Activity Task 5 (2021/Aug)

Model Activity Task (2021)

English

Class V

1. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow :

        There was quite a number of good teachers in our school. B.D Roy taught us English. He was a small man who took great care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly. One day he told us the story of The Ox and The Frog from Aesop’s fables. Before telling us the story, he taught us how the pronunciation of ‘the’ depends on whether the following word begins with a vowel or a consonant. I fondly remember our head pandit, Bhattacharya Sir, for his excellent handwriting.

Activity 1

A. Tick the correct answers from the given alternatives:

(i) Mr. B.D.Roy was the teacher of
        (a) Mathematics    b) English        c) Bengali        d) Science

(ii) The author learnt correct pronunciation from his
        (a) Headmaster      b) Father          c) English teacher        d) Mother
(iii) ‘The Ox and the Frog’ is a tale from
        (a) Panchatantra    b) Hitapodesha            c) Jataka          d) Aesop’s Fables

Activity 2

B. Fill in the blanks with present continuous tense of the verbs given in brackets:
(a) The boy is drawing (draw) a picture.
(b) They are playing (play) in the field.
(c) Ranjan is writing (write) a letter.

Activity 3

C. Identify the Subject and Predicate of the following sentences:

(a) The Sun rises in the east.

     Subject:  The Sun
     Predicate:  rises in the east

(b) My brother is singing a song.

     Subject:  My brother
     Predicate:  is singing a song

(c) It is not easy to get pure drinking water.

     Subject: It
     Predicate: is not easy to get pure drinking water

Activity 4

D. Write five sentences on ‘My School’.

MY SCHOOL

  

      The name of my school is Fairy Land High School. Students of Class V to Class XII read in this school. There are thirty classrooms, a computer room and a large library and a beautiful playground in our school. Around 2500 students of adjacent villages come here regularly to take lesson. Forty-five teaching and non-teaching staffs are trying their best to keep the school operational. I love my school  very much.

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Thank you.

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 Practice Set (Class - V)

Full Marks - 20

1.  Read the text carefully and answer the questions that follows -

 

          Once upon a time there lived a cruel lion in the forest. He was greedy also. He started killing animals of the forest. Seeing this all animals came together to the lion and offered him a plan. They said that everyday one animal would come to him so that he could eat that animal. The lion agreed.

A. Answer the following questions -                                                     2 X 4 = 8

  (i) Where did the lion live?

  (ii) How was the lion?

  (iii) Why did all animals come together?

   (iv) What was the plan?

 B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text- 2X3=6

  (i) There lived a

_________________________________________________ _______

  (ii) The lion started _________________________________________________________

  (iii) The lion was very

________________________________________________________

 C. What is the opposite gender of 'lion'?                                             1 X 1 = 1

3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions -                             1 X 5 = 5

   (i) Rahul came _______ my house this morning

   (ii) My uncle visited us ______ 5th of May.

   (iii) The book belongs ______ Asha.

   (iv) He drives the car ______ the bridge.

    (v) They are sitting ______ the tree.

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Practice Set (Class - V)

Full Marks - 20

1.  Read the text carefully and answer the questions that follows -

 

          One day a foolish ash was roaming aimlessly in the forest. While passing across a path he saw something under a tree. He became curious and came near it. It was a lion's skin and he began to wonder here and there.When he came to the bank of a stream, he stopped. He saw his reflection in the clear water. He was very happy and said to himself, "Aha! I look like a lion. Seeing me other animals will be struck with awe." He then went to the place where other animals had gathered.

A. Answer the following questions -                                                     2 X 4 = 8

  (i) How was the ash?

  (ii) Where did the ash find the skin?

  (iii) Where did the ash see his reflection?

   (iv) How did the ash look like?

 B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text- 2X3=6

  (i) While passing across_________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

  (ii) The ash was roaming aimlessly _________________________________________________________

  (iii) The ash went to the palace _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 C. What is the opposite word of 'foolish'?                                             1 X 1 = 1

 2. Fill in the blanks with words from the text -                                     1 X 2 = 2

  (i) The boy is very___________ to learn new things.

 (ii) All the members___________  to decide the date of the programme.

3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles -                                     1 X 2 = 2

   (i) She is _____ engineer.

 (ii) I have _______ umbrella.

4. Underline the correct alternative -                                                    1 X 1 = 1 

 I and my brother (am/is/are) going to you need a nearby shop to buy chocolates.

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