Here Comes a Letter Class 3 EVS Question Answers

The chapter “Here Comes a Letter” is Chapter 13 taken from Let’s Look Around and Learn Environmental Studies Textbook for Class 3rd students of JKBOSE and Chapter 17 for students of NCERT board. This particular post is about Here Comes a Letter Class 3 EVS Question Answers. In the last post, you read Games We Play Class 3 EVS Chapter 12 Question Answers. Let’s get started:

Here Comes a Letter Class 3 EVS Question Answers

Introduction

The Chapter “Here Comes a Letter” is about the oldest means of communication i.e letters. It tells the students about what is letter and how it is sent from one person to another. It also discusses how a letter reaches the recipient.

Here Comes a Letter Class 3 EVS Chapter 12 Question Answers

Write Page No. 82

Given below is the journey of a letter shown through pictures. The pictures are not in a sequence. Arrange these to get the correct sequence, by putting a number in the circles.

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Write Page No. 83

Reena wrote a letter to Ahmed. Write a letter to your friend in the class. Don’t forget to write your friend’s name. Everyone has written a letter. But where do we post it?

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Dear Sumit,

I am fine and hope you are fine too. I have learnt the lesson for the class test. I hope you also have prepared the lesson. We will play carom in the game period. That’s all by now.

Your friend

Rajeev

Discuss Page No. 84

a) What difference do you see in these letters?

Ans. There are several types of letters which vary in dimensions. The various types of letters are postcards, Inland letters, Envelopes etc.

b) Which letters have stamps on them?

Ans. All letters have stamps on them.

c) Are all the stamps similar? What are the differences?

Ans. Different stamps have a different values. The different types of stamps have different pictures, designs and colours.

d) Have you seen the stamp of the post office on these letters?

Ans. Yes, I have seen the stamp of the post office on all the letters.

Do/Make Page No. 84

Collect different types of stamps and paste the below.

Ans. Students have to do it themselves.

Write Page No. 85

Write your full address on the postcard given below.

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Discuss Page No. 86

Reena’s letter reached Delhi by train. How do you think letters reached distant places when there were no trains?

Ans. When there were no trains to carry letters to distant places, messengers and pigeons were used to do the task.

Do/Make Page No. 86

Visit a post office near your house or school. Observe how letters reach here and are sent from here. What other works take place here?

Ans. Following additional works takes place in the post office.

1. a) Selling of envelopes, postcards and stamps.
2. b) Sending of money orders.
3. c) Deposit and withdrawal of money.
4. d) Sending telegrams and
5. e) Insurance

What is this? What are Razia and her Aapaa saying to each other about a letter?

As. Razia told Appa that She had learnt about the journey of a letter in her class and wanted to write a letter to Nani. Appa exclaimed that she (Razia) knows how to write a letter. She said that she was going to make a phone call and if she wants she can come along.

Write Page No. 87

Where all have you seen telephones?

Ans. We have seen telephones in telephone booths, schools, hospitals, hotels, offices etc.

With whom do you talk on the telephone?

Ans. We can talk to our friends and relatives on the telephone.

Which of the two do you like more—writing a letter or making a phone call? Why?

Ans. I like making a phone call more than writing a letter because the telephone is fast means of communication. On a phone call, we get a response from another side at the same time while we have to wait for days to receive a response to a letter.

Telephones are of different types. Draw pictures of telephones you have seen.

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We wrote a letter. We also made a phone call. What are the similarities and differences between a letter and a phone call?

Ans. Similarities between a letter and a phone call

1. a) Both are the means of carrying messages from one place to another.
2. b) Both can be used at any place in the world.

Differences between a letter and phone call

1. a) We can hear a voice during a phone call not in a letter.
2. b) We can communicate with others instantly with help of a phone call while letters take some time to reach their destination.
3. c) A phone call costs more than a letter.

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