Poem Trains | NCERT Solutions for Class 3 English Chapter 6

The poem, ‘Trains’ is a narrative of trains that travel over the mountains, plains and hilly areas and how they help in transporting things from one place to another. This also helps us to understand the importance of train and gives insight into various means of transport.

Means of transport:

Means of carrying people or goods from one place to another or of being carried from one place to another.

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Types of Means transport

By Road

By Rail

By Air

By Water

Question and Answer

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1. Where do the trains run?

Ans. The trains run over the mountains, plains and rivers.

2. What are the ‘‘precious loads’’ that they carry?

Ans. The ‘‘precious loads’’ that they carry means luggages, goods and raw materials, etc.

3. When do the trains run?

Ans. The trains run during day and night, and also, during morning and evening. 

4. What is ‘dusk’ and ‘dawn’?

Ans. ‘Dusk’ is the time when the sun has gone down and there is partial darkness. 

‘Dawn’ is when there is the first light of ray before sunrise.

Word building

1. Sort out these different means of transport into correct groups. One is done for you.

 Bus     Car     Aeroplane     Ship     Boat

Train     Bicycle     Helicopter    Truck     Steamer

1. Complete the sentences

1. Give me some _______to eat. (food/clothes)

2. Play with _______. (me/grey)

3. Swim across __________. (the river/the boat)

4. Let’s get on the ________. (train/dawn)