04.One Thing at a Time- Textbook Solutions

A. Answer the following.

Q1: Why is it important to focus on doing one thing at a time?
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: It is important to focus on one thing at a time because when we do, we can do it well and finish it properly. The poem says that when we do things halfway, they are not done right. So, doing one thing at a time helps us give our best effort.

Q2: Make a list of words that rhyme in the poem ‘One thing at a time’.
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  • play – way
  • might – right
  • well – tell
  • time – rhyme
  • away – play

Q3: How do you feel after finishing a task that you have done well?
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 I feel proud and happy after finishing a task well. It makes me feel good about my work and encourages me to do more tasks in the same way.

Q4: What are some of the things you do every day that help you stay calm and focused?
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 I read books, take deep breaths, and sit quietly to help me stay calm and focused every day. These activities help me concentrate better on my work.

B. Think and discuss.

Q5: What do you like doing in your free time?
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 I like playing with my friends, drawing pictures, and reading storybooks in my free time.

Let us Learn

A. Match the words with their meanings.

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Now use the words and frame meaningful sentences.

Let us Speak

Describe what everyone is doing in the picture.

Q: Using the above sentence structure, create sentences of your own. Write at least seven sentences in your notebook.
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  1. A girl is working on a computer.
  2. Two girls are going to school.
  3. A kite is flying in the sky.
  4. A woman is climbing stairs. 
  5. A woman is sitting in a chair.
  6. A camel is pulling a load.
  7. A Tortoise and a fish are there in the pond

Let us Listen

The case of missing ‘L’

 Circle the words in which you don’t hear the ‘L’ sound.

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Here’s the list of words with the ones where the ‘l’ sound is not heard (silent ‘l’) marked in bold:

  • calm
  • palm
  • balm
  • chalk
  • talk
  • calf

In these words, the ‘l’ is silent, so you don’t hear it when they’re spoken aloud. The other words (leaf, pale, jail, hall, clean, shelf, silk, plum, self) have a clear ‘l’ sound.

Let us Write

Write down your daily routine in the space given below. Tick (✓) if they are work or play.

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Now write the above routine as a paragraph.

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Let us Do

A. Guess the following riddles.
Q: Thirty white horses on a red hill, now they chomp, now they stomp, now they stand still.

Ans: The answer is teeth. 

The riddle describes teeth as white horses on the red hill (tongue or gums), chomping and stomping (chewing), and standing still (when not eating).

Q: Tall lady in a white frock, with a yellow face, and a red nose. The longer she stands, the shorter she grows.
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The answer is a candle. 

The riddle describes a candle as a tall lady in a white frock (wax), with a yellow face (flame) and a red nose (wick), and it gets shorter as it burns longer.

Q Hard and brown outside, soft and white inside…”
Ans: A coconut 

The hard brown shell and soft white flesh inside match the description.

B. Use the space to draw activities that you enjoy doing in holidays. You may also paste pictures from old newspapers or magazines.
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