Class 5 | English Textbook | BEGINNERS' ENGLISH - V

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Now, answer the following questions. Pick words from the box below to complete the answers. You may choose a word more than once.

    grazing    roaming    presence    runs
    away       save           bush           sadly
    tiger         tiger          alert            deer

a) What is there in the first picture?
Ans: There is a tiger in the forest. 🐯

b) What do you see in the second picture?
Ans: There is a deer grazing in the forest.

c) What happens in the third picture?
Ans: The tiger sees a deer roaming.

d) What does the tiger do in the fourth picture?
Ans: The tiger crawls towards the bush.

e) What does the deer do in the fifth picture?
Ans: The deer becomes alert . He looks here and there and feels the present of the tiger.

f) What does the deer do after that?
Ans: The deer runs very fast, to serve his life.

g) Where does the deer hide?
Ans: The tiger hides himself in a bush.

h) What happens in the end?
Ans: The tiger sadly goes away.

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Let's see what the words below mean:

⏺️ Wee : very small in size.

⏺️ nought : nothing

⏺️ stirring: moving

⏺️ beetle : an insect

⏺️ screech : a loud unpleasant sound

⏺️ cricket : a small jumping insect that
makes a loud sound

⏺️ whistling : making a musical tune with
lips

⏺️ dew : a very small drop of water that
falls on the ground.

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ACTIVITIES

1. Choose the correct answer and complete the sentence:

    a) Someone came knocking at a ____
    (small/big) door.
    Ans: small

    b) The poet looked out in the still ____
    (dark/bright) night.
    Ans: dark

    c) Only the ____ (lazy/busy) beetle was
    tap - tapping in the wall.
    Ans: busy

    d) The poet listened and ____ (opened/
    closed) the door.
    Ans: opened

2. Work in pairs. Read the poem "Someone" once again. Now, find the words which tell us about sounds. Tell your partner and write them down.
Ans: knocking, stirring, tapping, screech, whistling,

3. Match the words which are similar in meaning:

    wee      hear
    listen   watch
    look     tiny
    forest cry
    call      jungle
Ans: wee --- tiny
         listen -- hear
         look -- watch
         forest -- jungle
         call --- cry

4. Work in groups. Fill in the gaps and complete the poem. Some words are given below:

Two little eyes Ten one
mouth might night bright

    Ten little fingers, ten little toes,
    Two little ears and one little nose
    Two little eyes that shine so bright
    And one little mouth
    To kiss mother good night.

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5. Read the following statements and ask questions to get these answers.

a) My name is Nitin.
👉🏿 What is your name?

b) I am ten years old.
👉🏿 How old are you?

    c) One night someone knocked at the
    door.
    👉🏿 Who did knock the door one night?

d) I opened the door.
👉🏿 Who opened the door?

e) I felt very happy to see the dog.
👉🏿 How did you feel to see the dog?

6. Make the following sentences into questions to get yes/no as an answer.

a) Yes, Nitin is opening the door.
👉🏿 Is Nitin opening the door?

b) No, a dog can't knock at a door.
👉🏿 Can a dog knock at a door?

    c) Yes, a little dog was scratching the
    door with its paws.
    👉🏿 Was a little dog scratching the door
    with its paws?

d) Yes, I brought it inside.
👉🏿 Did you bring it inside?

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7. Put the words below in the correct order to make questions. Begin each sentence with a capital letter:

a) he/happy/was?
👉🏿 Was he happy?

b) your book/where/is?
👉🏿 Where is your book?

c) going/you/are/when?
👉🏿 When are you going?

d) are/old/you/how?
👉🏿 How old are you?

e) school/which/you/go/to/do?
👉🏿 Which school do you go to?

f) why/you/crying/are?
👉🏿 Why are you crying?

8. Let's complete the poem with rhyming words. Choose from the options:

Eight little fingers standing up tall,

Two little ears to hear mummy call

One little nose that I can blow,

Ten little toes, all in a row

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9. You may have heard the story "The Cap Seller and The Monkeys". Sit in groups and write the story. Some clues are given below. Use them and complete the story:

    place    he    there was a    took
    monkeys    to    caps    came    off
    went away    threw    person    saw

               Once upon a time there was a
    cap seller. He moved from place to
    place. One day, he went to the market
    to sell his caps. After some time he
    was tired. So he sat under a tree and
    fell asleep.

               A troop of monkeys came to the
    place. They took away the caps. When
    the cap seller woke up, he saw that his
    caps were gone. He looked here and
    there and saw a few monkeys with the
    caps on the tree.

               The cap seller was a clever
    person. An idea came to his mind as
    quick as lightning. The cap seller took
    off his cap and threw it on the ground.
    At once, the monkeys also took their
    caps and threw them on the ground.
    The cap seller collected his caps and
    went away.

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10. Look at this sentence. The cap seller was as clever as the monkeys. It compares the cap seller and the monkeys. Now, read and practise the following comparisons. They are called similes:

⏺️ As black as coal

⏺️ As white as snow

⏺️ As proud as a peacock

⏺️ As brave as a tiger

⏺️ As cunning as a fox

⏺️ As sweet as honey

⏺️ As quick as lightning

⏺️ As green as grass

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11. Choose the suitable similes and complete the sentences.

as proud as as brave as
as sweet as as white as

a) The mango was as sweet as honey.