Poem: It is Fun - Animal Warm-up - Class 2 English Worksheet
Read the poem It is Fun, learn the action words leap, climb, hop, swim, trot and fly, and practise a and an with the sound i and rhyming words.
Learning Objective
Read a short poem, match animals to their actions, use action words in sentences, read the Song of I, use a and an with the sound i and find rhyming words.
Skills Practised
- Poem questions
- Action words
- Animals and actions
- Song of I
- A and an
- Rhyming words
It is Fun
It's fun to be this, it's fun to be that, to leap like a lamb, to climb like a cat. To hop like a frog, to swim like a fish, to trot like a horse, to fly like a bird. I can act just like them all. It's fun to be this, it's fun to be that. Song of I: I is both a letter and a word (clap clap clap). Even though they look the same, you use I and not your name. I is both a letter and a word (clap clap clap).
Preview Questions
Q1. In the poem “It is Fun”, which animal can leap?
- a lamb
- a frog
- a cat
- a fish
Q2. In the poem “It is Fun”, which animal can climb?
- a cat
- a lamb
- a horse
- a bird
Q3. In the poem “It is Fun”, which animal can hop?
- a fish
- a frog
- a horse
- a lamb
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 Poem Lines: Put the animals in the order of the poem.
- Finish the Poem: Think of the poem. Pick the missing word.
- Fun to Be: Drag the missing word into the goal.
- Warm-up Step: Coach says: Hop like me! Tap the animal that hops.
- Water or Sky: Look at each picture and word. Does it swim or fly?
- Flower to Flower: Read the sentence. Pick the action word.
- On the Ground: Read the sentence. Pick the action word.
- On the Hill: Read the sentence. Pick the action word.
- A or An with I: Look at each picture and word. Do we say a or an?
- Song of I: Think of the Song of I. Pick the missing word.
- Find the Rhyme: Rhyming words end with the same sound.
- Build the Line: Put the words in order to make a line of the poem.
Note for Parents & Teachers
This follows the NCERT Class 2 English lesson It is Fun (Mridang): the poem about leaping like a lamb, climbing like a cat, hopping like a frog, swimming like a fish, trotting like a horse and flying like a bird; the animal and action match (snake crawls, monkey swings, squirrel runs); the Song of I; and the vowel sound i (an inch, an inkpot, an igloo; a pin, a ring, a ship). Act out the animals together and say what each one can do.