Maharashtra Board Textbook Solutions for Standard One

UNIT FIVE

Lesson 1 - We are opposites

Q1. Listen, sing and enact. 

We are opposites,

And I’ll tell you more!

I say after

And you say before.

 

I come in,

And you go out,

We are opposites,

Let’s give a shout!

 

I look up

And you look down,

I like to walk,

You run to town. 

 

I am small,

As smaller can be,

You are big

Much bigger than me. 

 

I say stop,

And you say go,

We are opposites, 

I told you so. 

 

I think it’s hot,

You think it’s cold,

I say it’s new,

You say it’s old.

 

We are opposites,

It’s like I said before, 

Think on your own, 

If you want any more.

Q2. Read aloud and say faster and faster.

 brown, frown

 dear, near

 walk, talk, chalk

 cold, old, gold 

 small, ball, all

 

Q3. Read aloud the words in the two boxes given below and find the pairs of opposite words. 

For Example : lost × found

1. after × before

2. hot × cold

3. small × big

4. up × down

5. new × old

6. left × right

7. stop × go

8. in × out

9. here × there

Q4. Look and say.

look

town

bigger

think

opposites

give

shout

anymore

smaller

said

Q5. Circle the word that does not rhyme with the rest.

(a) more, score, door, dare

Ans: dare

 

(b) go, so, do, no

Ans: do

 

(c) down, town, brown, own 

Ans: own 

 

(d) fun, ran, gun, sun

Ans: ran

 

(e) game, same, name, come

Ans: come

 

(f) bush, brush, rush, crush

Ans: bush