VELAMMAL VIDHYASHRAM, MAMBAKKAM

GRADE 5
ENGLISH
Chapter End Test of Articles and degrees of comparison
I. Complete the passage using the articles.

Mohan is ______ architect. He designs buildings. He has earned lots of money, but
he is humble and generous. He always helps the poor. Have you seen ______ bridge
over _____ Gangamati river? He designed it. They say that he came from _____
extremely poor family. He had to struggle hard to get education. That’s why
whenever he sees _____ person in need, he remembers ______ Mohan of ____ past,
and helps ______ person readily.

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives given in the brackets.

1. Dan feels much _________ (good) today.

2. Everybody knows that Kevin is ___________ (strong) than Alan.
3. Do you really think that Tina is ____________ (clever)than Sandhya?
4. He is as _______ (tall) as his father.
5. The exercise is very __________ .(difficult)
6. My house is ________ (big) than her house.
7. John isn’t so ______ (tall) Kevin.
8. Our school is ___________ (far) away than his.
9. Mount Everest is the ___________ (high) peak in the world.
10.A fox is _______ (clever) than a goat.
11.Chennai is ___________ (hot) than Bangalore.
12. Sandy is ___________ (thin) than Taira.

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 He was born in 1910 and died in 1940.
 He lived in Missisippi in US.
 He wrote many poems for children.
 His wife name is Aline Wilkinson.
 We didn’t get the proper image of him.
WARM UP
Think of an imaginary place city or town, which is very
Different from the one where you live in now describe the
Things that would be different in this place?
ACTIVITY-2

What do you feel when you look at this?

 A house which is upside down
 Trees grow from the sky.
 Do you think, this could be existing
In Our real life?
 How do you feel when you see the unusual things? Share your thoughts with your
parents.

STANZA 1

 The people walk upon their heads

 The sea is made of sand

 The children go to school by night

 In the topsy-turvy land

SYNOPSIS :

Topsy-turvy is an imaginary land. In this land everything would

happen different or unusual.People walk by their heads. The sea is full of sand. Children
go to school at night.

New word -Meaning

 Topsy-turvy - upside down.

 STANZA 2 :

 The front door at the back,

 You’re walking when you stand,
 You wear your hat upon your feet,
 In topsy-turvy land.

SYNOPSIS :

In Topsy-turvy land, the front door is at the back side. You walk, when you stand.

You wear your hat on your feet. The pictures would help you to understand more.

STANZA -3

• And buses on the sea you’ll meet,

• While pleasure boats are planned,

• To travel up and down the streets,

• Of Topsy turvy land.

SYNOPSIS :

In Topsy-turvy, land buses travel on the sea. Boats travel in street.

New word -Meaning.

 Pleasure boats- Boats used for fun and relaxation.

STANZA 4

 You pay for what you never get,

 I think it must be grand,
 For when you go, you’re coming back,
 In Topsy turvy land.
 SYNOPSIS :

In Topsy-turvy land you pay but you will not get anything to eat. You go to the job at
the time of back.
MIND MAP

SCHOOLS ARE
AT NIGHT

BUSES ON
SEA,BOATS THE SEA IS
ON ROAD MADE OF
SAND
TOPSY TURVY
LAND
PEOPLE
WALK BY YOU PAY BUT
THEIR YOU WILL
HEAD, NOT GET
FRONT ANYTHING
DOOR AT
BACK
HAT ON
YOUR FEET

RHYMING WORDS
 Meet- Street
 Land-sand
 Stand- land
 Feet- street.
POETIC DEVICE - IMAGERY
 Imagery- in this poem poet used the poetic device of imagery.
 The things what he used in the poem would not exist in real life. We can see only in
our imagination.

FULL POEM FOR REVISION.

 The people walk upon their heads

 The sea is made of sand

 The children go to school by night

 In the topsy-turvy land.

 The front door at the back,

 You’re walking when you stand,
 You wear your hat upon your feet,

 In topsy-turvy land.

 And buses on the sea you’ll meet,

 While pleasure boats are planned,

 To travel up and down the streets,

 Of Topsy turvy land.

 You pay for what you never get,

 I think it must be grand,
 For when you go, you’re coming back,
 In Topsy turvy land.