Class-3 English (Marigold) Unit 3_2 The Enormous Turnip/ NCERT/ CBSE Syllabus

Unit 3_2
The Enormous Turnip

New Words

Enormous     -           very large

Turnip            -           A round root eaten as vegetable

Old man         -           an elderly man

Pulled            -           moved towards yourself

Answer these questions

Q. What did the old man plant?
Ans- The old man planted some turnip seeds.

Q. Why was it difficult for the old man to pull up the turnip?
Ans- It was difficult for the old man to pull up the turnip because it was enormous.

Q. Who helped him to pull up the enormous turnip?
Ans- The old woman, the boy and the girl helped him to pull up the enormous turnip.

Q. Who ate the enormous turnip?
Ans- The old man, the old woman, the boy and the girl ate the enormous turnip.

Name and draw four vegetables that have to be pulled out from the Earth.

How many vegetables can you find in this maze? Draw a circle around each word.

E	T	L	B	A	C	P	G
I	U	Q	E	P	K	E	H
X	R	F	A	R	W	A	S
B	N	G	N	I	A	S	Z
T	I	M	S	R	E	S	J
A	P	B	D	U	Y	V	Z
P	D	C	A	R	R	O	T
O	J	O	Y	M	F	V	D
T	C	K	L	Q	O	H	P
A	N	T	O	M	A	T	O
T	W	C	J	E	H	U	L
O	I	F	T	G	X	N	K

Write the opposites of these words

Pull	Push
Black	White
True	False
Right	Left
Far	Near
Good	Bad
Dark	Light
Up	Down
Old	new

Vegetables	Raw	Cooked
Carrot	Raw	Cooked
Turnip		Cooked
Potato		Cooked
Onion	Raw	Cooked
Beans		cooked

Write the names of four vegetables you ate last week:

            1- Cauliflower           2- Bottle gourd          3- Spinach    4- Pumpkin

Write the plurals of given words in the column

One	Many
Carrot	Carrots
Turnip	Turnips
Onion	Onions
Potato	Potatoes
Tomato	tomatoes

Vocabulary

In each of the following sets is different from the others.
Circle the odd one out.

1.    turnip, potato, tomato, sunflower, carrot, brinjal
Ans- sunflower

2.    cow, horse, goat, fox, kangaroo, melon
Ans- melon

3.    banyan, neem, people, mango, snake, apple
Ans- snake

4.    rose, lily, sunflower, lotus, cauliflower
Ans- cauliflower

5.    peacock, parrot, lizard, crow, woodpecker
Ans-lizard

Activity-1

Grow a plant
Things required-, blotting paper, some send, some seeds

Method

1.    Line the blotting paper inside the glass.

2.    Place the sand in the glass.

3.    Wet the sand.

4.    Place a few seeds between the blotting paper and the glass.

5.    See that the seats are separate from each other.

6.    See how the roots and shoots of the seeds grow.

Activity- 2

Make a friendship salad
Things required- Carrots- 2, tomatoes-2, peas- 2 spoonfuls, lemon-1

Method
Wash all the vegetables well.
Cut the carrots, tomatoes and lemon.
Mix the peas, carrots and tomatoes together.
Squeeze lemon juice on top.
Add salt.
Mix well.
Share your salad with your friends.

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