NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English (Marigold) Unit 2 Teamwork , Flying Together

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Class : 5th
Subject : English
Chapter : 2
Chapter Name : Unit-2

Q1 Complete the following sentences.
1. If nobody passes the ball in a basketball game, then you can’t ____________
2. In a relay race, if no one passes the baton, then _______________

Answer. 1. shoot
2. The relay race cannot continue

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Q1 Name the team members needed for the following.
(i) To play cricket we need batsmen, bowlers, elders, coaches____________
(ii) To make a lm we need_____________
(iii) To run a good school we need______________
(iv) To run a restaurant we need________________

Answer. (i) batsmen, bowlers, elders, coaches.
(ii) Actors, viewers directors.
(iii) Principal, teachers, peon, students.
(iv) Manager, cooks, waiters, customers. dinners.

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Q2 Complete the sets of rhyming words. One has been done for you.

Answer. Team - beam
Plus - bus
Done - gun
Hoop - loop
Shoot - root
Goal - soul
Joy - toy

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Q3 Read the poem

Answer. DIY

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Q1 Look at the picture and answer the questions in one sentence, using the word clues given in the box.

1. Who is laying the bricks?
2. Who is holding the ladder?
3. Who is the man on the ladder?
4. Who is making the door?
5. Who is painting the walls?
Now make up a Story about the picture. Give names to the people. Write the story showing the
importance of teamwork.

Answer. 1. Mason
2. Labour
3. Electrician
4. Carpenter
5. Painter

The picture given above shows that a house is being built. A number of people are engaged in this work.
Mahesh, the mason, is laying the bricks. Naresh, the carpenter, is busy in making the door. Sheru is a
labourer who is holding the ladder on which Naseem, the electrician, is standing and busy in electric
ttings. A house or at cannot be completed without a plumber. Hence, Rohit is called to lay water
pipes. But how can a house or at look beautiful if there is no painter. For this work Sadhu Mahto is
called who is a very good painter. He paints the entire house beautifully. Everyone admires his work.
Thus, building of a house or at is a teamwork. Everyone needed in this work is , equally important.

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Q1 In groups of ve. discuss what you enjoy doing and what you like doing in a group.
Now prepare a list as shown below

Things I like doing alone - _________________
Things I like doing in a group - _____________________

Answer. DIY

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Q2 In your family what activities are done individually and as a group?
My mother decides__________
My father decides_____________
I decide decide_______________

Answer. DIY

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Q3 In a group. mime an activity (picnic. fair/mela cricket match etc.) which you enjoy. The rest of the
class should guess the activity and say whether it is done in a group," alone.

Answer. DIY

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Q1 In the puzzle nd the words given in the column. Notice that these words are formed by Joining two
words. One is done for you. Find some more such words.

Answer.

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Q2 Let's write a poem.
I have a kite but need a friend to y it with.
I know a song but need someone to hear it.
I have a ball but need someone to catch it.
I________________________________
I________________________________
I________________________________
I________________________________

Answer. I have a kite but need a friend to y it with,
I know a song but need someone to hear it,
I have a ball but need someone to catch it,
I have sweets but need someone to share it with,
I have a lawn but need someone to play in it,

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Q1 Make groups of ten and present one of the following activities in class.
skit, song, dance, painting a chart for class, make paper bags from old newspaper

Answer. DIY

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Q1 We sometimes use short forms for some words. For example. we use I'm for I am and I've for I have.
These shortened words are called contractions.
The mark ( ' ) is an apostrophe which shows where the letters are
we will - we'll, cannot - can’t, we have - we’ve, you have - you’ve, there is - there’s, what have - what’ve,
we are - we’re, they are - they’re.

left out. Now read together.
1. Write the contractions for the following phrases.
has not_________________
have not___________
do not_____________
are not_______________

Answer. (i) hasn't
(ii) haven't
(iii) don't
(iv) aren't

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Q2 Write the full forms for the following.
(i) weren't
(ii) wasn't

(iii) she'll
(iv) who 's

Answer. (i) weren't - were not
(ii) wasn't - was not
(iii) she'll - she will
(iv) who’s - who is

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Q1 Where did the geese live?

Answer. The geese lived in a forest on the top of a tall tree.

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Q2 Why did the old bird advise the other birds to destroy the creeper?

Answer. The old bird advised the other birds to destroy the creeper because the creeper could help the
hunters to climb-up the tree and kill them.

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Q3 Why did the geese cry, “Help Help”?

Answer. The geese cried "Help Help" because they were trapped in the net by the hunter.

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Q4 What did the hunter do when he thought that the geese were dead?

Answer. The hunter threw the geese out of the net on the ground.

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Q5 Why did the geese pretend to be dead?

Answer. The geese pretended to be dead so that the hunter would consider them dead and not harm
them.

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Q6 Describe one incident when you got into trouble because you did not do your work on time.

Answer. Once my mother asked me to take the trash out of the house. I didn't do that task. It started to
rot in a few days. Due to that, all the of our family got ill.

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Q7 State whether the following statements are True or False.
(i) The tree was the house of a ock of parrots._________
(ii) The wise old bird wanted the creeper to be destroyed.______
(iii) The hunter climbed the tree with the help of a ladder.______
(iv) When caught in the net the foolish birds began to weep._______
(v) The wise old bird helped them to escape.__________

Answer. (i) False
(ii) True
(iii) False
(iv) True
(v) True

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Q1 Why do you think the dove helped the ant?

Answer. The dove helped the ant because the ant was kind and helpful, so she helped the ant.

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Q2 How do you think the ant felt on nding the leaf?

Answer. I think the ant felt happy and excited on nding the leaf near to him.

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Q3 Have you ever been in trouble like the ant? Did anyone help you?

Answer. Yes, my parents helped me.

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Q1 Work in pairs.
(a) Ask your friend questions about all the things he does.
(b) Use question words such as where, what, how, who, when, why. One is done for you.
Anu : I watch TV in the evening.
Amit : When do you watch TV ?
Anu : I play games.
Amit : _____________________________________________
Anu : I collect stamps.
Amit : ________________________________
Anu : I play in the ground.
Amit : __________________
Anu : On Sunday I go shopping.
Amit : _____________________________________________

Answer. DIY

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Q2 Answer these questions about yourself.
(i) What is your name?
(ii) What languages do you speak?
(iii) How old are you?
(iv) Which is your favourite food?
(v) Where did you go yesterday?
(vi) Which country do you belong to?
(vii) When do you go to sleep?
(viii) Why do you drink milk?

Answer. DIY

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Q3 In groups of ve discuss what you would do if you were caught in the following situations.
(a) Your friend falls in the play eld and is hurt…
(b) You are trapped in a re…
(c) You are stuck in a traf c jam…

Answer. DIY

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Q1 The words in the clouds describe something or someone in the story. Name them in the blanks
provided. Make sentences of your own with the words given in the clouds.

Answer. (i) Wise - Old men are wise.
(ii) Tall - Everyone wishes to be tall.
(iii) thick and strong - The cattle are thick and strong.
(iv) careless - Being careless can be very harmful.
(v) foolish - Sarita looked foolish while she was giving the speech.

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Q2 Here are some answers about the given picture.
(i) The colour of the ant is black.
(ii) It lives on land.
(iii) It has two long antennae.
(iv) It crawls on the ground.
(v) It eats sugar.
Now frame questions for the above answers.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________

Answer. (i) The colour of the ant is black.
(ii) It lives on land.
(iii) It has two long antennae.
(iv) It crawls on the ground.
(v) It eats sugar.

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Q3 Fill in the blanks with prepositions such as to, at, off, on, in, into, with. One has been done for you.
(i) This tree was the home a ock of wild geese.
(ii) He noticed the creeper the foot of the tree.
(iii) “It would be a pity destroy it now.”
(iv) As they ew the tree they were trapped.
(v) The boy ran the dog.
(vi) The frogs jumped the well.
(vii) The girl was thrilled see her new bicycle.
(viii) The birds were caught the net.
(ix) The children walked the bridge.

Answer. (i) Of
(ii) At
(iii) To
(iv) Into
(v) With
(vi) Into
(viii) To
(viii) In
(ix) Across

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Q4 Complete the paragraph with suitable words from the box.
(i) around
(ii) across
(iii) with
(iv) along
(v) to
(vi) after
(vii) next to
(viii) into
(ix) from

One day, as I was walking ______ the bank of the river, I saw my friend running ___________ the eld. He
was calling my name and waving __________ me. I stopped and waited. __________ sometime he reached
where I was standing.
He said, “I went all __________ the town looking for you. I have some exciting news to share _________ you.
Do you remember the old house __________ the neem tree? Guess who is moving __________ that house?
Janak Das, the great magician. Now we can learn lots of magic tricks ___________ him.”

Answer. One day, as I was walking along the bank of the river, I saw my friend running across the eld.
He was calling my name and waving to me. I and waited. After sometime he reached where I was
standing. He said, "I went all around the town looking for you. I have some exciting news to share with
you. Do you remember the old house next to the neem tree? Guess who is moving into that house?
Janak Das, the great magician. NOW we can leam lots of magic tricks from him."

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Q5 Fill in the blanks given below with question words.
For example, where do you live?
(i) ______ do you play?
(ii) ______ do you get up?
(iii) ______ do you have for breakfast?
(iv) ______ do you go to school?
(v) ______ do you like best in the school – games, art or music?
(vi) ______ is your birthday?
(vii) ______ do you want for your birthday?

Answer. (i) Where
(ii) When
(iii) What
(iv) How
(v) What
(vi) When
(vii) What

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Q6

Answer. 1.

the geese

to the old wise bird

when the old wise bird told them to destroy the newly-grown creeper.

2.

the hunger

to himself

when he came to the tree in the forest.

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Q1 Proverbs are short, wise sayings. For example — This means that we should think carefully before we
take any action. Here are some popular English proverbs. Read them aloud together and discuss what
each could mean.
(a) Old is gold
(b) As you sow so shall you reap
(c) Unity is strength
(d) United we stand divided we fall
(e) A friend in need is a friend in deed.

Answer. (a) Old is gold—One who is in my contact from a long time is more reliable or worthier than
others.
(b) As you sow so shall you reap—You will have to bear the consequences (good or bad) of your action.
(c) Unity is strength—If we are together we will be strong enough to overcome any problem.
(d) United we stand divided we fall—If we are together we win, if not we lose.
(e) A friend in need is a friend indeed—A friend who gives you help when you need is a true friend.

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Q2 Look at this proverb: All's well that ends well.
(i) Discuss what it means. Can you think of events/ happenings in life where this proverb can be used?
(ii) Write down your story or the event. Then read the paragraph to your neighbour.

Answer. DIY

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Q3 Let’s play the clap word game.
Where the word produces one sound, clap once, as in ‘creep’. Clap twice if the word can be broken up
into two syllables as in cree-per, and thrice as in tomorrow.
(i) creeper
(ii) struggled
(iii) tomorrow
(iv) geese
(v) throw
(vi) foolish
(vii) possible
(viii) noticed
(ix) carefully
(x) apped
(xi) returned
(xii) evening
(xiii) trapped
(xiv) surprise

Answer. DIY

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