Chapter 7 — The Food we Eat

Chapter 7 of the Class 1 English NCERT textbook (Mridang), "The Food we Eat", introduces young learners to the foods children bring to school, the value of sharing food with friends, and where our food comes from, while building vocabulary through new words, sight words, syllable activities, and food riddles.

• Children Sharing Food at School — The chapter shows different children bringing different foods to school — poori with aloo sabzi, roti, idli with chutney, gobhi paratha, Godok, and chilla. When one child has no lunch because her mother is sick, the other children share their chilla and paratha with her.
• Where Our Food Comes From — A reading section explains that farmers grow the food we eat and that some farmers keep animals. Children learn that we get honey from bees and milk from cows, and that we can make curds and butter from milk.
• New Words and Sight Words — The chapter introduces new vocabulary including words like 'share', 'lunch', 'sick', 'fruits', 'today', and 'smiling', along with sight words such as 'from', 'for', 'them', 'their', 'they', 'has', 'she', and 'have'.
• Syllable Practice with Food Words — Children practise listening to and clapping out syllables in words. One-syllable words include 'food', 'eat', and 'man', while two-syllable food and everyday words include 'farmer', 'carrot', 'market', 'brinjal', 'mango', 'breakfast', and 'dinner'.
• Food Riddles and Activities — The chapter ends with four riddles about a fruit named after its colour (orange), a fruit that is hard and brown outside and soft and white inside (coconut), a vegetable that makes you cry when cut (onion), and a fruit that comes in a bunch (grapes). Children also match food items to their shapes and draw their favourite dishes at home.

1. 01Children in the chapter bring poori with aloo sabzi, roti, idli with chutney, gobhi paratha, Godok, and chilla to school.
2. 02When one child has no lunch because her mother is sick, classmates share their chilla and paratha with her.
3. 03Farmers grow the food we eat, and we should thank them for their hard work.
4. 04We get milk from cows and can make curds and butter from milk; we get honey from bees.
5. 05New words taught include 'share', 'lunch', 'sick', 'fruits', 'today', and 'smiling'.
6. 06Children practise syllables by clapping — one clap for one-syllable words like 'food' and 'eat', two claps for words like 'farmer' and 'carrot'.
7. 07Four riddles challenge children to guess an orange, a coconut, an onion, and grapes from clue descriptions.