“Our Green Friends” is a lesson from the Textbook “Butterfly” approved by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education for Students of Class 3. Here all the Activity Questions are done by teachers.
Unit – I
Activity – 1
Underline the correct answer in the brackets. One is done for you:
a. Trees make the world (living/water/green).
Answer: Trees make the world green.
b. The light of the (Moon/Sun/lamp) helps trees to make food.
Answer: The light of the Sun helps trees to make food.
c. (All/Some/No) trees are big.
Answer: Some trees are big.
d. The part of a tree under the ground is (root/branch/leaves).
Answer: The part of a tree under the ground is root.
e. Wild animals live in the (forest/villages/water).
Answer: Wild animals live in the forest.
Activity – 2
Find five naming words from the above text. Put them in List – A. Find five doing words from the above text. Put them in List – B. One is done for you:
| List A | List B |
| 1. trees | 1. give |
| 2. | 2. |
| 3. | 3. |
| 4. | 4. |
| 5. | 5. |
Answer:
| List A | List B |
| 1. trees | 1. give |
| 2. Roots | 2. Go |
| 3. Soil | 3. Help |
| 4. Water | 4. Make |
| 5. Friends | 5. Draw |
Activity – 3
Let’s answer the following questions:
a. Does a tree have life?
Answer: Yes, a tree has life.
b. Where do trees make their food?
Answer: Trees make their food in their leaves.
c. What does a goat eat?
Answer: A goat eats leaves and grass.
d. Which part of the tree carries food to its different parts?
Answer: Tree branches carry food to its different parts.
e. Which part of a tree draws water?
Answer: Root of a tree draws water.
Activity – 4
You can see pictures of some parts of a tree and the names of those parts.
Match the names with the pictures:
Answer:
Activity – 5
Let’s put [T] for true and [F] for false statements in the boxes:
a. Roots give strength to a tree. [ ]
Answer: Roots give strength to a tree. [ T ]
b. Wild animals live around us. [ ]
Answer: Wild animals live around us. [ F ]
c. Trees can be big or small. [ ]
Answer: Trees can be big or small. [ T ]
d. Flowers and fruits are the gifts of the green world. [ ]
Answer: Flowers and fruits are the gifts of the green world. [ T ]
e. Green forests do not help to bring rain. [ ]
Answer: Green forests do not help to bring rain. [ F ]
Activity – 6
Flowers and fruits make nature very colourful, don’t they? Here are five colours. Against each colour, write the name of one flower/fruit of that colour:
| Colour | Flower | Fruit |
| red | ||
| yellow | ||
| white | ||
| pink | ||
| blue |
Answer:
| Colour | Flower | Fruit |
| red | Rose | Apple |
| yellow | Marigold | Banana |
| white | Lily | White peach |
| pink | Lotus | Dragon fruit |
| blue | Clitoria | blueberries |
Activity – 7
The following list tells you about the parts of a tree. But there are some words that do not refer to parts of a tree. Let’s find them and cross them out:
1. leaves
2. roots
3. trunk
4. feathers
5. flowers
6. fruits
7. bones
8. branches
9. fin
10. claw
Answer:
1. leaves
2. roots
3. trunk (X)
4. feathers ( X)
5. flowers
6. fruits
7. bones (X)
8. branches
9. fin ( X)
10. claw ( X)
Activity – 8
Write two words each, beginning with the following letter-clusters. One is done for you:
(a) Fr – fruit , ___________
(b) tr – ________ , ___________
(c) cl – _________, ___________
(d) sh – __________ , ___________
(e) sp – __________ , ___________
Answer:
(a) Fr – fruit , friend
(b) tr – tree , train
(c) cl – clock , cloud
(d) sh – sheep , ship
(e) sp – spoon , spring
Activity – 9
Some letters are missing in the following words. Fill in the blanks by choosing letters from the help box. An example is given for you:
Help Box:
| d l h c to g f v nr i m a r |
branches, d _ _ w, _ ift,
me _ ici _ e, in _ ite, w_nde_ful, _ rien _ ly.
Answer:
branches
d ra w,
Lift
me d ici n e,
in v ite,
wonderful
F rien d ly.
Activity-10
With the help of the following words, write four sentences about Trees.
| We green trees help flower oxygen get fruits friends give vegetables are big need wood small |
Answer:
Trees are our best friends. Some trees are big and some trees are small. We get flowers, fruits and vegetables from trees. Trees have green leaves and we get wood from trees. We get oxygen from trees.
Unit – II
Activity 11
Let’s tick [✓] the right answer:
a. The mango tree in the farmer’s garden –
(i) bore many fruits [ ]
(ii) bore only a few fruits [ ]
(iii) bore no fruit at all [ ]
Answer: The mango tree in the farmer’s garden – bore no fruit at all.
b. The farmer struck –
(i) at a branch
(ii) at the root
(iii) at the trunk
Answer: The farmer struck – at the trunk.
c. The honey was –
(i) bitter
(ii) tasteless
(iii) sweet
Answer: The honey was – sweet.
d. The sparrows, butterflies and squirrels were happy because –
(i) the farmer did not take away the honey
(ii) the farmer planted another young mango tree
(iii) the farmer went away without cutting down the old tree
Answer: The sparrows, butterflies and squirrels were happy because – the farmer went away without cutting down the old tree.
Activity 12
Find out who made these statements:
a. Don’t cut down this tree
Answer: All the creatures living in the tree.
b. No tree can be useless
Answer: The farmar.
Activity 13
Let’s answer the following questions:
a. What did the farmer use to cut down the tree?
Answer: The farmer use a sharp axe to cut down the tree.
b. What did the farmer see in the hollow of the tree?
Answer: The farmer saw a beehive full of honey in the hollow of the tree.
c. What did the farmer finally realise?
Answer: The farmer finally realised that the tree was not useless.
Activity 14
Let’s fill in the blanks with words from the help box:
a. A ___________ grows vegetables for us.
b. Squirrels ____________ in the trees.
c. ____________ , our teacher came into the class.
d. I like ____________ .
e. Always ____________ to your teacher.
Help Box
| suddenly, sweets, farmer, listen, live |
Answer:
a. A farmer grows vegetables for us.
b. Squirrels live in the trees.
c. suddenly , our teacher came into the class.
d. I like sweets .
e. Always listen to your teacher.
Activity 15
Here are some doing words. Let’s add – ed to these:
Words: start, work, match, jump
Answer:
start – started.
work – worked.
match – matched.
jump – jumped.
Activity 16
Let’s form words from the jumbled letters. The first letter and the last letter of each word are given :
1. fttreblyu : b ____________ y
2. leuqrsri : s ____________ l
3. trceareus : c _____________ s
4. atrefthree : t ______________ r
5. dernusotod: u ____________ d
Answer:
1. fttreblyu : butterfly
2. leuqrsri : squirrel
3. trceareus : creatures
4. atrefthree : thereafter
5. dernusotod: understood
Activity 17
Let’s match words with their opposites. One is done for you:
| A | B |
| old | bitter |
| sharp | start |
| finish | sad |
| sweet | young |
| happy | blunt |
Answer:
| A | B |
| old | young |
| sharp | blunt |
| finish | start |
| sweet | bitter |
| happy | sad |
Activity 18
Write the missing letters in the empty boxes to make meaningful words:
Answer:
Activity 19
Fill in the blanks with the words given in the help box:
1. We love _________ school.
2. He does _________ work himself.
3. Rani plays with _________ brother.
4. The sparrows, squirrels, and butterflies left _______ tree.
5. I do _________ class work daily.
6. A tree can make _________ own food.
Help Box
| my, your, our, its, his, her, their |
Answer:
1. We love our school.
2. He does his work himself.
3. Rani plays with her brother.
4. The sparrows, squirrels, and butterflies left their tree.
5. I do my class work daily.
6. A tree can make its own food.