All things bright and beautiful, Chapter -1,Class -5, SEBA
All things bright and beautiful, Chapter -1,Class -5, SEBA
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Activity 1
Question: Find out in the poem the words you don’t understand. Look up their meanings in the dictionary.
Answer: Here are some words from the poem and their meanings:
Word -Meaning
* bright – full of light; shining
*creatures – a living thing that can move around
*wise – able to make sensible decisions
*wonderful – very good, pleasant or enjoyable
*glowing – giving out a steady, warm light
* tiny- very small in size or amount
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Activity 2
Question: a) All things … and beautiful. (light/bright/great)
Answer: a) All things bright and beautiful.
Question: b) Each little flower that … (runs/sings/opens)
Answer: b) Each little flower that opens.
Question: c) God made their tiny … (Rings/stings/wings)
Answer: c) God made their tiny wings.
Activity 3
Question: a) Write the names of two small creatures.
Answer: a) Two small creatures are a bird and an ant (or insect).
Question: b) “He made their glowing colours” – who is ‘he’ in this line?
Answer: b) ‘He’ in this line is the Lord God.
Question: c) “He made their tiny wings” – who is ‘their’ in this line?
Answer: c) ‘Their’ in this line refers to the little birds that sing.
Question: d) What are the things that God has made?
Answer: d) God has made all things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, little flowers, and little birds (including their glowing colours and tiny wings).
Question: e) Why does the poet praise God in this poem?
Answer: e) The poet praises God for creating all the wonderful, wise, bright, and beautiful things in the world.
Activity 4
Question: Circle the rhyming words in each group:
a) small, beautiful, all
b) wonderful, small, beautiful
c) might, colour, bright
d) wings, opens, sings
Answer:
a) small, all
b) wonderful, beautiful
c) might, bright
d) wings, sings
Activity 5
Question: Complete the word-web with things you find in a garden:
Answer:
* f l o w e r
* but t e r f l y
* ga r d e n er
* hon e y b e e
* t r e e s
* gr a s s h o p p e r
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Activity 6
Question: Write a word that rhymes with the first two:
* sweet, feet
* thing, sing
* mood, food
* old, cold
Answer:
* sweet, feet – meet
* thing, sing – ring
* mood, food – good
* old, cold – hold
Activity 7
Question: Let’s learn some more words that have the same or nearly the same meaning:
Answer:
* Beautiful – pretty, lovely
* Great – nice, big
* Wise – intelligent
* Wonderful – delightful
Activity 8
Question: We can also think of many new words from a given word, such as ‘sun’. One is done for you: a) sunburn
Answer: (Based on the diagram)
* b) sunflower
* c) sunshine
* d) sunlight
* e) Sunday
* f) sunrays
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Activity 9
Question: Word chain: Use the last letter to begin the next word. Each new word should be something you find in nature.
Answer: START -> flower -> rabbit -> tree -> elephant -> Thunder -> river -> rat -> Tadpole -> eagle -> egg -> grass -> Sheep -> plant -> FINISH.
Activity 10
Question: Practise saying these sentences aloud:
Answer: This is an oral activity to practice saying the tongue twisters aloud.
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Activity 11
Question: Complete the greeting card given below to wish someone a happy New Year.
Answer: Wishing you a happy new year. May the new year bring happiness and prosperity to you and your family.
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Activity 12
Question: Write a letter to your friend telling him/her about the quiz. You may use the points given in the box.
Answer: (This is a sample letter)
[Your Address]
[Date]
Dear [Friend’s Name],
I hope you are well. I’m writing to tell you about an exciting thing that happened at school.
Our school celebrated World Environment Day on 5th June. They held a quiz competition in the school auditorium. My team was named “The Green Guardians,” and there were four members in our team.
It was a tough competition with four other teams. The quizmaster (our science teacher) was the judge. My team scored 50 points, and I scored 20 of those points myself! We won the quiz!
After the prize distribution, we all celebrated by planting new saplings around the school compound. It was a great day.
Your loving friend,
[Your Name]
Activity 13
Question: Rewrite the conversation changing the underlined words into their short forms.
Runjun: Hello, how are you? Riaz: I am fine.
Runjun: Can you hold the bag for me? Riaz: Sorry. I cannot. It is heavy.
Answer:
Runjun: Hello, how are you?
Riaz: I’m fine.
Runjun: Can you hold the bag for me?
Riaz: Sorry. I can’t. It’s heavy.
Activity 14
Question: Complete the following. You may choose words given in the box. Rewrite the complete sentence:
a) Food is to eat as water is to …
b) Bird is to sing as dog is to …
c) Earth is to God as machine is to …
d) Sight is to eyes as smell is to …
e) Prayer is to pray as games is to …
Answer:
a) Food is to eat as water is to drink.
b) Bird is to sing as dog is to bark.
c) Earth is to God as machine is to man.
d) Sight is to eyes as smell is to nose.
e) Prayer is to pray as games is to play.
Activity 15
Question: Write two words ending with ‘mb’:
Answer:
* comb
* limb
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Activity 16
Question: Now, write the names of four things ending with ‘s’ to mean more than one.
Answer:
* birds
* trees
* flowers
* eyes
Activity 17
Question: Complete the following by using ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’ or ‘therefore’:
a) Hop, the grasshopper … Annie, the ant are friends. Hop loves to sing … dancing.
b) Annie was busy in summer, … Hop did not meet her.
c) Both big … small creatures are made by God, … buildings are not.
d) Plastic is bad for the environment. … plastic bags should not be used.
Answer:
a) Hop, the grasshopper and Annie, the ant are friends. Hop loves to sing and dancing.
b) Annie was busy in summer, so Hop did not meet her.
c) Both big and small creatures are made by God, but buildings are not.
d) Plastic is bad for the environment. Therefore, plastic bags should not be used.
Activity 18
Question: Look carefully at the pictures below. Find out six differences in picture 2 and write them down:
Answer:
* In picture 1 there is a sun, but in picture 2 there is no sun.
* In picture 1 there are clouds in the sky, but in picture 2 there are no clouds.
* In picture 1 there are two birds in the tree, but in picture 2 there are no birds.
* In picture 1 there are fish in the pond, but in picture 2 there are no fish.
* In picture 1 the boy is wearing a hat, but in picture 2 he is not.
* In picture 1 the houses have thatched roofs, but in picture 2 the roofs look plain.
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Activity 19
Question: Read these sentences about a rhinoceros. Write down the questions you want to ask her.
a) Who… (Answer: I am a rhino.)
b) Where.. (Answer: I live in Kaziranga.)
c) What… (Answer: I eat plants and grass.)
d) How… (Answer: I am ten years old.)
e) Why… (Answer: I am crying because I am endangered. Please save me.)
Answer:
a) Who are you?
b) Where do you live?
c) What do you eat?
d) How old are you?
e) Why are you crying?
Activity 20
Question: Now write five sentences about your town/village:
Answer: (This is a sample answer)
* The name of my town is Hailakandi.
* It is a beautiful town in Assam.
* It is situated on the bank of the river Barak.
* Many different communities live here peacefully.
* I love my town very much.
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Activity 21
Question: Read the story: Tenali Raman
Answer: This page contains a story for reading. There are no questions to solve.
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Activity 22
[cite_start]Question: Rearrange the following sentences to complete the story:
a) Tenali Raman came to the king’s court with his face covered.
b) The King asked Tenali Raman not to come to his court.
c) The King was impressed by Tenali Raman’s intelligence.
d) The King recognised Tenali Raman though his face was covered.
Answer: The correct order is:
* b) The King asked Tenali Raman not to come to his court.
* a) Tenali Raman came to the king’s court with his face covered.
* d) The King recognised Tenali Raman though his face was covered.
* c) The King was impressed by Tenali Raman’s intelligence.
Activity 23
Question: Role play: Try to enact the story in your classroom.
Answer: This is a role-playing activity to be done in the classroom.