© copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in 1 LIFE SKILLS CLASS 3 ONCE UPON A TIME NAME ______________________________________ Hans Christian Andersen was born into a very poor family in Denmark. He was not a very bright student and was often made fun of because he looked different. But that never stopped him from becoming one of the greatest storyteller of all times. His most famous fairy tales Cinderella Sleeping Beauty Little Red Riding Hood Puss-in-Boots SHEET 1 DATE _________________ His Most Famous fairy tales The Little Mermaid The Ugly Ducking Thumbelina The emperor’s new clothes The Princess and The Pea The Snow Queen Charles Perrault was born into wealthy French Family. He started writing fairy tales at the age of 67, after he lost his job, and published his collection under the subtitle: Tales from Mother Goose. Jacob and Welhelm Grimm were two german brothers who are best known for publishing a collection of popular fairy tales. They too came from a very poor family and are popularly known as the Brothers Grimm. They also wrote their own version of many of Perrault’s fairy tales like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood. Their most famous fairy tales Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Rumpelstiltskin Hansel and Gretel KNOW WITH ... 2 April, the birth date of Hans Christian Andersen, is celebrated every year as International Children’s Book Day. © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in 2 LIFE SKILLS CLASS 3 COLLECTIVE NOUNS NAME ______________________________________ SHEET 2 DATE _________________ Sometimes when we talk about a group of things, We use a collective noun for it. A collective noun can be described as the name given to a number (collection) of persons or things taken together and spoken of as a whole. Fill in the blanks with the corrective noun A. Animal collective Nouns C. Things Collective Nouns 1. A_______________________ of lions 1. A _______________ of arrows 2. A shoal or a ______________of fish 2. A _______________ of cards 3. A colony or an ____________of ants 3. A _______________ of eggs 4. A _________________of geese 4. A _______________of ships 5. A _______________ of wolves 5. A _______________ of pearls 6. A ___________of horses 6. A _______________ of flowers 7. A ___________of bees 7. A _______________ of books 8. A ______________of monkeys 8. A _______________ of tools B. People Collective Nouns 1. A group of people watching a performance _______________________ 2. A group of artistes, dancers and acrobats_________________________ 3. A group of actors ____________________ 4. A group of people at a church or for a religious purpose_______________ 5. A group of singers in a church _____________________ 6. A group of sailors on a ship ____________________ ARMY, AUDIENCE, LIBRARY, CREW, CONGREGATION, FLEET, TEAM, GAGGLE, QUIVER, SET, DECK, PACK, TROOP, SWARM, SCHOOL, TROUPE, PRIDE CHOIR, CLUTCH, COMPANY, BOUQUET, STRING KNOW WITH ... An artist is a person who draws and paints. An artiste is a singer or a dancer. © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in 3 LIFE SKILLS CLASS 3 A, B, C, QUIZ NAME ______________________________________ SHEET 3 DATE _________________ Here is an interesting quiz. The answer to the first question starts with ‘A’ the second with ‘B’ and so on. 1. In Wonderland, she met strange creatures like the Mad Halter and the Cheshire Cat A____________________ 2. A Lovely story about the life of a beautiful horse B ______________ B _____________ 3. This comic character is a friendly ghost C_______________ 4. He was the eldest son of King Dhritharastra. D _______________________ 5. She is the author of the Noddy series books E ______________ B ______________ 6. The princess kissed this animal and it turned into a handsome prince F _____________ 7. He was a bad-tempered dwarf. G ____________________ 8. His best friends are Ron and Hermione H ___________________ P __________________ 9. She is a robot and Richie Rich’s maid I ________________________ 10. A book about a little boy named Mowgli (the) J _______________ B __________________ KNOW WITH ... We must always take care of our books,. When we are putting a book down we should put a bookmark and close the book. Never fold a corner of the page or turn the open book over. © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in 4 LIFE SKILLS CLASS 3 FABLES NAME ______________________________________ SHEET 4 DATE _________________ Most of us have heard or read fables. A fable is a story with a moral. Let us read Aesops Fables: Aesop was a slave who lived in Ancient Greece many years before the birth of Jesus Christ. He is credited with having written these fables while he was in prison. Panchatantra: Panchatantra is a collection of stories in five volumes, written in Sanskrit by Vishnu Sharma. ‘Panchatantra ‘means ‘five doctrines of conduct’. A few of the fables in the Panchatantra are common to those in Aesop’s Fables. Jataka Tales: The Jataka Tales is a collection of some 550 short stories of wisdom and morals. In each of the stories, Lord Buddha appears as a creature in one of his former lives- sometimes as an animal and sometimes as a person. Match the Fable with the Moral 1. The Ant the Grasshopper 2. The Boy Who Cried Wolf 3. The Crow and the Pitcher 4. The fox and the Grapes 5. The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs 6. The Tortoise and the Hare 7. The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing a. If you do wrong you will always get caught b. If you are too greedy you will lose it all c. Don’t hate something just because you cannot get it d. Never put off till tomorrow what you do today e. Where there is a will there is a way f. Once you tell a lie people will never believe you g. Slow and steady wins the race KNOW WITH ... The Main characters in a fable are usually animals, through whom we learn the difference between right and wrong, and also the values of friendship, knowledge, confidence and hard work. © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in 5 LIFE SKILLS CLASS 3 SHEET 5 FUN WITH PREPOSITIONS NAME ______________________________________ DATE _________________ Words like ‘on’ ‘in’ and ‘at’ link the noun or pronouon in a sentence with the other words. These words are called prepositions. They tell us the position of the noun or pronoun. A. Fill in the blanks using the correct preposition. B. Here’s a fun game. Follow the instructions to find the preposition. 1. The thief escaped by jumping ___________a window and 1. The first two letters of the name of _____________a waiting car. our country give you the opposite of 2. Every morning I take the bus ___________________school 3. My father was talking 2. Change one letter where your mother bakes cakes to get the prepo- _____________his friend sition, meaning ‘beyond’__________ ________________the phone. 3. This preposition is usually the 4. We eat our meals _____________the dining table. last word in a fairy tale __________________ 5. The gymnast jumped 6. ‘out’_________________ 4. A word that sounds the same as ______________the ring of fire. this preposition means to purpose To reach his office my father travels something. ____________________ _______________ bus to the station. 5. Australia is also known as ______________ Under. The blank is TO,. THROUGH, INTO, OUT OF; BY, AT, TO, ON a preposition meaning ‘not up’. GROW WITH ... Do we sit in a chair or on a chair? Many of us are confused. Don’t be, the solution is simple. If the chair has arms then you sit in the chair. However, if the chair does not hane arms, then you sit on it. If we do not know the nature of the chair being spoken about, then it is safe to use ‘in’. © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in 6 LIFE SKILLS CLASS 3 SHEET 6 COMMON ERRORS WHILE SPEAKING NAME ______________________________________ DATE _________________ Each of these sentences is grammatically incorrect. Write the correct sentence in the space provided. 1. Please repeat again what you said ________________________________________________________ 2. Her Dress is made from cotton. ________________________________________________________ 3. When you are coming to my house? ________________________________________________________ 4. He told to me that he will be absent today. ________________________________________________________ 5. I asked him where is he going. ________________________________________________________ 6. In my opinion none of the two deserves to win ________________________________________________________ 7. He likes playing above all cricket. ________________________________________________________ 8. This book comprises of 68 pages. ________________________________________________________ 9. I rang the bell two times. ________________________________________________________ 10. No one said nothing when he started to shout. ________________________________________________________ KNOW WITH ... Many of us say return back. This is incorrect. The word return means to give back. If you say return back then you are actually saying to give back back. Remember never to use the word back with return. It is the same with the word comprises which means consists of. Hence, we never use the world of after the word comprise. © copyright Pearson Education www.pearsoned.co.in 7