NCERT Solutions for Class 3 English Unit 02 Toys and Games Chapter 04 Out in the Garden

Question 1. Count how many there are and write in the blanks: Children _____, girls _____, boys _____, women _____ and animals _____.
Answer: In the picture, there are 16 children, including 7 girls and 9 boys. There are also 3 women and 0 animals. [9/31]
In simple words: There are 16 children (7 girls, 9 boys), 3 women, and no animals.

Exam Tip: Read the picture details carefully and count each group one by one.

Question 2. What games are the children playing?
Answer: The children in the park are playing games like marbles, spinning tops, hide-and-seek, and hopscotch. [9/31]
In simple words: They are playing marbles, tops, hopscotch, and hide-and-seek.

Exam Tip: List at least three different outdoor games shown in the playground illustration.

Question 3. Children are playing in the open space in front of their houses. Where do you usually play?
Answer: I usually play with my friends in the park or the playground near my house. Sometimes on rainy days, we play indoor games like Ludo inside our homes. [9/31]
In simple words: I play in the park near my house, or indoors on rainy days.

Exam Tip: You can write about your favorite outdoor play areas like parks or fields.

Question 4. Some children are not playing games. What are they doing?
Answer: Some children are sitting quietly and watching their friends play the games. [9/31]
In simple words: They are watching their friends play.

Exam Tip: Observe the children who are standing or sitting at the side of the playground.

Question 5. There are some women in the picture. What are they doing?
Answer: One woman is weaving flower garlands, another is separating grains, and a third woman is handing something to a little girl. [10/31]
In simple words: One woman makes flower chains, one cleans grain, and one gives something to a girl.

Exam Tip: Describe the actions of the three women shown on the porch of the house.

Question 6. Who is reading the newspaper?
Answer: A young girl is sitting and reading the daily newspaper. [10/31]
In simple words: A girl is reading the newspaper.

Exam Tip: Look at the left side of the picture to spot the girl with the paper.

Question 7. What are the children playing with?
Answer: The children are using colorful marbles, spinning tops, and small stones to play. [10/31]
In simple words: The children are playing with marbles, tops, and stones.

Exam Tip: List the playthings (toys or natural items) used by the kids in the picture.

Question 8. What is the old man doing?
Answer: An elderly man is standing and watching the boys play their marble game. [10/31]
In simple words: An old man is watching the boys play marbles.

Exam Tip: Find the old man standing near the children playing marbles.

Question 9. What is your favourite game?
Answer: My favorite game is cricket. I love it most when it is my turn to bat. [10/31]
In simple words: My favorite game is cricket, and I love batting.

Exam Tip: State your favorite game and mention one specific part you enjoy (like batting, running, or catching).

Question 10. If you were in the picture, which game would you play?
Answer: If I were present in that park, I would join the boys to play marbles. [10/31]
In simple words: I would play marbles with the other kids.

Exam Tip: You can choose any of the games shown in the picture, like hopscotch or spinning tops.

Question A. Point out the following in the picture.
Answer: The matches between activities and picture labels are: [11/31]
1. The boys are playing with marbles. -> **Label 1**
2. A girl is playing hopscotch. -> **Label 2**
3. A boy and a girl are spinning tops. -> **Label 3**
4. A boy is blindfolded. -> **Label 4**
5. A boy is holding a kite. -> **Label 5**
In simple words: This activity helps you identify different outdoor games from their labels in the picture.

Exam Tip: Match the activity names with the numbers shown in the circles on the picture.

Question B. Identify the playthings used to play. Write their names below.
Answer: The names of the toys are: [11/31]
- **Marbles**
- **Spinning Top**
- **Skipping Rope**
In simple words: These are common playthings: marbles, a spinning top, and a skipping rope.

Exam Tip: Spell the names of these common toys correctly under each picture.

Chapter 4. Out in the Garden - Let us think

Question 1. What are the children doing with the ball?
Answer: The children are bouncing, throwing, and catching the colorful ball in the garden. [12/31]
In simple words: The children are throwing, catching, and bouncing the ball.

Exam Tip: List all the actions done with the ball (bouncing, throwing, catching) for a complete answer.

Question 2. How are children playing with the kite?
Answer: The children are holding, pulling, and flying their colorful kite high in the air. [12/31]
In simple words: The children are pulling and flying the kite.

Exam Tip: Use action verbs like "pulling" and "flying" to describe how they play with a kite.

Question 3. Where are the children playing?
Answer: The children are having fun playing outside in the garden. [12/31]
In simple words: The children are playing in the garden.

Exam Tip: The setting is "the garden", which is the key part of your answer.

B. Think and answer.

Question 1. Where do you play?
Answer: I usually play with my friends in the neighborhood park. Sometimes, I also play inside my house. [12/31]
In simple words: I play in the park or at home.

Exam Tip: Write about both outdoor (park) and indoor (home) spaces where you play.

Question 2. What games do you play outside?
Answer: When I go outside, I love playing kho-kho, hide-and-seek, and badminton with my friends. [12/31]
In simple words: I play kho-kho and badminton outside.

Exam Tip: Give two examples of popular outdoor games.

Question 3. What happens if we are not careful while playing outside?
Answer: If we are careless while playing outdoors, we might trip, fall, and injure ourselves. [13/31]
In simple words: If we are not careful, we might fall and get hurt.

Exam Tip: Mention that we could "fall down" and "get hurt" if we do not play safely.

Let us speak

These are different traditional games played in India: [13/31, 14/31]
- **Rassa-kashi** (Tug-of-war)
- **Telephone** (Toy telephone)
- **Spinner** (Toy spinner)
- **Kith-kith** (Hopscotch)
- **Posam-pa** (Traditional group tag game)
- **Rassi-kood** (Skipping rope)
- **Chkka-chalana** (Hoop rolling)
- **Pitto** (Seven stones)
In simple words: These are popular Indian games like Pitto (seven stones), Rassi-kood (skipping), and Rassa-kashi (tug-of-war).

Exam Tip: Learn both the English names and common regional names of these games.

Let us learn

Question 1. Combine these words using ‘and’ and write them in the blanks. One has been done for you.
Answer: The combined action words are: [15/31]

In simple words: We can use the word 'and' to join two action words together.

Exam Tip: Just put the word 'and' in the middle of the two action words.

Question 2. Can you think of two more word pairs? Write them here.
Answer: Two more common word pairs are: [15/31]
1. **Black and White**
2. **Day and Night**
In simple words: We can make more pairs like 'day and night' or 'black and white'.

Exam Tip: Think of common opposites or things that go together naturally.

Out in the Garden (Poem Reading Note)

This poem describes playing outdoors: [16/31, 17/31]
"Out in the garden, Each fine day, With my ball, I like to play. I bounce my ball, I throw my ball, I catch my ball, On each fine day. Out in the garden, Each fine day, With my kite, I like to play. I tug my kite, I pull my kite, I fly my kite, On each fine day. Out in the garden, Each fine day, With my friends, I like to play. We run and skip, We jump and sway, We slide and swing, On each fine day."
In simple words: This poem is about children playing in the garden with their ball, kite, and friends on a fine day.

Exam Tip: Observe the rhyming words used at the end of the lines, like 'play' and 'day'.

Poem 4: Sea Song - Reading is fun

Question 1. Where did the child find the sea shell?
Answer: The child discovered the pretty sea shell lying on the wet sand. [18/31]
In simple words: The child found the shell on the sand.

Exam Tip: State clearly that the shell was found "on the sand" by the seashore.

Question 2. What did the child do with the shell?
Answer: The child picked up the shell and carried it back to his house. [18/31]
In simple words: The child took the shell home.

Exam Tip: The action of taking the shell "home" is the correct answer.

Question 3. What did the child hear?
Answer: The child heard a soft, sweet, and clear song coming from inside the shell. [18/31]
In simple words: The child heard a sweet song from the shell.

Exam Tip: Explain that the sound was a "sweet, clear song" from the shell.

Word building

Question (i). Pick the rhyming words from this box and pair them in the spaces below.
Answer: The rhyming word pairs are: [18/31]

In simple words: These are pairs of words that end with the same sound, like sand and hand.

Exam Tip: Make sure the ending vowel and consonant sounds match perfectly.

Question (ii). Fill in the blanks with the opposite word choosing from the box.
Answer: The opposite word pairs are: [19/31]

In simple words: Opposites are words with completely different meanings, like hot and cold.

Exam Tip: Double-check the box words to find the correct opposite match for each given word.

Let’s write

Question. Choose the right words.
Answer: The completed sentences about the sea are: [20/31]
1. The sea is very, very **big** (big/far).
2. You cannot **see** (hear/see) the other side.
3. You **can** (can/cannot) cross the sea.
4. You can cross it in a **ship** (bus/ship).
In simple words: These sentences explain that the sea is very big, we cannot see across it, but we can cross it in a ship.

Exam Tip: Read the short poem 'The Sea is Big' on the same page to find the correct words.

Question. Match the phrases with the picture.
Answer: The correct matches for animals and objects with their sound phrases are: [21/31]

In simple words: This activity matches animals and objects with the sounds they make, like a dog barking.

Exam Tip: Connect the action words (singing, mooing, ringing) to the correct animal or thing.

Chapter 4: A Little Fish Story - Reading is fun

Question 1. How many fish are there in the sea?
Answer: There are millions of fish swimming in the vast sea. [22/31]
In simple words: There are millions of fish in the sea.

Exam Tip: Use the word "millions" as it is directly from the story.

Question 2. Why was the little fish unhappy?
Answer: The little fish felt sad because he was extremely small in size compared to other fish. [22/31]
In simple words: The fish was sad because he was very small.

Exam Tip: Explain that his "small size" made him feel unhappy.

Question 3. What happened to the fish one day?
Answer: One day, the little fish got trapped in a large fishing net along with many other fish. [22/31]
In simple words: The fish got caught in a big net.

Exam Tip: Use the key term "mesh of a net" or "fishing net" to show how he was trapped.

Question 4. Why was the fish thankful to be a little fish?
Answer: The fish felt grateful for his small size because it allowed him to slip out of the net's holes and swim back to safety. [22/31]
In simple words: He was happy because his small size helped him slip out of the net and escape.

Exam Tip: Explain that his tiny size became a helper that saved his life.

Talk Time

Question 1. Imagine you are a little fish. Describe what you might see around you.
Answer: If I were a little fish, I would see beautiful blue water, colorful coral reefs, and many of my fish friends swimming together around me. [22/31]
In simple words: I would see blue water, colorful corals, and my fish friends.

Exam Tip: Describe things you find in the sea like blue water, coral reefs, and seaweed.

Word building

Question 1. Look at the pattern and fill in the blanks.
Answer: The completed past tense verb forms are: [23/31]

In simple words: We add 'ed' to action words to show that they happened in the past.

Exam Tip: Keep the spelling of the base word exactly the same and just add "ed" at the end.

Question 2. Fill in the blanks with the right word from the box: [paper, flowers, water, matches, cows, wolves]
Answer: The correct completed phrases are: [23/31, 24/31]

In simple words: These are matching words used for groups of things, like a herd of cows or a bunch of flowers.

Exam Tip: Use 'herd' for cows and 'pack' for wolves as they are group names (collective nouns).

Let’s Write

Question 1. Make more sentences like this using the words in the box: [Taller, Thinner, Smaller, Cleverer, Younger, Older]
Answer: The completed sentences showing desires are: [24/31]
1. If I were only **taller**, how much happier I could be.
2. If I were only **thinner**, how much happier I could be.
3. If I were only **smaller**, how much happier I could be.
4. If I were only **cleverer**, how much happier I could be.
5. If I were only **younger**, how much happier I could be.
6. If I were only **older**, how much happier I could be.
In simple words: This activity helps you write sentences using comparing words like taller and smaller.

Exam Tip: Copy the sentence pattern exactly and just replace the comparing word with one from the box.

Song time - Singing or Crying?

Question. Choose the right words.
Answer: The correct sentences are: [25/31]
1. Mahesh sings a **little** (long/little) song.
2. Venkatesh **looks** (looks/shouts) at him.
3. Venkatesh thinks Mahesh is **crying** (crying/laughing).
4. Mahesh is **singing** (singing/saying) a song.
5. The song is in **English** (Telugu/English).
In simple words: This activity is about a boy named Mahesh who is singing a song in English, but his friend thinks he is crying.

Exam Tip: Read the short story on the same page carefully to find the correct words.

Chapter 4: The Three Cheats - Skill Test - WORK OUT

A. Answer the following questions:

Question 1. What did the Brahmin go from village to village?
Answer: The Brahmin traveled from one village to another to collect alms and food. [26/31, 29/31]
In simple words: The Brahmin went to different villages to ask for alms and food.

Exam Tip: The reason for his travel is "begging alms and food" as mentioned in the first paragraph.

Question 2. What did the Brahmin get in alms one day?
Answer: A kind villager gave the Brahmin a young goat (kid) as an offering. [26/31, 29/31]
In simple words: The Brahmin got a young goat (kid) as an offering.

Exam Tip: The word "kid" in this story refers to a young goat.

Question 3. As the Brahmin set out to his village, who did he meet on the way?
Answer: While walking back to his village, the Brahmin encountered three dishonest cheats on the road. [26/31, 29/31]
In simple words: He met three cheats on the way back to his village.

Exam Tip: The characters he met were "three cheats" who wanted to steal his goat.

Question 4. What did the cheats plan?
Answer: The cheats made a plan to trick the Brahmin into throwing away his young goat so they could eat it. [26/31, 29/31]
In simple words: They planned to trick the Brahmin and take his goat for a meal.

Exam Tip: Describe how the cheats wanted to "befool" the Brahmin to steal his goat.

Question 5. What did the third cheat tell the Brahmin?
Answer: The last cheat scared the Brahmin by saying that the animal was actually a demon that kept changing its shape. [28/31, 29/31]
In simple words: The third cheat said the animal was a demon that was changing its shape.

Exam Tip: The key word is "demon" which finally convinced the Brahmin to throw the animal away.

GRAMMAR

Question A. Complete the table (Base Verb vs Past Tense):
Answer: The past tense forms of the verbs are: [29/31]

In simple words: These are irregular verbs that change their spellings in the past tense, like 'win' becoming 'won'.

Exam Tip: Remember that some verbs like 'cut' and 'hit' do not change their spelling in the past tense.

Question B. Encircle the conjunctions in the following sentences:
Answer: The conjunctions in the sentences are: [29/31]
1. He felt sorry **when** he found out his mistake.
2. He won the match **although** he played badly in the beginning.
3. Mrs. Gupta was glad **that** the dinner was good.
4. She is not intelligent **but** she is hardworking.
In simple words: Conjunctions are joining words like 'when', 'although', 'that', and 'but' that connect two parts of a sentence.

Exam Tip: Look for words that connect two different ideas or clauses in the sentence.

VOCABULARY

Question A. Match the words in two columns:
Answer: The correctly matched adjectives and nouns from the story are: [30/31]

In simple words: These are matching adjectives (describing words) and nouns from the story, like 'tasty meal'.

Exam Tip: These pairs are directly taken from the story, so matching them is very easy if you read carefully.

Question B. Complete the words with ‘ar’, ‘er’, ‘ir’, ‘or’ or ‘ur’:
Answer: The completed words are: [30/31]
- **orange**
- **mirror** / **error**
- **urge**
- **irritate**
- **urgent**
- **orphan**
In simple words: These are spelling exercises to fill in letters like 'or' in orange and 'ur' in urgent.

Exam Tip: Pay close attention to double consonants or vowels that commonly go together in spelling.

COMPOSITION

Question. Look at the pictures and write the story:
Answer: Once, a hungry fox saw juicy grapes hanging high on a vine. He jumped and jumped, but could not reach them. Feeling tired, he walked away and said, "The grapes are sour anyway!" [30/31]
In simple words: This is the famous story of the hungry fox who could not reach the grapes and called them sour.

Exam Tip: This story is called 'The Sour Grapes'. Write simple sentences about the fox jumping and failing.

In the Heart of a Seed (Poem Reading Note)

This poem describes how a tiny seed grows: [31/31]
"A little plant in the heart of a seed, Buried deep so deep, The little plant sleeps. Wakes at the sunshine, And creeps to the light, Wakes at the voices, Of the raindrops bright. The little plant hears, And it grows to see, What a wonderful, beautiful, World might be."
In simple words: This poem is about a sleeping seed that wakes up when the sun shines and the rain falls, then grows into a beautiful plant.

Exam Tip: Notice how the seed needs both 'sunshine' and 'raindrops' to wake up and grow.