Class 8 - L1 - Water's For

1. Water's for ...

Word Meanings -

• Water (वाटर) = पानी, जल
• To Scrub (टू स्क्रब) = रगड़ना
• To Rinse (टू रिंस) = पानी से साफ़ करना या निचोड़ना
• Shining (शाइनिंग) = चमकता हुआ
• To Shift (टू शिफ्ट) = एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान पर हटाना
• Dirt (डर्ट) = धूल, गंदगी
• To paddle (टू पैडल) = पानी में चलना, छप-छप करना  
• To splash (टू स्प्लैश) = पानी इधर-उधर उलीचना, पानी में तेज गति करना  
• Spray (स्प्रे) = पानी की बौछार
• Sleet (स्लीट) = बारिश के साथ बर्फ़बारी या हिमपात
• Wellies (वेलीस) = सड़क किनारे बने कीचड़ भरे गड्ढे   
• Squirting (स्क्वर्टिंग) = पानी की तेज धार से मारना  
• Soaking (सोकिंग) = पानी से पूरी तरह भिगो देना

Reading Comprehension

1. Complete the table, ‘‘What’s water for?’’ according to the child and the mother:

Mother	Child
washing drinking making tea cleaning bath shining a car rinsing a shirt watering tomatoes shifting the dirt	paddling in wellies squirting at brothers splashing dad, soaking sister mixing with mud to bake a pie spraying the dog catching a fly playing water games

2. Given are some situations. Imagine yourself as a 5 year old child. Tick some of the situations that you would enjoy doing:

1. Waking up some one by pouring water. (X)

2. Watering plants. (✔)

3. Jumping in rain water. (✔)

4. Washing clothes. (X)

5. Throwing water on someone. (✔)

6. Floating paper boats in tub or bucket. (✔)

7. Filling an empty bottle with water. (✔)

8. Pouring out water from one glass to another. (✔)

9. Put a paper in the water and stick it on walls or door. (✔)

10. Playing with water. (✔)

Note: The answers are just for examples. Encourage the students to do this on their own.

3. Complete the table with your own rhyming words. Pick up one from the poem:

shirt	dirt	hurt	skirt
feet	treat	heat	sleet
mad	sad	dad	had
fly	dry	try	cry
tea	sea	see	bee

4. Make a list of hobbies for which water is necessary:

i. Cooking

ii. Gardening

iii. Swimming

iv. Pottery

v. Painting

Vocabulary

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