QUESTION BANK

ENGLISH CLASS : V UNIT VII

TOPSY TURVY LAND & GULLIVER’S TRAVEL

Q1. Answer these questions :

When do children go to school in Topsy -turvy land?Why did the captain send the men to the land?Why did the men rush back to the ship?Who put Gulliver on the ground? And why?Why did the giant carry a reaping hook?In the poem “Topsy-turvy land” if the buses travel on the sea, then where of the boats travel?

Q2. Creative writing:

Imagine a topsy-turvy land scene and describe it in ten sentences.Write five things that you do at home to make your home look neat and clean.Write a paragraph on “If you find yourself in the land of dwarfs/giants, what will you do?Write a paragraph on “How to keep ourselves neat & clean.Write five difference between Topsy-turvy land & our land.

Q3. Grammar:Do as directed:Complete the sentences:

I felt as light as ______ after exercising.His feet were as cold as __________.The old man’s hair is as white as _____________.The newspaper boy was as slow as _________ in delivering the papers.

Rearrange the jumbled words and make a meaningful 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?

Punctuate the following sentences:1

oh no the bus has gone she fed the baby washed the dishes put the lights off and went to sleepwasn’t tim born on the 26th of January 1989next wednesday my sister mita is going to join the stat bank of indiawhen I went fishing I caught an old shoe a plastic bag and a bad cold

Fill in the blanks with degree of comparison:

Jumping is _______ than skipping,( easy,easier,easiest)The aeroplane is _______ of all.(fast, faster, fastest)The horse is _______ than the elephant. (strong, stronger, strongest)Hitting target is _________. (difficult, more difficult, most difficult)

Write rhyming words :Pleasure __________ ____________ Wear ________ ____________ Land _________ ____________ Planned ________ _____________

Spelling :Rearrange the letters:Veltra rabg andgr oolsch

Add vowels:S_v_g_s pl__s_r_ pl_nn_d exp_r__nc_

Encircle the correctly spellings:Bellowing bellowing, Gulliver Galliver, sayler sailor

Give one word for:

Land with no vegetation ________Occupants ____________Broken into pieces______________Make five words from the word Monster

UNSEEN PASSAGERead the passage carefully and answer the following questions

A little boy came running excitedly to his mother saying: “Mom, there is a boy out there in the woods who is mocking me. Everything I say he says after me. If I say: “Hello,” he says: “Hello.” When I say “Who are you?” he says: “Who are you?” “So I got mad and jumped over the fence and went into the woods to find him. But he wasn’t anywhere. So I yelled, “I’ll punch you in the nose.” And he said

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the very same thing, exactly as I had said it.” The boy’s mother told him, “That is only an echo answering you Monu. If you had said: ‘I love you,’ it would have said the same to you.” There is a similar story about a dog who went into a room full of mirrors. He eventually died of exhaustion trying to fight his mirrored ‘enemies.’ If he had only wagged his tail once, he would have had all of them wagging their tails in friendship.Life is like an echo or a mirror: we get out of it what we put in. So, always do good.

1. What did the boy say to his mom?2. What did the mother reply?3. What is life ?4. What moral did you get from this story?5. Suggest an alternate title for this story.

UNSEEN PASSAGERead the passage carefully and answer the following questions

Many birds do not stay in the same country all round the year. They move to different places. This is called migration. Migration birds may fly great distances, sometime more than 10,000 kilometers. Some of them fly from Arctic region to Antarctic region and back.

Many birds migrate in huge flocks. They come back together in one place in the summer or autumn and all of them fly together. Some ducks and geese also migrate in a line or V-shape. But some birds do not migrate because they cannot fly. Such as African Ostrich and Australian Emu. They are fast runners. The Kiwi is a small flightless bird from New Zealand. Penguins are strong swimmers. They do not mind change in climate. They do not migrate.

Q.01] Do birds stay in the same country all round the year ?Q.02] What is moving to different places called ?Q.03] How many kilometers do migrating birds fly ?Q.04] Which regions do some birds fly ?Q.05] How do many birds migrate ?Q.06] How do ducks and geese migrate ?Q.07] Why do some bird not migrate ?Q.08] Which birds are fast runners ?Q.09] Name the small flightless bird from New Zealand ?Q.10] Which bird is your favorite ? Why ?

UNSEEN PASSAGERead the passage carefully and answer the following questions

The kangaroo is found only in Australia. There are some 50 living species distributed throughout the continent. Some are no bigger than rabbits and some can even climb trees. It is the red kangaroo that is famous as Australia’s national symbol.

A full grown male kangaroo stands taller than a man. His tail is often called his ‘third leg’. His huge hind legs can send him sailing over a nine-foot fence with ease. A twitch of his tail can break a man’s leg like a matchstick. Female kangaroos have a pouch, which is basically a fold of skin with a single opening. A new born kangaroo is less than an inch long and is not ready for the world. So, the baby kangaroo, or joey, has to spend some time in its mother’s pouch.

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Answer the questions :

1. In which continent do we find kangaroos?2. What is a joey?3. Which kangaroo is Australia’s national symbol ?4. Which kangaroos stands taller than a man?5. Give the meaning of these words:

1. twitch 2. pouch 3. hind

UNSEEN PASSAGE

Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions

The red wood trees are found in the forests near San Francisco in USA. They are the tallest living things in the world. The highest one is 362 feet. They live for thousands of year. The red wood is very expensive because it does not rot easily like most wood. It is used for making tables, chairs and other furniture. It is also used to decorate outer side of the house. Each year some trees are cut down to get valuable wood but the rest of it is protected by the state. Over a million visitors walk for hours in the redwood forest to admire the beauty.

1) Where are the redwood found?2) How tall is the tallest tree?3) How many years do these trees live?4) Why is redwood expensive?5) What is redwood used for?6) Who protects the redwood forests?7) Why do millions of visitors walk in redwood forests?8) Find the word in the passage which means (making something beautiful)9) Find the word that means ‘costly’?

10) Have you visited any forest, National Park or heard about anyone? If so, which one? Name one.

SEEN PASSAGEOliver was a nine year old boy. He lived with other homeless boys in an orphanage. He was pale

and thin. This was because he had to work hard but was never given enough to eat. The owner of the orphanage Mr. Bumble was a cruel man and he ill-treated the boys. The boys were always hungry. They were given three meals a day but each meal consisted only of a bowl of watery soup. They were almost starving so it was decided by them to ask the master for more soup. All of them were afraid to ask. Finally Oliver went forward to ask for more soup. For the evening meal all the boys assembled in the old stone hall making a brave effort. Oliver went forward and said, “Please sir, I want some more soup”.

1) Where did Oliver live?4

2) Why was he pale and thin?3) Who was the owner of the orphanage?4) What kind of man was Mr. Bumble?5) What did each meal consist of?6) What was decided by them?7) Finally who went forward to ask for more soup?8) Where did they assemble for the evening meal?9) Which word in the above passage is opposite of ‘kind’?10) What is a place called where homeless children live?

SEEN PASSAGERead the passage carefully and answer the following questions

The train headed for the steep mountains. This was most difficult part of the journey with its winding roads. They passed the highest point of their journey, 7524 feet above sea level. In a few hours they would be out of the Rocky Mountains.

After the passenger had taken their breakfast the train gave a shrill whistle and braked with a jerk and came to a half. Passepartout, a French passenger went to see what the matter was. There was nothing to be seen. The train had halted in the middle of nowhere. There was no station in sight.

He heard the signalman say,”The train can’t go on. The bridge near Medicine Bow won’t support the weight.” It was a suspension bridge and some of its cables were broken.

Q.01] Where did the train head to?Q.02] Why was it the most difficult part of the journey?Q.03] How many feet was the highest point of their journey?Q.04] What kind of whistle did the train give and what happened after that?Q.05] Who went out to see what the matter was?Q.06] Was there any station at sight?Q.07] What did he hear the signalman say?Q.08] What kind of bridge was it?

Q.09] Find 2 words from the passage that are opposite of 1. Easy X_________________ 2. Everywhere X ______________________Q.10] Find 2 words from passage that mean. 1. Loud high pitched sound ___________________ 2. A person who travels_____________________

WRITINGQ. 1] Why was the Sultan in a hurry?

Q. 2] When do children go to school in Topsy-turvy Land?

Q. 3] Who was the quiet one in the class?

Q.4] What kind of child was Sanatombi ?

Q.5] Where did Malu want to travel ?

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Q.6] Why did the train stop the first time ?

Q.7] Which modes of transport do the people use to move around in the city ?

Q.8] Why did all the children hate Hari ?

Q.9] Why did the men rush back to the ship ?

Q10]Which part of the story did you find the funniest in talkative barber?

Q11] Why are the two children nobody’s friends?

Q12] Where all do you find these very busy people?

Q13] What was it that Malu’ s parents wanted her to learn ?Q14]Name the place in Manipur where the

Ningthou and Leima ruled?

Q15] Write the meaning of Tunggi Ninthou, Phajei ! Phajei !

GRAMMER

Q 1. Choose the correct answer among these:-( life, lives, live)

1. Three __________ were lost in the fire.

2. Do you like to _________ in the North?

3. Did you watch the __________ cricket match?

4. Where do you ____________?

5. Peter still _____________ with his parents.

Q2. Choose the correct answer and fill the gap

1] I ______________my old friend yesterday (meet, met, meets)

2] Malu lived with _______________ (she, her)

3] The ______________ sang beautifully. (flock, choir)

4] Opposite of disappeared is __________________

5] Hari was _______________ unpopular boy. (the, a, an)

6] Full form of weren’t is ___________________________

Q.3] Write words that rhyme with Brain ____________________ Send _____________________

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Q.4] Punctuate the following sentence.

1. next sunday my friend mona is coming from delhi. She is my best friend.

2. the dog wags its tail when its pleased but a cat waves its tail when its angry 3. when I went fishing I caught an old shoe a plastic bag and a bad cold Q.5] An aero-plane is ___________________than a train. (fast, fastest, faster)

Q.6] His handwriting is as ______________ as an ant. (huge/tiny)

Q7]. Add the correct prefix to the words given in the bracket and complete the following :-

1. Jack ____________ the gifts. (wrapped)

2. Asha had to ___________her Home-work.(write)

Q8]. Write the correct degree of comparison in the blank :

1. This food is ___________________ (more delicious,the most delicious, delicious)

2. The black bear is _________________ among all the other bears. (fat, fatter ,the fattest)

CREATIVE WRITINGQ 1 observe the picture and write 5 sentences about it

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Q2 Observe the picture and write 5 sentences about it

(Clue – Friend in need is a friend indeed)

Q)Observe the picture and write 5 sentences about it

Q3 Write detailed Character-Sketch of Malu-Bhalu

Q 4 Write 10 Sentences on topsy-turvy land

Q5 Write the character sketch of Sanatombi the future Leima of Kangleipak

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Q 6 Observe the notice and answer the following questions

1. Which competition was announced in the Notice?2. When was the competition to be held?3. Where would it be held?4. To whom were the interested students to give the names?5. What kind of costumes was preferred? Q 7 Write a notice about a library committee or a football match.

SPELLING

Q 1 Compute the spelling by filling the gap

1] C __ nt __ st 2] S __ ea __

3] P __ oc __ ssion 4] S __ bw__ y

5] B __ ui __ e

Q 2 Re-arrange the spelling correctly from jumbled words

1] SWOCL _______________________ 2] PREUSEAL _______________________

3] SSTERED _______________________ 4] LINAP ______________________

5] PONIION _______________________

Q 3 Make a 10 word out of a given word

1. Desperation 2. Astonishment 3. Handkerchief

4. Inhabitants 5. Pleasantly

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N O T I C EThe Fancy Dress Competition for Classes I – V will be held on 18.11.2010, in the Basketball Court during the CCA periods. The students who are interested to take part may give their names to Ms. Sanya Singh.Original and innovative costumes will be preferred over hired or readymade costumes.

CCA Co-coordinator