Birbal the Wise Class 5 Question Answers

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Birbal the Wise Class 5 Question Answers

Thinking about the Text

(A) Answer these questions:

Language Work

A. Horses live in stables and cows live in sheds. In Column A, the names of some animals are given. Match them with the places they live in Column B:

Column A	Column B
1. Horse	Shed
2. Lion	Web
3. Chicken	Water
4. Bird	Tree
5. Cow	Stable
6. Rabbit	Hive
7. Spider	Coop
8. Bee	Nest
9. Fish	Burrow
10. Owl	Den

Ans.

Column A	Column B
1. Horse	Stable
2. Lion	Den
3. Chicken	Coop
4. Bird	Nest
5. Cow	Shed
6. Rabbit	Burrow
7. Spider	Web
8. Bee	Hive
9. Fish	Water
10. Owl	Tree

B. Phrasal Verbs: A phrasal verb consists of a verb and a particle (preposition, adverb, or both). Its meaning has to be understood as a whole e.g., look into means to investigate. Here are some phrasal verbs which have been used in the story. Use them in sentences of your own.

Get off, get on, get down, ride away, bring back, put in, look at, arrange for

Ans.

Word	Meaning	Sentence
Get off	Dismount,	He got of his bicycle and offered help to an old man.
Get on	Mount, Proceed	Get on with your work and finish it on time.
Get down	Dismount	The Prince got down off his horse.
Ride away	Ride off	He rode away to a new place.
Bring back	Cause something to return to the mind	The Prince ordered the servant to bring back the horse.
Put in	To include	You have to put in a lot of efforts be bean I.A.S officer.
Look at	See	Look at the pictures pasted on the wall.
Arrange for	To make arrangements	I have arranged for the party today.

Grammar Work

A) Past Simple Tense

Look at the following sentence:

1. I met him yesterday.

The above sentence expresses some action which happened at some time in the past.

Thus, Past Simple Tense is used to show an action that happened or took place at some-time in the past and the Second Form of the Verb is used with all Subjects.

But in Negative and Interrogative Sentences of Past Simple, ‘did’ is used to form the sentences.

Thus, the Negative sentence of the above will be:

(a) I did not (didn’t) meet him yesterday.

Similarly, the Interrogative sentence of the above will be:

(b) Did I meet him yesterday?

NOTE: The Second Form of the Verb (met) is changed to the First Form of the Verb (meet) in both the Negative and Interrogative sentences.

This tense is also used to express some past habit, e.g.:

1. She never came here in the daytime.
2. She studied for many hours every day.

EXERCISE

Use the correct tense form (Simple Past Tense) in the following sentences:

1. I ___________ the zoo last Friday. (visit)
2. He __________ the President last night. (see)
3. She _________ out half an hour ago. (go)
4. The snake ___________ the boy. (bite, not)
5. They ____________ their fields last week. (plough)
6. ______ they _________ the house last Sunday? (leave)
7. He __________ her last Wednesday. (meet)
8. We _____________ the party last week. (enjoy, not)
9. When ________ the rain _________? (stop)
10. We ______________ to the movie yesterday. (go)

Ans.

1. I visited the zoo last Friday. (visit)
2. He saw the President last night. (see)
3. She went out half an hour ago. (go)
4. The snake did not bite the boy. (bite, not)
5. They ploughed their fields last week. (plough)
6. Did they leave the house last Sunday? (leave)
7. He met her last Wednesday. (meet)
8. We did not enjoy the party last week. (enjoy, not)
9. When did the rain stop? (stop)
10. We went to the movie yesterday. (go)

B) Look at the following sentence used in the text:

He stopped the horse and asked him, “Which way are you going?’’

This sentence is in direct speech or direct narration. The same sentence can be turned into indirect speech in the following way:

He stopped the horse and asked him which way he was going.

While turning a Wh-question into indirect narration we use the subject before the verb.

Note: Wh-question is a question that starts with a Wh-word e.g. What, Which,Why, Where, When, Who, etc.

Now turn the following sentences into indirect narration:

1. He said to him, “How old are you?”

Ans. Indirect: He asked him how old he was.

2. He said to me, “Where do you live?”

Ans. Indirect: He asked me where I lived.

3. “When did he arrive?” she asked me.

Ans. Indirect: She asked me when he had arrived.

4. You said to her, “Who told you?”

Ans. Indirect: You asked her who told her.

5. The teacher asked us, “Why are you late?”

Ans. Indirect: The teacher asked us why we were late.

Let’s Write

Write a paragraph on your pet animal.

Ans. I have a dog as my pet animal at home. It is a faithful animal. It has two eyes, two ears, four legs and a short tail. I call him Tomy. He is very sharp and intelligent. His colour is brown. He likes to play with me. I feed him healthy diet. He is fond of meat but feed on milk too. He guards our home from strangers. I love my pet so much.

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