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For parents and teachers: a free printable worksheet for Class 1 · Mridang · Chapter 7: 10 exercises (tracing, missing numbers, circling, matching, 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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The Food we Eat: Class 1 Mridang · Chapter 7 worksheet

Food words, first sounds and claps

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

  1. Exercise 1: Trace the small letter f. Say f, f, food.

  2. Exercise 2: Trace the capital letter F, as in Food.

  3. Exercise 3: Trace the small letter m. Say m, m, milk.

  4. Exercise 4: Say food, milk, fish and mango. Write the first letter of each word.

    ood, ilk, ish, ango

  5. Exercise 5: Circle the things we can eat.

  6. Exercise 6: Join each picture to its word.

  7. Exercise 7: Say each name and clap. Circle the ones with two claps.

  8. Exercise 8: Read: These are 3 mangoes. Circle the right picture.

  9. Exercise 9: Riddle: I am red and round. I grow on a tree. Circle me.

  10. Exercise 10: Draw your family's special dish. Tell a grown-up its name.

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Answer key for grown-ups

The Food we Eat · Class 1 · Mridang · Chapter 7. Check together and praise the effort, not only the answer.

  1. 1Trace the small letter f. Say f, f, food.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  2. 2Trace the capital letter F, as in Food.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  3. 3Trace the small letter m. Say m, m, milk.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  4. 4Say food, milk, fish and mango. Write the first letter of each word.food, milk, fish, mango
  5. 5Circle the things we can eat.Circle pictures 1, 3 and 5.
  6. 6Join each picture to its word.1 → C, 2 → A, 3 → B
  7. 7Say each name and clap. Circle the ones with two claps.Circle pictures 1 and 4.
  8. 8Read: These are 3 mangoes. Circle the right picture.Circle picture 2.
  9. 9Riddle: I am red and round. I grow on a tree. Circle me.Circle picture 2.
  10. 10Draw your family's special dish. Tell a grown-up its name.Any dish from home, with its name said aloud.

What your child practised

  • Naming foods and meals in English, and saying what is in a lunch box.
  • Sharing food, saying thank you, and knowing where food comes from: farmers, cows and bees.
  • Hearing the first sound of a word, and writing the letters f and m.
  • Clapping the parts of a word: fish has one clap, lad-doo has two.
  • Reading short words and sentences: This is a mango. These are 3 mangoes.