CBSE Class 3 EVS

NCERT Solutions

Chapter -16

GAMES WE PLAY

1. Write the names of all the games mentioned in the lesson in the table below. Make a

in front of those games played indoors. Against the outdoor games make a .

Don’t forget to write the number of players needed for the game. If some other things

are also needed to play the game, then write their names as well.

Ans.

GameNumber of PlayersThings Needed
Stapoo2Stapoo and chalk
Langdi-Taang5-6-
Hide and Seek2-5-
Seven Tiles4-
Stones25 small stones
Wrestling2Court2 / 4
Gilli-danda2Gilli and Danda
Kabaddi14Court
Marbles2Marbles
Kite1Kite, thread
Chess2Chess board, chess keys
House-house10Doli, toys
Carrom4Carrom board, keys
Ludo4Ludo board, Ludo button

2. Do you play some games with your family members? Which games and with whom?

Ans.

Family MemberName of the Game
SisterLudo
MotherLudo
FatherLudo


3. How many games do you know which we play with a ball? Write their names.

Ans. Cricket, Hockey, Table tennis, Lawn tennis, Football.


4. Have you heard of Sania Mirza? She also plays a ball game. Find out which one and

write’s its name.

Ans. Yes, Sania Mirza plays lawn tennis.


5. Which game do you most like the most?

Ans. Cricket.


6. Find out from the elders in your family or in the neighbourhood: Which games did

they play when they were children?

Ans. When the elders in my family were children they used to play – Gilli-danda, Ludo,

Football, Hide and Seek etc.


7. Match the riddles with the pictures. Write the name of the game in the given space.

Ans. If you land on a snake, do not frown. In this game you go up and down Snake and

Ladder.

It has no wings but it can fly, High high up in the sky Kite.

Fours and sixes if you can get. A century is sure I can bet Cricket.

Small and coloured are these glass balls, to win the game you have to aim with them all

Marbles.

On the board are squares black and white. There’s the king, the queen and the knight Chess.

King, queen, ace and jack fifty-two of them make a pack Cards.


8. Besides playing, what else do you do?

Ans. Reading, go to School, Watching TV, help mother in work, Dancing and Writing.