Class 3 English Out in the Garden Questions and Answers Chapter 4
Toys and Games Question Answer
Picture Reading (NCERT Textbook on Pages 36 and 37)
Look at the picture and answer.
Question 1.
Count how many there are and write in the blanks:
children _______, girls _______, boys _______, women _______ and animals _______
Answer:
children: 16, girls: 7, boys: 9, women: 3, animals: 0
Question 2.
What games are the children playing?
Answer:
Games played by children are Hopscotch, Spinning top, Blindfold, Marbles, Phugadi and kite flying.
Question 3.
Children are playing in the open space in front of their houses. Where do you usually play?
Answer:
We usually play in a park or garden.
Question 4.
Some children are not playing games. What are they doing?
Answer:
A boy with crutches is looking at other children playing marbles. A girl is reading a newspaper and a boy is getting news information. Sitting beside a woman, a girl is talking to her. A boy with a kite is coming out of the house.
Question 5.
There are some women in the picture. What are they doing?
Answer:
An elderly woman is making garlands. Another woman sitting beside her is talking to a girl and handpicking something from a pot. Another woman sitting behind the elderly woman is doing some household work.
Question 6.
Who is reading the newspaper?
Answer:
A girl is reading a newspaper.
Question 7.
What are the children playing with?
Answer:
Some children are playing with marbles, spinning tops, and a kite whereas some other children are playing hide and seek, kikli and hopscotch with each other.
Question 8.
What is the old man doing?
Answer:
The old man is looking at the children playing with marbles.
Question 9.
What is your favourite game?
Answer:
My favourite game is cricket.
Question 10.
If you were in the picture, which game would you play?
Answer:
If I were in the picture, I would have played marbles with other children.
A. Point out the following in the picture.
1. The boys are playing with marbles.
2. A girl is playing hopscotch.
3. A boy and a girl are spinning tops.
4. A boy is blindfolded.
5. A boy is holding a kite.
Answer:
Attempt yourself.
B. Identify the playthings used to play. Write their names below.
Answers:
1. Marbles
2. Spinning top
3. Skipping rope
Out in the Garden Question Answer
Let us think (Page No. 41)
A. Answer the following.
Question 1.
What are the children doing with the ball?
Answer:
Children are bouncing, throwing and catching the ball in the garden.
Question 2.
How are children playing with the kite?
Answer:
Children are pulling the cord of the kite to fly it high in the sky.
Question 3.
Where are the children playing?
Answer:
Children are playing in the garden.
B. Think and answer.
Question 1.
Where do you play?
Answer:
I play in the neighbourhood park.
Question 2.
What games do you play outside?
Answer:
I play cricket, hopscotch and badminton with my friends.
Question 3.
What happens if we are not careful while playing outside?
Answer:
Accidents may happen if we are not careful while playing.
Let us speak (NCERT Textbook on Pages 41 and 42)
Look at some more games. Do you know them? Have you played them?-What do you call them in your mother tongue?
Talk about what you know.
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Let us learn (Page No. 42)
In the poem, we find-
run and skip
jump and sway
slide and swing
Here we use ‘and’ to link two words.
Combine these words using ‘and’ and write them in the blanks. One has been done for you.
Answer:
1. give and take
2. sing and dance
3. eat and drink
4. catch and throw
5. run and catch
Can you think of two more word pairs? Write them here.
Answer:
1. read and write
2. wait and watch
Let us do (Page No. 43)
Paper Bag Puppet
Materials Required:
Paper bags, a pencil, colour pencils or sketch pens, woollen threads and gum.
Process:
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Out in the Garden Class 3 Summary
The poem describes a child’s joyful exploration of a garden. The child, along with his/her friends, plays with a ball, flies a kite, runs, skips, jumps in the garden and enjoys the freedom of being outdoors. There’s a sense of wonder and excitement about the natural world. The poem is quite simple and focuses on introducing young children to basic vocabulary related to nature and gardens.
Out in the Garden Class 3 Word Meanings
- garden (गार्डन) – park, बगीचे।
- fine (फाइन) – nice, सुहाने।
- bounce (बाउंस) – spring back, उछालना।
- throw (थ्रो) – cast, toss, फ़ेकना।
- kite (काइट) – a flying toy made of paper, पतंग।
- tug (टग) – to pull with force, खींचना।
- friend (फ्रेन्ड) – companion, दोस्त।
- skip (स्किप) – jump, रस्सी कूदना।
- sway (स्वे) – to move slowly from side to side, दोलन करना।
- slide (स्लाइड) – slip, फिसलना।
- swing (स्विंग) – move back and forth, झूलना।