I Wish I Were, Class 3, Subject – English, solved exercises.

A. Multiple-Choice Questions
The child goes to school at
👉 (b) 10 am
The man who sells the crystal bangles in the poem is a
👉 (a) vendor
At 4 o’clock the child returns from the
👉 (c) garden
The word that means ‘to make’ is
👉 (b) soil
The child does not want anyone to stop him from
👉 (c) digging

B. Read, Think and Answer
1. What does the bangle-seller cries out?
👉 The bangle-seller cries, “Bangles, crystal bangles!”

2. Which two things attract the child when he sees the gardener digging the ground?
👉 The child is attracted by:
The gardener’s spade
The act of digging the soil

3. When does the child return from school?
👉 The child returns at 4 o’clock in the afternoon.

4. At what time do you return from school?

👉 I return from school at 2.20P.M in the afternoon.

5. How does the child want to spend his day if he becomes a hawker?
👉 He wants to move freely and sell things like a hawker without anyone stopping him.

7. What do you wish to become?

👉 I wish to become a teacher.
OR
👉 I wish to become a doctor.

C. Match the following words to their meaning
soils → (2) makes dirty
lonely → (1) to be alone
spade → (4) instrument used for digging
hawker → (3) one who sells things in a street

D. Match the following persons to their right names
A person who makes machines → Engineer
One who flies an aeroplane → Pilot
One who treats our teeth → Dentist
One who issues and takes back books in a library → Librarian
A person who edits newspapers → Editor
A person who sells tea, sugar → Grocer
One who cures bones → Orthopaedist
One who examines eyes and provides spectacles → Optician

E. Circle the correct spelling
👉 beginning
👉 hawker
👉 quarrel
👉 gardener

Grasping Grammar–

A. Rewrite the sentences using capital letters
Q1. rohan wants to become a golfer.
👉 Ans: Rohan wants to become a golfer.
Q2. he met his friend rahul.
👉 Ans: He met his friend Rahul.
Q3. we went to nagpur to meet an old aunt.
👉 Ans: We went to Nagpur to meet an old aunt.
Q4. my friend is from bihar.
👉 Ans: My friend is from Bihar.

B. Collective Noun (Examples)
Q1. What is a collective noun?
👉 Ans: A collective noun is the name of a group of people, animals, or things taken together.
Q2. Give examples of collective nouns.
👉 Ans:
A colony of ants
A swarm of bees
A pride of lions
An army of soldiers
A bouquet of flowers
A bunch of grapes

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