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Class 3 The World Around Us — Staying healthy and happy

Know the habits the chapter builds a day around — brushing, washing, sleep, water and playing outside — and tell a safe place to play from an unsafe one.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.The daily routine asks you to sleep for at least this many hours in a day. Tap that number.

    Mark the line with an X.

    0123456789101112

  2. 2.Moyna draws her day as a circle of twenty-four slices: eight for sleeping, six for school or study, two for eating, two for helping her parents, one for television or the phone, one for the toilet and two for other things. The slices left over are playing outside. How many hours is that?

    • a) One
    • b) Two
    • c) Six
    • d) Four

  3. 3.Which trees does Moyna's Dadu take his twigs from?

    • a) Mango or jamun
    • b) Coconut or khejri
    • c) Neem or babool
    • d) Peepal or banyan

  4. 4.How often does the chapter say to brush your teeth, and when?

    • a) Three times, after each meal
    • b) Twice, both of them in the morning
    • c) Twice — once after waking up and once before going to bed
    • d) Once, straight after breakfast

  5. 5.The chapter names two moments when hands must be washed with soap. Which pair?

    • a) Before waking up, and before combing your hair
    • b) After using the toilet, and after coming home from outdoors
    • c) Before playing, and before reading
    • d) After brushing your teeth, and after a shower

  6. 6.What does the chapter ask you to do each time after you have eaten?

    • a) Drink a glass of milk
    • b) Go outside and play
    • c) Brush your teeth again
    • d) Rinse your mouth

  7. 7.Why does the chapter say you breathe faster and deeper after running fast?

    • a) Because exercise makes the heart work harder and better
    • b) Because your lungs shrink while you run
    • c) Because you have been holding your breath
    • d) Because the air outside is thinner when you move

  8. 8.The chapter asks which places are safe to play in. Sort them.

    Groups: Safe to play · Not safe to play

    • A construction site
    • A park
    • A schoolground
    • A roof without railings
    • A busy road

Answer key — Class 3 The World Around Us — Staying healthy and happy

  1. 1. 8
  2. 2. b) Two
  3. 3. c) Neem or babool
  4. 4. c) Twice — once after waking up and once before going to bed
  5. 5. b) After using the toilet, and after coming home from outdoors
  6. 6. d) Rinse your mouth
  7. 7. a) Because exercise makes the heart work harder and better
  8. 8. A park → Safe to play; A schoolground → Safe to play; A busy road → Not safe to play; A roof without railings → Not safe to play; A construction site → Not safe to play