Class 3 English • Santoor • Unit: Good Food • Current NCERT-hosted sequence for the 2026–27 session
Chapter overview
Madhu receives unlimited food but learns that water cannot be replaced. The story balances wishes with health, gratitude and essential needs.
Learning focus
This original study companion develops kindness, greed, balanced needs, water, food groups, adjectives and and/but. It is designed for understanding, speaking, activity-based practice and independent revision.
Try this activity
Design a balanced plate and label food, water and one healthy habit.
Practice questions
- What does Madhu learn about water?
- Classify three foods into useful groups.
- Join two ideas once with “and” and once with “but”.
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 9 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.