The complete answer table for Let us Learn A. Here is the exercise again as it is printed in the book: 1. sial S A I L 2. vierr 3. sae 4. oduscl 5. risebgd 6. nhveea 7. eoptvros 8. owb 9. droa The exercise as printed on page 29 — one row of boxes for each word. The first row is done for you.

Here are all nine words together, with the line each one comes from. No. Jumbled word Answer Where it comes in the poem 1 sial SAIL “Boats sail on the rivers,” 2 vierr RIVER “Boats sail on the rivers ,” 3 sae SEA “And ships sail on the seas ;” 4 oduscl CLOUDS “But clouds that sail across the sky” 5 risebgd BRIDGES “There are bridges on the rivers,” 6 nhveea HEAVEN “But the bow that bridges heaven ,” 7 eoptvros OVERTOPS “And overtops the trees,” 8 owb BOW “But the bow that bridges heaven,” 9 droa ROAD “And builds a road from earth to sky,” How to check every answer: Tick off the letters one by one. If the jumbled word and your answer use exactly the same letters, the same number of times, your answer is right. One thing to know about the printed grid: Rows 3, 6 and 8 have one box more than the word needs. Just leave the extra box empty — your answers are still correct.

NCERT Solutions for Class 5th English Chapter 3 A. Rearrange the letters to form a word from the poem — Let us Learn

Book page 29 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.

Rearrange the letters of each word to form a meaningful word from the poem. Write them in the space provided. 1. sial → S A I L

Answer

SAIL — this one is already filled in for you in the book.

A jumbled word like this is called an anagram. All the right letters are there; only the order is wrong.

In the poem: “Boats sail on the rivers,”

How to solve an anagram:

Write the letters out and count them. Here: s, i, a, l — four letters.
Look for a vowel. Every English word needs one. Here you have a and i.
Now think of four-letter words from the poem. The poem is about water, so sail comes quickly.
Check every letter. S-A-I-L uses s, a, i, l — all four, and no extras. Correct.

Q2.

2. vierr

Answer

RIVER

Five letters: v, i, e, r, r. There are two rs, and river needs exactly two.

In the poem: “Boats sail on the rivers,” and “There are bridges on the rivers,”

Meaning: A river is a long stream of fresh water that flows across the land into a sea or a lake. The Ganga, the Godavari and the Brahmaputra are rivers.

Q3.

3. sae

Answer

SEA

Three letters: s, a, e. Only one order makes a word — S-E-A.

In the poem: “And ships sail on the seas;”

Sea and river — what is the difference? A river carries fresh water and you can drink it. A sea is far bigger, its water is salty, and you cannot drink it. Rivers flow into seas.

Note about the boxes: The book prints exactly three boxes here, one for each letter — S, E, A. Count the boxes before you write; they always match the answer.

Q4.

4. oduscl

Answer

CLOUDS

Six letters: o, d, u, s, c, l. Put the cl at the front and it falls into place — C-L-O-U-D-S.

In the poem: “But clouds that sail across the sky”

Meaning: A cloud is made of millions of tiny drops of water floating in the air. When those drops join and grow heavy, they fall as rain.

Q5.

5. risebgd

Answer

BRIDGES

Seven letters: r, i, s, e, b, g, d. Start with br — B-R-I-D-G-E-S.

In the poem: “There are bridges on the rivers,” and “But the bow that bridges heaven,”

Notice something clever: The word appears twice in the poem, and it does a different job each time. In the first line it is a noun — the bridges are things. In the second it is a verb — the bow bridges heaven, that is, it joins the sky like a bridge. You will meet this idea again in Let us Write, C.

Q6.

6. nhveea

Answer

HEAVEN

Six letters: n, h, v, e, e, a. There are two es, and heaven needs two — H-E-A-V-E-N.

In the poem: “But the bow that bridges heaven,”

Meaning: In old poems heaven simply means the sky. So “bridges heaven” means “makes a bridge across the sky”.

Check the boxes: The book prints six boxes here — one for each letter of H-E-A-V-E-N.

Q7.

7. eoptvros

Answer

OVERTOPS

Eight letters: e, o, p, t, v, r, o, s. There are two os. Start with the small word over and the rest follows — O-V-E-R-T-O-P-S.

In the poem: “And overtops the trees,”

Meaning, built from its parts: over + tops. To overtop something is to rise higher than its top. The rainbow overtops the trees — it goes up above them. A tall building overtops the houses around it.

Q8.

8. owb

Answer

BOW

Three letters: o, w, b. Only one order makes a word — B-O-W.

In the poem: “But the bow that bridges heaven,”

Here bow means the rainbow — a curve of colours across the sky. It is the most important word in the whole poem.

Check the boxes: The book prints three boxes here — one for each letter of B-O-W.

Q9.

9. droa

Answer

ROAD

Four letters: d, r, o, a. R-O-A-D.

In the poem: “And builds a road from earth to sky,”

Careful with the spelling: road and rode sound exactly the same but mean different things. A road is the thing you walk on. Rode is the past of ride — “I rode my cycle to school.”

Q10.

The complete answer table for Let us Learn A. Here is the exercise again as it is printed in the book:

The exercise as printed on page 29 — one row of boxes for each word. The first row is done for you.

Answer

Here are all nine words together, with the line each one comes from.

No.	Jumbled word	Answer	Where it comes in the poem
1	sial	SAIL	“Boats sail on the rivers,”
2	vierr	RIVER	“Boats sail on the rivers,”
3	sae	SEA	“And ships sail on the seas;”
4	oduscl	CLOUDS	“But clouds that sail across the sky”
5	risebgd	BRIDGES	“There are bridges on the rivers,”
6	nhveea	HEAVEN	“But the bow that bridges heaven,”
7	eoptvros	OVERTOPS	“And overtops the trees,”
8	owb	BOW	“But the bow that bridges heaven,”
9	droa	ROAD	“And builds a road from earth to sky,”

How to check every answer: Tick off the letters one by one. If the jumbled word and your answer use exactly the same letters, the same number of times, your answer is right.

One thing to know about the printed grid: Rows 3, 6 and 8 have one box more than the word needs. Just leave the extra box empty — your answers are still correct.

Was this helpful?