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Lesson 14 Bees

MP Board Class 5 English Chapter 14 Bees

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MP Board Class 5 English Chapter 14 Bees

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MP Board Class 5 English Chapter 14 Bees

Textual Exercise

Word Power:

(A) Match the following words with their meanings.

Column (a)	Column (b)
(1) nector	(a) male Bees.
(2) knead	(b) group of bees living in an over - crowded hive with a queen
(3) Swarm	(c) pair of feelers on the head of an insect
(4) antenae	(d) sugary substance in a flower.
(5) drones	(e) mix together as paste, or dough

Ans. (1)-(d), (2)-(e), (3)-(b), (4)-(c), (5)-(a)

(B) Match these

S. No. (A) (B)

(1) Swarm (a) musicians

(2) herd. (b) stars

(3) flock (c) bees

(4) galaxy (d) cattle

(5) choir (e) sheep

Ans. (1)-(c), (2)-(d), (3)-(e), (4)-(b), (5)-(a)

(C) Add the prefix to the given words and use the words in sentences.

crowded, load, over weight, flow, ripe

Ans.

(1) overcrowded - Delhi is an overcrowded city.

(2) overload - It is difficult to bear the overload.

(3) overweight - All his problems are due to his overweight.

(4) overflow - The river over flow during rainy season.

(5) over ripe - I don't like over ripe fruits.

Comprehension

Answer these questions :

Q.1. What do bees do with the nectar they collect ?

Ans. Bees take the collected nectar have and change it into honey.

Q.2. How many types of bees are there in a hive ?

Ans. There are two types of bees in a hive.

Q.3 What do " builders" and "repairers" do in a beehive ?

Ans. They make wax. They knead and mould the wax. Make cells in the hive .

Q.4. What is bee bread ? How is it made ?

Ans. Bee-bread is a type of food meant for the bees.

It is made with pollen and honey.

Q.5. Why do bees dance ?

Ans. Bees dance to let the other bees know about the source of food.

Q.6 What is a round dance ?

Ans. A round dance means that the source of food is close by.

Q.7 When do bees dance a "wagtail dance" ?

Ans. If the source of food is more than ninety metres away, bees dance a "wagtail dance".

Q.8. What weapon does a bee use ?

Ans. A bee uses its sting as a weapon.

(B) Complete the sentences in your own words.

(1) Bees move out in swarm to .................

(2) A search - party goes ..........

(3) If the source of food is close ...............

(4) If bees sense danger they start..............

(5) A beehive is not merely a cluster of bees, in fact, it is a ..............

Ans. (1) establish a new colony.

(2) to find a new spot.

(3) the bee dance is a round dance.

(4) attacking the enemy.

(5) highly organised unit.

Let's Learn.

Read the sentences given below :

They write question on the black board.

Now, read the passive form of the sentence.

Questions are written on the blackboard.

The following changes occur when a sentence is changed from active to passive.

(1) The object takes the place of the subject.

(2) Verb "be" is used in appropriate form.

(3) Past participle forms of the main verb is used.

Ans. Do it yourself.

Now change the following sentences into their passive form.

(1) They buy vegetable from market.

Ans. Vegetable are bought from market.

(2) They teach children in a school.

Ans. Children are taught in a school.

(3) people lock the doors of their houses at night.

Ans. The doors of the people"s houses are locked at night.

(4) They use honey as a regular food item.

Ans. Honey is used as a regular food item.

(5) People elect the members of the parliament.

Ans. The members of the parliament are elected.

(B) Read the sentences given below

Ans. Do it yourself.

Exercise-

(A) Fill in the blanks using the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets.

(1) The snake was .......... By the mongoose. (kill)

(2) The children were........ By the teacher. ( call)

(3) The story was......... By the grand mother. (tell)

(4) The books were........... by the boys (read)

Ans. (1) killed, (2) called, (3) told, (4) read.

(B) Change the following sentences into passive voice.

(1) The children saw a mongoose.

Ans. A mongoose was seen by the children.

(2) The sound of footsteps woke up Grandma.

Ans. Grandma was woke up by the sound of footsteps.

(3) The children hug her.

Ans. See was hugged by the children

(4) The mongoose guarded the boy.

Ans. The boy was guarded by the mongoose.

(5) The doctor treated me.

Ans. I was treated by the doctor..

Let's Talk

Talk to your friends about their daily routine . Ask questions such as-

(a) When do go get up ?

(b) What do you do before starting for school ?

(c) When do you play ?

(d) When do you do your homework ?

Ans. Do it yourself.

Let's Read :

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :

( Page No. 108 see text book)

Questions :

(1) Where was the school teacher going ?

Ans. The school teacher was going to a friend's house in another village.

(2) Why did the chief give a pumpkin to the teacher ?

Ans. The chief gave a pumpkin to the teacher to guess its weight.

(3) What was the weight of the pumpkin, according to Mr. Rai ?

Ans. According to Mr. Rai the weight of the pumpkin was exactly as much as the chief head.

(4) Could the dacoits find out if the teacher was right ?

Ans. No, the dacoits could not find out of the teacher was right.

(5) what did the chief do with the teacher in the end ?

Ans. The chief let the teacher go uncharmed in the end.

Lets Write

(A) Write about the daily routine of any two friends you have already talked about.

Example : My friend, Ramesh gets up at 6 o'clock in the morning he brushes his teeth and takes a bath.

Ans. Name of the friend Shiv Kumar

(1) He gets up at 5.30 a.m. in the morning.

(2) He brushes his teeth and takes bath.

(3) He takes his breakfast.

(4) He goes to school on foot.

Name of the friend Ramesh Jain

(1) He gets up at 6 o'clock in the morning.

(2) He brushes his teeth and takes bath.

(3) He serves his breakfast himself and goes to school.

(4) He plays in the evening.

(B) Write the short note on bee- dances.

Ans. When a bee finds a source of food, it lets other bees known by a dance. If the source is close by, the bee dances the round dance. If it is more than ninety metres away, the dance changes to a wagtail dance. The bees begin to move in a kind of figure of eight. If it is very far away the dance lasts much longer. If it is somewhere above, the bees fly vertically upward. After understanding the style of the dancer they move out to find the source of food

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