Class-3 Sp. English, Lesson-16 A Sailor's Story / M.P. Board

Lesson-16

A Sailor's Story - I

 (M.P. Board, Special English)

Give one words for the following:

1. flashes of very bright light in the sky                                 - lightning
2. a person who sails a ship or a boat                                  - sailor
3. a loud noise that is heard after a flash of lightning        - thunder
4. to move slowly on water                                                     - float
5. soft wings of birds                                                                - feather
6. very bad weather with strong winds and rain                 - storm

Homophones:

see	sea		sale	sail
hare	hair		root	route
week	weak		maid	made
son	sun		their	there

Fill in the blanks choosing the suitable words from the bracket:

1. The sailor saw the sea for the first time. (see/sea)
2. The sun rises in the east. (sun/son)
3. The sailor wanted to sail to all parts of the earth. (sale/sail)
4. It was a very dark night and there was no moon in the sky. (their/there)

Special English-2   Special English-4   Special English-7

Fill in the blanks with the words given:

weather, dear, clouds, mix able, along, storm, sailor, waves

1. You can not mix oil and water.
2. “There are dark clouds in the sky. We will have rain.”
3. The weather was very bad. It rained and rained.
4. Last year we had a very bad storm in this part of the country. A lot of trees and houses fell down.
5. A:        Do you want to become a soldier or a sailor.

B:        I want to become a sailor. 

6. Mrs. Mathur is a very able lady. She looks after her house very well.
7. We stood near the sea and watched the waves.
8. Let us go along this street and look for a bicycle shop.
9. I wrote a letter to my father. I began, “My dear father, I am very happy in the school.”

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

Answer the following questions:

1. Who looked after the family business?

Ans- Sailor’s grand father looked after the family business.

2. What were the merchants taking with them on the ship?

Ans- The merchants were taking spices, sheep skin, peacock feather and bundles of silk.

3. What broke the ship?

Ans- A very big wave hit the ship and broke it.

4. What saved the sailor’s life?

Ans- A piece of wood saved the sailor’s life.

5. The sailor reached the dry ground. What did he do then?

Ans-  The sailor reached the dry ground. He lied down on the ground and fell asleep.

Preposition-

A preposition is a word that shows the relation between a noun or a pronoun and some other words in the sentence.

Example-

He did not send me to school.

He taught me at school.

There were ships from China, Persia and many other countries.

They were loading their ships with spices and ship skin etc.

Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with “in, on, under, in front of, behind”:

1. The pen is in the inkpot.
2. The cat is under the chair.
3. The book is under the table.
4. The jug is under the table.
5. The glass is behind the bag.

Look at the pictures and complete the sentence with ‘behind’ or ‘in front of’:

1. The elephant is in front of the house.
2. The cow is behind the horse.
3. The horse is in front of the cow.
4. The horse is behind the elephant.
5. The sheep is behind the cow.

Describe the qualities of Sailor’s grandfather in about five sentences:

1. The sailor’s grand father use to look after a lager business.
2. He was am able man.
3. He was a very hard working man.
4. He never took a holiday.
5. He loved his grand son very much.

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