Class 5 English NCERT unit 5 CBSE Marigold book question and answers.
Rip Van Winkle
1. Circle 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 | a musical instrument | a bag |
| contents | to be happy | the ingredients | the index of a book |
Solution:
Wasted
to understand
a wooden container
the ingredients
steady
partner
to move down
2. Match the words in the box with their meanings. You may take the help of a dictionary.
grizzled
astonished
stroked
familiar
foothills
near the lower part of mountain _________
with grey hair _____
to rub gently_______
to be very surprised _________
known to you _________
Solution:
near the lower part of a mountain foothills.
with grey hair grizzled.
to rub gently stroked.
to be very surprised astonished.
known to you familiar.
3. Say whether the following sentence are True or False.
(i) Rip was kind to children. ____________
(ii) Rip was a hardworking man. __________
(iii) The short old man on the mountain was his constant companion _______
(iv) Rip helped the old man on the mountains because he wanted to have a drink from the barrel.
(v) Rip was away for twenty years because he was asleep on the mountains ___________
(vi) The drink from the barrel made him fall asleep for twenty years. ________
(vii) Nobody recognised Rip when he came back because he had reached the wrong village, ____________
Solution:
(i) True.
(ii) False.
(iii) False.
(iv) False.
(v) True.
(vi) True.
(vii) False.
4. Complete the following sentences.
(i) Rip’s village was situated _____________.
(ii) The children of the village loved him because ____________.
(iii) ________ was his constant companion.
(iv) The villagers stared at him because ____________.
(v) The old woman who recognised Rip was ____________.
Solution:
(i) Rip’s village was situated at the foothills of the Kaatskill mountains.
(ii) The children of the village loved him because he played with them, he taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories.
(iii) A dog named Wolf was his constant companion.
(iv) The villagers stared at him because they could not recognise him.
(v) The old woman who recognised Rip was his neighbour.
5. What were the strange things about the men on the mountains?
(i) ________________
(ii) ________________
(iii) ________________
(iv) ________________
Solution:
(i) They were all dressed the same way.
(ii) All of them had beards of various shapes and colours.
(iii) Their faces were serious.
(iv) They were totally silent.
6. What kind of a man was Rip Van Winkle?
(i) He was a kind neighbour.
(ii) ________________
(iii) ________________
(iv) ________________
Solution:
(i) He was a kind neighbour.
(ii) He was ready to help anyone.
(iii) He played with children and told them long stories.
(iv) He was very lazy.
7. Pick out the names of the games mentioned in the story.
________________
________________
________________
________________
Solution:
The names of the games mentioned in the story are
(i) Flying kites
(ii) Shooting marbles
(iii) Mountain climbing
(iv) Ninepins
8. Sometimes we join two words to make a describing word. For example, Rip was a good-natured man, everybody like him.
| long-sleeved | high-heeled | well-dressed |
| open-mounted | sweet-looking | odd-looking |
| part-time |
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 nest party.”
Solution:
Mrs Das has a part-time job in a clothes shop. Yesterday, an odd-looking woman walked into the shop. She was wearing high-heeled shoes. A sweet-looking dog was with her. “I want a long-sleeved shirt for my dog, please”, she said. “For your dog?” asked Mrs Das, open-mouthed in surprise. “Yes”, replied the woman. “I want him to be well -dressed for my next party”.
9. Silent letters
What is common in the following groups of word?
(i) Knee, knife, knot, know ____
(ii) neigbour, daughter, fight, straight _________
(iii) honest, honour, hour, heir, ________
Try and make more silent letter words.
gnat: _________, ___________
tongue: __________, _____________
chalk: _____________, ____________
whistle: ___________, ____________
Solution:
(i) The sound ‘k’ is silent in the given words.
(ii) The sound ‘gh’ is silent in the given words.
(iii) The sound ‘h’ is silent in the given words.
gnat: gnash, gnarled
tongue: technique, colleague
chalk: calm, walk
whistle: wrestle, bristle
10. Read the two paragraph given below:
My mother is always before anyone else in his family. I usually wake up after 6 O’clock. I loll around lazily for a few minutes. Then I get up and get dressed for school.
At bedtime, I read a story book. When I feel tired I lie down and go to sleep very quickly. I fall asleep in no time at all!
(i) Now find the opposites of the following words the paragraph and complete the table.
awake asleep
wake up _______
get up _______
lazily _________
(ii) Fill in the blanks using the words in the previous questions.
(a) ________ and ______ quickly! You will be late for school.
(b) Shh! The baby is ______ . Don’t make a sound, or she will _______.
(c) Are you still _________? You should be _____ now or you will nt be able to _____ in the morning for school.
Solution:
(i) awake asleep
wake up go to sleep
get up fall asleep
lazily quickly
(ii) (a) Wake up and get up quickly! You will be late for school.
(b) Shh! The baby is asleep. Don’t make a sound, or she will wake up.
(c) Are you still awake? You should be asleep now or you will not be able to get up in the morning for school.
Part 2 The Lazy Frog
1. What did the frog do all day?
Solution: The frog spent the entire day sleeping.
2. Besides lazy, what other word can you think of to describe the frog?
(Hint: how he behaved with his mother……., when a lady frog walked by……)
Solution:
Shirker, rude,
3. Complete the sentence with reference to the poem.
(i) When the frog’s mother called him, he pretended to be hard of hearing.
(ii) When a lady frog hops by, he does not even open one eye.
4. Did you like the frog’s behavior?
Solution:
(i) When the frog’s mother called him, he pretended to be hard of hearing.
(ii) When a lady frog hops by, he does not even open eye.
4. Did you like the frog’s behaviour?
Solution:
No.
5. Add one more matching word to each pair. One has been done for you.
log frog frog
shirk work ________
vain design ________
heep keep ________
past last ______
way say ______
What kind of words are they? _____
Solution:
log frog dog
shirk work clerk
vain deign brain
preferring hearing staring
heep keep sleep
past last fast
way say pay
They are rhyming words
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