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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.
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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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