NCERT · Class 4 · EVS

Chapter 19: Abdul in the Garden

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What Grows?

3 questions

Q1Written answer

What do you think? Which of these things listed by Arif and Roopali grow?

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All the things listed by Arif and Roopali will grow.

Q2Written answer

Why don’t you make your own list of things that grow?

Your list can include the names of things that are on Arif’s and Roopali’s lists.

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Cats, dogs, rats, plants, lizards, hair, nail, etc., grow.

Q3Written answer

Think about yourself – in what ways have you changed over a period of time? Have you grown in any way? For example –

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Yes, I have grown bigger.

(a) Has your height increased? How much taller have you grown in the last one year?

Yes, my height has increased by 10 cm in the last one year.

(b) What other part of your body (some people cut it regularly) keeps growing?

Our hair keeps growing.