Class 2 English Mridang Chapter 3, It is Fun (Unit 2: Welcome to My World), is an imaginative action poem where a child delights in leaping like a lamb, climbing like a cat, hopping like a frog, swimming like a fish, trotting like a horse, and flying like a bird — while still loving being ‘just me’.
What Class 2 English Chapter 3 Covers
Poem Summary — ‘It is Fun’: The poet imagines acting like different animals — leaping like a lamb, climbing like a cat, hopping like a frog, swimming like a fish, trotting like a horse, and flying like a bird — concluding that it is fun to be like all of them.
Animal Movements & Action Verbs: Matching animals with how they move (leap, climb, hop, swim, trot, fly) and acting them out in class.
Writing Lists & ‘If I Were a Bird’: Completing sentences about what you would do if you could fly or swim, and naming animals seen around us.
Exercises in Chapter 3
- Let us Speak & Sing (Pages 20–21): Act out the animal movements from the poem and answer questions on ‘If you were a cat/bird’.
- Let us Write & Draw (Pages 22–26): Match animals to their actions (lamb-leap, horse-trot, fish-swim) and write action sentences using ‘-ing’ words.
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FAQ
Which animals and actions are mentioned in the poem ‘It is Fun’?
Leaping like a lamb, climbing like a cat, hopping like a frog, swimming like a fish, trotting like a horse, and flying like a bird.
What is the main message of the poem ‘It is Fun’?
It celebrates imagination and movement by observing nature’s creatures while appreciating who we are.