CBSE Class 3 English

NCERT Solutions
Chapter - 3
THE ENORMOUS Turnip

1. What did the old man plant?

Ans. The old man planted some turnip seeds.

2. Why was it difficult for the old man to pull up the turnip?

Ans. It was difficult for the old man to pull the turnip because it was enormous.

3. Who helped him to pull up the enormous turnip?

Ans. An old woman, a boy and a girl helped him to pull up the enormous turnip.

4. Who ate the enormous turnip?

Ans. The old man, the old woman, the boy and the girl ate the enormous turnip.

5. Name and draw four vegetables that have to be pulled out from the earth. Now name
them in your language.

Ans. Potato

Ginger

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Carrot

Radish

6. Let’s go shopping! How many vegetables can you find in the maze? Draw a circle
around each word. One has been done for you.

Ans.

7. A game of opposites.

The entire class can be divide into two groups where one group says one word and the
second group says the opposite word.

Ans.

Group I Group II

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 Pull Push

Black White

True False

Right Wrong

8. This is how the game goes on. Some words are suggested here. You may pick up some
words from the lesson.

Ans.

Far Near

Good Bad

Dark Bright

Up Down

Old New

9. Name four vegetables you ate last week. Write their names here.

Ans.

One Many

Carrot Carrots

Turnip Turnips

Onion Onions

Potato Potatoes

Tomato Tomatoes

10. One word in each of the following set is different than the others. Choose the odd
one out.

(i) Turnip, potato, tomato, sunflower, brinjal, carrot.

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Ans. Sunflower.

(ii) Cow, horse, fox, kangaroo, melon.

Ans. Melon.

(iii) Banyan, neem, peepal, mango, snake, apple.

Ans. Snake.

(iv) Rose, lily, sunflower, lotus, cauliflower.

Ans. Cauliflower.

(v) Peacock, parrot, lizard, crow, woodpecker.

Ans. Lizard, Woodpecker.

11. Say aloud:

Ans. (i) Pull

(ii) Full

(iii) Put

(iv) Cool

(v) Root

(vi) Shoot

(vii) Cut

(viii) But

(ix) Shut

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