Talking Toys takes readers inside a busy holiday toy shop where wooden toys, board games, a talking doll, a toy elephant, a Vande Bharat train, a toy aeroplane and Chennapatna marbles eagerly wait to see which child will pick them. As children buy Snakes and Ladders, the Vande Bharat train, marbles, an aeroplane, a spinning top and dancing dolls, every toy finds a happy home.
What Class 3 English Chapter 5 Covers
Inside the Toy Shop: How the toys express excitement as children choose games, trains, planes and dolls
Indian Traditional Toys: Learning about Kondapalli, Channapatna and clay toys made across India
Describing Words (Adjectives): Matching adjectives to nouns (cotton doll, wooden top, red cap, long hair)
Plural Forms: Adding ‘-s’, ‘-es’ and ‘-ies’ (toy–toys, box–boxes, puppy–puppies)
Exercises in Chapter 5
- Let us think & Let us learn (Pages 50–52): Answer questions on which toys were bought, match describing words and form plurals.
- Let us write & Let us do (Pages 53–56): Describe your favourite toy in five sentences and make a simple puppet or spinning toy.
Read Class 3 English Chapter 5 Online
More Chapters
- Previous: Chapter 4: Out in the Garden
- Next: Chapter 6: Paper Boats
- All English chapters and the other Class 3 books: Class 3 NCERT books 2026-27
- All Class 1 to 12 NCERT Textbooks: NCERT Books PDF (Class 1–12)
- Every book chapter by chapter: NCERT chapter wise PDF
FAQ
Which train did the little boy ask his mother (Aayi) to buy?
He pointed to the toy Vande Bharat train and asked his mother to buy it.
What games and toys did the children buy from the shop?
They bought Snakes and Ladders, a Vande Bharat train, marbles, a toy aeroplane, a toy elephant, a spinning top and dancing dolls.