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

DAYDREAMS COMPREHENSION 3 -Ms Beatrice

DAYDREAMS COMPREHENSION 3

Qt.1) Who heard all the commotion and rushed in? Why?
Ans.1)
Qt.2)What antics did Gopal Bhand perform ?
Ans.2)
Qt.3) What did Gopal Bhand say he was doing? Why?
Ans.3)
Qt.4)Did Gopal Bhand have a field ?
Ans.4)
Qt.5)What did Gopal Bhand want to tell the husband and wife ?
Ans5)
Qt.6) What is the difference between a dream and a daydream ?
Ans.6)
Qt.7) Name the two vegetables mentioned in the passage.
Ans.7)
Qt.8)What did Gopal Bhand make the husband and wife realize ?
Ans.8)
Qt.9) Frame a sentence with ‘with raised eyebrows’
Ans.9)
Qt.10) Give the synonmn of ‘ruined’
Ans.10)

ANSWERS

Ans.1) Gopal Bhand heard all the commotion and rushed in.
Ans.2) After Gopal Bhand rushed into the house and heard what had happened, he picked up a stout stick that stood in the corner and began to swish it through the air and pound it on the floor.
Ans.3) Gopal Bhand said he was driving away the greedy cows that were wandering in his fields as they had ruined his lovely field of beans and cucumbers.
Ans.4) No, Gopal Bhand did not have a field.
Ans.5)Gopal Bhand wanted to tell  the husband and wife  that they were foolishly arguing, smashing pots and screaming uselessly over their daydreams.
Ans.6) A dream is one’s ambition or goal in life that one would like to achieve.
A dream could also mean some thought /fear/ day’s happenings that come to one’s mind while one is asleep.
A daydream is wishful thinking. 
Ans.7) The two vegetables mentioned in the passage are:
beans  and cucumbers.
Ans.8)Gopal Bhand wanted to make the husband and wife realize that they were foolishly arguing over their daydreams.
Ans.9) My father looked at me _with raised eyebrows when I did not secure the scholarship.
Ans. 10)Synonym
ruined ---- destroyed

PORTION FOR THE CLASS TEST -Ms Beatrice

PORTION FOR THE CLASS TEST  On Saturday 1^st August 2015

 Daydreams (PROSE --- Comprehension)

What a bird thought (POETRY ---- Comprehension )

Twelve Months (PROSE UNSEEN Comprehension )

GRAMMAR :

Kinds of Nouns.

 Noun Number

 Parts of speech

COMPOSITION :

 Frame sentences with the given words or phrases.

Paragraph writing.


Comprehensions.

parts of speech----by reena

Parts of speech exercise

FEBRUARY 28, 2014 - 

You have to read the following sentences and underline the word or words that belong to the part of speech specified in the bracket.

An example is given below.

Question: She must have reached home. (verb)

Answer: She must have reached home.

1. She went to the market and bought some eggs. (verb)

2. I want to go now. (adverb)

3. What are you doing there? (adverb)

4. There is a mouse underneath the piano. (preposition)

5. Masons build houses. (noun)

6. John is my best friend. (proper noun)

7. She looked up but didn’t see anything. (adverb)

8. My family live in different parts of India. (collective noun)

9. That was a difficult question. (adjective)

10. She was very impressed with her results. (adverb)

11. Although she is poor, she is happy. (conjunction)

12. Have we bought enough chairs? (adjective)

13. The policeman didn’t run fast enough to catch the thief. (adverb)

Answers

1. She went to the market and bought some eggs. (verb)

2. I want to go now. (adverb)

3. What are you doing there? (adverb)

4. There is a mouse underneath the piano. (preposition)

5. Masons build houses. (noun)

6. John is my best friend. (proper noun)

7. She looked up but didn’t see anything. (adverb)

8. My family live in different parts of India. (collective noun)

9. That was a difficult question. (adjective)

10. She was very impressed with her results. (adverb)

11. Although she is poor, she is happy. (conjunction)

12. Have we bought enough chairs? (adjective)

13. The policeman didn’t run fast enough to catch the thief. (adverb)

ENGLISH PROSE CHPT.2 DAYDREAMS STD 5 ------mrs elizabeth

ENGLISH PROSE CHPT.2 DAYDREAMS STD 5                                    22/7/15

WORDSTUDY

1. COUPLE- TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE MARRIED
2. HUSBAND-MARRIED MAN
3. BATHE-TO IMMERSE ONESELF IN WATER
4. EARTHEN POTS-POTS MADE OF MUD
5. EXCLAIMED-TO CRY OUT SUDDENLY
6. COMMOTION-NOISY
7. STOUT-FAT
8. SWISH-TO SWING
9. POUND-TO CRUSH
10. ASTOUNDED-SURPRISED
11. WANDER-GO FROM PLACE TO PLACE
12. ANTICS-FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR
13. RUINED-REDUCE TO RUINS
14. WEILDING-TO HOLD AND USE

GRAMMAR

1.ARTICLES-A/AN AND THE.

THEY ARE USED BEFORE NOUNS.

THE  IS A DEFINITE ARTICLE IT TELLS US THAT THE NOUN REFERS TO A PARTICULAR PERSON/PLACE/ANIMAL/THING.

A/AN  IS AN INDEFINITE ARTICLE.

IT SHOWS THAT THE NOUN REFERS TO A GENERAL EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING.

WE USE A BEFORE A NOUN BEGINNING WITH A CONSONANT SOUND.

WE USE AN BEFORE NOUNS BEGINNING WITH A VOWEL SOUND(a,e,i,o,u)

IN THIS CHPT. THE STUDENT NEEDS TO FILL IN THE BLANK CHOOSING THE RIGHT ARTICLE WITH THE RULE FOR USUAGE.

2. NOUN NUMBER

NOUN NO.

1. SINGULAR FORM
2. PLURAL FORM

LIST OF SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS OF NOUNS –BASED ON THE CHPT.

1. COW-COWS
2. COUPLE-COUPLES
3. HUSBAND-HUSBANDS

4. SISTER-SISTERS
5. MARKET-MARKETS
6. FIELD-FIELDS

3. STUDENTS  CAN BE TESTED FOR IDENTIFYING THE NOUN AND ITS KIND-

COUPLE

HUSBAND

COWS

MONEY

MILK

WIFE

DAHI 

BUTTER

GHEE

SISTER

MARKET

AIR

BEANS

CUCUMBERS

QUESTIONS TO HELP COMPREHEND THE CHPT.

1.  THE CHARACTERS IN THE CHPT.

2 HOW DID THE COUPLE SPEND THEIR TIME?

3 . WHAT WOULD THE HUSBAND DO WITH THE EXTRA MONEY?

4. WHAT HAS ONE TO DO IF WE DECIDE TO TAKE CARE OF COWS?

5. WHAT CAN WE GET FROM MILK?

6. NAME THE TYPE OF POTS USED IN THE STORY TO STORE DAHI, GHEE AND BUTTER .

7. IS IT GOOD TO SHARE THE EXTRA WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS? GIVE YOUR REASON.

8. WITH WHOM WAS THE WIFE GOING TO SHARE THE EXTRA MILK?

9. WHY WAS THE COUPLE FIGHTING?

10. NAME THE PERSON WHO HELPED MAKE THE COUPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE DOING?

11. WHAT DID GOPAL BHAND DO INORDER TO MAKE THE COUPLE  UNDERSTAND ?

12.  NAME THE NEGATIVE QUALITY THAT LEADS TO SUCH A SITUATION.

13. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DREAM AND DAYDREAM.

14 .DID YOU EVER DAYDREAM?WRITE ABOUT YOUR DAYDREAM.