Tyndale-Biscoe & Mallinson School, Sheikh Bagh, Srinagar

Assignment Work (Term – II)

Class – III

SUBJECT: ENGLISH
MEET THE FLAMINGO

This is the short story of Flamingo:

Many birds live in places that became too cold in winters. These birds prefer warmer places when winter comes. This is called
migration of birds. Flamingo a large bird which travels to India in winter months. They live in many parts of the world e.g. Europe,
South America and Africa.
From November to March they migrate to India. In March when summer begins the birds fly back. They live in large flocks.
When a flock of flamingo files in the sky, they look like giant pink clouds. Flamingo looks like a large white bird but when it opens
its wings, one can see its pink and black feathers. They have long legs and thin long neck. In water they can be seen standing on
one leg, which help them to nest when they feel tired. They are water birds, they like salt water and prefer to live near the sea.
Their beak act like a spoon with which they pink up little fish. Flamingos have a beak which is not like other birds.
They build nests near water, they collect wet mud and make a small hill of something in which they lay eggs. Their chicks
learn to fly when they are six months old.
1. Now do the silent reading of the chapter at least twice. Hope you have understood the chapter.
2. Go through the word meanings and form sentences
Read the following questions as well as answers thoroughly.
Part A
1. When birds fly to warmer places in the winter what is it called MIGRATION.
2. When is flamingo seen in India? in winter months
3. Where do flamingo normally live? near sea.
4. Where do flamingo catch insects and small fish from the water? by dipping their heads upside down and moving it form side
to side.
5. How do birds build their nests? by collecting wet mud.
6. How long does it take the little chicks to learn to fly? about six months.
Part B
1. Why do you think the Indian government has protected the places visited by the flamingos?
Ans. Indian government has protected the places visited by the flamingo so that they may come and go without the fear of being
hunted.
2. Why do flamingos stand on one leg?
Ans. Flamingos stand on one leg because they have to stand for a long time in water. Besides, by lifting and folding one leg at a
time give other leg a rest.
3. How does flamingo’s spoon shaped beak help it?
Ans. Its spoon shaped beak help it to pick up little fish and hold them.
Grammar Work:
ORDER OF ADJECTIVE:
Adjectives: The word which describe or tells us something about a noun.
We can use more than one adjective before a noun, but we have to be careful that it should be in order-
e.g 1. Look at that large, beautiful, pink bird. Large, beautiful and pink are adjectives and bird is a noun, so we are using three
adjectives before a noun and the same adjectives are in order.
e.g 2. Give me some fresh, green apples.
In this sentence fresh and green are adjectives and apples are noun. We have again used two adjectives before a
noun apples and these adjectives are in order. Words like fresh and green are telling us something about noun, so we
say these words are describing nouns.
Now look at the exercise on Page 109
2. They lovely blue bag belongs to me.
In this sentence lovely and blue are adjectives telling us something about noun – bag, and both lovely – blue are in order.
3. My ring has a tiny red shining stone.
tiny – Red – Shining adjectives in order
stone – Noun
4. Can I have one of these tasty brown chocolate bars?
tasty brown adjectives in order
chocolate bars noun.
5. That huge grey animal is a rhino.
huge grey adjectives in order.
animal – noun.
Words in communication – Prefix:
1. Fill now you have never heard of any such word like prefix –
Prefix – A letter or a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. Such as un is added to happy and
the word becomes unhappy.
Comfortable – making one feel relaxed
Uncomfortable – not feeling relaxed.
Here we add un which is a prefix to comfortable and the meaning is changed.
Look to Page 110
2. Ben – Yes we had to unpack our suitcases.
3. Ben I know. It was so unkind
4. Ben But that is unfair
5. Let’s unite
6. Ben Yes it’s unusual
 Paragraph –
Writing –
In paragraph writing we should remember the following points-
1. We should be careful not to change para.
2. We should try not to repeat the sentences.
3. We should be specific while writing paragraph and the sentences should be to the point.
4. Refer to Page 111 for a paragraph on Flamingo
Write a paragraph on
1. My mother
2. My class room
Poem – Birds
Birds are a part of nature. There are thousands of birds and all vary in many respects from each other. The poem BIRDS is written
by ‘Meish Goldish’.
In this poem the poet has described the life of a bird, how hard it works while building its nest. It takes its own time to build the
nest and does not stop at all while building it. It takes care of its young ones after hatching. It keeps itself busy in feeding its
babies with worms. Poet it also referring about MIGRATION OF BIRDS. Birds flies to south when it gets cold, and when it gets
warm it returns back.
Go through the poem thoroughly and go through the following questions
1. What work does a bird do?
Ans. Birds builds its nest, hatches its eggs and feeds its babies.
2. What food does it feed the baby birds?
Ans. The food it feeds the baby birds are worms.
3. Choose one word for ‘when it gets cold/the birds fly south/ when it gets warm/ the birds will return.
Ans. Migrate
4. There are rhyming words of the end of some of the lines. Can you find the words that rhyme with there words?
a. Treetop stop & round ground b. round ground c. mouth south d. return learn
TOPIC VERB
Let us write few action words.
Kicking, hops sails
jumping
Action Words
Fill in the blanks using these Action Words.
1. The boy is ________from the wall.
2. A rabbit __________
3. The ship _________ on water.
4. Rohit is __________ the ball.
Kicking, hops, sails, jumping express actions. So they are doing words.
Doing words are called verbs.
e.g. V
1. Children are playing in the garden.
V
2. The baker bakes a cake.
V
3. The sun shines in the sky.
Remember students.
1. All (ing) form of the word are verb e.g. (going , washing , writing)
2. Most action words that end in an e lose the e when we add ing for example.
ride – riding drive – driving make – making.
Now parents are requested to help the children to understand this topic thoroughly and help them in solving the work sheets.
WORK SHEET – 1
Here are some doing words. Put each one into the blank spaces below.

sings brings drinks

pours
brings rises sleeps
guard
1. I________milk regularly.
2. Meena _________ sweetly.
3. The rain _________ in the rainy season.
4. Dogs ___________our houses in the night.
5. The postman _________ letters.
6. The baby ____________ soundly.
7. The horse ___________ in a stable.
8. The servant _________ a cup of tea.
9. The grass ___________
10. The sun ____________in the east
WORK SHEET – 2
1. Thefarmer is ____________ in the field.
2. The woman is ___________ a newspaper.
3. They are ______________ TV.
4. The girls are ___________ tennis.
5. Mrs. Sharma is _________ dinner.
WORK SHEET – 3
Pick out the verbs in the following sentences.
1. The Peom rings the ball ____________
2. The girls are swinging in the park __________
3. The hunter shot the lion ___________
4. The dog barkded at the theif ___________
5. The stars are shining in the sky _________
6. The sun sets in the west ____________
Letter Writing
Dear Students: The following important points are to be kept in mind while writing letters.
1. Writer’s address (Heading)
2. Date
3. Salutation
4. Body of the letter
5. Subscription
6. Signature
Sample letter (Application)
Heading The principal
Tyndale-Biscoe School
Srinagar.
Date 27th August, 2010
Salutation Respected Sir,
Body This is to bring to your kind notice that I have been suffering from high fever for the last three days. So I could not attend
my regular classes. I, therefore request you kindly grant me leave for two days.
Subscription Thanking you
Yours obediently
Signature Name –
Class -

Dear students
Now following the above format you write an application to the principal requesting to permit you to go home in the recess.
Chapter Birbal’s Khichdi
Dear Students
“Birbal’s Khichdi” is a short story about Birbal and Akbar.
Before starting the lesson let me give you a small introduction about Birbal.
Birbal was the wisest man among Akbar’s court. He was considered one among the nine jewels of Akbar’s court. Birbal was very
clever, witty and an intelligent man.
“Birbal’s Khichdi” is a story based on Birbal’s wits and cleverness. It was a cold winter day Akbar and Birbal went for a walk along
the lake. A thought came to Birbal. The said to the king. “I think a man would do anything for money.” Akbar said “If you will find
such man than he has to spend a whole night in the cold lake for money.” Birbal found a man who was so poor and was ready to
do anything for money.
The man was asked to enter the lake where the water was as cold as ice. When the man was taken out by Guards, Akbar asked
poor man how he managed to spend the night in the cold lake. The poor man replied he kept his attention fixed on the street lamp.
On hearing this Akbar refused to give him a reward and said you survived because the street lamp kept you warm.
The poor man was disappointed and went to Birbal for help. Birbal thought of a plan to make the king realize that poor man
deserves reward. So Birbal hung a khichdi pot five feet above the fire. When king san this he said, “how will the khichdi cook, if it
is so for away from the fire. Birbal quickly replied and said, the same was the case with the poor man how was it possible for a
poor man to get warmth from the nearby street light.
The king realized his mistake and gave the poor man his reward.
Now go through the word meanings and learn them. Do the silent reading of the chapter, after understanding the chapter
thoroughly do the exercises A and B given on Page 98.

Reading
A
Correct the mistakes in these sentences as shown.
1. One cold winter day,
Akbar and Birbal went for a walk along the river (lake).
2. Akbar thought a man would not spend a whole week (night) in the cold water of the lake for money.
3. Akbar said he would reward such a person with Rs 1,000 (thousand gold coins)
4. The poor man kept his attention fixed on the moon (lamp).
5. A pot of khichdi hung just above the fire (five feet above the fire)
Part (B)
Tick the right answer.
1. Akbar thought of a reward because.
a. he thought there may be a person who would not find the water cold.
b. he did not believe anyone could live after spending a night in such cold water. 
2. Birbal didn’t go to court because.
a. he wanted to make the king understand his mistake. 
b. he was really waiting for the khichdi to cook.
3. Birbal wanted the king to know that.
a) he, birbal was like the man who stood in the lake all night. 
b) Just as Khichdi would not cook ‘f it is at a distance from the fire, the man in the lake could not have got
warmth from a distant street lamp. 
Grammar in Communication
Question words
Who, What, Where, When, Why, how.
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They are called question words. We use question words to ask questions. We put question words at the
beginning of a question. There is a question mark at the end of the sentence instead of a full stop.
 Who is used for asking questions about person.
 What is used for asking questions about things and sometimes what can also be used for person.
  Where is used for asking questions about places.
When is used when you want to know about time.
Why is used when we want to learn the reason for something.
How is used when we want to know more about something or someone.
Exercise:
Shiv and vish are meeting after their summer holidays. Complete their questions with the right questions word.
Shiv Hi, How are you?
Vish I am fine. Thank you.
How was your vacation?
Shiv Fantastic !
Vish Where did you go ?
Shiv I went to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Vish How long were you there?
Shiv we were there for a week.
Vish How did you go with on the trip?
Shiv I went with my parents and sister.
Vish When did you return?
Shiv we returned the day before yesterday.
Vish What did you do in the islands?
Shiv we played in the beach, collected shells and went sailing.
Vish that sounds exciting! How did you get there?
Shiv we wanted to go by ship. But we flew.
Vish Why didn’t you go by ship?
Shiv Because the tickets were sold out.
Vish there goes the school bell. Let’s go to class.

Use of Do / Does / Did

Do and Does are used in Simple Present Tense.
When action is a daily routine or habit, it is said to be in Simple Present Tense
e.g girls do their work intime
girl does her work in time.
( These sentences tell us that it is the habit of girls to do their work in time, means everytime they do their work
in time. e.g She goes to school every day. I drink milk every day. Sun rises in the east.
All the above sentences are in Simple Present Tense as above sentences are daily routines.)
Hope you have understood what is Simple Present Tense.
Do and Does are used in Simple Present Tense
but Do is used with plurals
Does is used with singulars.
Plural
(1) Do girls play basket ball?
Singular
Does that girl play basket ball?
Plural
(2) Boys do their work neatly.
Singular
This boy does his work neatly.
‘Did’ is used with Simple Past Tense.
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 Work which you have done in the past
 We do not use any helping verb like was / were in simple past tense
e.g I ate my food.
I wrote a letter
 ate and wrote are in simple past tense
 we have not used any helping verb, so above sentences are in simple past tense.
Did is also used in simple past tense. (work which you have done and completed)
And also used for asking questions.
e.g She did her work.
Did she complete her work?
 Exercise on Pg 102
 1. Do
2. Does
3. did
4. Do
5. Do
6. Does