NCERT Solutions for Class 4th English Chapter 6 Braille
Updated on 2026-09-19
About this chapter
The accident. Long ago in France, a little boy named Louis Braille was playing outside his home. He was three years old. His father was a blacksmith and was working nearby. Louis played with the tools, and a sharp tool pierced his eye. Within a few days he was blind in that eye. The other eye also got affected, and he became totally blind. School, and ‘Night Writing’. In 1819, when he was ten, Louis joined the Royal Institute for Young Blind Persons in Paris. He learnt letters by using wood, cloth or pins arranged in pincushions. Around that time an army man, Capt. Charles Barbier de la Serre, had invented ‘Night Writing’ — an alphabet of raised dots and dashes that soldiers could ‘read’ with their fingers in the dark. It was too difficult, and so it was not a success. The Braille alphabet
- Braille
- A. Answer the following.
- B. Think and discuss.
- B. Louis Braille lost his eyesight in an accident.
- D. Look at the picture story.
- Now fill in the blanks from the suitable options.
- Two activities to do yourself
Quick revision
| Word | What it means | Where it comes in the chapter | A sentence of your own |
|---|---|---|---|
| blacksmith | A person who makes things out of iron, using fire and a hammer. | “His father, a blacksmith, was working nearby.” (page 55) | The blacksmith made a new gate for our school. |
| pierced | Went in sharply and made a hole. | “a sharp tool pierced his eye.” (page 55) | A thorn pierced my thumb while I was picking flowers. |
| blind | Not able to see. | “he became totally blind.” (page 55) | My uncle went blind after an illness, but he still teaches. |
| pincushions | Small soft cushions in which pins are kept stuck. | “pins arranged in pincushions.” (page 56) | My mother keeps her needles in a round pincushion. |
| invented | Made something new that nobody had made before. | “had invented something called ‘Night Writing’.” (page 56) | Who invented the bicycle? |
| ‘Night Writing’ | An alphabet of raised dots and dashes, made so that soldiers could read in the dark. | “soldiers could ‘read’ with their fingers in the dark.” (page 56) | Night Writing was too hard, so nobody used it for long. |
| simplified | Made something easier. | “became interested in it and simplified it.” (page 56) | Our teacher simplified the sum for us. |
| Braille | A way of reading and writing with raised dots, read by touch. | “He gave the world the Braille alphabet.” (page 56) | Our library has three storybooks in Braille. |
| touch | Feeling a thing with the skin, mostly with the fingers. | “Braille is a method of reading through touch.” (page 57) | I knew it was a coin just by touch. |
| symbol | A mark or a sign that stands for something. | “there is one Braille symbol for each of the twenty-six symbols (letters)” (page 57) | The symbol + tells us to add. |
| white cane | The long white stick that a person with blindness uses to feel the path ahead. | “walking with a white cane” (page 58) | He tapped the footpath with his white cane and walked on. |
| low vision | Seeing only a little, even with glasses. | “There are some children with low vision.” (page 64) | A child with low vision needs the notes printed in large letters. |
Exercises
- Braille — Let us Read Page 55–57
- A. Answer the following. — Let us Think Page 58
- B. Think and discuss. — Let us Think Page 58
- Close your eyes. Pick an object. Keep the object back. Now complete the sentences and share them with the class. — Let us Speak Page 58–59
- Your teacher will read out the following words. Listen carefully and repeat. — Let us Listen Page 59
- A. Write these words using the Braille alphabet. You can paste “bindis”. One is done for you. — Let us Write Page 60
- B. Louis Braille lost his eyesight in an accident. — Let us Write Page 61
- C. Read the following sentences and notice the underlined words. Change the present into the past. — Let us Write Page 61–62
- D. Look at the picture story. — Let us Write Page 62
- Now fill in the blanks from the suitable options. — Let us Write Page 63
- Two activities to do yourself — Let us Do Page 64
- Find out about the nearest resource centre for people with blindness. — Let us Explore Page 64
- You may select more than one box for each point. (This sheet comes after Chapter 6 and covers Units 1 and 2.) — Self Assessment 1 Page 65–66