Lesson 17 Over the Green
MP Board Class 5 English Chapter 16 How's That
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MP Board Class 5 English Chapter 17 Over the Green
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MP Board Class 5 English Chapter 17 Over the Green
Textual Exercise
Word Power:
(A) Match the words with their meanings.
Ans. (1)-(f), (2)-(d), (3)-(e), (4)-(g), (5)-(c), (6)-(h), (7)-(a), (8)-(b)
Comprehension
(A) Answer these questions.
Q.1. Why do the bees forget to sip their honey ?
Ans. The bees forget to sip their honey because they are drunken with light.
Q.2. How has the poet described the rice fields ?
Ans. Rice fields are green and yellow.
Q.3. Why do the duck's clamour in the island ?
Ans. The duck's clamour in the island because they are in joyous mood.
Q.4 What floats like foam in the air ?
Ans. Laughter floats like foam in the air.
Q.5. What does the poet suggest us to do ?
Ans. The poet suggest us to squander our morning in futile songs.
Q.6. What a summary of the poem.
Ans. It is a poem about autumn time. Rice fields are green and yellow. The bees are drunken with light. The duck's clamour in joy in the islands of the river for mere nothing. There is a joy all around. Laughter floats in the air. The poet is happy and wants to enjoy.
(B) Complete the lines using the poem as a reference.
(1) Sweep the shadow..............
(2) The bees forget to sip..........
(3) The duck's in the island of the river............
(4) Laughter floats in the air like...............
(5) Brother, let us squander our morning in..............
Ans. (1) of the autumn, (2) their honey, (3) clamour in joy for Mere nothing. (4) foam on the flood. (5) futile songs.
Let's Talk. :
Ask your friends the colour of their belongings, such as-
What colour is your bag/shirt/book/pen?
They can answer as-
It's blue/red/yellow etc.
Now right down the information that you have collected from your friends in the table given below
Example :
Name Item Colour
Ramesh bag blue
.............. ......... ..............
.............. ......... ..............
.............. ......... ..............
.............. ......... ..............
.............. ......... ..............
Let's Read :
Read the following lines of the poem and answer the questions given below it :
A fairy went a marketing
she bought a little fish ;
She put it in a crystal bowl
Upon a golden dish.
A hour she sat in wonderment
And watched lts silver gleam,
And then she gently took it up
and slipped it in a stream.
Question :
(1) Who bought a little fish?
Ans. A fairy bought a little fish.
(2) Where did the fairy keep the fish?
Ans. The fairy kept the fish in a crystal bowl.
(3) What did she do with the wish?
Ans. She gently took it up and slipped it in a stream.
(4) Suggest a suitable title to the poem.
Ans. The title is "A fairy and Fish".
Let's Write :
Q. Write about a pond and its surroundings. Also mention the animals that you see there.
Ans. Do it yourself.
Let's do it :
Collect five other poems of Rabindranath Tagore and file them in your project book along with the poet's picture.
Ans. Do it yourself.
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