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For parents and teachers: a free printable worksheet for Class 1 · Mridang · Chapter 3: 10 exercises (tracing, missing numbers, circling, matching, counting, drawing) on A4, black and white, with the answer key on the last page. Do the read-aloud chapter first, then print this.

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Picture Time: Class 1 Mridang · Chapter 3 worksheet

Animals, rhymes and the letters h, p, m, d

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Ask a grown-up to read each question to you. Use a pencil.

  1. Exercise 1: Trace the letter h. Say: h for hen!

  2. Exercise 2: Trace the letter p. Say: p for parrot!

  3. Exercise 3: Trace the letter m. Say: m for monkey!

  4. Exercise 4: Trace the letter d: the round part first, then the tall line. Say: d for duck!

  5. Exercise 5: Write the missing letters.

    a, b, , d, e, , g, h

  6. Exercise 6: Circle the birds.

  7. Exercise 7: Join the two pictures that rhyme. Say their names aloud.

  8. Exercise 8: Count each animal. Write the number in the box.

  9. Exercise 9: Draw an animal you have seen. Tell a grown-up its name in English.

  10. Exercise 10: Write p, m and d in the boxes to make new words. Read them aloud: they rhyme with ten!

    hen, en, en, en

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Answer key for grown-ups

Picture Time · Class 1 · Mridang · Chapter 3. Check together and praise the effort, not only the answer.

  1. 1Trace the letter h. Say: h for hen!Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  2. 2Trace the letter p. Say: p for parrot!Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  3. 3Trace the letter m. Say: m for monkey!Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  4. 4Trace the letter d: the round part first, then the tall line. Say: d for duck!Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  5. 5Write the missing letters.a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h
  6. 6Circle the birds.Circle pictures 1 and 4.
  7. 7Join the two pictures that rhyme. Say their names aloud.1 → C, 2 → A, 3 → B
  8. 8Count each animal. Write the number in the box.7 fish, 3 frogs, 2 rabbits
  9. 9Draw an animal you have seen. Tell a grown-up its name in English.Any animal the child has seen, with its English name said aloud, such as a cow, a dog or a parrot.
  10. 10Write p, m and d in the boxes to make new words. Read them aloud: they rhyme with ten!hen, pen, men, den

What your child practised

  • Talking about a picture: naming animals and birds and saying what they do (a monkey eats a mango, fish swim and jump).
  • Two new rhymes: one counts fish up to ten, the other counts parrots down from five.
  • Hearing words that rhyme (frog and dog, ten and hen) and making new words with en: hen, pen, men, den.
  • Saying letters in order, finding the word little, reading animal names, and tracing the small letters h, p, m and d.