West Bengal State Board Class 5 English Solution: Chapter 5 My School Days
West Bengal Class 5 English Lesson 5 My School Days Question and Answer Solution. My School Days Chapter’s all Activities Question Answer available here.
Activity – 1
Let’s answer the following question:
1.) To which school was the author admitted?
Ans = The author was admitted at Ballygunge High School.
2.) What was the school hall used for?
Ans = For the annual prize distribution ceremony the school hall had been used.
3.) What was the name of the Shakespearean play that was performed in the hall?
Ans = Merchant of Venice was the name of the Shakespearean play that was performed in the hall.
4.) Name the two foreign actors mentioned by the author?
Ans = The two actors mentioned by the author are Greenberg and Salim.
Activity – 2
Write T for the true and F for the false statements in the given boxes:
1.) The author went to Ballygunge Government High School with his mother.
Answer:- (F)
2.) The Ballygunge Government High School is on the eastern side of the Beltala Police
Station.
Answer:- (T)
3.) The Southern part of the school was the playground.
Answer:- (T)
4.) When seen from above, the author’s school looked like the English letter “L”.
Answer:- (F)
Activity – 3
Let’s match the words in column A with their meaning in Column B :
Answer:-
(a) Sums :- Mathematical problems.
(b) Nodded :- Moving the head up and down to say yes.
(c) Surrounded :- Encircled
(d) Foreigner :- Someone who belongs to another country.
(e) Cinema :- Movie.
Activity – 4
Let’s fill in the following chart with suitable verbs forms:
Answer:-
Present – Past – Future
go – went – gone
look – looked – looked
give – gave – given
show – showed – shown
use – used – used
Activity – 5
Form sentences of your own with the following verbs:
Answer:-
1.) Went = I went to my old school yesterday.
2.) Looked = He looked at her.
3.) Give = Can you please give me your notebook.
4.) Show = Show me your phone.
5.) Use = Use it.
Activity – 6
Let’s complete the following sentences with information from the text:
1.) The subject that B.D. ROY taught English.
2.) The author remembers the head pandit Bhattacharya Sir for his excellent handwriting.
3.) Ashubaba conducted an event called music drawing.
4.) The time span of the author’s school – life was six years.
5.) The author went back to his school one more time to attend a reunion of ex – student.
Activity – 7
Let’s answer the following questions:
(a) How did B.D. Roy teach the pronunciation of ‘the’?
Answer:- B.D. Roy taught the pronunciation of ‘the’ by advising students to imagine a pin on the floor and pronounce it as if avoiding the pin – thus, “thuh” instead of “thee.”
(b) How did the author get to be Ashubabu’s favourite?
Answer:- The author became Ashubabu’s favourite by mimicking a cock’s crow, a talent that amused Ashubabu and earned the author his favour.
(c) What was ‘Music drawing’?
Answer:- ‘Music drawing’ referred to an exercise where the students had to draw images inspired by the music played in the classroom. It was a creative and sensory activity.
(d) Why did everything seem much smaller to the author when he went back to school after ten years?
Answer:- Everything seemed much smaller to the author when he went back to school after ten years because the scale of childhood memories exaggerated the size of objects, and reality appeared diminished in comparison.
(e) What is ‘a pleasure’ according to the author?
Answer:- According to the author, ‘a pleasure’ was being present at the school during the evening hours when the setting sun cast a warm glow over everything, creating a sense of nostalgia and joy.
Activity – 7
Let’s fill in the blanks with words from the box.
1.) Sachin Tendulkarr is my favourite.
2.) When Rip Van Winkle came back to the village the next morning, he could not recognize.
3.) Most people have sweet memories of childhood.
4.) The student could not pronounce the word correctly.
5.) Das is an excellent teacher.
Pronounce, excellent, favourite, memories, recognize
Activity – 9 (b)
Let’s split the sentences mentioned in Activity 9(a) into subject and predicate and fill in the given chart:
Answer:-
Subject. Predicate
He One day told us the story ‘The Ox and Frog’ from Aesope’s fable.
B.D. Roy Taught us English.
He Was a small man and he took great care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly.
I But could draw very well.
Ashubabu Was given the charge of decorating the hall for the annual prize distribution ceremony.
Activity – 10
Fill in the blanks with present continuous tense of the given verbs in brackets. One is done for you:
1.) What are you doing (do) tonight?
2.) John is reading (read) a book now.
3.) Ali and Sudip are working (work) late today.
4.) Mita is listening (listen) to music.
5.) Raju is sitting (sit) next to Sunil.
6.) How many other students are studying (study) with you?
7.) The phone is ringing(ring).
Activity – 11
Write five sentences to describe yourself with the following hints:
Answer:
1.) My name is Yash and I am 13 years old.
2.) I live in Kolkata.
3.) My school name is Nt. Special Higher Secondary School.
4.) My hobbies are playing cricket and swimming, and I do not like fighting.
5.) I want to be a Doctor.