NCERT Solutions Class 1 English Chapter 7 the Food We Eat

F R E E S T U D Y M AT E R I A L F O R E V E R Y S T U D E N T

CLASS 1 · ENGLISH

NCERT Solutions
Aa
Chapter 7: The Food
we Eat

NCERT Textbook — Mridang

BOOK PAGES SECTIONS QUESTIONS MEDIUM

98 – 105 10 30 English

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C L A SS 1 · E N G L I S H · MR IDA N G
NCERT So ut ons — C apt r 7: T Foo w Eat
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This chapter is about food. Children share their lunch at school.

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S EC T I ONS QU E ST I ONS
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Let us read — Page 98–99 s
A p tur story. C
ic e hild er n eat lunch at school.
L E T US R EAD

Story Let us read

Page 98. Children sit on a mat at school. They eat lunch from their boxes. They say:
I have poori with aloo sabzi.

I have roti with sabzi.

I got idli with chutney.

I have brought gobhi paratha.

I have fruits.
I got Godok.

I have chilla in my box.

Page 99. A girl stands near them. A boy sits with his box.
My mother is sick. No lunch for me.
Have my Paratha

Take my chilla
Thank you!

Read each bubble aloud.
The children eat lunch at school. One girl has no lunch. Her friends share with her.

Tip: Use the new words: “Today the girl is smiling.ˮ

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Answer the questions — Page 99
Talk about your own lunch.

1 Answ er the questions
1. Where do you sit when you have lunch at school?

Say where you sit to eat.
The children in the story sit on a mat.

Sample answer: I sit in my class with my friends.

2 Answ er the questions
2. How do you share your food with your friends?

Give some of your food to a friend.
In the story a boy says Take my chilla
, , “ .ˮ

Sample answer: I give my friend one roti.

3 Answ er the questions
3. When you were hungry, did anyone share food with you?

Say yes or no. Then say who.

Sample answer: Yes. My friend gave me her idli.

Let us read — Page 100

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A. T n o wor s or t
hi k f d f he pictures and read aloud. The lines about milk have no pictures.
L E T US R EAD

Q1 A. Think of words for the pictures and read aloud

We ea t adn

w a
hich f rmers grow.

The sentence, with two pictures.

We eat fruits and vegetables which farmers grow.
Point to each picture as you read.

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Some farmers kee
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The sentence, with a picture.

m as e
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The picture is a beehive. Bees live in it. You cam a s
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Q4 A. Think of words for the pictures and read aloud

Some keep .

The sentence, with two pictures.

Some farmers keep cows.
We get milk from cows. We make curds and butter from the milk.

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Q5 A. Think of words for the pictures and read aloud

We should say thank you to ‘ ʼ

.

The sentence, with a picture.

We should say ‘thank youʼ to farmers.
Farmers work hard. They grow our food.

Tip: Do not waste food.

Let us speak — Page 101

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Look at the picture. Then talk.

L E T US SP EA K

(a) a Name the food items you see in the picture.
( )

Fourteen plates of food.

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idli, soup, samosa, poori and sabzi, paratha, dosa, gujiya, laddoo, rice and dal, cupcakes,
jalebi, momos, roti, saag and roti

idli samosa

soup

poori and sabzi paratha

dosa

ujiya and laddoo
g rice and dal

poori and sabzi

c upcakes jalebi

momos

roti saag and roti

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Each plate with its name.
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( b) b Which is your favourite sweet?
( )

Fourteen plates of food.

Say the name of your sweet.
The picture has laddoo, gujiya and jalebi.

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Sample answer: My favourite sweet is jalebi.

( c) c Who cooks food at home?
( )

Say who cooks at your home.
Say thank you to them.

Sample answer: My papa cooks food at home.

(d ) d
( ) Do you p ick up your plate after a meal?

Say yes or no.
After you eat, pick up your plate. Put it in its place.

Sample answer: Yes, I pick up my plate.

Let us do — Page 102

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B. Mat tch he f ood item to its shape
L E T US D O

B B. Match the food item to its shape

Three foods on the left. Three shapes on the right.

roti – circle, bread – square, samosa – triangle

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Each food joined to its shape.

A roti is round A samosa has three corners
. .

Let us draw — Page 102
Special dishes at home

L E T US D R AW

1 1.Say the names of the special dishes you eat at home.
Draw and colour them. See what others have drawn.

Say the names. Then draw and colour them.
Look at your friendsʼ drawings too.

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Sample answer: We eat kheer on my birthday.
m as e
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Say the word and clap once.

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A.2 Fun w ti h Words
A. Listen to the following words that your teacher will read out. Notice that they have

only one syllable.

Say the word and clap once.

hut eat mat
Row 2 of the words.

hut, eat, mat: one clap each.
Say hut. Clap once.

Tip: mat and cat sound alike at the end.

A.3 Fun w ti h Words
A. Listen to the following words that your teacher will read out. Notice that they have

only one syllable.

Say the word and clap once.

go come sit
Row 3 of the words.

go, come, sit: one clap each.
Say go. Clap once.

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Let us speak — Page 103
Fun w t Wor s. B. Wor s w t two sy a
i h d d i h ll bles
L E T US SP EA K

B.1 B.Now say these words.
These words have two syllables. Say each word aloud and clap for every syllable of the
word.

a
f rmer a
f r e
m r

The word, then its two parts.

far – mer
Clap two times A farmer grows food
. .

B.2 B.Now say these words.
These words have two syllables. Say each word aloud and clap for every syllable of
the word.

carrot car rot

The word, then its two parts.

car – rot
Clap two times A carrot is a vegetable
. .

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B.3 B.Now say these words.
These words have two syllables. Say each word aloud and clap for every syllable of
the word.

market mar ket
The word, then its two parts.

mar – ket
Clap two times We buy food at the market
. .

B.4 B.Now say these words.
These words have two syllables. Say each word aloud and clap for every syllable of
the word.

brinjal brin jal
The word, then its two parts.

brin – jal
Clap two times A brinjal is purple
. .

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B.5 B.Now say these words.
These words have two syllables. Say each word aloud and clap for every syllable of
the word.

mango man go
The word, then its two parts.

man – go
Clap two times You know both parts man and go are in part A
. ! .

B.6 B.Now say these words.
These words have two syllables. Say each word aloud and clap for every syllable of
the word.

breakfast break fast
The word, then its two parts.

break – fast
Clap two times We eat breakfast in the morning
. .

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These words have two syllables. Say each word aloud and clap for every syllable of
l as
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dinner co m din ner
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The word, then its two parts.

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Clap two times We eat dinner at night
. .

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Match the following image

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The book numbers this task 2.

2 2. Match the following images to the sentences.

This cow is brown.

These are four oranges.

This is a purple cap.

This is my lunch.

This is a green jeep.

Five pictures on the left. Five sentences on the right.

Draw a line from each picture to its sentence.

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This cow is brown.

These are four oranges.

This is a purple cap.

This is my lunch.

This is a green jeep.

Each picture joined to its sentence.

Look for the colour. Count the oranges: 4.

Let us do — Page 105

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Riddles. The book gives the answers on page 118.

L E T US D O

1 Riddles
1. I am a fruit. My name is my colour.

Who am ? I

Answ er: ________

Orange

A picture of the answer.

An orange is a fruit Orange is a colour too
. .

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2 Riddles
2. I am hard and brown on the outside.

Soft and white inside.
Who am ? I

Answ er: ________

Coconut

A picture of the answer.

A coconut is brown outside It is white inside
. .

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If you cut me, I make you cry.

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4 Riddles
4. I am a fruit. I come in green or purple.

I come in a bunch.

Who am ? I

Answ er: ________

Grapes

A picture of the answer.

Grapes grow in a bunch .

Chapter at a glance
Children eat lunch at school They share their food
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Farmers grow our food We say thank you to them
. .

We name many foods: idli, dosa, roti, jalebi.
A roti is round. A samosa is a triangle.
We clap for each part of a word: far–mer. We solve riddles.

Quick revision

WORD WHAT IT MEANS IN THE CHAPTER USE IT
lunch The food we eat at school, in No un l ch f or me. I e at un l ch with my
the day. f ier nds.

share Give some of yours to a Ta ke my chilla I share my roti.
friend.

thank you We say it when someone helps T an you
h k ! T an you or t
h k f he

us. parat a h .

sick Not well. My mot her is sick. Istay home when I
am sick.
f ruits Food like mangoes, oranges I h av e f ruits. I e at ru ts
f i .

and grapes.

h av e It is with me. I h av roti w t
e i h I h av two rot s
e i .

s abzi.

today · smiling Today: this day. Smiling: a N w wor s ox
e d b , I am sm n to ay ili g d .

happy face. pa ge 99

from · for · them · their · they Sight words. Read them in one W e ge t milk from S he h as a man o g .

· has · she look. c ows.

f arm re A person who grows food. which farmers grow F arm rs e kee p cows.

r
ci cle · square · triangle Shapes. Pa ge 102 A roti is a circle.

syllable One beat of a word. Clap once ar
f + mer mango has two
for it. claps.

riddle A guessing game. Pa ge 105 W o am
h I?

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