Lesson 15 The Lazy Gardener
MP Board Class 5 English Chapter 15 The Lazy Gardener
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MP Board Class 5 English Chapter 15 The Lazy Gardener
Textual Exercise
Word Power:
(B) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given below in brackets.
(1) Munniamma could do......... things.
(fearful/wonderful)
(2) The little red man's commands had.............power.
(magical/ tragikal)
(3) The plant will grow very..............
( quick/ quickly)
(4) He did not.............. him to stay in bed.
( allow/ permit)
(5) He.............. to work.
( forgot/ forgave)
Ans. (1) wonderful, (2) magical, (3) quickly, (4) allow, (5) forgot.
Comprehension
(A) Answer these questions
Q.1. Why did all the flowers die in the garden ?
Ans. All the flowers died in the garden because the gardener gave them no water.
Q.2. Why did Munniamma give to the gardener ?
Ans. Munniamma gave a small black seeds to the gardener.
Q.3. What came out of the red flower ?
Ans. A very small man came out of the red flower.
Q.4. How big was the little red man ?
Ans. The little red man was as big as the gardener's thumb.
Q.5. For whom did the gardener work as head gardener ?
Ans. The gardener works as head gardener for the Maharaja.
(B) Fill in the blanks :
(1) The gardener was a.............
(2) Munniamma was a..............
(3) The gardener liked Munniamma's idea because. ................
(4) ........... Said " Come on, come on ! Hurry, hurry, hurry ! "
(5) The gardener was happy because he had found..............
Ans. (1) lazy man, (2) very clever old woman, (3) he wanted to be rich, (4) The little red men, (5) the joy of working hard.
Let's Learn.
(A) Read the following sentences
(1) Raghu said, " I have a different vision.
(2) Raghu said that he had a different vision.
( See text book page 116)
Now change the following sentences into indirect speech.
(1) He said, " I am not well".
(2) she said, "I am going to market".
(3) Shashi said, " I know her address".
(4) Ramesh said, " My mother is in the kitchen".
(5) He said to me,"What are you doing?"
(7) The teacher asked Ramesh, "What are you doing?"
(8) Ramcharan Said, "Stop fighting, Raghu and Rammu."
Ans. Do it yourself.
(B) Read the following sentences.
He said, "Where was the king?"
Now read it's reported form :
He asked where the king was.
Observe the change that occur.
(a)"Said" is replaced by "asked".
(b) The inverted commas have been removed.
(c) The question within the inverted commas has been changed into an assertive sentence.
(d) The "question mark" is replaced by " full stop".
Ans. Do it yourself.
(a) Now change the following sentences to their reported forms.
(1) I said, "What did you do this Sunday?.
Ans. I asked him what he did that Sunday.
(2) He Said, " When did you join the school?"
Ans. He asked me when I joined the school.
(3) Geeta said, " Where did you live before coming here?"
Ans. Geeta asked me where I live before coming there.
(4) They said, " Why did the principal call you?"
Ans. They asked why the principal called me.
(5) Mother said, " Where did your father go yesterday?"
Ans. Mother asked me where my father went previous day.
(b) Now change these from indirect speech to direct speech.
(1) The master asked why he was sleeping.
Ans. The master said, "Why is he sleeping?"
(2) I asked when Rajesh joined school.
Ans. I said, " When did Rajesh join school?"
(3) They asked how angry the principal was.
Ans. They said, "How is the principal angry?
(4) He asked why I was so much worried.
Ans. He Said, "Why are you so much worried?"
(5) She asked what the problem was.
Ans. She said, "What is the problem?.
(c ) Write the second and the third forms of verbs given below :
Sleep, catch, think, grow, dress, water
Ans.
Sleep slept slept
Catch caught caught
Think thought thought
grow grew grown
dress dressed dressed
water watered watered
(d) Use the advert in your own sentences.
quickly, suddenly, carefully, slowly, wonderful, happily, nearly.
Example :
The seed will grow quickly.
(1) suddenly
(2) carefully
(3) slowly
(4) wonderfully
(5) happily
(6) nearly
Ans.
(1) The police caught the thief suddenly.
(2) Cross the road carefully
(3) The old man was walking slowly.
(4) I did that work wonderfully.
(5) I lived there happily.
(6) The man was nearly drowned.
Let's Read :
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it :
( see text book page 118 )
Questions
(1) Where did all the animals gather one day ?
Ans. One day all the animals gathered under a big tree.
(2) Whose spots did the elephant count !
Ans. The elephant counted the spots of the leopard.
(3) Up to what number did the elephant count correctly ?
Ans. The elephant counted up to nineteen correctly.
(4) What did the elephant forget ?
Ans. The elephant forgot the word "twenty".
(5) What did the old bear say ?
Ans. The old bear said to the elephant that he must learn to count the numbers again.
Let's Write
Write about an incident when you had to work hard and in the end you felt happy.
Ans. Once my father fell ill. I was alone in the house. Next day was my board exam.
For English. I was confused. Suddenly some guest also came. I had to see them and also to my father. I did all my household work myself. I also called a doctor. I couldn't read a word. The guests went away at 8 p.m. Then I started reading. I read whole night. In the morning. I was confused. However my father was Okay. I went to give my exam. My paper was very well . I was happy. I realized that hard work never goes in vain.
Let's do it :
Go to a garden and meet the keeper of the place. Collect names of the plants, trees and flowers.
Ans. Do it yourself.
- Chapter 15. A Lazy Gardener
Himanshi
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