Chapter 6: Fun with Pictures (Unit 3 – Food)
Pictures tell us a story without using words. In this chapter, we look at pictures of food and practise saying what we see. We also learn new words for the things we eat every day.
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Key Concepts
Looking at a picture: A picture can show people, places, animals, or things. When we look carefully, we can answer questions like "What is this?" and "What colour is it?"
Food words: Words that name things we eat are called food words. Examples: apple, rice, milk, bread, banana, mango, egg, roti.
Asking and answering: We can ask "What do you see?" and answer "I see a ___." We can ask "What colour is it?" and answer "It is ___."
Describing food: We use simple words to describe food, such as sweet, sour, red, yellow, round, and long.
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Worked Examples
Look at a picture of an apple.
Question: What do you see?
Answer: I see an apple.
Question: What colour is it?
Answer: It is red.
Look at a picture of a bunch of bananas.
Question: What shape is a banana?
Answer: A banana is long and curved.
Question: What taste does a banana have?
Answer: A banana is sweet.
Look at a picture of a glass of milk.
Question: What do you see in the glass?
Answer: I see milk.
Question: What colour is milk?
Answer: Milk is white.
Look at a picture showing rice on a plate and dal in a bowl.
Question: Name the two foods in the picture.
Answer: The two foods are rice and dal.
Look at a picture of a mango.
Question: What fruit is this?
Answer: This is a mango.
Question: What colour can a ripe mango be?
Answer: A ripe mango can be yellow or orange.
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Common mistakes
Children sometimes say "I see apple" instead of "I see AN apple." Remember to use the word "a" or "an" before the name of one thing (a banana, an apple, an egg).
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Summary
Pictures of food help us learn new words. We can describe what we see using words like colour, shape, and taste. Always look carefully at a picture before you answer a question about it.