
What is the purpose of a boat?
Important Questions on Going to School
We ride in our bullock-cart, going slowly through the green fields. If it is too sunny or raining, we use our umbrellas.
Do you have bullock-carts where you live?

Can you ride a bicycle? If yes, who taught you to ride?


See, how we reach school! We go to school through miles of snow. We hold hands and walk carefully. If the snow is soft, our feet sink into it. When the snow is frozen, we may slip and fall.
Have you ever seen so much snow? Where? In films or somewhere else?

See, how we reach school! We go to school through miles of snow. We hold hands and walk carefully. If the snow is soft, our feet sink into it. When the snow is frozen, we may slip and fall.
Do you think that such places have snow all the time? Why?



How do you go to school?



We live in the desert. There is sand all around. It gets very hot in the day. We ride in a camel cart to reach school.
How did you feel riding in the cart? Also share your experience in the class also.

In some parts of Kerala, we use a Vallam (small wooden boat) to reach school.
Have you seen any other kind of boats?

Fill in the blank with a suitable word:
Special railway _____ (track/run-way) is needed for the trains to run.

Look at the below picture. It sounds phut-phut-phut when it runs. Is it not something special! The front looks like a motorcycle, but the carriage at the back is made out of planks of wood.
Can you tell why it is called jugad?


Choose the right word and fill in the blank.
The most common mode of transport is _____ (land/air) transport.

Which mode of transport carries passengers across a river?

A fire engine carries sick people to the hospital.


In some parts of Kerala, we use a Vallam (small wooden boat) to reach school.
