NCERT Solutions Poorvi Chapter 5 The Kites — Let us write

Book page 149 Updated on2026-09-05

Q1.

Imagine yourself as a kite. In pairs, first discuss all the following hints. • What shape of kite are you? What colours do you have? What other parts of yourself are you happy about? • Where are you? Who do you belong to? What activities do you do? Who are your friends? • Do you have any message for humans?

Answer

Talk through the three groups of hints with your partner and jot down short notes. Your notes become the three parts of the paragraph you write next.

Group of hints	Notes to make	Words that help
What I look like	Shape, colours, cover, spine, tail, nose, line, reel	diamond-shaped, bright, striped, a long ribbon tail
My life	Where I fly, whose kite I am, what I do all day, who my friends are	terrace, open field, my owner, soar, glide, drift, other kites, birds, clouds
My message	One thing I want to say to people	do not use sharp manjha; do not leave torn kites on trees; let me fly free

Tip for the pair work: Take turns. One partner asks the hint questions aloud and the other answers as the kite, in the first person — “I am a green delta kite…”. Answering aloud first makes the writing much easier.

Q2.

Now, write a paragraph of about 100 words, with the title—I am a Kite.

Answer

Write in the first person (I, my, me) and keep the three parts in order: what you look like, what your life is like, and your message. About 100 words is roughly eight to ten sentences.

Sample answer:

I am a Kite

I am a diamond-shaped kite of bright yellow and red, with a thin bamboo spine down my back and a long paper tail that swings behind me. I belong to a boy called Ravi, who bought me for two rupees from a shop in the bazaar. All day I soar above his terrace, glide over the rooftops and drift wherever the wind carries me; the birds and the clouds are my only friends up there, and the reel in Ravi's hand is my one thread to the earth. My message to humans is simple: fly me with plain thread, not with sharp manjha, because that glass-coated string cuts the wings of birds and the fingers of children. Let me carry your happiness, never your harm.

Checklist before you hand it in: the title is written; every sentence begins with I/My; the three hint-groups all appear; at least two movement words from page 148 are used; about 100 words; capital letters and full stops in place.

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