Class 05 || English || Ch. 02.2 Flying Together

Class 05 || English || Ch. 02 Flying Together

Flying Together

1. Where did the geese live?

Ans.

The geese lived in leafy branches on top of a tall tree.

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

Ans.

The old bird advised the other birds to destroy the creeper because it would become thick and strong and help the hunter to climb up the tree easily and kill all of them.

3. Why did the geese cry, “Help Help”?

Ans.

The geese cried ‘’Help Help’’ because they were caught in the hunters net.

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

Ans.

The hunter started to threw the geese out of the net one by one.

5. Why did the geese pretend to be dead?

Ans.

The geese pretended to be dead because they knew that the hunter would not want the dead birds and set them free. 

6. State whether the following statements are True or False.

1. The tree was the house of a flock of parrots.

_____________

2. The wise old bird wanted the creeper to be destroyed.

_____________

3. The hunter climbed the tree with the help of a ladder.

_____________

4. When caught in the net the foolish birds began to weep.

_____________

5. The wise old bird helped them to escape.

_____________

Ans.

1. False.

2. True.

3. False.

4. True.

5. True.

7. 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 the questions for the above answers.

Ans.

(i) Name the colour of the ant given in the picture.

(ii) Where does it live?

(iii) How many antennae does an ant have?

(iv) Where does it crawl?

(v) What does it eat?

8. 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 of a flock 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 flew ________ 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. 

Ans.

(i) This tree was the home of a flock of wild geese.

(ii) He noticed the creeper at the foot of the tree.

(iii) “It would be a pity to destroy it now”.

(iv) As they flew into the tree they were trapped.

(v) The boy ran with the dog.

(vi) The frogs jumped into the well.

(vii) The girl was thrilled to see her new bicycle.

(viii) The birds were caught in the net.

(ix) The children walked on the bridge.

9.  Complete the paragraph with suitable words from the box.

One day, as I was walking _______ the bank of the river, I saw my friend running _________ the field. 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.”

Ans.

One day, as I was walking around the bank of the river, I saw my friend running into the field. He was calling my name and waving to me. I stopped 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 learn lots of magic tricks from him.”

10. 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?

Ans.

(i) When do you play?

(ii) When do you get up?

(iii) What do you have for breakfast?

(iv) When do you go to school?

(v) What do you like the best in the school – games, art or music?

(vi) When is your birthday?

(vii) What do you want for your birthday?

11. Proverbs are short, wise sayings. For example – Look before you leap. 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. 

1. Old is gold
2. As you sow so shall you reap
3. Unity is strength
4. United we stand divided we fall
5. A friend in need is a friend indeed

Ans.

1. Old is gold

The person who is in contact for a long time, is more precious than ours.

2. As you sow so shall you reap

The action of a person whether good or bad will repay him in the same manner.

3. Unity is strength

People working in unity will solve all problems easily.

4. United we stand divided we fall

If we are together we win otherwise we lose.

5. A friend in need is a friend indeed

A friend who helps you in trouble or in need is a true friend.

12. The clap word game

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 to-mo-rrow.

creeper struggled tomorrow geese

throw foolish possible noticed

carefully flapped returned evening

trapped surprise

Ans.

creeper (clap twice)

struggled (clap once)

tomorrow (clap twice)

geese (clap once)

throw (clap once)

foolish (clap twice)

possible (clap twice)

noticed (clap twice)

carefully (clap twice)

flapped (clap twice)

returned (clap twice)

evening (clap twice)

trapped (clap once)

surprise (clap twice)