Class-3, EVS, Chapter-15 Making Pots, Additional Exercises in line with NCERT book / CBSE Syllabus


Chapter-15
Making Pots

Fill in the blanks:
(stone, clay, baking, trowel, pot)
1.       In the beginning, pots were made of stone and clay.
2.       Clay pots are made stronger by baking them in fire.
3.       People made pots of stone by digging and scraping stones with their hands.
4.       River aske the crow to get a pot.
5.       The clay-pit asked the crow to get a trowel from the blacksmith.

Read the sentences carefully and write True/False:
1.       Many years ago, there was a time when people had no pots.                                    (True)
2.       Phudgudi asked the crow to have a bath in river.                                                            (False)
3.       Potter wanted clay from the clay-pit.                                                                                   (True)
4.       Blacksmith lent a trowel to dig the clay.                                                                              (True)
5.       Crow ate up Phudgudi’s egg after washing his beak in river water filled in pot.  (False)
Here are some pictures of pots. Identify and write their names:

Answer these questions:
Q. Why did the crow need a pot?
Ans- The crow needed a pot to get water from the river.

Q. Who all helped the crow to make the pot?
Ans- The blacksmith, the clay-pit and the potter helped the crow to make the pot.

Q. Are there utensils made of clay in your house?
Ans- Yes, there are utensils made of clay in my house. These are pitcher, tawa and earthen pot.

Q. What will happen if you store water in the clay pot made by you?
Ans- If I store water in the clay pot made by me, the pot will break.

Q. We often keep water in a clay pot at home or in the school. Why do these pots not get spoilt by the water?
Ans- These pots do not get spoilt by water as they have been matured after baking in a kin.

Q. Long, long ago, when people did not have any pots, what did those people do?
Ans- Long, long ago, people used wooden, bamboo or stone pots when they did not have any pots.

Q. Why would people have made pots?
Ans- People would have made pots to store and to cook food.


Activity-
Try to make a utensil from clay.

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