Grammar 1

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The alphabet

Capital and small letters

These are capital letters. These are small letters.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N a b c d e f g h i j k l m no p q r s t u v w x y zO P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

All the letters from Aa to Zz are called the alphabet .There are 26letters in the English alphabet.

Say all the letters of the alphabet aloud.

Is B a capital letter or a small letter?

A Look at the letters of the alphabet below. Circle all thecapital letters.

A D e J S tc

g yL mbF w

K h p ZVn o Q r X

Capital and small letters

B Match the words in small letters to the same words incapital letters.

ant FATHERboy HOUSEcar GIRAFFEdoll CAReagle ANTfather DOLLgiraffe EAGLEhouse BOY

C Look at the letters carefully. Circle the letter that iswrongly written in each word.

kangarOojumP LongqueeN

mAngo Near osTrichicecReam

Long River

Hello. I am RamKumar.I am from JaipurMy favorite cartooncharacter isDexter.

D Now write about yourself. Begin each name with acapital letter.

Hello.I am ___________.I am from ___________.My favourite cartoon character is ___________.

The alphabet

ABC order

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Look at the order of the letters.A comes before B, C comes after B, and so on.

The small letters have the same order too.a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

h comes beforeg. Yes No

ABC order is also called thealphabetical order.

A What comes before, after and in the middle? Fill in theblanks.

Q R ........ B C.... Y Z

.... O PK .... MC D ....

.... U VU V ....G .... I

.... KL

jk....r....tb....d

s....uu....wkl....

cd........qrm....o

....yz

ABC order

B Arrange the names of these children in the correct ABCorder. Number them from 1 to 10.

Karma Luna Mary

David Sunny1 Laxmi

Chen Raju Neha

Tom

ABC order

C Arrange these animals in the alphabetical order.

beartiger

lion

horse

penguin

rhino

bear

gorilla

ostrich

dog

yak

The alphabet

Vowels and consonants

a e i o uThese five letters are vowels.All the other letters of the alphabet are called consonants.b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x y z

Is w a vowel or a consonant?

A All the words below have vowels in them. Write thevowels in the circles.

umbrella

cauliflower

zebra

violin

hibiscus

mountains

leopard

crocodile

aeroplane

brother


B All the words below have consonants in them. Write theconsonants in the squares.

tiger

dragon

needle

trousers

marigold

boxing

chocolate

helicopter

yellow

fish


C Fill in the missing vowels.

fl __ g d __ sk m __ rror

__ nion d __ ck l __ mon

kang __ roo fr __ g b __ rd

dr __ m ostr __ ch gorill__


D Fill in the missing consonants.

__ utterfly sol __ ier rai __ bow

ki __ e flo __ er tele __ ision

__ ouse ladde ____ ountain

bo __ es papa __ a __ ebra

Nouns

A Look at the picture.

Do you see an animal?Do you see something that can fly?Do you see a boy or a girl?Do you see a place to live in?Do you also see a place where ducks like to swim?

NounsB Look at the words below and look at the picture again.

Do you see them in the picture? Tick them if you seethem.

airplane boy car cat

dog duck garden girl

house log moon pond

river road sun tree

Remember!Everything that you see in the picture is anoun.

Boy is a noun. Pond is a noun.

Cat is a noun. Aeroplane is a noun.

A noun is a naming word. It names people,places, animals and other things.

Is cow a noun? Yes No

Nouns

C Look at the nouns below. Put them into the correctgroups.

ball banana boy carrot cauliflowerchair computer elephant girl horsehospital jug man mouse pandapapaya parrot pencil playground radishschool teacher temple woman zoo

people places things

animals and birds fruit and vegetables

D Now think of and write two nouns in each group.

people

places

things

animals and birds

fruit and vegetables

Nouns

Singular and plural

A Here is a vase full of beautifulflowers. How many flowers doyou see altogether?

1 2 3flower flowers flowers

9 10 11flowers flowers flowers

B Count the number of flowers and write the number inthe boxes.

marigold dahlias

roses sunflowers

lotus hibiscus

A noun can be singular orplural.Rose is a noun. It is the name of a flower.

Rose is a singular noun. It means one.Roses is aplural noun. It means more than one.

Do you say two flower or two flowers ?

Singular and plural

C Colour the correct pictures.

dog bananas

hens shirt

tents slide

house flower

Singular and plural

D Circle the correct word for each picture.

tulip tulips bag bags boy boys

dancer dancers house houses lion lions

egg eggs cup cups monkey monkeys

carrot carrots mountain mountains penguin penguins

Singular and plural

E Write S if the noun is singular and P if the noun isplural.

doctor nurses

helicopters soaps

zoo swimming pool

tree apples

We can change many singular nouns into pluralnounsby adding the letter s.

cow cow shill hill s

F Write the plural form of these nouns.

townclown

balloondriver

bean clock

camelorange

pigeonroad

Articlesa and an

anapple on atree an elephant ina car

aman with anumbrella abow and an arrow

We use afor words beginning with a consonant.

atree a caraman abow

We use anfor words beginning with a vowel.

anapple an elephantanumbrella anarrow

Is it a balloon or an balloon ? …. .………....

aand an

ananan

a an

A What is this? Tick the correct answer and copy it.

an ant a cow

a bat an ox

an owl a fan

a parrot an umbrella

an ostrich a knife

a kangaroo an axe

an ice cream a bag

a flower an envelope

aand an

anananan

B Do you use aor anbefore these words? Write youranswers in the given spaces.

____ engine ____ table

____ pencil ____ oar

____ insect ____ telephone

____ mask ____ envelope

____ inkpot ____ train

Use aor anonly with singular nouns.

a ballan orangea ballsan orangesballsoranges

C Put a tick ( ) or a ( )

an orange an eggs

a flowers a bag

a butterflies an elephants

a vase an apple

a anan

aa and an

anan

D Write the correct noun for each picture. Then write aoranbefore the singular nouns.

owl

balloons

pizza

momos

oranges

snake

arrow

star

pens

eggs

Adjectives

A Look at Karun’s family photo. Everyone looks differentin the photo. How are they different?

grandfather grandmother father mother sisterbaby brother Karun dog cat

B Match the names of the family members with the wordsthat describe them.

1. dirty grandfather and grandmother

2. thin father3. angry mother4. fat

Karun5. old

sister6. happy

baby brother7. small

cat and dog

Adjectives

dirty thin angry fat old happy smallThese words tell us about the people and animals in thepicture. They are adjectives .

An adjective is a word that tells us more about anoun.Adjectives are also called describing words.

a happy boy

Which is an adjective and which is a noun ?happy boy

C Choose an adjective from the box for each animal. Thencomplete the sentences.

(a) Look at this _________ mouse.

angry(b) Elephants are _________.

big(c) Giraffes have _________ necks.

bushy(d) It is a _________ cat.

dirty(e) A rabbit has a _________ tail.

fat

(f) A tortoise is a _________ animal.little

(g) Pigs like to live in _________ places.long

(h) Dogs are always _________ with the cats. slow

Adjectives

D Match the opposites.

1. beautiful cold

2. big heavy

3. fast low

4. fat sad

5. happy short

6. high slow

7. hot small

8. light thin19. long ugly

10. old wrong

11. right young

E Now fill in the blank spaces with the adjectives.

_________ fairy and an ugly monstera

big book and a _________ booka

fast runner and a _________ runnera

_________ cat and a thin cata

happy face and a _________ facea

high mountain and a _________ valleya

_________ day and a cold daya

_________ load and a heavy loada

a long line and a _________ line

an _________ woman and a young girl

a right answer and a _________ answer

Adjectives

Colours can also be adjectives.What do colours tell us about the nouns?Of course they tell us about their colour!

green grassblack shoeswhite shirt

F Fill in these words in the puzzle.

blue brown red yellow purple

C

O

L

O

U

R

What colour Sclothes are youwearing today?

What colour is anorange?An orange is orange!

NounsMale and female

father and mother

Is father a man or a woman?

Are you a boy or a girl?

male nouns female nouns

father motherman womanboy girl

A Match each male to a female correctly.

boys grandmother

womanfather

Ms Yadavgrandfather

uncle sister

girlsman

motherMr Yadav

queenking

brother aunt

Male and female

B Now copy the male nouns and their female nouns in thespace below.

boys and girls

C Here are some names of animals. Write Mfor male and Ffor female in the boxes.

lion cow hen nanny goat he-buffalo

lioness bull cock billy goat she-buffalo

Now write the male name or the female name for eachanimal in the picture. Use your notebook.

NounsYoung ones

Look at the animal families.Do you know what the young ones are called?

cock hen nanny goat billy goat

cow bulllion lioness

A Here are the names for the young ones. Write them inthe correct places.

calf kid chick cub

Young ones

B Whose babies are these?Match the babies with their parents.

bear1. lamb

cat2. gosling

3. chick cow

4. calf dog

5. cub duck

6. duckling goose

7. kitten hen

8. puppy horse

9. foal sheep

Young ones

C Now fill in the missing nouns. The babies are on the leftand the parents are on the right.

BABIES PARENTS

calf

hen

cub

duck

foal

goose

kitten

sheep

puppy

Nouns

Proper nouns

A Look at these two lists of nouns. How are theydifferent?

day Mondayboy Laxmanplace Kathmandubook Hello Grammar

These nouns beginThese nouns begin with awith a capital letter.small letter.

We give special names to people. The namesbegin with a capital letter.

B Give a name to these people. You can choose the namesfrom the box.Bina Dolma Rajesh RameshPopeye Dexter Teddy Freddy

Hello.I am a girl. I amMy name is _____________._____________.

Do you knowmy name?

Can you giveme a nametoo?

________________ ________________

Your name is a special name .Your name is a proper noun .

A proper noun is a special name of people , places ,animals and things .

C Here are two lists. Which is the list of proper nouns?Write proper nouns in the correct box. Then writecommon nouns in the other box.

boy Arungirl Meenaman Mr Thapacartoon Tom and Jerrypark Sankha Parkriver Bagmaticountry Singaporeday Monday

Proper nouns

D Circle the proper nouns.

girl Nima Town river

Delhi animal Jonny Bravo Sunday

story Ms Taylor mother Cinderalla

Names of the days are proper nouns too.

E Here are the seven days of the week. But they are in thewrong order. Write them in the correct order.

Friday ______________

Monday ______________

Saturday ______________

Sunday ______________

Thursday ______________

Tuesday ______________

Wednesday ______________

Pronouns

Hello.My name is Muna.I am six years old.

This is my brother .He is ten years old.

This is my mother .She is very nice. This is my father.

He is very nice too.

This is my house.It is a beautiful house. These are Tommy

and Kitty .They are our pets.

We are all veryhappy.Are youhappytoo?

Pronouns

I he she it you we they

These words are pronouns . Pronouns are words thatcan be used in place of nouns .

The pronoun I is always written with a capital letter.

A Put the correct pronoun in the blank space.

My name is Sam.HELLOI He ______ am six years old.

I have a brother .He She ______ is ten years old.

I also have a sister . SamHe She ______ is three years old.

My father is 30 years old.He She ______ goes to office.

My mother works at home.He She ______ takes care of us.

My father and mother are very nice.We They ______ love us very much.

Tina and Robin are my friends.We They ______ like to play together.

Pronouns

B Choose the correct pronouns from the box to fill in theblanks.

I you he she it they we

Hello.

Do ______ know me?

My name is Sunny.

______ am six years old.

This is my Dad.

______ is a police officer.

This is my Mum.

______ is a nurse.

I like to play with Sonia and Binu.

______ are my sisters.

This is the picture of my family.______ live in a town.

We have a beautiful house.______ is red in colour.

Adjectives

Comparisons

A rhino is a big animal. An elephant is also a big animal.

But an elephant is bigger than a rhino.

This tree is tall. This giraffe is also tall.

Which is taller ? tree giraffe .

We use adjectives to compare two people orthings. Look at these comparisons.

tall tallersmall smallerstrong strongereasy easier

Comparisons

A Circle the correct adjective for each picture.

big bigger big bigger thick thicker thick thicker

thin thinner thin thinner fat fatter fat fatter

long longer long longer wide wider wide wider

happy happier happy happier high higher high higher

high higher

fast faster short shorterfast faster short shorter

Comparisons

B Answer these questions.Which is thicker, your grammar book or your sciencebook?

_______________________________

Which is sweeter, icecream or honey?

_______________________________

Which is deeper, a well or a water tank?

_______________________________

Which is shorter, a giraffe or an elephant?

_______________________________

Which is colder, hills or mountains?

_______________________________

Which is bigger, your house or your school?

_______________________________

Who is taller, your father or your mother?

_______________________________

Which is harder, a football or a cricket ball?

_______________________________

You areWho is younger,taller, but Iyou or youram bigger.teacher?

_______________________________

Which is nearerfrom your house,your school or youruncle’s house?

______________

VerbsAction words

A Tick ( ) the things you do every day and cross out thethings you do not do.

I brush my teeth.

I wash my hands and face.

I drink milk.

I play with my pet.

I pluck flowers from the garden.

I eat my breakfast.

I help my mother.

I polish my shoes.

I read my books.

I take a bath.

I go to school.

B Read these words aloud.

brush wash drink play pluckeat help polish read take go

All these words are about what you do. Theytell us about your action.

The words that tell the action are called verbs .

Is the word come a verb? Yes No

Action words

C Some words are verbs and some words are nouns.Write V for verb and N for noun.

apple bird bring chair

cut dance door jump

run see sing talk

tree walk write zoo

D Write the correct verb for each action.

singdanceswimwalkplaydrawshoutfightteach

What do we do with oureyes?

Action words

E Write the correct verbs in the blanks.

bite clap eat hug

kick pluck smell taste

We _____________ with our arms.

We _____________ with our hands.

We _____________ with our mouth.

We _____________ with our teeth.

We _____________ with our nose.

We _____________ with our fingers.

We _____________ with our foot.

We _____________ with our tongue.

Verbsamam, isamisis

is and areareareare

amamis are

A Who is right?

I am a girl. I am a boy.

He is an artist.He is a doctor.

She is a teacher.

She is a student.

amamamamam, is

isisisis and are

areareare

are

It is a cat.

It is a rat.

They are tall.

They are short.

We are happy. We are sad.

You are in Grade 1. You are in grade 2.

amamam, is

isis and areis are

areaream

amis are

am is areThese are also verbs. They are called be verbs.

You use am with I .I am

You use is with he , she and it .He is She is It is

You use are with you , we and they .You are We are They are

You ismy friend. Right Wrong

B Use am, isor are to complete each sentence.

I ___________ reading a book.

They ___________ my father and mother.

He ___________ good at maths.

You ___________ my best friend.

We ___________ in the same class.

She ___________ a beautiful girl.

It ___________ my English book.

C Tick ( ) the correct statements.

A cow is a plant.

Elephants are big animals.

Mountains are small.

A house is a place to live in.

Usha and Tara are the names of girls.

You and I are people.

amamam, is

isis and areis are

areaream

amis are

Singular nouns take isand plural nouns take are.a cow isa house iselephants aremountains are

Two nouns or two pronouns take are.Usha and Tara areYou and I areMy friend and I are

D Circle the correct choice.

A whale is A whale are a very big animal.

Your nails is Your nails are too long.

The girls is The girls are playing

An apple is An apple are good to eat.

Laxmi is Laxmi are a a tall girl.

Pema and Dolma is Pema and Dolma are good friends.

A whale is..?!A whale are..?!

amamamamam, is

isisisis and are

areareareare

E Fill in the blanks with am, isor are.

1. We ______ watching television.

2. Rohit ______ a strong boy.

3. It ______ eight o’clock now.

4. She ______ a taxi driver.

5. Cats and dogs ______ pet animals.

6. You ______ late again.

7. My brother ______ a waiter.

8. We ______ good children.

9. My brother and I ______ in the same class.

10. Tom and Jerry ______ cartoon characters.

11. They ______ my parents.

12. He ______ our good neighbour.

I ______ in Grade 1.

Verbshavehave

hashas

havehavehave and has

hashas

A Who is saying the right thing?

I have three eyes. I have two eyes .

The boy The girl

It has two legs. It has four legs.

The boy The girl

Have and hasare verbs. They show possession.

We use have with I , you , we and they .I have You have We have They have

We use haswith he , sheand it .She has He has It has

You has ten fingers. Right Wrong

You have ten fingers. Right Wrong


hashashas

havehave

has

B Use have or has correctly to fill in the blanks.

1. He ______ a sister.2. They ______ a big house.3. She ______ a nice car.4. We ______ lots of books.5. I ______ a little brother.6. You ______ two pens.7. It ______ a long tail.8. He ______ many pencils.9. We ______ a good school.10. She ______ a grandmother.

An elephant has a An elephantlong trunk. has big ears.

have beaks too.Birds have wings. Birds

havehave

hashas


hashas

Singular nouns take has .Plural nouns take have .

an elephant haselephants havea bird hasbirds have

CChoose the correct noun from the box to fill in theblanks.

A goat Goats1. __________ has horns.A fish Fishes2. __________ has fins.

SnakesA snake3. __________ have forked tongues.

A giraffe Giraffes4. __________ has a long neck.

An owl Owls5. __________ have a large eyes.

DFill in the blanks with either have or has.

1. The boy ______ short hair.

2. Girls ______ long hair.

3. Dogs ______ sensitive noses.

4. A car ______ four wheels.

5. Aeroplanes ______ wings.

havehavehavehavehave and has

hashashashas

E Fill in the blanks with haveor has.

I ______ two brothers and two sisters.

My dog ______ a bushy tail.

She ______ a beautiful dress.

We ______ new shoes.

It ______ long ears.

Lions ______ manes.

A donkey ______ small ears.

You ______ a bottle of water.

They ______ many friends.

Mohan ______ a pet monkey.

This lion has areally big mane.

Prepositions

Where is my doll? Your doll is onthe table.

Where are myWhere are myshoes, my hat andshoes, my hat and undermy teddy bear? Your shoes aremy teddy bear? the table. Your hat is

in the bag. But I don’tsee your teddy bear.

Your teddybear isbetween thetable and thebed.

Prepositions

The words on , under , inand between areprepositions.

A preposition is a word in front of a noun orpronoun to show its relation with other words in asentence.

Here are some common prepositions.

on in under nearbehind over between in front of

The bulb is over yourThe fish is in thehead.water.

The school is in front of my She is standing near thehouse. car.

Prepositions

A Look at the pictures below. Fill in the blanks withprepositions.

The cat is jumping ________ the fire. The monkey is _________ the wall.

The snake is _________ the hole. The bus is _________ the school.

She is standing _________ the river.

The mouse is __________ the chair. The tiger is __________ the trees.

Prepositions

B Draw the pictures in the correct places.

Draw a cat on this table. Draw a tree near this house.

Draw a fish in this aquarium. Draw a ball under this chair.

Draw a flower between the two rocks.

Conjunctions

I will put this in my bag. I will now put this in my bag.

What is there in Meena’s bag?a book anda pencil.

We use andto join words. It is a joining word.

A joining word is called a conjunction.

Is the word anda conjunction? Yes No

A Look at each picture. Write what you see there usingand .

1 2

3 4

Conjunctions

B Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box.

food1. father and __________ student

mother2. teacher and __________water

3. the __________ and the stars moon

4. __________ and drink

5. air and __________

C Find words in the box that can be put together. Writethem using and .

daughter shoes night son trousersbrother black day coffee catsdogs daddy read mummy writesocks shirt sister white tea

1. son and daughter

2. ________________________________________

3. ________________________________________

4. ________________________________________

5. ________________________________________

6. ________________________________________

7. ________________________________________

8. ________________________________________

9. ________________________________________

10. ________________________________________

Sentences

These are letters.

A B D These are words.F L O Letters combine toa b d make words.f l o

cow girlgo

wants river

These are sentences.Words combine tomake sentences.

A cow eats grass.Children love sweets.

A sentence always beginswith a capital letter and endswith a full stop.

Sentences

A Can you rearrange the jumbled letters to make words?hpenaelt

It is the name of a big animal: ______________astonumni

They are taller than hills: ______________sorfet

Animals live there: _____________sfih

They love water: _____________icnelp

You have it in your bag: ______________

B Rearrange the jumbled words to make sentences. Beginwith a capital letter and end with a full stop.

1. fly birds can

_____________________________________________________

2. the live lions jungle in

_____________________________________________________

3. my me love parents

_____________________________________________________

4. is dress this beautiful

_____________________________________________________

5. open the is window

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Sentences

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