PSEB Punjab Board Class 5 English Textbook Solution Chapter 8 A Glimpse From History Exercise Questions and Answers, Grammar, Composition Writing.
I) Let’s Answer
A) Answer the following questions
1) Which was not an ordinary year?
Answer–The year of 1897 was not an ordinary year.
2) Who was angry with the British Rule?
Answer–The people of India everywhere were angry with the British rule.
What did the people of India want?
Answer–People of India wanted to throw the British rulers out of India and attain independence.
Where was Satguru Sri Ram Singh ji born?
Answer–Satguru Sri Ram Singh Ji was born at Bhaini Sahib, Punjab.
Who was the incharge of the town?
Answer–British officer Mr. Cowen was the incharge of the town.
Who sacrificed their lives and why?
Answer–The Kuka Sikhs sacrificed their lives for the freedom of their motherland.
B) Make sentences using the words given below.
1) History – History teaches us the knowledge of past.
2) Officer – Mr. Das is the police officer in charge of our town.
3) Rulers – British rulers were very ruthless.
4) Freedom –On 15th August we pay our respects to our freedom fighters.
5) Powerful – Knowledge is a powerful tool.
6) Nation –India is one of the biggest nation in the world.
C) Write True or False
A) 1857 was not an ordinary year.
Answer –True.
B) The British Government was not very powerful.
Answer – False.
C) Sixty-six Kuka Sikhs surrendered themselves.
Answer – True.
D) Mr.Cowen was an Indian officer.
Answer – False
E) Waryam Singh collected some pebbles, stood
and upon them challenged the Britishers to fire.
Answer – True.
I) Vocabulary
A) Categorize the following festivals into National and
Religious
National Festivals
Holi, Independence day, Republic day, Gandhi Jayanti
Religious Festivals
Inam, Dusshera, Baishakhi, Christmas day, Eid, Diwali, Rakhi, Lohri
B) Match the synonyms (same meanings)
1) daily – everyday
2) important – essential
3) symbol – sign
4) get – obtain
5) hide – conceal
6) irrelevant – useless
C) Match the antonyms (opposites)
A B
1) ordinary –special
2) discourage –encourage
3) complete –incomplete
4) start –finish
5) present –absent
6) happy –unhappy
I) Language corner
A) H
B) Change the following Adjectives into Adverbs.
Neat – Neatly
Brave – Bravely
Easy – Easily
Final – Finally
Slow – Slowly
Soft – Softly
Bright – Brightly
Careful – Carefully
Kind– Kindly
Happy – Happily
C) Fill in the blanks with correct Adverb
1) The tortoise moved slowly.
2) The sun shines very brightly.
3) The children are playing happily.
4) They won the dance competition easily.
5) Meena knocks the door softly.
6) Always cross the road carefully.
7) Neeru writes neatly.
D) From each sentence, write the Verb and the Adverb that describes the Verb in the space provided.
Verb | Adverb | |
1 | Walks | Slowly |
2 | Builds | Skillfully |
3 | Solve | Quickly |
4 | Sing | Happily |
5 | Speaks | Softly |
A) Tick the correct words using Simple Present Tense.
1) Birds (fly/ flies) in the sky.
2) The baby (cry /cries) for milk.
3) Monu (love/ loves) chocolates.
4) Our school (open/ opens) at 9 o’clock.
5) The teacher (teach/ teaches) us English.
6) My friend (write/ writes) poems.
7) They (grow/ grows) fruits.
8) We (enjoy /enjoys) playing cards.
9) I (eat/ eats) fresh fruits.
10) The boys (sing/ sings) well.
B) Fill in the blanks with suitable Prepositions
1) My uncle knocked at the door. (on/at)
2) Rohan jumped into the pond. (in/into)
3) We will meet you on Monday (at/on)
4) They will watch the show at 7.p.m. (on/at)
5) He was absent at school. (at/from)
6) I do not agree with you. (at/with)
C) Punctuate the following sentences
1) Meenu is my best friend.
2) Renu,Ravi, Manu and Aman are my classmates.
3) He said to me I love my India.
4) Where are you going?
5) How beautiful the picture is!
D) Now, rewrite the following sentences, replacing the Nouns wherever possible with the pronouns given in the Brackets
1) Raju is a shopkeeper. He sells toys.
2) Heena is an expert dancer. She is dancing.
3) Human beings are living. They breathe air.
4) The mangoes looked ripe. They were sour.
5) The Indian team arrived in England. The Indian team won it.
Activity
Find the given qualities from the grid
D | N | S | T | O | E | G | M | N | S | B |
F | T | R | E | S | P | E | C | T | X | R |
H | M | I | L | G | H | Y | R | S | T | A |
O | D | N | A | P | E | A | C | E | U | V |
N | H | G | T | F | G | E | L | M | C | E |
E | B | W | I | S | D | O | M | L | F | R |
S | E | C | M | Z | S | I | G | M | D | Y |
T | S | E | L | O | V | E | B | N | H | Q |
Y | G | D | R | C | O | U | R | A | G | E |