Class-5 English (Marigold) Unit-7_2 Gulliver's Travel, Solutions of NCERT book / CBSE Syllabus

Unit- 7_2
Guliver’s Travel

New words
bellowing – very loud noise

Inhabitants – occupants

Barren – land with no vegetation

Astonishment- greatly surpised

Crumbled- broken into pieces

Grab – pick suddenly

Answer these questions:

Q. Why did the captain send the men to the land?
Ans- The captain send the men to the land to find water.

Q. Why did the men rush back to the ship?
Ans- The men rushed back to the ship for their life as a giant was chasing them.

Q. Choose the correct answer

1-    The giant carried a reaping hook because

a.    He was fighting with other giants

b.    He was going to reap the corn (√)

c.    He wanted to frighten Gulliver

2-    They put Gulliver on the ground to look at him because

a.    They had never seen a human before

b.    They thought he was a doll

c.    They had never seen such a tiny man(√)

3-    Gulliver was

a.    A farmer

b.    A sailor (√)

c.    A dwarf

d.    A giant

Q. Name the creature to whom you would look like Gulliver.

     The creature is now extinct.

     The word begins with letter D  _____Dinosaur_______  

Q. From the text, writ e the sentence that tells you the following.

1)    The giant reapers were fascinated by Gulliver.

They all sat on the ground to take a good look at me.

2)    Gulliver was a learned man.

I went on to expolre.

3)    The farmer’s son thought Gulliver was a toy.

On seeing me the child grabbed me from the table and put my head into his mouth.

4)    The farmer’s wife was a kind hearted women.

Later, she put me on her own bed and covered me with a clean white handkerchief.

Let’s Talk

            Read the following sentences carefully.

            The giant farmer’s voice was as loud as a bellowing trumpet.

                                                Or

            The giant farmer’s voice was as loud as thunder.

            When something is very cold, we say it is as cold as ice.

            This is because ice is very very cold.

Now complete the following using the words given in the box.

red

slow

black

gentle

warm

strong

sweet

light

white

(1)  as light as a feather.

(2)  as slow as a tortoise.

(3)  as sweet as honey.

(4)  as white as snow.

(5)  as strong as an ox.

(6)  as black as night.

(7)  as red as rose.

(8)  as warm as a toast.

(9)  as gentle as a breeze.

Use the above expressions to complete the following sentences:

(1)  The old man’s hair is as white as snow.

(2)  His feet were as cold as ice.

(3)  The newspaper boy was as slow as tortoise in delivering the papers.

(4)  I felt as light as feather after exercising.

Create your own comparison for the following:

            as tall as mountain. 

            as fast as lightning.

            as high as sky.

            as angry as a bull.

            as tiny as a grain of sand.

            as brave as a lion.

There are many reasons why something happens.

Event	Reasons
1.    Gulliver could not climb the fence because	·         every step was six feet high. ·         he saw one of the giants coming towards him.

Both are the reasons why Gulliver was unable to climb the fence.

Now look at the picture and discuss in groups why the

(a)  Play is cancelled

(b)  Mom and dad are going for a walk at night

Event	Reasons
1.    Play is cancelled	·         It is raining outside. ·         Coach has not arrived
2.    Mom and dad are walking at night.	·         They are going to visit aunt’s house for diner. ·         Walk after diner is good for health.

Let’s Write

Following events happened. You may find more than one reason for each of them.

Look at the following examples.

·         I was trying to climb over the fence when the giant saw me.

·         The farmer’s wife was stroking the cat when her one year old son entered.

👉 Both the actions were in the past.

When the first one was going on in the past, the second one happened.

Match the following and write complete sentences in the lines below.

What was happening?	What happened?
I was writing a letter.	the lights went out.
Paul was looking out of the window.	the bell rang.
*He was looking for his dog.	he noticed a lovely butterfly.
*I was just completing the last answer.	he fell off the ladder.
The man was painting the wall.	I met Arun.
Amit was doing his homework.	my pen ran out.
My mother was cooking dinner.	ma'am said, “Stop writing.”

(i)            I was writing a letter when my pen ran out.         

(ii)           Paul was looking out of the window when he noticed a lovely butterfly.

(iii)          *When I met Arun, he was looking for his dog.

(iv)          *When ma’am said, “Stop writing”, I was just completing the last answer.

(v)           The man was painting the wall when he fell off the ladder.

(vi)          Amit was doing his homework when bell rang.

(vii)        My mother was cooking dinner when the lights went off.

👉 *Please note that sometimes the order of sentences changes.

Now complete the following suitably.

1-    I was sitting in a taxi yesterday when the rain started.

2-    He was cleaning out his cupboard when he found the lost cap.

3-    When I was jogging, a dog ran out on the road.

4-    When the children were making noise, the teacher walked into the room.

👉

When we compare two things/ people, we add –er or more to the describing word.

When we compare three or more things / people, we add -est or most to the describing word.

Look at the following examples.

fast

faster

fastest

The sailboat is fast.

The car is faster than the sailboat.

The aeroplane is the fastest of the all.

difficult

more difficult

most difficult

Hitting a target is difficult.

Juggling cap is more difficult than hitting a target.

Doing complicated magic tricks is the most difficult of them all.

Now complete the following in the same way using the words easy or strong.

(1)  Skipping is easy.

Jumping is easier than skipping.

Walking is the easiest of all.

(2)  The dog is strong.

The horse is stronger than the dog.

The elephant is the strongest of them all.

Now complete the following in the same way using the words juicy or exciting. The order may vary according to your choice.

(1)  apple  

orange

sugarcane

(2)  rock climbing

skiing

river rafting

Ans-

(1)  Apple is juicy.

Orange is juicer than apple.

Sugarcane is juiciest of them all.

(2)  Rock climbing is exciting.

Skiing is more exciting than rock climbing.

River rafting is most exciting of them all.  

Correct the use of describing words in the following sentences.

(1)  This is the simpler problem of them all.

(2)  Which is the lightest of the two parcels?

(3)  He is cleverer than I am.

(4)  I like this the best of the two.

(5)  The flood became badder as the rain increased.

Ans-

(1)  This is the simplest problem of them all.

(2)  Which is lighter of the two parcels.

(3)  He is cleverer than me.

(4)  I like this better among the two.

(5)  The flood became worde as the rain increased.

Punctuate the following sentences using capital letters, full stops (.), comma (,), question mark (?), apostrophe (‘), exclamation mark (!) wherever necessary.

dear samir,
i am sending you a photograph of my newest pet frisky is a bulldog very helpful puppy by next summer he should be old enough to go with us on our long walks i m sure you are looking forward to seeing him I know you will like him

warm regards
sanju

After Punctuation

Dear Samir,
I am sending you a photograph of my newest pet. Frisky is a bulldog, very helpful puppy. By next summer, he should be old enough to go with us on our long walks. I’m sure you are looking forward to seeing him. I know you will like him.

Warm regards,
Sanju

Punctuate the following sentences

1-    next wednesday my sister mita is going to join the state bank of india

2-    the dog wags its tail when its pleased but a cat waves its tail when its angry

3-    when I went fishing I got an old shoe a plastic bag and a bad cold

4-    she fed the baby washed the dishes put the lights off and went to sleep

5-    wasn't tim born on the 26th of January 1989

6-    oh no the bus has gone

Ans-

1-    Next Wednesday, my sister Mita is going to join the State bank of India

2-    The dog wags it’s tail when it’s pleased but a cat waves it’s tail when its angry.

3-    When I went fishing, I got an old shoe, a plastic bag and a bad cold.

4-    She fed the baby, washed the dishes, put the lights off and went to sleep.

5-    Wasn't Tim born on the 26th of January 1989?

6-    Oh no! The bus has gone.

Let's find out

Fill in the blanks
Giant tree                                                       Redwood trees of California
A giant Bird                                                   Ostrich
A giant land animal                                      Elephant
A giant water creature                                 Blue whale
Reptile                                                           Salt water crocodile
Giant aeroplane                                           Airbus A380-800

Find out some interesting facts about each of these giants and share them with the class.

Creative writing

You woke up one morning and found yourself in the land of dwarfs!
Write a paragraph describing your experiences there and how you got back home finally. You may begin like this.

Everything around me looked different that day. I took a walk in the nearby area. Trees were smaller than my size and mountains equal to me! Everything was very small. After sometime, I observed that the dwarfs were scared of me. They were running away from me. I wanted to make them friends. I picked one of them in my hand to talk and gently kept him on the top of a building. Soon I was able to make him friend. His name was James. James helped others understand that I was a good giant.

Joke
Monster eat after the dentist pulled its tooth?
The dentist

  

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