St. Lawrence Sr. Sec. School Subject- E.V.S. Class- II Lesson-2 Living With Family HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LESSON- *We live together in a house as a FAMILY. *Types of Families:- 1) Small Family or Nuclear Family:- The family in which parents and their children live together. 2) Large Family:- The family in which parents and their children live together with their grandparents. 3) Extended Family:- Grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins are members of Extended Family. 4) Joint Family:- When parents , grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins live together, it is called a joint family. *Living Together *Celebrating Together *Types of Festivals celebrated in India 1) Religious Festivals- Holi, Diwali, Eid, Christmas. 2) Harvest Festival- Pongal, Onam, Bhi, Lohri. 3) National Festivals- Independence Day, Republic Day, Gandhi Jayanti.
*HARD WORDS 1. Family 2. Nuclear 3. Extended 4. British 5. Cousins 6. Siblings 7. Celebrate 8. Religious 9. National 10. Reaped 11. Independence 12. Republic 13. Jayanti 14. Sewai 15. Gurupurab EXERCISE-1 FILL IN THE BLANKS- 1. The brother of your father or mother is called uncle. 2. The sister of your father or mother is called aunt. 3. Cousins are the children of our uncles and aunts. 4. We celebrate many festivals in India. 5. Eid is a religious festival. 6. We decorate the Christmas tree during Christmas. 7. We celebrate Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October every year.
EXERCISE-2 NAME THEM- 1. Our brothers or sisters- Siblings 2. A family group including parents, children, uncles, aunts, grandparents and cousins etc. – Extended Family 3. Festivals celebrated by people of different religions.- Religious Festivals- 4. Festivals celebrated at harvest time- Harvest Festivals. EXERCISE -3 SAY WHETHER TRUE OR FALSE- 1. All families are small. FALSE 2. An extended family has parents and children. FALSE 3. Diwali is a festival of lights. TRUE 4. Onam is the harvest festival of Kerala. TRUE 5. We celebrate Independence Day on 26 January. FALSE
EXERCISE-4 FILL IN THE MISSING LETTERS:- 1. Christmas a s 2. Fam i ly 3. L a rge 4. Co u sins 5. H a great EXERCUSE-5 UNSCRAMBLE IT-
1) HIBU – BIHU 2) NOAM – ONAM 3) ORCN – CORN 4) IDAWLI – DIWALI 5) TRHON - NORTH EXERCISE-6
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:- 1. What is extended family? Ans. It is the family group including parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins etc.
2. What are harvest festivals? Ans. Harvest festivals are celebrated at the time of harvest. Ex- pongal, onam, bhi, lohri.
3. When and why do we celebrate Independence Day? Ans. It is celebrated every year on 15 August , to celebrate our freedom from British rule.
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