West Bengal State Board Class 5 English Solution: Chapter 12 Beyond Barriers
West Bengal Class 5 English Lesson 7 Beyond Barriers Question and Answer Solution. Beyond Barriers Chapter’s all Activities Question Answer available here.
Activity – 1
Let’s find out and write down facts about Rakesh Sharma:
Place of birth: Patiala, in the state of Punjab.
Year of Birth: 1949
Name of the schools attended: George’s Grammar School.
Year of joining the National Defence Academy: 1966
Total time he spent in space: Seven days, twenty – One hours and forty minutes.
Activity – 2
Write T for true and F for false statements in the given boxes:
(a) The space shuttle was named Soyuz T-11. [T]
(b) Rakesh Sharma went into space in 1985. [F]
(c) Indira Gandhi spoke to Rakesh Sharma. [T]
(d) Barun got the book on India’s space travels from his mother. [T]
(e) Osman and Barun were friends. [T]
Activity – 3
What do you want to be? Give reasons for your choice. Write five sentences. Begin like this:
Answer:
I want to be a Doctor
I want to help the needy people.
I want to serve my country.
Doctor duty is responsible and I want to be a responsible person.
I want to cure my patients.
Activity – 4
Find answers from the text. Work in pairs:
(a) Where was Kalpana Chawla born?
Answer: Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal in 1962.
(b) Where did Kalpana go in 1982?
Answer: In 1982, Kalpana went to the U.S.A to pursue studies at the University of Texas at Arlington.
(c) What was Kalpana called by her family?
Answer: Kalpana was affectionately called ‘Montu’ by her family.
(d) What was the name of the space shuttle that was lost?
Answer: The space shuttle that tragically got lost after a successful flight was Columbia.
(e) When did Kalpana die?
Answer: Kalpana met her unfortunate end during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere on 1st February 2003.
(f) What has been named after Kalpana?
Answer: A hill on Mars and a star in deep space have been named in honour of Kalpana.
Activity – 5
Let’s read the words: Pinky, Ravi, Soyuz T-11, Rakesh, Kalpana, Columbia, India, USA, Haryana, California, Barun , Osman.
All these words are names. Now, fill In the table. One is done for you.
Answer:-
Name of person | Name of place | Name of Things |
Pinky | India | Soyuz T-11 |
Ravi | USA | Columbia |
Rakesh | Haryana | |
Kalpana | California | |
Barun | Osman |
Activity – 6
Complete the following sentences with the information from the text:
(1) The first Indian in space was Rakesh Sharma.
(2) Kalpana took up the position of research scientist at NASA.
(3) Kalpana’s story shows the value of hard work and sincerity.
(4) The Indian Prime Minister Kalpana talked to was Mr. Inderajit K.Gujral.
Activity – 7
Write five sentences using the information. One is done for you:
- The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin
- The First Woman in Space was Valentina Tereshkova.
- First man to walk in space was Alexei Leonov.
- First Woman to walk in space was Svetlana Savitskaya.
- First animal in space was Laika, the dog.
Activity – 8
Fill in the blanks with the present Continuous forms of the given Verbs in brackets:
(1) Rina is studying (study) for her exams at the moment.
(2) Where are you meeting (you meet) Ravi next week?
(3) Pinky is coming (come) to my place tomorrow.
(4) They are playing (play) football now.
(5) She is eating (eat) oysters for lunch.
(6) The company is finishing (finish) their project this week.
(7) Rubina is not going (not go) to Kolkata next week.
(8) I am working (work) on a special report today.
(9) We are not cooking (not cook) dinner because we’re eating out.
(10) Barun is walking (walk) to school right now.
Activity – 9
Write six connected sentences about your experience of seeing the night sky. You may use the following points:
Time of seeing – place from where you looked – how the sky looked – other things that you saw – sounds of the night – your feelings.
Answer:-
Late one summer night, I went to my backyard to look at the sky. It was really dark, and there were no city lights, so I could see lots of stars. The sky looked like a giant, dark blanket with tiny sparkling lights. I could also see the moon, making everything kind of silver. Sometimes, I spotted shooting stars that flashed quickly across the sky, making it even more magical. While I was enjoying this, I heard the sounds of crickets and other nighttime creatures, which was nice. Standing there, I felt calm and amazed, like I was a tiny part of something very big and special.
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