Class 5 English NCERT unit 7 CBSE Marigold book question and answers.
Part 1 Topsy-Turvy Land
1. When do children go to school in Topsy-Turvy Land?
Solution: In Topsy-turvy land, the children attend school during the night.
2. In the poem, if buses travel on the sea, then where do the boats travel? How should it rightly be?
Solution: In Topsy-turvy Land, boats sail along the streets instead of the sea, where they truly belong.
3. The Topsy Travel land is very different from our land. Let’s draw comparison by filling is sentences whenever needed.
| Topsy-Turvey | Our land |
| (i) People walk on their heads. | (i) __________________ |
| (ii) | (ii) The boxes run on land. |
| (iii) They wear their hats on feet. | (iii) |
| (iv) | (iv) boats sail in the sea. |
| (v) People pay for what they don’t get. | (v) |
Solution:
| Topsy-Turvey | Our land |
| (i) People walk on their heads. | (i) People walk on their feet. |
| (ii) The buses run on the sea. | (ii) The boxes run on land. |
| (iii) They wear their hats on feet. | (iii) They wear their hats on heads. |
| (iv) Boats sail in the street. | (iv) boats sail in the sea. |
| (v) People pay for what they don’t get. | (v) People pay for what they get. |
4. 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 sentence.
(i) Renu naughty is a girl.
(ii)untidy room Her always is.
(iii) mother Her advises her clean to it.
(iv) never listens She her mother to.
(v) kind of What child a you are?
Solution:
(i) Renu is a naughty girl.
(ii) Her room is always untidy.
(iii) Her mother advises her to clean it.
(iv) She never listens to her mother.
(v) What kind of a child are you?
5. 1. Write five things that you do at home to make your home look neat and clean.
(i) _____________
(ii) _____________
(iii) _____________
(iv) _____________
(v) _____________
Solution:
(i) I sweep the floor twice a day.
(ii) I mop everyday.
(iii) I arrange the things in their suitable places to make the room tidy.
(iv) I clean the utensils in the kitchen immediately.
(v) I vacuum the entire house regularly to get rid of dust.
Part 2 Gulliver’s Travels
1. Why did the captain send the men to the land?
Solution: The captain dispatched the crew to shore with containers to search for water.
2. Why did the men rush back to the ship?
Solution: The men were pursued by a giant, prompting them to hurry back to the ship.
3. Choose the correct answer.
(i) The giant carried a reaping book because
(a) he was fighting with the other giants.
(b) he was going to reap the corn.
(c) he wanted to frighten Gulliver.
(ii) They put Gulliver on the ground to look at him because
(a) they had never seen a human before.
(b) they thought he was a doll.
(c) they had never seen such a tiny man.
(iii) Gulliver was
(a ) a farmer
(b) a sailor
(c) a dwarf.
(d) a giant.
Solution:
(i) (b) he was going to reap the corn.
(ii) (c) they had never seen such a tiny man.
(iii) (b) a sailor.
4. Name the creature to whom you would look like Gulliver.
The creature is now extinet.
The word begins with the letter D ___________
Solution: The name of the creature is Dinosaur.
5. From the text, write the sentence that tells you the following.
(i) The giant reapers were fascinated by Gulliver.
(ii) Gulliver was a learned man.
(iii) The farmer’s son thought Gulliver was a toy.
(iv) The farmer’s wife was a kind-hearted woman.
Solution:
(i) They all sat on the ground to take a good look at me.
(ii) I tried to speak to them loudly in several languages.
(iii) On seeing me, the child grabbed me from the table and put my head into his mouth.
(iv) Later, she put me on her own bed and covered me with a clean white handkerchief
6. Read the following sentences carefully.
The giant farmer’s voice was as loud as a bellowing trumpet.
or
The giant farmer’s voice was as loud as thunder. When something is very cold, we say it is cold as ice. This is because ice is very very cold.
Now complete the following. Use the words given in the box.
as ________ as a feather
as ___ as a tortoise
as _____ as honey
as _____ as snow
as _____ as an ox
as _____ as night
as _____ as a rose
as _____ as a toast
as ____ as a breeze
| red |
| slow |
| black |
| gentle |
| warm |
| strong |
| sweet |
| light |
| white |
Solution:
as light as a feather
as slow as a tortoise
as sweet as honey
as white as snow
as strong as an ox
as dark as night
as red as a rose
as warm as a toast
as gentle as a breeze
7. Use the above expression to complete the following sentences.
(i) The old man’s hair is as white ___________ .
(ii) His feet were as cold __________.
(iii) The newspaper boy was as slow ________ ________ in delivering the papers.
(iv) I felt as light __________after exercising.
Solution:
(i) The old man’s hair is as white as snow.
(ii) His feet were as cold as ice.
(iii) The newspaper boy was as slow as a tortoise in delivering the papers.
(iv) I felt as light as a feather after exercising.
8. Create your own comparison for the following. Work in pairs
as tall as _
as fast as _
as high as _
as angry as
as tiny as _
as brave as __
Solution:
as tall as the Qutub Minar
as fast as a Cheetah
as high as the Mount Everest
as angry as a bull
as tiny as an ant
as brave as a soldier
10. Match the following and write complete sentence in the lines below.
| What was happening? | What happened? |
| (i) I was writing a letter | the lights went out. |
| (ii) Paul was looking out of the window. | the lights went out |
| (iii) *He was looking for his dog. | he noticed a lovely butterfly. |
| (iv) *I was just completing the last answer. | he fell off the ladder. |
| (v) The man was painting the wall. | I met Arun. |
| (vi) Amit was doing his homework | my pen ran out. |
| (vii) My mother was cooking dinner. | ma’am said “Stop writing”. |
(i) I was writing a letter when __________
(ii)
(iii) *When I met Arun, he was looking for his dog.
(iv) *
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
*Please note that sometimes the order of the sentences changes.
Solution:
(i) I was writing a letter when my pen ran out of ink.
(ii) Paul was looking out of the window when he noticed a lovely butterfly.
(iii) When I met Arun, he was looking for his dog.
(iv) I was just completing the last answer when ma’am said, “Stop writing”.
(v) The man was painting the wall when he fell off the ladder.
(vi) Amit was doing his homework when the lights went out.
(vii) When the bell rang, my mother was cooking dinner.
11. Now complete the following suitably.
(i) I was siting in a taxi yesterday when ______
(ii) He was cleaning out his cupboard when ______
(iii) _______ a dog ran out onto the road.
(iv) ______ the teacher walked into the room.
Solution:
(i) I was sitting in a taxi yesterday when I saw an old gentleman calling me.
(ii) He was cleaning out his cupboard when he came across old photographs in his diary.
(iii) I was walking fast when a dog ran out onto the road.
(iv) Students were gossiping loudly when the teacher walked into the room.
12. Now complete the following in the same way using the words easy or strong.
(i) Skipping is ______.
Jumping is _______ than skipping.
Walking is the _______ of all.
(ii) The dog is _______.
The horse is ________.
The elephant is _______.
Solution:
Jumping is easier than skipping.
Walking is the easiest of all.
(ii) The dog is strong.
The horse is stronger than the dog.
The elephant is the strongest of them all.
13. Now complete the following in the same way using the words juicy or exciting. The order may very according to your choice.
apple _______
orange _____
sugarcane _______
skiing ________
river rafting _____
Solution:
apple is juicy.
orange is juicier than apple.
sugarcane is the juiciest of them all.
rock climbing is exciting.
skiing is more exciting than rock climbing.
river rafting is the most exciting of them all.
14. Correct the use of the describing words in the following sentences.
(i) This is the simpler problem of them all.
(ii) Which is the lightest of the two parcels?
(iii)He is cleverer than I am.
(iv) I like this best of the two.
(v) The flood became badder as the rain increased.
Solution:
(i) This is the simplest problem of them all.
(ii) Which is the lighter of the two parcels?
(iii) He is cleverer than me.
(iv) I like this the better of the two.
(v) The flood became worse as the rain increased.
15. Punctuate the following sentences using capital letters, full stops (.) commas (,) question marks (?) apostrophe (‘) exclamation mark (!) whenever necessary.
dear samir,
i am sending you a photograph of my newst pet frisky is a bulldog and a very playful puppy by next summer he should be old enough to go with us on our long walks i m sure you are looking forward to seeing him. I know you’ll like him.
Warm regards,
Sanju
Solution :
Dear Samir,
I am sending you a photograph of my newest pet, Frisky. He is a bulldog and a very playful puppy. By next summer, he should be old enough to go with us on our long walks. I’m sure you are looking forward to seeing him. I know you’ll like him.
Warm regards,
Sanju
16. Punctuate the following sentences
(i) next wednesday my sister mita is going to join the state bank of india
(ii) the dog wags its tail when its pleased but a cat waves its tail when its angry
(iii) When I went fishing I caught an old shoe a plastic bag and a bad cold
(iv) she fed the baby washed the dishes put the lights off and went to sleep
(v) wasn’t tim born on the 26th of January 1989
(vi) oh no the bus has gone
Solution:
(i) Next Wednesday, my sister, Mita, is going to join the State Bank of India.
(ii) The dog wags its tail when it’s pleased, but the cat waves its tail when it’s angry.
(iii) When I went fishing, I caught an old shoe, a plastic bag and a bad cold.
(iv) She fed the baby, washed the dishes, put the lights off and went to sleep.
(v) Wasn’t Tim born on the 26th of January 1989?
(vi) Oh no! The bus has gone.
17. Fill in the blanks.
(i) A giant tree Red wood trees of California.
(ii) A giant bird _______
(iii) a giant land animal __________
(iv) A giant water creature _______
(v) A giant reptile ___________
(vi) A giant aeroplane _________
Solution:
(i) A giant tree Red wood trees of California
(ii) A giant bird Ostrich
(iii) A giant land animal Elephant
(iv) A giant water creature Whale
(v) A giant aeroplane A-380
18. You woke up one morning and found yourself in the land of dwarfs!
Write a paragraph describing your experiences there and how you got back home family. You may begin like this.
Everything around me looked different . __________
Solution:
Everything around me looked different. All men and women were so tiny. The appearance of the children was as if they were big dots on the ground. The height of the houses was only one and a half feet high. The dishes which were eaten by these people were two or three inches in diameter. It was a different experience, which I had never faced before. I
was surprised to see them. But at the same time, I felt happy that these dwarf people were so kind to me. They helped me a lot to go back home.
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