NCERT Solutions for Class 3 English Unit 04 The Sky Chapter 11 Chanda Mama Counts the Stars

A. Answer the following.

Question 1. Does the Moon look the same every night?
Answer: No, the moon changes its shape and looks different every night. [1]
In simple words: No, the moon changes its shape every night. [1]

Exam Tip: Start with "No" and write a complete sentence about the moon's changing shape.

Question 2. What did Chanda Mama try to count?
Answer: Chanda Mama tried to count all the stars in the night sky. [1]
In simple words: Chanda Mama tried to count the stars. [1]

Exam Tip: The object of counting was "the stars".

Question 3. Why did Chanda Mama fall asleep?
Answer: Chanda Mama got very tired of counting the countless stars in the sky, so he started yawning and fell fast asleep. [1]
In simple words: He got tired of counting so many stars and fell asleep. [1]

Exam Tip: Explain that "counting so many stars" made him "tired" and sleepy.

Question 4. Who helped Chanda Mama?
Answer: The warm Sun came to help Chanda Mama. [1]
In simple words: The Sun helped Chanda Mama. [1]

Exam Tip: A very short, direct answer is perfect here.

Question 5. Complete the sentence: The number of star in the sky is the same as _______________
Answer: The number of stars in the sky is the same as the number of lovely children on Earth. [1]
In simple words: The number of stars is the same as the number of lovely children. [1]

Exam Tip: This is a direct fill-in-the-blank from the end of the story.

B. Think and say.

Question 1. I call the Moon, Chanda Mama. What do you call him in your language?
Answer: In my mother tongue, I call the moon 'Chandrama' or 'Chanda Mama'. [2]
In simple words: I call the moon Chandrama. [2]

Exam Tip: You can write the name used in your own language, like 'Chand' or 'Chandrama'.

Question 2. Chanda Mama was not able count the stars. What things can you not count?
Answer: There are many things we cannot count, such as the leaves on a tree, the grains of sand on a beach, the hair on our heads, or the stars in the sky. [2]
In simple words: We cannot count things like hair, sand, water drops, or stars. [2]

Exam Tip: Give three or four examples of uncountable things from nature.

Question 3. The Moon is visible during the night. What can you see in the night sky?
Answer: When we look at the night sky, we can see the glowing moon and many tiny, twinkling stars. [2]
In simple words: We see the moon and twinkling stars in the sky at night. [2]

Exam Tip: List the "moon" and "stars" as the main objects visible at night.

Let us learn

Question. Fill in the blanks with 'here' or 'there'. One has been done for you.
Answer: The sentences completed with 'here' and 'there' are: [2, 3]
- The students are playing kabaddi **there**.
- **Here** is your shirt.
- **There** is my bicycle.
- This is my bench. I sit **here** with my friends.
In simple words: We use 'here' for things close to us, and 'there' for things far away. [2]

Exam Tip: Look at whether the object is nearby (like 'this bench') or far away to choose between 'here' and 'there'.

Let us write

Question. In the story, we read that the stars were too many to be counted. Put the items in the correct column in the given table. [1. Children in the classroom, 2. Flowers in a garden, 3. Books in the library, 4. Pencils in your pencil box, 5. Fingers on your right hand, 6. Children in your city or town, 7. Pages in your English notebook, 8. Hairs on your head]
Answer: The items categorized by countability are: [3, 4]

In simple words: We can easily count things in our pencil box or classroom, but things like hair on our head or people in a city are too many to count. [3, 4]

Exam Tip: Think about whether the number is small (countable) or extremely large (uncountable) to sort them correctly.

Question. It was a full moon night. Children had come out to see the Moon. Complete the conversation they had by picking the words from the help box. [a camera for the picture, so bright and big, says the full moon looks very beautiful, let's take a picture]
Answer: The completed conversation among the children is: [4, 5]
- **Govind:** "Wow, look!"
- **Safura:** "The moon looks **so bright and big**."
- **Sukanya:** "Isn't it?"
- **Dhruv:** "My grandfather **says the full moon looks very beautiful**."
- **Ramani:** "Let us take a picture."
- **Safura:** "My mother has **a camera for the pictures**."
- **Dhruv:** "Come. Stand here and **let's take a picture**."
- **Govind:** "The moon is **so bright and big**."
In simple words: This is a friendly conversation between children enjoying and taking a picture of the beautiful full moon. [4, 5]

Exam Tip: Read the dialogues sequentially to ensure the clues from the help box fit naturally and make sense.

Chanda Mama Counts the Stars (Reading Note)

This chapter describes a sweet, imaginative story about Chanda Mama: [6, 7, 8]
Chanda Mama changes his shape from round like a circle to different shapes on other nights. He wants to count all the stars in the sky. He starts counting but gets very tired, yawns, and falls asleep. In the morning, the Sun shines. In the evening, Chanda Mama wakes up to count again, but he always forgets where he stopped. Upset and crying, he asks the Sun for help. The Sun smiles and cheers him up by saying, "The number of lovely children is the same as the number of stars in the sky." Chanda Mama is extremely happy and smiles down at the children.
In simple words: Chanda Mama tried to count the stars but kept falling asleep and forgetting the count. The Sun cheered him up by saying there are as many stars as there are lovely children. [6, 7, 8]

Exam Tip: This is a sweet, imaginative story. Notice how the Sun compares the stars to "lovely children" to make Chanda Mama happy.