Chapter 7 — Fit Body, Fit Mind, Fit Nation

Chapter 7 of the Class 4 English NCERT textbook (Santoor), "Fit Body, Fit Mind, Fit Nation", is a cheerful poem about five children — Anant, Geeta, Lhamo, Shabana, and Meena — who each pursue a sport, a musical activity, or an art form with joy and determination. The chapter also teaches adjectives, rhyming words, and words with double letters. Download the PDF to read the poem, explore the summary, and practice the Q&A exercises.

• The Poem and Its Five Children — The poem introduces five children who represent different activities. Anant plays hockey on a rocky ground, Geeta practices skating and learns from her mistakes, Lhamo plays a guitar while his friend joins with a sitar, Shabana wins a cycle race, and Meena sings in rhythm. The poem celebrates play and music as sources of joy for every girl and boy.
• Grammar: Adjectives — The chapter uses the poem's descriptive phrases — 'active boy Anant', 'graceful girl Geeta', 'swift girl Shabana', 'cheerful children' — to introduce adjectives. Students learn that a word which tells more about a noun is called an adjective. Exercises ask students to match adjectives with nouns and fill in blanks with describing words.
• Vocabulary and Rhyming Words — New words from the poem include 'mistakes', 'rhythm', 'proudly', 'cheerful', 'pace', and 'swift'. A written exercise asks students to find and write the rhyming pairs from the poem: hockey/rocky, skates/mistakes, guitar/sitar, race/pace, and joy/boy.
• Activities: Double Letters and Paralympic Games — A 'Let us Write' activity focuses on words that contain double letters, using 'village' as an example and asking students to find five such words in their kitchen. An exploration task asks students to find out about the Paralympic Games and share their findings with the class.

1. 01The poem features five named children: Anant (hockey), Geeta (skating), Lhamo (guitar/sitar), Shabana (cycle race), and Meena (singing)
2. 02The chapter is part of Unit 3: Fun with Games in the Santoor Grade 4 English textbook (reprint 2026-27)
3. 03Students learn that an adjective is a word that tells more about a noun, with examples from the poem
4. 04Rhyming pairs in the poem: hockey–rocky, skates–mistakes, guitar–sitar, race–pace, joy–boy
5. 05New vocabulary words introduced: mistakes, rhythm, proudly, cheerful, pace, swift
6. 06A 'Preparing a Dish Without Fire' cooking activity is included as a classroom exercise
7. 07Students find words with double letters in their kitchen as a home-based writing activity
8. 08The chapter ends with an exploration task: find out about the Paralympic Games