Secondary School (English Medium) (5 to 8) Class 5 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Did you like the frog’s behaviour?

Refer to the poem and understand.

The frog loved to laze and lie around all day.

He did not like to do any work at all.

Write about the people you like, a game you play, a hobby, a habit you have. You may use the following clues.

I love______

I like______

I don t mind______

I don t like ______

I hate______

Try and find out the same from your family members also.

Add one more matching word to each pair. One has been done for you.

What kind of words are they?

Pick out the names of the games mentioned in the story.

Sometimes we join two words to make a describing word. For example, Rip was a good-natured man, everybody liked him. Here are some more describing words. Use them to complete the given paragraph.

Mrs. Das has a _______ job in a clothes shop. Yesterday, an _______ woman walked into the shop. She was wearing _______ . shoes. A _______ dog was with her. “I want a _______ shirt for my dog, please,” she said. “For your dog?” asked Mrs. Das, _______ in surprise. “Yes,” replied the woman. “I want him to be for my next party.”

Lots of things must have happened in the village when Rip was away. Imagine you are the neighbour who greets Rip after 20 years. One student should act as Rip. Tell Rip about all that had happened in the village after he left.

(Talk about what happened to his family, to his friends, to the other villagers, to the children he played with, the change in the village, etc. your teacher will guide you.)
You may start this way: Guess what happened on the day you left. When you did not come home in the evening, your wife ………

Read the speech bubbles. Who walks to school most often? Put them in order.

What activity was going on in the class?

Who was the quiet one in the class?

Why was she quiet?

How do you interact in class during discussions? Do you participate or remain quiet?

What is a Discussion?

To discuss means to talk together or decide something. When you do this, you are taking part in a discussion. Read the sentences below. They tell us what happens in a discussion.

Read the sentences below. They tell us what happens in a discussion.

Note the points you might discuss before planning a visit to the park.

1. Choose a day and time.
2. What things to bring to play?
3. Assign duties.
4. Things to eat.

Look at the picture in the poem. Imagine and write what the discussion in the class is about.

Fill in the grid given below by assigning qualities to each person. Some clues are given here to help you.

Clues

• Sangeeta lends her pencil to her partner.
• Nirav is also called a chatterbox.
• Pranav recently saved a cat from drowning in the lake.
• Megha is just the opposite of Nirav.
• Mithila always teases everyone.
• Ritu is always seen with a book in hand.

When do children go to school in Topsy-turvy Land?

In the poem, if buses travel on the sea, then where do the boats travel? How should it rightly be?

The Topsy Turvy land is very different from our land. Let's draw a comparison by filling in sentences wherever needed.

Fun with sounds

The words in the sentences are jumbled here. Rearrange them to make meaningful sentences. Words that begin with a capital letter are the first word of the sentence.

1. Renu naughty is a girl.
2. untidy room Her always is.
3. mother Her advises her clean to it.
4. never listens She her mother to.
5. kind of What child a you are?

Can you tell of some things that go topsy-turvy at home and there is disorder?

What are the things the girl does not want to share?