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INDEX CLASS: III SUBJECT: ENGLISH

S.No. Topic Date Grade Tr. Sign

1. GOOD MORNING

2. THE MAGIC GARDEN

3. BIRD TALK

4. NINA AND THE BABY SPARROWS

5. LITTLE BY LITTLE

6. THE ENORMOUS TURNIP

7. SEA SONG

8. A LITTLE FISH STORY

9. FA-2 ACTIVITY

10. BALLOON MAN

11. A YELLOW BUTTERFLY

12. UNSEEN PASSAGE 1

13. TRAINS

14. STORY OF THE ROAD

15. PUPPY AND I

16. LITTLE TIGER BIG TIGER

17. WHAT’S IN THE MAIL BOX

18. MY SILLY SISTER

19. DON’T TELL

20. HE IS MY BROTHER

21. HOW CREATURES MOVE

22. THE SHIP OF THE DESERT

23. UNSEEN PASSAGE 2

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Lesson : Good Morning [Poem] Date : ___________ I. Give rhyming word for : right ___________ ___________ trees ___________ ___________

kind ___________ ___________ told ___________ ___________

good ___________ ___________ must ___________ ___________

love ___________ ___________ child ___________ ___________

sad ___________ ___________ paid ___________ ___________

seen ___________ ___________ day ___________ ___________

II. Write the present tense for the following words from the poem:

PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE __________ played

__________ found

__________ went

__________ ran

__________ told

__________ did

III. Write some words which we use to wish our elders or friends:

ELDERS FRIENDS

___________________ ____________________

___________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

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IV. Write the plural of :

1. child ________________ 6. Playground ________________

2. dress ________________ 7. Flower ________________

3. tree ________________ 8. Man ________________

4. bird ________________ 9. Feather ________________

5. house _________________ 10.shop ________________

V. Draw a “Morning scene” and describe in your own words :

1. _____________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________________ Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Lesson: The Magic Garden Date: ___________

I. Write the name of flowers. The first and last letter has been given as a hint

1. p ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ s

2. s ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ r

3. m ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ d

4. r ___ ___ e

5. l ___ ___ ___ s

II. Give three names of the following you see in / near a garden :

1. plants - ……………….. , ……………….. , ………………..

2. insects - ……………….. , ……………….. , ………………..

3. vegetables- ……………….. , ……………….. , ………………..

4. fruits - ……………….. , ……………….. , ………………..

5. trees - ……………….. , ……………….. , ………………..

III. Draw and colour any two flowers:

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IV. choose the words which can be suffixed with – ‘ful’ :

_______________

_____________

_____________

_____________ _____________

V. Write the opposite of :

1. pretty x_____________ poor x_______________

2. high x_____________ more x_______________

3. happily x_____________ little x_______________

4. love x_____________ like x_______________

5. good x_____________ tiny x_______________

Grade:_________ Sign _______________

FUL

beauty

hope

watch

fruit people

great again

beat

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Lesson : Bird Talk Date: _______________

I You see different kinds of birds in the surroundings. Name any five of them

:

a] _________________________

b] _________________________

c] _________________________

d] _________________________

e] _________________________

II. Draw and colour the bird from the clues :

a] My colour is green. b] I have beautiful feathers.

My beak is red. I am the national bird of India.

I eat chillies. I dance in rain.

III. Let us have rhyming fun with these words :

jay _____________ think _____________

throw _____________ funny _____________

garden _____________ talk _____________

feather _______________ sky ______________

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IV. Mark the ‘ly’ words with green colour in the maze :

V. Use any ‘five’ of the marked ‘ly’ words in sentences of your own : 1. __________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________

VI. 5 Things which birds can do: 5 Things which you can do :

_________________ ____________________

_________________ ____________________

__________________ _____________________

__________________ _____________________

__________________ _____________________

Grade:_________ Sign _______________

M N S L O W L Y N M S Q U I C K L Y Q X T E H A P P I L Y J E A Y J L S A D L Y A S N O M F G H T R D I Q Z S C V B G N I L Q L O V E L Y X L Y Q W R T Y U I O Y C A R E F U L L Y

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Lesson: Nina And The Baby Sparrow Date: _____________

I. Arrange the following words from your text in alphabetical (dictionary)

order :

celebration, cradle, ceremony, courtyard, cruel,

confident, chocolate, centre, colourful, camel

1. __________________________ 6. __________________________

2. __________________________ 7. __________________________

3. __________________________ 8. __________________________

4. __________________________ 9. __________________________

5. __________________________ 10. __________________________

II. Use the clues and write the words :

1. To bang at a door, we say k n __ __ __

2. To make woollen things, we say k n __ __

3. Part of the body below our thigh, we say k n __ __

4. The joint of our fingers, we say k n __ __ __ __ __

5. To tie up something, we put k n __ __

III. Circle the silent letters in the following words :

1. plumber 4. Hymn

2. psychology 5. Butter

3. wrong 6. Knight

7. wrinkle 8. know

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IV. Pick out the words from the lesson to match these descriptions :

1. a young one :

2. place where birds live :

3. birds are covered with these :

4. a place with more shops : IV. Fill in the blanks with the double letters :

1. s p a __ __ o w s

2. b e g i __ __ i n g

3. c h __ __ k s

4. t h r i __ __ e d

5. r a __ __ i t

V. Choose the correct describing word for each :

1. ________________ mother 4. ________________ ice-cream

2. ________________ dog 5. ________________ elephant

3. ________________building 6. _________________ butterfly

Grade:_________ Sign _______________

nn ll

ii bb

rr

ee

Colourful , lovely , tasty , tall , black , huge

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Lesson 5 : Little By Little Date : ___________

I. Add -ly to make new words and use them to fill in the blanks :

quiet __________careful ____________ slow ____________

quick ____________ neat ____________

1. We should sit __________________ in the class.

2. We should cross the road __________________

3. Anurag has arranged his books __________________ in the rack.

4. Neha was walking __________________ in the garden.

5. Kapil can solve all Maths questions __________________

II. Match the words with their meaning :

1. slowly slender

2. drank slowly little by little

3. delicate huge

4. mighty sipped

5. over a huge area appeared

6. came out far and wide

III. Number the stages of plant growth -

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IV. Name any five things that we get from trees :

1. ___________________________

2. ___________________________

3. ___________________________

4. ___________________________

5. ___________________________

V. Write a paragraph on “Importance of Trees”

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VI. Rearrange the jumbled letters and make a meaningful word:

croan ____________ pede ____________

itltel ____________ drpie ____________

Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Lesson: The Enormous Turnip Date : ____________ I. Search the vegetables in this maze with the help of picture clues. Circle them with green if it grows above the ground and with brown if it grows under the ground.

P A P C U M U S R O O M

U C A R R O T P C C Z W

M U S R R M A I A A C X

P O T A T O M N P U U B

K N U A O O O A S L C R

I I R D M M O C I I U I

N O N D A A P H C F M N

P N I C T T N W U L B J

U I P C O R N Z M O E A

M N E R A D I S H W R L

B E A N S P O P N E R S

S O S N S D I S H R C U

Write the name of vegetables marked in the maze :

Above the ground under the ground

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

__________________ __________________

___________________ __________________

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II. Observe the picture and write five sentences on uses of coconut tree: ________________________________________________________________________

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III. Let us find the hidden words in : Grade:_________ Sign _______________

MOUSE

ENORMOUS ELEPHANT

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Lesson : Sea Song Date : ___________

I. Write out two words which rhyme with the given words :

1. shell ………………….., …………………..,

2. song ………………….., …………………..,

3. sweet ………………….., …………………..,

4. shook ………………….., …………………..,

5. harm ………………….., …………………..,

II. Pick out the suitable words denoting groups from the help box :

gang, swarm, chain, group, bundle

1. a ………………………………… of mountains.

2. a ………………………………… of bees.

3. a ………………………………… of robbers.

4. a ………………………………… of sticks.

5. a ………………………………… of islands.

III. Colour the items from the help box which you can find lying on sea beaches.

boat lion sand sheep water

tiger coconut crab net snail

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IV. Use the same colour to mark the present tense and the past tense of the

verbs For E.g., : say and said with same colour.

V. Look at the picture of the beach and write five sentences .

________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________ ____________________________________ Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Lesson : A Little Fish Story Date : ____________

I. write two sentences about the picture and colour it:

1. If I were a ____________

I would______________________________

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2. If I were a __________

I would__________________________________________

________________________________________

3. If I were a ____________

I would_______________________________________

_______________________________________

4. If I were a ____________

I would_______________________________________

_______________________________________

5. If I were a millionaire,

I would_______________________________________

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II. Using the given clues write few sentences about how we pollute water :

___________________________________________________________________

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III. Colour and write the name of sea animals :

1 ____________________ 5____________________

2 ____________________ 6____________________

3 ____________________ 7____________________

4 ____________________ 8____________________ Grade:_________ Sign _______________

Garbage washing bathing throwing cleaning the animals

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Topic : Seen Passage Date : _____________

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

There lived a very small fish in the sea. This little fish had everything in the sea to

make him contented but he was not happy because he was very small. One day, he

was caught in the net along with the rest of his school. The smallest fish wriggled

from the mesh and escaped.

1 Who lived in the sea?

_________________________________________________________

2 Was the little fish happy?

_________________________________________________________

3 Write the meaning of:

a) satisfied ___________ b) tiny ______________

4 Write the past tense of:

a) catch _____________ b) escape ___________

5 Write the rhyming word for:

a) wish _______________ b) giggled ___________

6 Write the other degrees of:

a) small smaller __________________

b) ___________ less least

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7 Complete the sentence:

The smallest fish wriggled through ______________________________

8 Fill in the blanks:

The group of fish is called ___________________

9 Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks:

There are many fish in the __________(see / sea )

10 Write the opposite of:

a) nothing x ______________ b) big x______________

Write the following paragraph neatly:

“SATYAMEV JAYATE” means truth always wins.So always speak truth

because the greatest advantage of speaking the truth is that you don’t have to

remember what you said. Never go out of your way to explain someone your

honesty and their faults because time has its own way of revealing the truth.

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Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Lesson : The Balloon Man Date : _____________

I. Write the words which are similar to the words given in these balloons.

One is done for you :

II. Make sentence using the given words :

Market square………………….………………….………………………….

bunch ………………….………………….……………………………

tug ………………….………………….……………………………

high ………………….………………….……………………………

balloon ………………….………………….………………………..…..

III. Colour the “Naming words” from the maze :

________________

________________

M A H E S H

X U O C Z P

T M E E N A

A J L Q W J

R A M Y M A

A K L Q P Y

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IV. Draw five balloons and write five occasions during which we use balloons

V. Write the past tense of the following verbs :

1. fly ………………………… 2. sail …………………………

3. stand………………………… 4. climb…………………………

5. jump ………………………… 6. catch …………………………

VI. Write the opposites :

1. slow x………………… 6. day x………………….

2. closer x………………… 7. go x………………….

3. up x………………… 8. below x………………….

4. lost x………………… 9. up x………………….

5. sad x………………… 10. like x…………………….

Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Lesson: The Yellow Butterfly Date : _____________ I. Join and make new words :

A B C

1. fire box = fireworks

2. grand works = ___________________

3. fruit mother = ___________________

4. butter seller = ___________________

5. post fly = ___________________

6. sun fall = ___________________

7. water day = ___________________

II. Join and make phrases and use them in the sentences given below :

1. lot of balloons

2. bunch of money

3. pile of clothes

4. bundle of sand

5. heap of sticks

1. Let’s play on the _________________.

2. We need a_________________ to develop our park.

3. See those lovely _________________ flying up in the sky.

4. Bring those _________________ to light the fire.

5. Take this _________________ to the laundry.

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III. Underline the correct word given in the brackets to make the sentence meaningful.

1. The cat jumped [in, over, at] the wall and ran away.

2. The bus stopped [under, over, in front of] us.

3. Little Rupa is hiding [behind, by, in front of] her mother.

4. Wait [in, on, at] the gate of the school till I come.

5. Nina is so small. She can crawl [under, in, over] my chair.

6. School closes [in, at, on] Saturday.

IV. Use can or cannot to make the sentence meaningful :

1. I _______________ touch the snake.

2. I _______________ see the air but I can feel it.

3. Can you touch the sky ?No I _______________

4. _______________ you climb the tree ? Yes I _______________

5. I _______________ see the flame but I _____________touch it.

6. I _______________ read Sanskrit.

7. We should be attentive in the class otherwise we_______________

understand the lesson.

8. We _______________ get good grades if we work hard.

Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Topic : Unseen Passage Date : ___________

Read the passage and answer the questions :

Humming birds are tiny birds that can fly forward and backward. They are

called humming birds because when they fly, their wings often make a humming

sound. Their tiny wings beat about 55 to 75 times each second. The biggest

hummingbird is the Giant Hummingbird. The smallest hummingbird is the Bee

Hummingbird, which is about the size of a bee. They live for 3-4 years.

1. Name the bird in the passage.

__________________________________________________________

2. Why are hummingbirds called so ?

__________________________________________________________

3. Which is the biggest hummingbird ?

__________________________________________________________

4. Name the smallest hummingbird.

_________________________________________________________

5. How long do they live?

_________________________________________________________

State ‘True’ or ‘False’ :

6. Hummingbirds are very small birds _________

7. The hummingbirds cannot fly ____________

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Write their opposites :

8. smallest × ________________ forward × ________________

9. Complete the sentence :

Their tiny wings beat ________________________________________

10. Find the similar word (synonym) for the given worn from the passage:

Small ___________ Big ___________

Draw and colour your favourite bird and write few sentences about it:

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

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Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Topic : Trains Date : ___________

I. Encircle the correct spelling :

1. presious pretious precious

2. mounten mountain mountan

3. carring carrying carying

4. freight fraight frighet

5. rivar river rivur

II. Match the following :

‘A’ ‘B’

1. mountain a raised area of land

2. plain a small area of still water

3. hill a large area of flowing water

4. river very big hills

5. pond flat and even land

III. Find the answers hidden in the jumbled up words :

1. The train that is called as the lifeline of Delhi -

o m e t r - _________________________

2. Name the place where the trains stop and go –

ywarali tionsta - ____________________________

3. Trains are a means of -

ptorranst - ____________________

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4. The fastest train of our country -

b s h a a t d i - ________________________

IV. Write the names of 5 trains that start from Madurai and go to other states

No. Name of the Train State

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. V. Colour the persons/things related to Train :

Grade:_________ Sign _______________

BUS AIRPORT RAILWAY COOLIE LIBRARY STATION

LUGGAGE CAR PILOT PASSENGER ENGINE

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Lesson : The story of the road Date : ___________ I. Let us name the road signs given below :

Make use of the help-box

u-turn, no-parking, zebra-crossing, traffic-light

speed-breaker

II. Match the sounds with sound makers :

1. sparrows chatter-chatter

2. crow tring-a-ling

3. children chirrup-chirrup

4. shoes peas, cabbage . . . . .

5. bicycle tramp-tramp

6. vegetable-man caw-caw

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III. Give three examples of the following means of transport :

Land Water Air

________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________

IV. Look at the picture and write five sentences about the picture:

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Lesson: Puppy And I Date : ___________

I. Choose the correct word from the box.

donkey, train, dog, cat 1. whistling of a ________________

2. mewing of a ________________

3. braying of a ________________

4. barking of a ________________

II. Name any 5 vegetables and fruits your mother buys for the family.

Vegetables Fruits

______________________ ______________________

______________________ ______________________

______________________ ______________________

______________________ ______________________

______________________ _____________________

III. Complete the sentences : 1. Give me some ____________ to eat. [food/clothes]

2. I want to ____________ across the river. [swim/walk]

3. Aeroplane flies in the ____________ [sky/road]

4. Cauliflower is a ____________ [fruit/vegetable]

5. The birds ____________ [mew/chirp]

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IV. Name any six things that you happened to see on the way to school.

________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________

V. Make questions using can :

1. I can drive a car .

Ans. _________________________________________

2. I cannot touch the sky .

Ans. _________________________________________

3. I hear the sound of thunder .

Ans. _________________________________________

4. I can speak English.

Ans _________________________________________

V. Join and make phrases of the following:

1. a cluster of bees

2. a groove of robbers

3. a gang of stars

4. a shower of trees

5. a swarm of rain

Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Lesson : Little Tiger, Big Tiger Date : ______________

I. Mark the animals in the maze and list the animals :

1.____________________________

2.____________________________

3._____________________________

4._____________________________

5._____________________________

6._____________________________

7._____________________________

8. ____________________________ II. Circle the right spelling :

bellowed belloed bellowed

twitched twiched tweeched

paaunsed paunsed pounced

glistened gleesened glissened

III. Match the right answer :

success opposite of above [ ]

below double letters [ ]

see rhymes with still [ ]

skill homophone of sea [ ]

m n d e e r c s w t j f w q n p i g i x b m n f o w l g e v w o q b c f e s f b c n n k i r r i a k w k x s m o s n b e v e h p h e a s a n t y y f r o g b x z c

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IV. Colour and name the animal:

1. Our national animal ___________________

2. Our national bird ___________________

3. The faithful animal ___________________

4. I run straight with eye blinkers ___________________

5. Ship of the desert ___________________

6. The biggest land animal ___________________

V. What is Deforestation ? What are the effects of Deforestation ?

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Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Lesson : What’s in the mail box? Date : _____________

I. Write few sentences about “How a letter comes to us” : ___________________________________________________________________

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II. Separate the cards used for communication and transport, write them in the respective columns :

III. Visit a post office situated nearby and find out the following :

1. Cost of a post card ____________________________

2. Cost of an inland letter ____________________________

3. Cost of an envelope ____________________________

4. Where is the main office in Madurai ? ____________________________

5. Who is the head of the post office ? ____________________________

6. Write your address ____________________________________________

with pincode ____________________________________________

____________________________________________ Grade:_________ Sign _______________

Transport Communication

TELEPHONE , BUS , ENVELOPE , TRAIN , CAR ,

AEROGRAMME , RICKSHAW , POSTCARD , VAN ,

JEEP , INLAND- LETTER , AEROPLANE , SHIP ,

TELEVISION

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Lesson: My Silly Sister Date : _____________

I. Read the passage and answer the following question :

Mother, your baby is silly. She is so very childish. When we play with the

pebbles, she thinks they are real food and tries to put them into her mouth. When I

ask her to learn her lessons, she tears the pages with her hands and roars with joy.

Sometimes I hold a class with donkeys that our washerman brings to carry away the

dirty clothes.

Your baby wants to catch the moon. She is really funny.

1. What does she do with the pebbles ?

___________________________________________________________________

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2. Who brings donkeys ?

___________________________________________________________________

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3. Why does she roars with joy ?

___________________________________________________________________

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4. What does she want to catch ?

___________________________________________________________________

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5. Complete the sentence :

She is really _______________.

6. Write the similar word from the passage :

a) Stones ______________ b) foolish _________________

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7. Write the present tense of :

a) __________ played b) ____________ carried

8. Give the opposite of :

a) artificial _____________ b) sorrow ____________

9. Give the other gender :

a) father _____________ b) she ____________

10. Write the rhyming word for :

a) carry _____________ b) play ____________

II. Match the words with their opposites :

silly dull

difference close

bright intelligent

real sorrow

open similarity

joy artificial III. Correct the spellings of these words and write sentence: 1. noghty ______________________________________________

2. angar ______________________________________________

3. pleyful ______________________________________________

4 washarman _____________________________________________

5. peple ______________________________________________

Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Lesson: Don’t Tell Date : ____________

I. Underline the pair of rhyming words in the following sentences.

1. Our ball bounced over the wall.

2. My pet is wet 3. The pig is big. 4. The dog is sitting near the log. 5. The bat likes to wear a hat. 6. A fish is dancing in the dish. 7. I see a bee in the tree.

8. The mouse is near the house

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II. Read the clues and colour the words related to people who help us in the crossword puzzle.

c g n u r s e a e r e d l w j p q t l o c d y o o q f o m b u c n r p c w c b s u q u t u i k t n o n t s r t m v v q o d b m m i g o r a e d r a b l a c q k q g r u t z l j n i f y f x q z u x e g c a t e a c h e r c r a g n z x f f u p v p a s t r o n a u t l l i b r a r i a n h j k

III. Write the words in the given space : 1. He drives motor vehicle ______________________

2. She teaches in a school ______________________

3. He mends our shoes ______________________

4. He plays musical instruments ______________________

5. He works in a library ______________________

6. He travels in a space craft ______________________

7. He brings our letters ______________________

8. He makes people laugh ______________________

9. She treats sick people ______________________

10. She looks after patients ______________________ Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Lesson : He is My Brother Date : ______________

I. Draw a family tree with the names of your family members using

Mr./Mrs./Master/miss and write how they are related to you.

II. Here are a few signs for children who cannot hear. Write the words

from the clue-box for these signs :

write, dance, lose, win, sing, read

1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________

4. _____________ 5. __________________ 6. _____________

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III. Write the Present Tense / Paste Tense of these words :

Present Tense Past Tense

1. go ____________________

2. ____________________ climbed

3. carry ____________________

4. ____________________ looked

5. ask ____________________

IV. Write the other Gender :

1. cock ___________________________

2. author ___________________________

3. aunt ___________________________

4. nephew ___________________________

5. master ___________________________

V List out the Naming words and Action words from the lesson ;

Naming words Action words

1. ___________ 1. ___________

2. ___________ 2. ___________

3. ___________ 3. ___________

4. ___________ 4. ___________

Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Lesson: How Creatures Move Date : ________________

I. How do these creatures move ? Match them suitably.

1. a lion [a] crawls up a wall

2. a squirrel [b] wiggles all around

3. a fly [c] walks on padded paws

4. a seal [d] dives and swims

5. a worm [e] leaps

6. a monkey [f] hops on the ground

7. a bird [g] swings its tail

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II. List out some activities you love to do during your free time. Write them

down in the boxes.

III. Punctuate the following :

a) my name is radha

___________________________________________

b) i am an indian

___________________________________________

c) when do you play

___________________________________________

d) the seals dive in the icy water

___________________________________________

IV. Fill in with ( a , e, i , o , u ) : V. Rearrange the jumbled letters :

a) w _ g g l _ a) wisng _____________

b) w _ l k b) lait _____________

c) t _ g _ r c) pael _____________ d) c r _ w l d) miws _______________

Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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Lesson : The Ship of the Desert Date : ______________

I. Write two sentences about each :

1. Camel _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

2. Peacock____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

3. Lion_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

4. Tiger ______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

5. Elephant ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ II. Complete these idioms :

1. as fast as a ______________________

2. as beautiful as a ______________________

3. as busy as a ______________________

4. as tall as a ______________________

5. as timid as a ______________________

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III. A Language Game

Find all the words for the given clues from the letters of A R I T H M E T I C

1. a female horse mare

2. the clock shows this _____________________________

3. you sit on it _____________________________

4. not wild _____________________________

5. a group of players _____________________________

6. the organ that pumps blood_____________________________

7. the fat of milk _____________________________

8. drop of liquid from eye _________________________________

IV. Colour and write the name of the picture which are seen in the DESERT :

__________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ Grade:_________ Sign _______________

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TOPIC : Unseen Passage Date : _____________ Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions

Once a lazy young grasshopper danced and sang throughout the hot summer and the colourful spring, without doing any work. Meanwhile, in an anthill nearby, a swarm of hardworking ants stored food for winter. In winter, the grasshopper ate nothing. Weak and hungry, he went to the ants to beg for some food. He said, “Honorable ladies, I am hungry and weak. Kindly give me some food. I will surely repay it to you this summer.’’The ants said, “Dear sir, we are your friends, but we are sorry. What did you do all summer ?’’ “I sang all day happily,’’ said the grasshopper “Now, dance all night happily,’’ the ants said angrily and closed the door. No work, no food.

Q 1. What did the young grasshopper do throughout summer and spring ?

Ans_____________________________________________________________

Q 2. Where did the ants live ?

Ans.____________________________________________________________

Q 3. In winter why did he go to the ants ?

Ans. ____________________________________________________________

Q 4. Write the opposites of the given words :

a] enemies × f ___________ b] strong × w ____________

Q 5. Find the words that mean the same from the passage.

a] A hot season : s ______________

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b] to give something back : r ______________

Q 6. Give the past tense for the following :

a] eat - ____________ b] sing - ____________

Q 7. Find the words to describe the following :

a] __________ ants b] __________ spring

Q 8. Write words ending with -ly.

a] ________________ b] ________________

Q 9. Write the plurals of :

a] ant - ____________ b] lady - ____________

Q 10. Give a suitable title for the above passage :

______________________________________________________ Draw and colour any three insects : Grade:_________ Sign _______________