Summary
Chapter 7 of the Class 2 English NCERT textbook (Mridang), "This is My Town", takes young readers on a journey from town to street to house to room to bed to basket, building vocabulary about places and things around us through a simple, repetitive poem and activities on writing an address, listening for sounds, and practising the "sh" blend.
- The Poem — From Town to Basket — The poem moves inward step by step: town, street, house, room, bed, basket, flowers. It then reverses the journey, listing the same places from flowers back to town, helping children understand how things fit inside each other.
- New Words and Sight Words — Key new words introduced are town, street, house, flower, basket, and train. Sight words practised in the chapter include in, this, that, there, and my — short, common words children learn to recognise quickly.
- Writing Your Home Address — A writing activity asks children to write their own home address, filling in fields for their name and house number, street, area, town, state, and country. This connects the poem's vocabulary to real life.
- Listening and Word Recognition — A listening activity presents rows of rhyming words — such as fan/fin, wall/well, house/mouse, lane/line, skin/swim — and children circle the word their teacher says, training careful listening and sound discrimination.
- The 'sh' Blend — The chapter introduces the consonant blend 'sh' through words like shirt, shell, shoe, shining, shorts, shawl, and shoes. Children practise writing 'sh' to complete sentences read aloud, building phonics awareness.
Key points & formulas
- 01The poem moves from town → street → house → room → bed → basket → flowers, then reverses back to town.
- 02Sight words practised: in, this, that, there, my.
- 03New vocabulary words: town, street, house, flower, basket, train.
- 04Children write their own full home address as a writing activity.
- 05A listening task uses rhyming word pairs such as fan/fin and house/mouse.
- 06The 'sh' blend is introduced with words: shirt, shell, shoe, shining, shorts, shawl.
- 07A spot-the-difference picture activity and a letter-counting task (letters 'e' and 'u' in the poem) sharpen observation skills.
Frequently asked questions
01What is the poem 'This is My Town' about?
The poem describes how a town contains streets, streets contain houses, houses contain rooms, rooms contain beds, beds hold baskets, and baskets hold flowers. It then reverses the list, going from flowers all the way back to the town.
02What are the new words introduced in Chapter 7 of Mridang Class 2?
The new words are train, town, street, house, flower, and basket.
03What sight words are practised in this chapter?
The sight words are: in, this, that, there, and my.
04What does the writing activity in 'Let us write' ask children to do?
Children are asked to write their home address by filling in their name and house number, the name of their street, their area, town, state, and country.
05What is the listening activity in this chapter?
The teacher reads one word from each row of rhyming words — such as fan or fin, wall or well, house or mouse, lane or line, skin or swim — and children encircle the word they hear.
06What blend does the chapter teach?
The chapter teaches the 'sh' blend. Children fill in 'sh' to complete sentences using words like shining, shorts, shirt, shawl, and shoes.
07Which 'sh' words appear in the chapter's writing activity?
The words are shining, shorts, shirt, shawl, and shoes, used in sentences about a sunny day and family members' clothing.
08What are the 'Let us do' activities in Chapter 7?
Children count how many times the letter 'e' and the letter 'u' appear in the poem, then decide which letter appears more often. There is also a spot-the-differences activity using two pictures.
09What does the 'Let us draw' activity ask children to do?
Children look at an incomplete picture and add whatever they think is needed to complete it, encouraging imagination and creativity.
10How does the poem reverse at the end?
After describing how each place contains the next smaller one (town → street → house → room → bed → basket → flowers), the poem lists them in reverse order: flowers in a basket, basket on the bed, bed in the room, room in the house, house in the street, street in the town.
11What speaking activities are in Chapter 7?
Children describe what they see in a picture, share the name of their own town or city, and give the name of their street. They also listen to 'sh' words and point to the object each word represents.
12What word-formation activity appears in this chapter?
Children use sets of letters arranged in circles to form words and then frame a sentence using each word they make.
13What is the overall language skill focus of this chapter?
The chapter builds vocabulary about places (town, street, house) and everyday objects, practises sight words, introduces the 'sh' phonics blend, and develops listening, speaking, writing, and observation skills.
14Which textbook and class does this chapter belong to?
It is Chapter 7 from Mridang, the Class 2 English NCERT textbook, reprinted for 2026-27.
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