NCERT Solutions Poorvi Chapter 3 The Magic Brush of Dreams — Let us learn

Book page 130 to 132 Updated on2026-09-05

Q1.

The verb ‘draw’ has different meanings in different contexts. Match the sentences in Column 1 with their appropriate meanings in Column 2. Column 1: 1. His speech drew loud applause from the audience. 2. The event will draw huge crowds from all neighbouring places. 3. Plants draw water from the soil. 4. I reached the station when the train was drawing into the station. 5. The room was dark, so she drew the curtains to let the sunlight in. 6. He drew a piece of paper from the folder. Column 2: (i) opened (ii) pulled out (iii) got a reaction (iv) attract (v) moving (vi) absorb

Answer

Sentence	Meaning of ‘draw'	The clue in the sentence
1. His speech drew loud applause	(iii) got a reaction	Applause is a response to something
2. The event will draw huge crowds	(iv) attract	People are pulled towards the event
3. Plants draw water from the soil	(vi) absorb	Water is taken in, through the roots
4. The train was drawing into the station	(v) moving	into shows motion arriving
5. She drew the curtains to let the sunlight in	(i) opened	“to let the sunlight in” fixes the meaning
6. He drew a piece of paper from the folder	(ii) pulled out	from shows something taken out of a container

1 – (iii), 2 – (iv), 3 – (vi), 4 – (v), 5 – (i), 6 – (ii)

The idea behind all seven meanings (including ‘make a picture') is a single one: to pull. You pull a line across paper, pull a crowd towards an event, pull water up through a root, pull a sheet out of a folder, pull a curtain along its rail, pull a reaction from an audience, pull a train slowly into a platform. English very often stretches one physical action into many figurative ones.

Careful with 5. ‘Drew the curtains' can mean opened or closed them — the curtain is being pulled either way. Only the rest of the sentence decides. Here “to let the sunlight in” makes it opened; in “She drew the curtains and switched on the lamp” it would mean closed.

Q2.

Fill in the crossword. Clues have been given below. You will find the words in the poem. Across: 2. the fastest pace of a horse 4. happen fast 7. speaks very softly 10. take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place 11. having a lot of money; rich 12. take hold of something suddenly and forcibly. Down: 1. runs away from a place 3. possessing a great deal of strength or power 5. a deep loud shout in pain or anger 6. to act according to rules 8. moved in a continuous flow in a specified direction 9. a win after overcoming an enemy

Answer

Every answer is a word from the poem, and the letters already printed in the grid (G, L, W, T, M, H, E, S, C, P, U, Y, R, A, T, E, Y, Z, O, P) confirm each one.

No.	Clue	Letters	Answer	Line in the poem
2 Across	the fastest pace of a horse	6	GALLOP	“Gopi leaps on and gallops fast”
4 Across	happen fast	5	SWIFT	“The horse, she swiftly urges”
7 Across	speaks very softly	8	WHISPERS	“‘Come here!' he whispers. ‘Hush!'”
10 Across	take hold of and quickly remove from its place	5	PLUCK	“Go and pluck the mangoes”
11 Across	having a lot of money; rich	7	WEALTHY	“Paint not for the wealthy ones”
12 Across	take hold of something suddenly and forcibly	5	SEIZE	“Seize this brush and seize the girl”
1 Down	runs away from a place	5	FLEES	“He turns and flees; his men behind”
3 Down	possessing a great deal of strength or power	6	MIGHTY	“She paints a mighty river wide”
5 Down	a deep loud shout in pain or anger	6	BELLOW	“He bellows to his men”
6 Down	to act according to rules	6	COMPLY	“My lord, I can't comply”
8 Down	moved in a continuous flow in a specified direction	8	STREAMED	“Into the house the villagers streamed”
9 Down	a win after overcoming an enemy	7	VICTORY	“And songs of victory”

Check the crossings and you can be certain: 4 Across (SWIFT) supplies the I for MIGHTY and the S that begins FLEES; 7 Across (WHISPERS) supplies the H of MIGHTY and the E of BELLOW; the W that ends BELLOW is the first letter of WEALTHY; the Y of COMPLY is the last letter of WEALTHY; and the P of COMPLY begins PLUCK. Every square is shared, so a wrong word in one place would break another.

Method for a clued crossword: start with the entries where the grid already prints a letter and the answer length is unusual — here 7 Across (8 letters, beginning with W…H) can only be WHISPERS. Fill those first, and the crossings will hand you the rest.

Q3.

There are certain expressions that convey a sudden feeling or reaction. They can be used to express a variety of emotions and thoughts. Example: ... he whispers. “Hush!” (‘Hush’ denotes the act of silencing someone). Now, match the expressions in Column 1 with what emotions or reactions they convey, in Column 2. Column 1: 1. Phew! 2. Eek! 3. Ouch! 4. Yippee! 5. Whoa! 6. Oops! 7. Hey! Column 2: (i) surprise (ii) pain (iii) mistake (iv) attract attention (v) relief (vi) delight (vii) alarm

Answer

Expression	Conveys	When you would say it
1. Phew!	(v) relief	The danger has passed — a long breath out
2. Eek!	(vii) alarm	A sudden fright — a lizard on the wall
3. Ouch!	(ii) pain	A pin, a hot vessel, a stubbed toe
4. Yippee!	(vi) delight	Good news — the picnic is on
5. Whoa!	(i) surprise	Something unexpectedly big or fast
6. Oops!	(iii) mistake	A small slip you admit at once
7. Hey!	(iv) attract attention	Calling out to someone

1 – (v), 2 – (vii), 3 – (ii), 4 – (vi), 5 – (i), 6 – (iii), 7 – (iv)

These are interjections — words that stand outside the grammar of a sentence and carry pure feeling. They take an exclamation mark, need no verb, and cannot be parsed as subject or object. Notice how much of the meaning is in the sound: Ouch and Eek are sharp and short because the feeling is sudden; Phew is a slow outward breath, which is what relief actually feels like.

Q4.

Now, create sentences using any five expressions from Column 1.

Answer

Put the interjection first, close it with an exclamation mark, then let the sentence explain the feeling — that way the reader can tell you have understood the word.

Expression	Sentence
Phew!	Phew! The paper was much easier than I had expected.
Ouch!	Ouch! I caught my finger in the door of the cupboard.
Yippee!	Yippee! Our team has reached the inter-school final.
Oops!	Oops! I have written the answer in the wrong column.
Hey!	Hey! You have dropped your water bottle near the gate.
Eek!	Eek! There is a cockroach behind the school bag.
Whoa!	Whoa! That mango tree is taller than the whole building.

Register warning: interjections belong to speech and to friendly writing — a story, a play, a message to a friend. Do not use them in a report, a formal letter or an answer in an examination. You would never write, “Oops! The tournament was cancelled.”

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