NCERT Solutions for Class 3 English Chapter 6 Paper Boats (PDF) – 2027

The story in six steps:

1. Meena put a paper boat in the stream.
2. It sailed away fast. Meena was delighted.
3. A naughty boy pushed her boats into the water.
4. Meena shouted, “Stop!”
5. The boy promised to stop. But he could not make boats.
6. Meena taught him. Both sailed their boats happily.

Meena was playing with paper boats. She put them in the stream near the bamboo bridge.

Meena was angry because a naughty boy was overturning her paper boats. He pushed them into the water just for fun.

Meena taught the boy how to make paper boats. She gave him paper and showed him how to fold and re-fold it. Soon he made his own boats.

True.

Meena asked, “Why are you overturning the paper boats?” The boy said, “Because it is fun.”

False.

Meena did not run home. She stayed at the stream and talked to the boy herself.

True.

The boy said, “I don’t know how to fold the paper to make boats.”

False.

The story says, “Meena took out coloured paper of different sizes.”

1. Manish is walking to school.
2. He sees an ant in the stream.
3. He bends down and puts a paper boat on the water.
4. The ant climbs on to the boat.
5. Manish bends low and lifts the boat out.
6. The ant is safe. Manish goes to school.

She likes flying kites.

Rani is a girl, so we use she.

He plays with it every day.

Sahil is a boy, so we use he.

My own sentence: Ravi has a kite. He flies it on the terrace.

She is going to school.

Durga is a girl, so we use she. It begins the sentence, so write a capital S.

My own sentence: Anu is six years old. She is going to the shop.

He likes reading stories.

Ranjit is a boy, so we use he.

The bat is on the bed.

In the picture the bat lies on top of the bed. On means on top of something.

My own sentence: My book is on the table.

The bag is on the chair.

The bags are kept on the chair. A chair is not a box, so nothing can be in it.

The ball is in the box.

The box is open at the top, and the ball is inside it. In means inside.

The car is under the table.

The toy car is on the floor, below the table top. Under means below something.

My own sentence: The cat sleeps under the chair.

The books are on the shelves.

The books stand and lie on the shelves, so we use on.

My finished rangoli:

1. Put 9 dots in 3 rows of 3.
2. Red: draw a wavy line round the top row.
3. Red: draw the same line round the bottom row.
4. Red: join the two lines at the sides.
5. Blue: go round the middle dot of each side.
6. Blue: close the line. It makes a diamond.

TOP (3 letters)

A top is a round toy. It spins fast on a pointed metal tip, like a needle. Write TOP in the row that starts with 2.

BAT (3 letters)

We hit the ball with a bat in cricket. BAT starts in square 3, the same square as 3 Down.

MARBLE (6 letters)

A marble is a small, round glass ball. Children play games with marbles.

FOOTBALL (8 letters, going down)

In football we kick the ball with our feet. It is the longest answer, so fill it in first.

BALL (4 letters, going down)

A ball is round. We throw it, catch it and kick it. BALL and BAT both start with B in square 3.

SWING (5 letters, going down)

A swing is a seat hung from two ropes. It moves to and fro.

Think of the poems Colours, What do You do?, Out in the Garden and My Top. Tick every box that is true for you. You may tick more than one.

Think of the stories Badal and Moti, Best Friends, Talking Toys and Paper Boats. Tick every way in which you can read them.

Tick every way in which you can write. You may tick more than one. By myself means writing your own sentences.

Tick every way in which you can tell a story in your own words.

Tick only one box: all, most or a few. These are amounts, so only one can be true for you.