NCERT Solutions for Class 4th English Chapter 10 The Swing
Updated on 2026-09-19
About this chapter
Stanza 1 — the question and the answer. “How do you like to go up in a swing, / Up in the air so blue?” The poet asks you how you like swinging. Then he answers himself: it is the pleasantest thing a child can ever do. Stanza 2 — the long view. “Up in the air and over the wall, / Till I can see so wide,” At the top of the swing the child sees over the garden wall. He sees rivers, trees and cattle, all over the countryside. Stanza 3 — up and down again. “Till I look down on the garden green, / Down on the roof so brown,” Coming down, the child looks at the green garden and the brown roof. Then he flies up once more — “Up in the air and down!” The sound of the poem. In every stanza the first line rhymes with the third, and the second rhymes with the fourth — swing–thing, blue–do, wall–all, w
- The Swing (poem) · Robert Louis Stevenson
- pleasantest · cattle · countryside
- A. Answer the following.
- B. Think and discuss.
- Stringing together.
- Read aloud the following tongue twister.
- Make a list of words that rhyme.
- Swings of Imagination
- Festivals and months in which people swing
Quick revision
| Word | What it means | Where it comes in the chapter | A sentence of your own |
|---|---|---|---|
| pleasantest | The most enjoyable of all. | “Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing,” (page 103) | A cold lassi is the pleasantest drink in summer. |
| cattle | Cows, bulls and buffaloes kept by people. | “Rivers and trees and cattle and all,” (page 103) | The cattle were drinking water at the pond. |
| countryside | The open land outside a town, with fields and villages. | “Over the countryside.” (page 103) | We cycled through the quiet countryside on Sunday. |
| swing (verb) | To move forward and backward. | “I swing on a swing.” (page 105) | I swing gently on the rope swing. |
| swing (noun) | The seat on ropes that you sit on and swing. | “The second ‘swing’ refers to an object.” (page 105) | The swing in our park has a wooden seat. |
| verb | An action word, like run or dance. | “an action word(verb)” (page 105) | In “Rahul kicks the ball”, kicks is the verb. |
| noun | A naming word — a person, a place or a thing. | “Circle the verbs and underline the nouns.” (page 105) | In “Rahul kicks the ball”, ball is a noun. |
| tongue twister | A line that is hard to say fast without a mistake. | “How much wood would a woodchuck chuck…” (page 107) | We laughed while saying the new tongue twister. |
| rhyme | Two words that end with the same sound. | “make a list of words that rhyme” (page 107) | ‘Swing’ and ‘thing’ rhyme with each other. |
| preposition | A place word like on, under or behind. | “Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions” (page 109) | The ball is under the bench. |
| between | In the middle of two things. | “There is a ladybug …… the two flower pots.” (page 109) | My school is between the bank and the post office. |
| beside | Next to something, by its side. | “A caterpillar is walking …… a flowerpot.” (page 109) | Amma sat beside me on the bus. |
Exercises
- The Swing (poem) · Robert Louis Stevenson — Let us Recite Page 103
- pleasantest · cattle · countryside — New Words Page 104
- A. Answer the following. — Let us Think Page 104
- B. Think and discuss. — Let us Think Page 104
- Stringing together. — Let us Learn Page 104–105
- Circle the verbs and underline the nouns. One has been done for you. — Let us Listen Page 105–106
- Read aloud the following tongue twister. — Let us Speak Page 107
- Make a list of words that rhyme. — Let us Listen Page 107–108
- . Write a short paragraph about the activities you enjoy doing in your free time — Let us Write Page 1081
- . Look at the picture carefully. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions from the box. — Let us Write Page 1092
- Swings of Imagination — Let us Do Page 110
- Festivals and months in which people swing — Let us Explore Page 110