Class 5 | English Textbook | BEGINNERS' ENGLISH - V | Lesson 7 : My Story

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ACTIVITIES
1. Read the autobiography written by water and complete the sentences in the bubbles:

                          I help to....
                 i) to remain clean
            ii) to grow plants and trees

                         You see me
                 i) in seas and lakes
            ii) sailing in the sky as clouds
 
                         I don't like it
                      i) to be wasted
            ii) to be polluted with dirty things

2. Let's learn a few words. Read the words which have the same meaning as 'beautiful':

   ⏺️pretty    ⏺️attractive
   ⏺️good looking    ⏺️charming

Now, make sentence using the words in the book:

    🔹 Good Looking : Indra Gandhi was a
          good looking woman.

    🔹 Charming : Pete Cashmore is a
          charming person.

    🔹 Beautiful : The scenery is very
          beautiful.

    🔹 Attractive : The cover of the book is
          very attractive.

    🔹 Pretty : The baby has a pretty face.

    🔹 Handsome : Rhitik Roshan is a
          handsome man.

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4. Now, complete the table with action words:

    👉 lives    lived    will live

    👉 dances  danced   will dance

    👉 helps     helped     will help

    👉 pollutes    polluted    will pollute

    👉 writes     wrote     will write

5. Look at the picture of the bottle of cough syrup. Some information has been given on the label of the bottle of medicine. Write them down.

    The name of the medicine is
    👉 Caffri Cough Syrup

    The date of manufacture is
    👉 18/8/2017

    The date of expiry is
    👉 21/7/2020

    The price is
    👉 47.00

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6. Now, write questions on Mother Teresa.

    👉 What was her real name?

    👉 Who was her parents?

    👉 Where was she born?

    👉  When did she die?

    👉 Why did she devote her life?

7. Find out words which have similar meanings with the word 'destitute'. You can look it up in the dictionary:

    destitute : penniless, impoverished,
    poverty-stricken, poor, impecunious,
    indigent, down and out,

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9. Read the following sentences. Choose a sentence to match each picture. Write the sentences below each picture:

    Pic 1 : The land is ploughed.

    Pic 2 : Seeds are sown in fields.

    Pic 3 : Rice seedlings are grown in
                fields.

    Pic 4. Seedlings are collected from
               fields.

    Pic 5 : Seedlings are planted in rows.

    Pic 6 : Plenty of water is required for
                the rice plant to grow.

    Pic 7 : When paddy ripens the crop is
                harvested.

    Pic 8 : The paddy stalks are threshed to
                separate the grains of rice from
                the stalks.

    Pic 9 : The grains of rice are collected
                in gunny bags.

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10. Find out more sentences from the lessons you have read. Write the two parts in the table below:

   The person/thing     What the person/
    doing the action      thing is doing

    🌱 Dr. Aditya Goswami --- is giving
    lecture on drug abuse.

    🌱 Tarun --- is kicking the ball.

    🌱 Smita --- is running to the finish line.

    🌱 Bina --- is eating ghila pitha.

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11. Try to making sentences in your notebook using some of the words above.

    🔹They : They are our teachers.

    🔹It : It's 8 o'clock now.

    🔹I : I like to read stories.

    🔹We : We are friends.

    🔹He : He is my brother.

    🔹Run : A horse can run very fast.

    🔹Open : Open the door.

    🔹Watch : I don't have a watch.

12. Complete the following paragraph. You may use words given in the box:

  ⏺️pencil  ⏺️write  ⏺️lead and wood
  ⏺️draw    ⏺️shorter ⏺️sharpen
  ⏺️factory

    I am a pencil. I was born in a factory.
    I am made of lead and wood. I have
    many names. Children love me. I help
    people to draw and write. I become
    shorter when children sharpen me.

13. Read the following information and write a paragraph:

  Name        : Phuleswari Hazarika
  Born          : 8 September 1956
  Parents     : Late Madhav Hazarika and
                       Phulmoti Hazarika
  Place         : Dergaon, Assam
  Known as  : Social worker, children's
                      writer.
  Died           : 9 November 2012

Ans : Phuleswari Hazarika was born on 8th September 1956 in Dergaon in Assam. Her parents were Late Madhav Hazarika and Late Phulmoti Hazarika. She was known as social worker and children's storybook writer. She died on November 9th 2012.

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14. What To Do During An Earthquake?

    Attention ! Attention
    👉 Do not panic.
    👉 Come out to an open place
    👉 Do not use the stairs of buildings.
    👉 Do not stay close to glass windows.
    👉 Do not stay near electric wires.

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15. Complete the following passage with the words given in bubbles:

    At 10 O'clock yesterday, we were sitting
    in our classroom. Our teacher was
    writing on the blackboard. Suddenly the
    doors and windows began shaking. The
    children were running out of the class
    room. Soon there was an announce -
    ment. A man was sitting on a rickshaw
    with a microphone in his hand. He was
    telling people what to do during an
    earthquake.

16. Choose the correct word and complete the following sentences. Remember to start the sentence with a capital letter.

    a) ___ (are/can) you give me the phone
    number of the civil hospital?
    Ans: Can you give me the phone
    number of the civil hospital?

    b) ___ (could/do) you switch off the
    lights, please?
    Ans: Could you switch off the lights,
    please?

    c) ___ (do/can) you know the time when
    the fire broke out?
    Ans: Do you know the time when the🔥
    broke out?

    d) ___ (would/will) you like to visit the
    sick people?
    Ans: Would you like to visit the sick
    people?

    e) ___ (could/are) you carry some
    medicine with you?
    Ans: Could you carry some medicine
    with you?

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