DAV Class 5 English Literature Solution Chapter 1 Growing Up
DAV School Books Class 5 English Literature Solution Chapter 1 Growing Up all Question Answer. DAV Class 5 1st Chapter Growing Up full Chapter explanation by expert teacher.
A.1.) Work with your partner. Write down what you like or dislike about your school
Answer:-
I like going school because I enjoy my school time with friends. I like to study the mathematics subject a lot. Teachers make us listen interesting and wonderful bravery and historical stories. I participate in various competitions. I also play badminton in school. My teachers ate very understanding and supportive. Last week I participated in district level badminton competition. My sport teacher had motivated me a lot for it. The only thing which I don’t like is to get up early in the morning for school.
A.3. Tick (✔️) the appropriate answer
(i) Tom Sawyer did not want to get up on Monday mornings because—
o it meant going back to school.
o he wanted to work at home.
o he did not like Mondays.
o none of these.
Answer:-it meant going back to school.
(ii) Tom began to groan loudly because—
o his tooth was loose.
o his toe was sore.
o his feet hurt.
o none of these.
Answer:- his fee5 hurt
(iii) Aunt Polly was angry with Tom because—
o she did not like Tom.
o she was being unkind to him.
o she knew he was telling a lie.
o none of these.
Answer:- None of these
(iv) Aunt Polly asked for a silk thread because—
o she wanted to sew a torn shirt.
o she wanted to tie it around Tom’s toe.
o she wanted to take out Tom’s tooth.
o none of these.
Answer:-she wanted to take out Tom’s tooth
A.4. Mark the following statements with a ( ✔️) if true and a (X) if false.
(i) Tom held up his toe for inspection because he wanted to make sure that he could use it as an excuse for not going to school.
(ii) Tom was groaning loudly because he wanted to tell everyone that he was enjoying himself.
(iii) The dental instruments that Aunt Polly used were a silk thread and a chunk of fire.
(iv) Aunt Polly loved Tom a lot.
(v) Tom felt foolish because his act was caught.
Answer :-
- ✔️
- X
- ✔️
- ✔️
- ✔️
A.5. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
(i) ‘Well, one of them’s loose and it aches awfully.’
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) What is loose?
Answer:-
a) Tom is the speaker
b) Tom’s tooth is loose
(ii) ‘It makes my flesh crawl to hear you. What is the matter?’
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) ‘makes my flesh crawl’—what does it mean?
(c) What is the matter?
Answer :-
a) Sid is the speaker
b) Getting a experience of uncomfortable or something horror
c) Tom’s sore toe is going to fall off
A.6. Life Skills
Why do you think Tom did not like going to school? If you were Tom’s friend, how would you counsel/convince him to attend the school regularly?
Answer :- Tom did not like to go school because he like to stay away from school and go for fishing. Specially Monday mornings Tom lookmiserable because with it began another slow suffering week’s in school.
If I were Tom’s friend I would counsel him to attend the school regularly because he came enjoy the school studies with his friends. At home he would be alone but in school he can get my friends to enjoy his time with.
A.7. Work with your partner. Find words from the story whose synonyms are given below.
(i) crying in pain m
(ii) pretend f
(iii) terrible a
(iv) excitedly e
(v) efforts a
Answer:-
(i) Moaning
(ii)
(iii) Awful
(iv) Eagerly
(v) Attempts
A.8. Aunt Polly told Tom, ‘You always break my heart’. The word ‘break’ can be used in many ways when it is succeeded by words like up, down, into, out, etc.
Discuss with your partner (or look up a dictionary) and try to understand what the expressions in the Aid Box mean. Then fill in the blanks in the sentences given on the next page. You will have to alter the expressions slightly.
AID BOX |
break down |
break in |
break out |
break up |
break open |
(i) On his way to the office, Mr Pal’s car ____________________. There was no one to help him.
(ii) The robbers ____________________ the safe and escaped with a lot of money.
(iii) ‘Let’s ____________________ for lunch. We’ll meet again after an hour at the same place,’ the Principal announced.
(iv) The thieves ____________________ the house at night when everyone was fast asleep.
(v) The Municipal Corporation swung into action when they heard that malaria had ____________________ in the city.
Answer:-
(i) Breakdown
(ii) Break open
(iii) Break up
(iv) Break in
(v) Break out
A.9. Some pairs of words look so similar that they get confused with each other. Four such pairs are given below.
lay, laid | farther, further | lose, loose | heel, heal |
Discuss the meanings of these words with your partner and fill in the blanks appropriately.
(i) The wound took a long time to _____________.
(ii) I think this point needs _____________ discussion.
(iii) The mother gently _____________ the baby on the grass.
(iv) Where did you _____________ that beautiful pen of yours?
Answer :-
(i) Heal
(ii) Further
(iii) Laid
(iv) Lose
A.10. Imagine Tom could not attend the school because he had to go to the dentist to get his tooth extracted. He needed to send an application to the Principal to get a leave. Help Tom write an application for leave.
Answer :-
TomSawyer
Casa Elite
Date:- 15th April 2022
To,
The Principal
Sabath-Sunday School
St. Petersburg
Subject :- Application for leave
Respected Mam/sir
I am Tom Sawyer, student of class V standard, want a leave for a day that is on 16th April 2022. Reason for my leave is medical reason as I want to visit the dentist for my tooth extraction.
Kindly grant me the permission considering my medical reason
Your’s obediently
Tom Sawyer
A.11. Now write down in the space below how you feel when you have to go to a dentist. Do you look forward to it? Give a reason for your answer.
Answer:- It is very scary to even imagine about visiting dentist for the tooth extraction. I the pain my tooth would feel and the way he looks inside my mouth. I actually makes excuses of studies whenever I have appointment with the dentist. I really don’t wish my tooth ever getting loose so I could avoid going to dentist.
B.1. Do you fight with your friends? Discuss with your partner and write some reasons why you sometimes get angry with your friends. First read what Ritwik has to say.
Answer:-
Answer:-
(i) I get angry whenever my classmates take my favorite pencil without my permission
(ii) Me and shruti are best friends, I get angry when she sits next to payal in class
B.2. Now read the following story about Swaminathan who gets very angry with his friends for something. Is he able to solve his problem or does it lead to another fight?
B.3.Swaminathan has many friends. Complete the following web chart by f illing the names of all his friends that you have read about in the lesson.
Answer:-
(i) Pea
(ii) Mani
(iii) Shankar
(iv) Rajam
(v) Smou
B.4.Who said and to whom?
Answer:-
(i) Somu said to teacher
(ii) Mani said to Swaminathan, Somu and Shankar
(iii) Pea said to Swaminathan
(iv) Swaminathan said to Mani
(v) Swaminathan said to Mani
B.5. Complete the following ladder.
Answer:-
Swaminathan entered the V-Grade classroom
He saw that huge letters, ‘Tail’ was written on the blackboard. He got
Angry and slapped Pea and Shankar
Mani and somu took them outside the class., instead of
Resolving the problems they started fighting amongst each other
The Headmaster and peon stopped them
B.6. Answer the following questions.
(i) Do you think Shankar or Pea had written the word ‘Tail’ on the blackboard? Give a reason for your answer.
(ii) How did Swaminathan feel when he saw the word ‘Tail’ written on the blackboard?
Answer:-
i.)
ii.) Swami felt very embarrassed
B.7. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
(i) What is wrong with you, little rogues?’
(a) Who are rogues?
(b) Why are they fighting with each other?
(c) Where is the fight going on?
Answer :-
i.) Swaminathan, Pea, Shankar are rogues
ii.) One of them has wrote the word ‘Tail’ on blackboard to tease Swaminathan, so swaminathan got angry on Shankar and Pea as they were present in the class
(ii) ‘And who dares to talk about Rajam here?’
(a) Who is Rajam?
(b) Who talked about Rajam?
(c) How are Mani and Rajam related?
Answer:-
i.) Rajam is Swaminathan’s friend
ii.)
iii.) Mani ans Rajam are sworn enemies
B.8. Life Skills
Do you think Swami was right in slapping Pea and Shankar? Had you be in his place, how would you have reacted?
Would you have—
No,I don’t think slapping Pea and Shankar was right thing to do. .
(i) ignored the word ‘Tail’ written on the board?
(ii) laughed along to avoid arguement or fight?
(iii) talked to your classmates and resolved the matter peacefully?
(iv) complained to your teacher?
Explain with reasons
I would have talked to the classmates and try to resolve the matter peacefully. It was not an big issue to fight over. Discussing the issue could have solve the problem.
B.9. Value Based Question In Indian Culture, the teacher/guru is considered next only to God. Do you approve of Somu and Mani’s attitude towards their Tamil teacher? How should students behave with their teachers?
Answer:- No, I don’t approve Somu and Mani’s attitude towards their Tamil teacher. Students should always give respect and talk in polite manner and obey what teachers say.
B.10. Find out words from the passage which mean the same as the following. You may unjumble the words given in the Aid Box to help you.
AID BOX |
|||
m r a b r e s s a d e | m p d e o n u i n a m | i l g g e g |
e e r c f i |
(i) to feel confused and ashamed
(ii) a place of lawlessness
(iii) to laugh softly
(iv) violent, angry
Answer:-
1.) Embarrassed
2.) Pandemonium
3.) Giggle
4.) Fierce
B.11. Swaminathan told Mani that everyone called him ‘Rajam’s tail’. This is an idiomatic expression. It means that he always followed Rajam wherever he went like a tail. Given on the next page are some idiomatic expressions. Match them with their meanings and use them in the sentences given below appropriately.
(i) Raminder and Subhash are _________________________________. T hey never even look in each other’s direction.
(ii) The fox ________________________________ at the bird and hid in the bushes.
(iii) __________________________________, the contestant answered the question after a long pause.
B.14. (i) Look at the words given in the box and complete the following word webs by matching the names of the characters with the qualities they show through their behaviours in the story. Some words may go in both the webs. Some words may not be used at all.
Unhappy
proud
loud
naughty
haughty
angry
irrational
weak
sorrowful
scared
emotional
harsh
simple
hesitant
impolite
C.1. Dear children, it is Ms Roma’s birthday today. She has promised to sing a song from her favourite movie, The Sound of Music. Read the incomplete song. Complete the blanks as you listen to the tape script.
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, White copper kettles and warm woollen mittens. Brown paper packages tied up with strings, These are a few of my favourite things.
Cream coloured ponies and crispapplesstruddles, Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles. wild geese that fly with a moon on their wings, These are a few of my favourite things.
Girls in white ribbons and blue satin sashes, Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes. Silver white winters that melt into springs, These are a few of my favourite things.
When the dog bites, When the bee stings, When I am feeling sad, I just remember my favourite things, And then I don’t feel so bad!