Download Best Friends – NCERT Class 3 English Chapter 3 PDF from the new NCERT Class 3 English book Santoor (2026-27). Read the chapter online or download the free PDF. Four friends, one fight. Circle, Square, Triangle and Rectangle were friends. One day they began to fight. Each of them said they were the best.
Best Friends PDF – Chapter 3 of Santoor
Read the chapter online or download the PDF.
| Chapter | Download | |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter 3 PDF | Best Friends | View PDF |
| Full book | NCERT Class 3 English – Santoor | View Book |
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What Is in Best Friends? (Class 3 English Chapter 3)
- Four friends, one fight. Circle, Square, Triangle and Rectangle were friends. One day they began to fight. Each of them said they were the best.
- What each one said. Circle is round with no sharp edges. Square has four equal sides. Triangle has three sides. Rectangle has two long sides and two short sides.
- They ask a star. The friends could not decide who was best. They chose to ask the first person they meet. After some time they met a star.
- The star is wise. She did not pick a winner. She said friends should not fight. Together they could make the most beautiful pictures and patterns.
- The lesson. The friends saw their mistake. They promised never to fight again. They stayed best friends forever. “Together we all can create wonders.”
- The rest of the chapter. Let us speak is a play in groups of five. Let us learn teaches ‘a’ and ‘an’. Let us write is about your own friend. Let us do and Let us explore are drawings. Fun with Words is a rhyme about animals and their actions.
Quick revision – Best Friends
| Text | Type | Key idea |
|---|---|---|
| Best Friends | Story | Four shapes fight over who is best; a wise star shows them that together they can create wonders. |
| What do You do? | Rhyme | Different animals tell us what they do: chirp, swing, bark, mew, raise their trunks and roar. |
Old NCERT vs New – Class 3 English
This chapter is from Santoor, the new NCERT Class 3 English book (NCF-SE 2023, used from 2024-25). It replaced the old book “Marigold”, so chapter numbers and names differ from older PDFs.
Solutions and All Chapters
Answers to the exercises and the full chapter list of Santoor:
Best Friends – Overview
| Class | Class 3 |
| Subject | English |
| Book | Santoor – new NCERT book |
| Chapter | 3 of 12 – Best Friends |
| Book pages | 25 – 35 |
| Edition | NCERT Reprint 2026-27 |
| Session | 2026-27 |
| Free – read online or download |
Class 3 English Chapter 3 – FAQs
Where can I download Best Friends Class 3 PDF?
From the download table on this page – the chapter PDF is free, and the full book is linked too.
What is Class 3 English Chapter 3 about?
Four friends, one fight. Circle, Square, Triangle and Rectangle were friends. One day they began to fight. Each of them said they were the best.
Is Best Friends from the new NCERT Class 3 English book?
Yes. It is chapter 3 of santoor, the new NCERT Class 3 English book for 2026-27.
Is this the latest NCERT edition for 2026-27?
Yes – the PDF is NCERT’s latest edition for the 2026-27 session.
Where are the NCERT Solutions for Class 3 English Chapter 3?
Open the NCERT Solutions link above for answers to the exercise questions.