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Fruit or vegetable?
Mridang: Unit 3, Chapter 1
GoalSort food into fruits and vegetables.
New words
vegetable · a plant food we usually cookcarrot · a long orange vegetableonion · a vegetable with many layerspotato · a vegetable that grows under the groundgarlic · a small vegetable with a strong smell
Explanation
Fruits and vegetables are good for us. Fruits are often sweet. We usually cook vegetables. An apple is a fruit. A carrot is a vegetable. We should eat some every day.
Worked examples
Fruit is sweet.
Vegetables go in our dal and sabzi.
Look. These are vegetables.
Why do we eat fruits and vegetables? They help us grow strong and healthy.
Class activity
Sorting game. With a grown-up, bring fruits and vegetables from the kitchen. Wash them first. Put the fruits in one place and the vegetables in another. Say each name. Which group has more?
Practice
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Is this a fruit or a vegetable?
A fruit.
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Is this a fruit or a vegetable?
A vegetable.
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Which is a vegetable? (mango / potato)
A potato.
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Why do we eat fruits and vegetables? Say one reason.
They keep us healthy and strong.
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Writing: finish the sentence. I eat a ___ . (a fruit)
Any fruit, for example: I eat a banana.