ENGLISH 3

UNIT 10 Chapter 1 How Creatures Move Page 151

(ii) It is wrong to .................... something of others.

(d) bear/bare
(i) .................... likes to eat honey.
(ii) We entered the temple in .................... feet.

(e) write/right
(i) The school is on the .................... side of the post office.
(ii) Please .................... in clear handwriting.

10- Name two creatures each which

(i) Hop ........................................ ........................................
........................................
(ii) Wiggle ........................................ ........................................
........................................
(iii) Fly ........................................ ........................................
........................................
(iv) Walk/Run ........................................

(v) Swim ........................................

(vi) Crawl ........................................

11- Add the silent letters to the words given in brackets. Fill these words in the
blanks to complete the sentences.
(i) I .................... (rapped) the birthday gift with a pink ribbon.
(ii) During the race, my partner had to .................... (neel) while I jumped
over her.
(iii) The boys .................... (climed) over the wall.
(iv) We .................... (lisened) carefully as our teacher read out the sentences.
(v) The little girl could not .................... (com) her hair.
(vi) The saint was very .................... (cam).
(vii) No one .................... (ansered) the door.
(viii) We .................... (rote) a poem in class.

Page 152 The Ship of the Desert UNIT 10 Chapter 2

UNIT 10 CHAPTER 2

7+( 6+,3 2) 7+( '(6(57

7(;7 %$6(' 48(67,216

2EMHFWLYH $QVZHU 7\SH 4XHVWLRQV

1- Read the following lines from the chapter and answer the questions that follow.
There are thorny bushes in the desert. I eat the thorns. The thorns don't prick
my thick tongue.
(i) Where are thorny bushes located?

_______________________________________________________

(ii) Who eats the thorny bushes?

_______________________________________________________

(iii) Find two pronouns from the above lines. ........................., .........................

2- Choose the correct option.

(i) The burning sand does not bother the

(a)rabbit F (b) lion F
F
(c)tiger F (d) camel
F
(ii) A lion needs water F
(a)after every 2 days F
F
(b) every day

(c)after every 4 days

(d) every week

(iii) A lion can run in the forest at

UNIT 10 Chapter 2 The Ship of the Desert Page 153

(a)70 kilometres an hour F

(b) 90 kilometres an hour F

(c)80 kilometres an hour F

(d) 25 kilometres an hour F

(iv) A camel has a F (b) thin tongue F
(a)thick tongue

(c)long tongue F (d) small tongueF

(v) Name the 'Ship of the Desert'

(a)lion F (b) camel F

(c)crab F (d) tiger F

(vi) Name the 'King of the Forest'

(a)lion F (b) monkey F

(c)owl F (d) crocodile F

(vii) The feet of the camel are F
(a)thick and padded

(b) thick and fat F

(c)long and fat F

(d) thin and padded F

(viii) There are no rivers or lakes in

(a)plains F (b) plateaus F

(c)mountains F (d) deserts F

(ix) At a time a camel can drink F
(a)200 bottles of water

(b) 100 bottles of water F

(c)400 bottles of water F

Page 154 The Ship of the Desert UNIT 10 Chapter 2

(d) 300 bottles of water F

(x) A camel stores its food in its F
(a)stomach F (b) legs

(c)hump F (d) lips F

3- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements. F
(i) The lion is the ship of the forest. F
(ii) A camel can walk across the desert on a hot afternoon. F
(iii) Every animal can run in the forest. F
(iv) Some animals can run on sand. F
(v) The camel can run on sand at 35 kilometres an hour. F
(vi) Thorns can't prick lion's feet because they are padded. F
(vii) Camel is called the 'King of the Desert'. F
(viii) Camel stores food in its stomach. F
(ix) Camel can live without water for few days. F
(x) A lion can run 80 kilometres an hour. F
(xi) Both camel and lion have padded feet. F
(xii) A lion can store food and water.

6KRUW $QVZHU 7\SH 4XHVWLRQV

1- For how long can a camel store food?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

2- Why does the lion not want to go to the desert?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

UNIT 10 Chapter 2 The Ship of the Desert Page 155

3- Where does the camel store food?

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

4- How can a camel run on sand?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

5- Why is the camel called the 'Ship of the Desert'?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

6- What does the camel eat in the desert?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

7- Who is the king of the forest?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

8- What type of the feet does the camel have?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

/$1*8$*( %$6(' 48(67,216

1- The names of a few animals are jumbled. Rearrange the letters and find the
names.

(i) R Z A B E .................... (ii) R E E D ....................

(iii) X F O .................... (iv) B R A B T I ....................

Page 156 The Ship of the Desert UNIT 10 Chapter 2

(v) N K D E O Y .................... (vi) L M C E A ....................

2- Match the following words in Column A with their meanings in Column B.

Column A Column B

(i) Interrupt (a) Worry, disturb or upset

(ii) Disdain (b) A rounded mass found on the back of a camel

(iii) Fortnight (c) Make an expression to show disapproval

(iv) Frown (d) A feeling that someone is not worthy of one's
respect

(v) Brother (d) A period of 2 weeks

(vi) Hump (d) Disturb

3- Make sentences.
(i) burn

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

(ii) bother

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

(iii) fortnight

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

(iv) funny

_______________________________________________________

UNIT 10 Chapter 2 The Ship of the Desert Page 157

_______________________________________________________

4- Make as many words as you can from within the given words. The first one has
been done for you.

(i) ROARING IN RAN ROAR

(ii) FROWNING .................... .................... ....................

(iii) BLINKING .................... .................... ....................

(iv) WONDERINGLY .................... .................... ....................

(v) INTERRUPT .................... .................... ....................

(vi) BOTHER .................... .................... ....................

(vii) FORTNIGHT .................... .................... ....................

5- Choose the correct helping verb from the brackets and complete the following
sentences.

(i) .................... careful while crossing the road. (be/been/being)

(ii) You are .................... very foolish to believe a liar (be/been/being)
like Roma.

(iii) .................... polite to your classmates. (be/been/being)

(iv) My father was tired. He had .................... working

late in the office. (be/been/being)

(v) Dhruv gained weight as he had .................... (be/been/being)
overeating.

(vi) We should .................... obedient to what our parents (be/been/being)
say.

Page 158 The Ship of the Desert UNIT 10 Chapter 2

6- Find out which animals live in

(i) icy cold regions .............................................................................

(ii) hot wet regions .............................................................................

(iii) dry hot regions .............................................................................

7- Read these words aloud, paying attention to their spellings.

i - eye our - hour

week - weak need - knead

in - inn see - sea

no - know here - hear

not - knot eight - ate

of - off two - too

bye - by

Now make sentences with each word.
I .............................................................................................................

eye .............................................................................................................

week .............................................................................................................

weak .............................................................................................................

In .............................................................................................................

Inn .............................................................................................................

no .............................................................................................................

know .............................................................................................................

UNIT 10 Chapter 2 The Ship of the Desert Page 159

not .............................................................................................................

knot .............................................................................................................

of .............................................................................................................

off .............................................................................................................

bye .............................................................................................................

by .............................................................................................................

our .............................................................................................................

hour .............................................................................................................

need .............................................................................................................

knead .............................................................................................................

see .............................................................................................................

sea .............................................................................................................

here .............................................................................................................

hear .............................................................................................................

eight .............................................................................................................

ate .............................................................................................................

two .............................................................................................................

too .............................................................................................................

8- Draw lines to match the following words with more interesting alternative.

(i) hungry (a) hilarious

(ii) tired (b) terrifying

Page 160 The Ship of the Desert UNIT 10 Chapter 2

(iii) nice (c) parched
(iv) nasty (d) horrible
(v) scary (e) starving
(vi) dry (f) lovely
(vii) wet (g) exhausted
(viii) funny (h) drenched

9- Rearrange the jumbled words and make sentences.
(i) and/in a forest/a tortoise/a hare/there lived

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

(ii) all/near/stood/the animals/the race-track

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

(iii) sailed/the ship/Europe/towards

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

(iv) feeds/every day/the cats/old milkman/the friendly

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

(v) is/the ship/the camel/the desert/of

_______________________________________________________

UNIT 10 Chapter 2 The Ship of the Desert Page 161

_______________________________________________________

10- Rewrite the following sentences by replacing the underlined words with the cor-
rect short form.
(i) We must-not speak in class.

_______________________________________________________

(ii) You can play after you have done your homework.

_______________________________________________________

(iii) He should not have eaten so much cake.

_______________________________________________________

(iv) I cannot ice-skate very well.

_______________________________________________________

(v) They could not find our house.

_______________________________________________________

(vi) I have completed my work.

_______________________________________________________

(vii) Please do not walk on the grass.

_______________________________________________________

(viii) Meera did not want to participate.

_______________________________________________________

11- Write down the following phrases with 's. One has been done for you.

(i) The wings of a bird - a bird's wings

(ii) The cat belonging to Kim - .............................................

Page 162 The Ship of the Desert UNIT 10 Chapter 2

(iii) The sweets belonging to - .............................................
children

(iv) The car belonging to Ravi - .............................................

(v) The house belonging to Tina - .............................................

(vi) The pen belonging to father - .............................................

(vii) The jacket belonging to uncle - .............................................

(viii) The book belonging to Jim - .............................................

12- Match the words with their describing words. One is done for you.

(i) cold (a) lane
(ii) green (b) months
(iii) blue (c) voice
(iv) narrow (d) mountain
(v) easy (e) fruit
(vi) hard (f) leaves
(vii) sweet (g) rock
(viii) deep (h) winter
(ix) high (i) sky
(x) twelve (j) question