Pull

Looking Around 2 — Means of Transport. Pulling ropes, handles, and buckets appears in transport and daily-work stories in Looking Around 2.

• A pull brings something towards you.
• Pulls use ropes, handles, and hands.
• Compare push vs pull in daily tasks.

Verbal: A pull brings something towards you — opening a drawer, tug-of-war, or reeling a kite.

Symbolic: Pull direction: object → you. Table: open drawer = pull; slam door away = push.

Level 1 — What is a pull?

Force towards your body — opening a door, pulling a wagon.

Level 1 — Rope pulls

Tug-of-war, pulling a bucket from a well, kite string.

Level 1 — Pull vs push

Level 2 — Both can change speed

Pull a toy faster → it speeds up towards you.

Level 2 — India

Pulling a rickshaw; drawing water with a rope and bucket.

How do you open a stuck window that slides towards you?

Step 1 — You hold the handle.
Step 2 — You **pull** the window towards you.
Step 3 — Pull overcomes friction; window opens.
Answer: Use a pull on the handle.

• Name something you pull at school.
• Pull or push: kicking a ball?
• What force pulls a magnet towards iron?

Stretch: List three things you pull in a week. Is pulling a bucket from a well a push or pull?

Revision tip: Play tug-of-war with a rope — feel the pull on both sides and name who is pulling harder.

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