Chap – 01, Naming Words, Class III, English Practice Book, DAV Board, The Best Solutions.

Worksheet I

Naming Words

Common Naming Words

1. Look at the given pictures and write their names.

(a) Doctor
(b) Tailor
(c) Tiger
(d) Parrot
(e) Stadium
(f) Railway Station
(g) Book
(h) Orange

2. In the columns given below, write the names of persons, animals/birds, places and things that you see around yourself in the school.

3. Look at the picture given below and make a list of the names of at least ten

things that you can find in it.

(a) Fan
(b) Clock
(c) Chair
(d) Computer
(e) Books
(f) Television
(g) Comb
(h) Toy tiger
(i) Vase
(j) Scenery

Worksheet II

1. Solve the crossword puzzle with the help of the pictures given below:

Down (↓):

Eagle

Cart

Fox

Fish

Nail

Across

Mango

Office

Tiffin

Sailor

2. Read the poem ‘I Speak, I Say, I Talk’ and the passage A. 3 ‘Dolphins’ (Unit-Animal World) and make a list of common naming words mentioned there.
   (a) Cats
   (b) Lions
   (c) Owls
   (d) Bears
   (e) Cricketers
   (f) Mice
   (g) Sheep
   (h) Ducks
   (i) Doves
   (j) Pigs
   (k) Horses
   (l) Flies
   (m) Chickens
   (n) Bats
3. Underline the naming word which does not belong to the group.
   (a) lion, deer, crab, apple, hen
   apple (not an animal/bird)
   (b) architect, engineer, toy, nurse, designer
   toy (not a person)
   (c) ship, car, scooter, rickshaw, teacher
   teacher (not a vehicle)
   (d) friend, school, house, airport, library
   friend (not a place)
   (e) father, mother, cat, uncle, aunt
   cat (not a person)
   (f) cabbage, onion, tomato, brinjal, garden
   garden (not a vegetable)
4. Read the sentences given below and circle the naming words.
   (a) There lived in a forest, a camel and a jackal. They were friends. Once they decided to go to a field of sugarcane across the river. The jackal wanted to eat crabs in the river and the camel wanted to enjoy sugarcanes in the field.

Circle: forest, camel, jackal, friends, field, sugarcane, river, crabs, sugarcanes
(b) Long ago when there were no trains, people used to travel in carriages. These carriages were drawn by horses. The travellers had to cross lonely roads and forests in these carriages only.

Circle: trains, people, carriages, horses, travellers, roads, forests
(c) A shepherd had a faithful dog. The dog had grown old and had lost all his teeth. Still he guarded his master’s flock of sheep and kept wild animals away.

Circle: shepherd, dog, teeth, master, flock, sheep, animals
(d) A fisherman caught a large fish. He thought of selling it to the king. He took the fish to the palace. He met the cook in the kitchen and sold the fish to him. When the cook cut open the stomach of the fish, he found a shining stone in it. It was a precious diamond.

Circle: fisherman, fish, king, palace, cook, kitchen, stomach, stone, diamond

Worksheet III

Special Naming Words

1. Answer the following questions:
   (a) What is your name?
   My name is Apoorva Abhinandan
   (b) What is your father’s name?
   Ans. My father’s name is Avinash Gupta
   (c) What is your mother’s name?
   Ans. My mother’s name is Pooja Sahu
   (d) Which city do you live in?
   Ans. I live in Bolani
   (e) Which is your favourite festival?
   Ans. My favourite festival is Diwali
   (f) Which is your favourite book?
   Ans. My favourite book is Bhagvad Geeta
   (g) Which newspaper do you read?
   Ans. I read The Times of India.
   (h) Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
   Ans. Mount Everest
   (i) Which river in north India is thought to be sacred?
   Ans. The Ganges

All the names that you have written above are Special names.

For example, you are a boy/girl. But your special name is Apoorva Abhinandan

2. Read the examples given below:

(a) The Ganges is a holy river.

(b) Amitabh is a great actor.

(c) The Times is a newspaper.

(d) Diwali is a festival of lights.

(e) Sunday is the best day* of the week.

3. Write at least three special names for each of the following common naming words.
   (a) friends: Riya, Karan, Sameer
   (b) festivals: Diwali, Holi, Eid
   (c) rivers: Ganges, Yamuna, Brahmaputra
   (d) cities: Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai
   (e) mountains: Everest, K2, Annapurna
   (f) books: Matilda, The Jungle Book, Charlotte’s Web
   (g) countries: India, Japan, Brazil
   (h) oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian
   (i) newspapers: Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The Hindu
   (j) continents: Asia, Africa, Europe

Worksheet IV

1. The following box contains a mixture of some common names and some

special names. Read these and write them in separate boxes.

Separate common names and special names into boxes.

2. In the following sentences some common naming words have been written in capital whereas some special names have been written in small letters. Correct the errors. The first one has been done for you.
   (a) I would like to visit paris some day.
   Paris
   (b) My favourite Friend is ruchi.
   friend, Ruchi
   (c) Albert einstein was a great Scientist.
   Albert Einstein, scientist
   (d) There are seven Continents in the world.
   continents
   (e) I have bought a new Ball.
   ball
   (f) My favourite Cartoon programme is ‘tom and jerry’.
   cartoon , ‘Tom and Jerry’

Do It Yourself

1. Cross the odd one out.
   (a) Sunday, Thursday, Friday, weekday
   weekday (not a specific day)
   (b) building, tower, Humayun’s Tomb, statue
   Humayun’s Tomb (special name, others are common)
   (c) city, Jammu, town, village
   Jammu (special name, others are common)
   (d) Rahul, brother, sister, friend
   Rahul (special name, others are common)
2. Read the following. Underline the special names and encircle the common

naming words.

(a) In a small city called Surajnagar near Delhi, there lived a man called Sandeep. He had three sons-Ashu, Nitin and Amar. One day, the three boys decided to go to Water Park for a picnic. Their mother prepared food for them. She gave two buns and a bottle of coffee to Ashu, some sandwiches and a jug of tea to Nitin and some rice and a can of juice to Amar.

Underline: Surajnagar, Delhi, Sandeep, Ashu, Nitin, Amar, Water Park

Circle: city, man, sons, boys, day, mother, food, buns, bottle, coffee, sandwiches, jug, tea, rice, can, juice
(b) Sahil sat outside his father’s restaurant ‘The Food Corner’ in Moti Nagar. He had some onions, a bowl of garlic and a basket full of potatoes in front of him.

Underline: Sahil, The Food Corner, Moti Nagar

Circle: father, restaurant, onions, bowl, garlic, basket, potatoes
(c) Ritu lived with her parents and grandparents in a small town Saharanpur. She went to the school in the morning and helped her mother in the kitchen in the afternoon. She had a little puppy named Tommy. In the evening, she took him to the small field near the tubewell and played with it.

Underline: Ritu, Saharanpur, Tommy

Circle: parents, grandparents, town, school, morning, mother, kitchen, afternoon, puppy, evening, field, tubewell
(d) Sanjay was looking at the big aeroplane without blinking his eyes. He was going to Mumbai with his uncle, who had promised to take him to the famous Gateway of India and the Juhu beach. Sanjay watched the captain and the airhostess dressed in crisp, white uniforms. He decided to become a pilot when he grew up.

Underline: Sanjay, Mumbai, Gateway of India, Juhu beach

Circle: aeroplane, eyes, uncle, captain, airhostess, uniforms, pilot