Chapter 3: Rama to the Rescue
In this funny picture story, a husband and wife outsmart a thief with a clever trick that brings the village kotwal running. Read the story in your Poorvi book, then use these topics to understand it, learn contractions, the present progressive tense and adverbs, and talk about staying safe.
In this chapter you will
- understand and retell the story with a story map
- use contractions correctly
- use the present progressive tense and adverbs
- tell exclamatory and interrogative sentences apart
- talk and write about staying safe
Topics
- Read: The Story NCERT pp. 20–25
A couple hear a thief breaking in and pretend to choose a name for their child.
- Think and Reflect NCERT pp. 26–27
A story map has setting, characters, problem and solution.
- Words: Contractions NCERT pp. 27–28
A contraction is a short form where an apostrophe replaces missing letters (I'm = I am, don't = do not).
- Grammar: Present Progressive, Adverbs and Sentence Types NCERT pp. 28–32
Present progressive (am/is/are + verb-ing) shows an action happening now.
- Listen, Speak and Write: Staying Safe NCERT pp. 32–35
Stay safe: lock doors, tell an adult about anything suspicious, don't talk to strangers, call 100 or 112 in an emergency.
Key words
- Rescue
- to save someone from danger
- Kotwal
- a village policeman
- Contraction
- a short form with an apostrophe (I'm, don't)
- Present progressive
- am/is/are + verb-ing, for actions happening now
- Adverb
- a word that tells how, when or where an action happens
- Exclamatory
- a sentence showing strong feeling, ending with !
Summary
- A clever couple pretend to name their child "Rama" so their shouts bring Kotwal Rama, who catches a thief.
- Contractions use an apostrophe for missing letters: I'm, it's, don't.
- Present progressive: am/is/are + verb-ing; adverbs tell how, when, where.
- Exclamatory sentences end with !, interrogative ones with ?.