EVS Class 3 NCERT Solutions, Chapter-5: Chhotu’s House

My grandmother likes to cook different foods for the family, so she spends more time in the kitchen. [Students should mention their experience based on the above lines.]

When Chhotu looked at the pipe, he thought that he could use the pipe as a house to stay away from the wind, dust, cold and rain.

Chhotu used the pipe he found as a place to stay, as a home. He dried his wet clothes in the pipe and prepared his food near the pipe.

Chhotu cleverly divided the pipe and its surrounding area into the following segments—
(i) An area inside the pipe to sleep.
(ii) An area to dry his clothes.
(iii) A surrounding area near the pipe to cook his meal.
(iv) An area outside the pipe to take a bath and store water.
(v) A shed beside the pipe to have a chat with his friend.

Chhotu would like to spend most of his time in the shed beside the pipe where he could chat with his guests and friends.

Chhotu thought that, just like him, Monu was also searching for a shelter to stay. So Chhotu invited Monu to stay with him. In this way, both got home to stay in, and enjoy each other’s company.

There is my father, my mother, my sister, my grandfather and my grandmother in my family. We all stay together in the same house. [Students should mention their experience based on the above lines.]

I spend around 17 to 18 hours a day in my house.

[Students should mention their experience based on the above lines.]

Yes, my sister does not like to do anything related to cooking, so she does not want to spend her time in the kitchen. [Students should mention their experience based on the above lines.]

Yes, I keep my house clean. I use a mop and broom to clean it. Sometimes I use a dusting cloth to dust the furniture in the house. [Students should mention their experience based on the above lines.]

Both my parents help my sister and me to clean the house. We also have a maid who cleans the house daily. [Students should mention their experience based on the above lines.]

After waking up, I go to the toilet and the bathroom to freshen up.

We throw all the household garbage in a dustbin in our house, which we then dispose of in the garbage container of the locality.

Yes, the area around our house is clean because the sweepers, and people in our locality, keep the area clean. [Students should mention their experience based on the above lines.]

I use the toilet in my house.

Our maid and sometimes either one of my parents cleans it. [Students should mention their experience based on the above lines.]

I flush the toilet after every use.

In my school, there are separate toilets for boys and girls. The teachers also have their separate toilets. All the toilet areas are clean in my school because the sweeper mops it from time to time. They have dustbins and tissue paper rolls in all the toilet areas.

The sweepers, whom we call safai chacha clean the toilet area regularly. They use water, toilet cleaning liquids, phenyl, detergent, mop and brush to clean the toilet area and keep it hygienic.

I flush the toilet after every use. I throw the used tissue paper in the dustbin each time I use it. I do not spill water on the toilet floor unnecessarily. I also ask my friends to do the same.

Yes, I always take care of it.

I wash my hands regularly. My parents have taught me to wash my hands as frequently as possible. I wash my hands with soap and water before and after eating the food, after going to the toilet, after coming back from the playground or the market. I also wash my hands after helping my parents in the garden.

My hands get dirty after eating the food, after using the washroom, after playing in the garden or the school playground, after touching any dirty object.

We all need to keep ourselves clean when we stay at home, go to school, visit someone or go out to play. We can keep ourselves clean by bathing, brushing our teeth, wearing clean clothes, combing our hair and clipping our nails.

If we do not follow these good habits, we will fall sick because of the presence of germs in our bodies. It is important to maintain personal hygiene also because nobody likes a person who remains dirty and filthy.

Yes, we occasionally decorate our house during festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali, Navratri, etc. We clean all the utensils, dust the whole house, paint the walls and use ornamental items to decorate the house. [Students should mention their experience based on the above lines.]

We decorate our house very creatively for different festivals. We use different coloured lights, lanterns, diyas, colours, flowers to decorate our house, and we make rangolis with a variety of colours. [Students should mention their experience based on the above lines.]