A Brave General | Class 3 | English | Lesson 3 | SCERT Solutions

A Brave General | Class 3 | English | Lesson 3 | SCERT Solutions | Assam

1.    Read the sentences and write ‘yes’ or ‘no’:

 a)    Chakradhwaj Singha was a brave general.

Answer: No.

 b)    The king had to pay huge sums of money to the Mogul emperor. 

Answer: Yes.

 c)    Chakradhwaj Singha wanted to fight the Moguls.

Answer: No.

 d)    Chakradhwaj Singha appointed Lachit as the Borphukan.

Answer: Yes.

2.    Read the text and see how much you have understood:

a)    What is the name of the king in the story?

Answer: Chakradhwaj Singha.

b)    What did Chakradhwaj Singha decide to do?

Answer: King Chakradhwaj Singha decided to fight the Moghuls and recover the lost part of his kingdom.

c)    Give the name of the person who was selected to become the general.

Answer: Lachit Borphukan was selected to become the general.

d)    What did the attendant do that made Lachit so angry?

Answer: Lachit was so angry because the attendant took off Lachit's turban.

e)    What did the king want to test in Lachit?

Answer: The King wanted to test if Lachit was brave and had self-respect.

3.    Pick out words from the box and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences given below:

FIGHT | BRAVE | SWORD | TEST | WESTERN

a)    The Western part of the kingdom was under the Moguls.

b)    The king wanted to fight the Moguls.

c)    The king needed a brave general.

d)    The king wanted to test Lachit.

e)    The king presented a sword to Lachit.

4.    Rearrange the words to make sentences:

a)    The king huge sums of money to pay had

Answer: The King had to pay huge sums of money.

b)    King presented the Lachit sword with a 

Answer: The King presented a sword to Lachit.

c)    The king Lachit called chamber to his

Answer: The King called Lachit to his chamber.

d)    Chamber rushed into an attendant the royal

Answer: An attendant rushed into the royal chamber.

e)    The a brave general needed King

Answer: The King needed a Brave General.

Now, rearrange the sentences in the correct order according to the story:

5. (a)  Read aloud the two sentences:

Chakradhwaj Singha was brave.

He was a brave king.

Notice where the describing word brave is placed. In the first sentence, it is placed after ‘was’. In the second sentence, it is placed before the naming word. Many describing words can be placed in both these places.

5. (b) Read the sentences about Lachit Borphukan:

Lachit Borphukan was brave.

Now write another sentence about him using the word ‘brave’.

 Lachit Borphukan was appointed as a general because he was Brave

5.    Mita wants to climb a tree. But she is afraid. Look at the pictures below. They show how Mita is learning to climb a tree:

Answer: (i) Mita is trying to climb the tree.

                (ii) But she is afraid to climb it.

                 (iii) Her father is showing her how to climb the tree.

                 (iv) Mita has bravely climbed the tree.

6.    Look at the pair of words and fill in the blanks:

(a)    Need – Needed

(b)    Want – wanted

(c)    Select – selected

(d)    Rush – rushed

(e)    Appoint – appointed

(f)    Present – presented

7.    Read aloud the pair of words:

Now, make sentences using words from any two pairs:

Answer: (i) Sita Wants to become a Doctor

               (ii) She became what she wanted to become.

9.    Write three sentences about what you do every day and three sentences about what you did yesterday or last Sunday:

EVERYDAY –

(a) I play Carrom board

(b) I do exercise

(c) I cook a meal

LAST SUNDAY

(a) I played football

(b) I cooked Food

(c) I did Exercise

10.    Let’s make new words by joining two words from the clouds. You will find these words in the story of ‘The King and the Spider’. One is done for you:

(a)    Cob+web = cobweb

(b)    Battle+field = Battlefield

(c)    King+dom = Kingdom

12.    We can use these ‘Wh’ words to ask questions. Let us use these words and frame questions to know how much we have understood the story ‘The King and the Spider’.

(i)    Where did the spider try to weave the web?

(ii)    What did the spider do?

(iii)    How did the king go to a deep forest?

(iv)    Why did the king run away?

(v)    When did the king go?

18.a) Sing and enjoy this rhyme:

Work While You Work,

Play While you play.

This is the way

To be happy each day.

All that you do,

Do with your might,

Things done by halves,

Are never done right.

18.b) Find the rhyming words in the poem and write them:

(a) Play - Day

(b) Might - Right 

 LESSON 2 | TWO FRIENDS AND A BEAR QUESTIONS ANSWERS | SCERT SOLUTIONS

LESSON 2 | TWO FRIENDS AND A BEAR QUESTIONS ANSWERS | SCERT SOLUTIONS

LESSON 2 TWO FRIENDS AND A BEAR

1. Match the sentences to the picture of the person who said them:

(a) "I'm afraid of wild animals."

Answer: Anup.

(b) "If you are in danger, I'll help you."

Answer: Tipin.

(c) "Never trust someone who doesn't help you."

Answer: Anup.

2. Let's see how much we have understood:

(a) Who were Anup and Tipin?

Answer: Anup and Tipin were friends.

(b) Who climbed up a tree?

Answer: Tipin climbed up a tall tree.

(c) Why did he climb up a tree?

Answer: Tipin climbed up a tree Because he was Frightened.

(d) Who lay down on the ground?

Answer: Anup Lay down on the ground.

(e) Why did the bear move away?

Answer: The bear move away because he thought that Anup was dead.

(f) Who do you like the most- Anup or Tipin? Why?  

Answer: I like Anup because, Tipin didn't helped Anup in the time of danger.

3. Read:

Question 1. What did Tipin do?

Answer 1. He ran and climbed a tree.

Question 2. What did the bear do?

Answer 2. The bear camp to Anup and sniffed at him

Now, ask questions to get the answers.

Question 1. What did tipin do?

Answer 1. Tipin climbed up a tree.

Question 2. What did Anup do?

Answer 2. Anup lay down on the ground.

5. Read and complete the following sentences with the words in the boxes:

I'll | didn't | I'm

a) "I'm afraid of wild animals," said Anup.

b) "I'll help you," said Tipin.

c) Anup didn't know how to climb a tree.

6. Read

sniff

A bear sniffs at the fishes.

7. Look at the words in the bag. They are all describing words. Your teacher will read out the words. Find out the words in the grid and circle them:

8. Rearrange the words and make sentences. Put a full stop at the end of the sentence:

a) it forest a was big

Answer: it was a big forest.

b) Tipin a saw tree tall

Answer: Tipin saw a tall tree.

c) Anup black saw a bear.

Answer: Anup saw a black bear.

d) You good are a friend

Answer: You are a goof friend.

10. Read these sentences about some things we do with our friends:

a) I play with my friend.

b) I share my toys with my friend.

c) I help my friend in need.

Now, write two sentences about what you do with your friends:

a) I watch television with my friend.

b) I do my homework with my friend.

11. b) Now, talk to your friend and find two things he/she does in her/his free time. Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences about your friend. You can take help from the clouds.

a) This is my friend Ajoy

b) He sings songs.

c) He plays football.

d) He also draws pictures 

12. Read the following sentences:

a) I play football.

b) we read books.

c) she sings songs.

d) he plays badminton.

e) they sing songs.

f) we read books.

Notice the underlined words. You can see that some of these words have 's' and some don't have 's' at the end. Find out and write the words that are used before 'plays' and 'sings'.

(i) He (ii) She

13. Write two things that you did yesterday. You can take help from the words in the frame:

Answer: a) we listened to music 

               b) we rode bicycles.

15. Let's recite:

Things I like to do

There are some things

I liked to do

The one that's best

is play with you.

There's nothing more

I wish to be

Then be your friend

And sing with glee.

16. Find the rhyming words in the poem and underline them.

17. Read the words in the frame:

PLAY | MORE | LAKE | FOUR | TAKE | BITE | DAY | KITE

Now, find out the pairs of rhyming words from the frame and write them.

(i) Play - Day

(ii) More - Four

(iii) Lake - Take

(iv) Four - More

Lesson 1 | Ten Little Fingers | Class 3 | English | Questions | Answers | SCERT | ASSAM

Lesson 1 | Ten Little Fingers | Class 3 | English | Questions | Answers | SCERT | ASSAM

 CLASS 3: TEN LITTLE FINGERS

Summary: In the human body, we have ten fingers, and ten toes. Two ears help us to hear. A nose helps to smell. We have two eyes which are very bright. We have a mouth to kiss our beloved mother and wish her good night. 

1. Match the pictures with the words:

2. Practice saying rhyming words. Your teacher will read the first word in each row. Read the other two:

3. A Baby duck is called a duckling. Do you know the names of other baby animals?

(a) Duck - Duckling

(b) Dog - Puppy

(c) Cat - Kitten

(d) Cow-Calf

(e) Horse - Pony

(f) Hen - Chick

(g) Pig - Piglet

(h) Tiger - Cub

(i) Goat - Kid

4. (a) Match The names of animals and birds with their young ones:

 (a) Hen - Chick

 (b) Pig - Piglet

 (c) Cow-Calf

 (d) Duck - Duckling

 (e) Goat - Kid

 (f) Horse - Pony

 (g) Cat - Kitten

 (h) Tiger - Cub

 (i) Dog - Puppy

4. (b) Now, write the correct pairs. One is done for you:

5. Look at the picture and let's read:

6. Let's see how much we have understood:

(a) What does the cow do?

Answer: The cow licks her calf clean.

(b) Where does the Chicken Sleep?

Answer: The Chicks sleep under their Mother's wings.

(c) With whom do the ducklings sleep?

Answer: The ducklings sleep with their mother.

(d) Where do baby foxes sleep?

Answer: Baby foxes sleep in a hole.

10. SAY 'Yes' or 'No' :

(a) Mother Duck and her Ducklings live near a lake.

Answer: Yes

(b) Mother Duck and her Ducklings swam in the lake.

Answer: Yes

(c) A tiger was looking at them.

Answer: No

(d) Mother Duck was worried.

Answer: Yes

(e) Mother Duck walked fast.

Answer: Yes

(f) The fox went away happily.

Answer: No

12. (c) Now, copy two sentences about what the ducklings do :

(i) The Ducklings swim in the lake

(ii) The Ducklings play near the lake

13. Fill in the blanks with the correct words to complete the following sentences to show what happened to Mother Duck and her Ducklings:

Mother Duck and her Ducklings lived in a lake. She and her ducklings loved to swim in the lake. One day they heard the cry of a fox. Mother Duck wanted to save the ducklings from the fox. She told her Ducklings to run to the lake. She walked very fast. She went far away from the Ducklings. The foolish fox followed her. She returned to the lake when. She saw her Ducklings safe.