Maharashtra Board Textbook Solutions for Standard Three

Lesson 19 – A Skit

prowl: to move or roam about quietly in search of prey.

Things to do

1. Read aloud the skit and enact it.

Ans: Students must do this on their own.

2. Read what the animals in the skit tell about themselves. Then write similar one or two line speeches about the following birds or animals.

a bear

Ans: I am bear, I am black and I like honey.

 

a rhinoceros

Ans: I am a rhinoceros. I have one or two horns on the nose and thick, folded skin.

 

a peacock

Ans: I am a peacock. I dance when rain falls.

 

a wolf

Ans: I am a wolf. I am large and look like a dog.

 

a fox

Ans: I am a fox, and I am clever.

 

a monkey

Ans: I am a monkey. I like to jump from one tree to another. I also like to eat bananas.

 

an eagle

Ans: I am an eagle. I fly high in the sky.

3. Make a collection of words that describe the movements of birds or animals. Then write sentences using suitable combinations. Some movement words swing, flit, flutter, trot, waddle, prowl, leap, dart, slide, glide, wiggle.

For example, ‘Monkeys swing.

Ans: 

Monkey – swing

Butterflies – flit

Moths – flutter

Horses – tort

Ducks – waddle

Tigers – prowl

Frogs – leap

Fish/lizards – dart

Snakes – slide

Swans – glide

Worms – wiggle

4. Make a collection of words that describe sounds made by birds or animals. Then write sentences using suitable combinations.

For example, ‘Owls screech.”

Some sound words screech, bark, mew, purr, moo, low, cow, croak, gobble. honk, bleat, neigh, hum, howl, hiss, growl, roar.

Ans: 

Owls – screech

Dogs – bark

Cats – mew

Cows – moo

Cattle – low

Crow – caw

Frogs – croak

Turkeys – gobble

Geese – honk

Goats – bleat

Horses – neigh

Bees – hum

Jackals – howl

Snakes – hiss

Bears – growl

Lions – roar