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Colour and fruit words
Mridang: Unit 3, Chapter 1
GoalRead and write a colour word with a fruit word.
New words
red · the colour of a strawberrygreen · the colour of a kiwiyellow · the colour of a lemonbrown · the colour of a coconutwrite · make words with a pencil
Explanation
We can say a colour and a fruit together. A red strawberry. A green kiwi. A yellow lemon. A brown coconut. Read the words. Then write them.
Worked examples
Maryam
I see a purple fruit.
Nikhil
Is it a plum?
Maryam
No. It is a bunch of grapes.
a red cherry
a green pear
a purple plum
Colour words come before the fruit word: a red cherry, not a cherry red.
Class activity
Colour and write. Draw three fruits. Colour them. Under each picture write the colour word and the fruit word, for example: red apple. Show your friends and read the words together.
Practice
1
Look at the picture. Say the colour and the fruit.
A red apple.
2
Choose the colour word. Cherries are ___ . (red / blue)
Red.
3
Listen. Which fruit is it?
…
A pink peach.
4
Put the words in order: strawberry / red / a
A red strawberry.
5
Writing: copy ‘yellow lemon’.
yellow lemon