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Class 1 Hindi Do Akshar Shabd Worksheet with Answers

Words with no matra at all, which sounds like a step backwards after the matra sheets and is not - these are the words a child reads fastest and most confidently, and building that fluency is what makes matra words readable rather than decodable. Every word here is two letters, no marks, nothing to trip over.

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Class 1 Hindi Do Akshar Shabd Worksheet

Class 1 Hindi · Two-letter words (दो अक्षर वाले शब्द) · 54 questions with answers

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Words with no matra at all, which sounds like a step backwards after the matra sheets and is not - these are the words a child reads fastest and most confidently, and building that fluency is what makes matra words readable rather than decodable. Every word here is two letters, no marks, nothing to trip over.

Join two consonants to read a word without any matra.
Read a two-letter word at sight rather than sounding it out each time.
Write a two-letter word from hearing it.

Exercise 1 of 5 · 12 questions

अक्षर जोड़कर शब्द बनाइए - join the letters and write the word.

Write the answer · Warm-up

Here’s one done for you

न + ल → नल. Each letter already carries a short 'a' sound of its own, so न is 'na' and ल is 'la' - together, 'nal'. Nothing needs to be added.

1)न + ल
2)घ + र
3)म + न
4)ज + ल
5)प + ल
6)क + ल
7)ब + स
8)र + स
9)ह + ल
10)त + न
11)व + न
12)स + च

Answers

1) नल
2) घर
3) मन
4) जल
5) पल
6) कल
7) बस
8) रस
9) हल
10) तन
11) वन
12) सच

Exercise 2 of 5 · 12 questions

पढ़िए - read these words aloud.

Write the answer · Guided

1)सच
2)बस
3)रस
4)हल
5)तन
6)वन
7)धन
8)पग
9)खग
10)नग
11)मग
12)छल

Answers

1) Read aloud - no written answer needed. All twelve are two-letter words with no matra: सच, बस, रस, हल, तन, वन, धन, पग, खग, नग, मग, छल.

Exercise 3 of 5 · 10 questions

शब्द से अर्थ मिलाइए - match the word to its meaning.

Match the pairs · Practice

1)घर
2)जल
3)वन
4)नल
5)बस
6)रस
7)धन
8)हल
9)सच
10)तन

Answers

1) घर - house
2) जल - water
3) वन - forest
4) नल - tap
5) बस - bus
6) रस - juice
7) धन - wealth
8) हल - plough
9) सच - truth
10) तन - body

Exercise 4 of 5 · 12 questions

श्रुतलेख - a grown-up reads the word aloud, the child writes it.

Write the answer · Practice

Here’s one done for you

Writing from hearing is much harder than reading from the page, and it is the direction exams test. If your child can read all six but writes only three, that is normal at this stage and worth practising rather than worrying about.

1)(nal)
2)(ghar)
3)(man)
4)(jal)
5)(bas)
6)(sach)
7)(ras)
8)(dhan)
9)(hal)
10)(van)
11)(tan)
12)(pal)

Answers

1) नल
2) घर
3) मन
4) जल
5) बस
6) सच
7) रस
8) धन
9) हल
10) वन
11) तन
12) पल

Exercise 5 of 5 · 8 questions

वाक्य पूरा कीजिए - complete the sentence.

Fill in the blank · Think about it

1)मेरा ___ बड़ा है। (house)
2)___ पीना चाहिए। (water)
3)___ में शेर रहता है। (forest)
4)___ से पानी आता है। (tap)
5)मैं ___ से स्कूल जाता हूँ। (bus)
6)आम का ___ मीठा है। (juice)
7)सदा ___ बोलो। (truth)
8)किसान ___ चलाता है। (plough)

Answers

1) घर
2) जल
3) वन
4) नल
5) बस
6) रस
7) सच
8) हल

While your child works

Every Hindi consonant carries a built-in short 'a'. Children who have come from English phonics sometimes expect a vowel to be added and get stuck waiting for one - saying this once resolves it.
The dictation exercise is the valuable one. Reading is recognition and writing from hearing is production, and only the second is what an exam asks for.
Keep this sheet in circulation even after moving on to matras. Fluency on plain words is what makes matra words readable at speed rather than decodable letter by letter.

Before you print it

What is on this worksheet

5 exercises, 54 questions, about 20 minutes. Every exercise has an answer key, printed on its own page so it can be kept back. 2 exercises start with a question already worked out, so you can check the method before helping.

Exercise	What the child does	Questions	Worked example
1	Written answers	12	Yes
2	Written answers	12	—
3	Matching	10	—
4	Written answers	12	Yes
5	Fill in the blanks	8	—

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About this worksheet

What are do akshar shabd?

Two-letter Hindi words with no matra, like नल, घर, मन and जल. Each consonant carries its own built-in short 'a' sound, so no vowel mark is needed - which makes them the fastest words for a beginner to read confidently.

My child reads these but cannot write them from dictation. Is that a problem?

No, and it is expected at this stage. Reading is recognition and writing from hearing is production, which is genuinely harder. It is also the direction exams test, so it is worth practising deliberately rather than assuming reading fluency will carry it.

Is the PDF free?

Yes, free to print with a full answer key, and no sign-up or email required.

Does this Class 1 Hindi worksheet come with answers?

Yes. Every exercise has a full answer key, and it prints on its own page at the end rather than beside the questions - so you can hand your child the sheet and keep the answers back. Some exercises also show one question already worked out, with the method rather than just the result, which is the part most answer keys leave out.

Is there a free printable PDF?

Yes, and there is no sign-up, no email and no account. The download button at the top of the sheet gives you the whole thing - all 54 questions across 5 exercises, plus the answer key - laid out to print on A4.

How long does this worksheet take?

About 20 minutes for 54 questions, though that is a guide rather than a target. It is designed to be split: the exercises are ordered so stopping halfway still leaves a complete piece of work, which matters more than finishing at this age.

Can I use it if my child is in a different class?

Often, yes - these topics are taught across several years and schools vary in when they arrive. Judge by the questions rather than the class on the label. If the first exercise is a struggle the level below is the better start, and the same topic at other levels is linked further up this page.

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