ENGLISH 3rd Class NSM

 blooms (verb) : become happy or fresh

 castle(noun) : a large strong building
 feeble (adjective) : very weak
 generous (adjective) : willing to give freely
 giant (noun) : a very large and strong person
 glad (adjective) : happy placed
 notice (noun) : warning given in advance
 often (adverb) : many times
 peeps(verb) : look secretly
 selfish (adjective) : a caring only about yourself

opposites:
 Giant × dwarf
 Huge × tiny
 Glad × sad
 Often × rare
 Feeble × strong

Tenses :
Allow – allowed
Forget – forgot
Punish – punished
Understand – understood
Break – broke
Fill – filled
Grow – grew
Question & answers:

1. Why do you think the spring forgot to visit the giants garden ?
a. spring forgets to visit the giants garden because the giant was very
selfish and did not allow the children to play in his garden.

2. Why does the giants heart melt ?

a. The giants heart melt because he saw the tree was glad and covered
itself with flowers as the children were back again and realized his
mistake.

3. What message do we get from the story “THE SELFISH GIANT” ?

a. The message we get from the story “THE SELFISH GIAT” is
happiness lies in sharing and caring .
 RIP VAN WINKLE
 companion (noun) : friend
 barrel (noun) : a large round container
 decided (verb) : thought carefully
 favorite : liked more
 gather (verb) :came together
 ignored (verb) : paid no attention
 refuse (verb) : to say so
 response (noun) : an answer
 strange (adjective) : unusual surprise
 ache : pain

opposites:
lazy x active
strange x familiar
companion x foe
same x different
refuse x accept
never x always
tense
try - tried
hear-heard
carry- carried
ache-ached
rube-rubbed
run-ran
find-found
hug-hugged

Question & answers:

1.What did the men do when Rip van winkle placed

the barrel on the ground ?
a) When Rip van winkle placed the barrel on the
ground the men pulled out their mugs dipped them
in the barrel and drank something from it.
2.Why did Rip van winkle feel that the village had
changed ?
a) Rip van winkle felt that the village had changed
because he was unable to recognize it as he could
not see anyone who was known to him.
3.What is the moral of the story of Rip van winkle ?
a) The moral of the Rip van winkle is, one should
not be lazy.