Q1.
A word joins a ‘friend word’ to make new words, as shown below. Complete the table.
1. rain + bow = rainbow
The table as printed on page 34, with the picture drawn beside each row. Row 1 is done for you; the dotted spaces are the ones you fill in.
| No. | Word | Friend word | New word | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rain | bow | rainbow | |
| 2 | tea | cup | ................. | |
| 3 | wrist | ................. | ................. | |
| 4 | arm | ................. | ................. | |
| 5 | earth | ................. | earthworm | |
| 6 | ................. | ................. | sunflower | |
| 7 | table | cloth | ................. | |
| 8 | note | ................. | notebook | |
| 9 | ................. | ................. | earring | |
| 10 | tooth | ................. | ................. |
Answer
rain + bow = rainbow — this one is done for you in the book.
The picture beside it shows a rainbow arching between two little clouds.
The idea in one line: When two small words are joined to make one bigger word, the new word is called a compound word. The book calls the second one a “friend word”. Usually the new word means something you can guess from its two parts — a rainbow is the bow that appears with the rain.
This is the chapter’s own word: The poem calls the rainbow just “the bow”. Once you know that rainbow is rain + bow, the poet’s line makes perfect sense.