Hindi Matra and Barakhadi Practice Workbook with 60 Pages and Answer Key

For parents of children in Classes 1 to 3 who know their Hindi letters and are now learning to read and write with matras, at home in India or abroad. The workbook takes the matras one at a time: every page uses only the matras your child has already met, and a separate answer key lists every answer, including other spellings in common use.

What's inside

• Hindi-Matra-and-Barakhadi-Workbook-60-Pages.pdf: 60 A4 pages with bookmarks
  • Pages 1 to 2: for the adult: what matras are, the order used, a 10 to 15 minute daily routine, reading-aloud tips and a short summary in simple Hindi
  • Pages 3 to 46: 11 matra groups (ा ि ी ु ू ृ े ै ो ौ, then ं and ँ together), 4 pages each: see and trace (dotted syllables on four-line guides), read and match (words to pictures, plus a syllable search), fill in the missing matra, and build and write (join parts into words and break words into letters and matras)
  • Pages 47 to 49: the full barakhadi, क to ह with every matra, for reading aloud
  • Pages 50 to 52: barakhadi tables to complete
  • Pages 53 to 56: contrast pairs ि/ी, ु/ू, े/ै and ो/ौ
  • Pages 57 to 59: 18 short original sentences with questions
  • Page 60: review and "I can read" checklist
• Hindi-Matra-and-Barakhadi-Workbook-Answer-Key.pdf: 15 pages with the same page and item numbers, English meanings for every word, and every accepted spelling where more than one is in common use

How to use it

1. Print at 100% (actual size) on A4. Black-and-white printing works well.
2. Read pages 1 and 2 once, then do one page a day, in order, for 10 to 15 minutes.
3. For each matra, work through the four pages: trace, match, fill in, then build and write.
4. Check each page with the answer key, then reread a few words from the day before.

Requirements

• Any PDF reader and an A4 printer. The fonts are embedded, so the Hindi looks the same on every device. The files were checked in MuPDF.