NCERT Solutions for Class 2 English Chapter 1 It is Fun

This worksheet is designed for Grade 2 students studying English and covers Unit 2, Chapter 1, It is Fun. The chapter introduces children to a joyful poem that talks about imitating animals and birds through different actions. It helps students understand how movement, imagination, and expression can make learning enjoyable. This chapter is important because it develops listening, speaking, reading, and creative thinking skills in a playful manner. This worksheet provides complete and accurate NCERT Solutions that strictly follow the textbook content and NCERT guidelines.

Chapter summary: stories, poems & themes

This chapter includes a short poem that highlights fun actions such as leaping, climbing, hopping, swimming, trotting, and flying like different animals and birds. The poem encourages imagination and self-expression. The chapter also includes sound-based activities, question–answer discussions, picture reading, matching activities, a song, and a drawing task. The main theme of the chapter is learning through play, movement, and observation of the world around us. The chapter is activity-based and encourages active participation.

What this NCERT chapter covers?

• Recitation of a poem with actions 
• Listening to and identifying animal sounds 
• Speaking through imaginative and situation-based questions 
• Vocabulary related to actions and animals 
• Picture reading and sentence formation 
• Matching animals with their actions 
• Phonics practice with the letter and sound ‘I’ 
• Creative activities like singing and drawing 

How to use these NCERT solutions?

• Students should first listen, observe, and attempt activities independently 
• Read and recite the poem before answering questions 
• Use this worksheet to check answers after completing tasks 
• Parents and teachers can guide children during speaking and listening activities 
• The solutions follow the exact NCERT order, supporting easy revision 

Student tips & learning tricks

• Recite the poem aloud using proper actions 
• Listen carefully to animal sounds before answering 
• Use imagination while answering speaking questions 
• Observe pictures closely before writing sentences 
• Remember action words from the poem while answering 
• Follow simple NCERT sentence patterns 

Why NCERT solutions are important?

NCERT Solutions help students learn in alignment with the prescribed curriculum. They strengthen foundational language skills, improve confidence, and prepare students for classroom assessments. Using NCERT-aligned solutions ensures accurate understanding and supports holistic learning at an early stage.

Complete answer key – NCERT solutions

Let us recite

Student-generated activity: Recite the poem aloud with actions and proper voice modulation.

Let us speak

A. Listen to the sounds

Student-generated activity: Listen to animal sounds played by the teacher and identify the animals.

B. Answer the questions

Teacher: If you meet an elephant, what would you say?

1. I would say hello. 
2. I would say namaste. 
3. I would say how are you?

Teacher: If you were a cat, what would you do?

1. I would run after a mouse. 
2. I would drink milk. 
3. I would say ‘meow’.

Let us write

A. What can you do like any animal or bird?

1. I can hop like a frog.

B. Name any two animals or birds other than fish that can swim.

1. Duck 
2. Frog 

C. Name any two animals that live on trees.

1. Monkey 
2. Squirrel 

D. Answer the following

1. What can the child in the poem do?

The child can leap, climb, hop, swim, trot, and fly like animals and birds.

2. Which two actions do you like the most?

I like to fly like a bird and swim like a fish.

C. Say the words and make sentences

1. Monkeys climb trees. 
2. Frogs leap high. 
3. Fish swim in water. 
4. Horses trot fast. 
5. Birds fly in the sky. 

Picture reading

1. I see animals in the picture. 
2. They are doing different actions. 
3. The animals look active and happy. 
4. They are moving in different ways. 

Let us think

A. Match the animals to their actions.

1. Horse – trots 
2. Lamb – leaps 
3. Snake – crawls 
4. Squirrel – runs 
5. Monkey – swings 

Let us speak

Read the words below each picture

1. an inch 
2. an inkpot 
3. an igloo 
4. a pin 
5. a list 
6. a fish 
7. a bin 
8. a ring 
9. a ship 

Let us sing

Student-generated activity: Sing the song aloud with actions.

Let us draw

Student-generated activity: Follow the steps to draw a rangoli and colour it neatly.

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