The NCERT Class 1 Mridang book is the official English textbook for Class 1 — 9 chapters across 122 printed pages — and the official PDFs of every chapter are on this page.
This page also maps what each chapter contains: the named activities, the page span, and the reading or oral work each unit expects of a first grader.
NCERT Class 1 Mridang Book: download the official PDFs
Every file in the table is NCERT’s own PDF, hosted on ncert.nic.in — no third-party mirror, no sign-up. The columns show the chapter number, the chapter title, the pages in the official PDF, and the direct link to that file.
The Chapter 1 file at https://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/aemr101.pdf is the official NCERT PDF for My Family and Me, and it is the place to start with a new reader.
| Ch. | Chapter | Pages | Official PDF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Family and Me | 14 | |
| 2 | Let us read | 32 | |
| 3 | Life Around Us | 7 | |
| 4 | Let us read | 21 | |
| 5 | A Farm | 9 | |
| 6 | Food | 14 | |
| 7 | The Food we Eat | 8 | |
| 8 | Seasons | 9 | |
| 9 | Anandi’s Rainbow | 8 |
CBSE Class 1 English book PDF: free download links and what is inside the book
- 9 chapters, from My Family and Me to Anandi’s Rainbow.
- 122 printed pages across the nine chapter PDFs.
- 9 verified official PDF links, all NCERT’s own files on ncert.nic.in.
- 14 named activities spread across the book.
- No numbered section headings — Mridang is organised around titled activity blocks such as Let us speak and Let us do.
- The pictures are prompts, not labelled diagrams: they ask the child to match, name, colour or talk, and they carry no printed captions.
This page covers this one Class 1 English textbook — the nine Mridang chapters — not the full CBSE Class 1 scheme. The activity weight sits in the first half of the book: the first four chapters hold 8 of the 14 activities, and the five theme chapters that follow hold 6.
Because Mridang ends chapters with activities rather than written question sets, the Answer the questions prompts that appear are oral checks. A child who cannot write answers yet is still on track.
What each Mridang chapter actually contains
The directory below shows each chapter’s page count alongside the counts of sections, activities and written questions the book prints for it.
| Ch. | Chapter | Sections | Activities | Figures | Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Family and Me | — | 2 | — | — |
| 2 | Let us read | — | 3 | — | — |
| 3 | Life Around Us | — | 1 | — | — |
| 4 | Let us read | — | 2 | — | — |
| 5 | A Farm | — | 1 | — | — |
| 6 | Food | — | 1 | — | — |
| 7 | The Food we Eat | — | 2 | — | — |
| 8 | Seasons | — | 1 | — | — |
| 9 | Anandi’s Rainbow | — | 1 | — | — |
The columns count what the book prints: a section is one of NCERT’s own numbered headings, a figure is a numbered figure, and a question is an end-of-chapter exercise. Mridang prints no numbered section headings and no written exercise sets, so the activity column carries the real information.
Only Chapter 1 opens with a Repeat after the teacher routine; every later chapter moves straight into picture talk, rhymes, writing or craft. Letter sounds are taught twice by name, in Chapters 1 and 2, before the book expects any sustained reading.
After Chapter 4 the book switches to short theme units on farm animals, food, seasons and a rainbow story, each 8 to 14 pages, most of them driven by Let us speak. Other Class 1 subjects, where this site publishes them, live on the Class 1 book hub.
Chapter 1: My Family and Me (14 pages)
The opening unit is pure oral warm-up: naming parts of the body, practising letter sounds and singing the Alphabet song before any writing is expected.
Activities in this chapter:
- Parts of the Body
- Repeat after the teacher
- Talk in pairs
- My Hand
- Washing Hands
- Alphabet song
- Let us sing
- Letter sounds
With 2 activities and no written questions, this is the book’s spoken warm-up chapter.
Chapter 2: Let us read — letters, rhymes and My Family (32 pages)
The longest unit in the book moves from letter writing into action rhymes, picture talk and the My Family reading text. This is where a child starts connecting spoken sounds to written letters.
Activities in this chapter:
- Write these letters
- Letter sounds
- Hop a Little
- New words
- Picture Talk
- Match the actions with the pictures
- Let us play
- Play time
- My Family
It carries 3 activities — the most in the book — and no written questions, so it deserves the most days.
Chapter 3: Life Around Us (7 pages)
A brief play-based chapter that counts and names animals through the Five Little Monkeys rhyme, a draw-and-speak task and a match-animals-to-names task. The work is number words and animal names, said aloud.
Activities in this chapter:
- Fun with Numbers
- Let us speak
- Let us draw
- Five Little Monkeys
- Let us do
- Match the animals with their names
With 1 activity on 7 pages, it is the book’s shortest chapter.
Chapter 4: Let us read — The Cap-seller and the Monkeys (21 pages)
The second big reading unit is built around The Cap-seller and the Monkeys story. It trains story comprehension and listening through spoken questions, clapped syllables, a chase rhyme, a maze and a listening task — none of it written.
Activities in this chapter:
- The Cap-seller and the Monkeys
- Let us speak
- Answer the following questions
- Let us write
- Let’s colour and write
- Say and clap
- Catch me if you can
- Help the mouse reach its home
- Let us listen
This 21-page story unit holds 2 activities; unlike Chapter 2, the reading text here is a tale the child can retell.
Chapter 5: A Farm (9 pages)
A vocabulary break between the reading units: the child names farm animals and birds with a Help box, new words, pair speaking and a game. This chapter adds farm vocabulary without demanding new reading skills.
Activities in this chapter:
- Let us do
- Help box
- Animals and Birds
- New words
- Let us speak
- Talking in pairs
- Fun time
With 1 activity and 9 pages, it is a low-pressure chapter.
Chapter 6: Food (14 pages)
A theme unit that builds food vocabulary through picture talk, the Fruits for All rhyme, a market-visit reading text and sight words, finished with read-aloud practice and draw-and-write work.
Activities in this chapter:
- Fun with Pictures
- Let us speak
- Fruits for all
- Let us do
- A Visit to the Market
- Sight words
- Let us read
- Read these aloud
- Let us draw
- Let us write
At 14 pages it is the longest theme unit, carrying 1 activity block.
Chapter 7: The Food we Eat (8 pages)
A tight follow-up that reviews food vocabulary with sight words, new words, spoken questions and word games. The match the food item to its shape task doubles as a quick oral check.
Activities in this chapter:
- Sight words
- New words
- Answer the questions
- Let us read
- Let us speak
- Match the food item to its shape
- Fun with Words
It consolidates Chapter 6 with 2 activities across 8 pages, at a gentler pace.
Chapter 8: Seasons (9 pages)
An oral and craft-based chapter that introduces the four seasons with the Pitter Patter rain rhyme, a paper-hat craft and simple speaking and writing prompts. The core is season names, weather talk and rhyme.
Activities in this chapter:
- The Four Seasons
- Let us speak
- A Paper Hat
- Pitter Patter
- Let us write
With 1 activity across 9 pages, it suits a short lesson.
Chapter 9: Anandi’s Rainbow (8 pages)
The closing chapter is a light finish: speaking prompts, a do-it activity and a cat-mask craft around Anandi’s rainbow theme. It exercises oral expression, craft and naming the colours of a rainbow.
Activities in this chapter:
- Let us speak
- Let us do
- Cat Mask
With 1 activity in the final 8 pages, the book ends on play.
Chapter pages for Class 1 English Mridang
The list below shows the study pages for this book; a chapter is linked only when its page is published.
| Ch. | Chapter page |
|---|---|
| 1 | My Family and Me |
| 2 | Let us read |
| 3 | Life Around Us |
| 4 | Let us read |
| 5 | A Farm |
| 6 | Food |
| 7 | The Food we Eat |
| 8 | Seasons |
| 9 | Anandi’s Rainbow |
How to use the Class 1 CBSE English book with a new reader
Mridang is a spoken-first book, so it reads differently from a later Class 1 English reading book. The chapters are sequenced so oral work comes before reading, and the stages in the table follow that order.
| Stage | Chapters | What the child does | Why it comes first |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting ready to read | 1-2 | Names body parts, sings the alphabet, writes letters, recites rhymes | Builds letter knowledge and oral confidence before any reading is expected |
| Listening and understanding | 3-4 | Counts animals in rhymes, listens to the cap-seller story, answers aloud | Turns listening into comprehension through a story the child can retell |
| Words for everyday life | 5-9 | Learns farm, food and season words; sight words; crafts and speaking games | Short theme units let a child reuse the same words across speaking, matching and drawing |
Which part of the Class 1 English book to read first
- Start with Chapter 1 orally — say the body parts, sing the Alphabet song, repeat after the teacher.
- Spend the most days on Chapter 2 — letter writing and the My Family reading text take the longest.
- Read Chapter 4 with the cap-seller story — the rhyme, maze and listening game keep comprehension playful.
- Then move freely through Chapters 5 to 9 — these short theme units work in any order once the words are in place.
The common mistake is expecting written homework. This NCERT Class 1 English book checks understanding through speaking, matching and reciting — if the child can match the food item to its shape aloud and recite Five Little Monkeys, the chapter is done.
For parents used to a first-standard English book that sets written exercises, Mridang’s oral checks can look like nothing is being learned; they are the lesson.
Related NCERT book pages for Class 1
- All NCERT book pages — the index of every class on this site.
- Class 1 book hub — where the Class 1 pages on this site are grouped.
Sources and data verification
This listing is maintained for the 2026-27 academic session using the NCERT textbook information available to us. NCERT remains the authority for confirming the latest edition.
- The edition described here is the NCERT Class 1 English textbook Mridang, as published on ncert.nic.in as chapter PDFs aemr101 through aemr109.
- This page covers the 9 Mridang chapters only, not the full CBSE Class 1 scheme of subjects.
- The listing is maintained for the current academic session from the official NCERT PDFs linked above.
- NCERT settles textbooks, editions and PDFs; CBSE settles the curriculum, syllabus and examinations.
Reference: NCERT Class 1 Mridang textbook, official edition on ncert.nic.in. Section and activity titles quoted from the textbook; page references are to the official PDF.
Questions parents and teachers ask about the Mridang book
How many chapters are in the Class 1 Mridang book?
Nine. Mridang runs from Chapter 1 (My Family and Me) to Chapter 9 (Anandi’s Rainbow) across 122 printed pages. The two reading units are Chapters 2 and 4, both titled Let us read.
Is the Class 1 English Mridang book PDF on this page the official free NCERT file?
Yes. Every link in the download table is NCERT’s own PDF hosted on ncert.nic.in, and each opens directly with no registration. These are the same files NCERT publishes for schools.
Which Mridang chapters teach letter sounds and letter writing?
Chapters 1 and 2. Letter sounds appear by name in both chapters. Letter writing begins in Chapter 2 with the Write these letters activity, before the book expects any sustained reading.
Which chapter has The Cap-seller and the Monkeys story?
Chapter 4, the second Let us read unit (21 pages). The story is surrounded by spoken questions, Say and clap syllable work, and the Catch me if you can rhyme.
Does the Mridang book need a separate answer key?
Not for everyday use. The book ends chapters with activities rather than written question sets, and the Answer the questions prompts expect spoken answers, so there is no written work to check against a key.