ACTIVITIES-

1. Let’s see how much we have understood : 

Write the rhyming words from the poem for the ones given below :

Sink    ………………

Ans: Sink – Think

Crow   ………………..

Ans: Crow – Grow

Swings    ………………

Ans:  Swings  – Wings

Honey     ……………..

Ans:   Honey – Funny

2. Write the answer of the following questions :

(a) Which birds are talking in the poem ?

Ans:  Robin and Jay are the birds talking in the poem.

(b) Who are they talking about ? 

Ans: They talking about people.

(c) “They do not have feathers at all” – who are ‘they’ here ?

Ans: In this line, ‘they’ is referred to the poeple.

(d) ‘Birds eat beetles

 They grow wings

 They like sitting

   on wires and things”- Who are ‘they’ here ?

Ans: The ‘they’ here refers to the birds.

(e) Why, according to Robin and Jay, are people funny ?

Ans: According to Robin and Jay, people are funny as people do not have feathers. They do not eat beetles, they also do not grow wings. People do not sit on wires and on other things like birds.

3. Read the statements and arrange them in sequence to make the summary of the poem :

(a) People don’t eat beetles. They don’t have wings either.

(b) The Robin and Jay thought people were funny to be like that.

(c) One day the Robin and Jay were sitting and talking in the garden.

(d) They were talking about people, and that they don’t have feathers.

4. Let’s read and discussion :

Arun : Do you know Bina, in ancient times, birds used to carry letters ? Then the postman came. He used to go from door to door to deliver letters.

Bina : Yes, they used to take so much pain to give us our letters. But see ! How the days have changed !

Arun : Yes, it’s true. Now we have so many modes of communication.

Bina : Yes, the computer is the most wonderful discovery of modern times.

5. Let’s read a few words related to computers :



6. Let’s read :

A keyboard is to type, a printer is to print.

A speaker is to sound, a mouse is to click.