Q11Written answer
What did Oliver say to Mr Bumble?
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Oliver said, “Please Sir, I want some more soup” to Mr Bumble.
NCERT · Class 5 · English
Unit 4: Crying and My Elder Brother
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My Elder Brother
19 questionsQ12Written answer
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.
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They were always hungry because the soup they were given was never enough.
Q13Written answer
Find the words from the passage that mean the same as
(i) very hungry (para 2) ………………………….
(ii) to vanish (para 3) ………………………….
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(i) Starving is the word which means the same as very hungry.
(ii) Disappeared is the word which means the same as vanish.
Q14Written answer
‘All the boys assembled in the cold stone hall.’ Here the word means
(i) moved away (ii) collected (iii) worked together
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The word ‘assembled’ means collected.
Q15Written answer
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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The word which means a time at the school when the whole school gathers is “assembly”.
Q16Written answer
Give a suitable title to the passage.
Struggle of Oliver in the Orphanage.
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Solution coming soon.
Q17Multiple choice
To learn means to understand or to gain knowledge. To teach means to show how or to explain.
| learn | learns | learned | has learned |
| teach | teaches | taught | has taught |
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of or learn learns learned has learned teach teaches taught has taught
(v) I have ___________ some of the customs of India.
(vi) I ________ how to cycle when I was just four years old. assembled To learn To teach teach learn.
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Correct option: A
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(i) Will you teach me chess?
(ii) Mr Sharma teaches Class VIII.
(iii) The students have learned about ‘road safety’.
(iv) My sister has taught me how to ride a horse.
(v) I have learned some of the customs of India.
(vi) I learned how to cycle when I was just four years old.
Q18Written answer
Choose the correct word and complete the paragraph.
All the class V students of our school ______________ (were/ was) gathering in front of the Principal’s office. They _______ (were/was) going for the inter-school race. The bus __________ (arrive/ arrived) and they ___________ (leave/ left) for the stadium. The runners were ___________ (taking/ taken) to the starting point. The runners ________ (take/ took) their positions. Sir _________ (blow/ blew) the whistle. One student of our school _________ (run/ran) fast and __________ (come/ came) first. Everyone ________ (do/ did) their best and our school _______ (won/ wins) the trophy. Everyone ___________ (feel/ felt/ fell) joyous.
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All the class V students of our school were gathering in front of the Principal’s office. They were going for the inter-school race. The bus arrived and they left for the stadium. The runners were taken to the starting point. The runners took their positions. Sir blew the whistle. One student of our school ran fast and came first. Everyone did their best and our school won the trophy. Everyone felt joyous.
Q19Written answer
Read the following sentences.
Bhaiya has been studying in the same class for two years. (for a period of time)
Munna has been flying kites since morning. (from a time in the past till the present)
Fill in the blanks using for or since.
(i) I have lived in this house ______ I was a baby.
(ii) This big jar has been in our family _______ many years.
(iii) The old banyan tree in the village has been there ________ the last 200 years.
(iv) Nobody has seen him ________ yesterday.
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(i) I have lived in this house since I was a baby.
(ii) This big jar has been in our family for many years.
(iii) The old banyan tree in the village has been there for the last 200 years.
(iv) Nobody has seen him since yesterday.