SSC (English Medium) 5th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

What did Anshuman’s father compare bad habits to? 

Use the following phrase in your own sentence -

in vain 

Use the following phrase in your own sentence - 

get a hold of

Use the following phrase in your own sentence -

to get rid of

Read the highlighted words. They are known as prepositions.

• for a walk
• around the farm
• specialities of plants
• in the soil
• with great effort

Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.

The tiger jumped into the river.

Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.

Put the cubes in the box.

Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.

We travelled to Mumbai by train.

Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.

There were many people around the house.

Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.

The children were asked to come without their parents.

Change the meaning by changing the adverb.

Speak gently.

Form groups of 5-8 and list the following.

Bad habits

Discuss the following in group.

Do people admit that they have bad habits? 

Discuss the following in group.

What can we do to get rid of bad habits?

Discuss the following in group.

Do’s and Don’ts for young children.

1. Form groups of 5–8. Then make pairs of groups. Decide which group will be hosts and which will be guests. Arrange mock parties in the classroom so that the roles of hosts and guests can actually be played out.
2. Later on, hold groupwise discussions on how your party went. Make lists of the tips you followed and those you forgot to follow. 

Make a list of the rhyming words in the poem.
Add one more rhyming word of your own to each pair.

Write some more expressions like ‘hundreds of’. Expand each expression.

Example, ‘Hundreds of children in the school.’

What examples of plentiful things does the poet give?

Why does the poet say that the dewdrops greet the dawn?