SALMIYA INDIAN MODEL SCHOOL, KUWAIT

Subject: English Class: III

Date: 01.09.20

L-2 A Carpet of Crackers

I. New Words:

1. surroundings

2. received

3. buildings

4. journey

5. hawkers

6. decorate

7. remember

8. frightened

9. celebrate

10. thought

II. Give one word:

1. people who call out what they are selling and go from place to place to sell their
goods - hawkers

III. Antonyms:

1. small x big

2. quiet x loud

3. broad x narrow
4. tall x short

5. far x near

6. morning x evening

7. noise x silence

8. night x day

IV. Frame Sentences:

1. broad – He spoke with a broad Australian accent.

2. hawkers – The sidewalks are filled with hawkers selling vegetables.

3. receive – It is better to give than to receive.

4. frightened- I was so frightened when the police called.

V. Answer the following questions:

Q.1 ‘There is so much noise in your city, Uncle.’ Who said this and why?

A.1 Rachit said this to his Uncle Pritpal because he did not like the noises made by
the cars, buses and autorickshaws in Lucknow.

Q.2 On Diwali, what was the pretty sight that Rachit saw?

A.2 On Diwali, Rachit saw all the houses decorated with lights which looked very
pretty.

Q.3 Why did everyone cover their ears with their hands?

A.3 Everyone covered their ears with their hands because there were so many
types of noises like whiz, wheee, crack, boooom while bursting crackers.

Q.4 ‘Those crackers frightened them yesterday. They are happy now.’

a) Who is ‘them’?

A. Dogs are referred as them.

b) Why are ‘they’ happy now?

A. They are happy now because those crackers frightened them yesterday.