Lesson -2
The Swing


How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it's the Pleasantest thing Ever a child can do!

Till I look down on the garden green, Down on the roof so brown,
Up in the air I go flying again, Up in the air and down!


Up in the air and over the wall, Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all Over the countryside.

- Robert Louis Stevensen

1.  Listen and repeat

Listen to the following words and repeat them aloud:

swing         
blue  
wall  
wide 
brown
bring
glue  
call   
side  
crown
thing
clue  
tall   
ride  
down


2.  Read and learn

Read the poem 'The Swing' and fill in the blanks:

How do you like to go up in a swing .
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it's the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!


Till I look down on the garden green.
Down on the roof so brown,
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down.


3.  Word power

Write the names of the things that can be seen when going up in a swing. Find the words from the poem:


4.  Comprehension questions

Answer the following questions:

Q.1.  What is the pleasantest thing a child can do?
Ans. – A child can go up in the air with swing. It’s the pleasantest thing, which he can do.

Q.2.  What can you see while going up in a swing?
Ans. – I can see rivers, trees, cattle and garden etc.

Q.3.  What does the child see in the countryside?
Ans. – The child looks-rivers, trees and cattle in the countryside.

Q.4.  What does the child see going down the swing?
Ans. – The child looks green garden under the brown roof.

5.  What does the child see when he is up in the air?
 Ans. -

5.  Work in pairs. Talk to your friend choose the correct answer and fill in the blank spaces.
Can you? Yes, I can. / No, I can't.

1.       I can swim. Can you?    No, I can't.
2.       I can ride a bicycle. Can you?  Yes, I can
3.       I can fly a kite. Can you?  No, I can’t
4.       I can cook food. Can you?      Yes, I can
5.       I can jump high. Can you?  No, I can’t

Let's do

6.  Draw a picture of what you see when you go up in a swing and write the names of the things that you see:
Ans. – We can see the following things while going up in a swing-River, trees, cattle, garden etc.