Class-5 English (Marigold) Unit-9_1 Sing a Song of People, Additional exercises and solutions of NCERT book / CBSE Syllabus

Unit- 9_1
Sing a Song of People

New words
Subway – Underground passage for people to cross

Underneath – below

Elevators – Lift

Grumpy – ill- tempted

Answer these questions:

Q. Which mode of transport do the people use to move around in the city?

Ans- People use bus and taxies to move around in the city.

Q. What are the things that the people carry with them, while moving around?

Ans- People carry hats and umbrellas with them, while moving around.

Q. Where all do you find these very busy people?

Ans- We find these very busy people on the side walk, bus, subway, in tall buildings, stores, elevators and in crowd of city.

Q. Where have you seen crowds of people?

Ans- I have seen crowds of people in fair and traffic jam.

Q. Why do you think all these people are in a hurry?

Ans- I think that all these people are in a hurry to reach their destination.

Language Use

Let’s write the opposites of following words:

Word	Opposite
Slow	Fast
Up	Down
Back	Front
Tall	Short
Below	Above
Crowd	Private
Loud	Quiet
Go	come

 Let’s Listen

Read and listen to these two people with your partner and find out what are the things that the village child and the city child like.

The Village Child My home is a house Near a wood I’d live in a street If I could!  I do wish someone lived near. There’s no one to play with at all. The trees are so high And so tall: And I should be lonely For hours, Were it not for the birds And the flowers.

The City Child I live in a city In a street; It is crowded with traffic And feet; There are buses and motors And trams. I wish there were meadows And lambs. The houses all wait In a row There is smoke everywhere That I go. I don’t like the noises I hear I wish there were woods.

Now, fill up the blanks:

1-    The village child’s home is near a  wood_( wood / shopping mall)

2-    The village child is lonely for hours. (city / village)

3-    The city child wishes to have _meadows_ (traffic jam / meadows)

4-    There is smoke everywhere in the city. (smoke / flowers)

Let’s Talk

The people who live in cities often wish they could live in quiet towns. Do you like the place you live in?

Tell your partner two things you like and don’t like about the place you live in.

I live in a city…….

Two things that I like are

(1)  Shopping malls

(2)  Sports facilities

Two things that I don’t like are

(1)  Traffic jam

(2)  Pollution

Let’s Write

Did you observe that in the poem, the last words in every second and fourth line rhyme with each other? Make a list of such word.

Pairs of rhyming words
Slow	Go
Bus	Us
Ground	Round
Doors	Pours
Below	Go
Crowd	Loud
Too	You
Go	know

Find out how many people are there in our country.

Do we have enough land for all people on the earth?

Is there enough food and water for all people?

Present population of our country is around 136 crores.

Yes, we have enough land for all the people on the earth.

Yes, we have enough food and water (if used wisely) to satisfy the need of all people.

Project work-

Find out the following from ten families living in your neighbourhood.

Count the number of	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	F7	F8	F9	F10	Total
Children below 5 years of age
Children from 5-14 age
Grown up children from 15-20
Elders from 21-50 years
Old people who are above 50 years
Total number of people in the family

*F= Family

Q. How many members are educated in each family?

Q. From amongst ten families, how many are educated?

Now talk to your partner and write a report about your neighbourhood.

Let’s Interview

Interview your teacher and get her response for the following questions.

(i)            Why did you become a teacher?

(ii)           How do you come to school everyday?

(iii)          Do you have any pets?

(iv)          What kind of books do you like to read?

(v)           What are your hobbies?

Now write a paragraph about your teacher with the information you gathered.

My teacher says she became a teacher because she realized the importance of good teachers in constructing the future of country. She comes to school everyday by a two-wheeler. She has a pet dog at her home. She likes to read biographies a lot. Travelling to different places of historical importance is her hobby.

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