Block 2 Living in a Community

Glossary
Ant colonies: a group of ants that live together
community: a group of people living in one place, such as a neighbourhood cooperate:
to work together and help each other
deliver: to take letters, newspapers, milk, and other things to people’s houses depend: needing
someone’s help
dignity: treating someone with respect garbage: anything that is waste and has to b thrown away
odourless: without any smell

Practice Questions:

Lesson 1 ( pg. no. 11)

1. Write if true or false.
A. We live in a community True

B. We do not depend on each other in a community. False

2. Describe 3 jobs that people do in your neighbourhood.

Ans. i. A gardener looks after the plants and trees in my neighbourhood.

II. A sweeper cleans the neighbourhood.

III. Garbage collector collects garbage from different houses.
3. How does a teacher depend on a milkman? How does a milkman depend on a teacher?

Ans. I. Milkman delivers milk to the teacher.

II. The teacher can teach the milkman’s children.

Lesson -2 (pg. No. 12)

1. Fill in the blanks with words from the box.

(worker, queen, anthill, soldier)

A.Ants live in an anthill.

B. The ants find food.
worker ant lays eggs.
C. The soldier
queen ants protect the ant colony.
D.
2. Why is the role of the queen ant important? Give any 2 reasons.
Ans. The queen ant lays eggs. This is very important because otherwise the ant colony would not
exist. She also plays an important role as the leader of the ant colony

3. What is the one thing about ant colonies that will be hard for us to have?
We won't be able to have a queen among us in our community.
Ans.
Lesson -3
(pg.no. 13)
1. Who among them help keep our surroundings clean? Tick the correct answer(s).

( ) A. Sweepers

( ) B. Bus drivers

( ) C. Garbage collectors

( ) D. Watchmen

2. Describe 2 jobs that you think are most important for our community.
Ans.
The jobs of sweepers and garbage collectors are most important for our community.
They keep our surroundings clean by sweeping the streets and collecting garbage.

3.What are some of the problems that cleaners and garbage collectors face at work?
Sweepers and garbage collectors have to deal with dirt and waste. This is a tough job. It
Ans.
becomes all the more difficult for them if they have to separate dry and wet waste using their
hands.
 Lesson -4 (pg.no. 14)

1. Who according to you does a more important job - a gardener or a cleaner? Why?

Ans. According to me, the job of a cleaner is more important because they keep the surroundings clean.

2. How should we treat people who clean the streets? Why?

Ans. We should treat people who clean the streets with respect.

This is because they help keep our society clean.

3. Write any 1 problem that the garbage collector in your neighbourhood may face while doing his job. Wha

Ans The foul smell from the garbage can make his work difficult. I would tell my
parents and neighbours to separate the waste, pack them tightly in garbage bags
and throw them only in dustbins.

Practice Questions: ( pg. No. 15)

Lesson 1
1. What is it that you like the most about living in your neighbourhood?

Ans: I like that Itime a lot of friends in my neighbourhood and that we get to spend
havetogether.

2. Write 3 things that you can do to help people in your neighbourhood

Ans. I can help my gardener plant saplings.

I can help the garbage collector by not littering.

I can help the sweeper by not making my neighbourhood dirty.

3. Why do we live together in a community?

Ans. We live together in a community because we cannot live alone. We need other people around us in orde

Lesson 2:

1. Whose work is more important in an ant colony - the worker ants who get food or the soldier ants who prote

Ans. The worker ants are more important because without food, ants cannot live.

2. How can you use the values, that you learn from ants, in your school?

Ans. I will co-operate with my friends whenever there is any group work by dividing the work equally amon

3. In what ways is an ant colony similar to our neighbourhood?

Ans An ant colony is like our neighbourhood because, in both, we cooperate with one another and support o

Lesson 3

1. If the garbage collector or the sweeper was absent for a few days, what would your neighbourhood look like

Ans. If the garbage collector or sweeper was absent, my neighbourhood would look very dirty. There would

smell.

2. Why is the job of a sweeper and a garbage collector essential?

Ans. The community cannot function without sweepers or garbage collectors. Without garbage collectors, dustbins
live in
 3. Who keeps your school clean? Write 5-6 ways in which you can help them with their job.

Ans. Sweepers and maids keep my school clean. We can help them by keeping our classrooms clean. We should not

Lesson 4:

1. Fill in the blanks with words from the brackets.

A. Mahatma Gandhi believed that all jobs were equal.

B.
Treating all jobs with the same respect is known as dignity of labour.

2. Do you think all jobs are equally important? Why?

Ans. Yes, all jobs are equally important because everyone does a different job and one person cannot do all types of

3. Do you think cleaning bathrooms and toilets at home should be the job of any 1 Why?
person?

Ans.I think cleaning bathrooms and toilets should not be the job of one person because we all use them. We should t