3rd Standard English SL UNIT – IV
THINGS WE USE
1. What do you use for the following? Name the things.
• e.g. for cutting nails – Nail cutter
• for sharpening a pencil – Sharpener
• for cutting papers – Scissor
• for opening a lock – key
• for cutting vegetables – Knife
2. Identify the tools shown below:
Answer: screwdriver, hammer, saw, axe, nail cutter, plough
3. Show the class what you do with the above tools.
e.g. Show the action of cutting your nails if the tool is a nail cutter.
4. Match the tools with their uses.
Answer:
a. Sharpener 4. It’s used for sharpening the pencils
b. Nail cutter 5. It’s used for cutting the nails
c. Needle 6. It’s used for sewing the clothes
d. Hammer 7. It’s used for hitting the nails
e. Axe 9. It’s used for chopping the wood
f. Knife 8. It’s used for cutting the vegetables / fruits
g. Saw 2. It’s used for sawing the wood.
h. Plough 3. It’s used for ploughing the field
i. Iron 1. It’s used for ironing the clothes
Read the sentences aloud. e.g. A sharpener is used for sharpening the pencil.
5. Identify the persons
Answer me:
Do the above people use tools in their professions? Yes/No
Answer: Yes
What tools do they use?
a) I’m a doctor. I use – Stethoscope
b) I’m an electrician. I use – Screwdriver
c) I’m a farmer and I use – Plough
6. Singular/plural
• Singular number indicates only one object.
• Plural number indicates two or more than two objects.
Complete the following:
A)
a. hammer – hammers
b. saw – saws
c. sharpener – sharpeners
d. nail –nails
e. screw driver – screw drivers
f. axe – axes
B)
a. knife – knives
b. leaf – leaves
7. Rearrange the jumbled letters:
Clue: The first letter is given in capital.
a) efinK – Knife
b) exA – Axe
c) mreHam – Hammer
d) wSa – Saw
e) dleNee – Needle
f) ghlouP – Plough
g) arpeShren – Sharpener
h) Inor – Iron
Re write the above words using the appropriate articles using ‘a’ or ‘an’.
e.g. a knife
a. A knife e. A needle
b. An axe f. A plough
c. A hammer g. A sharpener
d. A saw h. An Iron
8. Read and understand the story.
Did you understand the story?
I. Choose ‘a’ or ‘b’ to complete each of the sentences given below:
1) First of all, Deepu wanted to be _________
a) a king b) rich
Answer: rich
2) When Deepu became a king, he _________
a) went around the country
b) ate and drank all day
Answer: went around the country.
3) The sun burnt him, when he was _________
a) a king b) a cloud
Answer: a king
4) When the water fell on the rock, _________
a) it was washed away b) it did not move
Answer: it did not move
5) Finally, the angel turned Deepu into a _________
a) stone – cutter b) pick – axe
Answer: stone – cutter
II. You have read the story, right? Now, complete the dialogue given below.
Deepu: I want to be rich.
Angel: You shall be rich, my son.
Deepu: I want to be a king.
Angel: You shall be a king, my son.
Deepu: I want to be the sun.
Angel: You shall be the sun, my son.
* Can you enact the story by taking the roles of the Angel and Deepu?
9. Do you know these words?
Make new words:
1) screw + driver – screwdriver
2) chair + man – chairman
3) foot + ball – football
4) neck + lace – necklace
5) wrist + watch – wristwatch
6) star + fish – starfish
7) class + teacher – class teacher
8) motor + cycle – motorcycle
9) straw + berry – strawberry
10) ice + cream – ice-cream
10. COMPLETE THESE ICE-CREAMS.
In the ice-cream cones given below, you find words. In the ice-cube box, you find the opposites. Match the words with their opposites and eat the ice–creams!
Stand poor out go near down first below
RICH X poor
UP X down
SIT X Stand
IN X out
LAST X first
COME X go
FAR X near
ABOVE X below
11. (A) Rhyming words
Pick the rhyming words from the cloud and write them in the blanks below.
Answer:
axe = wax, fax
sun = bun, run
king = sing, wing
rich = which, stitch
rain = train, pain
(B) Read the words aloud.
Try to frame sentences using the above words.
e.g : 1) The sun gives us light.
2) We used axe for chopping the wood.
3) The king is supreme of the country.
4) He is a rich person.
5) There is heavy rain in June month.
12. Fun with words
Read the word backwards and make new words.
CLUE: Look at the pictures. One has been done for you.
1) PAT TAP
2) TOP POT
3) BUT TUB
4) GUM MUG
5) BIN NIB
6) NET TEN
7) DUB BUD
8) WAS SAW
13. Now, check these words. Read them backwards. You will get the same word.
MOM POP DAD DID DEED PEEP MALAYALAM NUN
14. Let’s practice sounds: Repeat after the teacher.
cock rain see pan king pit plate ball bake well take mat sell wing bell hit fee rock call
Now group the words that sound alike:
e.g: bell sell well
1) fat mat
2) van pan
3) train rain
4) ring king wing
5) cake bake take
6) fall ball
7) bee see fee
8) pit hit
9) gate plate
10) lock cock rock
15. MY SPACE:
1) Do you have a tool box or a tool kit in your home?
Answer: Yes, We have a tool box or a tool kit in our home.
2) Name the tools that your father uses at home.
Answer: Spanners, Screwdriver, Tester, Cutting player, Axe blade, Hammer
3) Name the tools that your mother uses in the kitchen.
Answer: Scissors, Screw driver
4) Name the tools that you use both in school and at home.
Answer: Sharpener, Scissor
Say aloud:
I CAN THINK OF SIX THIN THINGS.
16. Read the proverbs given below.
a) Children and fools must not play with edged tools.
b) Man is greater than the tools he invents.
c) A speaker needs no tools.
d) A wise man without a book is like a workman with no tools.
e) A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.
Think of some more either in English or your mother tongue.
MY PROGRESS
What I have learnt
1. I can name the tools in English.
2. I am able to say the uses of the tools.
3. I am able to classify the tools used in different professions.
4. I am able to rearrange the letters to get meaningful words.
5. I am able to identify the singular and plural forms.
6. I am able to read and understand the story.
7. I am able to enact the dialogues of Deepu and Angel.
8. I am able to identify the opposites.
9. I am able to find out the rhyming words.
