Badal and Moti – Class 3 English Chapter 2 Notes & NCERT PDF

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Chapter 2: Badal and Moti

Introduction

Badal and Moti is a story about a boy and his dog who become best friends. It shows how caring for an animal is returned with love and loyalty. It is part of Unit 1: Fun with Friends in Santoor.

What's in this Chapter

The story

Badal lives with his mother in a village. One evening, returning from school, he sees a puppy shivering in the cold.

He brings the puppy home and asks, "Can this puppy stay with us, Maa?" His mother says yes, "but only if you promise to take care of the puppy."

They name the puppy Moti. Moti grows up, loves Badal, and follows him everywhere. They eat and play together and become best friends.

One rainy day, on the way home from school, Badal slips on the muddy lane and falls into a deep pit. He cannot climb out.

His mother is worried when he doesn't come home. Moti waits at the gate. Mother gathers the neighbours to search, and Moti goes with them.

Moti catches Badal's scent, follows it to the pit and starts barking. The neighbours hear him and use a rope to pull Badal out.

Everyone is relieved. Badal hugs and thanks Moti.

Key Ideas

Kindness to animals: Badal saved Moti from the cold; later Moti saved Badal.

Pets need care — Badal had to promise to look after Moti.

Dogs have a strong sense of smell; Moti found Badal by his scent.

Past tense with -ed: lived, loved, played, gathered, thanked tell about actions that have already happened (walk → walked, talk → talked, ask → asked, touch → touched).

Word pairs: paper and pencil, bat and ball, needle and thread, lock and key, idli and sambar, chair and table.

Punctuation: a question ends with ? ("What is your name?"); a statement ends with . ("The sun rises in the east.").

Activities from the Book

True/False: Badal lived with his grandmother (F — his mother); Moti grew up and loved Badal (T); Mother was worried (T); Moti caught Badal's photo (F — his scent); Badal hugged Moti and thanked him (T).

Put story sentences in order, starting with "Badal came across a puppy by the side of the road."

Talk about your daily routine: before school, in school, after school.

Jumbled pictures and fill-in-the-blanks tell the story of a dove and an ant: the dove drops a leaf to save the ant from the stream; later the ant bites the hunter's hand and the dove flies away unhurt.

Complete a conversation where two children introduce themselves.

Words to Learn

shivering – shaking with cold (काँपना)

puppy – a baby dog (पिल्ला)

promise – to say you will surely do something (वादा)

muddy – full of wet mud (कीचड़ भरा)

pit – a deep hole in the ground (गड्ढा)

neighbours – people who live near us (पड़ोसी)

scent – smell (गंध)

alerted – made someone notice (सावधान किया)

relieved – happy that worry is over (राहत मिली)

rope – a thick, strong string (रस्सी)

Tips for Parents & Teachers

Ask children to retell the story using five pictures they draw themselves.

Talk about pets at home or in the neighbourhood and how to care for them kindly.

Practise -ed words by asking, "What did you do yesterday?" (the book's note: introduce past tense informally).

Play a question-or-statement game: children say a sentence and the class shows "?" or "." cards.

Common Mistakes

Saying Badal lived with his grandmother — he lived with his mother.

Thinking Moti found Badal by seeing him — he followed Badal's scent.

Forgetting the question mark at the end of a question.

Adding "ed" to words that already show past (e.g., writing "playeded").

💡 Key Learning Points

✓Retell the story of Badal and Moti in the correct order.
✓Understand that kindness and care for animals build friendship and loyalty.
✓Use -ed to talk about actions that have already happened (walked, played, thanked).
✓Use '?' for questions and '.' for statements.
✓Match common word pairs such as lock and key, needle and thread.

👨‍🏫 Teaching Tips

→Read the story aloud with expression, pausing at the rainy-day part to ask 'What will happen now?'.
→Let children number the story sentences in order after a second reading, as the book suggests.
→Discuss how Moti used his nose; ask children about animals' special senses.
→Recall yesterday's activities to practise -ed words naturally.
→Use flash cards with '?' and '.' for a quick punctuation game.
→Role-play the two children meeting and introducing themselves.
→Link the dove-and-ant story to the theme of friends helping each other.

📋 Assessment Questions

Can the child answer: What did Badal and his mother name the puppy? How did Moti find Badal?
Can the child mark the true/false sentences correctly?
Can the child add -ed to walk, play, talk, ask and touch?
Can the child put ? or . at the end of given sentences?
Can the child complete the dove-and-ant story using the word box?

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