Maharashtra Board Textbook Solutions for Standard One

UNIT SEVEN

Lesson 3 - The Egg

Q1. Look, listen and read.

Ans: Student must read the lesson on page 67.

 

Q2. Look and say.

baby

parrot

mummy

comfortable

wrap

remember

gulp

angry

eggshell

hatch

sister

edge

Q3. Who lived in the nest?

Ans: Baby Parrot lived in the nest.

 

Q4. What did the Baby Parrot remember?

Ans: The Baby Parrot remembered the egg.

 

Q5. ‘‘Now you’ve got a new baby sister to play with!’’ Who said this?

Ans: Mummy Parrot said this to Baby Parrot.

 

Q6. Add words to the following to make longer phrases.

Example :

– a parrot
– a baby parrot
– a baby parrot in a nest

 

1. egg

Ans:
egg
A crow’s egg
A crow’s egg is in the nest.

 

2. mummy

Ans:

mummy
My mummy cooks
My mummy cooks delicious food.

 

3. monkey

Ans:

monkey
A monkey is
A monkey is swinging on the tree.

 

Q7. Write one line each about the characters you have met in the story.

Ans:

1. Mummy parrot – Mummy parrot went out to find some food.

2. Baby parrot – Baby parrot was caring and responsible.

3. Monkeys – The monkeys were playing on the tree.

4. New baby sister – The new baby sister popped out of the broken eggshell.

 

Q8. Find the small words hidden in the big words.

1. comfortable

Ans: for, table, able, comfort, fort, come, rat.

 

2. eggshell

Ans: egg, shell, he, she, hell, see.

 

3. monkey

Ans: key, money, me, on, no, my.

 

Q9. Find out the words from the story which contain blends (double letters) in their spellings.

For Example :

1. parrot

 

Ans:

2. Mummy
3. Little

4. Egg
5. Shell

6. Wrapped
7. Food

8. Look
9. Peered

10. Good
11. Trees

12. Popped
13. Suddenly

14. All