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English NCERT Practice Book 3

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‘The di� erence between ordinary and extraordinary is practice.’

The NCERT English Practice Books for classes 1 to 8 have been especially designed to provide additional practice to the users of the NCERT English Textbooks. These books serve as companions to NCERT’s English Textbooks: Marigold (classes 1-5), Honeysuckle, Honeycomb and Honeydew textbooks (classes 6, 7 and 8, respectively).

The practice material has been placed in the form of worksheets. These worksheets are designed to provide ample opportunities to the learner to think, analyze and appreciate the English language independently.

Salient Features of the Series

The Worksheets

• are in accordance with the NCERT guidelines and cover each chapter of the corresponding NCERT textbook.

• are mapped to the corresponding NCERT textbooks to provide chapter-wise practice to reinforce the skills.

• include complete coverage of all the skills taught in the textbooks: Literature, Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing and Speaking.

• are carefully graded wherein the learner progresses smoothly with systematic practice of the content learnt in the textbooks.

• are designed in a manner so that the learner becomes adept at using the language as an eff ective means of communication in daily life and beyond.

The Practice Books include revision material in the form of Revision Tests. These help in the recapitulation and evaluation of the concepts learnt.

Projects given in each book include activities to enhance creative skills and make learning enjoyable.

Suggestions for further improvement of the books are most welcome.

Preface


Literature includes a wide range of practice questions and exercises strictly based

on the chapters given in the NCERT textbook.

Vocabulary helps with spelling, pronunciation,

word usage and dictionary research.

Grammar is based on a carefully graded syllabus

and has tasks which lead to its usage.

Writing includes comprehension & composition

exercises and promotes creative, imaginative and

thinking skills.

Projects include activities to enhance

creative skill and make learning enjoyable.

Speaking strengthens the oral skills and provides practice on correct diction

and infl ection.

Revision Tests help in recapitulation and

evaluation of the concepts learnt.

Practice Book Design


Worksheet 1 Good Morning (Poem) 7

Worksheet 2 The Magic Garden (Prose) 8

Worksheet 3 Bird Talk (Poem) 9

Worksheet 4 Nina and the Baby Sparrows (Prose) 10

Worksheet 5 Little by Little (Poem) 11

Worksheet 6 The Enormous Turnip (Prose) 12

Worksheet 7 Sea Song (Poem) 13

Worksheet 8 A Little Fish Story (Prose) 14

Worksheet 9 The Balloon Man (Poem) 15

Worksheet 10 The Yellow Butterfl y (Prose) 16

Worksheet 11 Trains (Poem) 17

Worksheet 12 The Story of the Road (Prose) 18

Worksheet 13 Puppy and I (Poem) 19

Worksheet 14 Little Tiger, Big Tiger (Prose) 20

Worksheet 15 What's in the Mailbox? (Poem) 21-22

Worksheet 16 My Silly Sister (Prose) 23

Worksheet 17 Don't Tell (Poem) 24

Worksheet 18 He is My Brother (Prose) 25

Worksheet 19 How Creatures Move (Poem) 26

Worksheet 20 The Ship of the Desert (Prose) 27

Worksheet 21 Rhyming words 28

Worksheet 22 Describing a picture; Writing about wedding 29

Worksheet 23 Odd one out 30

Worksheet 24 Collective nouns 31

Worksheet 25 Compound words; Colouring a rainbow 32

Worksheet 26 Sorting sound words; Jumbled words 33

Worksheet 27 Animal body coverings; Fill in the blanks 34

Worksheet 28 -ing words; Homophones 35

Worksheet 29 Filling in the blanks with ful, ly and ish 36

Worksheet 30 Short forms; Drawing a gift 37

Worksheet 31 Fruits and vegetables; Using -d and -ed 38

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Worksheet 32 Describing words 39

Worksheet 33 Singular and Plural 40

Worksheet 34 Comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives 41

Worksheet 35 Antonyms 42

Worksheet 36 Filling in the blanks with can and cannot 43

Comprehension 1 44

Worksheet 37 Forming new words; Rhyming words 45

Worksheet 38 Drawing a flower; Wordsearch grid; Completing sentences 46

Comprehension 2 47

Worksheet 39 Sound of animals 48

Worksheet 40 Labelling different parts of a tree; Describing a tree 49

Comprehension 3 50

Worksheet 41 Classifiying vegetables which can be eaten raw or cooked 51

Worksheet 42 Filling in the blanks 52

Comprehension 4 53

Worksheet 43 Superlative and comparitive adjectives 54

Worksheet 44 Writing an informal letter 55

Comprehension 5 56-57

Worksheet 45 Writing sentences on how you help at home 58

Worksheet 46 Arranging things in order; Circling silent letters 59

Worksheet 47 Enacting telephonic conversation 60

Worksheet 48 Finger play on sparrows 61

Worksheet 49 Enacting a scene about new dress 62

Worksheet 50 Enacting scene on a visit to amusement park 63-64

Worksheet 51 Enacting a scene on a visit to an animal farm 65

Revision Test 1 66-67

Revision Test 2 68-70

Project 1 71

Project 2 72

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Literature

A. Answer the following questions. 1. How does the child in the poem greet?

__________________________________________________________________

2. Whom does the child wish � rst in the poem?

__________________________________________________________________

3. Whom does the child wish last in the poem?

__________________________________________________________________

B. Rearrange the jumbled words given in brackets and � ll in the blanks.

1. Good Morning, _________________ (sbdir);

2. Good Morning, _________________ (eesrt);

3. Good Morning, little _________________ (iwsnd) that run!

4. I’m wide _________________ (eaawke);

5. I‘ll be _________________ (tghir) out to play with you!

C. Time to put your thinking cap on and share. The child in the poem loves nature and playing outdoors. Which is your favourite

outdoor game? Why do you like it?

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

D. Find and write the words from the poem that mean the same as the following.

1. dawn _________________ 2. small _________________

3. also _________________ 4. moving slowly _________________

Worksheet 1 Good Morning

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A. Answer the following questions. 1. Where was the magic garden?

__________________________________________________________________

2. Name the flowers in the magic garden.

__________________________________________________________________

3. What did the poppy flower want the little children to bring?

__________________________________________________________________

4. Why did the sun also decide to help the flowers?

__________________________________________________________________

B. Write true or false. 1. The gardeners are the children from school. ______

2. The boys were not good to the flowers. ______

3. The children brought bread for the birds. ______

4. The sun did not like the sound of laughing children. ______

5. There were fairies in the garden. ______

C. Time to put your thinking cap on and share. Make a list of things around your house which have the fragrance of flowers in them.

Examples: Rose water, jasmine incense sticks.

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Worksheet 2 The Magic Garden

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A. Answer the following questions. 1. Name two birds mentioned in the poem.

__________________________________________________________________

2. Where are the birds sitting?

__________________________________________________________________

3. Who are the birds talking about?

__________________________________________________________________

B. Tick (✓) the correct answer. 1. The speakers in the poem are (a) children. (b) birds. (c) trees.

2. The speakers say that the people do not have (a) feathers. (b) hair. (c) beak.

3. The speakers think that the people are (a) happy. (b) rude. (c) funny.

C. Circle and write down the pairs of words that rhyme in the poem given below.

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Worksheet 3 Bird TalkThe Magic Garden

They don’t sit talkingthey don’t grow wings,they don’t like sitting,

on the wires and things.

Think about the peoplethe way they grow,

they don’t have feathersat all you know.

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A. Answer the following questions. 1. ‘Why did you say ‘no’ to everything?’ Who said these words and to whom?

__________________________________________________________________

2. ‘Mother I don’t want to go to the wedding.’ Who said these words and why?

__________________________________________________________________

B. Tick (✓) the correct answer. 1. Nina's mother took Nina to the market to buy (a) a dress. (b) shoes. (c) a doll.

2. Nina did not want to go to (a) the wedding. (b) the school. (c) play.

3. Nina’s mother suggested that they (a) take the nest along. (b) keep the window open. (c) will not go to the wedding.

4. Looking at the � ying little sparrows, Nina was (a) scared. (b) thrilled. (c) worried.

C. Think, discuss and answer the question given below. Nina’s nature gives us a message. What message does it convey?

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Worksheet 4 Nina and the Baby Sparrows

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A. Answer the following questions. 1. What appears � rst from the seed in its mossy bed?

__________________________________________________________________

2. Name the other parts that appear year after year.

__________________________________________________________________

B. Write true or false. 1. The root of an acorn grows upward. ______

2. The leaves appear day by day. ______

3. The branches spread wide and far. ______

4. Acorn seed grows into an oak tree. ______

5. Oak is a weak tree and needs support. ______

C. Let us observe, do and act. Time for the trees 1. Observe the � owers and trees growing around your neighbourhood. Adopt one tree. Hug that tree every day. Take its signature on a paper by rubbing with a pencil on the bark of the tree. Write a few lines about the tree that you have adopted.

2. A play is also called drama or theatre. Do a theatre with your friends on not cutting trees. Call it ‘Treeather’.

Worksheet 5 Little by LittleNina and the Baby Sparrows

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A. Answer the following questions. 1. What grew from the planted seeds?

__________________________________________________________________

2. Who came to help the old man � rst?

__________________________________________________________________

3. Who was the last to help the old man?

__________________________________________________________________

4. Did they pull the vegetable out in the end?

__________________________________________________________________

5. What is the moral of the story?

__________________________________________________________________

B. Fill in the blanks with words from the story. 1. The old man planted some turnip __________________.

2. The turnip grew __________________.

3. The _________________, _________________ and _________________ came to help the old man.

4. At last, __________________ came the enormous turnip.

5. In the end, everyone __________________ the enormous turnip.

C. Which is your favourite vegetable? What are the di� erent ways in which you like to eat it?

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Worksheet 6 The Enormous Turnip

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A. Answer the following questions.

1. What did the child � nd on the sand?

__________________________________________________________________

2. Who did the child take the shell to?

__________________________________________________________________

3. Where did the sound of the song come from?

__________________________________________________________________

4. How was the sound of the song that came from the shell?

__________________________________________________________________

5. What was the shape of the shell?

__________________________________________________________________

B. Fill in the blanks with words from the poem. 1. The child took the shell _______________.

2. The shell felt _______________ inside the child’s hand.

3. The child was _______________ to listen to the sound from the shell.

4. The child was _______________ when he listened hard.

5. _______________ looked at the shell and held it to the child’s ear.

C. Sharing time! 1. Do you think the child really heard a song? Have you ever held a shell near your

ear? How was the experience? 2. A conch or a shankh is a large shell kept in many Indian

homes. Have you heard it being played? Where and when was it played?

Worksheet 7 Sea Song

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A. Answer the following questions. 1. Who is the story about?

__________________________________________________________________

2. ‘It is very hard to be such a little mite of a � sh.’ Why did the � sh say so?

__________________________________________________________________

3. How did the size of the � sh help in wriggling through the net?

__________________________________________________________________

4. Do you agree that the � sh remained happy and content?

__________________________________________________________________

B. Write true or false. 1. The story is about an enormous � sh. ______

2. The � sh was unhappy because of its size. ______

3. One day the � sh was caught in the mesh of a net. ______

4. The little � sh was able to bite the net and wriggle free. ______

5. The little � sh never ever complained. ______

C. Think, discuss and answer the following question. We should be happy with who we are. Share three sentences with your friends beginning with

I am ______________________________________________________________

I can ______________________________________________________________

I have ______________________________________________________________

The little � sh has already shared...

Worksheet 8 A Little Fish Story

I am little, happy and content � sh.I can swim fast and wriggle quickly.I have a mind full of ideas.

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