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

Where is Manipur on the map of India?

What language do the people of Manipur speak?

Who do you think should have been made the future king?

• Sanajaoba, the one who jumped through the tree.
• Sanayaima, the one who jumped over the tree.
• Sanatomba, the one who uprooted the tree.

Why do you think so?
Who was made the future queen and why?

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

• 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 ______________________

Name the team members needed for the following.

To play cricket we need

Read the poem.

For Want of a Nail
For want of a nail, the shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For want of a horse, the rider was lost,
For want of a rider, the battle was lost,
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail!
[traditional rhyme]

Now form questions for the answers given in the speech bubbles.

Write a notice about a library committee or a football match.

Several words mean no. The word never is one. It means at no time or not ever.

Here are some other no words read them

Discuss with your partner how you would send a similar message to someone.

Also find out how people sent messages in olden days and how they send them nowadays.

Listen and tell the sounds that these words in the poem produce.

• cart ______
• drinks ______

Can you make these sounds?

In a group, mime an activity (picnic, fair/mela, cricket match, etc.) which you enjoy. The rest of the class should guess the activity and say whether it is done in a group/alone.

Say Aloud

There are many reasons why something happens.

For example

Circle the words where you get a zzzzz sound. One is done for you.

Read and listen to these two poems with your partner and find out what are the things that the village child and the city child like.

Read the given sentence and underline the 'no' word.

Nobody is at home.