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Venkateshwar International School Sector – 18, Dwarka, New Delhi-78

Winter Holidays Homework (2017-18)

Class III

ENGLISH

GRAMMAR

Q1. Fill in the blanks using appropriate preposition.

i) He was waiting ______ the bus.

ii) They marched __________ the hall.

iii) I received a letter ___________ a friend of mine.

iv) Riya went ______ see a movie __________ his friend.

v) The girl sat _____ her mother.

vi) My father is not ______ home. He has gone _____ the office.

vii) Rajat went for a swim ____________ lunch.

viii) Wednesday comes _________________ Tuesday.

Q2. Rearrange the following groups of words to make sentences:

i) this/ Mumbai/ leaving/ for /my/ father/ my/ is /evening

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ii) tomorrow / his/ finish/ will/ he/ work

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iii) apples/ many/ do/ you/ want/ how

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iv) grandparents/ coming/ on/ Thursday/ my/ are

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v) tourists/ like/ visit/ to/ many/ Goa

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vi) glass of children everyday should drink milk

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vii) my birthday was on the last saturday

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Q3. Punctute the following sentences. Use commas (,), full stop (.), question

marks (?), exclamation marks (!) wherever needed.

a) the drummer the guitarist and the singer were truly amazing

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b) riddhima radhika and kavya are good friends

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c) christopher columbus discovered america

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d) oh this building is so high

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e) which is your favourite colour

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f) wow that was a nice party

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g) what does her mother say

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Activity Q4. “Reading is to mind what exercise is to body and prayer is to soul.” We learn various aspects of life by reading and it makes us a better person. Read any 5 story books and pick twenty new words and learn their meanings.

Q5. Make your own comic strip on an A4 size sheet by cutting and pasting cut

outs from old magazine / old stories books and write your dialogues to make it interesting.

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Mathematics

Q1. Find out the mathematical terms in the following word puzzle.

D T Y G L N F M J R I E U D Y

V E W R R E A E E C N Q I I T

R C N J T R N T L U G U Z J I

Q R F O G E E G M G H I D S C

Z T N O M M M E T G N V G N A

X G L A Y I R O O H Y A P W P

C I H O Z A N A E D N L W B A

K E X U T U S A G G H E E V C

E L B O S B G O T R F N I E B

N Z R Y C Y E A D O V T G T L

E B G O Q I W V U O R K H U E

N O I T C A R F L L R J T C M

R W T T Y C K U Z T M A U A J

O B T U S E M T N I O P Y M X

Y U O U C E L I N E E J V U A

ACUTE ANGLE CAPACITY

DENOMINATOR EQUIVALENT FRACTION

GEOMETRY KILOGRAM LENGTH

LINE METER NUMERATOR

OBTUSE POINT RAY

VOLUME WEIGHT

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Q2. Write the numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6 in such a way that each line

of the cross adds up to 11.

Q3. Complete the following pattern.

Q4. Count the number of squares in the following figures.

_____________________ _____________________

Q5. Complete the following number grid.

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Science

Q1. Fill in the blanks:

a) The ____________ is the natural satellite of the earth.

b)The planet ___________________ is the farthest from the sun.

c) Earth is the ______________ planet from the sun.

d) The earth follows a __________ path during its journey around the sun.

e) The axis of the earth runs from the __________ pole to the ___________ pole.

f) Earth completes one rotation in _____________ hours.

g) An imaginary line around which the earth spins is called the _____________.

Q2. Fill in the missing words.

a) Earth : blue planet :: __________ : Red planet

b) Coldest planet:Neptune:: hottest planet:__________

c) Revolution:_______________:: rotation : day

Q3. Correct the given statements:

a) The earth is flat.

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b) Stars are the round objects that move around the sun.

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c) There are nine planets in our solar system.

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d) The different shapes of the moon are called constellations.

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north axis South 24

third fixed moon Neptune

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Science

Solar System

With the help of given clues solve the cross word puzzle.

ACROSS

1. The collection of eight planets and their

moons in orbit around the sun, together

with smaller bodies.

4. The third planet from the Sun and also knows as the blue planet.

7. A hot ball of glowing gas.

8. Only planet that rotates on its sides.

10. Second Planet from the Sun and of same size as Earth.

11. This planet has the highest mountain in the entire solar system.

12. Dwarf Planet located in the Kuiper belt.

13. Planet having the strongest winds in the

solar system.

14. A small icy object that orbits the Sun and

has a long tail of gas.

DOWN

1. A celestial body orbiting the Earth

or another planet.

2. The star at the centre of the Solar System and the most important source of energy for life on Earth.

3. Is the smallest and closest planet to the Sun.

5. Great Red Spot of this planet is the largest storm in the Solar System.

6. Chunks of rocks covered with

frozen gases.

9. This planet has the largest

moon in the Solar System.

11. Earth's only natural satellite.

VENUS PLUTO URANUS COMET

JUPITER SATELLITE NEPTUNE MOON

SATURN STAR SUN MARS

EARTH SOLAR SYSTEM ASTEROID MERCURY

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Q1. Watch Discovery / Animal Planet channels every week and write few amazing facts about animals / birds. ___________________________________________________________________

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Q2. Choose a day to visit a snack bar or food joint and ask for your favourite

snack. Ask the chef to name three main ingredients used to prepare the snack. Come home and write them down in the table given below.

Name of the snack Ingredient Nutritional

Value

Healthy / Unhealthy

(Draw smiley for

healthy or a sad

face for unhealthy)

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Q3. Collect some photographs of astronauts, paste them on the space

provided below. Write some information about them.

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Social Science

ACTIVITY

A) Find out:

1) Names of three companies giving mobile phone services.

i) ___________________________________

ii) ___________________________________

iii) ___________________________________

2) Names of any three private airlines.

i) ____________________________________

ii)____________________________________

iii) ___________________________________

3) Names of any two express trains between –

Delhi – Chennai

Delhi – Mumbai

Delhi – Kolkata

i) ___________________________ ________________________________

ii) ___________________________ ________________________________

iii) ___________________________ ________________________________

B) Do you like to travel?

Create a brochure containing pictures and information of the place you

want to visit for your holidays. Present it in your class on joining.

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C) ‘READING NEWSPAPER IS AN EXCELLENT HABIT’

Look through some old newspapers and find out articles that talk about

SAVING OUR ENVIRONMENT

Find out what message the articles are trying to give.

Be a journalist and express your views in your words for your favourite

newspaper.

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QUIZ –QUICK

Can you name these vehicles?

Q1. This is a railway system where a train runs with one rail only, either above

or beneath the railway cars.

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Q2. A form of transportation where a cabin hangs from one cable and is pulled

by another cable.

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Q3. This vehicle can travel over both land and water.

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Q4. This vehicle is used by astronauts and space explorers.

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Ropeway Monorail

Space Shuttle Hovercraft

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