The Balloon Man - 1 Class 3 Worksheet English Unit 5

Q1: Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

Some day perhaps he'll let them go
And we shall see them sailing high,
And stand and watch them from belowThey would look pretty in the sky!

(i) Who is 'he' in the above lines?

(ii) What will sail high in a the sky?

(iii) Find a pronoun from the first line.

(iv) Find an adjective from the above lines.

Q2: Match the following words in Column A with their meanings in Column B.

Q3: Fill in the blanks.

(i) The balloon man comes on __________ days.

(ii) He stays in the market  __________.

(iii) The balloon man does not seem to bother much about  __________.

(iv) On a sunny day __________ and __________ come to the market.

(v) The balloons are in different __________ and are tied together with a __________ 

(vi) When there is wind the balloons __________ and __________.

Q4: Write the opposites of the following words.

(i) Below

(ii) Pretty

(iii) High

(iv) Always

Q5: Very Short Answer Type Questions

(i) What all colours of balloons did the balloon man have?

(ii) What happens to the balloons when the wind blows?

(iii) Where does the balloon man stand?

(iv) What does the child like to see the balloon man do?

(v) Who comes on market days?

Q6: Short Answer Type Questions

(i) When does the balloon man come?

(ii) Why does the balloon man never think of lunch?

(iii) What happens when the balloon man lets the balloon go? What do the children do?

(iv) When and why do the children find the balloons shining far away?

(v) How are the balloons tied?

(vi) How would the balloons look in the sky?

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