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How many brothers did the Barber have?

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The Barber had six brothers.

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Prose (Class 5)
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पाठ 6.2: The Talkative Barber - Let's read [पृष्ठ १०५]

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एनसीईआरटी English - Marigold Class 5
पाठ 6.2 The Talkative Barber
Let's read | Q 1 | पृष्ठ १०५

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

A recipe is a list of directions to prepare a dish. The following sentences are not in order for preparing avail. Number them in the correct order.

  1. Grind some coconut, green chilies, and garlic.
  2. Cut the vegetable scraps into long strips.
  3. Wash and clean the mix of vegetable bits.
  4. Decorate with curry leaves.
  5. Whip some curd and mix it in.
  6. Pour some coconut oil on top.
  7.  Avial is ready.

Avial is a dish made in Kerala.

Do you have a similar dish in your state made from a mix of many vegetables?

  1. What is it called?
  2. Note down the ingredients used to make it.
  3. Write the recipe.
  4. Present attractively and display on the class board. You can draw and stick pictures too.

Word hunt

The mother-in-law pointed ______ ______ the bamboo door.


The hunter climbed the tree with the help of a ladder.


What made Robinson Crusoe think that the print on the ground was a footprint?


Why did Robinson pray when he saw the footprint?


Read the following passage and answer the question that follow.

Oliver was a nine-year-old boy. He lived with other homeless boys in an orphanage. He was pale and thin as were the other boys living there. This was because they had to work hard but were never given enough to eat. The owner of the orphanage, Mr. Bumble, was a cruel man and he ill-treated the boys.

The boys were always hungry It was true that they were given three meals a day but each meal consisted only of a bowl of watery soup. They were almost starving. So it was decided by them to ask the master for more soup. But who would bell the cat? Finally, the task fell to Oliver.

When all the boys had assembled in the cold stone hall for their evening meal, the soup was served. It soon disappeared. The boys whispered to one another and one boy pushed Oliver a little. Oliver, making a brave effort, stood up, walked up to the master with his bowl and spoon in his hand, and said tremblingly, “Please sir, I want some more.”

1. Why did Oliver live in the orphanage?

2. Who was Mr. Bumble?

3. What meals were the boys given?

4. What did Oliver say to Mr Bumble?

5. The boys were given three meals a day. Then why were they always hungry?

  1. Because the soup they were given was never enough. 
  2. Because they worked very hard all day long. 
  3. Because the older boys drank up their soup.

6. Find the words from the passage that mean the same as

  1. very hungry (para 2) ______
  2. to vanish (para 3) ______

7. ‘All the boys assembled in the cold stone hall.’ Here the word assembled means

  1. moved away
  2. collected
  3. worked together

8. From the word 'assembled' remove the last two letters. Add one letter to make a word which means a time at the school when the whole school gathers.

assembl______

9. Give a suitable title to the passage.


Why did the Barber take so long to shave the Sultan?


There were seven brothers altogether in the Sultan’s family.


Which part of the story did you find the funniest?


Fill in the blanks by adding un-, im-, or dis- to the words given in the box.

tidy, patient, kind, like, able, appear, possible.
  1. The teacher got upset with Rani because her work was ______
  2. The dog was________ to climb the tree to chase the cat.
  3. I _______ hot milk, I like it cold.
  4. It is ________ to cross the road during peak traffic hours.
  5. The magician waved his magic wand and made the rabbit _____
  6. The passengers became __________ when the train was late again.
  7. It is very ________ to make fun of another person’s weaknesses.

“Nobody took Hari’s hand. Nobody went near him. Nobody played with him.” This shows that Hari had.


‘I shan’t pinch anyone anymore’. Shan’t means.


Complete the blank with rhyming word of the following and practice aloud.

Vowed - c ______.


Why did the Ningthou want to choose a future king?


Write the meanings of the following in English.

  • Tunggi Ningthou – ______
  • Thouro! Thouro! – ______
  • Phajei! Phajei! – ______
  • Shagol thauba nupa! – ______

Fill in the correct word in the blanks and complete the story.

In a forest, there _________ (live/lives/lived) a goblin named Cruel. One day, he __________ (meet/met/meets) an old man wandering in the forest. Immediately, Cruel _____________ (leap/ leaps/leapt) on to the old man’s shoulders and _____________ (order/ orders/ ordered) him, “Let's go. Move fast.”

The frightened old man _________ (obey/obeys/ obeyed) the nasty goblin and _______ (walk/ walks/walked) on. As they ___________on, (move/moves/moved) he _________ (notice/ notices/ noticed) that the goblin's feet were very tender. The old man ____________ (ask/asks/ asked) Cruel, “ Sir, how are your feet so soft and tender?” Cruel __________, (reply/ replies/replied) “ I have taken a vow that I will not touch the ground with my feet, till I wash them.” They soon ____________ (come/comes/ came) to a pool. The goblin ________ (instruct/ instructs/ instructed) the old man to wait for him while he ___________ (enter/enters/ entered) the pool. The old man ___________ (think/ thinks/ thought) to himself, “Now that the goblin has wet his feet, he does not need me. Let me run for
my life or he will surely eat me up.” So he ___________ (run/runs/ran) off.


Read these sentences carefully.

I ate an apple.
A boy is standing under the tree.
The sun rises in the east.
A and an do not point out any definite or particular person or thing whereas, the is used when we speak of some particular person or thing. A, an, and the are called articles. Remember an is used before words beginning with a vowel a, e, i, u.

Now fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.

  1. Hari was ______________ unpopular boy.
  2. The boys and girls went ______ to seaside for a picnic.
  3. He saw ______ big crab coming towards him.
  4. I found ______ empty bottle, floating in the water.
  5. ______ sea creatures ate his food.

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