Food, Sharing & Syllables: Sharing Lunch at Half-Time - Class 1 English Worksheet
Read a story about sharing lunch, say where honey, milk and butter come from, clap the parts of words and solve food riddles.
Learning Objective
Read a short story about sharing food, know that honey comes from bees and milk from cows, say thank you, clap one- and two-syllable words and solve simple riddles.
Skills Practised
- Sharing and thank you
- Where food comes from
- Syllables
- Riddles
- This is / These are
- Sight words has and have
The Food We Eat
It is lunch time at school. The children open their lunch boxes. One child has poori with aloo sabzi. Another has roti with sabzi. One has fruits. One has idli with chutney. One has chilla. One has gobhi paratha. But one girl says, "My mother is sick. No lunch for me." Her friends share their food. One says, "Have my paratha." Another says, "Take my chilla." The girl says, "Thank you!" and she is smiling. Where does our food come from? We eat vegetables and fruits that farmers grow. Some farmers keep bees. We get honey from bees. Some farmers keep cows. We get milk from cows. We make curds and butter from milk. We should say thank you to farmers.
Preview Questions
Q1. At half-time the children share lunch. One friend says, "Have my paratha." Another friend says, "Take my ___."
- roti
- poori
- idli
- chilla
Q2. Why does the girl have no lunch?
- It is a holiday.
- She lost her boots.
- Her bag is lost.
- Her mother is sick.
Q3. The girl is happy when her friends share. What does she say to them?
- Thank you
- Good night
- Sorry
- Namaste
Interactive Story Mission
Join Coach and Pariskhit for a 10-minute football training story. Children work through 12 activities with big buttons, kind feedback, hints when they get stuck, and a badge and stars at the end.
- The Lunch Story: Put the story in order.
- Who Says Thank You: Think of the story.
- Sharing Food: Think of the story. Pick the missing word.
- What the Bee Makes: Tap what the bee makes for us.
- What the Cow Gives: Tap what the cow gives us.
- Fruit or Milk Food: Look at each picture and word. Where does it belong?
- Only One Clap: We clap once for each part of a word. Man-go has two parts, so two claps. Tap the word that has only one part, so only one clap.
- Riddle Time 1: Read the riddle. Pick the answer.
- Riddle Time 2: Read the riddle. Pick the answer.
- Count and Choose: Look at the picture. Pick the right sentence.
- Fill the Gap: Read the sentence. Pick the missing word.
- Meals of the Day: Put the meals in the order of the day.
Note for Parents & Teachers
This follows the NCERT Class 1 English lesson The Food We Eat (Mridang): lunch boxes and sharing, saying thank you to farmers, honey from bees, milk from cows, curds and butter from milk, clapping one- and two-part words (food, farmer, carrot, market, mango, breakfast, dinner) and riddles (orange, coconut, onion, grapes). Share a meal together and say thank you to the cook.