ENGLISH 5

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9- Oliver was a nine-year-old boy. He lived with other homeless boys in an orphan-

age. He was pale and thin as were the other boys living there. This was because

they had to work hard but were never given enough to eat. The owner of the

orphanage, Mr. Bumble, was a cruel man and he ill-treated the boys.

The boys were always hungry. It was true that they were given three meals a day but
each meal consisted only of a bowl of watery soup. They were almost starving. So it was
decided by them to ask the master for more soup. But who would bell the cat? Finally the
task fell to Oliver.

When all the boys had assembled in the cold stone hall for their evening meal, the soup
was served. It soon disappeared. The boys whispered to one another and one boy pushed
Oliver a little. Oliver, making a brave effort, stood up, walked up to the master with his bowl
and spoon in his hand, and said tremblingly, "please sir, I want some more."

(i) Why did Oliver live in the orphanage?

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(ii) Who was Mr. Bumble?

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(iii) What meal were the boys given?

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(iv) What did Oliver say to Mr. Bumble?

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(v) The boys were given three meals a day. Then why were they always hungry?

(i) Because the soup they were given was never enough. 

(ii) Because they worked very hard all day long. 

(iii) Because the older boys drank up their soup. 

(vi) Find the words from the passage that mean the same as

(i) very hungry (para 2) .......................................

(ii) to vanish (paga 3) .......................................

(vii) 'All the boys assembled in the cold stone hall.' Here the word assembled
means

(i) moved away  (ii) collected  (iii) worked together 

(viii) From the word 'assembled' remove the last two letters. Add one letter to
make a word which means a time at the school when the whole school
gathers.
assembl

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(ix) Give a suitable title to the passage.

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10- Read the given dialogues and write the name of the place where we hear them.
Use the words given below.

bank, doctor's clinic, airport, custom's office, restaurant, shop, cinema/theatre, classroom

(i) May I take your order, sir?

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(ii) That will be <250.

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(iii) I have a headache and fever.

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(iv) Sorry, all tickets are sold out.

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(v) May I see your passport, sir?

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(vi) That's all for today, class.

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(vii) I want to deposit some money.

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(viii) Flight 6E119 is ready for departure.

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11- Match the items and activities given below with their functions.

1. Computer • news and entertainment

2. Carom board • enjoying the outdoors

3. Newspaper • news and information

4. Television • relaxation and concentration

5. picnic • quick form of exercise

6. Cycling • download information

Page 54 The Lazy Frog UNIT 5 Chapter 1

UNIT 5 CHAPTER 1

THE LAZY FROG

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements. 
(i) The name of the frog is TED. 
(ii) The frog's mother needs his help.
(iii) The frog shows respect to the lady frogs who are passing by 
him.
(iv) The frog works throughout the day.

2- Read the following extract of the poem and answer the questions that follow.
To move two inches, much preferring
To be extremely hard-of-hearing.
He lies there in a silent heap,
And stays conveniently asleep.

(i) Who is 'He' in the above lines?

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(ii) What does 'He' do while laying?

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(iii) Which word or phrase in the above passage means 'deaf'? ................

Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- Where does the frog loll all day?

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4- How is the frog described in the poem?

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Short Answer Type Questions

5- How does the frog react when his mother calls him?

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6- What happens when a lady frog passes by Fred?

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7- Besides lazy, what other word can you think of to describe the frog?

(Hint: how he behaved with his mother ..., when a lady frog walked by ...)

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8- Did you like the frog's behaviour?

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9- What was the frog expected to do when a lady frog passed by?

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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

1- Circle the correctly spelled words from the following

A B C
(i) Extremely Extremely Extrimely

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A B C
(ii) Prefering Preffering Preferring
(iii) Bothar Bother Bather

2- Do as directed.
(i) Select an adjective from the first line of the poem ............... .
(ii) Select an adjective from the fifth line of the poem ............... .
(iii) Select a pronoun from the last line of the poem ............... .

3- Complete the cloud by filling in two rhyming words which rhyme with the one
mentioned in the cloud.

4- Select the odd one from the following. ..............................
(i) Cow, Horse, Shoes, Goat, Pig ..............................
(ii) Hand, Legs, Mouth, Fear, Ears ..............................
(iii) Rose, Marigold, Tulip, Lotus, Frog

5- Find the words from the poem which mean.

(i) trunk of a tree that has been cut ..............................

(ii) uselessly ..............................

(iii) to lie around lazily ..............................

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(iv) to bend your head to show respect ..............................

6- Fill in the blanks. Hint box is given.
asleep, avoid, loll, bow

(i) Fred loved to ............... upon a log.
(ii) He always manages to ............... the work.
(iii) He always preferred to stay conveniently ............... .
(iv) If a lady frog passes by, Fred never gets up to ............... .

7- Match the animals with their homes.

(i) Cow (a) Nest

(ii) Dog (b) Leaf

(iii) Bird (c) Den

(iv) Caterpillar (d) Shed

(v) Horse (e) Stable

(vi) Bee (f) Kennel

(vii) Snake (g) Water

(viii) Lion (h) Hive

8- Circle the preposition in the following sentences.
(i) It rained during the night.
(ii) The cat ran up the tree.
(iii) I waited behind you in the queue.
(iv) The missing pen was under my bed.
(v) Jack climbed over the fence.

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9- Use these words in sentences of your own.

(i) loll .......................................................................................

(ii) log .......................................................................................

(iii) shirk .......................................................................................

(iv) in vain .......................................................................................

(v) prefer .......................................................................................

(vi) hard of .......................................................................................
hearing

(vii) conveniently .......................................................................................

(viii) bow .......................................................................................

UNIT 5 Chapter 2 Rip Van Winkle Page 59

UNIT 5 CHAPTER 2

RIP VAN WINKLE

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements.

(i) The only problem with Rip was that he was hyper-active. 

(ii) Rip used to play with children. 

(iii) The old man did not sport a beard. 

(iv) Rip drank the contents of the barrel. 

(v) Rip's farm was well-maintained. 

(vi) Rip was kind to children. 

(vii) Rip was a hardworking man. 

(viii) The short old man on the mountain was his constant

companion. 

(ix) Rip helped the old man on the mountains because he wanted

to have a drink from the barrel. 

(x) Rip was away for twenty years because he was asleep on the

mountains 

(xi) The drink from the barrel made him fall asleep for twenty years.

(xii) Nobody recognised Rip when he came back because he had

reached the wrong village 

(xiii) Rip had a cat. 

(xiv) Rip's farm was well maintained. 

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2- Read the following lines of the story and answer the questions that follow.

He looked around for Wolf, but he was nowhere.
Rip whistled for him. "Wolf! Wolf!" he then shouted. No dog was to be seen.

(i) Who is he in the above lines?

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(ii) Wolf was the name of ...............................

(iii) Find two verbs from the ............................... ...............................
lines.

(iv) Find two pronouns from ............................... ...............................
the lines.

Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- Where was Rip's village located?

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4- Who was Rip's constant companion?

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5- From where this story has been adapted?

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Short Answer Type Questions

6- Why did the children like Rip?

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7- Describe the appearance of the old man who asked Rip to carry the barrel.

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8- Why did Rip obey the old man?

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9- Describe the condition of Rip's farm.

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10- How and when did Rip realise that he had grown old?

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11- What was the only problem with Rip Van Winkle?

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12- What did Rip do on reaching the highest part of the mountain?

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13- Describe the stranger he met on the mountain.

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14- What was strange about the men playing a game?

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15- What did Rip see on waking up?

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16- What did Rip find out on returning to his village?

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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

1- Write the appropriate word by using the clues.

(i) Wild unwanted plants W__D_

(ii) Lines or folds on skin _R__K_E_

(iii) Dreaming while awake __Y_R__M

(iv) To climb down D__C_N_

(v) A wooden container for storing oil etc _A____

2- Listed below are a few words from the chapter that have been jumbled.

Find the right word by unscrambling them.

(i) GEIVLLA ................... (ii) SELBMAR ...................

(iii) DEOECH ................... (iv) BURBED ...................

(v) RINKD ................... (vi) ARRBEL ...................

(vii) AEFR ................... (viii) LFWO ...................

(ix) PRISURSE ................... (x) MAWON ...................

3- Write the suitable adjectives for the given words.

(i) ................... bread (ii) ................... village
neighbour
(iii) ................... children (iv) ...................

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(v) ................... actor (vi) ................... king
(vii) ...................
(ix) ................... witch (viii) ................... dinner
(xi) ...................
crow (x) ................... student

cheeks (xii) ................... snake

4- Match the words in the box with their meanings. You may take the help of a
dictionary.

grizzled, astonished, foothills, stroked, familiar

(i) near the lower part of a mountain ......................................

(ii) with grey hair ......................................

(iii) to rub gently ......................................

(iv) to be very surprised ......................................

(v) known to you ......................................

5- Complete the following sentences.
(i) Rip's village was situated ................... .
(ii) The children of the village loved him because ................... .
(iii) ................... was his constant companion.
(iv) The villages stared at him because ................... .
(v) The old woman who recognised Rip was ................... .
(vi) Rip woke up after ................... years.
(vii) Rip just ................... away his time.
(viii) Rip was a ................... neighbour.

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6- Sometimes we join two words to make a describing word. For example, Rip was

a good-natured man, everybody liked him.

Here are some more describing words. Use them to complete the given paragraph.

long-sleeved, high-heeled, well-dressed, open-mouthedt, sweet-looking, odd-
looking, part-time.

Mrs Das has a ................... job in a cloths shop. Yesterday, an ................... woman walked
into the shop. She was wearing ................... shoes. A ................... dog was with her. " I want
a ................... shirt for my dog, please," she said. "For your dog?" asked Mrs. Das, ...................
in surprise. "Yes," replied the woman. "I want him to be ................... for my next party."

7- In each of the following sentences, find out and write the silent letters in the
underlined words.
(i) You are asking foolish questions about things you don't know. ...................
(ii) The story was about a friendly ghost. ...................
(iii) The vessel that was shipwrecked was carrying gold for the Spanish king.
...................
(iv) My mother wore a sari in a subtle shade of green.
(v) Meera baked some biscuits for the party.
(vi) The palm tree shook violently during the storm.
(vii) The florist comes to the market on Wednesday. ...................
(viii) In the early morning, I listen to a programme about Yoga. ...................

8- Use the words given below to complete the sentences.
(i) The newspaper is dropped at our doorstep ................... .
(ii) I was absent from school ................... because I was unwell.
(iii) As Sheetal is playing a match, she will go home ................... .
(iv) The magazine is printed ................... and we get it on Sunday.
(v) The plane arrived ................... than its scheduled time.
(vi) The angry teacher asked the boy to leave the class right ................... .

9- Make sentences. .................................................................................
(i) companion

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(ii) fence .................................................................................
(iii) frightened
(iv) beard .................................................................................
(v) familiar
.................................................................................

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10- Complete the following expressions. Hint is given.
bat, lighting, clown, pig, daisy, turtle, tomato

(i) Today I am feeling as fresh as a ................... .
(ii) John runs as fast as ................... .
(iii) After that meal, I feel as fat as a ................... .
(iv) My sister works as slow as a ................... .
(v) Without my glasses, I am as blind as a ................... .
(vi) Jimmy is as funny as a ................... .
(vii) When my teacher praised me, I turned as red as a ................... .

11- Fill in the blanks with personal pronouns. One has been done for you.
(i) Mr. Verma is ill. He is on medicines.
(ii) This is Mrs. Sharma. ................... is beautiful.
(iii) Tell those girls that ................... must go.
(iv) Has Mr. Shah gone? ................... think this bag is ................... .
(v) ................... am sorry if ................... have hurt ................... .

use suitable reflexive pronouns to complete the sentences. One has been done for you.

(i) The old man often talks to himself.
(ii) Have you looked at ................... lately in the mirror?
(iii) The horse has hurt ................... .
(iv) I enjoyed ................... when I went to Goa.
(v) The old lady looked after ................... as she lived alone.

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(vi) The sons fought amongst ................... after the death of their father.

Page 70 The Talkative Barber UNIT 6 Chapter 2

UNIT 6 CHAPTER 2

THE TALKATIVE BARBER

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements. 
(i) The barber was the eldest in his family. 
(ii) The barber was a chatter-box. 
(iii) The barber had five brothers. 
(iv) The Sultan was giving a feast to some friends at noon. 
(v) The barber was given three pieces of gold. 
(vi) The Barber was shaving the Sultan's beard. 
(vii) The Barber refused to leave the Sultan's palace. 
(viii) There were seven brothers altogether in the Sultan's family. 
(ix) The Barber wanted fruits for the dessert. 
(x) The Barber was the eldest in the family.

2- Read the following line and answer the questions that follow.

He then began narrating another story, which lasted half an hour.

(i) Who is 'he' in the above line?

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(ii) Whom did 'he' narrate the story to?

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(iii) How many minutes does half an hour equal to?

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(iv) Find a verb and noun from the line. ......................................

Verb ...................................... Noun

Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- From where has this story been taken?

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4- Which city did the barber live in?

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Short Answer Type Questions

5- What reason was given by the barber for not leaving the Sultan's house?

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6- Why was the barber keen to know about the Sultan's affair?

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Long Answer Type Questions

7- How did the barber defend himself when the Sultan called him a chatterer?

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8- Although the food was good, why do you think the barber asked for some fruits

also for dessert?

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9- How many brothers did the Barber have?

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10- Why was the Sultan in a hurry?

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11- Why did the Barber take so long to shave the Sultan?

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12- Why did the Barber want a lot of food?

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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

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1- Identify and encircle the correctly spelled words from the following.

ABC

(i) Exhaust Exhost Exhest

(ii) Satisfyd Satisfieed Satisfied

(iii) Exclemed Exclaimed Exclamed

(iv) Speeches Speches Speaches

2- Do as directed. ..................
..................
(i) Find two words from the chapter that .................. ..................
end in 'ly' ..................
...................
(ii) Find two words from the chapter that ...................
end in 'er'

(iii) Find one word from the chapter that ...................
ends in 'ous'

(iv) Find two words from the chapter that ...................
end with 'ing'

(v) Find two words from the chapter that ...................
end with 'st'

3- Use the joining words given in the box to fill in the blanks
If, or, till, where, unless, so, while

(i) Please wait with me ................... the bus arrives.
(ii) Do you like football ................... cricket?
(iii) My father packed my lunch ................... my mother combed my hair.
(iv) We will reach on time ................... we go by the car.
(v) Your speech cannot be heard by the audience ................... you use a

powerful mike.
(vi) It was a beautiful day ................... they decided to go for a picnic.
(vii) We went to the zoo ................... we saw many animals.

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4- Arrange the jumbled words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.

(i) at/the/the/dog/stranger/barked

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(ii) prayers/we/start/our/day/with

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(iii) the/fruits/king/mango/is/of/the

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5- Make pair of each verb with its opposite.

(i) bought (a) unlock

(ii) lock (b) departed

(iii) loosen (c) sold

(iv) praise (d) tighten

(v) arrived (e) blame

6- Fill in the blanks by adding un-, im- or dis- to the words given in the box.
tidy, patient, kind, like, pure, able, appear, possible, obey, honest

(i) The teacher got upset with Rani because her work was .................. .
(ii) The dog was .................. to climb the tree to chase the cat.
(iii) I .................. hot milk, I like it cold.
(iv) It is .................. to cross the road during peak traffic hours.
(v) The magician waved his magic wand and made the rabbit .................. .
(vi) The passengers became .................. when the train was late again.
(vii) It is very .................. to make fun of another person's weaknesses.
(viii) We should not drink .................. water.
(ix) We should never .................. our teachers.

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(x) Raju is a .................. man.

7- Write the opposites of the following using un-, im- dis-,

(i) believe ...................

(ii) shaved ...................

(iii) perfect ...................

(iv) satisfy ...................

(v) polite ...................

(vi) respect ...................

(vii) pure ...................

(viii) expected ...................

(ix) obedient ...................

8- Match the persons to their work.

(i) Jester (a) a person who looks after the king's health

(ii) Courtier (b) the person who cracks jokes to the king at his court

(iii) Guard (c) a nobleman and follower of the king

(iv) physician (d) a person who keeps the royal accounts

(v) Astrologer (e) a person who protects the king and the castle

(vi) Clerk (f) a person who tells about the future

Page 76 Topsy-Turvy Land UNIT 7 Chapter 1

UNIT 7 CHAPTER 1

TOPSY-TURVY LAND

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements.

(i) The people wear shoes in their hands in the Topsy-Turvy Land. 

(ii) The boats travel on roads. 

(iii) You always get the things for which you have made the

payment. 

(iv) The sea is made of sand and ketchup. 

(v) The front-door is located at the back of the houses. 

2- Read the following stanza of the poem and answer the questions that follow.
And buses on the sea you'll meet,
While pleasure boats are planned,
To travel up and down the streets
Of Topsy-Turvy Land.

(i) In Topsy-Turvy Land, how will one travel through sea?

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(ii) What are boats planned for?

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(iii) Find two nouns from the extract.

........................ ........................

(iv) Find two verbs from the extract.

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........................ ........................

Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- When do the children go to school in the Topsy-Turvy Land?

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4- What must be grand in the Topsy-Turvy Land?

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Short Answer Type Questions

5- List three things that are unusual about Topsy-Turvy Land from the first stanza
of the poem.

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6- Why Topsy-Turvy Land is referred to as an Upside-Down Land?

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7- The Topsy-turvy land is very different from our land. Let's draw a comparison
by filling in sentences wherever needed.

Topsy-Turvy Land Our Land
(i) People walk on their heads (i) ..........................
(ii) .......................... (ii) The buses 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) ..........................

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8- In the poem, if buses travel on the sea, then where do the boats travel? How

should it rightly be?

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9- Fill in the blanks with reference to poem.
(i) People walk on their ................... .
(ii) Sea is made of ................... .
(iii) Schools open at ................... .
(iv) Front door is at the ................... .
(v) Hat is worn on ................... .
(vi) Buses travel on the ................... .
(vii) Boats travel on the ................... .
(viii) You pay but you never ................... the things.

LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

1- Find out the words from the poem that mean the following.

(i) Big ...............................
(ii) Feeling of enjoyment ...............................
(iii) A large water body ...............................
(iv) Go from one place to another ...............................

2- Write two words in the balloon that rhyme with the one mentioned in it.

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3- Pick the odd one out from the following. ............................................

(i) Head, Feet, Hand, Grand, Leg

(ii) Hat, Mat, Bat, Street, Fat ............................................

(iii) Street, Tweet, Meet, Beat, Greet ............................................

(iv) Chair, Stool, Table, Thermometer, Bed ............................................

4- Complete each sentence with a synonym of the word in the bracket.
(i) We ................... vegetables from the market. (purchase)
(ii) Will you ................... me play? (allow)
(iii) The post of the principal was ................... in the school. (empty)
(iv) We are ................... to win the match. (sure)

5- Fill in the boxes with the words having the meanings given below.

(a) Time of evening when the Sun sets SK

(b) Something worn over face as disguise SK

(c) Opposite of enemy ND

(d) An elephant's long nose NK

(e) A small animal with eight legs ER

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6- Rearrange them to make meaningful sentences. Words that begin with a capital

letter are the first word of the sentence.

(i) Renu naughty is a girl.

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(ii) untidy room Her always is.

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(iii) mother Her advises her clean to it.

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(iv) never listens She her mother to.

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(v) kind of What child a you are?

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7- Use these words in sentences of your own.
(i) topsy-turvy ..............................................................................

(ii) pleasure ..............................................................................

(iii) planned ..............................................................................

(iv) grand ..............................................................................

8- Choose the correct prepositions from the brackets to complete the following
sentences.
(i) He was absent ................... the meeting. (at/with)
(ii) Subhash dived ................... the swimming pool. (off/into)
(iii) The mango fell ................... the tree. (off/with)
(iv) The border ................... the two countries is guarded. (between/among)
(v) You must be home ................... sunset. (on/before)

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(vi) Little Red Riding Hood went to her grandma's cottage ................... foot.
(on/by)

(vii) I clean the furniture ................... using a soft brush. (with/by)

(viii) I have not met him ................... the hall. (inside/under)

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UNIT 7 CHAPTER 2

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements.

(i) The monster was able to overtake the speeding boat. 

(ii) The creature picked Gulliver and brought him close to his eyes. 

(iii) The cat was twenty times larger than an ox. 

(iv) Gulliver tried to speak to them loudly in several languages. 

(v) The farmer's wife was very cruel. 

(vi) Gulliver was a farmer. 

(vii) There were animals in the sea. 

(viii) The giant looked at Gulliver with curiosity. 

(ix) The giants carried reaping hooks. 

(x) The dish was twenty feet in diameter. 

2- Read the lines of the story and answer the questions that follow.

They all sat on the ground to take a good look at me. I walked slowly backward and forward.

(i) Who are 'they' in the above line?

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(ii) Why did they wanted to take a good look of Gulliver?

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(iii) Find one verb and one adverbs from the lines.

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Verb ................... Adverb ...................

Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- From which book has this story been taken?

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4- Who was the author of that book?

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Short Answer Type Questions

5- Why did Gulliver try to speak to the giants in several languages?

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6- How did the farmers in the field react on seeing Gulliver?

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Long Answer Type Questions

7- What difficulties did Gulliver face when he reached the barren and rocky coun-
try?

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8- How was Gulliver's dinner at the farmer's house?

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9- Why did the captain send the men to the land?

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10- Why did the men rush back to the ship?

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11- Choose the correct answer.
(i) The giant carried a reaping hook 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  (b) a sailor 
(a)a farmer

(c)a dwarf  (d) a giant 

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12- Name the creature to whom you would look like Gulliver. The creature is now

extinct.

The word begins with the letter D .........................................................

13- From the text, write the sentence that tells you the following:
(i) The giant reapers were fascinated by Gulliver.

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(ii) Gulliver was a learned man.

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(iii) The farmer's son thought Gulliver was a toy.

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(iv) The farmer's wife was a kind-hearted woman.

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14- Why could Gulliver not climb over the fence?

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15- What did the giant creature sound like, to Gulliver?

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16- How did the mother save Gulliver's life

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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

1- Find out the words from the chapter that have the following meaning.

(i) A land with no ...................... (ii) A garment worn ......................

vegetation while cooking

(iii) To find new ...................... (iv) To shout very ......................

things loudly

2- The word 'overtake' is formed by joining words 'over' and 'take'. Find three other
words that start with 'over'. Also mention their meanings.

Word Meaning

(i) ........................ ........................

(ii) ........................ ........................

(iii) ........................ ........................

3- List the opposite of the underlined words in the following sentences.

(i) The hill is very steep. (ii) This portion of land is barren.

Opposite ...................... Opposite ......................

(iii) Is it possible to predict the future? (iv) He spoke harshly.

Opposite ...................... Opposite ......................

4- 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.

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(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.

(i) ..............................................................................................................

(ii) ..............................................................................................................

(iii) ..............................................................................................................

(iv) ..............................................................................................................

(v) ..............................................................................................................

(vi) ..............................................................................................................

5- Complete the following sentences. from the chapter:
(i) The crew discovered the land on ........................ .
(ii) The water of the ocean reached till giant's ........................ .
(iii) Barley and corn grew on the field and rose up to ........................ .
(iv) It was impossible to climb because every step was ........................ .
(v) Gulliver was struck with ........................ and ........................ on seeing the
giants.
(vi) The giant called his ........................ and placed Gulliver on the
........................ .
(vii) Gulliver pulled off his hat and made a ........................ towards the farmer.
(viii) The dining table was ........................ feet high.

6- Use these words in sentences of your own.

(i) bellowing ......................................................................................

(ii) inhabitants ......................................................................................

(iii) barren ......................................................................................

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(iv) steep ......................................................................................

(v) astonishment ......................................................................................

(vi) crumbled ......................................................................................

(vii) grab ......................................................................................

7- In each of the following sets of sentences, use the correct degree of adjectives
given in brackets to complete the sentences.

(friendly)

(i) The ........................ giant came up to greet me.

The new boy was the ........................ child in the class.

My sister is ........................ than I, with our neighbours.

(pretty)

(ii) The sky at dawn is the ........................ of all scenes I have seen.

My father bought me a ........................ pair of sandals.

A cottage in a hill station is ........................ than one in the plains.

(good)

(iii) The sportsman had a ........................ track record in games.

I think this story is ........................ than the earlier one.

This is the ........................ autobiography of the leader that I have read.

(young)

(iv) The ........................ man helped the old man to drag the log of wood.

The ........................ member of the group was just sis years old.

The ........................ of the two brothers was called juno.

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UNIT 8 CHAPTER 1

NOBODY'S FRIEND

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements.

(i) The girl in the first stanza of the poem did not like to share

her sweets. 

(ii) One child wanted to share stuff with others in the poem. 

(iii) The boy in the poem liked to share his tricycle. 

(iv) The boy in the poem is everybody's friend. 

(v) In the last stanza of the poem, the girl wanted to borrow

things from others. 

2- Read the following lines of the poem and answer the questions that follow.
He had some toffee, and ate every bit,
He had a tricycle he wouldn't lend.

(i) Why wouldn't 'He' share his things with others?

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(ii) What did 'He' eat every bit?

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(iii) Find nouns from the lines.

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(iv) Find a pronoun from the lines.

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(v) Write down the plural form of the following words.

(a) toffee ............................. (b) tricycle .............................

Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- What is meant by the phrase 'ate every bit' in the poem?

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4- How many characters are there in the poem?

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Short Answer Type Questions

5- List the things that the boy had with him.

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6- Who is nobody's friend?

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7- What all eatables did the girl in the last stanza have?

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8- What are the things the girl does not want to share?

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9- Did the boy share his toffee and tricycle with others?

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10- Why are the two children nobody's friends?

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11- What does the child in the last stanza want to share?

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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

1- Circle the odd one. (ii) share, bell, care, dare
(i) lend, give, donate, take (iv) lend, wind, bend, send

(iii) friend, buddy, chum, enemy

2- Complete the words by using the given clues.

(i) A three letter word which is the opposite of F__
'Friend' is:

(ii) A 'Toffee' can also be called as a : S__E_

(iii) A cycle with two tyres is a : B_C_C_E

(iv) The opposite of 'Nobody' is: _O__B__Y

(v) A shop which sells sweets and chocolates is C_N__C_l___R_
called as a

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3- Mention the things that you won't like to share with anyone. Also mention the

reason for not sharing them.

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4- Complete the following sentences using the words given below.
spoonful, pinch, bite, sip, slice, bit

(i) Can you cut me a ................... of this cake?
(ii) I would like a ................... of chutney with my pakora.
(iii) My mother puts a ................... of sugar in my milk.
(iv) I took a ................... of the chapatti to feed the birds.
(v) On the hot afternoon, I took a ................... of water from my bottle.
(vi) You need to add a ................... of salt to the salad.

5- Use the abstract nouns given below to complete the following sentences.
hatred, truth, intelligence, beauty, darkness, childhood, greed, violence,
victory, peace

(i) The painting was a work of great ................... .
(ii) It was a hard won ................... for the army.
(iii) After the police had arrived, there was ................... in the town.
(iv) His cruel behaviour spread ................... among his people.
(v) The war resulted in ................... all over the city.
(vi) Gandhiji was a great supporter of ................... and non-violence.
(vii) We could not see th house in the ................... of the night.
(viii) The ................... of animals is as good as that of humans.
(ix) Tagore wrote poetry ever since his ................... .
(x) The ................... of the king for gold made him unhappy.

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6- Write the oppsite of b ............................. w
(i) lend s ............................. y
(ii) nobody e ............................. y
(iii) friend s ............................. h
(iv) humble e ............................. t
(v) import r ............................. e
(vi) accept d ............................. r
(vii) hope

7- Can you find words ending with - less, e.g. friendless, homeless

(i) lend b ............................. w

(ii) nobody s ............................. y

(iii) friend e ............................. y

(iv) humble s ............................. h

(v) import e ............................. t

(vi) accept r ............................. e

(vii) hope d ............................. r

8- Write words that rhyme with

(i) train ................... ................... ...................
................... ...................
(ii) friend ................... ................... ...................
................... ...................
(iii) light ...................

(iv) hair ...................

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(v) rear ................... ................... ...................

(vi) shop ................... ................... ...................

9- Fill in the blanks using one of the words given in the bracket.
(i) I will not go out today ................... I have to study for my test. (and/
because/or)
(ii) I went to buy a pencil ................... the shop was closed. (and/but/or)
(iii) A goal ................... been scored by Akshay. (has/have/is)
(iv) We all decided to go to the shopping mall ................... bus. (by/of/for)
(v) It is very hot ................... I live. (how/where/there)

10- Fill in the blanks using possessive pronouns.
(i) I own this car. This car is ................... .
(ii) These dresses belong to me. These dresses are ................... .
(iii) Rahim bought a house. It is ................... .
(iv) The pigeon belongs to the farmer. The pigeon is ................... .
(v) The football belongs to them. The football is ................... .

11- Fill the blanks with Articles 'a', 'an' or 'the' where necessary.
(i) This is ................... one-way road.
(ii) Rupal was ................... hour late to ................... party.
(iii) He is ................... European but his wife is ................... Indian.
(iv) Deccan lies to ................... south of the great Indian plain.
(v) There was ................... accident yesterday.
(vi) Indias' defeated ................... Pakistanis in ................... cricket match.
(vii) You can make ................... cake with ................... flour, ................... milk
and ................... eggs.
(viii) When ................... sun rose in ................... east, ................... fog and
................... mist disappeared.
(ix) There is ................... broken chair in ................... corner of ...................

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room.

(x) ................... train left ................... hour late but ................... girls could
not catch ................... train.

12- Complete the story with the correct form of the verb given in brackets.

The rich Lady and the Poor Beggar

A wealthy lady ................... (live) in a big hotel beside London's Central Park. One day as
she ................... (look) out of the window, she ................... (see) a very poor man dressed in
rags. He ................... (sit) on a wooden seat and he ................... (look) up at the windows
of the hotel. She ................... (look) up at the windows of the hotel. She ................... (look)
the next day and the next, and the next, and every day he kept ................... (look) up at
the windows of the hotel. At last one day while she ................... (drive) in her car, she
................... (stop) by the seat where the man ................... (sit). She ................... (get) out
and ................... (speak) to him and ................... (ask) him why he kept ................... (look)
at the hotel windows. 'Lady', he ................... (say), 'I ................... (sit) on this seat every day
and I ................... (sleep) on this seat every night, and all the time I ................... (think) that
some day I ................... (sleep) in that hotel.

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UNIT 8 CHAPTER 2

THE LITTLE BULLY

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements. 
(i) Hari used to tease everyone in the class. 
(ii) Hari made friends with the monster crab. 
(iii) Nobody hated Hari. 
(iv) The lobster was the cousin of the giant crab. 
(v) Hari enjoyed the picnic. 
(vi) The class went for picnic to the seaside.

2- Read the following line and answer the questions that follow.

"They only did to me what I keep doing to the other children," he thought.

(i) Who is 'he' in the above line?

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(ii) What was done to him and by whom?

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(iii) what did 'he' used to do with other children?

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(iv) Find one noun and one pronoun from the line.
(a) Noun ......................... (b) Pronoun .........................

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Very Short Answer Type Questions

3- Why were all the children excited?

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4- What did Hari do when he was angry on the picnic day?

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Short Answer Type Questions

5- What two things did Hari do to tease others?

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6- Why was pinching Hari no good?

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7- What did Hari get for lunch for the picnic?

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Long Answer Type Questions

8- How did Hari realise his mistake?

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9- Choose the correct answer.

(i) Why did all the children hat Hari?

(a)Because he would not talk to anyone. 

(b) Because he always pinched them. 

(c)Because he loved stealing their food. 

(ii) " Nobody took Hari's hand. Nobody, went near him. Nobody played with
him." This shows that Hari had

(a)many friends. 

(b) few friends 

(c)no friends. 

(iii) Hari was pinched till he was black and blue. 'Black and blue' means

(a)Hari fell down in pain. 

(b) There were bruises on his body 

(c)Hari painted himself in colours. 

(d) Hari had a black and blue shirt. 

(iv) 'I shan't pinch anyone anymore'. Shan't means.

(a)shall 

(b) should 

(c)shall not 

(d) will not 

LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

1- Fill the boxes with the opposites of the words given in them.
(i) push (ii) wild (iii) (iv) (v) praise

excited hoarse

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2- Make sentences from the following words.

(i) Bruise ..........................................................................................

(ii) Nipped ..........................................................................................

(iii) Queer ..........................................................................................

3- Encircle the words from the following which are correctly spelled.

A B C
(i) Lept Leapt Laept
(ii) Horid Horidd Horrid
(iii) Pincer Pinser Pencer
(iv) Stelk Stalk Stak

4- Suppose you are Hari. Write a diary entry on his behalf expressing a day of
picnic.

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5- Give the full forms of

won't ................................................................

weren't ................................................................

wouldn't ................................................................

couldn't ................................................................

can't ................................................................

don't ................................................................

6- The words 'quietly' and 'loudly' tell us how an action is being done.

Find five more words ending in-ly which denote how something is done.

(i) .................................. ly

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(ii) .................................. ly

(iii) .................................. ly

(iv) .................................. ly

(v) .................................. ly

(vi) .................................. ly

7- Tick ({) the correct form of the verbs written in brackets.
(i) There [is, are] no news today.
(ii) The cattle [are, is] grazing in the field.
(iii) Ram as well as Shyam [is, are] guilty.
(iv) Each of these boys [has, have] passed.
(v) Raman's friends [has, have] come to visit him.

8- Complete the blanks with rhyming words of the following and practice aloud:

bruise c .................................. creatures fe ..................................
carriage m .................................. teachers pr ..................................
prawn d .................................. vowed c ..................................

9- Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.
(a) Hari was .................... unpopular boy.
(b) The boys and girls went to .................... seaside for a picnic.
(c) He saw .................... big crab coming towards him.
(d) I found .................... empty bottle, floating in the water.
(e) .................... sea creatures ate his food.
(f) Heera sat on .................... wall.
(g) My mother gave me .................... apple.
(h) It's too hot in .................... summer.
(i) He is .................... honest man.

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(j) .................... book is on .................... table.

(k) He went out of .................... room.

(l) Everyone needs .................... friend.

10- Read the following sentences and underline the adverbs.
(a) She walked slowly.
(b) Nisha is driving her car carefully.
(c) I spoke to her recently.
(d) We should not drive fast.
(e) The children were extremely excited about the picnic.

11- Use the pural forms of the words given below to complete the sentences.
potato, child, pupil, scarf, company, sheep, fish, foot, watch

(i) How many .................... study German as a second language?
(ii) The software engineer opened several computer
(iii) Most policemen in Delhi are six .................... tall.
(iv) Which breed of .................... produces Angora wool?
(v) The fishermen went early o catch the .................... .
(vi) The men checked their .................... to know the right time.
(vii) The children were served a dish made of .................... .
(viii) The .................... wrapped their .................... around their necks.

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UNIT 9 CHAPTER 1

SING A SONG OF PEOPLE

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- State 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements. 
(i) The poem describes life in a town. 
(ii) There are eight stanzas in the poem. 
(iii) The people in the poem are in a hurry. 
(iv) Some people in the poem are also in the train.

2- Read the following line and answer the questions that follow.
People with their their hats on,
Going in the doors,
People with umbrellas
When it rains and pours.

(i) Who all are going in the doors?

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(ii) What do people do, when it rains?

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(iii) What is meaning of the word 'pours'?

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Very Short Answer Type Questions

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3- Where is the subway?

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4- What are grumpy people doing?

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Short Answer Type Questions

5- What all places are mentioned in the poem?

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6- How do people enjoy when they ride taxis?

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7- How do people enter the tall buildings and stores?

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8- What all kinds of people are mentioned in the poem?

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9- Which modes of transport do the people use to move around in the city?

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10- What are the things that the people carry with them, while moving around?

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