Mridang Class 2 English Solutions Chapter 2 Picture Reading
Let Us Do!
Question 1. Observe the picture given below and answer the following question.
1. What do you see in the given image?
Answer: We see an image of children playing different games.
2. How many children are there in the picture?
Answer: There are 17 children
3. What games do you Play?
Answer: Do it yourself.
Let us Read!
Read the story given below and answer the questions that follow.
Out! Out!
It was a holiday. Jeet and Babli were playing. They played many games. Both of them skipped the rope. They played hide and seek. Babli and Jeet decided to play ‘bat and ball’.
Jeet got ready to throw the ball. Jeet threw the ball. Babli hit the ball. The ball went into Mohit’s garden. But his house was locked. They could not find the ball. So the game stopped.
Babli knew how to make a ball. They got a few rags, paper, and wool. Babli also brought a piece of string. She rolled rags, paper, and wool to make a ball. Then she tied the ball with a string. They liked the new ball. The game started again. This time Babli picked the ball.
Jeet picked the bat. Babli threw the ball. Jeet hit the ball hard. The ball opened up and scattered in the air! Babli jumped and caught a piece of rag. She jumped and shouted, “OUT! OUT!”
Question 2. Tick the (✓) correct option.
1. Jeet and Babli played _____ games.
- Two
- Six
- Four
- Many
Answer: 4. Many ✓
2. Jeet got_____ to throw the ball.
- Steady
- Ready
- Late
- Lazy
Answer: 2. Ready ✓
3. Hit the ball into the garden.
- Babli
- Jeet
- Mohit
- Preet
Answer: 1. Babli ✓
Question 3. State ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements.
1. Jeet and Babli were dancing.
Answer: False
2. Mohit’s house was locked.
Answer: True
3. Jeet knew how to make a ball.
Answer: False
4. The game did not start again.
Answer: False
5. Jeet got out.
Answer: True
Question 4. Read the story and number the following sentences in their correct order.
- Babli hit the ball.
- Jeet threw the ball.
- The ball went into Mohit’s garden.
- Jeet got ready to throw the ball.
- They lost the ball.
Answer:
3. The ball went into Mohit’s garden.
2. Jeet threw the ball.
4. Jeet got ready to throw the ball.
1. Babli hit the ball.
5. They lost the ball.
Question 5. Read the parts of the story and answer the following.
Babli and Jeet decided to play ‘bat and ball’. Jeet got ready to throw the ball. Jeet threw the ball. Babli hit the ball.
1. What were Babli and Jeet playing before this?
Answer: Babli and Jeet were playing hide and seek before this.
2. Write the opposite word ‘throw’.
Answer: Catch
Question 6. On the basis of the chapter answer the following questions.
1. When did Jeet and Babli play ‘bat and ball’? (On a holiday/On Saturday/On Sunday)
Answer: Jeet and Babli play ‘bat and ball’ on a holiday.
2. Where did the ball go? (Jeet’s house / Mohit’s garden / Babli’s garden)
Answer: The ball went into Mohit’s garden.
3. Who could not find the ball? (Jeet / Babli / Both Jeet and Babli)
Answer: Both Jeet and Babli could not find the ball.
4. What was used to tie the new ball? (Rubber band / String / Tape)
Answer: String was used to tie the new ball
5. Why did Babli jump? (To catch a bird / To catch a Kite / To catch a piece of rag)
Answer: Babli jumped to catch a piece of rag.
Question 7. Circle the words along with which we will use ‘an’.
- Man
- House
- Book
- Hen
- Umbrella
- Elephant
- Kettle
- Ant
- Eraser
- Well
- Ox
- Inkpot
Answer: Umbrella, Elephant, Ant, Eraser, Ox, Inkpot
Question 8. Make a sentence of your own using each of the given words.
1. Rope
Answer: I tied a rope around the pole.
2. Ready
Answer: Have you got ready, Shamshu?
3. Find
Answer: Can you find me?
4. Rolled
Answer: I rolled a piece of paper.
5. Scattered
Answer: Alina scattered the pages of the newspaper.
Question 9. Complete the following words given in the chapter.
- H_D_
- HO_ID_Y
- T_R_W
- L_CK_D
- PI_K__
Answer:
- HIDE
- HOLIDAY
- THREW
- LOCKED
- PICKED
Question 10. See the picture given below from the story and answer the questions based on it.
1. Name the children seen in the picture.
Answer: Babli and Jeet
2. What is the girl in the picture doing?
Answer: The girl in the picture is making a ball.
Question 11. Join the sentences using ‘and’. Write in the given space. One has been done for you.
Example: I like to eat mangoes. I like to eat grapes.
Answer: I like to eat mangoes and grapes.
1. I had dinner. I went to sleep.
Answer: I had dinner and went to sleep
2. The cat sat on the mat. The dog sat on the mat.
Answer: The cat and dog sat on the mat.
3. Pooja is sitting. Pooja is eating.
Answer: Pooja is sitting and eating
4. There are tables in my classroom. There are chairs in my classroom.
Answer: There are tables and chairs in my classroom.
5. This ball has yellow dots on it. This ball also has green dots on it.
Answer: This ball has yellow and green dots on it.
Question 12. Match the pictures in Column A with what they are about in Column B.
Answer: 1-B, 2-C, 3-D, 4-A