Teacher name: Josna Augustine

ENGLISH GRAMMAR
CLASS-5 A /B
LESSON-1 THE SENTENCE
EXERCISES:
A) Read the following sentences and write their kind s.
1. He is fond of tea. Assertive Sentence
2. Whose is this car? Interrogative sentence
3. What a difficult task it is! Exclamatory Sentence
4. Go there at once. Imperative Sentence.
5. How naughty the child is! Exclamatory Sentence
6. My train stopped suddenly. Assertive sentence.
7. May I come in? Interrogative Sentence.
8. Never tell a lie. Imperative Sentence.
9. Why are they making a noise? Interrogative Sentence.
10. That car is ours. Assertive Sentence.

B) Rearrange the words in the following groups to make each group a meaningful sentence .Also write the
kind of the sentence in the bracket.
1. Laughed his him all at friends-All his friends laughed at him.(Assertive)
2. Beautiful this is how place- How beautiful place is this!(Exclamatory)
3. You lunch did have-Did you have lunch?(Interrogative)
4. Door open don’t the-Don’t open the door.(Imperative)

C) Make a sentence about each of the following:

1. Cat and mouse- The cat chases the mouse.
2. Bird and sky- The bird flies in the sky.
3. Christmas and December- Christmas comes in December.
4. India and independence-India got independence on 15 August1947.
5. Earth and moon- The moon revolves around the earth.
 ENGLISH LITERATURE
CLASS-5 A/B
LESSON-1 THE OWLS IN THE FAMILY
Word Meaning
1. Full fledge- Completely developed
2. Veranda- a roofed platform attached to the ground floor of a house
3. Mynah- a kind of bird
4. Persuade- get somebody to agree to do something
5. Crooned- made a low sound like humming
6. Gurgled- made a sound full of contentment
7. Agile- able to move quickly and easily
8. Infested- full of (here) beetles
9. Smuggled- settled into a warm comfortable position
IN TEXT QUESTIONS
1. Do you think the owlet was happy or scared when grandfather first picked it up?

Ans: The owlet was scared when grandfather picked it up as it hissed and clacked its bill.

2. Why does the writer use the word enquiring?

Ans: The word ‘enquiring ‘ means ‘to ask’ and thus here it means ‘curious’. The narrator uses
the word to show that the owl looked out from the hole in the tree to find out who was tapping
on the tree trunk.

3. How does the owlet come onto the veranda?

Ans: The owlets had fallen out of their nest.

4. What did the mother owl do that made the narrator think that she did not trust him to look
after the baby owls?

Ans: The mother owl had left a mouse for her babies.

5. Which word is a synonym of scream and squeal?

Ans: Shriek

QUICK ANSWERS
2. The word character is used for a person appears in a story, book, play or a movie. There are four characters
in the text. Can you identify them.
Ans: Grandfather, Grandmother, Aunt Mabel and the narrator.

Reference to the context

3. I had placed one on a branch ……………………………………………………… Head.
a) Where was the narrator?

Ans: The narrator was in the garden.

 b) What had he placed on the mango tree? What was he stooping to pick up?

Ans: He had placed an owlet in the mango tree. He was stooping to pick up the second owlet.

c) Who gave him the heavy blow?

Ans: The mother owl gave him a heavy blow.

4. I got ………………………………………… ‘whoo-whoo’?

a) Who according to the narrator was feeling sorry?

Ans: According to the narrator the mother owl was feeling sorry.

b) How did she show she was feeling sorry?

Ans: She greeted with a soft ‘whoo-whoo’ sound to show as she was feeling sorry.

c) Why had she come there?

Ans: She had come as she would like them to have a good home.

5. So…………………………………………. Liking to.

a) Do these lines suggest that Grandmother liked most pets or that she did not like most pets?

Ans: Yes, these lines suggest that Grandmother liked most pets.

b) Who were the members of the household besides grandmother?

Ans: Grandfather, Aunt Mabel, the narrator and few pets were the members of the household besides
grandmother.

c) Which members of the household did not like the owlets? How do you know?

Ans: Aunt Mabel did not like the owlets as she would run shrieking when were close to her.

READ, REFLECT AND WRITE

6. What do you know about the house where the narrator lived? Describe it based on the details given in the
story?
Ans: The narrator lived with his grandparents and Aunt Mabel. In his house few pets were the part of family.
His grandmother loved the pets very much and cared them. When two spotted owlets appeared in their
house, they also became the regular members of their household so attached to grandmother that began to
show affection towards anyone I a petticoat.
7. List six sounds of owl that the narrator has given in the text?
Ans: Hissed, crooned, whoo-whoo, purring, shrieks, gurgled.
8. How did the owlets show their affection for grandmother?
Ans: Once grandmother was having an afternoon nap, then one of the owlets had crawled up her pillow till its
head was settled into warm comfortable position under her ear.
9. How did the mother owl show that she cared for the little owlets?
Ans: When the narrator placed the owlets on the ledge just inside the mosquito netting, from outside the
mother owl crooned and gurgled for a long time. It seemed she was worried about her little owlets. She
remained the whole night there.
10. Did the narrator and his grandfather treat animals with respect? Give reasons for your answer.
Ans: Yes, the narrator and his grandfather treated animals with respect as when they got two spotted owlets
they fed them on a branch of a mango tree and looked after them.