NCERT Solutions for Class 3 English Unit 04 The Sky Chapter 10 Night

Look at the picture and answer.

Question 1. What can you see on both sides of the street?
Answer: In the picture, we can see many shops and people walking around on both sides of the street. [1]
In simple words: There are shops and people walking on both sides of the street. [1]

Exam Tip: Look at the picture closely and mention both the "shops" and the "people walking" to get full marks.

Question 2. Why are there two dustbins? Do you know why one is blue and the other is green in colour?
Answer: The street has two dustbins to separate our trash. We use the blue bin for dry waste and the green bin for wet waste. [2]
In simple words: The blue bin is for dry trash and the green bin is for wet trash. [2]

Exam Tip: Clearly state which color is for dry waste (blue) and which is for wet waste (green).

Question 3. Why is the man in dark glasses holding a white stick?
Answer: The man wearing dark glasses is blind. He uses a long white stick to feel the ground and find his way safely. [2]
In simple words: The man is blind and uses the white stick to help him walk safely. [2]

Exam Tip: Explain that the white stick helps a blind person find their path without tripping.

Question 4. Do you know which toy the boys are playing with?
Answer: The young boys in the street are playing with a spinning top. [2]
In simple words: The boys are playing with a spinning top. [2]

Exam Tip: The toy is called a "spinning top" or "lattu" in Hindi.

Question 5. Name the different animals in the picture.
Answer: In the picture, we can spot a cat, some dogs, a strong bull, and a herd of goats. [2]
In simple words: We can see a cat, dogs, a bull, and some goats on the street. [2]

Exam Tip: Look closely at all corners of the street scene to list all the animals.

Chapter 10. Night - Let us think

Question 1. Where does the Sun go after the end of the day?
Answer: At the end of the day, the sun sets and sinks slowly behind the distant hills. [3]
In simple words: The sun sets behind the hills at the end of the day. [3]

Exam Tip: Use the action "sinks behind the hill" or "sets" to describe sunset.

Question 2. Which among the following needs the Sun? Why? [a) sunflower, b) toys, c) plants, d) table, e) children]
Answer: Sunflowers, green plants, and children need the sun because they are all living things that require sunlight to grow and stay healthy. [3]
In simple words: Living things like sunflowers, plants, and kids need the sun to live and grow. [3]

Exam Tip: Identify the living things from the list first, then explain that they need the sun to live.

Question 3. The poem talks about the Sun in the sky. What else do you see when you look up at the sky?
Answer: On a bright, clear day, I can see the blue sky and flying birds. During rainy days, I can see dark clouds up in the sky. [3]
In simple words: I see the blue sky, bright sun, clouds, and birds when I look up. [3]

Exam Tip: You can mention both clear sky objects (sun, birds) and rainy sky objects (clouds).

A. Think and answer.

Question 1. What different colours do we get to see during sunrise and sunset?
Answer: During the sunrise and sunset, we can see beautiful orange, pink, and reddish colors spread across the sky. [3]
In simple words: We can see beautiful orange, pink, and red colors during sunrise and sunset. [3]

Exam Tip: Mention that "red", "orange", or "pink" are the main sunset and sunrise colors.

Question 2. What do you see when you look at the sky at night?
Answer: When we look up at the dark night sky, we can see the silver moon and many twinkling stars. [4]
In simple words: We see the moon and many twinkling stars in the sky at night. [4]

Exam Tip: The two main objects in the night sky are the "moon" and the "stars".

Question 3. How do you feel when you open your eyes in the morning?
Answer: When I wake up in the morning, I feel very cheerful, energetic, and refreshed for the new day. [4]
In simple words: I feel very happy and refreshed when I wake up in the morning. [4]

Exam Tip: Express a positive feeling like "happy" and "refreshed" in your answer.

Question 4. Imagine a day when the Sun doesn't come out. Talk about how the day would be.
Answer: A day without the warm sun would be very cold, dark, and difficult for all plants, animals, and human beings. [4]
In simple words: Without the sun, the day would be very dark, cold, and sad for everyone. [4]

Exam Tip: Describe how a sunless day is "dark" and "cold" for living things.

Let us learn

Question A. Read the following words and circles the words that are found in the sky.
Answer: The words found in the sky are grouped in the table below: [4]

In simple words: This activity separates sky-related things like stars, sun, and rainbow from other everyday objects. [4]

Exam Tip: Think about whether you see the object high up in the sky to decide your answer.

Question B. Add ‘Sun’ to the following words to make new words. Write them in the space given.
Answer: The compound words made with 'Sun' are: [5]

In simple words: We can join the word 'Sun' to other small words to make new words like Sunday and sunflower. [5]

Exam Tip: Write the compound words as one single word without any space between 'sun' and the other word.

Night (Poem Reading Note)

This poem describes the transition from day to night: [6, 7]
"The sun that shines all day so bright, I wonder where it goes at night. It sinks behind a distant hill, And all the world grows dark and still. And then I go to bed and sleep, Until the day begins to peep. And when my eyes open, I see the Sun is shining down on me."
In simple words: This poem is about how the sun sets behind the hills at night, making the world dark, and then shines again in the morning. [6, 7]

Exam Tip: The rhyming words at the end of the lines are bright/night, hill/still, sleep/peep, and open/me (or open/on me).

Poem 10 : How Creatures Move - Reading is fun

Question 1. Underline all the action words in the poem.
Answer: The action words (verbs) used in the poem are: walk, leap, crawl, dive, swim, wiggle, swing, hop, sail, dance, and run. [8]
In simple words: The action words are walk, jump (leap), crawl, swim, swing, and run. [8]

Exam Tip: Action words tell us what people or animals do. These are also called verbs.

Talk time

Question 1. Why do boys and girls have the most fun?
Answer: Boys and girls have the most fun because they are able to do all kinds of actions like leaping, dancing, walking, jumping, and running. [8]
In simple words: Kids have the most fun because they can run, jump, dance, and play in many ways. [8]

Exam Tip: Explain that humans can perform multiple movements (run, jump, walk, dance) compared to animals.

Let’s write

Question 1. Match the words in Column A with those in Column B.
Answer: The matched animal movements are: [8, 9]

In simple words: Different creatures have different ways of moving, like monkeys swing and seals dive. [8, 9]

Exam Tip: Learn these specific movement verbs for each animal to answer matching questions easily.

Question 2. Now make sentences of your own using the matching words.
Answer: The sentences formed using the matching words are: [9]
1. **Lions - walk:** A strong lion walks quietly on its soft, padded paws.
2. **Squirrels - leap:** The little squirrel leaps quickly from one branch to another.
3. **Flies - crawl:** Flies crawl on dirty things, so we must always keep our food covered.
4. **Seals - dive:** Playful seals dive deep into the cold sea to catch fish.
5. **Worms - wiggle:** I saw tiny earthworms wiggle through the wet garden soil.
6. **Monkeys - swing:** Mischievous monkeys swing easily from tree to tree.
7. **Birds - hop:** Colorful birds hop around on the green grass looking for seeds.
In simple words: These are simple sentences using different animals and their movement words, like monkeys swinging and birds hopping. [9]

Exam Tip: Make sure each sentence uses the correct animal and its matched movement word (like lions walk or monkeys swing).

Question 3. Arrange these movement words from slow to fast. [run, walk, hop, crawl]
Answer: The correct order of the movement words from slowest to fastest is: [10]
1. **crawl**
2. **walk**
3. **hop**
4. **run**
In simple words: Crawling is the slowest movement, and running is the fastest. [10]

Exam Tip: Write the words in order: crawl, walk, hop, run.

Question 4. Underline the letters which are silent in the following words.
Answer: The silent letters in the words are highlighted: [10]
- wa**l**k (l is silent)
- strai**gh**t (gh are silent)
- mor**e** (e is silent)
- cau**gh**t (gh are silent)
- ca**l**m (l is silent)
- ta**l**k (l is silent)
In simple words: Silent letters are letters that we write but do not pronounce when we say the word, like the 'l' in walk. [10]

Exam Tip: Say the word out loud to identify which letters are not making any sound.

Reading is fun - The Ship of the Desert

Question 1. Why is the Camel called the Ship of the Desert?
Answer: The camel is known as the Ship of the Desert because it can walk easily across the hot, burning sand and survive without water or food for many days. [10]
In simple words: The camel is called the Ship of the Desert because it can walk on hot sand and live without food or water for days. [10]

Exam Tip: Mention two reasons: walking on hot sand and surviving without food/water for days.

Question 2. For how many weeks can a camel store food in its hump?
Answer: A camel can store enough fat in its hump to last and feed itself for up to two weeks. [10]
In simple words: A camel can store food in its hump for two weeks. [10]

Exam Tip: The time period is "two weeks".

Question 3. What does the camel eat in the desert?
Answer: In the dry desert, a camel eats prickly, thorny bushes without hurting its mouth. [10]
In simple words: A camel eats thorny bushes in the desert. [10]

Exam Tip: The camel's thick tongue helps it eat "thorny bushes" without pain.

Question 4. Choose the right answer.
Answer: The correct answers from the options are: [11]
**(i) Name the Ship of the Desert** -> **(c) camel**
**(ii) Name the King of the Forest** -> **(a) lion**
**(iii) The feet of the camel are** -> **(a) thick and padded**
**(iv) There are no rivers or lakes in** -> **(d) deserts**
**(v) At a time a camel can drink** -> **(a) 200 bottles of water**
**(vi) A camel stores its food in its** -> **(b) hump**
In simple words: These are multiple-choice questions about the camel's life and unique body parts in the desert. [11]

Exam Tip: Memorize unique camel facts like "padded feet" and "200 bottles of water" for your exams.

Word building

Question. Make as many words as you can from within the given words. One is done for you. [ROARING, FROWNING, BLINKING, WONDERINGLY]
Answer: The smaller words found inside the bigger words are: [12]

In simple words: We can find smaller words inside bigger words, like finding 'ring' and 'won' in 'wonderingly'. [12]

Exam Tip: Look closely at the letters in the big word to find easy smaller words (like 'in', 'it', or 'on').

Question. Match the pictures with the words given below. [tusk, beak, mane, whiskers, hoof, feet, fin, paw]
Answer: The correct matches between animal parts and their pictures are: [13]

In simple words: This activity teaches us the special names of animal parts, like an elephant's long white tooth is a tusk. [13]

Exam Tip: Learn these unique names of animal parts (like whiskers for cats and hoof for horses) to match correctly.

Let’s write

Question. Look at the goats in the pictures and write about them.
Answer: The three steps describing the story of the stubborn goats are: [14]
1. Two stubborn goats met face-to-face in the middle of a narrow log bridge over a river. Neither of them wanted to step back and let the other pass.
2. Since both were angry and stubborn, they started fighting and pushing each other with their horns.
3. During the fight, both goats lost their balance, slipped off the narrow log, and fell directly into the rushing river water below.
In simple words: Two stubborn goats met on a narrow bridge. They fought instead of stepping back, and both fell into the river. [14]

Exam Tip: Tell the story in three simple steps: meeting on the narrow bridge, fighting, and falling into the water.

Talk time

Question. Read these words aloud, paying attention to their spellings. Now make sentences with each word.
Answer: The sentences formed using the homophones are: [15, 16, 17]
1. **I - eye:** I am a girl. / I have two eyes.
2. **Our - hour:** Our country's name is India. / I walk for an hour daily.
3. **week - weak:** There are seven days in a week. / I am weak in mathematics.
4. **Need - knead:** You need to take care of your health. / My mother kneads flour everyday.
5. **In - inn:** My teacher is sitting in the class. / Yesterday, we went to an inn.
6. **Sea - see:** I have never seen a sea. / Today, I will see a movie.
7. **No - know:** We should say 'No' to crackers. / I do not know the answer of this question.
8. **Here - hear:** I am sitting here in this corner. / I cannot hear your voice.
9. **Not - knot:** You should not misbehave with anybody. / I tied a knot in the ropes to make them longer.
10. **Eight - ate:** I have eight chocolates. / Yesterday, I ate my lunch at 1:30 p.m.
11. **of - off:** Camel is the ship of the desert. / Please, switch off the fan when you are not in the room.
12. **two - too:** I have two eyes, two legs, ears and hands. / I too went for the picnic with my friend.
13. **bye - by:** When we depart from our friends we say bye to them. / My house is by the seashore.
In simple words: These are homophones - words that sound exactly the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings, like 'weak' and 'week'. [15]

Exam Tip: Make sure you use the correct spelling matching the sentence's meaning (like 'see' with your eyes and 'sea' as the ocean).

Team time

Question. Find out which animals live in: i. icy cold regions, ii. hot wet regions, iii. dry hot regions
Answer: The animals grouped by their living regions are: [17]

In simple words: Polar bears and wolves live in very cold places, elephants live in hot wet forests, and camels and snakes live in dry deserts. [17]

Exam Tip: Match the animal's skin/body (like thick fur for cold or a water-storing hump for desert) to its region.

Chapter 10: Androcles and the Lion (Reading Note)

This chapter describes the classic story of Androcles and the Lion: [18, 19, 20]
Androcles, a Roman slave treated cruelly by his master, escapes into a forest cave. There he meets a roaring lion with a bleeding, thorn-injured paw. Androcles bravely helps the lion by pulling out the thorn, and they become best friends. Later, Androcles is captured and sentenced to fight a hungry lion in the public arena. Instead of attacking him, the lion gently licks his feet because it is the same lion he had helped. The amazed Roman emperor sets both Androcles and the lion free.
In simple words: Androcles helped a hurt lion in the forest. Later, when he was thrown to a hungry lion as punishment, the lion recognized him and licked his feet in friendship. [18, 19, 20]

Exam Tip: The moral of the story is 'Kindness is never wasted'. Always help those in pain, even animals.

Skill Test - WORK OUT

A. Answer the following questions :

Question 1. Who was Androcles ?
Answer: Androcles was a poor slave in ancient Rome who was treated very cruelly by his master. [18, 20]
In simple words: Androcles was a slave in Rome who had a very cruel master. [18, 20]

Exam Tip: Identify him as a "Roman slave" to write a correct, simple answer.

Question 2. Why did Androcles ran away from his master ?
Answer: He escaped from his home because his master was extremely mean and treated him with great cruelty. [18, 20]
In simple words: He ran away because his master was very cruel and mean to him. [18, 20]

Exam Tip: The reason he escaped was his master's "cruel behavior".

Question 3. What did Androcles see as he fell before the lion’s cave ?
Answer: Near the cave, Androcles saw a lion crying in pain because a sharp thorn had pierced its bleeding paw. [18, 20]
In simple words: He saw a lion crying in pain because a thorn was stuck in its bleeding paw. [18, 20]

Exam Tip: Describe that the lion had a "bleeding paw" with a "thorn" stuck in it.

Question 4. What was the common means of entertainment in Ancient Rome ?
Answer: In ancient Rome, a popular form of public entertainment was forcing slaves to fight against wild animals in a large arena. [18, 20]
In simple words: In Rome, making slaves fight with wild animals in a big arena was a common entertainment. [20]

Exam Tip: Mention that "throwing slaves to wild beasts in the arena" was their source of amusement.

Question 5. Why did the lion begin to lick Androcles' feet ?
Answer: The lion licked his feet because it immediately recognized Androcles as the gentle friend who had cured its hurt paw in the woods. [19, 20]
In simple words: The lion licked his feet because it recognized Androcles as the friend who helped its hurt paw. [19, 20]

Exam Tip: The lion's action of licking feet was due to "recognition" and "gratitude" for his past help.

Question 6. What request did Androcles make to the emperor ?
Answer: Androcles bowed before the emperor and requested him to grant freedom to both himself and his loyal friend, the lion. [19, 20]
In simple words: He asked the emperor to set both himself and the lion free. [19, 20]

Exam Tip: Androcles asked for freedom for "both himself and the lion".

B. Mark the following as true (T) or false (F):

Question. Identify if the statements are true or false:
Answer: The correct true or false markings are: [20]
1. Androcles had a kind master. - **False** (He had a cruel master)
2. The lion had wounded its paw. - **True**
3. In Ancient Rome, the slaves were thrown to the wild beasts. - **True**
4. The lion tore Androcles into pieces. - **False** (It licked his feet)
5. The emperor did not set free the lion. - **False** (He set both of them free)
In simple words: This exercise checks if you remember the details of the 'Androcles and the Lion' story.

Exam Tip: Remember that the lion was grateful, so he did not hurt Androcles.

C. Fill in the blanks :

Question. Complete the sentences from the story:
Answer: The completed sentences are: [20, 21]
1. Androcles was a Roman slave, had a very **cruel** master.
2. The lion's **paw** was wounded and was bleeding badly.
3. They caught him to be punished **severely**.
4. A huge **crowd** gathered there to watch the cruel sport.
5. They thought Androcles to be a **magician**.
6. The emperor agreed and set **Androcles** and his **lion** free.
In simple words: These sentences explain the main parts of the story using key words from the book. [20, 21]

Exam Tip: Read the story's ending paragraphs to find the correct words for blanks 5 and 6.

GRAMMAR

Question A. Change the following statements into negative statements :
Answer: The statements changed into negative forms are: [21]
1. **Androcles did not run away from his master.**
2. **Androcles and the lion did not become friends.**
3. **The lion did not begin to lick his feet.**
4. **The Romans were not shocked to see this.**
5. **Androcles did not lead the lion to the forest.**
In simple words: We make a past tense sentence negative by using 'did not' and changing the action word back to its simple form, like 'ran' to 'run'. [21]

Exam Tip: When you use 'did not', change the past tense verb (became, ran, began) into present tense (become, run, begin).

Question B. Use ‘and’ to join the given sentences :
Answer: The joined sentences using 'and' are: [21]
1. **They are eating mangoes and grapes.**
2. **The lion's paw was wounded and bleeding badly.**
3. **We saw the lions and the tiger at the zoo.**
In simple words: We use 'and' to connect two sentences so we don't have to repeat the same words twice. [21]

Exam Tip: Omit repeated words like "They are eating" or "The lion's paw was" when joining with 'and'.

VOCABULARY

Question A. Write the correct spellings of the given words:
Answer: The correct spellings are: [22]
1. crul - **cruel**
2. ancent - **ancient**
3. wond - **wound**
4. severly - **severely**
5. freinds - **friends**
6. croud - **crowd**
In simple words: These are corrected spellings of words used in our story, like 'cruel' and 'friends'. [22]

Exam Tip: Pay attention to vowel placements, like 'ie' in ancient and 'ie' in friends.

Question B. Write rhyming words for the following :
Answer: The rhyming words are: [22]
1. cave - **wave**
2. caught - **taught**
3. free - **tree**
4. thrown - **blown**
5. out - **shout**
6. gate - **late**
7. paw - **raw**
8. crowd - **proud**
In simple words: Rhyming words have matching ending sounds, like cave and wave. [22]

Exam Tip: Choose simple rhyming words that are easy to spell.

COMPOSITION

Question. Look at the pictures and write few lines about the place it is indicating:
Answer: This picture shows a busy and lively zoo. We can see many wild animals kept safely inside their cages and enclosures. There is a fierce lion roaring inside its cage, monkeys playing on a tree behind bars, and a large elephant standing in its area. Many children have come with their parents to enjoy watching these beautiful animals. [22]
In simple words: This is a picture of a zoo. We can see lions, monkeys, and a big elephant inside their cages, and kids watching them. [22]

Exam Tip: The place shown is a "zoo". Write about the animals you can see (lion, monkeys, elephant) and the children visiting.