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Luke's Convent School Gulshanabad Anantnag

Subject English. Class 5th

White Mice

● Read these lines from the text and answer the questions.

1. Mr Ghosh's house was just behind the station.

a. Who was Mr. Ghosh?
Ans: Mr. Ghosh was a stationmaster.
b. Why did the speaker go to his house?
Ans: The speaker went to his house because he was put on the
wrong train by his uncle.
c. What did he do there?
Ans: He drank a cup of sweet, milky tea and ate two large rasgullas.

2. " A present for you and your

grandfather"
a. Who said this to whom?
Ans: Mr. Ghosh said this to the speaker.
b. What was the present?
Ans: It was a box which contained two white Mice.
c. Why did the speaker decide upon that particular gift?
Ans: Because he wanted to play a trick on his uncle.

● Answer in detail.
1. Why did Uncle Ken rush out of his room?
Ans: When the speaker released the mice under his uncle's bed sheet
, an hour later Uncle Ken dashed out of his room, screaming that
something soft and furry was running about inside his clothes.
2. How did Grandfather try to solve Uncle Ken's problem?
Ans: Grandfather told Uncle Ken to take off his clothes as he already
had a good idea of what had happened.
● Tick whether the underlined words in these sentences are
countable or uncountable nouns. (Page 10)
1. countries (countable)
2. sunshine (uncountable)
3. dresses (countable)
4. mountains (uncountable)
5. pencils (countable)
6. water (uncountable)

● Underline the subject and circle the object in these sentences.

(Page 11)
1. Manik (subject), the books (object)
2. The giraffes (subject), leaves (object)
3. The child(subject), a muffin (object)
4. The bird (subject), Tammy (object)
5. Ethan (subject), the goats (object)
6. We (subject), the missing card (object)
7. I (subject), Latha (object)

● Choose the antonyms of the highlighted words. (Page 11)

1. heavy = light
2. Deep = shallow
3. easy = difficult
4. beautiful = ugly