Mount Abu Public School

WINTER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

SESSION 2019-20

CLASS III

Dear Student

Vacation is the most awaited time for you all.

The school will observe winter break from 31st December 2019 to 12th January

2020 and to make the vacation more fulfilling and enriching, your teachers have

designed fun filled and creative holiday homework for you all. The homework will

provide a medium for fruitful utilization of the holidays. You all must do the

assignments on your own and are advised to refer to additional resources such as

internet, library books etc for reference. All assignments will be given the weightage

in terms of grades to be included in Term III. The work will be accessed in terms of

accuracy, neatness and timely submission. Kindly submit your Holiday Homework

latest by 15 Jan 2020.

Dear Parent

We are on the verge of bidding goodbye to 2019 and say ‘Hello’ to 2020. This

is the time when we must introspect, look back, review and reflect upon the

entire year to analyze as to how make it better in the year 2019 for our

children.

We would like to draw your kind attention towards the following points your

ward must adhere to:

➢ must take care of his/her hygiene and take bath regularly and wear clean

and well ironed clothes.

➢ fitness should be prime focus for students and they must take out time for

exercise and outdoor games.

➢ the students must also eat homemade healthy and nutritious food. Take

out time to pursue a hobby and widen their horizon of learning.

➢ identify his/her areas where they need improvement-speaking, writing,

reading, math skills and handwriting etc. and garnish them.

➢ revise all the concepts taught in the class and read the covered lessons

thoroughly.

Hope you all have a wonderful vacation time with immense learning and lots

of fun.

Wishing you and your family a happy and prosperous new year2020

ENGLISH

Name___________________ Class III Sec _____ Date____________

Q1. Underline the Proper Noun and circle the Common noun in the following sentences. Also write the nouns in the space given.

a) Mary has a brother and a sister. Proper Noun Common Noun

b) Rohit’s parents were born in Taiwan.

c) Susan is learning French language.

Q2. Rewrite each sentence to include a possessive pronoun with the noun. The first

o one is done for you.

a) I saw the dog that belongs to you. I saw your dog.

b) This is the house that belongs to Meena.

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c) The coat that belongs to me is warm.

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Q3.Circle the comparative or superlative degrees of adjectives that best completes

the sentences given below.

a) The boy runs ( fast / faster ) than his brother.

b) Sunday is the ( better / best ) day of the week.

c) The fish are ( quicker / quickest) than we thought.

d) Karl is ( tall / taller ) for his age.

Possessive pronouns are the words that shows onwnership or

possessions .For eg mine , yours etc.

Q4.Underline the verb and write suitable adverb for it.

a) I finished my work _______________.

b) She danced _______________ in the event.

c) My mom cares ____________ about me.

d) Maria practices her piano ________________.

Q5.Write the homophones for the following-

a) Allowed-__________ b) Cereal - _____________ c) Fair - __________

d) Ate - ____________ e) Cell - _____________ f) Steel - ____________

Q6. Write the antonyms for the underlined word-

a) My teacher gives hard homework. ____________________

b) Have you lost your pencil? _____________________

c) Today it will be warm outside . _____________________

d) My dog climbed under the fence. _____________________

Q7. Look at the picture and write five sentences using prepositions.

The words that tell

us more about verbs

are called adverbs.

Homophones are the words that have same sounds but have

different meanings and spellings.

a) The butterfly is flying above the flowers.

b)

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c)

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d)

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e)

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Q8. Change the following sentences according to the given tense.

a) My teacher taught me a lesson. ( Present Tense)

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b) She buys vegetables from the market. ( Past Tense)

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c) Rohan plays football in the evening. ( Future Tense)

_______________________________________________________________________.

Comprehension Passage

Q. Read the passage and answer the following questions.

The giant panda is the rarest member of the bear family. It is one of

the world’s most threatened animals. The giant panda is very well

loved. It is a special animal for the World Wildlife Fund. It has been

their logo since the WWF was started in 1961.Giant pandas live in forests in the

Prepositions are the words that tell us the position of a noun or

pronoun .

mountain areas in central and southwest China. As more roads and railway lines

are built, the forest habitat is disturbed. When that happens, the pandas can't find

enough bamboo to eat. And they need a lot to eat - almost 28 pounds of bamboo

per day! Through the efforts of the WWF and other groups, the number of giant

pandas is on the rise. But it hasn’t been enough to remove it from the endangered

animal list.

Q1.Who is the rarest member of the bear family?

Ans____________________________________________________________________

Q2.When is the World Wildlife Fund started?

Ans___________________________________________________________________

Q3.Where do giant pandas live?

Ans____________________________________________________________________

Q4.Find the synonym from the passage

1) Big _______________________ 2) Sufficient __________________

Q5.Fill in the blanks

1) The pandas eat __________________bamboo per day.

2) Forest habitat is disturbed as more roads and _____________________ are built.

Creative Corner

Q. Imagine yourself as Lamuel Gulliver. Prepare a pictorial trip guide in the shape

you like the most using A4 size colored border sheets. Mention the following

points in your trip guide.

• Place of your journey

• Thins to carry - (In case of emergency )

( For daily need )

• No. of people

• Mode of transport

• Reason for choosing that place

• Time period

• Day wise plan of the trip

Q. Complete the cursive writing book till page no.40

MATHS

Mental Ability

Q1. Puzzle corner

(a) Write a subtraction sentence using the numbers given below to get the

greatest difference.

157 402 175 245

__________________ - ____________________ = _____________

(b) Mahima celebrates her birthday on 20th February and her brother celebrates

on 4th April every year .Find the number of days between their birthdays and also

the leap year excluding both the days.

______________________________

Q2. Write 5 different 3- digit and 4- digit addends for the given sum.

Sum 3 – digit addends 4- digit addends

9972

Q3. Higher Order Thinking Skills!

a) Kaushik has 14 shells. If he gives Radhika 1 shell ,they both will have the same

number of shells. How many shells does Radhika have?

Ans:__________________________________________________________________

b) It takes 10 minutes from my house to walk to the playground and I have to met

my friend at 5:15 there. How much time is left before I leave for the playground?

Ans:__________________________________________________________________

c) How old will be the father when the son is 20?

Father Son

Age 40 Age 10

Ans:__________________________________________________________________

Let’s Dive Deep

a) Mugdha starts counting from 12 in steps of 3.She counts upto 100 and lists

down the numbers .Aarav also starts counting from 12 ,but in steps of 6.Mugdha

says that her list of numbers will contain all the numbers that Aarav’s list

contains.Do you think she is correct ?Why?

Ans:

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b) There are five notes of rupees 100 ,three notes of rupees 20, two notes of

rupees 50 and one note of rupees 100.Using some of these notes ,you have to

form an amount or rupees 180 such tht the maximum possible number of

currency notes is used .What combination of notes will you choose?

Ans:__________________________________________________________________

Clock Diary

Q1. Prepare a beautiful CLOCK DIARY in which each day you will choose a

memorable time of the day .Show and write the time in both the ways(figures and

words) about the memorable moment and then draw a picture to go with it in the

diary .

Knock –a- Clock : Clock Diary

For example-

Memorable Event – Playing with friends

Time-5:30 or Half Past 5

Botley’s Multiplication Jumble

Botley has managed to jumble the multiplication fact in this worksheet ,and he

needs your help to sort them out !There are more than 30 multiplication facts to

be found and they may b e arranged across, backward, up and down.Use your

math skills to identify and circle the multiplication fact in this worksheet .Then

write the facts on the lines at the bottom of the worksheet .How many of the

jumbled facts can you find in all?

❖ How many can you find in all?

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3 3 9 2 2 1 12 5 4 5

2 4 5 20 2 7 6 1 6 6

7 11 45 1 4 4 2 13 24 30

14 1 8 8 9 9 1 5 8 40

16 8 2 10 5 2 3 2 17 3

12 3 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 7

4 19 3 5 15 24 3 8 7 21

9 25 9 5 23 16 4 4 7 28

36 5 27 31 2 3 6 5 7 35

37 5 3 6 18 9 2 4 8 32

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❖ Revise Tables from 12 to 17.

HINDI

EVS

❖ If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. So, prepare a

project on water in the format given below using A4 size coloured sheets.

Make your project pictorial and presentable.

➢ Cover page

➢ Page No.1 Index

➢ Page No.2 Why to conserve water

➢ Page No.3 How are we responsible for the depletion of water?

➢ Page No.4 Find out average household indoor water usage.

➢ Page No.5 My ways to conserve water

➢ Page No.6 My dream river of 2020

➢ Page No.7 Water conservation is good for environment.

❖ Complete drawing work of page no. 28 &29 in activity book.

❖ Kindly do Activity 17.1 & 17.2 in activity book.