NCERT Solutions Poorvi Chapter 1 Rama to the Rescue — Let us learn
Book page 27 to 32 Updated on2026-09-05
Q1.
Study the highlighted words in the following lines. • I'm feeling so sleepy. • It's a thief. • They're awake. The highlighted words given in the above sentences have one letter missing in each. What are they? Now, write the full words with the missing letter. 1. _________ feeling so sleepy. 2. _________ a thief. 3. _____ awake.
Answer
Short form
Missing letter
Full form
I'm
a
I am
It's
i
It is
They're
a
They are
The full sentences:
I am feeling so sleepy.
It is a thief.
They are awake.
What the apostrophe does: The mark ( ' ) stands exactly where the missing letter used to be. I am → drop the a → I'm. It is → drop the i → It's. They are → drop the a → They're. Such short forms are called contractions, because the two words are pulled together.
Q2.
Expand the following words. Two examples have been done for you. Use the contracted form of these words in sentences of your own. (what's, I'll, I'd, we'll, that's, we're, don't, you'll, must've)
Answer
S. No.
Contracted word
Expanded form
Sentence of my own
1.
what's
what is
What's the name of your new class teacher?
2.
I'll
I will
I'll finish my homework before the power goes off.
3.
I'd
I would (or I had)
I'd rather walk to school than wait for the bus.
4.
we'll
we will
We'll meet near the temple gate at four o'clock.
5.
that's
that is
That's my sister's bicycle, not mine.
6.
we're
we are
We're going to the village fair on Sunday.
7.
don't
do not
Don't forget to carry your umbrella today.
8.
you'll
you will
You'll enjoy this book — it is full of folk tales.
9.
must've
must have
He must've left early, because his cycle is gone.
Careful:I'd can stand for I would or I had — you decide from the rest of the sentence. In the story, “I'd better listen closely” means I had better.
Q3.
Study the highlighted words and the words in the brackets in the following sentences from the story. 1. I am feeling so sleepy. 2. What are you looking at? 3. Somebody is trying to get in. 4. They are saying something. 5. Perhaps, they are talking about their money. Now, choose the correct option. The sentences 1–5 refer to actions that _________________. [are going on at the time of speaking / happened in the past / will take place in the future]
Answer
Answer: are going on at the time of speaking.
Look at what is happening in the story as each line is spoken. The wife is looking at the door at that moment; somebody is digging at that moment; the thief hears them talking at that very moment. Nothing here is finished and nothing is planned for later.
How the tense is built: a form of the verb be (am / is / are) + the main verb + -ing.
am + feel + ing = am feeling is + try + ing = is trying are + look + ing = are looking
This is the present progressive (also called present continuous) tense.
Q4.
Fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences. 1. I ______ in Grade 6. [am + study + ing] 2. My friend ______ a story book. [is + read + ing] 3. We ______ a board game. [are + play + ing] 4. I ______ a new language. [am + learn + ing] 5. The teachers ______ in the staff room. [are + sit + ing] 6. My mother ______ food in the kitchen. [is + cook + ing]
Answer
I am studying in Grade 6.
My friend is reading a story book.
We are playing a board game.
I am learning a new language.
The teachers are sitting in the staff room.
My mother is cooking food in the kitchen.
Spelling rule to watch (No. 5):sit ends in a short vowel + a single consonant, so the last letter is doubled before -ing — sit → sitting. The same happens in run → running, put → putting, dig → digging. But read, play, learn and cook take -ing straight away.
Q5.
Study the following picture and fill in the blanks with the present progressive form of verbs. 1. Govind and Anu ______ football. 2. Pema ______ flowers. 3. Anil ______ the score card. 4. The mother ______ a book. 5. The dog ______ to catch the ball. 6. The birds ______ in the sky.
Answer
The picture on page 29 shows a park. Here is what each person in it is doing.
Govind and Anu are playing football. (two children running after a black-and-white football)
Pema is plucking flowers. (the little girl in the yellow frock and orange hat, bending over the flowers)
Anil is holding the score card. (the boy in the wheelchair, showing a card that reads Govind 2, Anu 3)
The mother is reading a book. (the woman sitting on the park bench)
The dog is running to catch the ball. (the puppy chasing the football)
The birds are flying in the sky.
Other correct answers: 2. is picking / is collecting; 3. is showing / is raising; 5. is trying / is jumping. Any -ing verb that matches the picture is acceptable — but keep are for plural subjects (Govind and Anu, the birds) and is for singular ones.
Q6.
Study the following sentences from the story and complete the table. One example has been done for you. 1. I'd better listen closely. 2. When he's in the house, I'll call out softly to him. 3. Then I'll call out very loudly…
Answer
S. No.
Sentence
Question
Word
(i)
I'd better listen closely.
How does he listen?
a. closely
(ii)
When he's in the house, I'll call out softly to him.
How does she call out?
b. softly
(iii)
Then I'll call out very loudly.
How does she call out?
c. loudly (very loudly)
What you have found:closely, softly and loudly all answer the question How? about a verb. Words that give more information about a verb — how, when or where an action happens — are called adverbs. Notice that all three are made by adding -ly to an adjective: close → closely, soft → softly, loud → loudly.
Q7.
Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs from the box given below. There are two extra words that you do not need. [warmly, gracefully, smoothly, beautifully, funnily, quickly, hurriedly] 1. He solved the mathematics problem ______. 2. The car moved ______ along the highway. 3. The musician played the guitar ______. 4. Shobha danced ______. 5. Rohit left the house ______.
Answer
He solved the mathematics problem quickly.
The car moved smoothly along the highway.
The musician played the guitar beautifully.
Shobha danced gracefully.
Rohit left the house hurriedly.
The two extra words are warmly and funnily.
Tip: Match the adverb to the verb, not to the person. A car on a good highway moves smoothly; a dancer moves gracefully; and someone who is in a hurry leaves hurriedly. “Warmly” goes with welcoming or greeting, which does not appear here at all.
Q8.
Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs from the box given below. There are two extra words that you do not need. [honestly, brightly, peacefully, sweetly, angrily, slowly, tirelessly] Once upon a time in a small forest, animals lived 1. ____. The wise old tortoise moved 2. ____ but always won the race against the proud rabbit. The ants worked 3. ____, gathering food for the winter. The kind-hearted lion ruled the jungle 4. ____, giving everyone a chance to speak. The birds sang 5. ____, making everyone in the forest happy.
Answer
The completed paragraph:
Once upon a time in a small forest, animals lived peacefully. The wise old tortoise moved slowly but always won the race against the proud rabbit. The ants worked tirelessly, gathering food for the winter. The kind-hearted lion ruled the jungle honestly, giving everyone a chance to speak. The birds sang sweetly, making everyone in the forest happy.
Blank
Adverb
Clue in the sentence
1
peacefully
A forest where all animals live together without fighting.
2
slowly
A tortoise is famously slow — “but always won” marks the contrast.
3
tirelessly
Ants work without ever stopping to rest.
4
honestly
A kind-hearted ruler who gives everyone a chance to speak is fair and honest.
5
sweetly
Singing that makes everyone happy must be sweet.
The two extra words are brightly and angrily.
Q9.
Study the following sentences from the story and choose the correct option. 1. Oh, hum! What a hard day it has been! 2. Ah, at last, they've stopped their chatter! 3. What should we do? 4. What should we name our child? (i) Sentence 1 expresses a feeling of ______. (tiredness/joy) (ii) Sentence 2 expresses a feeling of ______. (wonder/relief) (iii) Sentences 3 and 4 ask ______. (answers/questions)
Answer
Sentence 1 expresses a feeling of tiredness. The man stretches his arms and yawns — “Oh, hum!” is a yawn, and “What a hard day it has been!” is his complaint at the end of a long day of work.
Sentence 2 expresses a feeling of relief. The thief has been waiting impatiently behind the door for the couple to stop talking. “Ah, at last…” is the sound of a wish finally being granted.
Sentences 3 and 4 ask questions. Both begin with the question word What and end with a question mark.
Two kinds of sentence in one exercise: Sentences 1 and 2 are exclamatory — they burst out with a strong feeling and end in an exclamation mark (!). Sentences 3 and 4 are interrogative — they ask something and end in a question mark (?).
Q10.
Punctuate the following sentences and write whether they are exclamatory or interrogative sentences. 1. Wow, what an intelligent man he is 2. Oh how big the hole is 3. Do you like to read comic books 4. What is your favourite story
Answer
No.
Correctly punctuated sentence
Type
1.
Wow, what an intelligent man he is!
Exclamatory
2.
Oh! How big the hole is!
Exclamatory
3.
Do you like to read comic books?
Interrogative
4.
What is your favourite story?
Interrogative
Two traps to avoid:
Sentence 2 needs a capital H in “How”, because the interjection “Oh!” is a complete unit and ends with its own exclamation mark. (You may also write it as “Oh, how big the hole is!”)
Sentence 4 begins with What, just like sentence 1 — but it asks something instead of exclaiming, so it takes a question mark, not an exclamation mark. Always look at what the sentence does, not at the word it starts with.