Grade-3 ; Subject- English; CH- The Piggy Bank (N.B.) 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.