
All families change in some way or the other because of different reasons. Has your family changed too?
Important Questions on Changing Families



Write YES in front of those sentences which tell the various things that happen in families.
Members of a family often resemble each other. [ ]
The family members love each other very much. [ ]
One becomes a part of a family by being born or getting married into that family. [ ]
Family members often live together in the same house. [ ]
Elders in the family earn money for the family. [ ]
Family members stay together even if there is a fight amongst themselves. [ ]
In a family, children and the old are taken care of. [ ]

Observe the picture given below:
How are the following related to:
1. Srinivas to Gangamma ______
. Anuradha to Rangaiah ______
. Srinivas to Sunil ______
. Akhila to Rangaiah ______
. Sujatha to Latha ______
. Srinivas to Rama ______
. Latha to Rama ______
. Prasad to Akhila ______
. Sunil to Rangaih ______
. Ramana to Sujatha ______






Read the story and answer the following question:
In the last one year, what are the changes that happened in Sitamma's family?

Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
A _____ (tailor/nurse) stitches our clothes.

Do you remember the picture of Sitamma's family tree which we saw in class III?
You had also drawn a family tree of your own family. Let us again draw the family tree of last year in your notebook.


Is there anyone in your class or school who has come to your school from another place? If so, talk to him or her.
What does he or she find different here?





Madhav went to a wedding along with his parents. He met many relatives there. But he didn’t know everyone. He met his mother's grandfather, but found that her grandmother is not alive. He also found that her Dadi's mother (grandmother's mother) is still alive, and is more than a hundred years old. Madhav got confused. He couldn’t imagine his mother’s grandmother’s mother!
So, Madhav’s mother made a family tree for him —
Madhav’s mother helped him understand her family with the help of this drawing. You can also find out about your older generations using such a family tree.
Answer these questions:
If he takes his family tree forward in which generation will he find elders?
