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Helpers in the kitchen
Mridang: Unit 3, Chapter 1
GoalRead a short text about helping at home.
New words
wash · clean with watercut · use a knife to make pieces (a grown-up does this)stir · move food round and roundhealthy · good for the bodydinner · the meal we eat in the evening
Explanation
Read the text about Veena. She helps in the kitchen. She washes the carrots. Her grandfather cuts the onions. Her brother stirs the dal. Then the family eats dinner.
Veena helps in the kitchen.
She washes the carrots.
Her grandfather cuts the onions.
Her brother stirs the dal.
Now dinner is ready!
Worked examples
Questions about the text. Who washes the carrots? Who stirs the dal?
Look at the picture. We wash vegetables with water from the tap.
Say: I help at home. I wash. I stir. I do not use a sharp knife.
Class activity
Kitchen helper. With a grown-up, help in the kitchen. You can wash vegetables, tear leaves or stir with a big spoon. Say what you do: ‘I wash the ... . I stir the ... .’ Always keep away from knives and hot pans.
Practice
1
Who cuts the onions in the text?
Veena’s grandfather.
2
What does Veena wash?
The carrots.
3
Look at the picture. What do we use to stir?
A spoon.
4
Listen. Who helps?
…
Grandma.
5
Writing: finish the sentence. I help at ___ .
Home.