NCERT Solutions for Class 4 English Chapter 3 Be Smart Be Safe (PDF) – 2027

The Traffic Police of Bharat write to children. Roads are often busy and, at times, dangerous. So they share simple safety rules for walking on and crossing roads, and ask us to follow them to keep the roads accident-free.

The six rules are:

1. Always use the zebra crossing.
2. Follow the traffic lights.
3. Walk on the footpaths.
4. Hold an adult’s hand.
5. Use reflective stickers in the dark.
6. Be alert.

These are the four new words the book prints in the New Words box on page 27.

Before crossing a road, I should stop and look for a zebra crossing. Then I should look right, then left, again right, and cross only when it is safe.

I should not play on the footpath because footpaths are meant for pedestrians to walk on. Also, the footpath is next to moving traffic, and while playing I may run on to the road.

I should hold an adult’s hand because an adult can see the traffic better and knows when it is safe to cross. Holding the hand also stops me from running on to the road suddenly.

True

Rule 3 says, “Footpaths are meant for pedestrians. Always walk on them and stay away from moving vehicles.”

False

Rule 2 says, “Never run across the road. It’s safer to walk calmly!”

True

Rule 1 says, “When you need to cross the road, look for a black and white strip which is known as ‘Zebra Crossing’.”

False

Rule 5 says, “If you are walking on a road in the evening, stick some reflective stickers on your clothes, so that the drivers can see you clearly.”

Dark clothes mix with the dark around them, so drivers cannot see us.

False

Rule 6 says, “Do not play or get distracted near roads.”

False

Rule 6 says, “avoid using headphones or mobile phones while walking near traffic. These can distract you from traffic sounds.”

b) Stop, look right, then left, again right

Rule 1 says, “Look right, then left, again right to ensure that no vehicles are coming.”

a) On the footpath

Rule 3 says, “Footpaths are meant for pedestrians. Always walk on them and stay away from moving vehicles.”

c) It can distract you from traffic sounds

Rule 6 says, “avoid using headphones or mobile phones while walking near traffic. These can distract you from traffic sounds.”

Ladies restroom

A figure of a woman in a dress is put on the door of the toilet for women and girls.

Gents restroom

A figure of a man in trousers is put on the door of the toilet for men and boys.

Person with disability

A person in a wheelchair on a blue square marks a place kept for people with a disability, like a ramp, a lift or a seat.

U turn

The arrow is bent like the letter U. Here a driver may turn the vehicle round and go back the way he came.

No left turn

A left-turn arrow with a red line across it means vehicles must not turn left here.

Right turn

A right-turn arrow in a red ring with no red line across it. It tells drivers about a right turn at this place.

Drive slow

A red triangle with the words DRIVE SLOW asks drivers to go slowly at that spot.

School ahead

A red triangle with two children walking warns drivers that a school is just ahead, so children may be crossing.

No honking

A horn with a red line across it tells drivers not to blow the horn at that place.

No littering

A person dropping waste, with a red line across it, tells everyone not to throw waste on the ground there.

Danger ahead

A yellow diamond with DANGER and a skull warns everyone to keep away from something dangerous there.

Three of the five activities are safe and two are unsafe.

1. The zebra crossing is a zigzag line, not straight strips.
2. All three lights of the traffic light are on together.
3. Bananas are hanging from a banyan tree.
4. A dog is driving the car.
5. A man is wearing headphones near the road.
6. The cat has a striped tail with a tuft, like a lion’s tail.

All eleven words come from this chapter. Five can be counted and six cannot.

Underline (countable): bananas, blender. There is nothing to circle in this step.

Underline (countable): glass, blender. Circle (uncountable): milk.

Circle (uncountable): sugar, honey, sweetness. There is nothing to underline in this step.

There is nothing to underline and nothing to circle in this step.

Underline (countable): ice cubes. Circle (uncountable): milkshake.

(your part, after “I have read your letter carefully and understood that”):