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NCERT Solutions for Class 4th English Chapter 6 Close your eyes. Pick an object. Keep the object back. Now complete the sentences and share them with the class. — Let us Speak

Book page 58–59 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.
Close your eyes. Pick an object. Keep the object back. Now complete the sentences and share them with the class.
1. The object in my hand was ....................... in shape.
Answer

This is a speaking activity, so your own answer is the right one. Nobody can fill this blank for you.

How to do it:

  1. Shut your eyes. Do not peep.
  2. Pick up one thing from the box your teacher has kept.
  3. Roll it slowly in your hand. Feel the edges, the corners and the surface.
  4. Put it back, open your eyes and say your sentence to the class.

Shape words you can use: round · long · flat · square · oval · curved · three-cornered · box-shaped · thin · pointed.

Sample answer: The object in my hand was round and flat in shape.
Why the book asks you to shut your eyes: This is the whole chapter in one small game. With your eyes shut, your fingers do the work. That is exactly how a Braille reader knows a letter — by feel, not by sight.
Q2.
2. The object in my hand was ....................... (longer/shorter) than my forefinger.
Answer

Here the book gives you the two words to choose from: longer or shorter.

How to decide: While your eyes are shut, hold the object along your forefinger. If one end sticks out past your fingertip, it is longer. If it ends before your fingertip, it is shorter.

Sample answers:
The object in my hand was shorter than my forefinger. (an eraser)
The object in my hand was longer than my forefinger. (a pencil)
Why we compare with a finger: You cannot use a scale with your eyes shut. So you use a measure you always carry with you — your own finger. Comparing one thing with another is a fair way to measure.
Tip: Your forefinger is the finger next to your thumb. It is the finger you point with, and also the finger a Braille reader uses most.
Q3.
3. The object in my hand was a ....................... .
Answer

Now say what the thing was. This is the naming sentence, so only one word or two go in the blank.

How to work it out: put together the three clues your hand gave you — the shape, the size and the feel.

What your hand feltThe object may be
Round, flat, hard, smooth, smalla coin
Long, thin, six-sided, pointed at one enda pencil
Small, soft, box-shaped, smells nicean eraser
Round, light, with a small hole, made of plastica bangle
Flat, square, with many thin sheets insidea small notebook
Sample answer: The object in my hand was a rubber eraser.
Why touch is enough: Every thing has a shape, a weight and a surface of its own. A coin is never soft and an eraser is never cold and shiny. So the fingers alone can often name a thing correctly.
Q4.
Now add two more lines to describe the object.
Answer

Two more lines means two more sentences, each telling something new about the same object. Do not repeat the shape you have already said.

What your two lines can talk about:

  • How it felt — smooth, rough, soft, hard, cold, sticky, bumpy.
  • How heavy it was — light as a leaf, or heavy for its size.
  • What it is used for.
  • What it is made of — wood, plastic, metal, rubber, cloth.
  • Its colour, if you saw it after opening your eyes.
Sample answer (the full set of lines):
1. The object in my hand was oblong in shape.
2. The object in my hand was shorter than my forefinger.
3. The object in my hand was a rubber eraser.
4. It felt soft and a little rough at the corners.
5. I use it to rub out my mistakes in my notebook.
Tip for speaking: Stand up straight, look at the class and speak slowly. Say only one idea in each sentence.
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