CHAPTER -2 Class 3 English Nina and the baby Sparrows

1. Why was there great joy in Nina’s house?

Ans. Nina’s Aunt was getting married and everyone in the house was going to Delhi
for the wedding.
2. Why was Nina worried?
Ans. Nina was worried for the baby sparrows. She thought if they go out, how the
parents of the babies will feed their children.
3. What did the mother suggest?
Ans. Mother said that they will let the window open for the Papa and the Mama
sparrows and lock rest of the house.
4. What did Nina find when she came back from the wedding?
Ans. Nina found two plump little sparrows flying all over the room.
5. How do baby sparrows eat?
Ans. Papa or Mama sparrow put food in the beak of baby sparrow and baby sparrows
gulp it.
6. What new things would you like to wear for a wedding? You can say “I would
like to wear……”
Ans. I would like to wear a beautiful skirt and top with nice shoes. I would also like to
wear matching bangles and hair band.
7. Number the jumbled picture story carefully. Then write the story in proper
order.
Ans. (i) Nina is sad.
(ii) Mothers asks why?

(iii) Nina does not want to leave the baby sparrows alone.

(iv) Mother says, “We will leave the window open.”

(v) Nina is happy again.

8. Would you like to have birds visiting you everyday?

Ans. Yes, we would like to have birds visiting us everyday.
9. Write down suitable words describing each picture. Pick up the words from
the list given below: Beautiful, Black, Red, Happy, Tall, Fat.
Ans.

A plump woman.

A beautiful rose.
A happy boy.

A beautiful peacock.

A black board.

A tall man

10. Now describe these pictures in your own language.

Ans. (i) This is a fat woman and this is a rose.
(ii) This is Mohan and this is our national bird (Peacock)

(iii) This is our black board.

(iv) This is a very tall man.

11. Say aloud:

Ans. (i) Spoil
(ii) Sparrow

(iii) Sport

(iv) School

(v) Scout

(vi) Skirt

(vi) Skip

(vii) Scold

(viii) Skin

CHAPTER -3 Class 3 English The Enormous trip

1. What did the old man plant?
Ans. The old man planted some turnip seeds.
2. Why was it difficult for the old man to pull up the turnip?
Ans. It was difficult for the old man to pull the turnip because it was enormous.
3. Who helped him to pull up the enormous turnip?
Ans. An old woman, a boy and a girl helped him to pull up the enormous turnip.
4. Who ate the enormous turnip?
Ans. The old man, the old woman, the boy and the girl ate the enormous turnip.
5. Name and draw four vegetables that have to be pulled out from the earth.
Now name them in your language.
Ans. Potato

Ginger

Carrot

Radish

6. Let’s go shopping! How many vegetables can you find in the maze? Draw a
circle around each word. One has been done for you.
Ans.

7. A game of opposites.
The entire class can be divide into two groups where one group says one word
and the second group says the opposite word.
Ans.
Group I Group II

Pull Push

Black White

True False

Right Wrong
8. This is how the game goes on. Some words are suggested here. You may pick
up some words from the lesson.
Ans.
Far Near

Good Bad

Dark Bright

Up Down

Old New

9. Name four vegetables you ate last week. Write their names here.
Ans.
One Many

Carrot Carrots

Turnip Turnips

Onion Onions

Potato Potatoes

Tomato Tomatoes
10. One word in each of the following set is different than the others. Choose the
odd one out.
(i) Turnip, potato, tomato, sunflower, brinjal, carrot.
Ans. Sunflower.
(ii) Cow, horse, fox, kangaroo, melon.
Ans. Melon.
(iii) Banyan, neem, peepal, mango, snake, apple.
Ans. Snake.
(iv) Rose, lily, sunflower, lotus, cauliflower.
Ans. Cauliflower.
(v) Peacock, parrot, lizard, crow, woodpecker.
Ans. Lizard, Woodpecker.
11. Say aloud:
Ans. (i) Pull
(ii) Full

(iii) Put

(iv) Cool

(v) Root

(vi) Shoot

(vii) Cut

(viii) But

(ix) Shut

CHAPTER -1 (POEM) Class 3 English Good Morning

1. Why is the child in the poem happy?
Ans. The child in the poem is happy because it is morning now and the night has been
over.
2. To whom does the child say ‘Good Morning’?
Ans. The child says ‘Good Morning’ to the sky, the sun, the wind, birds, trees grass and
bees.
3. What does the child want to do?
Ans. The child wants to play with the birds and bees.
4. In the morning I say, “Good Morning”
At night I say, “Good Night”

A dog says “Bow-wow”

A cow says, “Moo-moo”

Say “Good Morning” in your own language to:

(i) Your friends.

Ans. I say, “Good Morning, Parul”. (My friend’s name is Parul)
(ii) Your teacher
Ans. I say, “Good Morning, ma’m.”
5. How would you wish them when you leave school in the evening?
Ans. When I leave school I say, “Good bye, friends” to all my friends.
I say, “Good bye, ma’m”, to my teacher.

6. Let’s say aloud. Find words in the poem which rhyme with.
Ans. Bee –Trees, day – Away, too – you
7. What do your see around you during the day and at night? Draw in the two
boxes given below and colour the picture.
Ans.

Day

Night

8. Write two words each from the two pictures you have drawn.
Ans.
Day Night

1. Sunlight 1. Moonlight

2. Chirping birds 2. Birds sleep

9. From groups. Tell each other an interesting thing you have seen in the garden
one day.
Ans. Last Sunday, I was playing with my brother in the garden. It had beautiful flowers
of all kinds. Colorful butterflies were wandering from one flower to another. My brother
and I wanted to touch the butterflies. As we went near the butterflies, they flew away.
We tried many times, but we could not.
CHAPTER -2 (POEM) Class 3 English Bird Talk
1. Name the two birds in the poem.
Ans. The two birds in the poem are robin and jay.
2. What are the three things that people can’t do?
Ans. The people can’t grow wings, eat beetles, or sit on wires and other things.
3. What do birds thinks of people?
Ans. Birds think people are so funny.
4. Imagine what two elephants would say to each other about people. Let them
talk about.

(a) What people look like?

Ans. Elephant 1: Look at that man’s nose.
Elephant 2: See how small it is!

(b) What they eat?

Ans. Elephant 1: Do you know what they eat?
Elephant 2: I don’t know, It’s strange they don’t eat grass, bamboo.

(c) How they walk?

Ans. Elephant 1: Look how those men are walking.
Elephant 2: Yes, they can’t walk on four legs.

5. Let’s find two things which you can do and the birds can’t do. Tell the class.
Ans. (i) We can read books and write but birds can’t.
(ii) We can drive cars and scooters but birds can’t.

6. Listen to the sounds of the birds. Make a list of these words.

For example: Chirp, Chirp, Chirp: Sparrow.
Ans. Koo, Koo, Koo: Koel.
Caw, Caw, Caw: Crow.

7. Now write four sentences on birds using the following words. Nest, water,
chirp, fly, sky, wings.
Ans. (i) Birds make their nest on the trees.
(ii) Birds have wings to fly in the sky.

(iii) Birds make a sound – chirp, chirp.

(iv) Birds drink water with their beak.

8. Write words that rhyme with the words given below. The first one has been
done for you.
Grow Know Throw
Ans. Day Bay Gay
Think Brink Pink

Funny Bunny Money

Eat Greet Meet

Sing Wing King

9. Say aloud:
Ans. (i) Think
(ii) Thin

(iii) Three

(iv) This

(v) That

CHAPTER -3 (POEM) Class 3 English Little by Little

1. Name the tree that the acorn grows into.
Ans. The acorn grows into an oak tree.
2. What things does a seed need to grow?
Ans. A seed needs air, water and soil to grow.
3. How many describing words can you find in this poem?
Ans. Describing words in the poem are- slowly, improving, deep, sipped, tiny, slender,
mighty etc.
4. Look at the two pictures. Find four things that are different about these trees
and talk about them.

Ans. (i) The picture 1 shows that the tree which gives us many essential things. In
contrary, picture -2 shows how we harm the tree in many ways.
(ii) In picture -1, the tree gives us medicines while in picture – 2, we are bringing wood
around it.

(iii) The stem and leaves of the tree in picture -1 are smiling whereas these of the tree
in picture -2 are sad and weeping.

(iv) The picture -1 shows that the birds are happy in the nest. On the other hand in
picture -2, the birds are moving away from the tree due to problems created by the
human beings.

5. Look at the Picture -1. Write three sentences on what the trees give us.

Ans. (i) Trees give us fruits and vegetables.

(ii) Trees give us fresh oxygen.

(iii) They give wood for shelter.

(iv) They provide us medicines.

6. Now look at Picture 2. Write three sentences on how we harm the trees.
Ans. (i) We cut plants for burning.
(ii) We cause pollution by setting up industries.

(iii) We pluck leaves for feeding domestic animals.

(iv) We cut trees to make our houses.

7. These words describe parts of a tree. Write them in the given space.
(a) Stem
Ans. It gives us strength to the tree and helps in making the tree stand straight.
(b) Bark
Ans. It is brown coloured part present on the stem.
(c) Leaves
Ans. These are green and many in number. This part makes food in the plant.
(d) Branches
Ans. These are parts emerging from stem on which the leaves grow. Birds make their
nests on them.
(e) Twigs
Ans. These are thin, weak branches.
(f) Roots
Ans. These are thin like thread and long parts under the earth which hold the plant in
the soil.
(g) Shoot
Ans. The uppermost part of the plant above the soil is called the shoot.
8. Match the opposites.
Ans.
Downward Upward

Slowly Fast

Little Big

Slender Fat

Mighty Weak

Day Night