Secondary School (English Medium) (5 to 8) इयत्ता ५ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English

Write the meanings of the following in English.

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

Some interesting words sound like the noises for which they stand. You use a different tone of voice when you say these words. The voice becomes louder and more forceful.

• Click! ______________
• Chirp! _____________
• Whisper! ____________
• Bravo! _____________
• Oh! _____________
• Ah! _____________
• Hurrah! _____________
• Alas! ______________
• Wonderful! ___________
• Hi! ___________
• Ho! __________
• Hop away! _______.

Read the lesson carefully and put a circle around all the action words with -ed at the end. Then write them in one column and their present form in another. One is done for you.

Make a list of the action words from this story.

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.

List as many summer activities as you can.

Now group these activities into indoor and outdoor activities.

Fill in the blank with choosing the preposition from the option.

This tree was the home a flock ______ wild geese.

Write a few lines on Mithoo and his little dog named Shadow.

The word in the sentence is jumbled. Write them in order.

alone was not Robinson an island on

Read Sheela's notice. Discuss the questions that follow.

1. Who was to meet?
2. When were they to meet?
3. Where were they to meet?
4. What were they to do?

Now describe two of the following processes.

(i) How to send a letter/e-mail.

(ii) How to make a salad.

(iii) How to prepare a garden bed to grow flowers.

(iv) How to paint a mural or a wall picture.

A giant tree ______.

In a short paragraph write how you can be a good friend.

Use the above map to answer the questions.

1. What does the dotted line on the map show?
2. What road would Ajay take to get to the boat club?
3. What building is next to the picnic area?
4. What road passes by Ajay’s house?
5. What other way could Ajay use to get from his house to his grandmother’s house?

Now write:

Use verbs like go, turn, cross

Use prepositions like: across, between, in front of, beside, near, behind, and write how you get home from school.

See the picture Travel Time below. Answer the questions that follow.

1. Where did you go for an excursion/holiday?
2. With whom did you go?
3. What did you take with you?
4. What was the first thing you saw when you reached your destination?
5. What did you like best about the place?
6. How long did you stay there? 
7. What did you miss about home?

Make sentences using any two new words which you have learnt in the lesson.

Which do you think would be more fun — travelling by aeroplane or sailing on a ship? Write why you think so.

Look at the following words. They are group names.

troop of soldiers

swarm of bees

team of players

litter of puppies

fleet of ships

library of books