DAV Class 5 English Literature Solution Chapter 2 Books
DAV School Books Class 5 English Literature Solution Chapter 2 Books all Question Answer. DAV Class 5 2nd Chapter Books full Chapter explanation by expert teacher.
A.3.) On the basis of reading of the poem, complete the following sentences
i) Books take the speaker to _______________________
ii) The speaker is the __________________ of the ship in which he will travel.
iii) He is a _________________ person. It is he who will decide what places to visit.
iv) The speaker invites everyone to sail _________________
v) Books can easily cross ____________
vi) Books take its passengers on _______________
vii) A zoo is a _______________
viii) The birds and the animals are not _______________ to roam in a zoo.
ix) The speaker decides the _________________
x) One can easily find in a book what _________________
Answer:-
i) sea
ii)captian
iii) captain
iv) magic ship
v) hills or desert sands
vi) exciting rides
vii) home for birds and beasts
viii) free
ix)
x) one good look
A.4.) Mark whether the following statements about the speaker are true (T) or false (F). Find the lines in the poem to support your answer.
i) The speaker loves reading books
ii) He reads all kinds of books
iii) He is by nature a dull and boring person
iv) He is bold, independent and adventurous
v) He does not wish to share his joy with others
vi) He is creative and imaginative
vii) He understands the power of books
viii) He does not recommend reading books to others.
Answer:-
i.) T – Come, let us read! For reading’s fun.
ii.) T
iii.) F – Come, let us ride the magic train.
iv.) T-Come, let us sail the magic ship, Come, let us ride the magic train, Come, let us visit in a zoo.
v.) F – Come, let us sail the magic ship , Come, let us ride the magic train, Come, let us visit in a zoo.
vi.) T – Come, let us ride the magic train.
vii.) T – And I can find with one good look Just what I want inside a book
viii.) F – Come, let us read! For reading’s fun.
A.5.) Pick out words from the box to complete the following web charts
Funny deserts entertaining aliens fairies parks gripping school interesting space children animals giants oceans exciting palaces wizards tragic
A.6.) Complete the following stanza taking words from the box given below
Wonderful pilot planes places high fly clouds clever
- Books are ____________ that fly __________
- Above the ________________ and in the sky
- I’m the ___________, smart and ____________
- Taking you to new __________ forever
- Come, let us ____________ in the ___________ plane.
Answer:-
- Books are pilot that fly planes
- Above the clouds and in the sky
- I’m the wonderful, smart and clever
- Taking you to new places forever
- Come, let us fly in the high plane
A.7.) Your class wishes to start a class library. As monitor of the class, draft a notice to be put on class notice board giving the following information.
Plan to start the class library – deposit one story book each within a week – books to be read in the zero period — the student who reads maximum books in a month to be rewarded.
Answer:-
Notice
DAV school, Vadodara
This is to inform all Class 5-A students that, We plan to start a class library from next week so I request each one of you to deposit one story book within a week. Books deposited in class library can be read by everyone in the zero period. This class library will be beneficial to all the students. Also have kept the rewards for the student who reads maximum books in a month. So hurry up for the new class library. Hoping for positive and quick response from everyone.
Jayesh Patil
Class Monitor
B.1.) Match the writers with their creations
Rabindranath Tagore Rudyard Kipling Enid Blyton Ruskin Bond
Arthur Canon Doyle Charles Dickens R. K. Narayan Lewis Carroll
- Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
- The Adventures of Rusty- Ruskin Bond
- The Jungle Books- Rudyard Kipling
- Swami and Friends- R.K. Narayan
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes- Srthur Canon Doyle
- Oliver Twist- Charles Dickens
- Gitanjali- Rabindranath Tagore
- Five on the Treasure Island- Enid Blyton
B.4.) Tick (✓) the correct option to complete the sentences.
i) Benny completed reading a book in —
- Three days
- Half days
- Two hours
ii) Benny got books only —
- At christmas time
- On his birthday
- When he demanded them
iii) Benny had the habit of —
- Stealing things
- Lending things
- Borrowing things
iv) When children asked for their books back, Benny —-
- Returned them
- Avoided them
- Pretended that he had not got them
v) All the borrowed books wanted to —
- Returned to their owners
- Stay with benny
- Praise benny’s passion for reading the books
vi) The funny dream that benny narrated to his mother was about —
- His reading a funny bool
- His writing q book
- Books walking downstairs and running away
vii) Books made Benny feel ashamed and so he —
- Did not talk to his friends
- Returned all borrowed things
- Cried loudly
viii) Benny promised to borrow books –
- Again and again
- Only if he returned them quickly
- Only from relatives
Answer:-
i)
ii) At christmas time
iii) Borrowing things
iv) Pretended that he had not got them
v) Returned to their owners
vi) Books walking downstairs and running away
vii) Returned all borrowed things
viii) Only if he returned them quickly
B.5.) Answer the following questions briefly.
i) What was Benny’s favorite hobby?
Answer:- Benny loved reading books
ii) What kind of book did Benny want ?
Answer:-
iii) How many books did he have ?
Answer:- Benny had 8 books of his own
iv) Why could Benny not bear to return books?
Answer:- Benny saw his bookcase gradually filling up, so he couldn’t not bear to return books
v) Whose voices did Benny hear one night ?
Answer:- Benny heard one night the voice of all borrowed things
vi) What horrid thing had Benny done with one of the books?
Answer:- Benny doesn’t treat books properly . He turned some of my pages down to mark his place, and that’s a horrid thing to do with books.’
vii) How did the books leave the house?
Answer:- Books went into the little room off the hall and found the open window. They went out through open window of hall.
viii) Why were the children surprised when Benny returned them their things?
Answer:- The children surprised when Benny returned them their things because from long time Benny did not returned their things and also he Pretended that he had not got them
B.6
Imagine Benny had borrowed a book from you and has not returned it back. How would you convince him to return your book and all the other things that he borrowed from other people ?
Answer:- Benny if you had done with the reading ,please return back my book, so that I can also read it. I can give you another story or comeic book for reading. I have a small book library at NY home. You can came and read any one you want but you need to return the book when you finish the reading. See I know you forget to return the things borrowed from people but thus us nit right, if you continue doing this, No one will ever borrow their things with you. So whenever you get time return back all things before people ask for it .
B.7
‘Books are our best friends. The values that we get from them are timeless and priceless’. Do you agree with this statement ? Discuss in the class what values do we get from books.
Answer:-Yes,I agree with the statement ‘Books are our best friends. The values that we get from them are timeless and priceless’. Books are the real friends who gives solutions for every problem and do not leave us alone. They will be with us as a good company. Books increase our knowledge and makes us more creative. Reading books cheer up the mood and sets a positive vibe in mind. The values that we get from books are timeless and priceless .
B.8 Find words from the story which mean the same as the following:
i) Created a false impression
ii) angry
iii) strange
iv) horrible
v) hurry in a disorderly manner
vi) strange, odd
Answer:-
B.9.) Imagine you are Benny. Write a diary entry describing your unbelievable experience of hearing the books talk, leave the house and reach their owner’s houses.
Answer:-
21st December 2021
Dear diary
Last night I heard some noise in my drawing room where I keep my all books and playing things. I waked up and went in the room , it was shocking scene for me, the books were talking to each other. The comic book which I borrowed from shital was having conversation with The Jungle book which I recently borrowed from Jaydeep. They were saying that I don’t keep them properly and for a long period they are staying with me. Now they want to go to their owners place. I just got frightened seeing all this. Before I could say or do anything the books flew away from the open window of the room to reach their owner’s houses. I came back to my room, whole night I couldn’t sleep thinking of same.It was unbelievable experience of hearing books talk.
Rajveer
C.2.) On the basis of the book reviews you have read, write the titles of the books that you would read for the following:
i) To learn about the customs, festivals and cultural events of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
Answer:-Amazing India
ii) To solve simple exercises of arithmetic
Answer:-Fractions & Decimals
iii) to read the story of Mowgli, who has always lived in the jungle but whose life is now threatened by the tiger Sher Khan
Answer:- The Jungle Book
iv) To enjoy funny compositions in verse
Answer:- The Fried Frog
v) To read about the girl whose father does not want her to fly using the family’s magic carpet.
Answer:- It’s All Relative!
C.5.) As the members of the club, make an attractive bookmark to gift to one another
Answer:-
C.6.) Listen to the tape script about how to take care of books and complete the given Do’s and Don’t to be displayed in the library.
Answer:-
Do’s
i) Handle books carefully
ii) Keep the dust jacket on the book.
iii) Protect the book from stains, dirt and scrapes
iv) Protect the book from heat, light and moisture
v) Use a bookmark to keep your place in the book
vi) Place the book upright on a shelf when not in use
vii) Make space for the book in the shelf.
viii) Turn the pagesgently to avoidwrinkles
Don’t
i) Do not drop a book
ii) Do not fold the covers back against each other.
iii) Do not drop ___ on the book
iv) Do not put pencilor any thickobject in a book
v) Do not foldthe corners of the book
vi) Do not underline write in a library book
vii) Do not pull a book by top of the spine when taking it out from the shelf
viii) While replacing the book in the shelf, do not force it in.
C.7.) Your school is celebrating a ‘Book Week’. Prepare a speech to be delivered in the school assembly on the need to take care of books and tips on how to do it. Suggest the students to make maximum use of the school library.
Answer:-
Good afternoon all Respected teachers and my dear friends , we are here to celebrate the book week, on the occasion of book week. Myself Reema from class V delivering a speech about the books. So firstly I would say Books are our companions in all circumstances so we need to take care of books while using them. Books give great knowledge and make us more creative. We are lucky to have the school library where we can explore many things. We not only have technical books but also the story, comic, adventure, magazine etc to read. We can even borrow the books home for a day. I would suggest you all to kindly grab the opportunity and take advantage of the school library.
At the same time we also need to look after the conditions of book, I mean take care of books. We need to follow some tips like Protect the book from stains, dirt and scrapes, Protect the book from heat, light and moisture , Turn the pages gently to avoid wrinkles, Do not fold the covers back against each other, Do not underline write in a library book, Do not put pencil or any thick object in a book.
With these tips I end my speech and hope everyone will make use of school library at max and also take care of them.
Thank you
C.8.) Discuss with your partner and write down a few tips on how to make a good use of the school library.
Answer:-
- Creating awareness in students about the importance and power of books
- Creating excitement in students of reading books by giving rewards or conducting any games or giving offers
- Organize the visit to library
- Give home assignments about visiting the nearest local library and write a report on it