Unit 1 · Fun with Friends · NCERT Class 3 Santoor

Best Friend

A sweet poem about friendship. We only name the poem — every example here is our own — and use it to learn how a poem works: its lines and verses, its rhyme and rhythm, and the message it shares. Tap each idea to begin.

👥 3 topics⏱ ~12 min📝 8-question quiz

Play with it

What makes a poem

A poem has a few special parts. Tap each one to see what it does.

Explore · Parts of a poemtap an idea

Learn

The three big ideas

Line — one row of words in a poem. Poems break their words into short lines.
Verse — a group of lines that belong together, like a little box of the poem.
It looks different from a story — a story runs in long sentences; a poem stands in neat lines.

Rhyme — words that end with the same sound: friend — bend, day — play.
Rhythm — the beat you hear when you read a poem aloud, like clapping to a song.
Together — rhyme and rhythm make a poem fun to say and easy to remember.

Find a rhyme. Which word rhymes with friend?

bend, send, mend all end in the same sound, so any of them rhymes with friend.

Message — the main idea or feeling a poem shares with us.
A friendship poem — often shares warm feelings: a best friend cares, shares and helps.
Ask yourself — “What feeling did this poem leave me with?” That is its message.

Tip: the message is not the same as the story of the poem — it is the feeling or lesson you carry away after reading it.

Where you'll meet it

Poems in your day

Making a card for a friend

A short rhyming line inside a card — “You are my friend, on you I depend” — is your own little poem, and it makes someone smile.

Reading poems aloud

Reading aloud lets you hear the rhythm and rhyme. It makes poems feel like songs and helps you enjoy them more.

Saying how you feel

Poems help us put feelings into words. Noticing a poem’s message teaches you to share your own feelings too.

Check yourself

Skill quiz

Eight quick questions that check the skill — lines and verses, rhyme, rhythm and the message — not just remembering the poem.

Score 0/8

Buffyyour study buddy

Hi! Ask me what a line or a verse is, which words rhyme, what rhythm means, or how to find the message of a poem. I will explain simply with my own examples.

Buffy is an AI helper and can be wrong — always check your NCERT textbook.