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Class : 3rd
Subject : English
Chapter : 3
Chapter Name : Unit-3
Q1 Name the tree that the acorn grows into.
Answer. Oak tree
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Q2 What things does a seed need to grow?
Answer. A seed needs soil, moisture, air and sunlight to grow.
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Q3 How many describing words can you nd in this poem?
Answer. We can nd the following describing words in the poem.
1. Little
2. Mossy
3. Each
4. Thread-like
5. Tiny
6. Slender
7. mighty
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Q1 Look at the two pictures. Find four things that are different about these trees and talk about
them.
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Answer. Four things that are different about these trees:
(I) Tree ‘A’ is happy while tree ‘B’ is sad.
(ii) Tree ‘A’ is getting everything that it needs to grow properly while tree ‘B’ is not getting these
things.
(iii) Tree ‘A’ is able to give us several useful things as shown in Picture 1 while
tree ‘B’ is not able to give us anything.
(iv) One can breathe fresh air under tree ‘A’ but not under tree ‘B’
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Q1 Look at Picture 1. Write three sentences on what the trees give us.
Answer. (i) The trees give us fresh air to breathe.
(ii) They give us fruits and vegetables.
(iii) They give us valuable timber.
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Q2 Now look at Picture 2. Write three sentences on how we harm the trees.
Answer. (i) We cut wood from trees for our needs.
(ii) We cause pollution by destroying trees.
(iii) We force birds and animals to go away by cutting trees.
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Q3 These words describe parts of a tree. Write them in the given space.
stem _________________________________________________________
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bark _________________________________________________________
leaves ________________________________________________________
branch _______________________________________________________
twigs _________________________________________________________
root ___________________________________________________________
shoot _________________________________________________________
Answer. stem – It helps the tree to stand upright.
bark – Outer covering (brown coloured) of a tree.
leaves – Green leaves prepare food for the tree.
branch -An arm-like part of a tree that bear leaves.
twigs – Small shoots growing from a branch or stem.
root – Part of a plant or tree that grows into the earth.
shoot – A young branch or new growth of a plant.
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Q4 Match the opposites. One has been done for you.
Answer. Downward - upward
Slowly - fast
Little - big
Slender - fat
Mighty - weak
Day - night
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Q1 What did the old man plant?
Answer. The old man planted some turnip seeds.
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Q2 Why was it dif cult for the old man to pull up the turnip?
Answer. It was dif cult for the old man to pull up the turnip because it was very large.
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Q3 Who helped him to pull up the enormous turnip?
Answer. An old woman, a boy and a girl helped him to pull up the enormous turnip.
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Q4 Who ate the enormous turnip?
Answer. All the four, the old man, the old woman, the boy and the girl, ate the enormous turnip.
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Qi Name and draw four vegetables that have to be pulled out from the earth. Now name them in
your own language.
Answer.
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Qii Let’s go shopping! How many vegetables can you nd in this maze? Draw a circle around each
word. One has been done for you.
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Answer.
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Qiii A Game of Opposites The entire class can be divided into two groups where one group says one
word and the second group says the opposite word.
Group I - Group II
eg. pull - push
black _______________
True _______________
Right _______________
This is how the game goes on. Some words are suggested here. You may pick up some more words
from the lesson.
far, good ,dark, up ,old
Answer. Pull - push
Black - white
True - false
Ight - wrong
Far - near
Good - bad
Dark - light
Up - down
Old - young
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Q1 How do you like to eat these vegetables — raw or cooked? Say why.
Answer.
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Q2 Name four vegetables you ate last week. Write their names here.
Answer. 1. Peas
2. Cauli ower
3. Tomato
4. Radish
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Q3 Complete these columns
One - Many
carrot - carrots
turnip _______________
onion _______________
potato - potatoes
tomato _______________
Answer.
One - Many
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carrot - carrots
turnip - turn ons
onion - onions
potato - potatoes
tomato - tomatoes
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Q1 One word in each of the following sets is different from the others.
Circle the odd one out.
i. turnip, potato, tomato, sun ower, carrot, brinjal (clue − vegetables)
ii. cow, horse, goat, fox, kangaroo, melon (clue − animals)
iii. banyan, neem, peepal, mango, snake, apple (clue − trees)
iv. rose, lily, sun ower, lotus, cauli ower (clue − owers)
v. peacock, parrot, lizard, crow, woodpecker (clue − birds)
Answer. (i) Sun ower
(ii) melon
(iii) snake
(iv) cauli ower
(v) lizard
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