Let’s write a Story, Chapter -5, Class -5, SEBA
Let’s write a Story, Chapter -5, Class -5, SEBA
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These pages show pictures 1-8 for the story-writing activity. There are no questions to solve.
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Question: a) What is there in the first picture?
Answer: a) There is a deer in the forest.
Question: b) What do you see in the second picture?
Answer: b) There is a tiger roaming in the forest.
Question: c) What happens in the third picture?
Answer: c) The tiger sees a deer grazing.
Question: d) What does the tiger do in the fourth picture?
Answer: d) The tiger crawls quietly towards the deer.
Question: e) What does the deer do in the fifth picture?
Answer: e) The deer becomes alert. He looks here and there and feels the presence of the tiger.
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Question: f) What does the deer do after that?
Answer: f) The deer runs very fast, to save his life.
Question: g) Where does the deer hide?
Answer: g) The deer hides himself in a bush.
Question: h) What happens in the end?
Answer: h) The tiger goes away sadly.
Question: Now, write all your answers together in your notebooks. Your story is ready.
Answer: (Combined story)
There is a deer in the forest. There is a tiger roaming in the forest. The tiger sees a deer grazing. The tiger crawls quietly towards the deer. The deer becomes alert. He looks here and there and feels the presence of the tiger. The deer runs very fast, to save his life. The deer hides himself in a bush. The tiger goes away sadly.
Question: Give a suitable title to the story.
Answer: (Sample Title) The Alert Deer (or) The Clever Deer and the Tiger.
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This page contains the poem “Someone” and word meanings for reading. There are no questions to solve.
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Activity 1
Question: a) Someone came knocking at a … (small/big) door.
Answer: a) Someone came knocking at a small door.
Question: b) The poet looked out in the still … (dark/bright) night.
Answer: b) The poet looked out in the still dark night.
Question: c) Only the … (lazy/busy) beetle was tap-tapping in the wall.
Answer: c) Only the busy beetle was tap-tapping in the wall.
Question: d) The poet listened and … (opened/closed) the door.
Answer: d) The poet listened and opened the door.
Activity 2
Question: Work in pairs. Read the poem “Someone” once again. Now, find the words which tell us about sounds. Tell your partner and write them down. One is done for you: tapping
Answer:
* tapping
* knocking
* call
* whistling
Activity 3
Question: Match the words which are similar in meaning:
* wee
* listen
* look
Answer:
* wee – tiny
* listen – hear
* look – watch
Activity 4
Question: Fill in the gaps and complete the poem.
Answer:
Ten little little fingers, ten tiny toes,
Two little ears and one little nose,
Two little eyes that shine so bright
And one little mouth
To kiss mother good night.
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Activity 5
Question: Read the following statements and ask questions to get these as answers.
Question: a) My name is Nitin.
Answer: a) What is your name?
Question: b) I am ten years old.
Answer: b) How old are you?
Question: c) One night someone knocked at the door.
Answer: c) Who knocked at the door?
Question: d) I opened the door.
Answer: d) Who opened the door?
Question: e) I felt very happy to see it.
Answer: e) How did you feel to see it?
Activity 6
Question: Make the following sentences into questions to get yes/no as an answer.
Question: a) Yes, Nitin is opening the door.
Answer: a) Is Nitin opening the door?
Question: b) No, a dog can’t knock at a door.
Answer: b) Can a dog knock at a door?
Question: c) Yes, a little dog was scratching the door with its paws.
Answer: c) Was a little dog scratching the door with its paws?
Question: d) Yes, I brought it inside.
Answer: d) Did you bring it inside?
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Activity 7
Question: Put the words below in the correct order to make questions. Begin each sentence with a capital letter.
Question: a) he/happy/was?
Answer: a) Was he happy?
Question: b) your book/where/is?
Answer: b) Where is your book?
Question: c) going/you/are/when?
Answer: c) When are you going?
Question: d) are/old/you/how?
Answer: d) How old are you?
Question: e) school/which/you/go/to/do?
Answer: e) Which school do you go to?
Question: f) why/you/crying/are?
Answer: f) Why are you crying?
Activity 8
Question: Let’s complete the poem with rhyming words. Choose from the options:
* Eight little fingers standing up tall, / Two little ears to hear mummy … (roll/call)
* One little nose that I can blow, / Ten little toes, all in a … (raw/row)
Answer:
* Eight little fingers standing up tall, / Two little ears to hear mummy call.
* One little nose that I can blow, / Ten little toes, all in a row.
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Activity 9
Question: You may have heard the story “The Cap Seller and the Monkeys”. Sit in groups and write the story. Some clues are given below.
Answer: (Completed story using the clues)
Once upon a time, there was a cap seller. He moved from place to place. One day he went to the market to sell his caps. After some time he was tired. So he sat under a tree and fell asleep.
A troop of monkeys came to the place. They saw the caps.They took the caps. When the cap seller woke up, he saw that his caps were gone. He looked here and there and saw a few monkeys with the caps on the tree.
The cap seller was a clever person. An idea came to his mind as quick as lightning. The cap seller took off his cap and threw it on the ground. At once, the monkeys also took their caps and threw them on the ground. The cap seller collected his caps and went away.
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Activity 10
Question: Read and practise the following comparisons. They are called similes:
Answer: This is a reading activity. [cite: 463-465]
* as black as coal
* as white as snow
* as proud as a peacock
* as brave as a tiger
* as cunning as a fox
* as quick as lightning
* as green as grass
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Activity 11
Question: Choose the suitable similes and complete the sentences.
Question: a) The mango was as sweet as honey.
Answer: a) The mango was as sweet as honey. (This is the example)
Question: b) Rita wore a new frock which was … snow.
[cite_start]Answer: b) Rita wore a new frock which was as white as snow.
Question: c) Ami is a beautiful girl but she is … a peacock.
Answer: c) Ami is a beautiful girl but she is as proud as a peacock.
Question: d) Deepak has many friends because he is … a tiger.
Answer: d) Deepak has many friends because he is as brave as a tiger.
Activity 12
Question: In the grid below there are at least fifteen describing words. Find and circle them. Then make sentences with any five of them.
Answer:
* Words found in the grid: TALL, PROUD, GREEN, GOOD, SWEET, TINY, QUICK, BIG, BLACK, WISE, HOT, FUNNY, BLUE, SMALL, OLD.
* Sample Sentences:
* TALL: That is a very tall tree.
* GREEN: The grass is green.
* SWEET: This apple is very sweet.
* BIG: An elephant is a big animal.
* WISE: My grandfather is a wise man.