NCERT Solutions Poorvi Chapter 2 The Chair — Let us learn
Book page 65 to 67 Updated on2026-09-05
Q1.
Read the following words from the text: friendly, suddenly, talking, carrying, called, showed. Complete the following table by dividing the words into two parts (Column A — root words, Column B — suffixes). One has been done for you.
Answer
S. No.
Word
Column A (Root word)
Column B (Suffix)
1.
friendly
friend
ly (given)
2.
suddenly
sudden
ly
3.
talking
talk
ing
4.
carrying
carry
ing
5.
called
call
ed
6.
showed
show
ed
Remember the two names: the word you start with is the root word; the letters added at the end are the suffix. Only three suffixes are used here — -ly, -ing and -ed.
Watch the spelling:carry keeps its y before -ing (carry + ing = carrying), but changes it to i before -ed (carry + ed = carried). Spelling often shifts a little when a suffix is added.
Q2.
Match the following root words with suitable suffixes. You can use a suffix more than once as shown. Use them to make sentences of your own. One has been done for you. Root words: magic, care, celebrate, laugh, wonder, help, friend, courage. Suffixes: -ing, -al, -ful, -ly, -ed, -tion, -ous, -ship.
Answer
S. No.
Root Word
Suffix
Word
Sentence
1.
magic
-al
magical
The magician performed an amazing magical act. (given)
2.
care
-ful
careful
Be careful — the invisible chair is not where you think it is.
3.
celebrate
-tion
celebration
Our class held a small celebration when Mario won three real friends.
4.
laugh
-ing
laughing
The children were laughing at every fall.
5.
wonder
-ful
wonderful
Grandpa told us wonderful stories over a plate of fruit chaat.
6.
help
-ed
helped
Guneet, Asma and Deepa helped Mario when he kept falling.
7.
friend
-ship
friendship
Their friendship lasted for life.
8.
courage
-ous
courageous
It was courageous of Mario to try again before the whole class.
Other correct combinations (the book allows a suffix to be used more than once): care + ing = caring, help + ful = helpful, friend + ly = friendly, laugh + ed = laughed, wonder + ing = wondering.
Observe the spelling changes, as the book asks:magic + al → magical (no change), but care + ing drops the e → caring; celebrate + tion drops -te → celebration; courage + ous drops the e → courageous… except that here the e stays, to keep the soft ‘j’ sound of g. English keeps a few such surprises.
Q3.
Read the following lines from the story: ‘Mario, brave and determined, took the strange invisible chair …’ You have already described the chair. Now, describe what kind of a person Mario is in the image given below. [Use words from the story. You may also use words of your own.]
Answer
Four boxes are printed around Mario's picture on page 66. Fill them with adjectives — words that describe the quality of a person.
Word for the box
Proof from the story
brave
“Mario, brave and determined, took the strange invisible chair…”
determined
“Mario wouldn't give up. He kept trying… and kept falling.”
friendly
“how he was so friendly with everyone”
boastful
“He showed off a lot, always talking about how many friends he had.”
Other good words of your own: confident, curious, cheerful, strong-willed, grateful (at the end of the story).
A balanced description: Notice that Mario is not perfect. He is brave and determined, but he is also boastful at the start. Good characters in stories usually have both kinds of qualities — that is what makes them believable.
Q4.
Match each word (adjective) in Column A with a suitable word (noun) in Column B. You can make more than one combination. One has been done as an example. Column A: 1. brave 2. clever 3. tasty 4. heavy 5. slight 6. true. Column B: friends, rain, soldier, plan, peanuts, cold. Then write phrases and sentences.
Answer
Adjective
Noun
Phrase
Sentence
1. brave
soldier
brave soldier
The brave soldier marched ahead. (given)
2. clever
plan
clever plan
Grandpa's clever plan showed Mario who his real friends were.
3. tasty
peanuts
tasty peanuts
We ate tasty peanuts on the train to Nagpur.
4. heavy
rain
heavy rain
Heavy rain filled the elephant pond in a single night.
5. slight
cold
slight cold
My friend has a slight cold, so he did not come to school.
6. true
friends
true friends
True friends hold you up when everyone else is laughing.
More than one combination is possible, as the book says: brave friends, clever friends, true soldier, heavy peanuts (a heavy bag of peanuts), slight rain. Choose the pair that sounds natural.
Where the adjective sits: In English the adjective usually comes before the noun — brave soldier, not ‘soldier brave’. That short group of words (adjective + noun) is called a phrase.
Q5.
Complete the paragraph with suitable adjective-noun pairings. Use the words in the box given below: old book, magical adventures, happy boy, amazing stories, fantastic adventures, colourful creatures, old castles. Once upon a time in a little village, a/an 1. ______ named Abhishek found a/an 2. ______ in the attic. He read 3. ______ about fairy lands, 4. ______ and 5. ______. Abhishek’s eyes got big as he imagined these 6. ______. He told his friends about the stories, and they started to have their own 7. ______ when they played together.
Answer
The completed paragraph:
Once upon a time in a little village, a happy boy named Abhishek found an old book in the attic. He read amazing stories about fairy lands, old castles and colourful creatures. Abhishek's eyes got big as he imagined these magical adventures. He told his friends about the stories, and they started to have their own fantastic adventures when they played together.
Blank
Answer
Clue that decides it
1
happy boy
“a/an ______ named Abhishek” — only a person can be named.
2
old book
“found … in the attic”, and the next sentence says “He read…”.
3
amazing stories
What one reads in a book.
4
old castles
Part of the list of things found in fairy lands.
5
colourful creatures
The second item in the same list.
6
magical adventures
“imagined these ______” — what he pictured in his mind.
7
fantastic adventures
“their own ______ when they played” — real play, not imagination.
Grammar check: Blank 1 takes a (a happy boy) but blank 2 takes an (an old book), because old begins with a vowel sound. The book prints “a/an” so that you make this choice yourself.