Q1Written answer
Who do you think your shadow looks like?
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My shadow looks similar to me.
NCERT · Class 5 · English
Unit 3: My Shadow and Robinson Crusoe Discovers a Footprint
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My Shadow
7 questionsQ2Written answer
Why do you think your shadow jumps into bed before you can?
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A shadow is not a physical thing, and it appears faster than light. And, when I get into bed to sleep, my shadow falls on it before I get in. Hence, my shadow jumps into bed before I can.
Q3Written answer
What time of the day do you think it is when your shadow is the tallest? Why?
1. Morning
2. Afternoon
3. Night
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Shadow is the tallest in the morning because sun rays are slanting during sunrise.
Q4Written answer
Read the lines from the poem and answer the following.
He is very very like me.
From the heels up to the head!
(i) Who does he refer to?
(ii) Who does me refer to?
(iii) Why are he and me alike?
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From the given lines,
(i) He refers to the Shadow of the child in the poem.
(ii) Me refers to the child in the poem.
(iii) He and me are alike because they look similar to each other.
Q5Written answer
Let’s Talk
What would you do if
1. A dog chases you?
_____________________
2. You have forgotten your homework copy at home?
______________________
3. You are alone in a room and the lights go off?
______________________
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1. I would face the dog instead of running faster than it.
2. I would accept the mistake and apologise to my teacher.
3. I would light a candle to get rid of darkness.
Q6Written answer
Fun Time
1. Shine a torch behind your hand and see its shadow on the wall.
2. Move the torch a little away from your hand and see the shadow on the wall.
Do you find a difference in the size of the hand on the wall?
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Yes, we find the size of the hand becomes smaller as the torch is moved a little away from it.
Q7Written answer
Let’s Write
1. Fill in the blanks using one of the words given in brackets.
(i) Where is the child ____________ parents have come to school?(who / whose / which)
(ii) I saw many houses ___________ were quite spacious. (which / whose / who)
(iii) Mathematics, ____________ is my favourite subject, is so interesting. (who / which / what)
(iv) The poem __________ you read out, is so lovely. (whose / which / that)
(v) I know the street ___________ he lives on. (whose / that / which)
(vi) I like reading books ___________ have pictures in it. (that / who / which)
(vii) The old lady ___________ I met in your house is my neighbour. (whom / that / which)
2. Complete this description by answering the questions below.
(i) What do you think is the name of the dog?
(ii) Why is she called that?
(iii) What colour is she?
(iv) Do you think she is friendly?
(v) What does she like to eat?
Write a few lines on Mithoo and his little dog named Shadow.
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(i) Where is the child whose parents have come to school?
(ii) I saw many houses which were quite spacious.
(iii) Mathematics, which is my favourite subject, is so interesting.
(iv) The poem that you read out, is so lovely.
(v) I know the street which he lives on.
(vi) I like reading books which have pictures in it.
(vii) The old lady whom I met in your house is my neighbour.
(i) I think ‘Shadow’ is the name of the dog.
(ii) She is called Shadow because she follows Mithoo exactly like a shadow wherever he goes.
(iii) She is of grey colour.
(iv) Yes, she is very friendly.
(v) She likes to eat bones and bread.