The document provides definitions for various words related to packing, moving, meeting neighbors, and activities like shopping, ice skating, fishing, raking leaves, dancing, throwing snowballs, and sledding. It also defines words like monsoon, surgeon, curry, and classmate. There is then a short story about a girl named Sati who moved with her family from Mumbai to Minnesota and initially didn't like it but became happier after making new friends.

1. Oxford Discover 3
Unit 3: Letters to a friend
Get Ready

2. packing
putting your things
into bags or boxes
when you are going
on holiday or leaving
the place where you
live.

3. moving
going to a
different
place to live or
work.

4. meeting neighbours
seeing
and talking to
someone for
the first time.

5. “
shopping
5
buying things
from shops

6. ice skating
6
moving
across
ice using ice
skates.

7. fishing
Trying to
catch fish

8. raking leaves
moving leaves
using a special
tool with a long
handle

9. dancing
moving your feet
and body to
the rhythm of
music

10. throwing snowballs
making
snowballs
move through
the air by
pushing it out
of your hand

11. sledding
riding
or travelling
on snow
using a sled

12. Words in Context
12
Monsoon- the
season when
every heavy rain
falls in southern
Asia.

13. surgeon
A doctor who
cuts your body
to take out or
repair a part
inside

14. Curry
An Indian dish that
is made of meat or
vegetables cooked
with spices. You
usually eat curry
with rice

15. classmate
A student who
is in the same
class as you at
school

17. 8
1 4
7
2
6 10
3
9

18. Answer:
1. Sati moved there with her family. Her father has a new
job in the hospital.
2. In the beginning , Sati didn’t like Minnesota. She missed
Mumbai. Sati met new people and started doing things.
Then she was happy.
3. Her feelings changed because she made new friends.

25. untied tied
unbuttoned buttoned
Prefix un- gives the word an opposite meaning