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Lesson 7 A Ghost and a Family




MP Board Class 5 English Chapter 7 A Ghost and a Family

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MP Board Class 5 English Chapter 7 A Ghost and a Family
Textual Exercise

* Word Power: 

Write their meanings correctly. 

No. Word -Meaning
(1) basement- (a) feelings as if everything is spinning around.
(2) horrible- (b) to crush into small pieces.
(3) calm- (c) fast
(4) grind- (d) something very bad or unpleasant
(5) dizzy- (e) a room or rooms in a building below the level of the ground
(6) quickly- ( f) not upset.


Ans. (1) -(e), (2) -d., (3) -f, (4) -b,(5) -a, (6) -c  

(B) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words  given in brackets. 
(1) He wanted to.................... here. 
(2) Tha teacher.....................from service. 
(3) Tha beggar was.................. In winter. 
(4) Tha ghost wanted to...................the children. 
Ans. (1) settle down , (2) retired, (3) shivering, (4) frighten. 


* Comprehension:

(A) Answer these questions:

Q. 1. Who wanted to settle down in the town? 
Ans. A retired soldier wanted to settle down in the small town. 

Q. 2. What was told about the house? 
Ans. It was told that a ghost lived in the basemennt of that house. 
Q. 3. What did the soldier do to the ghost? 
Ans. The soldier hammered the ghost on the head. As a result the ghost began to feel dizzy. 

Q. 4. What did the ghost say to the boy?
Ans. The ghost told the boy that he would swallow him if he didn't leave that house at once. 
Q. 5.Who did the ghost turn out to be? 
Ans. The ghost turned out to be a greedy, sly neighbour who had plotted to frighten the buyers and encroach the property . 

(b) Fill in the blanks by using phrases used in tha text. 
(1) "I shall eat you....................... "
(2) Ghost danced in pain................. 
(3) Be careful stranger, I am worst.............. 
(4) The ghost sneezed and gurgled and...........
(5) Spoiled my picture,......................
Ans. (1) if you don't leave this house at once.
(2) round and rund he rat in vain. 
(3) when  in danger. 
(4) thrice he tumbled. 
(5) you rotten creature! 

* Lets Learn :

(A) Read the following sentences carefully. 
(1) The soldier wanted to buy a house. 
(2) The man had nothing to eat. 
(3) The woman was ready to cook food. 
The underlined words in the sentences above are infinitives.
Now, fill in the blanks with the infinitives given below:
(See, correct, buy, to eat, receive) 
Example : The children like to eat mangoes (1) she wanted to................ a few sheets of paper. 
(2) Rohit tried to................ his mistakes . 
(3) They are waiting to..................the fort. 
Ans. (1) buy, (2) correct, (3) receive, (4) see. 

(B) Use the infinitives given below in your own sentences. 

 (to go, to meet, to live, to play, to solve ) 
Ans. 
(1) to go  - I have to go to the market. 
(2) to meet - My cousin came to meet me after many bays.
(3) to live - I went to live with my uncle. 
(4) to play - Children have 
(5) to solve - I tried to solve the problem. 


Let's Talk

Talk to your friend about how they come to school. Ask these questions, get information and fill in the grid. 
(1) what's your name!? 
(2) How far is the school from your home? (3) How do you come to school? 

S.     name      distance  means used 

No. 
(1)   Amit Jain    -  two     -   rickshaw 
        

(2)  Rahul Soni  -  ten k.m. -  bus 
       

(6) Prrakash Jain  - walking distance - on foot . 
                 

* Let's Read :

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given under it : 
( see textbook page) 
Questions : 
(1) what did one of the old men carry? 
(2) why did the old man without an umbrella tell him to open the umbrella? 
(3) what was the conditions of the umbrella? 

 (4) why did the old man bring the umbrella? 
Ans . 
(1) One of the old men carried an umbrella. 
(2) He told the old man to open the umbrella to save himself from the rain. 
(3) The umbrella was not in good condition. It was as full of holes as a sieve. 
(4) The old man brought the umbrella because he didn't think it would rain. 

* Let's Write

Describe you're house in ten sentences. 
Begin like this - I live in a small house 
Ans. 
(1) My house is in the middle of the town. 
(2) It is situated beside a wide road. 
(3) There  is a temple near it. 
(4) There is a general store near it. 
(5) It is double storeyed. 
(6)  It is very airy. 
(7) It has a dining. 
(8) I live on  the first floor. 
(9) Ground floor is let out. 
(10) There is peace in my house. 




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