NCERT Solutions for Class 5th English Chapter 7 B. Think and discuss — Let us Think

This question asks for your own opinion, so there is no single right answer. But a good answer must do two things: say yes or no clearly in the first line, and then give reasons. One reason is not enough — give three or four.

What a good answer needs:

1. A clear first sentence — “Yes, I enjoy playing outdoors” or “No, I prefer indoor games”.
2. Reasons about your body — running, fresh air, strong legs.
3. Reasons about your friends — playing together, taking turns, sharing.
4. Reasons about how you feel — free, happy, fresh.
5. An honest problem, if you have one — heat, dust, no open ground near your home.

Sample answer: Yes, I enjoy playing outdoors very much. In the evening I go with my friends to the ground behind our school. We play kho-kho and cricket there. Running in the open air makes me feel strong and fresh. My mother says I sleep well and eat well on the days I play outside. I also like it because outdoor games are played in a group, so I learn to wait for my turn and to help my team. Best of all, when I am outside I am not sitting in one place staring at a screen. The only thing I do not like is playing in the hot afternoon sun, so we always play after four o’clock.

Here are five outdoor games, with one line on each so you know what you are naming.

1. Kabaddi — two teams. One player runs into the other side saying “kabaddi, kabaddi” in one breath and tries to touch a player and run back.
2. Kho-kho — a chasing game. Players sit in a line, and the chaser taps a teammate and says “kho” to pass on the chase.
3. Cricket — bat, ball and wickets. One team bats and scores runs, the other team bowls and fields.
4. Gilli Danda — the game in this poem. A small gilli is struck with a long danda and sent flying.
5. Hide and seek (chhupan-chhupai) — one player counts with eyes closed while the others hide.

Other outdoor games you may write instead: lagori (pitthu), langdi (hopping), football, badminton, skipping, marbles (kancha), gully cricket, satoliya, and flying kites.

This is an imagination question. The trick is simple: write as “I”, as if you really are the gilli, and describe what you see going up, and then coming down.

What a good answer needs:

1. Use I and me all the way through — “I am the gilli.”
2. Say what you feel at the moment of the hit — a sudden push, a rush of air.
3. Say what you see below — the children, the ground, the roofs, the trees getting smaller.
4. Say what you see around and above — birds, kites, clouds, the sun.
5. End with the coming down, because the gilli always lands.

Sample answer: I am the small gilli. I was lying quietly on the dusty ground when the danda struck me with a loud tak. Suddenly I was flying! The air rushed past me and I went up, up, up. Below me I could see the children with their mouths open, watching me. Their faces became smaller and smaller, like little brown buttons. I could see the whole playground now — the white lines, the neem tree in the corner, and the red roof of the school. Two crows flew past me and one of them turned its head in surprise. Far away I saw a green paper kite dancing in the wind. Above me the sky was a wide, bright blue, and the sun was so golden that I had to shut my eyes. Then I felt myself slowing down. I turned over once in the air and came falling back to the ground, straight into the hands of a laughing boy in a yellow shirt.