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Word families and actions

Week 17 · Unit 2: The Cap-seller and the Monkeys · 3 lessons
2

Listen and do

Mridang: Unit 2, Chapter 2
GoalUnderstand and do action words.
New words
open · make a door or box not shutclose · shut a door or a boxpull · hold and bring to youpush · press and move away from youpass · give to someone
Explanation

Action words tell us what to do. Open the door. Close the window. Pull the rope. Push the chair. Pass the cup. Listen to the words, then do the action. Say please when you ask.

open the doorclose the windowpull the ropepush the chair
Worked examples

Open the window.
Close the door.
Pull the rope.
Push the chair.
Pass me the cup, please.

Listen and do. Do each action.
Mother

Please open the window, Arjun.

Arjun

Yes, Mother.

Mother

Now push the chair to the table.

Arjun

I push the chair. Done, Mother!

Listen. A mother and her son clean the room for Diwali.
Say an action to a friend: Please ... the ... .
Class activity

Listen and do. A grown-up gives actions: ‘Open your hand. Close your eyes. Pass me a spoon. Pull your sock. Push the door slowly.’ You do each action. Then you give the actions and the grown-up does them.

Practice
1
Listen. What must you do?

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2
Look at the picture. A grown-up says: ‘Open it.’ What do you do?
3
Look at the picture. A grown-up says: ‘Close it.’ What do you close?
4
Say the missing word: ___ the rope to you. (Pull / Push)
5
Writing: copy ‘Open the door.’