Grade-3 ; Sub- English; Ch- The Piggy Bank (Notebook) Exercise
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The Piggy Bank
Characters: Pritam, Mayuri,
Grandma, Mrs. Murthy
Hard Words:
humble
enough
halwa
chorused
gazing
display
shouted
piggy
delicious
dreaming
depressed
Dictionary
Activity
1.
Humble-
2.
Piggy-
3.
Kind-
4.
Sacrifice
5.
Costume
6.
Shopkeeper
7.
Depressed-
8.
Envelope-
Make sentences
1.
Depressed-
2.
Costume
3.
Annual –
4.
Underneath-
5.
Enough
6.
Kind
Word Meaning:
humble: not proud
halwa: an Indian sweet dish
chorused: two or more people said the same thing at the same time
depressed: being sad or unhappy
costume: clothes worn by an actor or performer to play a role
sighed: a long, deep audible breath expressing sadness
1. Fill in the blanks.
a) Mayuri and Pritam lived with their grandmother.
b) Mayuri got a piggy bank her eighth
birthday.
c) Mayuri began saving a rupee or two every day from her pocket
money.
d) The big white teddy bear was in the display window
of the toy shop.
e) Pritam needed `500 rs. for the costume.
2. Answer the following questions.
a) Why was Grandma sad before Diwali?
Ans: Grandma was sad because she did not have enough money to buy
new clothes for Mayuri and Pritam.
b) What did Grandma ask Mayuri and Pritam to buy from the market?
Ans: Grandma asked Mayuri and Pritam to buy fresh carrots and milk
from market.
c) How much did the big white teddy bear cost?
Ans: The white big teddy bear cost Rs.500.
d) Why was Pritam depressed?
Ans: Pritam was depressed because he had to pay 500 Rs.
for costume of annual function and he did not have money.
e) What did Pritam find in his school bag? Who do you think had
kept it there?
Ans: Pritam found an envelope in his school bag. Mayuri
had kept it there.
f) Why did Grandma call Mayuri ‘a kind child’?
Ans: Grandma called Mayuri a kind child because Mayuri gave her
money to Pritam which she has saved for buying a teddy bear.
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