3rd Standard, English Poem – 10
TREES
New words:
lush: growing thickly and strongly
sway: move from side to side
precious: very valuable
Let us understand:
I. Answer these questions orally:
1. Name the kinds of trees mentioned in the poem.
Answer: The names of the kinds of trees mentioned in the poem are, Neem, Peepal, Banyan, Coconut, Mango, Banana, Tamarind, Gulmohar, Eucalyptus, and Ashoka
2. Name two fruit-bearing trees mentioned there.
Answer: The two fruit-bearing trees mentioned there are Mango and Banana.
3. Which is the tree which gives bright red flowers?
Answer: Ashoka tree is the tree which gives bright red flowers.
4. To whom are the trees friends?
Answer: Trees are the friends to every living being like bees and birds.
5. How do the trees clean the air?
Answer: Trees are releasing oxygen and taking carbon dioxide and clean the Air.
Let us speak:
II. Answer these questions orally:
- Who should grow trees?
Answer: The people should grow trees.
- What are the ways in which trees help us?
Answer: Trees gives us food, fruits, oxygen, shelter, furniture, firewood etc and helps us.
- Is it possible to grow a tree in front of every house?
Yes. It is possible to grow a tree in front of every house.
Let us write:
III. Copy down these sentences in your notebook and fill in the blanks:
1. The rhyming words in the poem are:
a. Everywhere and rare
b. Tall and small
c. Bees and breeze
d. Bare and air
2. Trees are home for birds and bees.
3. Trees cool and clean the air.
4. The pairs of opposites in the poem are:
a. Short and Tall
b. Everywhere and rare
c. Large and small
d. Lush and bare
Colour the picture given below.
