 o'clock.
What does she do at 8 o'clock in the morning?
A. She goes to school at 8 o ’clock in the morning.
When does she do her homework?
She does her homework at 6 o ’clock in the evening.

Usage comes alive

1. Use the simple present tense of these words to complete the following sentences.

1.eats 2. swims sings 4. dances 5. plays

6. flows comes 8. cooks gets up sleeps

2. Write present continuous forms of the following verbs in the blank spaces.

laughing 2. talking 3. sleeping 4. singing

5. ringing 6. going 7. buying bringing

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3. Now use the above 'ing' forms of the verbs in sentences of your own.

People are laughing at the joke.

Children are talking.
The baby is sleeping in the cradle.
Sita is singing.
The peon is ringing the bell.
John is going to school.
My mother is buying vegetables.
The postman is bringing letters.

Lesson 4 - Nice words

Let us understand

A. Right Wrong

Thank you Damn

Sorry Shut up
Please Get lost
Hello Stupid
Good morning

B. Fill in the blanks with the words given below.

nice Hi, hello and how are you 3. Yuk, you stink 4. Friendly

Let us read

A. Fill in the blanks.

1. Manners 2. sorry, please and thank you

B. Write rhyming words for the following.

say - way use - choose knee

fun - run pink nice - mice

such - much must - just talk

there - where sing you - queue

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Let us write

B. 1. Read these words ending in 'le'. Choose the correct word for the given picture and write in the
blank spaces.
cradle candle 3.apple 4. kettle
2. Read these words ending in 'ck'. Choose the correct word for the given picture and write in.
the blank spaces.
duck chick 5. neck

Lesson 5 - A great cricketer

New words

Sachin Tendulkar 8. dismiss 15. captain

2. leading 9. exhausted 16. records
3. cricket 10. valuable 17. career
4. International 11. worth 18. sportsmen
5. blaster 12th century possessions
6. honoured 13. stumps
7. awards 14. coach

Let us understand

A. Fill in the blanks

many coach twice 4. right, left

B. Rearrange the letters to make meaningful words.

double 2. young 3. career 4. score 5. hour

C. Write the answer to the following questions.

Where was Sachin Tendulkar born?

Sachin Tendulkar was born in Mumbai.

2. What are the other names given to Sachin Tendulkar?

The other names given to Sachin Tendulkar are 'the little master' and 'the master'.
blaster.

What is Sachin's most valuable possession?

Thirteen one rupee coins which he received from his coach Mr. Ramakant.
Achrekar was his most valuable possession.

4. When did he score his first test century?

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 He scored his first test century at the age of 17.

Let us read

Answer the following questions.

Which games do children like to play?

Children like to play hide-and-seek, cricket, hockey or football.

What does Naina like to play?

Naina likes to play 'Blind-man's-bluff' with her friends.

3. What does the term 'blindfold' mean?

The term ‘ blindfold’ means a piece of cloth used to cover the eyes.

4. What do the other children do?

The other children run, clap and cheer the blindfolded boy and run around him.

Usage comes alive

A. Fill in the blanks with suitable pronouns.

He he They 4. I 5. I / we / they 6. me 7. He you

B. Look at the pictures and write suitable pronouns.

It 2. She 3. These 4. He 5. She

C. Use pronouns in place of the underlined nouns and rewrite the sentences.

Tara is my cousin. I love her very much.

2. When the dog saw Sohan, it began to bark at him.
3. Sachin is a cricketer. Yesterday he played so well that everybody praised him.
4. Arjun has a number of books. They are kept neatly on the shelf. He keeps
them very carefully.
5. Sunil invited Manisha for his birthday. He presented her a clock. She liked it and
thanked him for the beautiful present.

D. Rewrite the incorrect sentences correctly.

I was absent yesterday. I found a coin in the ground.

Many children were playing in the park. Nisha is going to Jaipur tomorrow.
Ravi and Raju are going to the park. My school bus is yellow in color.
6. Tell him a story.

E. Underline the correct words.

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 has 2. have has 4. have have 6. Have

Lesson 6 - My shadow
Conversation practice

Find the rhyming words and put them in the appropriate columns.

grow All bed Away

slow Ball red May
blow Autumn head play
show Tall bread way

Let us understand

Find the answers to the following questions from the lesson.

What goes in and out with the poet?

The little shadow goes in and out with the poet.

What happens when the poet jumps into the bed?

The poet can see his shadow jumping before he jumps into the bed.

3. What is funny about the shadow?

The funniest thing about the shadow is the way he likes to grow.

4. Why does the poet say that his shadow is a coward?

The poet said that his shadow is a coward because he stays so close behind him.

Let us write

A. Why do you think the shadow behaves like this?

The shadow behaves like this because of the position of the sun. In the morning, the sun is in the
east and we have a long shadow in front of us. In the afternoon, the sun is on the top of our head
and thus we have a very short shadow. In the evening, it walks with us. So, it is our best friend who
lives with us forever.

Let us read
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Read the poem and answer the following questions.

1. What does the moon look like in the first stanza?

The moon looks like a lamp in the air in the first stanza.
What does it look like when it is small?
Ans: It looks like a bow when it is small.
3. When does it look like an 'O'?
When it grows bigger, it looks like an ‘ O’.

Usage comes alive

A. Rewrite the sentences.

Where were you born?

Our school has many teachers.
We had sweets, fruits and juice at the Independence day party.
Our class has a games period on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Did you see the giraffes, zebras, and bears at the zoo?

B. Rearrange the jumbled words to make proper sentences.

All the birds on the branches are singing.

2. Where are you going?
It snows every year in Kashmir.
April, May and June are warm.

GRAMMAR

Noun: A noun is a word that is used to name a person, place, animal, or an object.
All naming words are called nouns.
Ramu is a boy.
The dog is eating a bone.

Common nouns: Words which represent common names of persons, places, animals, or things.
are called common nouns. They do not begin with a capital letter.
tree, bus, girl, river, city

Proper nouns: Words which represent special names of persons, places, animals or things are called
Proper nouns. They always begin with a capital letter.
Eg: Mohan, Delhi, Narmada, January, Monday, etc.

Singular and Plurals: Nouns which name a single thing are called singular nouns. Nouns which
Many things together are called plural nouns. Most nouns form
their plural by adding 's'.
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The nouns that end with the letters sh, ch, x, s, o form their plurals by adding 'es'.
tomatoes

Nouns that end with 'f' or 'fe' form their plurals by dropping 'f' or 'fe' and adding 'ves'.
leaves

Nouns that end in 'y' typically form their plurals by dropping the 'y' and adding 'ies'.
babies

Some nouns change the vowels to make their plurals.

men

Verb: A verb is a word that expresses action performed by the subject. All action words are verbs.
Eg : eat, write, jump, draw, drink, etc.

Action words are used with 'ing' when we are showing an ongoing action.
eating, jumping, drawing, drinking, eating, etc.

Some verbs need to double the last letter to complete their 'ing' form.
running
In some verbs ending with 'e', we drop the 'e' and add 'ing'.
Eg : give – giving, live – living, come – coming, shine – shining, etc.

Articles: The words a, an, the are called the articles.

'a' is used with the nouns beginning with a consonant sound.

I want a cup of tea.
Sita is a dancer.

'an' is used with nouns beginning with a vowel sound.

He ate an apple.
An old woman was sitting under the tree.

'the' is used to point out a particular person or thing.

The market was full of fruits.
The Gita is a holy book of Hindus.

Tenses: The tense of a verb tells you about the time of action.

Present tense: What is happening now is called Present tense. It is of two types.

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Simple present 2. Present continuous

Simple present: It shows the regular action.

Eg: runs, jumps, writes, etc.
Seema swims very well.
A baby eats slowly.

Present continuous: It shows that an action is in progress.

running, jumping, writing, etc.
The boy is running.
The man is walking on the footpath.

Pronouns: The words that are used in place of nouns. Eg: He, she, they, we, you, I, it.
'He' and 'him' are used when we talk about males.
'She' and 'her' are used when we talk about females.
'It' is used when we talk about things, animals, or birds.
'We' is used when speaking about more than one person.
'They' and 'them' are used to talk about more than one person and thing.
'You' is used when we talk to one or more persons.
'I' is used for oneself.

The use of 'has' and 'have'.

We use 'has' with singular nouns.
Roma has a new dress.
We use 'have' with words that mean more than one or with 'I' and 'you'.
The boys have many books.
I have a new bag.
Do you have my book?

Punctuation: Punctuation means the correct use of stops in a sentence. Some punctuation marks
we know are :

1. A full stop ( . ) : It is used at the end of a sentence.

My name is Ramu.
2. A question mark ( ? ) : It is used to mark direct questions.
Where are you going?
3. Capital Letters: A sentence always begins with a capital letter. We also use capital
letters when we write the special names of people and places, to represent days,
months, languages and when we talk about ourselves.
We will go at 5 o'clock today.
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 My friend Sita went to Mumbai.
I have many friends.
Jagadish saw a Hindi movie on the first Sunday of October.
4. A comma ( , ): We use a comma to separate the names of things in a senten

My grandfather, my brother and I went to the market to buy fruits.

Hail Guru Dev

MAHARISHI VIDYA MANDIR

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 CLASS II Subject: ENGLISH

SA – 1 PORTION AND MODEL PAPER 2015 -2016

PORTION - Term I lessons - 4, 5, 6, 7

MODEL PAPER

1. Fill in the blanks choosing suitable words from the help box.
2. Write the rhyming words.
3. Write the meanings.
4. Fill in the blanks with suitable pronouns.
5. Fill in the blanks using has and have.
6. Rewrite the sentences using punctuation marks.
7. Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.
8. Rearrange the jumbled words to make proper sentences.
9. Write the plurals of the following nouns.
10. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of 'ing' words.
11. Rearrange the following letters to make meaningful words.
12. Underline the adjectives in the following sentences.
One word answers.
14. Observe the picture and answer the following.
15. Questions and answers.

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