YEAR 3

PDPR MODULE
(with interactive worksheet links)

MODULE 10 :
THE WORLD AROUND US

NAME :

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CLASS :

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Activity 1 : Listen and match. Then, sing together.

THE WORLD HAS GOT MANY ANIMALS

The world has got many animals,

Big, small, thin and tall.
The world has got many animals.
Do you know them all?

Lions are strong, but tigers are stronger.

Horses are fast, but cheetahs are faster.

Giraffes are taller than zebras

And mice are smaller than rats.
Hippos are shorter than elephants
And crocodiles are bigger than cats.

Activity 2 : Look at the pictures. Write the answers correctly.

We use –er than to make comparisons. For example :

• Lions are stronger than mice. Strong - stronger

• Cheetahs are faster than cats. Fast - faster
• Elephants are bigger than tigers. Big - bigger

taller

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Activity 1 : Read the notes given and complete the answers based on the example 1.

Comparisons :

Fat – fatter tall - taller

Strong – stronger short - shorter
Small – smaller fast - faster

The rat is smaller than the cat.

rat cat

The bear ___________________________________________ dog

bear

Greg’s hair ___________________________________________

Greg Anna

The tiger ___________________________________________

tiger lion

The giraffe ___________________________________________

giraffe zebra

The cheetah ___________________________________________ horse

cheetah

Activity 2 : Read. Then, click TRUE or FALSE on the statements below.

1 The cow is smaller than the hen.

2 The tortoise is slower than the rabbit.

3 The duck moves faster than the fish.

4 The worm is longer than the snake.

5 The whale is larger than the sea turtle.

6 The penguin is fatter than the polar bear.

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Activity : Listen and read the story on page 96 and choose the answers.

1 is better than

in

2 are bigger

than

3 are scarier than

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Activity : Look at the notes given. Write the sentences correctly.

Formation of comparative form :

Adjectives that ends with –y = change –y to –ier

Irregular adjectives = change the whole word

Sue

Sue is prettier
1 (pretty)
than Wilma.
Wilma

rat
2
(ugly)
turtle

3 Fred

(angry)

Tina

4 rat

tiger (scary)

5 John

(happy)
Mike

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Activity 1 : Listen (Track 53) and tick the boxes correctly.

Activity 2 : Look at the words. Drag and drop the words to form correct sentences..

1 taller Ben than is sister. his

2 is happier her Emily than sister.

3 his friend. Harry stronger is than

4 than thinner Panda. is monkey The the

5 The longer pencil ruler. than is the

6 smaller The apple watermelon. the than is

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DAY : (The World Around Us) DATE :

Activity : Listen and read. Understand the text and choose the correct answers.

There are eight planets in our solar system : Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The sun is at the centre of our solar system. It is a
star and all the planets go around it. Earth is the planet people live on.

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. it is also the smallest planet.
It is very hot but the hottest planet is Venus. Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune are the coldest planets. Neptune is also the farther planet
from the sun. Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are very big, but Jupiter is
the biggest planet of all.

1 How many planets are

there in our solar
4 Is Venus hotter than
Mercury?
system? a. Yes, it is.
a. seven b. No, it isn’t.
b. eight
5 What are the coldest
planets?
2 Is the sun a planet?
a. Yes, it is a planet.
a. Pluto, Saturn and
Neptune.
b. No, it is a star.
b. Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune.
3 What is the smallest
planet? 6 What is the biggest
a. Mercury planet?
b. Earth a. Uranus
b. Jupiter
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Activity 1 : Listen and read the words. Look at the picture and write the answers.

Activity 2 : Listen, read and look at the picture. Later, click on the correct answers.

Track 58
1 Who has got the biggest teeth?
Freak Horrid Scare

Horrid
2 Who has got the shortest legs?
Freak Horrid Scare
Freak Scare

3 Who has got the longest hair?

Freak Horrid Scare
Horrid is the tallest alien. She has got
the longest hair, too. She has got big
ears and blue eyes.
4 Who has got the smallest ears?
Freak Horrid Scare
Scare is the angriest alien. He has got
the longest teeth, too. He’s green.

Freak is the shortest alien. He has got

5 Who’s the angriest?
Freak Horrid Scare
the smallest ears and the
shortest legs.

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Activity : Listen to the vocabulary. Read the questions and click on the correct answers.

Jupiter

Mercury Venus

Earth
Neptune

Mars

Venus

Earth

Uranus

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Activity 1 : Look at the picture. Read the questions and match the correct answers.

1 Lynn is ___________ than John. oldest

Beth is the ___________ of the three. older

2 Tom is ___________ than Fred. younger

Kelly is the ___________ of the three. youngest

3 Dan is ___________ than Amy. happiest

Mike is the ___________ of the three. happier

4 Earth is ___________ than Jupiter. smaller

Mercury is the ___________ planet in

smallest
the solar system.

Activity 2 : Read the questions and write your own answers.

1 Who’s the youngest in your family?

2 Who’s the tallest in your class?

3 Who’s the funniest of your friends?

4 Who’s your best friend?

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DAY : (The World Around Us) DATE :

Activity 1 : Look at the picture. Drag and drop the names of planets correctly.

Neptune Mercury Earth Saturn Mars

Venus Jupiter Uranus

2 4 6 8

Sun

1 3 5 7
Activity 2 : Rearrange the spellings to form the correct names of planets.

1 arsM 5 uycrMre

2 urSatn 6 snVue

3 peuNten 7 pritJeu

4 hrEat 8 aUsurn

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Activity : How much do you know about our solar system? Do the crossword.

1
3
2
4 5
6
7
8
1 It’s the star of our solar system.

2 We live on this planet.

3 It’s the biggest planet.

4 It’s the planet farthest from the sun.

5 It’s one of the coldest planet.

6 It’s the red planet.

7 It’s the planet closest to the sun.

8 It’s the hottest planet.

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DAY : (The World Around Us) DATE :

Activity : Listen to the story or read on page 102 and 103. Later, write your answers.

Popigo, a poor (1) _______________ loved Princess Emma. On Princess Emma’s

birthday, the (2) ______________ had a big party. There were a lot of

(3) __________________ and (4) _______________ men there. Popigo was sad. Then,

Popigo saved the princess. He was the fastest of all and caught the (5)

______________. The King was very (6) _______________ and Popigo was happy, too.

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