DEAR PARENTS OF 5C                                                                                                25/9/15

A . ENGLISH COMPOSITION EVALUATION

COMMON OBSERVATIONS THAT WILL HELP YOU GUIDE MY BOYS SO THAT THEY CORRECT THE MISTAKES COMMITTED AND HELP GET BETTER SCORES.

 YOUR  COOPERATION WITH MY GUIDANCE IN CLASS WILL WORK WONDERS.

        1. THE USE OF SMALL  LETTERS AND CAPITAL LETTERS

2         COMPREHENSION SKILL TO BE TAKEN CARE OF-

-READING AND UNDERSTANDING THE PASSAGE.

-READING AND UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTIONS BEFORE WRITING THE ANSWER.

- ANSWERS MUST NOT START  ‘ BECAUSE’.

-ANSWERS MUST BE COMPLETE IN ALL SENSE.

-AVOID USING SHORT FORMS.

        3. SPELLING NEEDS ATTENTION.

        4.FRAME SENTENCES USING THE WORD GIVEN  MAKING COMPLETE SENSE.

        5.CORRECTIONS TO BE DONE SO THAT  THE CHILD IS AWARE OF HIS MISTAKE.

B.    ACTIVITY AND PROJECT SUBMISSIONS

PROJECTS AND ACTIVITY BASED SUBMISSIONS ARE ALREADY COLLECTED FOR EVALUATIONS BUT I HAVE TWO OR THREE STUDENTS WHO  HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THEIR WORK. PARENTS DO CHECK WITH YOUR CHILD WITH REGARDS TO THESE SUBMISSIONS .

C. ENGLISH NOTEBOOK CHECKING

ENGLISH NOTEBOOK CHECKING FOR COMPLETION OF ALL SUMMATIVE CHAPTERS WILL BEGIN FROM  28/9/2015.

D. FORMATIVE EVALUATIONS

THE FORMATIVE EVALUATION IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS .

PLEASE SEE THAT YOUR CHILD  ATTENDS SCHOOL REGULARLY SO THAT HE DOES NOT MISS ON ANY  EVALUATIONS.

FEEL FREE TO COME AND MEET ME IN SCHOOL  WITH REGARDS TO MY  SUBJECT.

YOUR COOPERATION WILL HELP ME BRING OUT THE BEST IN YOUR CHILD.

 ENGLISH TEACHER – MRS. ELIZABETH SOARES

NOUN GENDER - MS. BEATRICE

NOUN GENDER

Nouns can be classified into four genders:

1. MASCULINE GENDER :

A noun that denotes a male member (person or animal) is called masculine gender noun.

Eg:  1) Master your word is my command.

       2) The lion is the king of the jungle.

2. FEMININE GENDER :

A noun that denotes a female member (person or animal) is called Feminine gender noun.

          Eg:  1) The bride looked very beautiful.

                  2) The heifer is grazing in the field.

3. COMMON GENDER :

A noun that could denote either male or a female is called common gender noun.

Eg:  1) The student has submitted his projects.

      2) Parents often make sacrifices for their                       children.

4. NEUTER GENDER: A noun that is the name of a thing that is neither male nor female   and which is inanimate (lifeless) is in the neuter gender.

Eg:  1) Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

      2) We saw the match on the television.

There are different ways of forming the feminine gender.

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
man	woman	brother	sister
father	mother	son	daughter
bridegroom	bridge	fox	vixen
lad	lass	widower	widow
hero	heroine	master	miss
signor	signora	master	mistress

                                 

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
duke	duchess	gentleman	lady
boy	girl	uncle	aunt
nephew	niece	sir	madam
king	queen	cock	hen
drake	duck	buck	dove
bull / ox	cow	bullock	heifer
monk	nun	gander	goose
stallion / horse	mare	bachelor	spinster
husband	wife	dog	bitch

2. The feminine formed by adding ‘ess’ to the ending letter:-

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
lion	lioness	count	countess
author	authoress	host	hostess
poet	poetess	shepherd	shepherdess
giant	giantess	manager	manageress

3. by dropping the last vowel of the masculine gender and then adding ‘ess’:-

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
actor	actress	instructor	instructress
negro	negress	tiger	tigress
conductor	conductress	inspector	inspectress

4. by adding ‘ess’ in a different way:-

MASCULINE	FEMININE
emperor	empress

5. Changing the gender of the first part of a compound noun:-

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
he – goat	she – goat	man – servant	maid – servant
bull - elephant	cow - elephant	cock - sparrow	hen - sparrow

6. Changing the gender of the second part of the compound noun:-

MASCULINE	FEMININE
peacock	peahen
landlord	landlady
waterman	washerwoman
grandfather	grandmother
salesman	saleswoman
policeman	policewoman

SEEN PROSE COMPREHENSION MAJOR DHYAN CHAND - MRS. BEATRICE

5. SEEN PROSE COMPREHENSION   3/8/15

MAJOR DHYAN CHAND

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions  that follow. (Pg.16 Saturday, 15August ….. the wet ground.)

Qt.1) Where were the Olympics of 1936 held ?

Ans.1) The Olympics of  15^th August 1936 was held in Berlin,Germany.

Qt.2) Who were the hosts of the 1936 Olympics?

Ans.2) Germany were the hosts of the 1936. Olympics.

Qt.3) Which finals were being played and between whom ?

Ans.3) The hockey finals were being played between Germany and India.

Qt.4) Why had Hitler come to witness the match ?

Ans.4) Hitler, the ruler had come to witness the match because the Germans were sure of their victory.

Qt.5) Why was it not possible to postpone the game though the entire field was flooded ?

Ans.5) It was not possible to postpone the game though the entire field was flooded because it was the last day of the Olympics.

Qt.6) Why was the Indian team under pressure ?

Ans.6) The Indian team was under pressure because they had lost to Germany in the practice match and they were not comfortable on wet ground.

Qt.7) Give the synonym for :

Many  -- Several

Postpone – Delay

Qt.8) Give the antonym for :

Postpone --- Prepone

Against ---- For

Qt.9) Frame sentences of your own with :

(i)                        Under pressure –

Qt.10) Write two sentences of your own about hockey.

Ans.10)

Major Dhyan Chand Berlin Olympic 1936 - MRS. BEATRICE

revision papaer------Ms.Elizabeth

ENGLISH REVISION PAPER IST UNIT TEST 2015                20MKS

Q1. READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS GIVEN BELOW:4MKS

PASSAGE PG. NO.3 OF YOUR BALBHARATI TEXT

QUESTIONS:

1.DID GOPAL BHAND HAVE A FIELD?

2.WHAT DID GOPAL BHAND WANT TO TELL THE HUSBAND AND WIFE?

3. STATE THE PARTS OF SPEECH OF THE FOLLOWING UNDERLINED WORDS-

THE HUSBAND AND WIFE UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO TELL THEM.

4.GIVE  THE PLURAL FORM OF COW.

Q2. READ THE POEM CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS GIVEN BELOW :4MKS

POEM- WHAT THE BIRD THOUGHT. PG.1

1.DESCRIBE THE LINE –THE FIRST LITTLE HOUSE OF THE BIRD.

2.HOW DOES THE WORLD LOOK FOR YOU TODAY.

3. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH ARTICLES-

I LIVED NEXT IN ----LITTLE NEST.

4. DID YOU ENJOY THE POEM ? GIVE REASONS.

Q3.READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS GIVEN BELOW – 4MKS

.PASSAGE  PG.8

MAROUCKLA HAD TO DO -----------------THREATENINGLY.

QUESTIONS

1 WHAT TYPE OF HOUSE WORK DID  MAROUCKLA DO?

2.STATE THE KIND OF THE UNDERLINED NOUN–

HOLENA SPENT TIME ADORNING HERSELF.

3. DID YOU LIKE THE WAY HOLENA TREATED HER

4. FIND THE WORD  IN THE PASSAGE THAT MEANS – JEALOUS.

Q4.WRITE A PARAGRAPH USING DESCRIBING WORDS ON THE GIVEN TOPIC. 4MKS

THE FRUIT I LIKE THE MOST

   BY ELIZABETH

guidelines----by reena

                               GUIDELINES  FOR STD 5 ENGLISH PAPER 2015

                                                   FIRTST UNIT TEST                                               

DEAR PARENTS                                                                                   29/7/15

PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES GIVEN SO THAT YOU CAN PREPARE YOUR CHILD WELL FOR THE ENGLISH PAPER STD.5

1. READ THE PROSE CHPTS.  AND THE POEM WELL.
2. SEE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTERS AND THE CENTRAL IDEA OF THE POEM OR PROSE CHPT.
3. WORDSTUDY OR MEANINGS IS IMPORTANT SO THAT THEY CAN IDENTIFY WORDS EASILY.
4. MAKE THEM PRACTISE FINDING RHYMING WORDS IN THE POEM.
5. WHEN THEY ANSWER FOR COMPREHENSION POETRY THEY NEED TO WRITE THE DETAILS BUT FRAME  THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION AND NOT JUST COPY THE LINES.
6. ANSWERS TO THE COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS MUST BE TO THE POINT.
7. ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO ANSWER PERSONAL QUESTIONS WELL. FOR EXAMPLE  -WHAT DOES THE WORLD LOOK LIKE TO A BABY.
8. SPELLINGS OF WORDS TO BE  PRACTISED .
9. PRACTISE THE USE OF PUNCTUATION MARKS AND THE USE OF SMALL AND CAPITAL LETTERS.
10. THE USE OF SUITABLE ARTICLES IS TO BE STUDIED.
11. WHEN WRITING A PARAGRAPH THE PAPER WILL GIVE SOME HINTS TO FORM A PARAGRAPH . THEY MUST UNDERSTAND AND USE ACCORDINGLY. FOR EXAMPLE – THE PARAGRAPH MUST HAVE DESCRIBING WORDS AND NOUNS.
12.  GRAMMAR QUESTIONS MUST BE SOLVED BY REWRITING THE SENTENCE.

FOR EXAMPLE – RAM IS A GOOD BOY.

 IDENTIFY / STATE THE PART OF SPEECH OF THE FOLLOWING UNDERLINED WORDS-

RAM- NOUN KIND PROPER NOUN

GOOD –ADJECTIVE

       13.COPY THE QUESTION NO. CORRECTLY.

       14. LET YOUR CHILD BE AWARE OF THE TIME LIMIT.

       15. ALL TEXT BACK QUESTIONS FOR PROSE AND POETRY IS 

             IMPORTANT.

  .

WISHING OUR STD 5 STUDENTS ALL THE BEST FOR THE ENGLISH PAPER.

                                                                                          

                                                                                         BY ELIZABETH SOARES

                                                                                           ENG. TEACHER 5C

What a Bird thought

DAYDREAMS COMPREHENSION --2 Ms beatrice

DAYDREAMS COMPREHENSION  --2

Read the following passage carefully (Pgs.2,3) “Send milk to your….. began to scream. Answer the questions that follow it.

Qt.) Why did the wife want to send milk to her sister ?

Ans.1)The wife wanted to send milk to her sister because they would have plenty of milk if they had so many cows.

Qt.2) Why did the husband not want to send a pot of milk to his wife’s sister ? 

Ans.2)The husband did not want to send a pot of  milk to his wife’s sister because he wanted to sell the milk in the market.

Qt.3)Why did the wife say that she had the right to send milk  to her sister ?

Ans.3)The wife said that she had the right to send milk to her sister because  she did all the hard work of running after the cows, so naturally, she would decide what happened to the milk.

Qt.4) Why did the wife scream ?

Ans.4)The wife began to scream because her husband began to lift and smash the earthen pots one by one.    

Qt.5) Give the synonym of the following :

(i)Hit hard and break into small bits – smash

s(ii )made of mud /earth/ clay ----earthen

(iii) not to forget -----remember

2. DAYDREAMS ---- COMPREHENSION -Mrs Beatrice

2. DAYDREAMS   ---- COMPREHENSION  - 1

Qt.1) Who wanted to  buy cows ?

 Ans. 1) The husband wanted to buy some cows.

Qt.2 ) Who spent a lot of time in idle talk ?

Ans.2)A couple spent a lot of time in idle talk.

Qt.3) How many cows did the wife want to buy ?

Ans. 3)The wife wanted to buy one cow.

Qt.4) What work would one who has cows have to do ?

Ans.4) One would have to feed the cows, walk them, bathe them, milk them – cows need a lot of looking after.

Qt.5) What would happen if the couple had more cows ?

Ans.5) If the couple had more cows they would have plenty of milk.

Qt.6) Why did the wife agree with her husband to buy more cows ?

Ans.6)The wife agreed with her husband to buy more cows because they would have plenty of milk that would give them plenty of dahi and butter and ghee.

Qt.7)Where was the wife going to put the ghee ?

Ans.7) The wife was going to put the ghee in a jar.

Qt.8) How many pots did the wife have ? How was she going to use them ?

Ans.8) The wife had four pots . The wife was going to use one  of the pots for milk, one for dahi, one for butter and  one pot to send milk to her sister.

Qt.9)Frame a sentence with : by chance

Ans.9)_________________________________________Qt.10 ) Give the antonym (opposite) for :

        agreed -disagreed