Garde 3 - Empowering Grammar - FINAL PDF - 2021

Creative Learners Empowering Grammar Grade 3 Grammar Concepts & Vocabulary

INDEX Sr. Contents Page No No 7 - 12 1 Punctuation 13 - 14 15 - 21 2 Types of Sentences 22 - 36 22 - 26 3 Articles - Definite Articles-Indefinite Articles 27 4 Nouns 28 - 30 31 - 36 Common Nouns & Proper Nouns 37 - 41 42 - 47 Countable Nouns & Uncountable Nouns 48 - 56 Collective Nouns 57 58 - 59 Abstract Nouns 60 5 Singular/ Plural Nouns 61 - 69 6 Gender 70 - 78 7 Adjectives 79 - 82 Possessive Adjectives 83 - 84 85 - 88 Demonstrative Adjectives 89 - 91 92 - 93 Interrogative Adjectives Degrees of Adjectives 8 Prefix and Suffix 9 Verbs Helping Verbs Tenses Simple Past Tense Simple Present Tense Simple Future Tense

INDEX Page No Sr. Contents No 94 95 - 97 Continuous Tenses 98 - 100 101 -102 Past Continuous Tense 103 - 105 106 - 110 Present Continuous Tense 111 - 113 114 - 116 Future Continuous Tense 117 -123 10 Modal Verbs 11 Subject and Predicate 124 - 137 125 - 129 12 Subject Verb Agreement 130 - 132 13 Adverbs 133 - 135 Adverbs of Manner 136 137 Adverbs of Place 138 - 140 Adverbs of Time 141 - 143 144 - 148 14 Pronouns 149 - 150 Personal Pronouns 151 - 152 Possessive Pronouns 154 - 169 Reflexive Pronouns Interrogative Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns 15 Conjunctions 16 Prepositions 17 Gerunds and Infinitives 18 Possessive Pronouns / Possessive Adjectives 19 Demonstrative Pronouns/ Demonstrative Adjectives 20 Empowering Vocabulary

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Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub PUNCTUATION Punctuation is a very important part of writing. Punctuations makes reading easy. It also helps us to read faster and understand exactly what the writer wants to say. Punctuation has purpose and meaning. Symbol Name Uses Example 1. Used at the end of a sentence. LEARNER’S HUB. Full stop/ 1.She looks very pretty. period 2. Used in 2. Mrs. Shah abbreviations. 1. We had cakes, 1. To separate cookies, ice cream and words in a list. cola at the birthday party. 2. To separate different parts of 2. Ram went to information. Jaipur, Taj Mahal, and , Comma 3. To separate a Gir National Park last year. series of adjectives. 3. Rohit is a smart, 4. At the end of a clever, well mannered direct speech when and soft spoken boy. the sentence continues. 4. “How wonderful,” he said. ? Question 1. At the end of a 1. Why were you absent Mark sentence that asks yesterday? a question. ! Exclamation 1. To show 1. “Bravo! You have Mark excitement or done well.” Gr. 3 surprise/ astonishment 7

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub PUNCTUATION 1. Aren’t you going to 1. In Contractions. school now? (The apostrophe stands for ‘ 2. to show an alphabet ‘o’ in ‘not’ Apostrophe possessions in in ‘nt’) nouns 2. My mother’s tea was LEARNER’S HUB hot. 1. The pronoun I 1. May I come in? ABC 2. The first word in 2. You should eat Capitalization a sentence. healthy food. 3. The first letter for 3. Monday, December, all proper nouns Shayam, Mansi, Taj Mahal, “ ’’ 1. Before and after 1. “Please be seated.” Speech Marks words show said the doctor kindly. conversation 8 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub PUNCTUATION Rewrite the following sentences with the correct Punctuation Marks: • Capitalize the letters • Full stop/Period • Comma • Exclamation Mark • Apostrophe • Speech Marks LEARNER’S HUB1. where can i buy roller skates ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 2. wow what a beautiful painting ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 3. ali lives in mumbai city the state is maharashtra ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 4. i think june is the longest month ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 5. harish bought bread sugar jam and candies from the grocery store ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 6. oh no cried mrs.spencer i forgot to pack the cookies ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Gr. 3 9

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub PUNCTUATION 7. stop it i dont like it when you yell at me ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 8. how much money will i need to go for a movie ____________________________________________________________ LEARNER’S HUB ____________________________________________________________ 9. i am sorry dad danny said climbing down the stairs ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 10. mom told me to buy six apples a dozen eggs butter and milk from the departmental store ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 11. ashok and peter went to agra to see the taj mahal ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 12. i cant wait to see niagara falls ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 10 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub PUNCTUATION Read the story and rewrite the paragraph by inserting proper punctuation marks. • Capitalize the letters • Full stop/Period • Comma • Exclamation Mark • Apostrophe • Speech Marks The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg a man and his wife owned a very special goose every day the goose would lay a golden egg which made the couple very rich just think said the mans wife if we could have all the golden eggs that are inside the goose we could be richer much faster youre right said her husband we wouldnt have to wait for the goose to lay her egg every day so the couple killed the goose and cut her open only to find that she was just like every other goose she had no golden eggs inside of her at all and they had no more golden eggs ___________________________________________________________ LEARNER’S HUB ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Gr. 3 11

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub PUNCTUATION Read the story and rewrite the paragraph by inserting proper punctuation marks. • Capitalize the letters • Full stop/Period • Comma • Exclamation Mark Speech Marks • Apostrophe • The Wolf and the Goat a wolf who was out searching for a meal saw a goat feeding on grass on top of a high cliff wishing to get the goat to climb down from the rock and into his grasp he called out to her excuse me he said in a friendly voice it is very dangerous for you to be at such a height do come down before you injure yourself besides the grass is much greener and thicker down here take my advice and please come down from that high cliff but goat knew too well of the wolfs intent you don’t care if I injure myself or not you don’t care if I eat good grass or bad what you care about is eating me ___________________________________________________________ LEARNER’S HUB ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 12 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub TYPES OF SENTENCES Sentences can be classified into four types based on the meaning they convey. Type of Sentences LEARNER’S HUBDeclarativeInterrogativeImperativeExclamatory Sentences Sentences Sentences Sentences Declarative Interrogative Imperative Exclamatory States Asks Instructs, Expresses a strong feeling something something requests or advises Affirmative/ Yes/No Positive questions Commands/ Exclamation / statement Requests Feelings I play football. Do you like to Clean your Wow! It is a study English? room. beautiful day. Gr. 3 13

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub TYPES OF SENTENCES Read and identify the following sentences as 1. Declarative Sentence 2. Interrogative Sentence 3. Imperative Sentence 4. Exclamatory Sentence. 1. Consult a doctor immediately. LEARNER’S HUB_________________________________________________________ 2. How will we solve this problem? _________________________________________________________ 3. There is a spider on the roof. _________________________________________________________ 4. What a great surprise! _________________________________________________________ 5. Suman has not arrived yet. _________________________________________________________ 6. Put it there. _________________________________________________________ 7. Who broke the window? _________________________________________________________ 8. What a splendid performance! ____________________________________________________________ 9. Turn off the radio. ____________________________________________________________ 10. Please pass me the curry. ____________________________________________________________ 11. Have you seen my dog? ____________________________________________________________ 12. “Go away,” my father told the beggar. ____________________________________________________________ 14 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub DEFINITE ARTICLES AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES Indefinite Articles - ‘a’ and ‘an’ ➢ Use the word a before singular nouns or adjectives that begin with a consonant sound. Example: I heard a melodious song on the radio. ➢ Use the word an before singular nouns or adjectives that begin with a vowel sound. Example: I saw an exciting movie last night. Exceptions to the Rule : Remember, an is used when a word begins with a vowel sound. Sometimes a word can begin with a vowel, but start with a consonant sound. Example: Inches are a unit of measurement on a ruler. ➢ The word unit begins with the consonant y-sound (yoo-nit), so you would use the article a. LEARNER’S HUB Words with consonant-sound (yoo sound) ➢ unicorn, utensil, uniform, university, unit, useful, usual, European ➢ Sometimes a word will begin with a silent consonant, but it would be a vowel sound. When this happens you use an. Example: Mr. Bhatt is an honest man. Even though honest begins with a consonant, the h is silent. The word begins with a vowel sound, so you would use an. Words with Silent consonant but a vowel sound ➢ honest, hour, x-ray, one Gr. 3 15

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub DEFINITE ARTICLES AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES Definite Articles : ‘The’ is a definite article. It particularizes a person or a thing and gives a sense of certainty. ➢ It is used when we talk of something in particular or specific. ➢ It is used when we talk of something unique. Example 1. The boy welcomed the Chief Guest. 2. A boy welcomed the Chief Guest. In the first sentence, the boy is one particular boy who we have spoken or heard of before. In the second sentence, boy is not important and could be any one of the boys from the school, so we write it as ‘a boy’ Note how the Chief Guest in both sentences is ‘the’ Chief Guest because he is a special invitee and there is only one Chief Guest in the gathering. Omission of Article - ‘the’ LEARNER’S HUB ➢ Before the months of the year. ➢ Before the days of the week. ➢ Before abstract nouns and uncountable nouns. ➢ Before the names of continents and countries. ➢ Before the names of languages. ➢ Before names of diseases and names of games. Gr. 3 16

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub DEFINITE ARTICLES AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES Fill in the blanks with Articles ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ to complete each sentence. 1. We had ___________ delicious meal of baked pasta. 2. She is currently driving at ___________ enormous speed. LEARNER’S HUB 3. Tom took ___________ umbrella as it was raining heavily. 4. I had ___________ egg and ___________ glass of milk for breakfast. 5. Carol’s father works as ___________ electrician. 6. It was ___________ unforgettable experience. 7. Do you know any stories in which there is ___________ unicorn? 8. There is ___________ university building near the corner of the street. 9. Over 20 people were buried by ___________ avalanche last weekend on Mt. Everest. 10. We need to be at ___________ airport in just over __________ hour. 11. I still have ___________ few copies left. I can give you one. 12. Have you got ___________ idea about how we can solve 17 ___________ problem? Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub DEFINITE ARTICLES AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES Fill in the blanks with articles ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ or X (for no article) 1. ___________ boys like playing with cars. 2. What ___________ amazing idea he had yesterday evening. LEARNER’S HUB 3. Here’s half ___________ liter of milk left in ___________ fridge. 4. Dad told us to go to ___________ bed at ten in the night. 5. I met ___________ American tourist when I was in Italy. 6. ___________ oranges and apples have a lot of vitamins. 7. ___________ milk is rich in ___________ nutrients. 8. Are you interested in ___________ science or ___________ music? 9. Every child was given ___________ apple for ___________ lunch. 10. We usually go by ___________ train, but today we’re taking ___________ bus. 11. Went to ___________ exciting musical performance last night. 12. He lives in ___________ apartment in ___________ middle of ___________ city. 18 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub DEFINITE ARTICLES AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES Fill in each blank with the proper article (more than one may be acceptable). If no article is required, write “X”. My Uncle I have ___________ uncle who lives in ___________ old age home. He is ___________ honest man. He used to be ___________ FBI agent. He once saved ___________ one-year-old boy from ___________ fire. He has many interesting stories. He told me that he once met ___________ alien from ___________ space. This alien didn’t need ___________ oxygen to live; it didn’t have ___________ nose. That’s ___________ hard story to believe. I’m not sure he was telling me ___________ truth. Maybe he isn’t so honest, after all. LEARNER’S HUB Gr. 3 19

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub DEFINITE ARTICLES AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES Fill in each blank with the proper article .If no article is required, write “X”. Supermarket After seeing that there was no milk in ______________ (1) refrigerator, John decided to go to ______________ (2) supermarket to buy some milk. It took him ______________ (3) long time to get there because there was ______________(4) lot of traffic on ______________ (5) way. As he got to ______________(6) supermarket, he realized that he had left his wallet at ____________ (7) home. So, he got back in ______________ (8) car and drove home. Once he got home, he decided that he was too tired to go out again. “I don’t feel like driving all ______________(9) way to the supermarket”, he thought. “Too bad there isn’t ______________(10) grocery store around here.” LEARNER’S HUB 20 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub DEFINITE ARTICLES AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES Fill in each blank with the proper article (more than one may be acceptable). If no article is required, write “X”. A Man from California ___________ man from (2) ___________ California was spending (3) ___________ month in (4) ___________ Britain. One day he booked (5) ___________ hotel in Cheltenham, (6) ___________ old town in (7) ___________West of (8) ___________England. Then he went out to look around (9) ___________ place, but (10) ___________man didn’t return to (11) ___________hotel. He disappeared, leaving (12) ___________ suitcase full of clothes behind. (13) ___________ police were called in, but they were unable to find out what had happened to (14) ___________ missing tourist. It was (15) ___________ mystery. But two weeks later (16) ___________ man walked into (17) ___________ police station in Cheltenham. He explained that he was sorry, but while walking around (18) ___________ town, he had got lost. He had also forgotten (19) ___________name of (20) ___________ hotel he had booked into. So he had decided to continue with his tour of (21) ___________ country and went to visit (22) ___________ friend in (23) ___________ Scotland before returning to pick up (24) ___________ suitcase he had left behind. (25) ___________ astonished police-officer took him to the New Cheltenham Hotel. LEARNER’S HUB Gr. 3 21

22 Gr. 3 LECommon Types of Nouns Date: ______________ ANouns Proper Countable Uncountable Collective Abstract NOUNS PersonNouns Nouns Nouns Nouns Nouns RNboyPerson EPlace An army Feelings RMallSuhaan of ants ’SAnimals Hdog happiness UBThings Place book bread A galaxy In Orbit Mall knife rice of stars Qualities computer milk Animals pen A litter of kindness Champ spoon butter puppies Ideas water cheese Things A sharpness Learner‛s Hub bouquet pen Camlin Pen of flowers

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub COMMON NOUNS AND PROPER NOUNS A noun is a naming word. Things have names, so nouns are names of things. Nouns are names of person, place, animals, things, or qualities, feeling and ideas. Common Nouns and Proper Nouns LEARNER’S HUB Common Nouns Common Nouns are called ‘common’ because they do not have any special names of their own. ➢ Words that are common nouns do not begin with a capital letter unless they begin a sentence. Proper Nouns A Proper Noun is a special name given to a particular person, place or thing. It is not common. Example: A dog is any dog whereas ‘Champ’ is the name of a particular dog. ‘dog’ is a common noun but ‘Champ’ is a proper noun. ➢ A proper noun always begins with a capital letter. ➢ A common noun can be changed into a proper noun if we give it a name. Gr. 3 23

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub COMMON NOUNS AND PROPER NOUNS LEARNER’S HUBRewrite the following sentences correctly using capital letters for proper nouns and insert a full stop at the end. 1. mr shah walked his dog down the busy street ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 2. chicago is very cold in january ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. last sunday, we went to the sanjay gandhi national park we saw many animals there ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. paris is famous for eiffel tower ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 5. cinderella was a beautiful girl ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 6. antarctica is the coldest continent of south pole ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7. tom’s birthday is on wednesday, the 15th february ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 24 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub COMMON NOUNS AND PROPER NOUNS 8. i ordered a new lenovo laptop from amazonLEARNER’S HUB _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 9. akbar and birbal were walking along the bank of yamuna river _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 10. we are going to wankhede stadium on this sunday _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 11. peter jones is a detective who works in scotland _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 12. do you think emma is your best friend _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 13. diwali and christmas are my favourite holidays _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 14. suraj has to attend cricket match on sunday at poisar gymkhana _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Gr. 3 25

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub COMMON NOUNS AND PROPER NOUNS Write the Proper Nouns for the following Common Nouns. Sr. Common Nouns Proper Nouns No 1. garden LEARNER’S HUB2. hospital 3. school 4. mall 5. restaurant 6. actor 7. actress 8. teacher 9. country 10. city 11. festival 12. stadium 13. monument 14. planet 15. sportsman Gr. 3 26

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS Common Nouns can be countable or uncountable. Countable Nouns are for things that can be counted. Uncountable Nouns are for things that cannot be counted. ➢ You cannot make Uncountable Nouns to plural. Identify and fill in the blanks whether the given bold nouns are countable or uncountable. LEARNER’S HUB 1. The children are playing in the garden. ______________ 2. My mother uses butter to bake cakes. ______________ 3. We need some glue to fix this vase. ______________ 4. I don’t like drinking milk. ______________ 5. I’d like some juice please! ______________ 6. I bought three bottles of water for our picnic.______________ 7. Successful candidates will join the camp this year. ______________ 8. The bread my mother prepares is delicious. ______________ 9. Most pottery is made of clay. ______________ 10. Lara’s mom told her to add more flour to the dough before baking the cookies. ______________ 11. You will need eggs and sugar for this recipe. ______________ 12. The rice was steaming on a plate. ______________ 27 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub COLLECTIVE NOUNS Collective Nouns are names of a group of common nouns. Collective nouns are special names that belong to a particular group, community or category and cannot be used for any other group. Example : A pride of lions. The word pride is the collective noun. Collective nouns are subjects that use singular verbs in the subject verb agreement. Example: A pride of lions was attacking a zebra. (do not use ‘were’) A flock of sheep is grazing in the field. (do not use ‘are’) Fill in the blanks with collective nouns from the given help box. LEARNER’S HUB clutter bed bevy cloud murder creep clutch float huddle network flight leap parade chain pod brood range belt wisdom wriggle Sr.No Sentences Sr.No Sentences 1 A __________ of crows 11 A __________ of oysters 2 A __________ of computers 12 A __________ of tortoise 3 A __________ of whales 13 A __________ of stairs 4 A __________ of worms 14 A __________ of mountains 5 A __________ of hens 15 A __________ of owls 6 A __________ of bats 16 A __________ of penguins 7 A __________ of chickens 17 A __________ of crocodiles 8 A __________ of asteroids 18 A __________ of islands 9 A __________ of swans 19 A __________ of leopards 10 A __________ of hippos 20 A __________ of cats 28 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub COLLECTIVE NOUNS Fill in the blanks with collective nouns from the given help box. gang school pride bale army deck class team fleet gaggle set drove suite regiment bundle LEARNER’S HUB clutch bench crew herd chain Sr. Sentences Sr. Sentences No No 1 A ____________ of lions. 11 A ____________ of tools. 2 A ____________ of thieves. 12 A ____________ of eggs. 3 A ____________ of geese. 13 A ____________ of sailors 4 A ____________ of ships. 14 A ____________ of cattle. 5 A ____________ of fish. 15 A ____________ of soldiers 6 A ____________ of cards. 16 A ____________ of goats 7 A ____________ of hay. 17 A ____________ of rooms. 8 A ____________ of students. 18 A ____________ of events 9 An ____________ of ants. 19 A ____________ of judges 10 A ____________ of players. 20 A ____________ of sticks. Gr. 3 29

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub COLLECTIVE NOUNS Fill in the blanks with appropriate collective nouns. A. Rimi collects stamps. She is very proud of her album of stamps There is a _________ of drawers in her room. She keeps her _________ of books in it. There is a beautiful __________ of flowers on the table. LEARNER’S HUB B. Asif visited a farm house in his village this summer. He was thrilled to see a ___________ of fish through the clear water of the pond. He played with a _________________ of sheep and a ______________ of goats in the fields. The farm had a huge ___________ of banana trees, a ____________ of mango trees but he could not see any ____________ of grapes there. While coming back home at the end of the day, he picked a _________ of bananas from the garden for his mother. Gr. 3 30

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub ABSTRACT NOUNS Abstract things cannot normally be seen, heard, smelt, tasted, or touched. Abstract nouns are names of qualities, attitudes and feelings. They can be only felt, thought and shown. They are often in our minds. LEARNER’S HUB Example: 1. Peter had a very happy childhood. Peter is a Proper Noun childhood - Abstract Noun - we cannot see or touch childhood, we can only feel it. 2. The sharpness of the knife hurt the boy. knife & boy is common noun sharpness - Abstract Noun - we cannot see or touch sharpness. Examples of Abstract Nouns pride anger love hope interest attention happiness cleverness concentration possession enjoyment childhood friendship freshness hatred wisdom Gr. 3 31

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub ABSTRACT NOUNS Abstract Nouns are formed by adding the following suffix to the base word. -ness -ity -tion LEARNER’S HUB-ment -sion -ship -hood -dom -ence 1. Add the suffix -ness to the root word and form abstract nouns. Sr. No Root Word Abstract Noun 1. dark darkness 2. swift 3. fresh 4. careless 5. harsh 6. nervous 7. damp 8. kind 9. prompt 10. foolish 2. Add suffix -ity to the root word and form abstract nouns. Gr. 3 32

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub ABSTRACT NOUNS Sr. No Root Word Abstract Noun 1. responsible 2. capable 3. stupid 4. immature 5. abnormal LEARNER’S HUB 3. Add suffix -tion to the root word and form abstract nouns. Sr. No Root Word Abstract Noun 1. reject 2. imagine 3. educate 4. reflect 5. resign 6. vibrate 7. motivate 8. limit 4. Add suffix-ment to the root word and form abstract nouns Sr. No Root Word Abstract Noun 1. ship 2. state 3. excite 4. entertain 5. embarrass 6. disagree Gr. 3 33

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub ABSTRACT NOUNS 5. Add suffix -sion to the root word and form abstract nouns Sr. No Root Word Abstract Noun 1. express 2. divide LEARNER’S HUB3. permit 4. admit 5. decide 6. Add suffix - ence to the root word and form abstract nouns. Sr. No Root Word Abstract Noun 1. evident 2. absent 3. obedient 4. patient 5. violent 7. Add suffix -dom to the root word and form abstract nouns. Sr. No Root Word Abstract Noun 1. bore 2. free 3. wise 4. king 5. star 34 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub ABSTRACT NOUNS 8. Add suffix -ship to the root word and form Abstract Nouns Sr. No Root Word Abstract Noun 1. friend 2. partner LEARNER’S HUB 3. member 4. battle 5. companion 6. scholar 7. citizen 9. Add suffix - hood to the root word and form Abstract Nouns Sr. No Root Word Abstract Noun 1. neighbour 2. child 3. sister 4. brother 5. woman 6. parent 7. lively Gr. 3 35

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub NOUNS Given below is a list of nouns. Read it and arrange these under the proper columns in the following table. Kamla honey friendship book army chairLEARNER’S HUBclass India childhood sharpness meat snow Diwali enjoyment herd butter Jupiter hill bouquet oil hippopotamus temple litter December neighbourhood Common / Proper Noun Uncount Collective Abstract Count Noun Noun Noun Noun 36 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS All the nouns are either Singular or Plural. A noun that denotes one person or thing is called a Singular Noun. A noun that denotes more than one person or thing is called a Plural Noun. ➢ Many singular nouns can be made plural by simply adding - s rose - roses sticker - stickers LEARNER’S HUB ➢ Nouns ending in sh, ch, s, ss, x, o form plural by adding - es at the end of the word. pouch - pouches box - boxes ➢ When a noun ends with letter ‘y’ drop the y and add - ies city - cities country - countries ➢ When a noun ends with the letter ‘y’ and before ‘y’ if it is a vowel then add - s at the end of the word. valley - valleys essay - essays When a noun ends with the letter ‘s’ ‘f’ or ‘fe’, drop the - f or -fe and add - ves calf - calves wife - wives Exceptions : Some words that end with - f or - fe form plural by adding - s chief - chiefs chef -chefs handkerchief - handkerchiefs roof - roofs giraffe - giraffes ➢ Sometimes a plural noun is formed by changing the vowels, or by adding a different ending foot - feet person - people ➢ Sometimes a word does not change at all when it becomes plural. news - news aircraft - aircraft Gr. 3 37

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS Change the below words to their respective singular and plural nouns. Sr. Singular Plural Sr. Singular Plural No. No. 1. army 15. cargo LEARNER’S HUB2. elf 16. teeth 3. cliffs 17. fish 4. proof 18. ray 5. louse 19. mice 6. aircraft 20. women 7. goose 21. buffalo 8. ox 22. thief 9. bunnies 23. child 10. candy 24. roof 11. mosquito 25. fish 12. essays 26. calf 13. person 27. baby 14. sheep 28. gold 38 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS Choose and write the correct noun in brackets to fill in the blanks. The Memory Game This is a ___________________ (games/game) you can play at parties. First, you must prepare a tray with many different things on it. For example, a toy car, a paper, a ___________________ (handkerchief/handkerchiefs), a ___________________ (boxes/box) of matches, two pencils, a pair of ___________________ (glasses/ glass), three marbles, two ___________________ (watches/watch) and a lot of other things. Everyone at the party can look at the tray for two ___________________ (minutes/minute) and must try to remember everything that is on it. Then you cover the tray with a ___________________ (cloth/clothes) and the ___________________ (winners/winner) is the ___________________ (person/people) who can remember everything that was on the ___________________ (tray/trays) LEARNER’S HUB Gr. 3 39

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS Write the plural form of the following singular nouns given in bold. LEARNER’S HUB1. Mrs. Jones has a naughty child. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 2. A wild goose just flew noisily overhead. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. The dentist cleaned my tooth. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. A busy man was fixing a hole in the street. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 5. I heard a wolf howling loudly in the forest. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 6. The servant swept the chimney. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7. The car needed a battery. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 40 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS Write the singular form of the following plural nouns given in bold. 1. The boys shouted angrily at the players. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 2. The ladies took the keys from the purse and opened the lock. LEARNER’S HUB ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. The chiefs of the armies got ready for the war. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. Tiny mice scurried quickly through the kitchen. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 5. The caterpillars slowly turned into butterflies. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 6. We still need forks and knives for our dinner guests. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7. Can you see any witches in the picture? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Gr. 3 41

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub GENDER Gender is a category of noun. A noun can have a masculine gender, a feminine gender, common gender or a neuter gender. Gender LEARNER’S HUB Masculine Feminine Common Neuter Gender Gender Gender Gender are words for are words for Some words Words for all the males. females. refer to both non living things masculine and Ex: boy, man, Ex: girl, woman, king, lion, queen, lioness, feminine. cock hen Ex: student, Ex: house, chair, doctor, lawyer, street, pen friend 42 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub GENDER Change the below words to their respective Masculine Gender and Feminine Gender. Sr. Masculine Feminine Sr. Masculine Feminine No. Gender Gender No. Gender Gender 1. gentleman 15. groom LEARNER’S HUB2. drone 16. madam 3. niece 17. mother in law 4. witch 18. actor 5. master 19. waitress 6. gander 20. steward 7. tigress 21. bachelor 8. shepherd 22. wizard 9. monk 23. hostess 10. duke 24. uncle 11. vixen 25. fiance 12. emperor 26. huntress 13. doe 27. ram 14. stallion 28. landlord Gr. 3 43

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub GENDER Change the gender of the nouns in bold to their opposite gender and rewrite these sentences. 1. The princess had never seen a white peahen.LEARNER’S HUB ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 2. A rooster is a male chicken. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. The bride was congratulated by her nephew. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. The priest worshipped the god. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 5. My sister in law is a great poetess. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 6. Sam’s niece and sisters came to visit him on his birthday. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7. Her friend is a good actress. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 44 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub GENDER 8. The mistress gave the maidservant a present. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 9. My aunt was an airplane stewardess once. ________________________________________________________________ LEARNER’S HUB ________________________________________________________________ 10. The nun is talking to my grandmother. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 11. The empress of Egypt is very kind and helpful. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 12. There are three cows and four nanny-goats in the farm. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 13. The king left the palace in anger. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 14. The manservant had worked many years for the duke. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Gr. 3 45

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub GENDER Fill in the blanks with the female form of the masculine nouns in the brackets. Royal Family Some countries have a royal family. A ___________________ (king) is a ___________________ (male) ruler. Their ___________________ (sons) are ___________________ (prince) LEARNER’S HUB Man/Woman You call a ___________________ (man) ___________________(Mr.) Smith. Some jobs have different names for ___________________ (men). A ___________________ (waiter) works in a restaurant and an ___________________ (air steward) works on a plane. An ___________________ (actor) acts in movies. 46 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub GENDER Look at Carol’s family tree. Choose and write the correct noun in the brackets to fill in the gaps. Carol’s Family LEARNER’S HUBCarol’s________________________(mother/father)is Sally and her ____________________ (mother/father) is called John. Carol has one ____________________ (sister/brother) called Lisa and a ____________________ (sister/brother) called Paul. Paul is married and has a son, Andy, who is Carol’s ____________________ (nephew/niece). Paul also has a daughter, Marie, who is Carol’s ____________________ (nephew/niece). Sally’s sister Anne is Carol’s ____________________ (aunt/uncle) . She has two children, a ____________________ (son/daughter) Felix, and a (son/daughter) Betty. Diana and Peter are Sally’s parents. They are Carol’s ____________________ (grandmother/grandparents) 47 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub ADJECTIVES Adjectives tell us more about nouns. They are called describing words. They describe the colour, shape, size, quality, quantity, texture, material,characteristics, origin, age,possession and demonstration of nouns. ➢ Adjectives bring nouns to life. ➢ We should not use more than three adjectives for a noun in a sentence. LEARNER’S HUB Example : 1. The girl waited at the bus stop. Girl: common noun - no adjectives The tall, well-dressed, elegant girl waited at the bus stop. ➢ Adjectives can come before a noun or after a noun. adjective + noun noun + adjective adjective before a noun adjective after a noun A lovely painting. A painting which is lovely. His new, shining shoes. His shoes were new and shining. 48 Gr. 3

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub ADJECTIVES Adjectives can take the following Word Order in Sentences. Sr. Adjective Category Adjectives No 1. colour red, green LEARNER’S HUB 2. shape round , square, triangular 3. size big, small, short, tall 4. quality rough, smooth, beautiful 5. quantity twenty , three, first, second 6. texture smooth, rough, sandy 7. material cotton, plastic, rubber 8. characteristics frisky, quite, bored, annoying 9. origin Indian, American, Chinese 10. age 11. purpose two year old, of four years, 12. possession words new, young, aged frying pan, rest room, service lift my, our, yours, his, her 13. demonstration words this, that, these Gr. 3 49

Date: ______________ Learner‛s Hub ADJECTIVES Fill in the blanks by forming the correct adjectives by adding suffix to the words given in the bracket. 1. The great sage was very _______________ (protect) towards his disciples. LEARNER’S HUB2. Our army won a _______________ victory at Kargil. (glory) 3. The speaker inspired the audience with his _______________ words. (inspiration) 4. The children were excited at the _______________ (beauty) sight of the lake. 5. Our dinning table has a _______________ shape. (circle) 6. Can you name a _______________ book in the world. (fame) 7. The old furniture proved to be very _______________ (use) to the poor lady. 8. The Red Fort in Delhi is a place of _______________ (history) interest. 9. The brave boy was praised for his _______________ (hero) act. 10. The _______________ (mischief) boy was punished by the teacher. 11. John is a very _____________ (honour) man. 12. Gopal was ______________ (success) in his job interview. Gr. 3 50