English

Why did the geese cry, “Help Help”? - English

Advertisements
Advertisements

Question

Why did the geese cry, “Help Help”?

One Line Answer
Advertisements

Solution

The geese cried for help because they were trapped in the hunter’s net.

shaalaa.com
Prose (Class 5)
  Is there an error in this question or solution?
Chapter 2.2: Flying Together - Let's read [Page 33]

APPEARS IN

NCERT English - Marigold Class 5
Chapter 2.2 Flying Together
Let's read | Q 1.3 | Page 33

RELATED QUESTIONS

Given in the box are some things that children do after they reach home from school.

Choose five things that you do when you reach home from school. Write them in order.

pack school bag put away school bag
read a story book chat with mummy about school
sleep for a while wash up
do the home work watch TV
go to play change out of school uniform

Name food that is made in your home.

  1. for a feast/festival.
  2. when you are unwell.
  3. everyday.

Share the information with your friends.


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


I ran as fast as I could ______ I was frightened.


Use the joining words given below and join the sentences in Column A and B.

or, and, so, but, because.

 

Srl No. A B

i

I can sing well. I forgot to post it.
ii She wore a raincoat. It was raining.
iii We may go to Shimla. He was late to school.
iv He wanted a book for his birthday. We may go to Darjeeling.
v He missed the school bus. He wanted a football for his birthday.
vi I wrote the letter. I can’t dance at all.

The students have _______ about ‘road safety’.


Bold the correct meaning of the given words. You may need to use the dictionary.

idled away wasted rested admired
constant coffee construct steady
companion dog stranger partner
realise to understand to set free real
descend to not send to be decent to move down
barrel a wooden container a musical instrument a bag
contents to be happy the ingredients the index of a book

The villagers stared at him because ______.


The old woman who recognised Rip was ______.


Study the words in the first column and see the changes in them in the second column. The words in Column II are the opposites of the words in Column I.

I II
important unimportant
patient impatient
pleasure displeasure

Now write the opposites of the following using un-, im-, dis-.

  1. believe ______
  2. shaved ______
  3. perfect ______
  4. satisfy ______
  5. polite ______
  6. respect ______
  7. pure ______
  8. expected ______
  9. obedient ______

Now use the joining word given in the option to fill in the blank.

It was a beautiful day _______ they decided to go for a picnic.


Why did the captain send the men to the land?


Gulliver was.


Name the creature to whom you would look like Gulliver. The creature is now extinct.

The word begins with the letter D______.


A giant bird ______.


Why did all the children hate Hari?


Give the full forms of

won’t ______
weren’t ______
wouldn’t ______
couldn’t ______.


Describe what is happening in the picture. Use is/are and ____ ing to make your sentences. Clues are given in the box.

swing, sit, climb, lick, slid, kick.

For example, Krishna is swinging.

  1. Mary _____________ up the slide.
  2. Hari ______ and boxing her.
  3. Little Bitoo ______ a lollipop.
  4. Rita _______ down the slide.

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.


A giant tree ______.


Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×