A Third Workbook o
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English by Nirmali Hettiarachchi Mrinali Thalgodapitiya and
Rajiva Wijesinha
Illustrated by
Sybil Wettasinghe
Publishedby English Association'of Sri Lanka, Junior English hoject
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English Associationof Sri Lanka Junior ReadersProject
Chief Editor
: Nirmali Hettiarachchi
Editorial Assistant : Malathi Thalgodapitiya Editorial Board
: Nihal Cooray Nirmali Hettiarachchi Rajiva l{ijesinha
ISBN 955-9068-4&2
This workbookis at the third level of the Learning English Seriesprepared by the Junior ReadersProjectof the English Associationof Sri [,anka, with the assistanceof a grant from the Canadian International Development Agency.
This is your very own English workbook. Treat it as a helpful friend. Keep it neat and tidy. Put a cover to it and always wriEe in i-t. as neatly as, you can" Try your best to get al-l the exercises right. But, most of a1-l-, have fun with it. Answer in complete senLences.
l) Ilhat is your full name?
?, Wheredo ysu live?
3) Whatis the nameof your school?
4) t{hat Year are you in?
5 ) hlhat subject do you I i ke best?
6) ttlhatis the nameof your principal?
7',)}{hat is your favourjte kincl of foorl?
S) Whatis your favourite cojour?
lqvq of the week ,
Here are the days of the week. BUL uhey are jumbled up. ?ut them in the correct order.
Tuesday
Sunday Monday
tt{eclnesclay Thursday Saturday
Friday
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5,
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6. 7.
Fil1 in rhe blanks with Lhe names of the davs of the week.
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are the days
of the weekend. 2.
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go to school. 3.
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is the day before the weekend.
4. This year my birthday falls on a 5.
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is the middleof the week.
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Answer in a complete senLence.
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j"s Find the litt1e words hiding inside the big words. The firsL doqe for you. There may be more than one little word in sorne big words. Ir/riLe down as many as you can find at the bottom.
Boat
Box
Pill
Shout
Soap
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Say whether these sentences are true or false.
1) Girls uear frocks.
Yes. they do,
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No, it isn't.
Glassis nice to eat.
3) l{e live in Sri Lanka, 4) Horsescan fly. growon coconuttrees. 5) Mangoes 6) A squarehas four sides. 7l Colombo.is the capital of Sri Lanka 8) Boyslay eggs. 9) Henslay eggs. 10) Elephantsare smalJanimals. 11) A chickenhas four legs. 121Thathahas two legs. 13) I amsometimes naughty. 14) Malli js alwaysnaughty.
PreqoFitions Look at whaL is happenlng in wlLh the words given below.
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in
the picture
under
1) The clogI s ,' under 2',)Malais sitting 3) The bookis 4') The pen is 5) The light is
6) Thepicture is
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and fill
above
the
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the chair. the chalr. the table. the book, the picture, the llght.
in
blanks
near
Add the suitable verb form from Lhe right the left to make complete sentences.
side
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each noun on
1, Du cks
reads
2. 0 wls
roar
3..Cyclists
sh'im
4. Bircls
ride
5. Sharma
hoot
6, Lio ns
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Now add the phrases just compleLed.
given
in the pond in the dark her favourite book
beldw to
the
short
sentences you have
their bicyclesacrossthe field to their nests from their cagein the zoo
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3. 4, 5. 6. 7
Look carefully
at
the classroom and
the
pictures
on both
whatever you. find in the home under that
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chairs
books cat cl assroom
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pages.' Then wriLe
picLure.
table table cloth
pi ctures
whatever you flnd
in the classroom under the picture
bl ackboard
vase
stool
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clesks
teacher
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Achchi
P'illows
brokenglass home
Look back at the pictures of the classroom and the home. Now fill in the blanks to show what is happening in the classroom with the same words' used in the,previous page.
1) The
ls rtriting on the blackboarclbut a few of the chilclrenare naughty.
2) Oneboy is underthe 3) Somegood
are Lrriti ng.
4l Samanthiis pulling Ranil's al
5) Thereare-
on the t+all of the classroom.
Now do the same for the other pj.cLure.
1) The dog is taking food off the
2) Annai s shoutingat the 3) Achchiis resting on the doesn't knowthat t-he 4l Thereis boiled water in the 5) Malli has brokena
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is on her pillow. on the table. and is hiding.
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i{ake the following
words p1ural.
by adding es
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changing y to ies |-
city
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baby
box
puppv
watch
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witch
army
fox
fly
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party
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country
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lorry
tomato
curry
brush
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Monthg of the vear Flere are the months of the year. Write them in the correct ordeir.
February
May
July
September
August
March
June
December
January
ApriI
November
0ctober
Fil1
in the blanks with
1)
the months of the |â‚Źarr
'is the first monthof the Year.
2 l TheKandyPereherais in 3 ) Vesakcomesin
in comes 4 ) Christmas 5 ) Mybirthdayis in
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l Dirldums Diddumsis a baelclog As bad as bacican be He ran ab{ayanclhad a paddle In the river Dee Thenhe founcla puddle Full of black mudto the brim Anclrolled and rolled and rolled and rolled And not*just look at him Tai] muddy,nosemuddy Mudin either ear you're a bad clog "Diddums Dear, dear, dear."
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Write out these sentences in the order of the poem.
He ran awayand batheclin the river Dee. But then he founcla hole full of dirty, black mud. Nowhe haclmudal I over him. Therehrasonce a naughtyrlog called Didclums. Whenhe cameout he wasnice and clean. He rolled anclrolled and rolled and rolled in it. He got a scolding.
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Write down these senLences in the order of the pictures.
Malaand Ravi are bathingby the well. Malaand Ravi meettheir friends. Ravi and Mala are readyto go to school. Ravi is drawingwater from the well. Thedog has kicked the bucket. Malais brushingher teeth, Amma is combing Mala's hair. The dog sprayswater all over MaIaand Ravi. 1. 2, 3. 4.
5. 6.
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Answer in complete sentencesr
1.
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l t l h oi s drawingwaterfromthe well?
2. lrlhatjs Maladoing in the secondpicture?
3.
In which picture did the clogget t,tet?
combing? hair is Amma 4. Whose
do Mala and Ravi meetat the school gate? 5. Whom
6. tt{howet MaIa anclRavi?
7. Whereare Malaand Ravi bathing?
8. rlrlhatdo Mala and Rav'iwear to school?
9. Whok'ickeclthe bucket? 17
oi vowel letters. Make words with Given below are a combination you. A few are done for l-eLters' consonant ifre following
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Look at the pictures below.
and fill
in the blanks wlth the words given
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scoldin9
cl imbing
running
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f alllnn
giv in g ,
crying
1) MaIais
the tree.
2l Malais
a mango.
3) Ammais
MaIa,
4) Mala is
a mangoto Ravi.
5) MalaandRavi are 6) Mala1S
Ravi.
7l Ravi 1S
dobrn.
8) Ravi is
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WriLe a short answei to each of a compJ-etesentence begin4ing with
these tyest
questions or tnot.
Is tne earth round? Is the moonsquare? Do I love myfamily? Hasa spider9ot six legs? Doesmyd09 knowthe aI phabet? Is our housemadeof bi scuits? Do dogshavefur? Do cats grolv feathers? Are elephantsbi99er than Achchis? Are whalesmammals? Canfish live out of tltater? I:s,Sri Lankain the Inclian0cean? Doesseeyalive on the moon? Do fish walk about the gardenat night? Mustwe boil our clrinkinguater? DoesAnrna boil the babydaily? Do stars shine at night? Do stars play volleyball durjng the day? Is Hambantota the capital of Sri Lanka? Is Colombo the capital of Sri Lanka? Is Russiajust aboveSri Lanka?
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Yes. it is. , No, it isn't. Yes, I do,