Subject: English Grade: V

Lesson -1
Poem: “DAFFODILS”
I) Meanings:
1. Wander: Walk without any reason
2. Lonely: Alone
3. Crowd: A large number of people.
4. Breeze: Gentle wind
5. Tossing: Twisting
6. Glee: Happiness/ joy
7. Jocund: Happy / cheerful
8. Gazed: Look for a long time
9. Couch: Sofa
10. Pensive: Thoughtful/ Thinking about something.
11. Bliss: Happiness
12. Solitude: Loneliness/ Isolation/ Alone

1) Answer the following questions:

Question:
a) Where was the poet wandering?
Answer:
The poet wanders alone in the valleys and hills as like a
cloud.
Question:
b) What does the poet compare himself to? Why do you
think the comparison is suitable?
Answer:
The poet compares himself with a cloud. Because, he
move here and there to valleys and hills as like a cloud. So
the comparison is suitable.
Question:
c) Why are the daffodils compared to stars?
Answer:
The nodding of the daffodils on a gentle breeze seems to
be the stars in Milky Way.
Question:
d) Whose company does the poet call “jocund” and why?
Answer:
The company of the daffodils has been referred as
because, at small blow of gentle wind they start dancing.
Question:
e) What left the poet spellbound? Which words indicates
this impact on the poet?
Answer:
The dancing of sparkling waves of water and joy and
cheerful company of daffodils is not spellbound the poet .the
word “gazed” indicate the impact.
Question:
f) When alone, what becomes a source of happiness to the
poet?
Answer:
The beautiful scene of daffodils dancing near by the
lakehad become a source of happiness to the poet.

2) Fill in the blanks using words from the poem.

Choosefrom the words given in the box.
Sparkling waves waves flowers couch
Daffodils valleys stars hills
Milky way daffodils pensive cloud
Lovely flowers daffodils jocund dancing
Eternal happiness fluttering the inward eye

a) The poet wander all alone like cloud that float over valleys
and hills .
b) He came upon a spot where he saw a crowd of daffodils
which were growing lovely flowers and fluttering.
c) The daffodils are compared to stars that twinkle in the
MilkyWay.
d) The daffodils were dancing and so were the waves.
However,the sparkling waves outdid the dancing in absolute
joy and its beauty.
e) The poet was extremely happy in the ground company of
the
flowers.
f) Whenever the poet lies down on couch in a pensive mood,
thememory of daffodils flashed upon the inward eye and
fills his heart with eternal happiness.
 Lesson -2
MEET THE MARCH FAMILY
I) MEANINGS:
1. Grumble – complain
2. Croaked - voice like a frog
3. Dreadful – terrible
4. Chaplain – church priest
5. Proposed – Suggested
6. Detest – to dislike
7. Contradicted – opposed
8. Comical – amusing
9. Affected – artificial
10. Disagreeable – unpleasant
II) ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:
Question:
1. Give the name of all the four march girls, beginning with the youngest.
Answer:
The name of four girls, beginning with youngest are;, Amy,
Elizabeth(Beth), Josephine (Jo), Margaret (Meg).
Question:
2. What was the father’s profession? Why was he away at Washington?
Answer:
Their father was a chaplain in the army. He was deployed in
Washington. So he was away.
Question:
3. Why did the mother propose not to have any presents for Christmas?
Answer:
Mother proposed not to have any Christmas gift because the civil war
raging in America and the people were suffering in army.

Question:
4. List the things the girls were keen to buy for themselves.
Answer:
• Margaret (Meg): Wanted to buy numbers of pretty things.
• Josephine (Jo): Had planned to buy book for herself.
• Elizabeth (Beth): Wanted to buy some music.
• Amy: Wanted to buy a box of Faber’s drawing pencil.
Question:
5. Which action of Jo was found too irritable by Amy? Why?
Answer:
Whistling by Jo made Amy irritable. Amy hates Jo showing boyish
attitude.
Question:
6. How did Mrs. March surprise the girls after supper?
Answer:
After supper Mrs. March announced that father had sent them a letter.
Question:
7. What did the father write in his letter?
Answer:
Father had written that the girls would have been looking after their
mother well. He was proud of her girls for helping their mother. He further
mentioned that he loved them very much.
Question:
8. What did the girls resolve to do?
Answer
The girls resolved to leave their bad habits and do according their
father had wished.
 LESSON -3
NEW ARRIVAL
I) MEANINGS:
1. Disheveled – untidy
2. Emaciated – thin
3. Scurrying – to run hurriedly
4. Ushering – showing in
5. Bewildering – confusing
6. Comprehension – to understand
7. Askew – improper
8. Scarcely – hardly
9. Audible – clearly heard
10. Imitation – to copy