NCERT Solutions for Class 2 English (Marigold) Unit 3 A Smile, The Wind and the Sun

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Book - Marigold Ncert Solutions | Chapter- 3 English-1

Class : 2nd
Subject : English-1
Chapter : 3
Chapter Name : Unit-3

Q1 My grandmother has many wrinkles on her face.

Answer. My grandmother has many wrinkles on her face.

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Q2 Shall I tell you a secret?

Answer. DIY

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Q1 Why is a smile a funny thing?

Answer. Smile is a funny thing as it can make other people happy when they are sad.

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Q2 What happens when you smile at someone?

Answer. When we smile at someone, they get happy and forget their worries.

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Q1 Can you tell a joke and make everyone laugh? Say it rst in your language and then in English.

Answer. I asked my mother for twenty rupees. to see the lion jump the trees. He jumped so high, he touched the moon, and never
came back till the end of June.

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Q1

(i) When we read ‘w’ in column 3 it has no sound.
(ii) When we read ‘w’ in column 3 it has no sound. Look at the word ‘talk’. Here ‘ ’ is silent. Now say the silent letter in the following
words aloud –

(iii) All the following words have an ‘i’ sound that rhymes with ‘my’. Can you ll in the letter and then say the words aloud?
sm_le, k_te, m_ce, l_ne

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walk more wrap joke
smile, kite, mice, line

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Q1 Play the game with your partner. Close your eyes.
Tic Tac Toe, Round I go, If I miss, I’ll take this.

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Q1 Have fun with clay – Take a clay ball. – Use a rolling pin and roll the clay out at. – Make a clay pancake (round like a roti or idli).
– With the help of a matchstick, draw a circle or use a bowl to cut a circle out of the rolled clay. – Use the extra clay to make eyes,
nose, ears and a ‘smiley’ or a sad face. – Also try making hair.

Answer. DIY

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Q2 What else can you do to make the face colourful?

Answer. You can make the face colourful by lling its eyes with two black peas. You can colour the eyes and nose of the face with
natural skin colour using wall colours.

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Q1 What did the wind do to get the man's coat off?

Answer. The wind blew hard to get the man’s coat off.

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Q2 What did the sun do to get the man's coat off?

Answer. The sun started shining hard to get the man’s coat off.

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Q3 Who won in the end?

Answer. The sun won in the end.

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Q4 Who said this to whom –
(i) “I can get his coat off more quickly than you can.”
(ii) “I will let you try rst.”
(iii) “How cold it is!”
(iv) “I give up. I cannot get his coat off!”
(v) “I have won.”

Answer. “I can get his coat off more quickly than you can.”- The Wind said to the Sun.
“I will let you try rst.”- The Sun said to the Wind.
“How cold it is!”- The man to himself.
“I give up. I cannot get his coat off!”- The Wind to the Sun.
“I have won.”- The Sun to the Wind.

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Q1 Rohan tries to snatch Gita’s new book from her. What do you think is the best thing to do? Choose an answer

Gita runs away with her book.

Gita ghts with Rohan.

Gita talks to Rohan.

Gita cries in a corner.
and share why you feel so?

Answer. Gita talks to Rohan.

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Q1 Find a rhyming word from the story for each of these words -
(i) bun
(ii) hold
(iii) boat
(iv) fan
(v) sunny
(vi) pot

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Q1 Here are some ‘doing’ words in the story

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(i) walking
(ii) smiling
(iii) blowing
(iv) pulling
Find three more ‘doing’ words in the story that end in and then write them here.
__________________

Answer. 1) Walking
2) Puf ng
3) Shining

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Q2 Choose the right word from the box below and ll in the blanks.
(i) pulled
(ii) took
(iii) blew
(iv) felt
(v) wanted
(vi) started
One day the wind and the sun had a competition. They _____________ to make a man take off his coat. First, the wind _____________ hard.
The man _____________ his coat tightly round himself. Then the sun ___________ shining hard. The man _____________ hot and he
_____________ off his coat.

Answer. One day the wind and the sun had a competition. They wanted to make a man take off his coat. First, the wind blew hard.
The man pulled his coat tightly round himself. Then the sun started shining hard. The man felt hot and he took off his coat.

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Q3 Look at these pairs of words with opposite meanings –
(i) hot
(ii) cold
(iii) big
(iv) small
(v) strong
(vi) weak

Answer. hot
cold
big
small
strong
weak

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Q4 Now write the opposites of –
(i) good_________
(ii) tall_________
(iii) hard_________
(iv) black_________

Answer. good bad
hard soft
tall short
black white

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Q1 Look at the pictures and complete the words in the puzzles.

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Q1 Are these sentences Right (✓) or Wrong (x) ?
(i) The wind can blow down a house.
(ii) The wind can blow down a eld.
(iii) The wind can blow down a child.
(iv) The wind can blow down a tree.
(v) The wind can blow down a river.

Answer. 1.The wind can blow down a house.(Right)
2.The wind can blow down a eld.(Wrong)
3.The wind can blow down a child.(Wrong)
4.The wind can blow down a tree.(Right)
5.The wind can blow down a river.(Wrong)

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