Class 03 || English || Ch. 09 THE BALLOON MAN

Class 3 

English 

Ch. 9 THE BALLOON MAN

QUESTIONS FROM TEXTBOOK SOLVED

Page No 43:

Question 1:

bunch     square      sunny     tug

Answer

1) Bunch: a number of things of the same kind kept together 

2) Square: a four sided area surrounded by buildings 

3) Sunny: bright sunlight 

4) Tug: pull hard 

Reading is Fun
1.Where does the balloon man stand?
Ans. The balloon man stands at the market square.

2. What happens to the balloons when there is a wind?
Ans.  The balloon tug a lot when there is a wind.

3. What does the child like to see the balloon man do?
Ans. The child likes to see the balloons freely going to sail high in the sky.

Talk Time
1.How high can balloons fly?
Ans. Balloons can fly as high as the gas support it to move up in the sky.

2. What do you like about this poem?
Ans. I like as the child is wishing to see all the colourful balloons sailing too high in the sky. 

Word Building
(i) Identify the words from the jumbled letters and write the word in the space provided.

Ans. 

llaboons      balloons      cunlh   lunch
ulbe              blue       ploeep   people
wolbe          below          crat        cart

(ii)Put the words given in the box in the following groups.

Ans.

(a)nature wind, skv. grass
(b) food turnip, pineapple, rice ‘
(c) colours green, purple, white, yellow

(iii)How many colours can you find hidden in the maze? Write their names below.

Ans.

Ans. 1. white 2. black 3. violet 4. orange 5. purple 6. yellow 7. pink 8. blue 9. red 10. brown.

(iv)Fill in the blanks in the balloons with their opposites. You can find them in the poem The Balloon Man. One is done for you.

Ans

• never – always • small – big
•rainy – sunny • low – high
•sit – stand • near – far

Page No 46:

Question 1:

string	stand
stream	sting
strong	still

haul	hall
mite	might
tail	tale
sale	sail

Answer

string	stand
stream	sting
strong	still

haul	hall
mite	might
tail	tale
sale	sail