Karnataka Class 5 English 2nd Language Unit 4 The Boss Who Cares & Believe Question Answer
Karnataka Class 5 English 2nd Language Unit 4 The Boss Who Cares & Believe Questions and Answers by Expert Teacher.
Board |
KSEEB |
Class |
Five (5) |
Subject |
English 2nd Language |
Chapter |
4 |
Chapter Name |
The Boss Who Cares & Believe |
The Boss Who Cares
V1:Choose the opposites of the following words. From those given in brackets.
(sad, start, forget, always, remain)
Never – Always
Remember – Forget
Happy – Sad
Finish – Start
Quit – Remain
V2: State whether the following statements are ‘True’ or ‘False’.
1.) Dr. Abdul Kalam is presently the President of India. (F)
2.) He took care of all the scientists. (T)
3.) He visited the exhibition because he liked it. (F)
4.) The scientists were happy to work under him. (T)
5.) Thumba is in Karnataka. (F)
C1:Answer the following questions in a sentence or two each.
1.) How many scientists were there at Thumba Space Centre?
= There were seventy scientists at Thumba Space Center.
2.) What made them restless?
= There was so much work that really made them restless.
3.) Where did one of the scientists want to take his children?
= One of the scientists wanted to take his children to the exhibition in town.
4.) At what time was he permitted to leave?
= He was permitted to leave at half past five in the evening.
5.) When did the scientist leave the office?
= The scientists left the office at half past eight in the evening.
6.) How did his wife react when he entered the house?
= When he entered the house, his wife reacted calmly.
7.) What did she ask him?
= She asked him that would he like to have a cup of coffee or should she straightaway serve dinner, if he was hungry.
8.) Where were the children?
= The children were at the exhibition.
9.) Who had taken them to the exhibition?
= His boss had taken them to the exhibition.
10.) Who was the boss?
= The boss was Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
C2:Discuss with your friends and answer the following questions in five to six sentences each.
1.) What do you understand by, “…it took a lot of time”? Explain.
“…it took a lot of time” – Developing rocket was an adventurous task. It requires so much of hard work. It also requires a lot of time to complete the task.
2.) What do you think the scientist thought on the way back home?
On the way back home, the scientist remembered the promise he had made to his children. He felt sad for disappointing them. He wondered how he would calm his wife.
3.) When the scientist returned home, his wife was very calm. The scientist did not expect this. Why?
When the scientist returned home, his wife was very calm. The scientist did not expect this because he thought that his wife would be furious as he did not kept the promise he had made to his children.
4.) What do you want to say about the boss?
The boss was very passionate, responsible and hard working person. He was very kind hearted person who took care of all the scientists who worked under him. He appreciated their hard work. Even the boss once took the children of one of the scientist to the exhibition as the scientist forgot and could not kept his promise to his children for workload. That is why all the scientists at Thumba were happy to work under their boss, even though the workload is too much.
L1:Fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms of the words given in brackets.
1.) Dr. Abdul Kalam _______ (to be) the President of India.
Dr. Abdul Kalam (became) the President of India.
2.) Under the leadership of Dr. Abdul Kalam, India’s missile programme _________ (develop) well
Under the leadership of Dr. Abdul Kalam, India’s missile programme (developed) well.
3.) Dr. Abdul Kalam ________ (say) that the youth ______ (shall) dream of a developed India
Dr. Abdul Kalam (said) that the youth (should) dream of a developed India.
4.) Dreams must be _____________ (fulfil) through hard work.
Dreams must be (fulfilled) through hard work.
5.) Dr. Abdul Kalam ___________ (work) hard as a student.
Dr. Abdul Kalam (worked) hard as a student.
Believe
C1:Discuss with your partner and answer the following questions.
1.) List at least five things, in which the poet wants us to believe.
=The poet wants us to believe in love, faith, truth, strength, courage, honour, song, dance, culture, time, forever and ourselves.
2.) In what should you believe to be good at heart?
=We should believe in strength, courage and honour to be good at heart.
3.) What makes everyone unique?
= Believe in song, dance and culture makes everyone unique.
4.) What happens when you believe in ‘you’?
=When you believe in ‘you’, anything is possible.