CBSE Class 3 English NCERT Solutions: Chapter 20 - How Creatures Move

Solution: The action words in the poem describe movement. These are words that show what a creature does. Let's find them:

Walk, leap, crawl, dive, swim, wiggle, swing, hop, sail, dance, walk, run.

These words tell us how different creatures move. For example, 'walk' is how humans and lions move, 'leap' is how squirrels move, and 'dive' is how seals move.

Solution: Boys and girls are described as having the most fun because they are able to perform a variety of energetic and joyful actions. The poem lists these actions as:

leap, dance, walk and run.

These movements allow them to play actively and express their happiness, which is why they are said to have the most fun.

Solution: We need to match each creature with the action word that best describes its movement.

• Lions – Walk
• Squirrels – Leap
• Flies – Crawl
• Seals – Dive
• Worms – Wiggle
• Monkeys – Swing
• Birds – Hop

This matching helps us understand the specific way each animal moves.

Solution: Here are sentences created using the animal-movement pairs from the previous question:

1. Lions – walk: Lions walk with a powerful and steady gait on their padded paws, often patrolling their territory.
2. Squirrels – leap: My pet squirrel loves to leap from the sofa to the bookshelf with amazing agility.
3. Flies – crawl: Flies can crawl on surfaces, which is why it's important to keep food covered to prevent them from landing on it.
4. Seals – dive: Seals are excellent swimmers and can dive deep into the water to catch fish for their meals.
5. Worms – wiggle: After the rain, you can see worms wiggle across the wet soil on the ground.
6. Monkey – swing: We watched the monkeys happily swing from one tree branch to another in the zoo enclosure.
7. Birds – hop: Small birds often hop along the ground searching for seeds and insects.

These sentences show how to use the action words in different contexts.

Solution: To arrange the movement words from slow to fast, we consider how quickly each action is typically performed:

1. Crawl: This is generally the slowest form of movement among the options.
2. Hop: Hopping is quicker than crawling but usually slower than walking.
3. Walk: Walking is a steady pace, faster than hopping for most creatures.
4. Run: Running is the fastest mode of movement listed here.

So, the order from slow to fast is: Crawl, hop, walk, run.

Solution: Silent letters are letters that are written in a word but are not pronounced. Here are the silent letters in the given words:

• Walk: The 'l' is silent.
• straight: The 'gh' is silent.
• more: There is no silent letter in 'more' as pronounced. (Note: The source might have intended a different word or context for silent letters here, but 'e' at the end of 'more' affects the vowel sound, it is not typically considered silent in the same way as in 'walk' or 'straight'.)
• caught: The 'gh' is silent.
• calm: The 'l' is silent.
• talk: The 'l' is silent.

Recognizing silent letters helps in correct pronunciation and spelling.

Solution: This exercise is about practicing the pronunciation of certain words. Saying them aloud helps in improving fluency and clarity. The words are:

• Squirrel
• Question
• Queen
• Quilt

Pay attention to the 'qu' sound in these words, which is often pronounced like 'kw'.