NCERT Solutions Poorvi Chapter 2 The Unlikely Best Friends — Let us listen

Book page 49 & 50 Updated on2026-09-05

Q1.
You will listen to a story about ‘Unlikely Friends’. Use exact words from the story to fill up the missing details in the paragraph. The leopard is a ___________ animal but it became a friend of a cow. When the leopard grew up, it left the village. It came in the _______________ to meet the cow. The leopard would sit __________________ the cow. They also played together. _____________ were surprised at their friendship.
Answer

The completed paragraph (the transcript is printed on page 71 of your book):

The leopard is a wild animal but it became a friend of a cow. When the leopard grew up, it left the village. It came in the night to meet the cow. The leopard would sit beside the cow. They also played together. The villagers were surprised at their friendship.

BlankAnswerLine in the transcript
1wild“a leopard is a wild animal and a cow is a domestic animal”
2night“It returned to meet the cow at night.”
3beside“the leopard just sat beside the cow quietly”
4The villagers“The villagers were surprised that the leopard never attacked the cow…”
Listening tip: Read the paragraph before the audio starts and decide what kind of word each blank needs — here an adjective, a time word, a position word and a naming word. Then you only have to catch that one word.
Q2.
Now, listen to the story again and number the sentences in correct order. The first one has been done for you. ( ) The leopard stopped coming regularly. (1) The cow took care of the leopard cub as a mother. ( ) The leopard came to meet the cow at night. ( ) The leopard left the village after growing up.
Answer
NumberSentenceLine in the transcript
4The leopard stopped coming regularly.“The leopard did not like the villagers and stopped coming regularly.”
1 (given)The cow took care of the leopard cub as a mother.“the cow took care of the leopard cub like a mother”
3The leopard came to meet the cow at night.“It returned to meet the cow at night.”
2The leopard left the village after growing up.“When the cub became older, it went away from the village.”

So the correct order of the story is: cow cares for the cub → cub grows up and leaves → it returns at night to meet the cow → it stops coming regularly.

Tip: In an ordering task, listen for time words — when, then, returned, stopped. They fix the sequence even if you miss a sentence.
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