CLASS V ENGLISH

Flying together
I. New words:
Geese
Creeper
Destroy
Tender
Winding
Struggle
Muttered
Pretend
II. Word meaning:
1. Geese – plural of goose, large web footed bird.
2. Creepers – plants that grow along wall or tree.
3. Collect – gather
4. Winding – go in circular, spiral course
5. Flapped – moved the wings up and down
6. Muttered – spoke in a low tone
III. Antonyms :
Destroy X construct
Trap X abandon
Hurry X delay
Wise X foolish
Strong X weak
Thick X thin
Pretend X be honest
Begin X finish
Tender x hard
IV. Answer the following questions:
 1. Where did the geese live?
Ans: The geese lived in the leafy branches 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 could help a hunter to climb up on a tree and kill them.
3. Why did the geese cry “help, help”?
Ans: The geese cried for help because they were trapped in the hunter’s
net.
4. What did the hunter do when he thought that the geese were
dead?
Ans: The hunter threw the geese out of net one by one on the ground.
5. Why did the geese pretend to be dead?
Ans: The geese pretend to be dead so that the hunter would leave
them safely.
V. Fill in the blanks given below with question word:
1. Where do you live?
2. What do you play?
3. When do you get up in the morning?
4. Who lived on the tree?
5. What do you do?
6. How long is that rope?
7. Where are you going?
8. Who is your father?
9. What does your father do?
VI. Fill in the blanks given below with prepositions:
1. He noticed the creeper at the foot of the tree.
2. Book is on the table.
3. My friend is angry with me.
4. He lives at Dindigul in Tamilnadu.
 5. He will come in a week.
6. He sent a watch for me.
7. The child was sitting beside the mother.
8. He jumped over the fence.
9. He jumped into the well.
VII. To form an adjective add ‘y’ to noun :
Leaf – leafy
Cloud – cloudy
Ease – easy
Dirt – dirty
Shade – shady

VIII. Fill in the blanks with an adjective in the comparative degree:

1. Lata sings sweeter than any other singer. (sweet)
2. May is hotter than april. (hot)
3. The train moves faster than a bus. (fast)
4. A ship is bigger than a steam boat. (big)
5. London is bigger than Delhi. (big)
6. Iron is heavier than copper. (heavy)