3rd Class

Comprehensions  

•                    Example 1

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: Did you know...  

•        ... That most fishes can see to the right and left at the same time? A fish has no neck so it cannot turn its head. It does not have eyelids. A fish?s eyes remain moist. by the flow of water over them.

   

•         ...That the world?s more...

Classification   Classification is a process to group things with similar properties. Some more examples are given below to get better understanding of this topic.  

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  A set of four things is given below: (a) Mango                      (b) Guava                      (c) Potato                      (d) Orange   Answer: (c) Among these four, potato is the only vegetable so we can take it out from the group of four.   Similarly take another example of four things: (a) Chocolate                 (b) Ice-cream                  (c) Sugar                           (d) Chowmein   Answer: (d) Chowmein is the only eatable item which is not sweet in taste in the group, so we can classify it in sour-tasting eatables.   1. more...

Analogy   In an analogy a pair of images is given. The images in the pair are connected to each other in a particular way. You have to find the right image to complete another pair of images just like the first pair.  

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  Which image below completes the second pair in the same way as the first pair?     (a)                                  (b)          (c)                                  (d) (e) None of these Answer (b)  

Answering General Questions   Questions frequently asked by parents:   1.                For how many hours did you watch television today? Ans: I watched television for one hour today.   2.                Would you like to water the plants? Ans: Yes, I would like to water the plants.   3.               Did you finish the meal properly? Ans: Yes, I finished the meal properly   4.               Did you keep the utensils in the kitchen? Ans: Yes, I kept the utensils in the kitchen.   5.               Do you want to go to the market? Ans: Yes, I want to go to the market.   6.                Do you want to buy anything? Ans: Yes, I want to buy a toy.   more...

Understanding through Definitions and Examples   In this lesson, we will try to identify the things through their definitions and. Some examples:  

•                    An electronic device to see films, serials, etc is called a television.

 

•                  A device which tells the time is called a watch.

  Some more definitions and examples describing some important things are given as follows:   1.            It is used to cook food and is available in a cylinder.                                   L. P. G.   2.            It is used to clean more...

Sentences   Sentence: A group of words which makes complete sense is called a sentence.   There are two parts of a sentence: (a) Subject (b) Predicate   Let us look at the following examples to understand both the parts:   (a) A big saint                             came up the valley. Subject                                         Predicate   (b) A pretty girl                         is smiling.                 Subject                                           Predicate   The above given sentences indicate that the nouns in the sentences are subjects and the verbs and objects are predicates. Sentences can be broadly classified into five kinds:   1.            Assertive sentences   2.            Imperative sentences   3.            Interrogative sentences   4.            Exclamatory sentences   5.            Optative sentences

Jumbled Words and Sentences   Jumbled Words A group of letters which makes a sense is called a word. In a Jumbled word, the letters of the alphabet are not in order. They are in mixed form. You have to arrange these letters to make a meaningful word.   Look at the following examples.   1.            TORYS    =   STORY   2.            RHICA     =  CHAIR   3.            LNGEISH =  ENGLISH   4.            TOURC    =   COURT   5.            GTNHI     =   NIGHT   Jumbled Sentences A group of words that makes a sense is called a sentence. In a jumbled sentence, the words are not in order and do not make any sense. You have to arrange these words to make a meaningful sentence. more...

Noun   Noun: A noun is the name of a person, place or thing. There are five kinds of noun.   (i) Proper Noun                                       (ii) Common Noun          (iii) Collective Noun                                 (iv) Material Noun           (v) Abstract Noun   To identify the nouns let us look at some examples:   1.                Madhu was born on a Tuesday.    (Proper Noun) 'Madhu' is the name of a particular girl and Tuesday' is the name of a specific day Thus, proper nouns denote the name of a particular person, place or mina"   2.                Boys are playing in the field.       (Common Noun) 'Boys' denotes a common name shared by a group. Thus, common noun is the name shared in common by everyone in a class or a group   3.               The herd more...

Pronoun   A pronoun is a word which replaces a noun. Singular Pronouns The girl is walking on the road. The word "girl" is a singular noun. She is walking on the road. "She" is the word which has replaced "girl?, therefore, "she" is a singular pronoun. Some more singular pronouns: I, me, you, he, she, her, him, it, this, that, etc.   Plural Pronouns                                  The girls are walking on the road. The word "girls" is a plural noun. They are walking on the road. "They" is the word which has replaced "girls", therefore, "they" is a plural pronoun. Some more plural pronouns: we, us, them, they, these, those, etc.  

Verb   A verb describes an action. It tells us what someone or something is doing. A sentence is incomplete without verbs. Let us understand verbs better.     A mother is telling a story to her children. All the children are listening to the story very carefully. The children are sitting on the ground. The mother is sitting on the chair. She is holding a book. The children are looking at her. They are smiling. The underlined words are verbs and describe actions.