NCERT Solutions for Class 3 The World Around Us Chapter 6 Living in Harmony (PDF) – 2027

Yes. A cat lives in our house. We also grow a rose plant in a pot.

Yes. We give them water, food and shelter (a safe place to stay).

Sample answer: Yes. I water our rose plant every morning. My mother keeps food and water for our cat.

Yes. We have seen many more.

Sample answer: Yes. I have seen a dog, a cow, a crow, a pigeon, a lizard and an ant.

Write the name of the animal in the first column and where you saw it in the second. If you do not know a name, ask an elder.

My grandmother kept a cow called Gauri. She also had a tulsi plant. Gauri came running whenever Grandmother called her name.

Ants, flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, lizards, rats, sparrows and pigeons often come uninvited.

Uninvited means they come on their own. Nobody brings them.

Sample answer: Ants, lizards and pigeons visit my home. We did not invite them.

They come looking for food, water and shelter.

1. Ants come to spilt sugar.
2. Birds make nests near a window.
3. Many come for a safe, dry place to stay.

Your answer is your own. We may feel happy, or scared, or we may not like them. All these feelings are fine.

Sample answer: I feel happy when a sparrow sits on our window. I feel scared when I see a cockroach.

Name the visitor you like, and say why.

Sample answer: I like the sparrows. They chirp every morning. They hop about on our window.

We should not hurt them, even if we do not like them.

1. Keep food covered and the home clean.
2. Open a door or window so they can go out.
3. Ask an elder for help.

Sample answer: I do not hit a lizard. I open the window, and it goes out.

We depend on plants and animals for food, shelter, clothing and company.

1. Plants give us fruit, vegetables, wood, medicine, fibre for clothes, shade and fresh air.
2. Cows, buffaloes and goats give us milk and loving company.

Plants give animals food and shelter.

1. The mango tree was home to birds, squirrels and monkeys.
2. The monkey ate a mango from the tree.
3. Cows and goats eat grass and leaves.

Animals spread seeds and make the soil fertile.

1. The monkey ate a mango and threw out the seed. A new plant would grow from it.
2. Squirrels bury nuts and forget them. New trees grow from them.
3. Animal waste makes the soil fertile.

1. I water the plants.
2. I keep water and grains for birds.
3. I do not pluck leaves or break branches.
4. I do not hit or chase animals.

Sample answer: I water the tulsi plant every day. In summer I keep a bowl of water on the roof for birds.

They need our care, protection, food and shelter.

1. A plant in a pot needs us to water it.
2. A pet dog or cow needs us to feed it.
3. Animals at home need a safe place to stay.

1. Choose one animal or bird that you see every day.
2. Watch it quietly from a little distance. Do not touch it or chase it.
3. Keep a bowl of water and some grains for it.

Sample answer: I chose a pigeon. It comes to our window every morning.

Write its name. Then write its colour, size and body parts.

Sample answer: I chose a pigeon. It is grey. Its neck shines green and purple. It has two wings and two pink feet.

Write the time and the place.

Sample answer: I first saw it one morning. It was sitting on our window.

Write what you saw.

Sample answer: It was with four other pigeons. They all pecked grains together.

Write how it walks, runs, hops or flies.

Sample answer: The pigeon walks with small steps. Its head moves back and forth. When I come close, it flaps its wings and flies up.

Listen, and write the sound the way it sounds to you.

Sample answer: It went “gutar-goo, gutar-goo”.

Write what you saw it doing.

Sample answer: Yes. I saw it pecking grains. Once two pigeons pushed each other for the same grain.

Write one funny or surprising thing.

Sample answer: Yes! One day the pigeon stepped into the water bowl. It splashed about and took a bath. I laughed a lot.

Say the name of your animal or bird, where and when you saw it, and one funny thing it did. Listen to your friends’ stories too.

Sample answer: My bird is a pigeon. It comes to my window every morning. One day it took a bath in my water bowl!

1. Take a little sweet, fried and cooked food.
2. Put them on the floor in a straight line, one foot apart.
3. Write your guesses. Then sit quietly and watch.

This is a guess. There is no wrong guess.

Sample guess: Ants will come. Birds, like crows, may also come.

The picture on page 79 shows ants, two crows, a small bird, a rat and a dog near the food.

Make your guess first.

Sample guess: The sweet food — sugar or jaggery.

Then watch which food gets the most visitors. That food is their favourite.

Sample guess: Yes, ants will come.

Wait for some time. Ants may take a while to find the food.

Sample guess: From their home — a small hole in the ground or a crack in the wall.

Watch the line of ants. Follow it back to see where it starts.

Sample guess: Most will look the same. Some may be bigger, or of a different colour.

Look closely at their size and colour to check.

Sample guess: The sweet food.

Watch carefully and note which food they reach first.

Sample guess: About 20 ants.

Count the ants at each food. If there are too many, just say “many”.

Sample guess: They will eat some. They will carry small bits back to their home.

Watch them walk away. See what they hold.

I felt calm and light. It felt good to tell my plant friend about my day.

Gopa acted like a frog.

1. He sat down low, with his hands on the floor.
2. He jumped forward, again and again.
3. He may have said “croak, croak”.

The class then guessed, “Frog!”

Sukhiya acted like a tall peepal tree.

1. She stood straight and still, like a trunk.
2. She spread her arms up and out, like branches.
3. She moved her fingers, like leaves in the wind.

We depend on plants and animals for food, shelter, clothing and company.

1. Food — fruit and vegetables from plants; milk from cows, buffaloes and goats.
2. Shelter — wood from trees for our houses.
3. Clothing — fibre from plants.
4. Company — animals give us loving company.

1. Water plants and do not break them.
2. Keep water and grains for birds.
3. Never hurt animals, even if we do not like them.
4. Give them a safe place to live.

Sample answer: I water the plants in my school garden. I keep a bowl of water for birds.

They need us for care, protection, food and shelter.

1. A plant in a pot needs water from us.
2. A cow at home needs food and a shed.
3. Animals need us to keep them safe.

Fill the first blank with a name. Fill the second with a reason.

Sample answer: I like looking at butterflies because their wings have bright colours.

Monkeys make me laugh because they jump from branch to branch and make funny faces.

Write your friend’s name, what your friend likes, and why. You may need to ask your friend.

Sample answer: My friend Ravi likes dogs because his dog plays with him every evening.

I would like to take care of a tulsi plant because it needs water every day and I can help it grow.

Choose one from your answers above.

Sample answer: My favourite is the butterfly.

Give one or two reasons.

Sample answer: I like the butterfly because its wings are very colourful. It flies softly from flower to flower.

1. First list all the animals, birds and insects you know.
2. Find the smallest one. Write it first.
3. Keep going till you reach the largest.

1. Ant
2. Housefly
3. Butterfly
4. Sparrow
5. Crow
6. Cat
7. Dog
8. Goat
9. Cow
10. Elephant

Birds have two legs. For example, a hen, crow, sparrow, pigeon, parrot and duck.

Cow, buffalo, goat, dog, cat and lizard have four legs.

Insects have six legs. For example, an ant, grasshopper, butterfly and housefly.

A spider has eight legs.

Because they keep wagging (moving) their long tails up and down.

“Wag” means to move quickly up and down or from side to side. So they are called “Wag-tails”.

Think of a short title that tells what the story is about.

1. Welcome, Grey Wagtails!
2. Our Winter Guests
3. The Bird Party of Valparai