Grade III, Chapter 5 (Pothole)


Learn with Hafiza Palwasha

New Oxford Modern English, Grade 3,
By Nicholas Horsburgh, Claire Horsburgh.

Solution

Chapter No. 5
Pothole

DICTATION WORDS
Students are requested to read full chapter as discussed in class. Underline the difficult words with pencil on book while reading. Some dictation words are given below for copy work and for examination purpose.
1.    Rags
2.    Sheltering
3.    Stuck
4.    Swerve
5.    Victim
6.    Blazing
7.    Compost
8.    Finally
9.    Oncoming
10.  Shrubs
11.  Gaping

WORDS MEANING
Students are requested to read and understand the full chapter as discussed in class. Underline the difficult words and write meanings with pencil on book while reading. Some words meanings are given below for copy work and for examination purpose.
1.    Rags: Scraps of clothes.
2.    Sheltering: Taking cover.
3.    Stuck: Fixed in place.
4.    Swerve: Change direction swiftly.
5.    Victim: Person who suffers injury.
6.    Blazing: Shining brightly.
7.    Compost: Mixture to improve soil.
8.    Finally: At last.
9.    Gaping: Widely open.
10.  Oncoming: Coming nearer.
11.  Shrubs: Big plants.

WORDS SENTENCES
Students are requested to read and understand the full chapter as discussed in class. Underline the difficult words and use them in your own sentences in rough copies. Some words sentences are given below for copy work and for examination purpose.
1.    Rags: I tore the old towel into rags.
2.    Sheltering: A group was sheltering from rain under the trees.
3.    Stuck: The ring is stuck on my finger.
4.    Swerve: She swerved to the left while driving.
5.    Victim: Not all the victims survived.
6.    Blazing: Some people were eating outside in the blazing sun.
7.    Compost: We compost leaves in our garden.
8.    Gaping: They stood gaping at the lizard in the kitchen.
9.    Oncoming: The car hit an oncoming truck.
10.  Shrubs: I saw very beautiful shrubs in the garden.

Exercise
Solution

Page No. 44
Comprehension
Answer the following questions.
a. What had happened to the car that Faiza saw from her window?
Answer: It was stuck in the road and needed to have a tire changed.

b. When did a traffic jam occur and why?
Answer: The traffic jam occurred on August 1st and it is because of the big pothole in the road.

c. How many accidents had taken place in two weeks?
Answer: Nine.

d. Which words are used to describe the pothole?
Answer: The pothole is described as big, like a gaping mouth waiting for its next victim.

e. Which things did Faiza collect?
Answer: Faiza collected a basket, soil, compost, flowering shrubs, watering can full of water, wood, board pins, and sheets of card.

f. Where did Faiza place the three signs that she has made?
Answer: Faiza placed one sign at each end of the road, then she placed the third sign in the pothole garden.

g. What made Faiza take action to fill the pothole? Give as many reasons as you can.
Answer: She was worried about the safety of the children, she had seen a lot of accidents, she had also written a letter to ask for help.

h. Make a list of the types of accidents that took place because of the pothole.
Answer: List of types of accidents are:
1. Vehicle get stuck.
2. Auto stuck.
3. Damage to vehicles.
4. Baskets fall into road.
5. Lorry has puncture.
6. Cyclist falls into gutter.

Page No. 45
Working with Words
Find words for the following in the passage.
a. a channel at the edge of a street     gutter
b. a class or school for very young children     kindergarten
c. a mixture of leaves and manure     compost
d. a small woody plant     shrub
e. the outer or topmost part of something     surface
f. an unexpected and undesirable event     accident

Page No. 45
Working with Words
Add capital letters and full stops.
Maliha and Maria both went to Wisdom School. They were in Class Three. Their teacher was called Miss Shama. She was a very good teacher. She wore shalwar kameez. She carried a black handbag. The girl's father worked in the commercial bank on Zaibunnisa Street.

Page No. 45
Working with Words
We can use his, her, or their to show that something belongs to someone. These are called possessive pronouns. Faiza wrote a letter on her computer. Complete the sentences using his or her. Then find three sentences in this book that use his, her, or their.
a. Ali brushed his teeth.
b. Miss Sayed lost her bag.
c. The children clapped their hands.

Page No. 46
Learning about Language
Prepositions
A preposition shows the position between one noun and another.
Example: She began making notes on a sheet of paper.
On and of are prepositions. Here are some more prepositions:
in          over          into          out          of
Underline the prepositions in the following. Then write new sentences of your own using the prepositions.
a. The carpet under the table was old.
b. The river under the bridge is flowing very swiftly.
c. The fence round the house fell down.
d. The cat fell into the puddle.
e. It was not easy to fly the aeroplane above.

Page No. 46
Learning about Language
Fill in the blanks with the correct past form of the verb.
a. Faiza went back to her room. (go)
b. The children of the kindergarten were delighted. (be)
c. She pushed the piece of wood into the soil. (push)
d. Faiza mixed it all together. (mix)
e. Hasan drove carefully around the garden. (drive)

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