DPS- Modern Indian School Al-Wakra, Qatar

ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT (2015-16)

CLASS –3

Month –November

Name: P.Dhyanesh
Section: B Date of submission:02-12-2015

SECTION –A (READING)

Read the following passage and answer the questions which follow:

RAINBOWS

Rainbows are often seen when the sun comes out after or during a rainstorm. Rainbows
are caused when sunlight shines through drops of water in the sky at a specific angle.
When white sunlight enters a raindrop, it exits the raindrop a different colour. When light
exits lots of different raindrops at different angles, it produces the red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, indigo and violet that you see in a rainbow. Together, these colours are known
as spectrum. These colours can sometimes be seen in waterfalls and fountains as well.

Did you know that there are double rainbows? In a double rainbow, light reflects twice
inside water droplets and forms two arcs. In most double rainbows, the colours of the top
arc are opposite from those in the bottom arc.In other words, the order of the colours start
with purple on top and ends with the red on bottom. Rainbows sometimes appear as white
arcs at night. These rainbows are called moonbows. Moonbows are caused by moonlight
shining through drops of water.

1. Complete the sentences:

a) Rainbows are often seen when the sun comes out after or during a rainstorm.

b) Rainbows are caused when sunlight shines through drops of water in the sky at a
specific angle.

2. Which colours appear in a rainbow?

Violet Indigo Blue Green Yellow Orange (VIBGYOR - Spectrum)

3. What is the colour of a moonbow?

a) yellow b) green c) white

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4. Find the words from the passage which mean the following:

a) glitters – Shines

Rainbows are caused when sunlight glitters through drops of water in the sky

b) band of colours as seen in a rainbow – Spectrum

5. Write a sentence about moonbow .

Rainbows sometimes appear as white arcs at night. These rainbows are called moonbows.
Moonbows are caused by moonlight shining through drops of water.

SECTION –B (WRITING)

Picture Composition

Write a story based on this picture. Give a suitable title for this story.

Tom and John are neighborhood friends. One day both of them wanted to go for a cycle race on the

road. The race started between them and both chase one another. Their race disturbed other

people and trespassers who are on the road.

Suddenly Tom lost his control and hit a woman who holds a bag full of vegetables. The bag felt and

all the vegetables scattered on the road. She got angry and shouted Tom to collect those

vegetables and put it in the bag. Tom collected it and gave her the bag.

Finally both the friends realize that playing on the road will cause accident.

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 SECTION –C (GRAMMAR)

Q.1Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense of the verbs given in brackets:-

a) Janet speaks very good English.(speak)

b) Priya and her brother brushes their teeth after meals. (brush)
c) The sun shines brightly in the sky.(shine)
d) Sunil Jogs in the park everyday.(jog)
e) My father drives his car to the office everyday.(drive)
Q.2Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense of the verbs given in brackets:-

a) The naughty children broke the glass window. (break)

b) A cold wind blown last night. (blow)

c) The plane landed at the airport safely.(land)

d) The children played football in the playground.(play)

e) I bought a new bicycle last week.(buy)

Q.3 Use will/shall + a verb from the help box to show the future time:-

rain call hurt help run

a) You will hurt yourself.

b) Wait a minute. We shall help you.

c) Sahil will run the marathon tomorrow.

d) I shall call you once I reach home.

e) It will rain tomorrow.

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Q.4 Fill in the blanks with the present continuous tense:-

a) We are listening (listen) to the radio now.

b) The gardener is watering (water) the plants now.

c) I am playing (play) cricket with my friends.

d) The birds were building (build) their nests on the tree.

e) Renu is watching (wash) the clothes in the washing machine.

Q.5 complete the following short paragraph using past continuous tense:-

Jim was walking (walk) along the road yesterday when he met Mary. She was going (go) to
the station to catch a train. They both were waiting (wait) for the train. Meanwhile they went
to a nearby coffee shop, the train arrived while they were drinking (drink) coffee .

Q.3 Use will be/shall be + ing form a verb from the help box to show future
continuous tense:-

watch wait play go study

a) Don’t call me at 7o’clock. I will be studying for my weekly test.

b) We shall be going to India during winter vacation.

c) I shall be watching a movie this evening.

d) You will be waiting at the station when she arrives.

e) On Sunday morning, I shall be playing football

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 SECTION D- (MCB)

Q.1.Explain with “reference to context”:-

“Let’s see if there are any more inside.”

a) Which lesson is this line taken from?
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b) Who said this to whom?

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c) Why did the speaker say so?

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Q.2. Answer the following questions:-

1. Why was Lakshmi lonely ?

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2. What else did Lakshmi do for Deepavali?

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3.What wonderful gift did she get on Deepavali?

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Q.3. Give meanings of the following words:-

a) joyous- ______________________________________________

b) hand in hand - ________________________________________

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c) lime-_________________________________________________

Q.4. Frame sentences of your own with the given words:-

a) light: Light from the tower is very bright.

b) delicious: The chocolate is so delicious.

c) lonely: Tom felt lonely when his friends left home.

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