NCERT Solutions for Class 3 English Unit 1 - The Ship of the Desert

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Question 1: Learn New Words
A) Ship of the Desert
B) Miles
C) King of the Forest
D) Sand
E) Thorns
Answer:
A) Ship of the Desert: another name for a camel Example sentences:
1) Camel is known as the ship of the desert.
2) The ship of the desert is usually brown in colour.

B) Miles: a very long way Example sentences:
1) My house is 15 miles away from the river.
2) The place is miles away from here.

C) King of the Forest: another name for a lion Example sentences:
1) The king of the forest roars loudly.
2) Everyone is scared of the king of the forest.

D) Sand: tiny grains of rock Example sentences:
1) We were walking on the sand of the beach.
2) The sand is golden in colour.

E) Thorns:   a small sharp pointed tip Example sentences:
1) A thorn is hurting my foot.
2) The rose plant has thorns on it.

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Question 1:

1. Why is the Camel called the Ship of the Desert?
2. For how many weeks can a camel store food in its hump?
3. What does the camel eat in the desert?
4. Choose the right answer.
   i. Name the Ship of the Desert 
   (a) Lion 
   (b) Crab 
   (c) Camel 
   (d) tigerii. 
   ii Name the King of the Forest 
   (a) Lion 
   (b) Owl 
   (c) Monkey 
   (d) Crocodile
   iii. The feet of the camel are 
   (a) Thick and padded 
   (b) Long and fat
   (c) Thick and fat
   (d) Thin and padded
   iv There are no rivers or lakes in 
   (a) Plains 
   (b) Mountains 
   (c) Plateaus 
   (d) Deserts
   v. At a time a camel can drink 
   (a) 200 bottles of water 
   (b) 400 bottles of water 
   (c) 100 bottles of water 
   (d) 300 bottles of water
   vi. A camel stores its food in its 
   (a) Stomach 
   (b) Hump 
   (c) Legs 
   (d) Lips
   Answer:
   1) The camel is called the Ship of the Desert because he can walk on the desert even on  hot afternoons.
   2) A camel can store food in its hump for over two weeks.
   3) The camel eats thorny bushes in the desert.
   4) i.(c)
   ii.(a)
   iii.(a)
   iv.(d)
   v.(a)
   vi.(b)

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Question 1: Make as many words as you can from within the given words. The first one is done for you.
ROARING    IN    RAN    ROAR
Match the pictures with the words given below
Disclaimer: Kindly refer the textbook for the images.
Answer:

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Question 1: Look at the goats in the pictures and write about them.
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
Disclaimer: Kindly refer the textbook for the images.
Answer:
Disclaimer: Such questions are made for increasing the self creative skills and should be tried answering on your own.
1) There were two goats walking on the same log of wood to cross the river.
2) They both wanted to cross the river at the same time. But this was not possible, as the log of the wood was not wide.They both started fighting with each other.
3)  As a result, both of them fell off from the bridge and went into the river.

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Question 1: Read these words aloud, paying attention to their spellings.Now make sentences with each word.
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Answer:

Question 2: Find out which animals live in i. icy cold regions ii. hot wet regions iii. dry hot regions
Answer:
(i)  Panda, penguin
(ii) Snake, frog
(iii) Camels, snakes