English: Class 3 — Chapter 3: Best Friends

• Features: Round, beautiful, and has no sharp edges.
• Uses: Used by children to draw smiling faces.
• Examples: Wheels, clock, ball, wool ball, flower.

• Features: Has four sides, and all of them are equal in size.
• Uses: Many sweets and gifts are square in shape.
• Examples: Gift boxes, window panes, tiles.

• Features: Has three sides.
• Uses: Used to draw mountains; many yummy snacks are in this shape.
• Examples: Watermelon slice, cake slice, umbrella, paper boat.

• Features: Has four sides—two are equally long and two are equally short.
• Uses: Biscuits, chocolates, and many everyday objects are rectangular.
• Examples: Books, envelopes, erasers, pencils.

• Role: The wise mediator.
• Lesson: Teaches the shapes the power of unity and collaboration. Together, they can create wonders and beautiful patterns.

• Use a before singular nouns that begin with consonant sounds (e.g., a pigeon, a dog, a cow, a sparrow).
• Use an before singular nouns that begin with vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u) (e.g., an ant, an eagle, an umbrella, an ice-cream).

• Using 'a':
  • A dog is barking at the postman.
  • My mother gives chapattis to a cow everyday.
  • In summers, a sparrow builds its nest on the mango tree near our house.
• Using 'an':
  • I saw an eagle yesterday.
  • Maya bought an umbrella for the monsoon.
  • An ice-cream man brings his cart in the evenings.
• Mixed Practice ('a' or 'an'):
  • A brown hen laid an egg.
  • An eagle sat on a building.
  • Mary ate an apricot, a chikoo and an orange.

Birds:
Who are you?
And what do you do?
We are birds.
We chirp and sing.

Monkeys:
Who are you?
And what do you do?
We are monkeys.
We jump and swing.

Dogs:
Who are you?
And what do you do?
We are dogs.
We run and bark.

Cats:
Who are you?
And what do you do?
We are cats.
We mew in the dark.

Elephants:
Who are you?
And what do you do?
We are elephants.
We raise our trunks.

Lions:
Who are you?
And what do you do?
We are lions.
We roar and hunt.

1. Who were the four friends?
   Circle, Square, Triangle, and Rectangle.
2. Why were they fighting?
   Each of them claimed to be the best.
3. Who helped them to end their fight?
   A wise Star helped them end their fight.
4. What lesson did the friends learn in the end?
   They learned that together they can create wonders and beautiful patterns, and that they are all important.

• a) The circle does not have sharp edges. (True)
• b) A square has four sides but not all of them are equal in size. (False)
• c) The triangle has two sides. (False)
• d) The friends could decide who was the best among them. (False)