CBSE Class 3 English — NCERT Solutions

Given: A picture showing ducklings and chicks (image not fully visible).

Based on the story 'Colours', there are several ducklings and chicks shown together near the stream.

Answer: (Students should count from the picture in their textbook and write the number. For example: There are 4 ducklings and 5 chicks in the picture.) The exact number depends on the illustration in the textbook.

Given: The story describes the duck and the hen interacting with each other.

Answer: Yes, the duck and the hen are friends. We know this because the hen helped the duck's ducklings cross the stream. Good friends help each other, and the hen showed kindness and care towards the duck and her ducklings.

Given: The story of Badal and Moti.

Answer: Badal came across a small puppy by the side of the road.

Given: The story of Badal and Moti.

Answer: Badal and his mother named the puppy Moti.

The four friends were the Circle, the Square, the Triangle, and the Rectangle.

They were fighting because each one of them thought that he/she was the best among all the friends. Each shape was boasting about its own qualities and arguing that it was more important than the others.

Note: The answer is based on the picture described in the chapter. Typical expected answers are:

children: 10, girls: 4, boys: 6, women: 2, animals: 1

(Answers may vary slightly depending on the picture. Students should count carefully from their textbook picture and fill in the correct numbers.)

Given: We are looking at the toy shop described in the chapter 'Talking Toys'.

The toys in the toy shop are:

1. Dolls
2. Chennapatna Toys
3. Vande Bharat Train (toy train)
4. Kondapalli dancing dolls
5. Soft toy elephant

These are the toys displayed in the toy shop.

Meena was playing with paper boats. She was making paper boats and gently putting them in the stream to sail.

In Picture 1, I can see a wheat field. There are tall stalks of wheat growing in the field. The wheat is golden/green in colour and is ready to be harvested.

The farmer grew grapes and watermelons on his farm.

Given: The story 'Madhu's Wish' by Sudha Murty.

Answer: Madhu enjoyed eating different types of food. He ate fruits like banana, melon, guava, and jackfruit, and savouries like kachori, vada, samosa, and potato chips. He also enjoyed sweets like kheer and laddoo.

On both sides of the street we can see shops, trees, lamp posts, and footpaths (pavements) for people to walk on.

round – shaped like a circle; e.g., The Moon is round.
count – to find the total number of things; e.g., Can you count the stars?
tears – drops of water that fall from the eyes when someone cries; e.g., Chanda Mama shed tears when he could not count the stars.

Given: The chapter tells us about Rani's behaviour.

Rani was very curious because she kept asking questions about the Moon, rockets, and Chandrayaan. She wanted to know everything about the mission and did not stop until she got all her answers. Her eagerness to learn new things shows that she was very curious.