CIE 2024-25

GRADE 3

SUBJECT – SOCIAL STUDIES

Unit 1 - Family Grow and Change

Choose the right options.

1.
2. The family that consists of parents and their children is called afamily.

a.jointb. nuclearc. bigd. single-parent

1. Alan lives with his parents, grandparents and uncle. What type of family is it?

a.nuclearb. single-parentc. jointd. small

1. A child having no parents or relatives, stays in an .

a.parkb. orphanagec. schoold. old-age home

1. A man getting married is called the .

a.brideb. grandfatherc. uncled. bridegroom

1. Students go to foreign countries for_.

 a. higher educationb. playing

c.shoppingd. singing

Fill in the blanks.

1. People of many generations live in a joint family.
2. A single-parent family has one parent and children.
3. A home-maker is a person who stays at home anddoes household chores.
4. Alan welcomed his newborn brother and now his family is increased.
5. The woman who is getting married is called a bride.

Match the following.

1. Joint familya. household chores
2. Millennialb. uncle and Child
3. Marriagec. many people

1. Homemakerd. generation
2. Cousine. bride/ bridegroom 1 – c ;2 – d;3 – e ;4 – a ;5 – b

Power words
1. Joint family
2. Nuclear
3. Orphanage
4.
5. Single parent family
6. Generation

Questions and answers

1. What is a joint family?

Ans. A family that consists of parents, children, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins living together in the
same house is called a joint family.
 1. What does the change in a family mean?

Ans. When some changes take place in a family, it can happen due to the addition of a new member, marriage in
a family or job transfer to another city or country. This is what we mean by ‘change in a family’.

1. What type of a family would you love to live in? Why?

Ans. I would love to live in a joint family because in a joint family, we always get help from each other, we never
feel lonely and it is much easier to solve our problems.