NCERT Solutions for Class 2 English
Chapter 20 – The Grasshopper and the Ant
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No 168:
Question 1:
hardworking,
arrived, starve, slammed
Answer
1) Hardworking: to work with energy
Example sentences: 1) My father is a hardworking family man. 2) She
is a hardworking girl.
2) Arrived: to reach at a place
Example sentences: 1) We arrived at the airport on
time. 2) He arrived at his house in the
evening.
3) Starve: to die from hunger
Example sentences: 1) My mother left me at home to starve. 2) We should not starve ourselves to get
thin.
4) Slammed: to shut something
forcefully Example sentences: 1) He slammed the door while leaving. 2)
I slammed the brakes.
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No 169:
Question 1:
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How did the grasshopper spend his days?
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Did the grasshopper find food in winter?
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What did the ant tell the grasshopper when
he asked for food?
Answer
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The grasshopper spent his days by only
singing and playing.
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No, the grasshopper did not find food in
winter.
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The ant shook in anger and scolded the
grasshopper for being lazy all the summer and not not doing any work.
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No 169:
Question 1:
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If you were asked to store things for the
winter what would you store? Name any three things.
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Which season do you like the best?
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Tell the class the story of the grasshopper
and the ant in your own language.
Answer
Disclaimer:
These are sample answers. Students are advised to write the answers based on
their own experience and observation.
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If I were asked to store things for the
winter, I would store apples, star fruit and peas.
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I like rainy season.
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No 169:
Question 1:
Circle
the words that mean the same.
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speak
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talk
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shout
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complete
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finish
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start
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small
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thin
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little
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sick
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ill
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stout
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big
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large
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fat
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Answer
Page
No 170:
Question 1:
When you hear winter and
summer, what are the words that come to your mind? Write these words in the
bubbles.
Answer
Page
No 171:
Question 1:
Letters with numbers are
given in the box. Pick up the letter under each number and replace the numbers
by writing it in the blanks. 1. The
24 153
2323211017171615eats
4 1015 7 23.
2. The
3 221223eat
2415 3 9 2223.
3.
4 9 22121615is
very
8 102011.
4.
2326 7 7 1615is
very
4 3 15 7.
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14
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8
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11
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16
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2
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24
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21
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9
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13
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5
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20
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7
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A
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B
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C
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D
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E
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F
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G
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H
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I
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J
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K
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L
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M
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22
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10
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17
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1
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15
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23
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12
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26
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19
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4
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25
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18
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6
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N
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O
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P
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Q
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R
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S
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T
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U
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V
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W
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X
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Y
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Z
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Answer
1. The G R A S S H O P P E R eats W O R M S.
2. The A N T S eat G R A I N S.
3. W I N T E R is very C O L D.
4. S U M M E R is very W A R M.
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No 172:
Question 2:
Under picture A sentences
describe what each person/animal is doing. Under picture B write down what each
is doing.
Disclaimer:
Kindly refer the textbook for the images.
Use the words ‘he’, ‘she’,
‘it’, ‘they’ instead of a lady, a man, two girls and a dog. A lady is cycling.
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A man is running.
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Two girls are playing.
_____________________________
A
dog is sleeping. _________________________________
Answer
Picture A
1) Two girls are playing
football. 2) One man is jogging in the park. 3) A dog is sleeping in the grass.
4) One girl is cycling.
Picture B
Two girls are skipping the
rope. A dog is licking milk from the bowl. A woman is cutting grass. A man is
in the cot.
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1) She is cycling. 2) He is running. 3) They are playing. 4) It is sleeping.
Page
No 173:
Question 1:
The
sun shines in the sky.
Answer
Instructions:
Join the dotted lines to form the given sentence.
