NCERT Solutions for Class 4th English Chapter 10 B. Think and discuss. — Let us Think

Book page 104 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.
1. Have you seen a swing? Where have you seen it? What was it made of?
Answer

This question is about your own life, so your true answer is the right one. Nobody can write it for you.

How to answer — three sentences:

  1. Say yes or no, and where you saw the swing.
  2. Say what the swing was made of — ropes, iron chains, wood, plastic, an old tyre.
  3. Say one thing about it — who was on it, or how it felt.

Children see swings in many places: a park, a school playground, a village banyan or mango tree, a temple fair, a courtyard at home, or a baby’s cloth cradle.

Sample answer: Yes, I have seen a swing. There is one in the park near my house. Its seat is a flat wooden plank and it hangs from two iron chains. My little sister sits on it and I push her gently.
Another sample answer: In my grandmother’s village there is a swing on the mango tree. It is made of thick coir rope and an old tyre. In the month of Sawan, everyone takes a turn on it.
Why the book asks about the material: A swing must hold your whole weight. So it is always made of something strong — rope, chain, wood or iron. Looking at how a thing is made teaches you to look carefully.
Q2.
2. What would you like to see when you are up in the air on a swing?
Answer

Name two or three things you would like to see from high up. Then say why you chose them.

What a good answer has:

  • things that are really around your home, school or village;
  • or things you dream of seeing — the sea, snowy hills, an aeroplane;
  • one line saying why you want to see them.
Sample answer: When I am up in the air on a swing, I would like to see the fields behind my school. I would like to see my house and the temple roof. I would also like to see the birds flying at the same height as me. From up there, everything below looks small and new.
How this joins the poem: The poet saw “rivers and trees and cattle and all”. He saw the ordinary things of his own place. Your list can be ordinary too — height is what makes them look wonderful.
Look at the picture beside this question (page 104): A girl in a red frock is swinging high. She holds the two ropes and laughs out loud. Around her the book has drawn clouds and green leaves flying past. She is enjoying exactly what the poem describes.
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