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Practice Work (Session 2019-20) Practice Work (Session 2019-20) Note : All the work needs to be done in their respective practice notebook . 1 Dashmesh Public School Shalimar Garden (2019-20) Class – II Subject – English Question Bank -Level 1(based on July UT-1) GRAMMAR 1. Unjumble the given singular words and then make their plural forms using s/es/ies accordingly :- Jumbled Words Singular Plural Ex- apml palm palms a. omsue b. otamot c. oollabn d. tgrie e. husoe f. teer g. bdir h. sroty i. enbch 2. Categorize the words given below as common nouns or proper nouns. Begin the proper noun with a capital letter. park week flower magazine august monday player ganga wednesday delhi festival dhoni school rohit 3.Write the feminie gender for these nouns. a. boy f.bull k. man p. grandfather b. uncle g. uncle l. king q. brother c. father h. father m. hero r. nephew d. husband i. husband n. prime s. landlord e. dog j. god o. cock t. horse 2 VOCABULARY 1. Make sentences with the words given below. smart , clouds , people , listen , passengers , precious , excited , journey, kind, friend, help, empty, fresh, grow, listen, clothes,watch, enjoy, surprise, play, together 2. Fill in the blanks from the box to express your feelings. scared excited lonely proud How do you feel when-- a. You are going for a picnic _____________. b. You hear thunder ____________. c. You won a prize _____________. d. No one talks with you ___________. 3. Tick the sentences that make sense and cross the ones that do not. a. Over the bridge. g. Riya has gone away. b. It is raining. h. Sheenu, Jai, rohit c. He caught the rat. i. The boys are playing the match. d. Behind the bush. j. My blue shirt. e. The sky is blue. k. It is raining. f. Ana’s new friend. l. Who are you ? READING SKILLS * Read the passages and answer the questions:- PASSAGE-1 The Boat Parade The boats are floating along the lakeshore. It is summer and boat parade is the best part of it . There are motor boats, row boats and sail boats. Jessica's favourite is the yellow motor boat with the flag. The row boat is decorated with flowers which is Liza's favourite. Tony likes the purple sail boat. The boats float by one at a time. The people on the boats waive at the crowd. The crowd cheer the boats. The boat parade is so much fun to watch. 1. Where are the boats floating ? 2. What kinds of boats are there? 3. Which is Liza's favourite boat? 4. What is the best part of the summer? 5. Make sentence with 'fun'. 3 4 5 6 Writing Skills Q1. Write some sentences on the given topic and make a poster on it. Green Earth - Clean Earth Q2. A train journey is longer than a flight. List ten things you would do to make your train journey more interesting. Q3. Write about the journey you went on. Write a short paragraph in 40-50 words using hints :- HINTS :- Where and when did you go? How did you go? Who did you go with? What did you take with you ? Did anything interesting happen on the way ? Life Skills Q1. Suppose a shopkeeper gives you more change than he should have given. What would you do ? Explain in 20-30 words. Q2. To have an able body is a gift in itself. Many children in this world do not have this gift. Make a list of at least ten things that you can do because of this gift, and ten things that you could not have done if you did not have this gift. 7 Subject – Mathematics Q1. Write the number and number names of the following: 1. 9 tens and 3 ones : ________________________________________________ 2. 8 tens and 6 ones : ________________________________________________ 3. 3 hundreds 2 tens and 8 ones : ______________________________________ 4. 2 hundreds 1 tens and 1 ones : ______________________________________ 5. 7 hundreds 8 tens and 9 ones : ______________________________________ Q2. Look at the colour codes shown below. Write the expanded form of the given number and draw the codes for them. One has been done for you. Hundreds = tens = ones = 234 200 + 30 + 4 2 hundreds + 3 tens + 4 on i) 684 ______ + ______ + ______ ______ hundreds +_______ tens_______ ones ii) 342 _______ + _______ + ________ ______ hundreds + _______ tens + ones iii) 265 ______ + _______ + ________ ______ hundreds + _______ tens +______ ones iv) 371 ______ + ______ + _______ 8 ______ hundreds + ______ tens + _____ ones Q3. Arrange the number in ascending order: i) 275 527 490 175 ii) 336 363 276 227 iii) 901 910 909 109 Q4. Tick the greatest number and cross the smallest number in each set. a) 531, 231, 294 b) 192, 107, 150 c) 177, 432, 123 d) 425, 287, 508 Q5. Fill in the blanks: a) What comes after ? 320 , _____ , _______. b) What comes before ? ______, _____, 700. c) What comes before and after ? ____, ____, 487 ____, ______. d) What comes in between ? 833 , _____, _____, _____, 837. e) What comes before and after ? _____, 382, _____. Q6. a)Continue the pattern by counting in 2s and write the numbers in the boxes. 125, 127, 129, _____,_____,______,______,______,______,_____ b) Continue the pattern by counting in 5s and write the numbers in the boxes. 555, 560, 565,_____,_____,_____,______,______,______,_____ c) Continue the pattern by counting in 3s and write the numbers in the boxes. 770 , 773, 776,_____,_____,_____,_____,______,_____,_____ Q7. Write the face value and the place value of the underlined digits in the given numbers. One has done for you. NUMBER FACE VALUE PLACE VALUE 1 5 9 5 50 5 7 8 9 4 7 6 8 3 8 5 6 9 1 2 9 Q8. Compare the following numbers and put > , < or = in the boxes. i) 215___ 217 v) 212 ___ 221 ii) 98 ___ 89 vi) 376___ 367 iii) 179 ___ 179 vii) 124___ 242 iv) 306 ___ 360 viii) 109 ___109 Q9. Colour the clouds with even numbers in orange and odd numbers in pink:- 66 23 31 58 92 29 97 54 20 Q10. Form the greater and the smaller numbers using both the given digits. DIGITS GREATER SMALLER 4 and 7 8 and 2 6,1 and 7 4, 3 and 5 Q11. Fill in the blanks: a) The smallest 1-digit number is _______________. b) The smallest 2- digit number is _______________. c) The greatest 3-digit number is _______________. d) The greatest 1-digit number is _______________. e) The smallest 3-digit number is _______________. Q12. Arrange the number in descending order: a) 124 109 98 245 b) 540 405 504 450 c) 325 245 254 425 10 Subject- EVS Q1. Fill in the blanks :- a) ________ are activities carried out in free time. b) Hobbies are related to _________ interest. c) Hobbies can be done __________ as well as __________. d) Our _________ of the body helps us to do different things. e) The _________ recieves messages from different parts of our body. f) The waste passes out of our body in the form of ____________. g) The stomach __________ and _________ the food we eat. h) We should eat _________ food to keep our stomach healthy. Q2 Identify the hobbies :- a) Rohan likes to write poems in his free time. His hobby is ________. b) Meera enjoys collecting stamps in her free time. Her hobby is ________. c) Sonal has a sweet voice. She feels very happy when she sings. Her hobby is _________. d) Mr. Raj catches fishes from the sea. His hobby is ______________. e) Pankaj likes to click photos. He owns a photo studio. His hobby is ________. f) Vinay thinks of excellent ideas of making new things out of waste materials. His hobby is __________. Q3. Write true or false:- a) Hobbies help us to relax. b) All people have the same hobby. c) The brain pumps blood to all parts of the body. d) Exercising regularly helps to keep he heart strong. e) The lungs help us in breathing. f) We should drink less water to keep the kidneys healthy. Q4. Which part of the body am I? a) I help you to think and memorise. b) I am present inside the chest and protected by the ribcage. c) I am just about the size of a closed fist. d) I filter out the waste from the blood. e) I am just like a bag and I store the food inside me. f) I am black and white but I help you to see the beautiful colours of the world. g) I come in pair and enjoy listening to music. h) I stand alone in the middle of your face. I like the fragrance of flowers. Q5. Give two examples of each:- a) Internal organs- b) External organs- 11 c) Sense organs- d) Indoor hobbies- e) Outdoor hobbies- Q6. Write the numbers of the following organs:- a) Kidneys - e) Ears- b) Stomach- f) Lungs- c) Eyes- g) Brain- d) Nose- h) Heart- Q7. Circle the odd one out:- a) skatting knitting singing bathing b) eyes ears kidneys nose c) heart stomach hands brain d) hobbies see hear smell Q8. Answer the following questions:- a) What do you understand by the term hobby? b) Why should we develop hobbies? c) Can a hobby become a career? d) What are internal organs? e) What are external organs? f) How do our lungs help us? g) Write the function of each sense organ? h) How do our heart helps us? i) How should we keep our heart healthy? 12 Subject- Computer Q1.
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