Class-5 English, (Marigold) Unit-6_2 The Talkative Barber, Solutions of NCERT book / CBSE Syllabus

Unit 6_2
The Talkative Barber
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New words
Chatterer - someone who talks a lot
Defect - a fault
Opinion - what a person feels about a person, thing or subject
Exhausted - tired and fed up
Dessert- a sweet dish served after the main meal
Examine- to look at something very carefully
At length- at a stretch

Answer these questions

Q. How many brothers did the barber have?
Ans- The barber had six brothers.

Q. Why was the Sultan in a hurry?
Ans- The Sultan was in hurry because he had an affair of the greatest importance. He was giving a feast to some of his friends at noon.

Q. Why did the barber take so long to shave the Sultan?
Ans- The barber took so long to shave the Sultan because he was too talkative.

Q. Why did the barber want a lot of food?
Ans- The barber wanted a lot of food to feed his friends

Write True or False:

1.    The barber was shaving the sultan's beard.                          (False)

2.    The Sultan gave him 3 gold coins.                                         (False) (not clear in the story)

3.    The barber refused to leave the sultan's palace.                   (True)

4.    There were seven brothers all together in sultan's family.    (False)

Word Building

Study the words in the first column and see the changes in them in the second column. The words in column 2 are the opposites of the words in column 1

Column 1	Column 2
Important	unimportant
Patient	impatient
Pleasure	displeasure

Now write the opposites of following using un-,  im-, dis-

Word	Opposite Word
Believe	disbelieve
Shaved	unshaved
Perfect	Imperfect
Satisfy	dissatisfy
Polite	impolite
Respect	disrespect
Pure	impure
Expect	unexpected
Obedient	disobedient

Fill in the blanks by adding un-, im- or dis- to the words given in the box.

tidy

patient

kind

like

able

appear

possible

1.    The teacher got upset with Rani because her work was untidy.

2.    The dog was unable to climb the tree to change the cat.

3.    I dislike hot milk, I like it cold.

4.    It is impossible to cross the road during peak traffic hours.

5.    The magician waved his magic wand and made the rabbit disappear.

6.    The passengers became impatient when the train was late again.

7.    It is very unkind to make fun of another person's weakness.

Notice the highlighted words in the sentence given below.

1.    You ordered me to come, so I will not quit your house have shaved you.

2.    While he was shaving me, he could not stop talking.

Now use the joining words given in the box to fill in the blanks.

If, or, till, where, unless, so, while

1.    Please wait with me till the bus arrives.

2.    Do you like football or cricket?

3.    My father packed my lunch while my mother, my hair.

4.    We will reach on time if we go by the car.

5.    Your speech cannot be heard by the audience unless you use a powerful Mike.

6.    It was a beautiful day so decided to go for a picnic.

7.    We went to the zoo where we saw many animals.

Look at the words in the bubbles.

     Write what do you do when you are at

Feast	drink, serve
Race	run, compete, win
Cricket match	play, shout, yell, wave, cheer
Cinema	enjoy, sit
Fare	buy, ride
Party	dance, sing, greet

Now describe two of the following processes.

How does your father or uncle shave his face everyday?
He lathers his face with shaving cream, then he uses his razor. He runs it over his face, anyone strokes. After this, he washes his face and wife's it to get rid of the lather.

How to send a letter?
We write a letter and put a an envelope and Seal it. Then we stick the postal stamp on the envelope and drop it in the post box.

How to make a salad?
Chop the vegetables in thin slices. Arrange them in a plate and Sprinkle an paper on it.

How to write an E-mail?
Sign in Your email account. Compose the email. Write the email ID of receiver and subject. Click on the send button to send the email.

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