Class-3 Sp. English, Lesson-12 The Lost Necklace / M.P. Board


Lesson-12
The Lost Necklace
 (M.P. Board, Special English)

Write the meanings of following words:

  1. expensive-    costing lot of money
  2. guest-             a person invited to home
  3. nest-               a structure made by birds for laying eggs and protecting their young ones.
  4. noon-             the middle of the day
  5. street-             road in a city
  6. necklace-       a piece of jewellery worn around the neck

Match the words in column A with the meanings given in column B

A
B
nephew
son of one’s brother or sister
noon
12 o’clock in the day
niece
daughter of one’s brother or sister
maid-servant
woman servant

Match the words in column A with the pictures in column B

Special English-2   Special English-4   Special English-7
Fill in the blanks with the words given:

expensive,       careful,        something,        round,         guest,       neighbouring,    ladies,    questions

  1. The king of Nepal came to Delhi last year. He stayed in Delhi for t ree days. He was the guest of our president.
  2. Some seats in buses are for ladies only. men do not sit on them.
  3. Mr. Singh has a very expensive car. He bought it for Rs. 6,00,000.
  4. The Block Education Officer went round the school and saw every class. He asked the boys a number of questions, the boys answered all of them easily.
  5. Pakistan, Nepal and Bangaladesh are three of our neighbouring countries.
  6. I am hungry. Give me something to eat.
  7. “Take these palates away”, Mrs. Sing told her little son. “Be careful. Don’t drop them.”

Answer these questions:

  1. What did Mrs. Singh lose?
Ans- Mrs. Singh lost her necklace.

  1. Where did she lose it?
Ans- She lost it in her house.

  1. Who did she go to for help?
Ans- She went to Mr. Sio for help.

  1. What did Mr. Sio do at first at Mrs. Singh’s house?
Ans- Mr. Sio went round the house and looked into all the rooms.

  1. Who were Mrs. Singh’s guests?
Ans- Mrs. Singh’s nephew and niece were her guests.
  1. What did Mr. Sio look out of the window?
Ans- Mr. Sio looked a tree out of the wingow.

  1. Where did Mr. Sio find the necklace?
Ans- Mr. Sio found the necklace in crow’s nest on the tree.

Read the statements given below and write ‘true’ or ‘false’:
  1. Mrs. Singh was a poor lady.                                               [False]           
  2. Mr. Sio was a clever man.                                                  [True]
  3. Mrs. Singh’s nephew and niece were her guests.          [True]
  4. Mr. Sio could not find out the necklace.                           [False]
  5. The maid servant was an honest woman.                       [True]
  6. The necklace was found in crow’s nest.                          [True]


Write the plural of the following:

            Singular        Plural
  1. guest              guests
  2. nest                nests
  3. street              streets
  4. necklace        necklaces
  5. shelf               shelves
  6. leaf                 leaves
  7. thief                thieves
  8. wife                 wives
  9. lady                 ladies
  10. baby               babies
  11. city                  cities
  12. country           countries

Underline the prepositions in the following sentences:
  1. Fish lives in water. We live on land.
  2. The Himalayas are in the north of India.
  3. Father is not at home.
  4. There is a book shop near my school.
  5. We are sitting under the roof.
  6. I shall go with you.
  7. The leaf falls from the tree.

Make the questions beginning with ‘when’ to get the following answers:

  1. I wore the necklace yesterday morning.
Que- When did you wear the necklace?

  1. Mrs. Singh saw it late in the evening again.
Que- When did Mrs. Singh saw it again?

  1. Mohan does his homework in the evening everyday.
Que- When does he do his homework again?
  1. The children have their lunch at 1 o’clock every day.
Que- When do children have their lunch everyday?

  1. The postman will come again in the afternoon.
Que- When will the postman come again?

  1. We shall go to the circus on Sunday.
Que- When will we go to the circus?

  1. I got up at 6 o’clock today.
Que- When did you get up today?

  1. I come to school at 10 o’clock everyday.
Que- When do you come to school everyday?

  1. He will come again on Monday.
Que- When will he come again?

Fill in the blanks with the past tense of the verbs given in the brackets.

  1. Mr. Sio went round the house and looked into all the rooms. (look/looked)
  2. He wrote a letter to me yesterday. (wrote/write)
  3. Pushpa completed her homework. (complete/completed)
  4. He went to see his homework. (go/went)
  5. He went to the river and bathed in it. (bathed/bath)
  6. At last Mrs. Singh found her necklace. (find/found)

How did Mr. Sio help to find the lost necklace. (Write in three-four sentences)

            Mr. Sio moved around the house. Then he asked some question to Mrs. Singh. When he opened the window of the bedroom, he saw crow’s nest on the tree. He climbed up the tree and took out the necklace from crow’s nest.
Revision Exercises-II


1. Give the plural forms of the following words.

            sky                  skies
            leaf                 leaves
            baby               babies
            nest                nests
            thief                thieves

2. Read the statements given below and write ‘true’ or ‘false’:

  1. Once a large number of fish lived in a pond.                              [True]
  2. Birbal said, “Sir, I’ll find out the truth. But give me a week.”     [True]
  3. One day, a little boy saw a mango on a tree.                              [True]
  4. The king called his two daughters Night and Kite.                     [False]
  5. Mr. Sio lived in a neighbouring street.                                          [True]

3. Match the following:
A                                 B
sharp              -           quick at learning and understanding things.
liar                   -           a person who tells lies
tune                -           a series of musical notes
wicked            -           morally bad
clever             -           quick at learning and understanding things

4. Write the opposite gender of the following.

            prince             -           princess
            aunt                -           uncle
            wife                 -           husband
            son                 -           daughter
            men                -           woman
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