Lesson 1: Our Beautiful World
Class 1 English (Beginners’ English-I) Full Chapter Summary & Q&A Solutions
🏫 SCERT Assam
📋 ASSEB Class 1
📖 Complete Q&A
🔤 Letters A to F
Textbook
Beginners’ English-I
Lesson Number
Lesson 1
Key Themes
Nature, Rain, Pets & Rhymes
Phonics Range
Letters A, B, C, D, E, F
🌱 Chapter Overview & Summary
In Lesson 1: Our Beautiful World, students observe their natural surroundings—trees, animals, rain, and colors (green and blue). The lesson teaches active listening through rhymes like "Rain on the Green Grass", animal noises (bow-wow, meow-meow, quack-quack), values of sharing through the story of "Monkey and the Two Cats", and introduces foundational phonics for letters A through F.
📑 Table of Contents
🖼️ 1. Picture Reading Questions & Answers (Activity 1)
Q1. What do you see in the picture?
Answer: I see trees, green grass, a cow grazing, ducks swimming in a pond, flowers, and children playing happily.
Q2. What do you see in the sky?
Answer: I see the blue sky, white clouds, and birds flying.
Q3. What is the cow doing?
Answer: The cow is eating (grazing on) the green grass.
Q4. Who is sitting under the tree?
Answer: A boy is sitting under the tree.
Q5. Where are the ducks swimming?
Answer: The ducks are swimming in the pond water.
🌧️ 2. Rainy Day Speaking Practice (Activity 3)
Q1. What do you do on a rainy day?
Answer: On a rainy day, I stay at home, look at the raindrops through the window, and make paper boats.
Q2. What do you enjoy playing in the rain?
Answer: I enjoy floating paper boats in rainwater puddles.
Q3. What do you use when it rains?
Answer: When it rains, we use an umbrella, a raincoat, and gumboots.
🎵 3. Rhymes & Recitation
A. Rain on the Green Grass:
Rain on the green grass,
Rain on the tree,
Rain on the rooftop,
But not upon me.
Rain on the tree,
Rain on the rooftop,
But not upon me.
B. Animal Sounds (Activity 13):
Bow-wow, says the dog,
Meow-meow, says the cat,
Oink-oink, goes the pig,
And squeak, goes the rat.
Chirp-chirp, says the sparrow,
Caw-caw, says the crow,
Quack-quack, says the duck,
And what cuckoos say, you know!
Meow-meow, says the cat,
Oink-oink, goes the pig,
And squeak, goes the rat.
Chirp-chirp, says the sparrow,
Caw-caw, says the crow,
Quack-quack, says the duck,
And what cuckoos say, you know!
🔤 4. Rhyming Words Practice (Activity 14)
| Given Word | Rhyming Words |
|---|---|
| Dog | Hog, Fog, Log |
| Cat | Bat, Rat, Hat |
| Crow | Know, Blow, Grow |
| Cow | Wow, How, Now |
| Day | Play, Say, May |
| Cake | Make, Bake, Take |
| Pet | Set, Net, Wet |
🐱 5. Story: Monkey and the Two Cats (Activity 8)
Bunu and Runu were two cats who found a piece of cake. They asked Golu the monkey to divide it equally, but Golu ate the whole cake bite by bite.
Q1. Who were the two cats in the story?
Answer: The two cats were Bunu and Runu.
Q2. What did Bunu and Runu find?
Answer: They found a piece of cake.
Q3. Whom did they go to for help?
Answer: They went to Golu, the monkey sitting on a tree branch.
Q4. What did Golu do with the cake?
Answer: Golu took bites from each piece pretending to make them equal, and ended up eating the entire cake.
Q5. What is the moral of the story?
Answer: We should share things amicably among ourselves and not fight, or others may take advantage.
✏️ 6. Letters A to F Phonics Words (Activity 18 & 27)
| Letter | Sound & Word Example | Meaningful Object |
|---|---|---|
| A / a | /æ/ as in Ant | Ant, Apple |
| B / b | /b/ as in Bat | Bat, Ball |
| C / c | /k/ as in Cat | Cat, Cow |
| D / d | /d/ as in Dog | Dog, Doll |
| E / e | /e/ as in Egg | Egg, Elephant |
| F / f | /f/ as in Fan | Fan, Fish |