Class 3 English • Santoor • Unit: Good Food • Current NCERT-hosted sequence for the 2026–27 session
Chapter overview
A farmer’s surprising response shows quick thinking and gratitude: a difficult situation could have been much worse. The tale invites discussion of perspective.
Learning focus
This original study companion develops wit, gratitude, perspective, fruit vocabulary, opposites, is/are and recipe sequence. It is designed for understanding, speaking, activity-based practice and independent revision.
Try this activity
Write a three-step fruit-salad procedure using first, next and finally.
Practice questions
- Why does the farmer say “Thank God”?
- Write two pairs of opposites.
- Choose is or are in two fruit sentences.
How should this chapter be revised?
Read or listen for meaning, note five useful words, retell the central idea, complete the activity and answer the questions without copying.
Which edition does this page follow?
The currently hosted PDF visibly carries a 2025–26 reprint stamp; it remains in NCERT’s live Santoor sequence checked on 27 September 2026. This wording avoids claiming a newer printed stamp than the official file itself shows.
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Official sources: NCERT Santoor Chapter 8 PDF · CIET Santoor audio book
NCERT Kaksha independently prepared this companion. Unit openers and embedded poems, stories, crafts and assessments remain within their official parent chapter; textbook passages and artwork are not reproduced.