NCERT Solutions for Class 2 English Marigold Unit 3

This poem is about a smile. A smile is quite a funny thing. A smile brings small-small wrinkles on the face. But nobody knows where it hides. The essential feature of a smile is that if one smiles then the other smiles, too, and one smile creates two smiles.

In this story, the two main characters are the wind and the sun. They both want to show their power. A man walking down the road. The man was wearing a coat. Wind claims that it is more powerful than the sun and makes that man remove his coat more quickly than the sun. To prove that, the wind started blowing at a very fast pace but the man holds his coat very tightly. At last, the wind was not able to get off the man’s coat. On the other hand, the sun begins to shine harder and suddenly it begins to grow very hot. The man was not able to bear the heat and removed his coat rapidly and at last, the sun wins.

Question: Who said this to whom?

• a. I can get his coat off more quickly than you can.
• b. I will let you try first.
• c. How cold it is!
• d. I give up. I cannot get his coat off.
• e. I have won.

Answers:
a. Wind to the sun.
b. Sun to the wind.
c. Man to himself.
d. Wind to the sun.
e. Sun to the wind.

Question:
Rohan tries to snatch Gita’s new book from her. What do you think is the best thing to do?
(i) Gita runs away with her book.
(ii) Gita fights with Rohan.
(iii) Gita talks to Rohan.
(iv) Gita cries in a corner.
Now share with the class why you feel so?

Answer:
“(iii) Gita talks to Rohan” is the best thing to do because all the other ways are not considered as good manners.

Question: Find a rhyming word from the story “The wind and the sun” for each of these words: bun, hold, boat, fan, sunny, pot.

Answer:
Rhyming words of:

1. The bun is the sun.
2. The hold is cold.
3. The boat is coat.
4. The fan is the man.
5. Sunny is funny.
6. The pot is hot.

Question: Here are some doing words in the story “The wind and the sun”: (Walking, smiling, blowing, pulling)
Find two more ‘doing words’ in the story that ends in ‘ing’ and then write them.

Answer:
The two more ‘doing words’ in the story that ends in ‘ing’ are:
1. Shining
2. Wiping

Question: Choose the right word from below and fill in the blanks: (Pulled, took, blew, felt, wanted, started)
One day the wind and the sun had a competition. They _____ to make a man take off his coat. First, the wind _____ hard. The man ______ his coat tightly round himself. Then the sun _____ shining hard. The man ______ hot and he ____ off his coat.

wanted
blew
pulled
started
felt
took

Question: Write the opposites of:
1. Good
2. Tall
3. Hard
4. Black

Answer:
The opposites of:
1. Good is bad.
2. Tall is short.
3. Hard is soft.
4. Black is white.

Question: Read the poem “A big wind” and tell which sentence is right and which is wrong.
1. The wind can blow down a house.
2. The wind can blow down a field.
3. The wind can blow down a child.
4. The wind can blow down a tree.
5. The wind can blow down a river.

Answer:
1. Right
2. Wrong
3. Wrong
4. Right
5. Wrong

Unit 3 (Marigold) of class 2nd English was very nice and interesting. Students learn many things from this unit. Many skills like listening skills, learning skills, speaking skills, etc develop from this unit.