BHAVAN’S PUBLIC SCHOOL – DOHA QATAR
ENGLISH – TEACHING NOTES
GRADE – III
MAIN LITERATURE READER
LESSON 1- REGGIE MOUSE’S SHRINKING CLOTHES
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SUMMARY OF THE LESSON
It is a picture story about a mouse that does not play and does not eat healthy food.
Reggie mouse loved to eat cheese and avoided all other food. His mother, Rita,
was worried about this habits. Whenever she tried to speak to him, he wouldn’t
listen. One day, when he was getting dressed, all the buttons of his shirt came off
and his pants ripped apart. None of his shirts fitted him as he had become fat.
Reggie thought all his shirts were shrunk and began to cry. He realizes his mistakes
and follows his mother’s advice. Soon his clothes un shrunk.
NEW WORDS
Shrinking
Surprised
Instead
Shrunk
Awful
ANTONYMS
Awful X wonderful
Often X seldom
Worried X calm
More X less
Outside X inside
Healthy X unhealthy
Meanings
Shrunk - became smaller
Awful - unpleasant
Worried – anxious
Cereals –a grain used for food.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
1. What advice did Reggie’s mother give to her son?
Ans. Reggie’s mother advised her son to start eating healthy food such as fruits,
vegetables, cereals and fish. She also told him that he should go out and play with
his friends more often.
2. Why didn’t Reggie listen to her advice?
Ans. Reggie didn’t listen to her advice because he loved cheese and declared that
he would not eat anything else. He also said that it was too hot to play outside and
he would watch T.V instead.
3. Why did the buttons of Reggie’s shirt go pop?
Ans. Reggie’s shirt buttons went ‘pop’ because he had become too fat and couldn’t
fit into his clothes anymore. The shirt had become too tight for him.
4. Why were Reggie’s clothes lying on the floor?
Ans. Reggie’s clothes were lying on the floor because he had tried them all as none
of the clothes were fitting him anymore.
5. How did Reggie un- shrink his clothes?
Ans. Reggie started to play football with his friends every afternoon. He started
having healthy food such as soup, carrots, spinach, and grapes for dinner. Thus
Reggie lost weight and un shrunk his clothes
GRAMMAR
NOUNS
Nouns are naming words.
TYPES OF NOUNS
PROPER NOUNS are names of a particular person, place, or thing.
Names of person, countries , towns ,states , continents are proper nouns
Eg – Rita, Qatar, Asia, Mumbai
Names of subjects, days of the week, months of the year are proper nouns.
Eg – Math, Monday , April
Names of , newspaper , magazines, festivals, Special days are proper nouns.
Eg- The Peninsula, Diwali, Republic Day
Names of mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, oceans
Eg – Mt. Everest, Ganges, Pacific Ocean.
COMMON NOUNS are names of people , animals, places and things.
Common nouns can be common names of
Animals, birds, insects
Eg – tiger, hen, worm
Places
Eg- church, park, city, village
Things
Eg – calendar, milk, board
Parts of the body
Eg – ear, nose, leg
Trees, fruits , vegetables, flowers
Eg – banyan tree, grapes, potato
Underline the proper nouns in the following sentences
1. Sofia is my friend.
2. My aunt lives in Canada.
3. The river Ganga is in India.
4. English is my favourite subject.
5. Friday is a holiday.
Underline the common nouns in the following sentences.
1. My uncle gave me a new pen.
2. There is a park close to my house.
3. My sister is a doctor.
4. Doha is a big city.
5. My friend bought a beautiful frock.
COLLECTIVE NOUNS are words used for groups of people, animals or things.
Eg: 1) An army of soldiers
2) A class of students.
3) A shoal of fish
4) A team of players
Unscramble the letters and write the collective nouns(English Ferry reader:
page no: 10)
1) A pride of lions
2) A gaggle of geese
3) A bunch of grapes
4) A colony of ants
5) A litter of puppies
6) A gang of thieves
7) A crowd of people
8) A pack of rats
