NCERT Solutions for Class 4th English Chapter 4 Write down your daily routine; then write it as a paragraph — Let us Write

Book page 39–40 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.

Write down your daily routine in the space given below. Tick (✓) if they are work or play.

Time	What I Do	Work	Play

The empty table printed on page 39. It has four columns and six rows for you to fill.

Answer

Fill the table with your own day, from morning to night. In each row, put a tick (✓) in only one of the last two columns — Work or Play.

How to fill it:

Start with the time you wake up and go down the day in order.
Write the time in the first column, like 7:00 a.m.
Write the activity in short words in the second column.
Ask: is this work or play? Put the tick in that column only.

Sample answer:

Time	What I Do	Work	Play
6:30 a.m.	Wake up, brush my teeth and bathe	✓
7:30 a.m.	Eat breakfast and get ready for school	✓
8:00 a.m.	Go to school and attend my classes	✓
11:00 a.m.	Play kho-kho in the ground during recess		✓
4:30 p.m.	Play badminton with my friends		✓
6:30 p.m.	Do my homework and read my book	✓

Why the book asks you to mark work and play: The poem says, “Work while you work, / Play while you play.” When you tick the boxes you can see your day split into the two kinds of time. A good day has both, and each one is kept in its own hours.

Tip: Some things are hard to place — is eating work or play? Choose the one that feels closer, and be ready to say why. Eating is usually put under work, because it is something you must do.

Q2.

Now write the above routine as a paragraph.
My Routine
I begin my day at ........................... a.m. I ............................... and then ........................... . After this, I ........................... . By ............................... a.m., I am ready for ...................................... . My mother helps me to ........................... and then I leave for school at .............................. .

Answer

Copy the sentences from the book and fill each blank from your own table in the last question. The blanks go in this order.

The blank	What goes in it
I begin my day at ___ a.m.	the time you wake up
I ___ and then ___ .	your first two morning jobs
After this, I ___ .	the next thing you do
By ___ a.m., I am ready for ___ .	a time, and what you are ready for
My mother helps me to ___ .	one thing your mother helps with
I leave for school at ___ .	the time you leave home

Model answer: I begin my day at 6:30 a.m. I brush my teeth and then take a bath. After this, I say a short prayer. By 7:30 a.m., I am ready for my breakfast. My mother helps me to pack my school bag and then I leave for school at 7:50 a.m.

Why we say a.m. and p.m.: A clock shows 7 twice in one day. a.m. means the hours from midnight to noon — the morning. p.m. means the hours from noon to midnight — the afternoon, evening and night. So 7 a.m. is when you get ready for school, and 7 p.m. is when you sit down to study.

Tip: Write the times in the same order as the clock moves. A routine that jumps backwards and forwards is hard to read.

Q3.

At School
My school starts at .................. a.m./p.m. I have .................. periods before recess. When the time on the big clock reads .................., the students goes to the playground and play many games together. The school ends at .................. p.m.

Answer

Fill the four blanks with the real times and numbers from your own school. Strike out the one of a.m. / p.m. that you do not need.

The blank	What goes in it
My school starts at ___ a.m./p.m.	your school’s starting time (keep a.m.)
I have ___ periods before recess.	a number, such as three or four
When the big clock reads ___	your recess time
The school ends at ___ p.m.	your closing time

Model answer: My school starts at 8:30 a.m. I have four periods before recess. When the time on the big clock reads 11:00 a.m., the students go to the playground and play many games together. The school ends at 2:30 p.m.

A mistake in the book: Page 40 prints “the students goes to the playground”. That is not correct English. Students is more than one, so it must be “the students go to the playground”. Write go in your notebook.

Why it must be “go”: The action word changes with the number of people. One student goes. Many students go. This is the same rule you used with is and are in Let us Speak.

Q4.

At Home
.......................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................

Answer

Here the book leaves the lines completely empty. You write two or three sentences of your own about what you do after school.

What to put in your sentences:

the time you reach home, and what you do first;
your play time and your study time;
dinner, and the time you go to bed.

Model answer: I reach home at 3 p.m. and change my clothes. After a glass of milk, I rest for a while. At half past four I go out and play badminton with my friends. I do my homework from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. We have dinner together at 8:30 p.m., and I go to bed by 9:30 p.m.

Why this part is left blank: The morning is nearly the same for everybody, so the book could print it with blanks. Evenings are different for every child — some help at home, some go for music or games. So this part is yours to write from start to finish.

Tip: Use a.m. and p.m. here too. After school it is always p.m., right up to midnight.

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