NCERT Solutions for Class 3 English Unit-10
(i) HOW CREATURES MOVE?
QUESTIONS FROM TEXTBOOK SOLVED
Reading is Fun
1.Underline all the action words in the poem.
Ans.The action words in the poem are:
• walks • wiggles • have
• leaps • swings • leap
• crawl • hop • dance
• dive • spread • walk
• swim • sail • run
Talk Time
1.Why do boys and girls have the most fun?
Ans. Boys and girls have the most fun because they can do several activities such as leaping, dancing, walking and running.
Let’s Write
1.Match the words in Column A with those in Column B.
Ans.
2.Now make sentences of your own using the matching words.
Example: The seals dive into the icy water.
Ans.
- The lions walk proudly in the jungle.
- The squirrels leap around the banyan tree.
- The flies crawl on the wall.
- The worms wiggle on the ground.
- The monkeys swing on the branches of the tree.
- The birds hop on the ground.
3.Arrange these movement words from slow to fast.
run walk hop crawl
Ans. crawl, walk, hop, run.
4. Underline the letters which are silent in the following words:
walk straight more caught calm talk
Ans. walk straight more caught calm talk
(ii)THE SHIP OF THE DESERT
QUESTIONS FROM TEXTBOOK SOLVED
Reading is Fun
1.Why is the Camel called the Ship of the Desert?
Ans. The Camel is called the Ship of the Desert because it walk across the burning sand very comfortably.
2.For how many weeks can a camel store food in its hump?
Ans. A camel can store food in its hump for two weeks.
3. What does the camel eat in the desert?
Ans. The Camel eats thorny bushes in the desert.
4.Choose the right answer.
(i)Name the Ship of the Desert
(a) lion (b)camel (c) crab (d) tiger
(ii)Name the King of the Forest
(a) lion (b)monkey (c) owl (d) crocodile
(iii)The feet of the camel are
(a) thick and padded (b) thick and fat (c) long and fat (d) thin and padded
(iv)There are no rivers or lakes in
(a) plains (b)plateaus (c)mountains (d)deserts
(v)At a time a camel can drink
(a)200 bottles of water (b) 100 bottles of water (c) 400 bottles of water (d) 300 bottles of water
(vi)A camel stores its food in its
(a)stomach (b)legs (c) hump (d)lips
Ans.1.(c) camel
2.(a)lion
3.(a) thick and padded
4.(d)deserts
5.(a)200 bottles of water
Word Building
1.Make as many words as you can from within the given
The first one is done for you.
Ans. ROARING IN RAN ROAR
FROWNING OWN FROWN WING
BLINKING INK BLINK KING
WONDERINGLY WONDER RING WRONG
2.Match the pictures with the words given below:
Ans.
Let’s Write
1.Look at the goats in the pictures and write about them.
Ans.1.Two goats are coming from opposite directions to cross the bridge but only one can cross it at one time.
Ans. 2. Since no one is ready to move back, they start fighting.
Ans. 3. As a result, both of them fall into the river.
Talk Time
1.Read these words aloud, paying attention to their spellings.
i – eye our – hour
week – weak need – knead
in – inn see – sea
no – know here – hear
not – knot eight – ate
of- – off two – too
bye – by
Now make sentences with each word.
Ans.
- I – eve -1 got my eve checked.
- Our – hour – Our friends will arrive in an hour.
- Week – weak -1 am too weak to visit you within a week.
- In- inn – Travellers are taking rest m the inn.
- See – Sea -1 can clearly see the vast sea from here.
- No – know – No one knows the answer.