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Class 3 · Hindi · Stage: Classes 3-5

Vocabulary and everyday communication

Generic topic

This topic comes from GayaGnan's India-wide K–12 catalog. It is not copied from, or an official chapter of, any board's textbook: check your board's syllabus for the exact chapter and depth.

🎯 Learning outcomes

  • Use synonyms, antonyms and words for feelings, places and professions
  • Use the language in requests, directions, shopping and phone calls
  • Learn words from other Indian languages that are similar

Before you start: Everyday vocabulary.

📖 Explanation

Synonyms (पर्यायवाची / పర్యాయపదాలు): जल = पानी = नीर; నీరు = జలం. Antonyms (विलोम / వ్యతిరేక పదాలు): दिन–रात; పగలు–రాత్రి.

Everyday communication: asking directions ('स्टेशन कैसे जाएँ?' / 'స్టేషన్‌కి ఎలా వెళ్ళాలి?'), shopping, phone calls with greetings and clear messages.

Many Indian languages share words from Sanskrit and other sources: 'విద్య' and 'विद्या' both mean learning; 'పుస్తకం' and 'पुस्तक' both mean book.

🇮🇳 Example from India

A child in Mysuru helps a tourist from Lucknow by saying in Hindi, 'सीधे जाइए, फिर बाएँ मुड़िए।' (Go straight, then turn left.)

⚠️ Common mistake

✗ Indian languages are completely unrelated to each other
✓ Many share words, especially from Sanskrit, and have influenced each other for centuries.

🧪 Try this activity

Make a chart of ten words that are similar in Hindi, Telugu and one more Indian language.

✍️ Question bank with answers

Tap an option to check multiple-choice answers. Open “Answer” or “Marking points” for the others.

  1. Multiple choice 1 mark · easy

    A synonym of 'पानी' is

    Answer

    B. जल

    जल also means water.

  2. Multiple choice 1 mark · easy

    The antonym of 'పగలు' (day) is

    Answer

    B. రాత్రి

    రాత్రి means night.

  3. Multiple choice 1 mark · easy

    'पुस्तक' and 'పుస్తకం' both mean

    Answer

    A. book

    Both come from Sanskrit.

  4. Very short answer 1 mark · easy

    Give the antonym of 'सुख'.

    Answer

    दुःख

  5. Very short answer 1 mark · easy

    How do you say 'Turn left' in your language?

    Answer

    बाएँ मुड़िए / ఎడమవైపు తిరగండి

  6. Short answer 2 marks · medium

    Write two synonyms for 'sun' in your language.

    Marking points

    सूरज, सूर्य, रवि / సూర్యుడు, భానుడు, రవి

  7. Long answer 4 marks · hard

    Write a phone conversation in your language inviting a friend to your birthday.

    Marking points
    • Greeting
    • Invitation with date and time
    • Friend's reply
    • Closing

  8. Application 2 marks · medium

    You want to buy two kilos of tomatoes. What will you say?

    Answer

    मुझे दो किलो टमाटर दीजिए। / రెండు కిలోల టమాటాలు ఇవ్వండి.

  9. Diagram / label 2 marks · medium

    Draw a map from your home to school with directions in your language.

    Answer

    Map with labelled directions

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