Class 2 English Mridang Chapter 7, This is My Town, is a cumulative poem that zooms in step by step from a town to its streets, a house, a room, a bed, a basket, and little flowers inside the basket — and then zooms right back out from the flowers to the town.
What Class 2 English Chapter 7 Covers
Poem Summary — Zooming In and Out: In my town there are streets; in my street there are houses; in my house there are rooms; in my room there is a bed; on the bed there is a basket; in the basket there are flowers. Then the poem reverses the order: flowers in the basket, basket on the bed, bed in the room, room in the house, house in the street, street in the town.
Prepositions ‘in’ and ‘on’ & Singular/Plural: Using ‘in’ and ‘on’ accurately and noticing how ‘There is a…’ (singular) changes to ‘There are…’ (plural).
Writing Your Address & Phonics (‘sh’): Learning to write one’s house number, street, and town/village, and reading ‘sh’ words (ship, shop, shell, fish, dish, brush).
Exercises in Chapter 7
- Let us Speak & Read (Pages 53–54): Answer where the basket and flowers are kept and recite the chain from town to flowers.
- Let us Write (Pages 55–59): Fill in ‘sh’ words, count objects in the room picture, and complete your home address card.
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FAQ
What is the order of places from largest to smallest in ‘This is My Town’?
Town → Streets → Houses → Rooms → Bed → Basket → Flowers.
Where is the basket kept in the poem?
The basket is kept on the bed inside the room.