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Question
Find out all about the youngest child in your home or in the home of a relative. Then write -
- When was the baby born?
- Is the baby a boy or a girl?
- How are you related to him or her?
- Where was the baby born?
- Who does the baby look like?
- What is the colour of his or her hair?
- What is the colour of his or her eyes?
- Does the baby have any teeth?
- What do we feed the baby with?
- What is the baby’s length?
- How many hours a day does the baby sleep?
- What different sounds does the baby make?
- Who does the baby stay with most of the time?
- Stick a photograph of the baby or draw a picture in your notebook.
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Solution
- It was born about two weeks back.
- The newly born baby is a girl.
- I am her neighbour.
- The baby was born in the hospital.
- The baby looks like her mother.
- The colour of her hair is black.
- She has black eyes.
- No, she does not have any teeth.
- We feed the baby with milk.
- Her length is about two feet.
- She sleeps for more than fourteen hours.
- She cries and produces various types of sounds.
- Most of the time she stays with her mom.

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