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There are many reasons why something happens.

For example

Event Reasons
  1. Gulliver could not climb the fence because
  • every step was six feet high.
  • he saw one of the giants coming towards him.
  • he ran to hide himself.
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All the three are reasons why Gulliver was unable to climb the fence.

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पाठ 7.2: Gulliver's Travels - Let's talk [पृष्ठ १२३]

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एनसीईआरटी English - Marigold Class 5
पाठ 7.2 Gulliver's Travels
Let's talk | Q 2 | पृष्ठ १२३

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Find and discuss some examples of reports related to the given topic.

Award distribution


Form groups and use the ICT lab of your Junior College to make a short film on the script that you have prepared. There are several soft-wares that can be used for editing. You can take professional help. One can upload his/her film on mediums like Youtube and submit the link to the subject teacher.


Deliver a short speech for about five minutes on the following.

Think of a situation where all the trees can speak. What will they talk about?


Figures of speech

Anaphora: Repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of a sequence of sentences, paragraphs, and lines.

(e.g.) How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!


Imagine that you are going to interview one of the survivors of the Pan Am Hijack. Discuss with your partner and write down the conversation. Then one of you play the role of the interviewer and other the survivor. You can use the sample questions given below.

  1. Do you have any information regarding the suspects of the hijack?
  2. Which countries did the hijackers belong?
  3. What are the details of the hijacked flight?
  4. How many passengers were aboard? 
  5. What happened in the last few minutes of the hijack drama?
  6. Do you have information regarding the victims?
  7. Was there any recorded communication to/from the plane during the hijacking?
  8. How many terrorists were there?
  9. How did you feel when you were in the flight?
  10. Can you recall Neerja’s role in safeguarding the passengers?

Read the story board and take roles as pilot and flight attendants to enact the scene.


Answer the following:

A Tiny Little Plant

Deep in the heart of a little seed,
    Lay buried so, so deep,
A tiny little plant fast asleep.

Out came the bright Sunshine,
     Down crept its light,
Into the seed, too bright.

A little plant woke up to see,
How bright the world might be.

List the rhyming words in the first three lines.


Change the following into Indirect Speech.

The teacher said to him, “Do not read so fast.”


Change the following into Direct Speech.

I wrote that I would visit him next day.


Name the speaker.

S.No. Lines from the lesson Speaker
1 “Do you do anything other than eating?"  
2 “Are you feeling unwell?”  
3 “I don’t have a camera phone “  
4 “I told you I am thirteen, the same age as you."  
5 “You are a brave pair!”  

Is there any place near?


Now complete the following. Use the words given in the box.

red slow black gentle warm
strong sweet light white  
  • As ______ as a feather
  • As ______ as a tortoise
  • As ______ as honey
  • As ______ as snow
  • As ______ as an ox
  • As ______ as night
  • As ______ as a rose
  • As ______ as toast
  • As ______ as a breeze.

Use the above expressions to complete the following sentences.

  1. The old man’s hair is as white ________
  2. His feet were ________
  3. The newspaper boy was as slow ______ in delivering the papers.
  4. I felt as light ______ after exercising.

Create your own comparisons for the following. Work in pairs.

as tall as _______________________
as fast as _______________________
as high as _______________________
as angry as _______________________
as tiny as _______________________
as brave as ______________________


What do you do when it is dark?


What is the script for children who cannot see called?


As a friend of the narrator, describe how you would have behaved at the auction.


Now use these ideas and prepare a speech on the topic ‘The importance of developing a positive attitude’ and deliver the speech in the school assembly


Pair work: Practise the dialogue with another student. Then write a similar dialogue between a student and the class teacher regarding an educational trip.


Extend the conversation with two more relevant exchange

Receptionist Good evening, sir. Welcome to Chennai.
Traveller I would like to book a deluxe room in your hotel for 3 days.
Receptionist ______
Traveller ______
Receptionist ______
Traveller ______

Organize a class debate on the motion ‘The advantages of social websites’. (Use the expressions for arguments like - First, firstly, I mean, My point is, In my opinion, Let me consider, etc.)


Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day” is a piece of science fiction. Discuss plots of similar stories with your partner and share your ideas with the class.


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