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NCERT Solutions for Class 2 English Marigold Unit 10 Chapter 1 Strange Talk and Chapter 2 The Grasshopper and the Ant for new session 2024-25 in PDF and online format. All the contents are available free to use in simple format with all the answers of exercises given in NCERT Textbooks. Books are solutions are given below to free download.
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Summary of the Poem “Strange Talk”
This poem moves around the animals and gives us knowledge about the names of the homes of different animals. This poem also tells us how the different animals talk. At last, the poet of the poem left us with the question that if all animals speak together then they would not make any noise?
Class 2 English Marigold Chapter 10 (Strange talk) Question and Answers
Who wrote the poem “Strange talk”?
L.E. Yates wrote the poem “Strange talk”.
Can you find the new words from the poem “Strange talk”?
Yes, the new words from the poem “Strange talk” are:
1. Instead
2. Lack
3. Sty
4. Kennel
5. Row
6. Meant
Make sentences using the following words: (is, are, have, has, and had)
1. She is my best friend.
2. Ram and Shyam are best friends.
3. I have 5 pens.
4. She has a very beautiful doll.
5. Ravi had a car.
Question
Are these sentences true or false?
- A little green frog said, “Quack-quack.”
- A little pig loved to make a row.
- A duck only said, “Croak-croak.”
- A pig cries aloud, “Wee-wee.”
Answers:
1. False
2. False
3. False
4. True
Question
Seema talks a lot and her brother calls her ‘talkative’. Do you think Seema should talk?
1. When the teacher is teaching in class?
2. On the playground?
3. While she is eating?
4. When mother asks her about what happened in school?
Answers
1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. Yes
Question
Complete the questions with the words in the box: (Will, can, what, how, where, when)
Answer
1. What is your name?
2. How old are you?
3. When do you play?
4. Where do you live?
Fill the correct word given in the bracket.
1. We did not _________ in the class. (shoot/shout)
2. Do you like to drink __________? (water/voter)
3. He __________ to climb the tree. (tired/tried)
4. Will you _______ help me? (pleace/please)
5. I can _________ with my eyes. (see/sea)
1. shout
2. water
3. tried
4. please
5. see
Question
Make sentences using the following words: (is, are, have, has, and had)
Answer
1. She is my best friend.
2. Ram and Shyam are best friends.
3. I have 5 pens.
4. She has a very beautiful doll.
5. Ravi had a car.
Question
Write five lines on ‘My Pet’.
Answer:
1. I have a pet dog.
2. His name is hanky.
3. He is very active.
4. I play with him in my free time.
5. He guards our house.
Summary of the Story “The Grasshopper and the Ant.”
This story is about a lazy grasshopper and hardworking ants. The grasshopper was very lazy and spent his whole time idle. That was the summer season and ants were working day and night to store the food for the winter season. The grasshopper often laughs at ants. Summer season ended and cruel winters arrived.
It started snowing. There was nothing to eat. There was snow everywhere. The grasshopper suddenly remembered that he saw his neighbor ants storing food for the winter season. At last, the grasshopper visited ants. The ants shouted on the grasshopper and called him lazy. Finally in the end, the grasshopper learned the value of hard work.
Class 2 English Marigold Chapter 10 (The Grasshopper and the Ants) Question and Answers
Find out the new words from the story “The grasshopper and the ants”.
The new words from the story “The grasshopper and the ants” are:
1. Hardworking
2. Arrived
3. Starve
4. Slammed
How did the grasshopper spend his days?
The grasshopper spent his days singing songs and playing in the warm sunshine.
Did the grasshopper find food in winter?
No, the grasshopper didn’t find food in winter.
What did the ant tell the grasshopper when he asked for food?
The ant was very angry. He called the grasshopper ‘lazy’ and asked him what were you doing in summer. Simultaneously, an ant asked the grasshopper to leave.
If you were asked to store things for the winter, what would you store? Name any three things.
I would store all warm things like socks, a warm cap, a sweater, etc.
Which season do you like the best?
I like the rainy season best.
When you hear winter and summer, what are the words that come to your mind? Write these words.
1. Summer
a. Ice-cream
b. Cotton clothes.
c. Air conditioner
d. Cooler
e. Soft drinks
2. Winter
a. Warm clothes
b. Heater
c. Coffee
d. Blanket
e. Shoes
In unit 10 (Marigold book) of class 2nd English, students can learn many things. Many skills like listening skills, vocabulary, reading skills, etc develop from this unit. Students enjoy doing this unit a lot. The poem and story in this unit are very interesting.
What does the poem unit 10 chapter 1 from class 2nd marigold tells about?
The poem tells about the animals and their different ways of talking.
How do you like the language of the poem unit 10 chapter 1 from class 2nd Marigold?
The Language of the poem is easy even the express words of the animals were easy. There some new words are used in the poem for which the words meaning are given at the end of the poem
Why does the poet think if all the animals start talking at same time there will be noise in the poem unit 10 chapter 1 from class 2nd Marigold?
The poet thinks every animal has a different way of talking and when they do a loud noise and if they will start doing it at one time. There will be loud noise that nobody would be able to understand.
What do you think the moral of the story unit 10 chapter 2 from class 2nd Marigold is?
The moral of the story is that hardworking forever pay and lazy starves.
Do you think the children can cover this story unit 10 chapter 2 from class 2nd Marigold in one day?
Children may read a little slow but I think the story is not that long that they couldn’t be able to finish as the story is quite interesting with all the pictures.
How do you think the language of the story unit 10 chapter 2 from class 2nd Marigold is?
The Language of the story is so simple and the picture is made reading the story easily but there are some words those required teacher’s attention.
Why do you think ants didn’t help the grasshopper in the story unit 10 chapter 2 from class 2nd?
The Grasshopper made fun of hardworking ants in the time when they were collected grains and food for the winter while the lazy grasshopper was making fun of them, so when grasshopper went to the neighbor to ask help, the ants refused and slammed the door.
