Chapter: Lesson 1 – When the Forest Got Friendly | Complete Answers, Activities & Grammar Solutions
Chapter: Lesson 1 – When the Forest Got Friendly
Page 1 Activities
- Match the pictures in column A with the words in column B:
(Note: Based on typical textbook associations for these images)
- Elephant: pawoo-pawoo (The sound of trumpeting).
- Water/Lake: splash-splash.
- Bird/Dove: coo-coo.
- Monkey Sounds:
- Question: Do you know that a monkey can make different sounds? Write them down.
- Answer: Monkeys make sounds like chatter, whoop, and gibber .
Page 5 Activities
- Answer the following questions:
- a) Where did Golu live?
- Answer: Golu lived with his mother in a lush, green forest .
- b) What did Golu do with the other young animals?
- Answer: Golu visited the valley to play with them and roamed the forest in search of juicy and tasty fruits .
- c) Who told Golu to be careful?
- Answer: Swarnaraj, the leader of the flock of swans, told Golu to be careful .
- d) Why was Golu frightened?
- Answer: Golu was frightened because he realized he had gone too far from home and was lost .
- e) How did the villagers help Golu?
- Answer: The villagers brought him water and sweet bananas, and guided him back to the forest .
- Say ‘True’ or ‘False’:
- a) Golu loved to explore the forest every day. — True .
- b) The flock of swans guided Golu back to the forest. — False (The villagers guided him) .
- c) Golu was glad to find his mother. — True .
- d) Golu called out for his mother loudly. — True .
- Choose the correct answer:
- a) Where did Golu often go to play?
- Answer: iii) the valley .
- b) Who is ‘you’ referred to in “We’ll help you”?
- Answer: i) Golu .
- c) Which means – “A large area of land thickly covered with trees”?
- Answer: ii) forest .
Page 6 Activities
- Words describing the forest:
- Answer: 1. Lush , 2. Green , 3. Cool , 4. Shady .
Page 7 Grammar: Phonetics
- c) Categorize the words based on sound:
- Box A (Short ‘i’ as in hill): him, ship, drink, sit .
- Box B (Long ‘ee’ as in sweet): green, keen, need, deep .
Page 8 Grammar: Punctuation
- b) Add punctuation marks and rewrite:
- i) What is the colour of swans?
- ii) Elephants like to eat fresh, sweet and ripe bananas.
- iii) Golu said to the villagers, “I am hungry. “
- iv) The forest has small flowers, green grass and tall trees.
Page 10 Grammar: Nouns
- b) Circle Countable / Underline Uncountable:
- Countable (Circle): orange, potatoes, socks, bottle .
- Uncountable (Underline): curd, honey, soup, sand .
- c) Separate Common Nouns from the paragraph:
- Countable: villagers, bananas, children, apples, oranges, vegetables .
- Uncountable: water, food, rice, hay, grass .
Page 13 & 14 Grammar: Collective Nouns
- b) Fill in the blanks:
- i) Puja gave me a bar of chocolate yesterday .
- ii) A pack of wolves howled at the moon .
- iii) A swarm of bees has made a hive in the house .
- iv) A flock of swans were swimming in the pond .
Page 14 & 15 Grammar: Past Tense
- b) Fill in the blanks with correct past tense words:
- Golu played with the other animals .
- Swarnaraj talked to Golu and warned him to be careful .
- Golu walked into the forest alone .
- The villagers helped Golu find his way back home .
- Golu’s mother thanked the villagers for their kindness .
- a) Riddle Answer:
- Answer: A Swan .
Page 16 & 17 Activities
- Rhyming Words from the poem:
- clue — blue .
- pitch — rich .
- wipe — ripe .
- brass — grass .
- b) Frame questions:
- Q1: What is the colour of the swan?
- Q2: Where is the red poppy seen?
- Q3: Which season is described here?
Page 17 Activities: Opposites
- a) Opposite Words:
- i) dry — wet
- ii) light — dark
- iii) long — short
- iv) float — sink
- v) bright — dull
- vi) big — small
- vii) hot — cold
- b) Fill in the blanks with opposites:
- i) An elephant is big but a mouse is small .
- ii) Tea is hot and ice cream is cold .
- iii) A cow has a long tail. A pig has a short tail .
- iv) The room was filled with light during the day, but it became dark at night .
Page 18: Poem Expansion
- a) Complete the poem:
- What is black? The night sky is black, twinkling stars in a pack .
- What is yellow? Daffodils are yellow, smiling bright like a happy fellow .
- What is silver? Stars are silver, twinkling brightly by a quiet river .