Class-3 English (Marigold) Unit-10_2 The Ship of the Desert / NCERT / CBSE Syllabus


Unit- 10_2
The Ship of the Desert


New Words
Ship of the desert- camel
Miles- measure of distance
King of forest- lion
Sand- granular material made from rocks
Thorns- A sharp pointed projection/part of plant

Answer these questions:

Q. Why is the camel called the ship of the desert?
Ans- Camel is called the ship of the desert because it has padded feet and it can walk on the burning sand.

Q. For how many weeks can a camel store food in its hump?
Ans- A camel can store food in its hump for two weeks.

Q. What does the camel eat in the desert?
Ans- Camel eats the thorny bushes in the desert.

Choose the right answer

1.    Name the ship of the desert
a.    lion
b.    camel (√)
c.    crab
d.    tiger

2.    Name the king of the forest
a.    lion (√)
b.    monkey
c.    owl
d.    crocodile

3.    The feet of the camel are
a.    thick and padded (√)
b.    thick and fat
c.    long and fat
d.    thin and padded

4.    There are no rivers or lakes in
a.    plains
b.    plateaus
c.    mountains
d.    deserts (√)

5.    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

6.    A camel stores its food in its
a.       stomach
b.      legs
c.       humps (√)
d.      lips

Word Building
Make as many words as you can from within the given words:
Roaring
In
Ran
Roar
Or
Frowning
Frown
For
Own
Win
Wonderingly
Won
Ring
On
oily

Let’s Write
Look at the goats in the pictures given on page 106 and write about them:
1-    Two goats started crossing the same narrow bridge from opposite directions.
2-    Only one goat can cross it at a time. They met in the middle and started fighting to cross the bridge.
3-    As a result both of them fell down in the river.
Make sentences with each of these words:
1-    Eye
I close my eyes while praying.
2-    Hour
The bus is half an hour late today.
3-    Weak
This stool is too weak to sit.
4-    Knead
Mother kneads dough to make chapatti.
5-    Inn
We reached at inn around 7:00pm
6-    Sea
My creatures live in sea.
7-    Know
I know that you have brought chocolate from the shop.
8-    Hear
We hear the bells of church everyday.
9-    Knot
Put a knot in this rope.
10- Ate
They all ate fruits.
11- Off
Please switch off the lights.
12- Too
This bag is too big to fit into my car.
13- By
      I go to school by bus everyday.

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