Q1Written answer
Why did the captain send the men to the land?
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The captain sent the men to the land with vessels to look for water.
NCERT · Class 5 · English
Unit 7: Topsy-Turvy Land and Gulliver’s Travels
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Gulliver’s Travels
18 questionsQ2Written answer
Why did the men rush back to the ship?
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The men were chased by a giant. Hence, they rushed back to the ship.
Q3Written answer
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
(a) a farmer.
(b) a sailor.
(c) a dwarf.
(d) a giant.
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(i) (b) he was going to reap the corn.
(ii) (c) they had never seen such a tiny man.
(iii) (b) a sailor.
Q4Written answer
Name the creature to whom you would look like Gulliver.
The creature is now extinct.
The word begins with the letter D______________________
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The name of the creature is Dinosaur.
Q5Written answer
From the text, write the sentence that tells you the following.
(i) The giant reapers were fascinated by Gulliver. _________________________________________________
(ii) Gulliver was a learned man.
_________________________________________________
(iii) The farmer’s son thought Gulliver was a toy.
__________________________________________________
(iv) The farmer’s wife was a kind-hearted woman.
__________________________________________________
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(i) They all sat on the ground to take a good look at me.
(ii) I tried to speak to them loudly in several languages.
(iii) On seeing me, the child grabbed me from the table and put my head into his mouth.
(iv) Later, she put me on her own bed and covered me with a clean white handkerchief.
Q6Written answer
Read the following sentences carefully.
The giant farmer’s voice was as loud as a bellowing trumpet.
or
The giant farmer’s voice was as loud as thunder. When something is very cold, we say it is as cold as ice. This is because ice is very very cold.
Now complete the following. Use the words given in the box.
as _______________ as a feather
as _______________ as a tortoise
as _________________ as honey
as _________________ as snow
as _________________ as an ox
as _________________ as night
as _________________ as a rose
as _________________ as a toast
as ________________ as a breeze
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as light as a feather
as slow as a tortoise
as sweet as honey
as white as snow
as strong as an ox
as dark as night
as red as a rose
as warm as a toast
as gentle as a breeze
Q7Written answer
Use the above expressions to complete the following sentences.
(i) The old man’s hair is as white _____________________.
(ii) His feet were as cold _____________.
(iii) The newspaper boy was as slow _______________ ___________in delivering the papers.
(iv) I felt as light ____________after exercising.
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(i) The old man’s hair is as white as snow.
(ii) His feet were as cold as ice.
(iii) The newspaper boy was as slow as a tortoise in delivering the papers.
(iv) I felt as light as a feather after exercising
Q8Written answer
Create your own comparisons for the following. Work in pairs
as tall as _____________
as fast as ____________
as high as ____________
as angry as ___________
as tiny as ____________
as brave as ____________
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as tall as the Qutub Minar
as fast as a Cheetah
as high as the Mount Everest
as angry as a bull
as tiny as an ant
as brave as a soldier
Q9Written answer
Now look at the pictures and discuss in groups why the following events happened. You may find more than one reason for each of them.
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1. One of the leading actors met with an accident. Hence, the play got cancelled.
2. The Principal of the school had got a severe heart attack. Therefore, the play got cancelled.
1. They are walking because the destination is near to them.
2. Walking in the moonlit night after dinner is good for their health. Hence, they are walking.
Q10Written answer
Match the following and write complete sentences in the lines below.
| What was happening? | What happened? |
| (i) I was writing a letter | the lights went out. |
| (ii) Paul was looking out of the window. | the bell rang. |
| (iii) *He was looking for his dog. | he noticed a lovely butterfly. |
| (iv) *I was just completing the last answer. | he fell off the ladder. |
| (v) The man was painting the wall. | I met Arun. |
| (vi) Amit was doing his homework. | my pen ran out. |
| (vii) My mother was cooking dinner. | ma’am said “Stop writing”. |
(i) I was writing a letter when ________________________
(ii) ___________________________________________________
(iii) *When I met Arun, he was looking for his dog.
(iv) *_________________________________________________
(v) ___________________________________________________
(vi) ___________________________________________________
(vii) __________________________________________________
*Please note that sometimes the order of the sentences changes.
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(i) I was writing a letter when my pen ran out of ink.
(ii) Paul was looking out of the window when he noticed a lovely butterfly.
(iii) When I met Arun, he was looking for his dog.
(iv) I was just completing the last answer when ma’am said, “Stop writing”.
(v) The man was painting the wall when he fell off the ladder.
(vi) Amit was doing his homework when the lights went out.
(vii) When the bell rang, my mother was cooking dinner.