Class-3 Sp. English, Lesson-9 Worms also Eat Fruit /MP Board

Lesson-9

Worms also Eat Fruit

 (M.P. Board, Special English)

Give one word of the following :

1. To take part in a war or battle against an enemy [Flight]
2. Either of two equal parts into which something is or can be divided [Half]
3. An event , a piece of news etc. that is unexpected or that happens suddenly [Surprise]

Fill in the blanks with the words given:

answer, surprised, worms, hit, half, belongs, reach, over, parts, fight

1. Birds eat worms.
2. The fox jumped up, but did not reach the grapes. So he jumped again.
3. This bicycle belongs to Suresh. His father bought it for him last week.
4. There are radios in every town and every village. News reaches all parts of country in a short time.
5. Once two cats fought over a cake. Each cat said, “That Cake is mine”. A monkey saw this. It went to cats and said, “Stop your fight. Let me be your judge.”
6. The teacher asked a question, but no boy gave the answer.
7. The boy threw  a stone at the dog. But the stone did not hit the dog.
8. Mohan was a very good student. But he failed in the examination. All his teachers were surprised.
9. I cut the apple into two halves and gave one half to my brother.

Answer these questions:

1. What was men’s complaint about the birds?

Ans- Men’s complaint was that the mangoes belong to men and birds eat them all.

2. What was the birds complaint about the men?

Ans- Bird’s complaint was that the mangoes belong to birds and men eat them all.

3. Who wanted to eat mango one day?

Ans- A little boy wanted to eat mango one day.

4. What did the boy do?

Ans- The boy threw a stone  at the bird and hit it.

5. What did the men want to do?

Ans- The men wanted to kill all the birds.

6. What did the old man try to stop?

Ans- The old man tried to stop the fight.

7. Did the old man’s judgement stop the fight?

Ans- No, the old man’s judgement did not stop the fight.

8. “We also eat fruit.” Who said these words?

Ans- “We also eat fruits”, Worms said these words.

9. Who quietly eats the mangoes?

      Ans- Worms quietly eat the mangoes.

Read the statements given below and write ‘true’ of ‘false’:

1. All the birds said, “The mangoes are ours.”                              [True]
2. An old man said, “The men can have all the mangoes.”           [False]
3. The worms said, “We also eat fruit.”                                          [True]
4. The men and the birds agreed to old man’s judgement.           [True]
5. The worms came out from the mangoes.                                  [True]

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Learn these:

I                       my                   mine

you                 your                yours

he                   his                   his

she                 her                  her

we                   our                  ours

you                 yours              yours

they                their                theirs

Rewrite the following sentences as given in example:

1. This is my pencil.

This pencil is mine.

2. This is your pencil.

This pencil is yours.

3. These are my books.

These books are mine.

4. Those are his books.

those books are his.

5. These are our bags.

These bags are ours.

6. Those are your bags.

Those bags are yours.

7. That is his bicycle.

That bicycle is his.

8. This is her bicycle.

This bicycle is hers.

9. This is our house.

This house is ours.

10. That is their house.

That house is theirs.

Fill in the blanks with the words given:

mine,  yours,   his,  hers,  ours,  theirs

1. Ravi: May I borrow your bicycle Mohan?                                  

Mohan: Where is yours?

Ravi: I lent mine to Ashok this morning.

2. This house is ours. We bought it in 1960.
3. That is not Kamla’s bag. Hers is white.
4. My uncle now lives on our house. He sold his last month.
5. A: Didn’t this house belong to your uncles once?

B: Yes, it did. But it isn’t theirs now. they sold it last year.

Write two sentences using the words from each group like the example given:

1. eat                   spoon             your hands   

1)    Eat with a spoon.

2)    Don’t eat with your hands.

2. close               the door         the windows

1)    Close the door.

2)    Don’t close the windows.

3. come              in time            late

1)    Come in time.

2)    Don’t come late.

4. call                  Ravi                Mohan

1)    Call Ravi.

2)    Don’t call Mohan.

5. eat       one of the apples     all the apples

1)    Eat one of the apples.

2)    Don’t eat all the apples.

6. look                 in front            right or left

1)    Look in front.

2)    Don’t look right or left.

7. go        by train           by bus

1)    Go by train.

2)    Don’t go by bus.

8. write        on one side of the paper            on both the sides

1)    Write on one side of the paper.

2)    Don’t write on both the sides.

9. write                pen                 pencil

1)    Write with a pen.

2)    Don’t write with a pencil.

Prepare a list of worms harmful to the fruits:

1. Caribbean fruit fly
2. Fly maggots 
3. Tomato fruit worms
4. Aphids
5. Borers
6. Bronze Orange Bug
7. Codling Moth
8. Mealybug
9. Spined Citrus Bug
10. Vine Moth Caterpillar                      Back to Table of Contents