NCERT Solutions for Class 5th English Chapter 5 B. Look at the steps and draw a duck — Let us Do
Book page 63 Updated on2026-09-19
Q1.
Look at the following steps carefully and draw a duck in the given space.
First (1) · Then (2) · Next (3) · After that (4) · Lastly (5)
Answer
The five little pictures on page 63 build a duck one part at a time. Copy them in the same order, using a light pencil, and you will get a duck too.
Step
The word used
What you draw
1
First
Just the head — one small curved shape, with a little dent at the front where the beak will go.
2
Then
Add the flat beak, the round eye, and the long neck curving down and to the right.
3
Next
Add the body — a long curve for the chest and belly, and a pointed tail at the back.
4
After that
Add the wing on the side, and the small feather lines on the neck, the wing and the tail.
5
Lastly
Add the two legs and the webbed feet, so the duck stands up.
Each step adds one new part and keeps everything drawn before it.
Now draw your own, in this order:
First — draw a small circle, a little wider than a two-rupee coin. That is the head.
Then — on the left side of the circle draw a flat beak, like a long spoon lying down. Put a small filled dot above it for the eye. From the bottom of the head, draw two long curved lines going down and to the right — that is the neck. Leave a gap between them; the neck is not a single line.
Next — carry the front line of the neck round to make the chest and the belly, then take it right across to a point at the far right. That point is the tail. Bring the line back along the top to join the back of the neck. The body is now closed.
After that — draw an oval on the side of the body for the wing. Add a few short curved strokes on the neck and chest, and two or three lines along the wing and the tail, for the feathers.
Lastly — draw two short straight legs going down from the belly, and at the bottom of each a flat triangle for the webbed foot. Your duck is standing.
Two tips that make a big difference: Press very lightly for the first three steps, so you can rub out and try again. And draw the whole shape before you draw any detail — feathers come last, never first.
Notice the words the book uses:First, Then, Next, After that, Lastly. These are sequencing words — words that put things in order. You will need exactly these words whenever you explain how to do something: how to make lemonade, how to plant a seed, how to play a game.