JANDKNCERT | English | Class 3rd | Chant III
The Fisherman and the Genie | Lesson 6 | Prose | English | Chant III | Summary | Questions | Answers
New and Difficult Words with Urdu Meanings
Fisherman
— A person who catches fish — مچھیر
ا
Living — Money earned for daily needs — روزی
روٹی
Seashore — Land beside the sea — سمندر
کا کنارا
Net — A woven mesh used to catch fish — جال
Genie — A magical spirit — جن
Gigantic — Very huge — بہت
بڑا
Jar — A large container — مرتبان
Tricked — Made someone believe something untrue — چالاکی
سے دھوکا دیا
Short Summary
A
poor fisherman finds a large jar in his net, and a gigantic genie comes out of
it. The fisherman cleverly tricks the genie into going back inside the jar,
closes it, and saves himself.
Stop, Think and Write
Question
1. How did the poor man make his living?
Answer: He
made his living from fishing.
Question
2. Why was the net heavy?
Answer: It
was heavy because it contained the body of some animal / a heap of mud / a big
old jar.
Question
3. Who came out of the jar?
Answer: A
gigantic genie came out of the jar.
Question
1. Why was the fisherman afraid?
Answer: The
fisherman was afraid because the genie said he would eat him up.
Question
2. How did the fisherman save himself from the genie?
Answer: The
fisherman tricked the genie into going back into the jar and quickly closed the
lid and threw the jar into the sea.
Let's Write
A.
Words ending with -man (examples)
Answer:
policeman,
postman, salesman, sportsman, businessman
B.
Words ending with -ly (examples)
Answer:
happily,
angrily, quickly, slowly, carefully, loudly
Grammar
– Simple present forms
Answer:
1. lives
2. studies
3. goes
4. like
5. does
6. sleeps