Colours — NCERT Solutions

Given: The jumbled letters are L, E, B, U.

Step: Rearrange the letters to form a colour word.

L-E-B-U → BLUE

Answer: BLUE

Given: The jumbled letters are L, Y, L, E, W, O.

Step: Rearrange the letters to form a colour word.

L-Y-L-E-W-O → YELLOW

Answer: YELLOW

Given: The jumbled letters are R, E, N, E, G.

Step: Rearrange the letters to form a colour word.

R-E-N-E-G → GREEN

Answer: GREEN

Given: The jumbled letters are R, U, P, P, E, L.

Step: Rearrange the letters to form a colour word.

R-U-P-P-E-L → PURPLE

Answer: PURPLE

Given: The jumbled letters are N, R, O, B, W.

Step: Rearrange the letters to form a colour word.

N-R-O-B-W → BROWN

Answer: BROWN

Given: Words with blends gr-, cr-, dr-, pr-.

Concept: Consonant blends are two consonants that appear together and each sound is heard.

Sample sentences for each word:

gr- words:

• Green: The leaves are green in colour.
• Grey: The elephant is grey.
• Grass: The cow eats green grass.
• Grapes: I love to eat purple grapes.
• Grandmother: My grandmother tells me stories.

cr- words:

• Crayon: I drew a picture with a red crayon.
• Crab: The crab walks sideways.
• Crane: A crane is a tall bird.
• Crow: The crow is black.
• Cradle: The baby sleeps in a cradle.

dr- words:

• Draw: I like to draw flowers.
• Drum: He beats the drum loudly.
• Dress: She wore a beautiful dress.
• Drop: A drop of water fell on my hand.
• Dragon: The dragon breathes fire.

pr- words:

• Prince: The prince rode a white horse.
• Princess: The princess wore a golden crown.
• Prize: She won the first prize.
• Pray: We pray every morning.
• Present: He gave me a birthday present.

Given: Words are written in a colour different from what the word says. For example, the word 'yellow' is written in green ink.

Concept: You must say the colour of the ink/font, NOT the word that is written.

How to do it:

• Look at the colour of the ink in which the word is printed.
• Say that colour aloud.
• Do NOT say the word that is written.

Example: If the word 'YELLOW' is written in green colour → say GREEN.

(Students should look at the actual coloured words in their textbook and say the ink colour aloud. This is a fun brain exercise that tests attention and focus.)

Given: A list of words including action words and non-action words.

Concept: Words that show actions (what someone does) are called action words (verbs).

Step: Identify which words show an action.

Action words to circle:

• laugh ✓
• dance ✓
• eat ✓
• cry ✓
• swim ✓
• sleep ✓
• play ✓
• dig ✓
• jump ✓
• run ✓
• write ✓
• smile ✓
• push ✓

Not action words (things/objects/body parts): carrot, leg, potato, sun, book, face, cat

Answer: The action words are: laugh, dance, eat, cry, swim, sleep, play, dig, jump, run, write, smile, push.

Given: A word search grid and a list of action words to find.

Words to find and their locations:

• walk → Row 3, reading left to right: w-a-l-k ✓
• yawn → Column, reading downward: y-a-w-n (found in the grid) ✓
• pour → Found in the grid ✓
• cough → Found reading downward in column 1: c-o-u-g-h ✓
• give → Row 7: g-i-v-e ✓
• see → Found in the grid ✓
• open → Found in the grid ✓
• help → Row 8: h-e-l-p ✓

Answer: All eight action words — walk, yawn, pour, cough, give, see, open, help — are hidden in the grid. Students should circle each word as they find it. One example already done: walk is circled.

Given: Five colour words — YELLOW, BLUE, PURPLE, GREEN, RED.

Concept: To arrange words in alphabetical order, look at the first letter of each word and arrange them in the order they appear in the alphabet (A, B, C, D … Z).

Step 1: Find the first letter of each colour:

• YELLOW → Y
• BLUE → B
• PURPLE → P
• GREEN → G
• RED → R

Step 2: Arrange B, G, P, R, Y in alphabetical order:
B comes first, then G, then P, then R, then Y.

Step 3: Write the full colour names:

1. BLUE
2. GREEN
3. PURPLE
4. RED
5. YELLOW

Answer:

1. BLUE
2. GREEN
3. PURPLE
4. RED
5. YELLOW

Given: Words and their 'friend words' to be joined to make new compound words. One example is given: news + bow = rainbow.

Concept: When two words are joined together to make a new word, it is called a compound word.

Note: The example given in the book pairs 'news' with 'bow' to make 'rainbow' — this is the book's own matching. Following the same pattern:

Matching and new words:

Answer:

• rain + bow = rainbow ✓ (example given)
• blue + berry = blueberry
• news + paper = newspaper
• basket + ball = basketball
• earth + worm = earthworm