THE SMARTEN SCHOOL

Class-III
Holiday Homework
Name- ____________

Date- ____________

English
Q - Read the paragraphs and answer the following questions:
1. There was arich merchant who had an old horse. The horse had served his master well for years. When
the horse became old, the merchant drove him out. No one took care of the horse. No one gave him the
food. The poor horse kept wandering from place to place.
(a) Whom did the horse belong to?
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(b) When did the rich merchant put him out?
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(c) Who took care of the horse?
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(d) What was the horse doing then?
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2. One day the horse came to the tower. Seeing the grapevine he started to chew and pull at it. As he pulled
the vine, the bell started to ring. The judges at once came to the marketplace. To their great surprise, they
saw a horse pulling the grapevine.
(a) What did the horse see?
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(b) What did he do?
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(c) Where did the judges come?
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(d) Why were the judges surprised?
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3. The alarm bell is ringing! There is a fire at big hotel. Asif and the other firemen are running to the fire
engine. They are climbing in. Asif is driving the fire engine. They are going to fight the fire.
(a) What is ringing?
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(b) At which place the fire broke?
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(c) Who are running to the fire engines?
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(d) What they are going to do?
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4. Now all the people are safe. The fire started in the hotels kitchen. Clouds of smoke are coming out of
the kitchen. The firemen are rushing to the kitchen with their hoses. They are going to put out the fire.
(a) In which part of the hotel fire first started?
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(b) What is coming out of the kitchen?
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(c) Where do the firemen rush?
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(d) What the firemen are going to do?
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Grammar
Q1- Write the shortened forms of the following:
(i) It is - __________________________
(ii) I will- __________________________
(iii)must not- ______________________
(iv)will not-________________________
(v) shall not- _______________________
(vi)should not-______________________
Q2- Change the long forms into their shortened forms and rewrite the given sentences:
(i) I am going to school.
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(ii) They do not drive to their office.
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(iii) We are happy to win the match.
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(iv) Sorry, I cannot come.
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Q3- Join the sentences below using suitable linking words from the help box:
and, but, so, because, or
(i) I love pizza. I am also fond of cold drinks.
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(ii) Raju slept till 7 oclock. He missed the school bus.
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(iii) I had my lunch. I am feeling hungry still.
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(iv) I cannot join your party. I am working on my science fair project.
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(v) You love to play cricket. You love to play any other game.
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EVS: Learn Q/Ans of L-21 (Natural Resources and Pollution) and L-23 (Special People)
Hindi: (Udaan) Learn L-16 (Vyakaran)- L-16 learn names of days and months page 78-79 book.

Mathematics
Q1- Fill in the blanks:
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6.

The long hand shows .

The short hand shows ...
The hour hand takes hours to complete one round.
The minute hand takes .hour to complete one round.
1 day = .. hours.
1 hour = . minutes.

Q2- Write the time shown on each clock face.

Refer to the document given.
Q3- Convert to millilitres:
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8L =
7L =.
6L 500mL =.
8L 250mL =.
12L 50mL =..
17L 8mL =
19L 9mL=.

Q4- Convert to litres:

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3000 mL=.
4050 mL=.
8500 mL=.
9680 mL=.
13675 mL=..
14802 mL=..
29007 mL=..

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