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NCERT Solutions for Class 5th English Chapter 7 Listen to the teacher and respond with a matching action — Let us Listen

Book page 84 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.
Listen to the teacher and respond with a matching action. 1. “Swing and hit”: Pretend to swing an invisible danda.
Answer

Action: Hold both hands together at your side, as if you are gripping a long stick. Turn your body a little, then swing your arms across in front of you in a wide arc. Say “tak!” at the moment the invisible danda meets the invisible gilli.

Where it comes from in the poem: “One, two, three, swing and hit,”

What you are learning: Swing and hit are two different actions. Swing is the long movement through the air. Hit is the short moment when the stick touches the gilli. Doing the action helps you feel the difference, so you will never mix up the two words again.
Q2.
2. “Watch it go!”: Raise your arms as if you have just hit the gilli and you are watching it fly.
Answer

Action: Finish your swing, then let both arms rise up high. Lift your chin and follow an imaginary gilli with your eyes, moving your head slowly from low to high and then far away. Keep still for two seconds while you “watch”.

Where it comes from in the poem: “We play with joy, watch it go!”

Tip: Do not move your eyes quickly. A gilli that has been hit well takes a few seconds to fly. Moving your eyes slowly makes the action look real.
Q3.
3. “Laughing, playing”: Giggle or clap hands.
Answer

Action: Laugh out loud, or clap your hands three or four times, and let your face show that you are enjoying yourself.

Where it comes from in the poem: “Laughing, playing, having fun,”

What you are learning: Look at the shape of the words — laughing, playing. The ending -ing tells us the action is happening right now, and going on. That is why this line feels so alive.
Q4.
4. “Shade your eyes from the sun”: Keep your hands above your eyebrows.
Answer

Action: Place one flat hand just above your eyebrows, like the peak of a cap, and look upwards into the “sky”. Screw up your eyes a little, as you really do in bright sunshine.

Where it comes from in the poem: “Under the golden rays of the sun!”

The new word: To shade your eyes means to make a small patch of shadow over them with your hand, so that the bright light does not hurt. Cricketers do exactly this when they look up for a catch.
Play the whole thing together: Ask your teacher to call the four lines one after another — swing and hit, watch it go, laughing, playing, shade your eyes. Done in order, the four actions tell the whole story of one hit in Gilli Danda.
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