Chapter 16 Games we Play

Names of the games mentioned in the lesson	Tree and House	Number of Players	Things Needed
Hop-Scotch (stappoo)		More than two	Chalk and thippi
Langdi-Taang		More than two	Nothing
Hide and seek		Three or more	Good places to hide
Seven tiles		More than two, ideally five to seven	Seven small pieces of tiles, medium-sized ball
Kabaddi		Ideally, seven to eight players per team	Nothing
Marbles		More than two	Marbles
Wrestling		Two	Whistle
Chess		Two	Chessboard and its pieces
Kite-flying		Minimum one	Kites, glue, thread, extra paper to make the tail
Gilli-danda		Two or more	Wooden gilli and danda
House-House		Four or more	Toys, miniature sets of houses, kitchen, etc.
Carrom		Two or four	Carrom board and its pieces

Q2. Do you play some games with your family members? Which games and with whom?

Ans: Yes, I do play some games with my family members.

Q3. Do you know the name of any famous sports person in your area? If yes, write her or his name and the game with which she or he is associated.

Ans: Yes, M.S.Dhoni. He is associated with Cricket.

Q4. How many games do you know which we play with a ball? Write their names in the ball.

Ans: Following are some of the games played with a ball-

Basketball

Football

Cricket

Table Tennis

Hockey

Q5. Have you heard of Sania Mirza? She also plays a ball-game. Find out which one and write its name.

Ans: Yes, I have heard of Sania Mirza. She is a tennis player.

Q6. Which game do you like the most?

Ans: I like badminton the most.

Q7. Find out from the elders in your family or in the neighbourhood –

Which games did they play when they were children?

Ans: They used to play cricket, marbles, gilli-danda, hide and seek, etc.

Q8.

1. Small and coloured are these glass balls,

To win the game you have to aim with them all.

2. If you land on a snake, do not frown

In this game you go up and down.

3. It has no wings but it can fly,

High, high up in the sky.

4. On the board are squares black and white,

There’s the king, the queen and the knight.

5. King, queen, ace and jack,

Fifty two of them make a pack.

6. Fours and sixes if you can get,

A century is sure, I can bet.

Ans:

1. Marbles
2. Snakes and Ladders
3. Kites
4. Chess
5. Cards
6. Cricket

Q9. Besides playing, what else do you do?

Ans: I listen to music; read comic books and fairy tales; solve Sudoku; watch T.V., do cycling, etc. besides playing.

Q10. Besides their work, what else do your family members do? Colour the pictures which show what your family members do in their free time. If you want to add more you can write or draw in the blank spaces.

Ans: Besides their work, my family members do gardening, read newspapers and magazines, watch T.V., watch movies in theatres, go for morning-jog, etc.

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