Grade- 3; Sub- English; Ch- Bakers Village ; (N.B)(T.B)

Ch- Baker’s Village

Characters: Prince (Head Baker)

Poor Villagers

Elephant

 

Hard Words:

riches

valuable

humble

kneaded

giant

shallow

oven

assistance

delighted

 

Word Meaning:

valuables: things that are precious and costly

humble: not proud

kneaded: made dough with flour using hands

giant: huge

shallow: not deep

assistance: the action of helping someone by sharing work

delighted: pleased

 

1.   Match the following:

Words	Meanings
1. honest	Carrying or bearing a load
2. loaded	new
4. fresh	Not able to move
5. stuck	To be truthful
6. baker	The person who bakes cake

 

2. Answer the following questions:

a)   For whom did the villagers work?

Ans: The villagers worked for their prince.

 

b)   What did the prince and villagers do to bake the bread?

Ans: The prince and the villagers kneaded the flour and built giant fires in the oven to bake the bread.

 

c)  What did the villagers do to reach the other villages?

Ans: The villagers had to cross a shallow river to reach the other villages.

 

d) What did the villagers give the elephant in return for his assistance?

Ans: The villagers gave the elephant some fresh bread in return for his assistance.

 

e) Why was the elephant sad?

Ans: The elephant was sad because he stopped getting any fresh bread.

 

f) Why could the villagers not pull their handcrafts across the river?

Ans: The villagers could not pull their hand carts across the river because they were growing old.

 

g) Why were the prince and the villagers delighted?

Ans: The prince and the villagers were delighted when the elephant told them that he could carry two men with the loaves of bread on his back to different villages.

 

h) What did the villagers start doing again? How was the elephant benefitted for that?

Ans: The villagers started baking and selling bread again. The elephant was benefitted by getting his share of fresh bread every day.

 

3. Read the following statement and state true or false.

a. A prince was the head baker in the bakers’ village.- True

b. Every evening, the prince and his workers baked fresh loaves of bread.- False

c.  An ox helped the villagers to pull out their carts.- False

d. The villagers did not have much money but they were happy living and working together.- True

 

4 . Answer the following questions in one sentence.

a) What kind of people were the villagers?

Ans: The villagers were honest and humble.

 

b) Who was the head baker in the bakers’ village?

Ans: A prince was the head baker in the bakers’ village.

 

C) What did the prince and his workers do early every morning?

Ans: Early every morning, the prince and his workers baked fresh loaves of bread.

 

d) What did the villagers do when the loaves were ready?

Ans: When the loaves were ready, the villagers loaded their handcarts and went to sell the bread in other villages.

 

e) What did the villagers do while returning to their village in the evening?

Ans: The villagers collected wood to make fire and bought flour to make more bread the next day.

 

f) Who helped the villagers pull out their carts when they got stuck?

Ans: An elephant that lived near the pond helped the villagers to pull out their carts when they got stuck.

 

5. Complete the following sentences.

a) The villagers were growing old and could not push the handcarts for long distances.

b) To reach other villages, the villagers had to cross a shallow lake.

c) The elephant was sad as he wasn’t getting any fresh bread.

d) The elephant learned that the villagers did not have enough money to buy flour

 

6. Fill in blanks with the correct articles from the brackets.

a) The prince was the head baker.

b) The villagers had to cross a shallow lake.

c) An elephant lived near the pond.

d) The elephant had an idea.

e) The prince and the villagers were delighted.

 

7. Fill in the blanks by selecting the correct joining word from the brackets.

a) The villagers had no riches or valuables.

b) The villagers did not have much money but they were happy living and working together.

c)  The elephant helped the villagers pull out their carts when they got stuck.

d)  The prince and the villagers were delighted because the elephant decided to help them.

e) The villagers started baking and selling bread again.

 

8. Dictionary Activity Word :

Write the ‘Word meaning’ of the following and make sentences.

1.    Baker

2.    Shallow

3.    Giant

4.    Humble

5.    Honest

6.    valuables