Stories
NCERT English stories for Class 1 to 8: what happens, new words, questions with answers and practice.
Feathered Friend: NCERT Class 8 English Story (Poorvi)
Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction story about a pet canary on a space station who saves the whole crew. With meanings, questions with answers and practice.
Waiting for the Rain: NCERT Class 8 English Story (Poorvi)
Velu, a hard-working farmer, waits for rain that does not come, until an old woman tells him the land needs rest too. With meanings, questions with answers and practice.
The Cherry Tree: NCERT Class 8 English Story (Poorvi)
Ruskin Bond's story of a boy in Mussoorie who plants a cherry seed and watches it survive goats, scythes and snow to become a tree. With meanings, questions with answers and practice.
The Case of the Fifth Word: NCERT Class 8 English Story (Poorvi)
Boy detective Encyclopedia Brown cracks a dying thief's four-word code and finds a million dollars of stolen jewellery. With meanings, questions with answers and practice.
A Tale of Valour (Major Somnath Sharma): NCERT Class 8 Story (Poorvi)
The true story of Major Somnath Sharma, who led 90 soldiers against about 500 invaders at Badgam in 1947 and won India's first Param Vir Chakra. With meanings, questions with answers and practice.
The Wit that Won Hearts: NCERT Class 8 English Story (Poorvi)
How Tenali Rama used a clever joke about paddy seeds to end a quarrel between King Krishnadeva Raya and his queen. With meanings, questions with answers and practice.
Rani Abbakka: NCERT Class 7 English Story (Poorvi)
A picture story about Rani Abbakka, the brave queen of Ullal who refused to pay tribute to the Portuguese and drove them away. Meanings, questions with answers and practice inside.
Conquering the Summit: NCERT Class 7 English Story (Poorvi)
The true story of Arunima Sinha, who lost a leg in a train accident and went on to climb Mount Everest. This post has meanings, questions with answers and practice.
The Tunnel: NCERT Class 7 English Story (Poorvi)
Ruskin Bond's story of a boy, a railway watchman and a leopard in a jungle tunnel. This post has meanings, questions with answers and practice.
My Brother's Great Invention: NCERT Class 7 English Story (Poorvi)
Anand's home-made inventions keep going wrong, until a thief walks into his time machine one night. Meanings, questions with answers and practice inside.
Animals, Birds, and Dr. Dolittle: NCERT Class 7 English Story (Poorvi)
A funny story by Hugh Lofting about a doctor who learns animal language from his parrot. This post has meanings, questions with answers and practice.
The Day the River Spoke: NCERT Class 7 English Story (Poorvi)
A girl named Jahnavi longs to go to school, and a talking river gives her the courage to try. Meanings, questions with answers and practice inside.