IndianTechnoEra: Finding Important Words

Finding Important Words

Every word in a sentence has a purpose, but some words give us especially useful information. These important words can help us understand what the sentence is mainly about.

We can look for words that name people, animals or objects and words that tell us about actions, colours, sizes or places.

Learning Objectives

• Identify important words in simple sentences.
• Find words that name people, animals or objects.
• Find words that describe actions or details.
• Use important words to understand a sentence.

Finding the Main Object

Look at the sentence and ask what person, animal or object it is about.

The cat sleeps on the mat.

The important objects include cat and mat.

Finding the Action

An action word can tell us what someone or something is doing.

The boy runs fast.

The word runs tells us the action.

Finding Describing Words

Some words give us extra information about an object or person.

The girl has a red bag.

The word red gives us information about the bag.

Finding Place or Position

Some words tell us where something is.

The ball is under the chair.

The word under tells us about the ball's position.

Putting Important Words Together

The small dog runs in the park.

Important information includes dog, small, runs and park.

Finding these words can make it easier to understand what the sentence is telling us.

Common Mistakes

• Do not choose only the first word as the important word.
• Look at the complete sentence.
• Pay attention to action and describing words.
• Use several important words together to understand the idea.

Practice

1. Find the important animal: The dog runs.

2. Find the action: The boy jumps.

3. Find the colour: The ball is blue.

4. Find the position word: The cat is under the table.

5. Name two important words in The small dog runs.

Try It Yourself

Choose a simple sentence from your reading book. Circle three words that help you understand what the sentence is mainly about.

Quick Revision

• Important words help us understand a sentence.
• Names, actions, descriptions and positions can provide important information.
• Looking for important words makes reading easier.

Next Step

In the next lesson, you will learn how to read and understand simple questions.