CLASS 3RD ENGLISH LESSON 13 A HAPPY CHILD
My house is red – a little house,
A happy child am I.
I laugh and play the whole day long,
I hardly ever cry.
I have a tree,a green, green tree,
To shade me from the sun,
And under it I often sit,
When all my play is done.
I. New words
whole , hardly ever, shade, often
II. Read and write
(A) 1. The happy child lives in a little …….. house.
- She laughs and……… the whole day long.
- The green tree shades her from the ……. .
(B) Tick () the correct sentences.
- The happy child always cries.
- She plays the whole day.
- There is no shade under the green tree.
- The happy child likes to sit under the tree
III. Say aloud
little, whole, hardly, shade, often, when
IV. Let’s talk
(a) Are you happy today?
(b) Are you sad today?
(c) What makes you happy?
(d) What makes you sad?
(e) Name the colours with which you like to paint your house.
V. Vocabulary
(A) Choose the words from the box to complete the paragraph given below :
hardly, shade, whole, often
Bunty and his sister play under the ________of the Neem tree every afternoon. Today his sister brought a big guava.Bunty was hungry, so he ate the ________guava. The
old milkman________ sits under the tree and tells them stories. They like him and ___ miss any chance of listening to the stories
(B) Read the poem and complete the sentence
with the correct word :
- The child is ……………………. (happy / sad)
- I …………………….. and play. (laugh / cry)
- I have a…………………….. tree. (green / little)
- I sit under the tree when my play …………. (is done/ begins)
VI. Structures in context
(A) Circle the naming words (nouns) in the poem.
My house is red – a little house,
A happy child am I.
I laugh and play the whole day long,
I hardly ever cry.
I have a tree,a green, green tree,
To shade me from the sun,
And under it I often sit,
When all my play is done.
