NCERT Solutions Class 4 English Chapter 7 Fit Body Fit Mind Fit Nation

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CLASS 4 · ENGLISH

NCERT Solutions

Chapter 7: Fit Body, Fit Mind, Fit
Nation

NCERT Textbook — Santoor

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CLASS 4 · ENGLISH · SANTOOR

NCERT Solutions — Chapter 7: Fit Body, Fit Mind, Fit
Nation
Chapter 7 of Santoor opens Unit 3, Fun with Games. Fit Body, Fit Mind, Fit Nation is a poem about six
cheerful children. The book does not name a poet. Each child is named with a quality that begins with the
same letter — Active boy Anant, Graceful girl Geeta, Little boy Lhamo, Swift girl Shabana and musical Meena.
Some of them play a game, some play music, and all of them enjoy it. The rest of the chapter takes that idea
further: you match describing words to naming words, cook a dish without fire, find words with double
letters, pick out the rhyming pairs, and find out about the Paralympic Games.

TEXTBOOK BOOK PAGES

Santoor (Class 4) 67 – 72

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Let us Read — Pages 67–68
Fit Body, Fit Mind, Fit Nation (poem)

LET US READ

Poem Let us Read — Fit Body, Fit Mind, Fit Nation. Read the poem aloud and enjoy it.

Here is the whole poem. Read it aloud once slowly. Then read it again, and clap softly on the last
word of every stanza.

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Active boy Anant,

plays the game of hockey,

even when the ground is rocky.

Graceful girl Geeta,

practices on her skates,

and learns daily from her mistakes.

Little boy Lhamo,

proudly plays a guitar,

while his friend joins him with a sitar.

Swift girl Shabana,

after winning a cycle race,

happily celebrates her fastest pace.

And then there is me,

musical Meena,

singing in rhythm.

Cheerful children everywhere,

playing is a joy!

for every girl and boy.

What each stanza says:

1. Anant. He is active. He plays hockey. The ground is rocky, which means it is stony and
bumpy, but he still plays.
2. Geeta. She is graceful. She practises on her roller skates every day. When she makes a
mistake, she learns from it.
3. Lhamo. He is little. He plays the guitar, and he is proud of it. His friend plays the sitar along
with him.

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4. Shabana. She is swift, which means very fast. She wins a cycle race. Then she happily
celebrates her fastest pace.
5. Meena. She is musical. She sings in rhythm — that means she keeps time with the beat.
Meena is the one telling us the poem, because she says “And then there is me”.
6. The last stanza. Cheerful children are playing everywhere. Playing is a joy for every girl and
boy.

Why the lines sound nice: The last two lines of each stanza rhyme — their end
words sound the same. hockey / rocky, skates / mistakes, guitar / sitar, race / pace, joy /
boy. Rhyme makes a poem easy to remember and fun to say.

Why every child is named this way: Each name begins with the same letter as the
quality beside it — Active Anant, Graceful Geeta, Little Lhamo, Swift Shabana,
musical Meena. This makes the line roll off the tongue. You will use this idea yourself
in Let us Think, part A.

What the title means: A fit body comes from playing and moving. A fit mind comes
from learning from mistakes and staying cheerful. When all the children of a country
are fit in body and mind, we get a fit nation.

Look at the pictures on pages 67–68: Anant is running with a hockey stick, Geeta is
roller-skating on a path, Lhamo is sitting and playing a green guitar, Shabana is
racing on a blue cycle, and Meena is singing in a field of flowers with a butterfly
beside her. On page 68 all the children are together — one with a medal, one with a
cycle, one with a hockey stick and one with a guitar.

A printing slip to notice: The poem prints “practices on her skates”. In Indian and
British English the doing word is spelt practises, and practice with a c is the naming
word. Also, the last stanza begins a new line with a small letter — “playing is a joy! /
for every girl and boy.” Read them as the book prints them, but write practises and a
capital F in your own work.

Let us Think — Page 69

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A. Observe how the children are described in the poem
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Try this: Do it for your whole row in class. Write the names one under the other on a
chart — Active Anant, Brave Bina, Cheerful Chitra. Your chart will read almost like a
poem.

Let us Think — Page 69
B. Answer the following

LET US THINK

B.1 1. Which game does Anant play?

Anant plays hockey.
The poem says, “Active boy Anant, / plays the game of hockey, / even when the ground is rocky.”

Why the poet adds “even when the ground is rocky”: A rocky ground is stony and
bumpy. It is hard to run on and the ball does not roll straight. Anant plays there all
the same. That one line tells us he is truly active — he does not look for excuses.

Did you know? In the picture on page 67, Anant is running with a curved hockey
stick. A goal post stands behind him and the ball is near his stick.

B.2 2. Which musical instruments are mentioned in the poem?

Two musical instruments are mentioned — the guitar and the sitar.
The poem says, “Little boy Lhamo, / proudly plays a guitar, / while his friend joins him with a
sitar.”

INSTRUMENT WHO PLAYS IT IN THE POEM THE LINE

guitar Lhamo “proudly plays a guitar,”

sitar Lhamo’s friend “while his friend joins him with a sitar.”

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Why these two words come together: guitar and sitar rhyme. Both end in the same
sound. That is why the poet put one at the end of each line.

Tip: The poem does not give the friend’s name. It only says “his friend”. So in your
answer, write “Lhamo’s friend”, not a name of your own.

B.3 3. Who among the children mentioned in the poem likes moving in rhythm?

Meena. She is the one the poem links with rhythm.
The poem says, “And then there is me, / musical Meena, / singing in rhythm.”

What “in rhythm” means: Rhythm is a beat that comes again and again. Singing in
rhythm means keeping perfect time with that beat — never too fast, never too slow.

Note about the question: The question says “moving in rhythm”, but the poem says
Meena is singing in rhythm. Meena is still the right answer, because she is the only
child in the poem joined to the word rhythm. Write your answer as: Meena, who
sings in rhythm.

Try this: Clap once every time you say a beat — one, two, three, four. Now sing any
song you know and keep clapping. If your words and your claps stay together, you
are singing in rhythm, just like Meena.

B.4 4. Who learns every day from the mistakes done during skating?

Geeta. She is the girl who skates.
The poem says, “Graceful girl Geeta, / practices on her skates, / and learns daily from her
mistakes.”

Why this is the best part of the poem: Geeta does not stop when she falls. She
asks herself what went wrong and tries again the next day. That is how a fit mind
works. Her body gets better at skating, and her mind gets braver.

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Tip — a sentence to remember: A mistake is not a failure. It is a lesson you have
not read yet.

Let us Think — Page 69
C. Think and discuss

THINK AND DISCUSS

C.1 1. Which game do you generally play in school?

This is about your own school, so your true answer is the right one.
What a good answer must have:

the name of the game;
when you play it — games period, lunch break, sports day;
one reason why you like it.

You may choose from games played in Indian schools: kho-kho, kabaddi, cricket, football,
hockey, badminton, langdi, pitthu, dodgeball, or running races.

Sample answer: I generally play kho-kho in school. We play it in the games period
on the big ground. I like it because it makes me run fast and I get to sit with my
whole team.

Why school games matter: A game makes your body work hard and your mind
stay alert. It also teaches you to follow rules and to take turns. That is the “fit body,
fit mind” of our chapter title.

C.2 2. What do you enjoy more — playing an indoor game or an outdoor game?

Either answer is correct. You only have to say which one and why.

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KIND OF WHERE YOU PLAY IT SOME EXAMPLES
GAME

Indoor game inside a room or a hall carrom, chess, ludo, snakes and ladders, table tennis

Outdoor game outside, in the open kho-kho, kabaddi, cricket, football, hockey, cycling,
ground skating

How to answer in two sentences: First say which you enjoy more. Then give one clear reason.

Sample answer 1: I enjoy outdoor games more. I like running in the open air with
my friends, and it makes me feel fresh and strong.

Sample answer 2: I enjoy indoor games more. I love carrom because I have to think
carefully before every shot, and I can play it even when it rains.

Why we need both: Outdoor games make the body fit. Indoor games make the
mind quick. Our chapter wants both — a fit body and a fit mind.

C.3 3. Which musical instrument do you like to play?

Name one instrument and say why you like it. If you have never played one, say which one you
would like to learn.
The poem names two instruments — the guitar and the sitar. You may pick one of these, or
any other you know: tabla, dholak, flute, harmonium, keyboard, drum, veena, manjira or the
santoor, after which your book is named.
What a good answer has: the name, one line on how it is played, and one line on why you like
it.

Sample answer: I like to play the tabla. You hit it with your fingers and palms to
make different sounds. I like it because I can keep the rhythm for the whole class
while they sing.

Did you know? Your English book is called Santoor. The santoor is a musical
instrument too — it has many strings and is played by striking them gently.

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Sample answer: I like Garba the most, because everyone dances in a big circle and
claps together. The famous dance of my district is Garba, which we dance for nine
nights during Navratri.

Tip: Do not copy the dance from a friend in another district. Write the one people
actually dance where you live. If you are not sure, ask at home tonight and write it
tomorrow.

Why dance belongs in this chapter: Dancing is exercise too. Your feet, arms and
back all work, and you must keep the rhythm — the very word Meena uses in the
poem.

Let us Learn — Page 70
A. Let’s match.

LET US LEARN

A.1 A. Let’s match.
1. blue …………………

DESCRIBING WORD NAMING WORD

1. blue leaves

2. hardworking sky

3. green children

4. pebbled vegetables

5. healthy road

The two columns exactly as your book prints them on page 70. The right-hand column is
jumbled, so you have to join each word on the left to the right partner.

blue → sky
The full pair is blue sky. The word blue tells us the colour of the sky.

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Why sky and not leaves: Leaves are green, not blue. Of all five naming words on the
right, only the sky is blue. So the pair must be blue sky.

Tip: A word that tells you more about a naming word is called an adjective. In “blue
sky”, blue is the adjective and sky is the naming word. Your book gives this same
example on page 70.

Your own sentence: We flew our kite in the clear blue sky.

A.2 A. Let’s match.
2. hardworking …………………

DESCRIBING WORD NAMING WORD

1. blue leaves

2. hardworking sky

3. green children

4. pebbled vegetables

5. healthy road

The two columns exactly as your book prints them on page 70. The right-hand column is
jumbled, so you have to join each word on the left to the right partner.

hardworking → children
The full pair is hardworking children. The word hardworking tells us what kind of children they
are.

Why children: Only living beings can work hard. A road, a sky or a leaf cannot work
at all. Out of the five words on the right, only children are alive, so only they can be
hardworking.

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Link to the poem: Geeta is hardworking. She “practices on her skates” every single
day.

Your own sentence: Our hardworking children cleaned the whole school garden.

A.3 A. Let’s match.
3. green …………………

DESCRIBING WORD NAMING WORD

1. blue leaves

2. hardworking sky

3. green children

4. pebbled vegetables

5. healthy road

The two columns exactly as your book prints them on page 70. The right-hand column is
jumbled, so you have to join each word on the left to the right partner.

green → leaves
The full pair is green leaves. The word green tells us the colour of the leaves.

Why leaves and not vegetables: Some vegetables are green, so that pair almost fits.
But the word healthy is still waiting, and healthy vegetables is the better pair for it.
Leaves are green far more surely than vegetables are — brinjals are purple and
carrots are orange. So green goes with leaves.

Tip for matching questions: Do the easy pairs first. Cross them off. Then look at
what is left. The last one or two pairs almost choose themselves.

Your own sentence: The green leaves of the mango tree shone after the rain.

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A.4 A. Let’s match.
4. pebbled …………………

DESCRIBING WORD NAMING WORD

1. blue leaves

2. hardworking sky

3. green children

4. pebbled vegetables

5. healthy road

The two columns exactly as your book prints them on page 70. The right-hand column is
jumbled, so you have to join each word on the left to the right partner.

pebbled → road
The full pair is pebbled road. A pebble is a small, smooth stone. A pebbled road is a road
covered with such stones.

Why road: Pebbles lie on the ground. Only a road out of these five words is on the
ground, so only a road can be pebbled.

Link to the poem: Anant plays “even when the ground is rocky”. A rocky ground and
a pebbled road are alike — both are full of stones and hard to run on.

Your own sentence: We walked carefully on the pebbled road near the river.

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DESCRIBING WORD NAMING WORD THE FULL PAIR

1. blue sky blue sky

2. hardworking children hardworking children

3. green leaves green leaves

4. pebbled road pebbled road

5. healthy vegetables healthy vegetables

Tip: All five words on the left are adjectives — describing words. All five on the right
are naming words. Every pair is “describing word + naming word”, exactly as your
book explains on page 70.

Let us Learn — Page 70
B. Now, fill in the blanks with naming words that suit the first word.

LET US LEARN

Q1 B. Now, fill in the blanks with naming words that suit the first word.
happy ……………………………

happy child
Here the describing word is already given. You must add a naming word that suits it.
Other correct answers: happy family, happy birthday, happy face, happy village.

Why child fits: Only something that can feel may be called happy. A child can feel
happy. A stone cannot.

Tip: Say the pair aloud before you write it. If it sounds like something people really
say, it is right. “Happy child” sounds right. “Happy stone” does not.

Your own sentence: The happy child ran to show her new book to everyone.

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Q2 B. Now, fill in the blanks with naming words that suit the first word.
red ……………………………

red rose
Red is a colour word, so it needs a naming word that really is red.
Other correct answers: red tomato, red apple, red flag, red ball, red ribbon.

Why a colour word is easy: A colour can only go with something you can see.
Picture the thing in your mind first. If it looks red in your picture, the pair is correct.

Tip: Do not write “red sky” or “red leaves” here. They are possible, but a rose, a
tomato or an apple is red all the time, so the pair is stronger.

Your own sentence: I gave a red rose to my teacher on Teachers’ Day.

Q3 B. Now, fill in the blanks with naming words that suit the first word.
fierce ……………………………

fierce lion
Fierce means very angry and frightening. So it needs a naming word that can frighten you.
Other correct answers: fierce tiger, fierce dog, fierce storm, fierce wind.

Why lion: A lion roars loudly and hunts other animals. People have called the lion
fierce for hundreds of years, so the two words sit together very naturally.

Did you know? You can also use fierce for weather — a fierce storm, a fierce wind.
Both of them are strong and frightening, just like the lion.

Your own sentence: The fierce lion roared and all the deer ran away.

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Q4 B. Now, fill in the blanks with naming words that suit the first word.
beautiful ……………………………

beautiful garden
Beautiful means very lovely to look at. So it needs a naming word that is pleasing to the eye.
Other correct answers: beautiful flower, beautiful painting, beautiful song, beautiful rangoli,
beautiful village.

Why garden: A garden is full of colours, flowers and green leaves. Everything in it is
pleasant to look at, so the word beautiful fits it perfectly.

Tip: Beautiful can also be used for a sound. A beautiful song is lovely to hear, not to
see. Meena in our poem sings a beautiful song in rhythm.

Your own sentence: There is a beautiful garden behind our school.
All four blanks together:

DESCRIBING WORD NAMING WORD YOU MAY ADD THE FULL PAIR

happy child happy child

red rose red rose

fierce lion fierce lion

beautiful garden beautiful garden

Tip: More than one answer is correct in every blank. Your teacher will accept any
naming word that truly suits the describing word.

Let us Learn — Page 70

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B. Now, add the descriptions/describing words for the following:

LET US LEARN

Q1 Now, add the descriptions/describing words for the following:
…………………………… mangoes

sweet mangoes
This time the naming word is given. You must put a describing word in front of it.
Other correct answers: ripe mangoes, juicy mangoes, yellow mangoes, tasty mangoes.

Why the describing word goes in front: In English, the describing word comes
before the naming word — we say sweet mangoes, never “mangoes sweet”. Look at
the poem: “rocky ground”, “cheerful children”. The describing word is always first.

Tip: Use your senses to find a describing word. How does it taste? sweet. How does it
look? yellow. How does it feel? soft. Any of these works.

Your own sentence: We ate sweet mangoes under the tree in the afternoon.

Q2 Now, add the descriptions/describing words for the following:
…………………………… baby

cute baby
Other correct answers: tiny baby, sleeping baby, happy baby, lovely baby, crying baby.

Why cute: A baby is small and lovely to look at. The word cute says exactly that in
one short word.

Tip: A describing word need not always be a nice one. “Crying baby” and “sleepy
baby” are also correct, because they too tell us more about the baby.

Your own sentence: The cute baby smiled at everyone in the bus.

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DESCRIBING WORD YOU MAY ADD NAMING WORD THE FULL PAIR

sweet mangoes sweet mangoes

cute baby cute baby

fit nation fit nation

proud winner proud winner

Tip from your book: “A word that tells you more about a noun is known as an
adjective. Example: Blue sky, hardworking children.” All eight words you have written
in part B — happy, red, fierce, beautiful, sweet, cute, fit, proud — are adjectives.

Let us Do — Page 71
Preparing a Dish Without Fire

LET US DO

Q1 Healthy and tasty food is liked by everyone. But have you cooked anything for
anyone? Organise a “Preparing a Dish Without Fire” activity in your class. Your
teacher may assist you in class.

This is a doing activity for the whole class. “Without fire” means you must not use a stove, a gas
flame or a hot pan. You only cut, mix, pour and arrange.
How to organise it, step by step:

1. Make groups. Four or five children in each group.
2. Choose one dish per group. Tell your teacher what you have chosen.
3. Bring the things from home. Write a list so that nobody forgets.
4. Wash your hands with soap, and wash the fruits and vegetables too.
5. Make the dish together. Each child does one job — one peels, one mixes, one arranges.
6. Serve and share. Give a little to every group, and say the name of your dish aloud.
7. Clean up. Put the peels in the dustbin and wipe the table.

Dishes you can make without fire:

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DISH WHAT YOU NEED WHAT TO DO

Fruit chaat banana, apple, papaya, a little lemon, a pinch Cut small, mix, squeeze the lemon on
of salt top.

Sprouts salad sprouted moong, tomato, onion, lemon, salt Chop, mix everything in a bowl.

Bread bread, butter, cucumber, tomato Spread the butter, lay the slices, cover
sandwich and cut.

Lassi curd, water, sugar, a little cardamom Whisk the curd, add water and sugar, stir
well.

Lemon sharbat lemon, water, sugar, salt Squeeze the lemon, add water and sugar,
stir.

Sample answer — what to write in your notebook:
Our group made fruit chaat. We brought one banana, one apple and a piece of
papaya. First we washed our hands and the fruits. Then Rani peeled the banana and
I cut the apple into small pieces. Amit mixed everything in a bowl and squeezed half
a lemon on top. We added a pinch of salt. Everyone in the class tasted it and said it
was sweet and fresh.

Why “without fire” is the rule: Fire is not safe for children to use alone. Without fire
you can still make many healthy dishes — and raw fruits and vegetables keep more
of their goodness, because nothing is cooked away.

Safety tips: Use a blunt knife or a peeler, and always cut on a board. Ask your
teacher or an elder to cut anything hard. Never taste anything that smells bad.

Link to the chapter: A fit body needs two things — playing and healthy food. The
poem gives you the first. This activity gives you the second.

Let us Write — Page 71

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A. Look at the picture and fill in the blanks with words that have double letters.

LET US WRITE

Q1 A. Look at the picture and fill in the blanks with words that have double letters.
Example: Village has ‘ll’ in it.
This is my pet ………………………… .
It loves to eat …………………………,
which are …………………………
in colour.

The picture printed beside part A on page 71 of your book.

Look carefully at the picture before you write. The bird on the branch is a parrot, and it is
holding a thin green chilli in its red beak.
The filled passage:

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This is my pet parrot.

It loves to eat green chillies,

which are green

in colour.

Now check the double letters in each answer:

BLANK WORD DOUBLE LETTERS

Example given in the book village vi‑ll‑age

This is my pet ___ . parrot pa‑rr‑ot

It loves to eat ___ , chillies chi‑ll‑ies

which are ___ in colour. green gr‑ee‑n

What “double letters” means: A double letter is the same letter written twice, side
by side. In village the letter l comes twice together. In parrot the letter r comes twice.
You say the word only once — the second letter does not add a new sound.

Tip — how to spot them: Say the word slowly and then look at it written down. Run
your finger along the letters. Whenever two neighbours are the same letter, you
have found a double.

More double-letter words you know: ball, bell, grass, tree, book, happy, summer,
letter, button, rabbit.

Let us Write — Page 71

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B. Now, go to your kitchen and find out any five things that have double letters in their spelling.
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WORD DOES IT HAVE A DOUBLE LETTER?

glass Yes — gla‑ss

bottle Yes — bo‑tt‑le

pepper Yes — pe‑pp‑er

chilli Yes — chi‑ll‑i

paneer Yes — pan‑ee‑r

jaggery Yes — ja‑gg‑ery

jar No double letter — do not choose it

sugar No double letter — do not choose it

plate No double letter — do not choose it

Why the teacher sends you to the kitchen: New words stick in your mind better
when you can touch the thing. You will never forget that bottle has a double t after
you have held the bottle and spelt it aloud.

Tip: Be careful — a word can sound as if it has a double letter and still not have one.
Sugar and jar have none. Always look at the written word, not only at the sound.

Let us Write — Page 72
C. Rhyming words — Find and write the rhyming words from the poem.

LET US WRITE

C.1 C. Rhyming words. Find and write the rhyming words from the poem.
1. Hockey …………………………

Hockey — rocky
The poem says, “plays the game of hockey, / even when the ground is rocky.”

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Why they rhyme: Rhyming words end with the same sound. Say them aloud —
hoc‑key, roc‑ky. Both end with the sound “kee”. The spelling is a little different, but
the sound is the same, and it is the sound that makes a rhyme.

Tip: To find a rhyme in a poem, look at the last word of each line. The rhyming
partner is almost always at the end of the line just above or just below.

C.2 C. Rhyming words. Find and write the rhyming words from the poem.
2. Skates …………………………

Skates — mistakes
The poem says, “practices on her skates, / and learns daily from her mistakes.”

Why they rhyme: Say them aloud — skates, mistakes. Both end with the sound
“ayts”. Here too the spellings differ (ates and akes) but the ears hear the same
ending.

Did you know? Mistakes is one of the New Words on page 68. It means errors, or
things done incorrectly. You will meet it again in Let us Write part D.

C.3 C. Rhyming words. Find and write the rhyming words from the poem.
3. Guitar …………………………

Guitar — sitar
The poem says, “proudly plays a guitar, / while his friend joins him with a sitar.”

Why they rhyme: Say them aloud — gui‑tar, si‑tar. Both end with the sound “taar”.
This is the easiest rhyme in the poem, because the last three letters are the same
too.

Tip: This pair is also the answer to Let us Think B.2 — the two musical instruments
named in the poem are the guitar and the sitar.

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C.4 C. Rhyming words. Find and write the rhyming words from the poem.
4. Race …………………………

Race — pace
The poem says, “after winning a cycle race, / happily celebrates her fastest pace.”

Why they rhyme: Say them aloud — race, pace. Both end with the sound “ayce”.
Change only the first letter and you go from one word to the other.

Did you know? Pace is a New Word on page 68. It means the speed at which you
move. Shabana’s fastest pace is the quickest she has ever cycled.

C.5 C. Rhyming words. Find and write the rhyming words from the poem.
5. Joy …………………………

Joy — boy
The poem says, “playing is a joy! / for every girl and boy.”

Why they rhyme: Say them aloud — joy, boy. Both end with the sound “oy”. Again,
only the first letter changes.

All five rhyming pairs together:

WORD FROM THE RHYMING WORD FROM THE THE SOUND THEY
BOOK POEM SHARE

1. Hockey rocky “kee”

2. Skates mistakes “ayts”

3. Guitar sitar “taar”

4. Race pace “ayce”

5. Joy boy “oy”

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Try this: Make your own rhyme for each one — hockey / jockey, skates / gates, guitar
/ star, race / face, joy / toy. Then write two lines of your own poem using any pair.

Let us Write — Page 72
D. Some words are given in the box below. Write them in the circle in front of their meanings.

LET US WRITE

D.1 D. Some words are given in the box below. Write them in the circle in front of their
meanings.
Word box: Brave · Rocky · Mistakes · Proudly · Delightful
1. Feeling happy about something you did well.

Brave Rocky Mistakes
Proudly Delightful

1. Feeling happy about something
you did well.

2. Courageous and bold

3. Uneven or full of difficulties

4. Very pleasing or enjoyable

5. Errors or things done incorrectly

The word box and the five empty circles as your book prints them on page 72.

Proudly
Proudly means doing something while feeling happy about how well you have done it.
The poem uses it: “Little boy Lhamo, / proudly plays a guitar”. Lhamo plays well, and he knows
it, so he plays proudly.

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Did you know? Proudly is one of the New Words on page 68.

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Your own sentence: Meera proudly showed her medal to the whole class.

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Why brave fits “courageous and bold”: All three words say nearly the same thing.
Courageous and bold are simply longer, harder words for brave. When a meaning
gives you two words that mean the same, look for the short common word.

Tip: Brave is the only word in the box that is not used anywhere in the poem. The
other four all come from the poem or its New Words, so if you are stuck, this is the
odd one out.

Your own sentence: The brave firefighter carried the little girl to safety.

D.3 D. Some words are given in the box below. Write them in the circle in front of their
meanings.
Word box: Brave · Rocky · Mistakes · Proudly · Delightful
3. Uneven or full of difficulties

Brave Rocky Mistakes
Proudly Delightful

1. Feeling happy about something
you did well.

2. Courageous and bold

3. Uneven or full of difficulties

4. Very pleasing or enjoyable

5. Errors or things done incorrectly

The word box and the five empty circles as your book prints them on page 72.

Rocky

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Rocky means covered with rocks, so it is bumpy and uneven. We also use it for a time that is full
of troubles.
The poem uses it: “plays the game of hockey, / even when the ground is rocky.”

Why one word has two meanings: A rocky road is hard to walk on. So people
began to use rocky for anything hard to get through — “a rocky start”, “a rocky year”.
The picture of the stony path stays behind the word.

Tip: Rocky is also the rhyming partner of hockey, which you wrote in part C.

Your own sentence: We climbed slowly up the rocky hill behind our village.

D.4 D. Some words are given in the box below. Write them in the circle in front of their
meanings.
Word box: Brave · Rocky · Mistakes · Proudly · Delightful
4. Very pleasing or enjoyable

Brave Rocky Mistakes
Proudly Delightful

1. Feeling happy about something
you did well.

2. Courageous and bold

3. Uneven or full of difficulties

4. Very pleasing or enjoyable

5. Errors or things done incorrectly

The word box and the five empty circles as your book prints them on page 72.

Delightful

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Delightful means something that gives you great pleasure. A delightful thing makes you smile
the moment you see it, hear it or taste it.

How the word is built: Delight means great joy. Add ‑ful and it means “full of
delight”. You already know other words built this way — cheerful, helpful, colourful.

Tip: Delightful is used for things and for events, not usually for a person’s action. Say
“a delightful song”, but say “she sang proudly”.

Your own sentence: We had a delightful evening at the school fair.

D.5 D. Some words are given in the box below. Write them in the circle in front of their
meanings.
Word box: Brave · Rocky · Mistakes · Proudly · Delightful
5. Errors or things done incorrectly

Brave Rocky Mistakes
Proudly Delightful

1. Feeling happy about something
you did well.

2. Courageous and bold

3. Uneven or full of difficulties

4. Very pleasing or enjoyable

5. Errors or things done incorrectly

The word box and the five empty circles as your book prints them on page 72.

Mistakes
Mistakes are things you did the wrong way without meaning to.

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The poem uses it: “practices on her skates, / and learns daily from her mistakes.”

Why this word matters most in the chapter: Geeta does not hide her mistakes.
She looks at them and learns from them. That is how a fit mind grows — a mistake is
the thing that teaches you.

Did you know? Mistakes is a New Word on page 68, and its rhyming partner in part C
is skates.

Your own sentence: I read my answer twice and found two spelling mistakes.
All five circles filled:

MEANING WORD FOR THE CIRCLE

1. Feeling happy about something you did well. Proudly

2. Courageous and bold Brave

3. Uneven or full of difficulties Rocky

4. Very pleasing or enjoyable Delightful

5. Errors or things done incorrectly Mistakes

Tip for this kind of question: Fill in the ones you are sure of first, and strike each
word off the box as you use it. The last circle then has only one word left, so it cannot
go wrong.

Let us Explore — Page 72
Find out about the “Paralympic Games”

LET US EXPLORE

Q1 Find out about the “Paralympic Games”. Share your points with the class.

This is a find-out task. Your book gives you only the name — the facts are for you to go and
collect. That is exactly what Let us Explore means.
Where to look:

1. Ask your teacher — start with your sports teacher.

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2. Look in your school library, in a book on games or a children’s encyclopedia.
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Begin: “Today I will share five points about the Paralympic Games. I found them in
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Chapter at a glance
Anant — the hockey player. “Active boy Anant, / plays the game of hockey, / even when the
ground is rocky.” He does not stop playing just because the ground is uneven.
Geeta — the skater. “Graceful girl Geeta, / practices on her skates, / and learns daily from
her mistakes.” She falls, she learns, and she practises again the next day.
Lhamo and his friend — the music makers. “Little boy Lhamo, / proudly plays a guitar, /
while his friend joins him with a sitar.” Two instruments are named in the poem: the guitar
and the sitar.
Shabana — the cyclist. “Swift girl Shabana, / after winning a cycle race, / happily celebrates
her fastest pace.” She is quick, she wins, and she celebrates.
Meena — the singer. “And then there is me, / musical Meena, / singing in rhythm.” Meena
is the one who tells us the poem, and she keeps time with the beat.
The last lines — the message. “Cheerful children everywhere, / playing is a joy! / for every
girl and boy.” A fit body and a happy mind together make a fit nation.
The rest of the chapter. Let us Think asks about the poem and about your own games. Let
us Learn teaches describing words (adjectives). Let us Do is a “Preparing a Dish Without Fire”
activity. Let us Write has double-letter words, rhyming words and word meanings. Let us
Explore sends you to find out about the Paralympic Games.

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Quick revision

WORD WHAT IT MEANS WHERE IT COMES IN THE A SENTENCE OF YOUR
CHAPTER OWN

active Always busy, always moving. “Active boy Anant,” My little brother is a very
active child.

rocky Uneven, or full of stones and “even when the ground is rocky.” We walked slowly on the
difficulties. rocky path.

graceful Moving in a soft, beautiful “Graceful girl Geeta,” The dancer made a graceful
way. turn on the stage.

mistakes Errors, or things done New Words, page 68; “learns daily I corrected my mistakes in
incorrectly. from her mistakes.” the spelling test.

proudly Feeling happy about New Words, page 68; “proudly Rani proudly showed her
something you did well. plays a guitar,” drawing to the class.

swift Very quick and fast. New Words, page 68; “Swift girl A swift deer ran across the
Shabana,” field.

pace The speed at which someone New Words, page 68; “happily He ran at a steady pace and
moves. celebrates her fastest pace.” did not get tired.

rhythm A beat that comes again and New Words, page 68; “singing in We clapped in rhythm while
again, in music or in dance. rhythm.” the drum played.

cheerful Happy and smiling. New Words, page 68; “Cheerful Our new teacher has a
children everywhere,” cheerful voice.

celebrates Shows joy about something “happily celebrates her fastest Our class celebrates every
good that has happened. pace.” win with a loud cheer.

adjective A word that tells you more Note to the Teacher, page 70 — In “green leaves”, the word
about a naming word. “Blue sky, hardworking children” green is an adjective.

brave Courageous and bold. Word box, Let us Write D, page 72 The brave boy jumped into
the water to save his ball.

delightful Very pleasing or enjoyable. Word box, Let us Write D, page 72 We had a delightful picnic by
the river.

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