Class-5 English (Marigold) Unit-1_2 Wonderful Waste, Solutions of exercises of NCERT book / CBSE Syllabus

Unit 1_2

Wonderful Waste
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New Words

In a fix – a situation hard to escape from

Flash across the mind- suddenly think of

Lo and behold- look! What a surprise

Traditional feast – hearty meal for many guests served on a special occasion

Sternly-

 
Answer these questions

Q. What were The preparations in the palace for?

Ans- The preparations in the palace were for the Grand dinner.

Q. Why did Maharaja go into the kitchen in the afternoon?

Ans- Maharaja went into the kitchen in the afternoon to survey the dishes that had been prepared for the feast.

Q. Had the cook planned to do with the vegetable scraps?

Ans- The cook wanted to throw the vegetable scraps.

Ingredients are the things that are used to make a dish. Colour the ingredients of avial in the box below.

Chillies	groundnut	wood	vegetable scraps	coconut	roasted peanuts
Curd	pot	garlic	broken bangles	basket	curry leaves

State the following are true or false.

(1)  The king had ordered a dinner in the palace.                                                (True)

(2)  No one had heard of or tasted Avial before.                                                  (True)

(3)  The cook had planned to make another dish using the vegetable scraps.   (True) 

  

A recipe is a list of directions to prepare a dish. The following sentences are not in order for preparing avial. Number them in the correct order.

·         Grind some coconut, green chillies and garlic. (3)

·         Cut the vegetable scraps into long strips. (2)

·         Wash and clean the mix of vegetable bits. (1)

·         Decorate with Curry leaves (6)

·         Whip some curd and mix it in. (4)

·         pour Some coconut oil on top.(5)

·         Avial is ready.(7)

  

Given box are some things that children do after they reach home from school.

Choose five things that you do when you reach home from school. Write them in order.

Pack school bag Put away school bag Have lunch Read a story book Chat with mummy about school Sleep for a while Wash up Do the homework Watch TV Go to play Change out of school uniform

First, I put away school bag.

Then, I change out of school uniform.

Next, i wash up.

After that, I chat with mummy about school.

Finally, i go to play.

Let's talk

The Maharaja was a wise man and ordered the cook to use the vegetable scraps instead of throwing them away.

Name some of the things which are thrown away at home or in school.

Newspapers, seeds of fruits, carton boxes, scrap of papers, empty cans of oils, plastic bottles

Sit in groups of four and think of interesting ways in which they can be made useful

Some of the ways in which they can be made useful:

Old newspapers and carton boxes can be given to the dealer for recycling.

Similarly plastic waste and 10 games can be given to scrap dealer for recycling.

Seeds of fruits can be and later for plantation in open fields and near highways.

Word building

Pair work

Some words have more than one meaning.

Example - point

Meanings

Noun - a dot in print or writing, full stop, decimal, the number you scored in a game

Verb - to show or call attention to something

Look up the following words in the dictionary. They may have more than one meaning. List these meanings.

Ground

Meanings

Noun- surface of earth, soil, land, field, pitch

Verb- base, found, establish, set

Survey

Meanings

Noun- poll, study, review, research

Verb- view, examine, look over, inspection

Scrap

Meaning

Noun- piece, bit, fragment

Verb- get rid of, cancel

Sternly

Meanings

Noun- back part of a boat

Adjective- strict, harsh, rigorous, serious, strict

Tempting

Meanings

Adjective- inviting, alluring, enticing

Make new words by adding/ dropping few letters from the root word. Summer done for you.

	-ed	-ing	-er	-est
Pound	Pounded	Pounding	X	X
Try	Tried	Trying	X	X
Large	X	X	Larger	Largest
New	X	X	Newer	Newest
Tasty	Tasted	Tasting	Tastier	Tastiest
Wise	X	X	Wiser	Wisest
Stare	Stared	Staring	X	X
clean	Cleaned	Cleaning	Cleaner	cleanest

Do any of these words use all of four endings?

Tasty and Clean are the words that use all of four endings.

Find out

Name food that is made in your home

For a feast/ festival – Laddu, Halwa

When you are unwell – Daliya, Khichadi

Everyday – Rice, Curry, Chapati

Share the information with your friends.

Avial is a dish made in Kerala.

Do you have a similar dish in your state made from a mix of many vegetables?

Yes, we do have a curry made from a mix of many vegetables.

What is it called?

This curry is called ‘Rambhaja’. It is made the day after Deepawali.

Note down the ingredients used to make it.

It’s ingredients are- Fenugreek leaves, Palak, potao, tomato, brinjal and other remaining vegies of previous days, oil, salt and some spices

Bamboo curry

1-    One day the mother in law of Santhal bridegroom cooked a special dish for him when he visited her.

2-    " This curry is delicious. What is it?” pointed at the bamboo door.

3-    Next morning, just as he was about to leave, he remembered that there was no Bamboo in his village.

4-    So he removed the bamboo door and carrying it with him left for his home.

5-    On reaching his village, he told his wife, “with this bamboo door ”.

6-    She was shocked. “can I make curry out of a bamboo door? ”

7-    “come, I will help you by chopping up the bamboo.” he said.

8-    His wife boiled egg and boiled it. Later when her husband tasted it. He said, “it is too hard to eat. You don't know how to cook.”

9-    His wife added more water and boiled egg and boiled it.

10- The in - laws to visit the young couple that evening. They all laughed at his foolishness. Mother in laws said, “didn't you know the curry was made from bamboo shoot and not from a bamboo door?

(A Sarthak folk tale)

Let's write

Complete the sentences meaningfully.

The bridegroom left with the door of his in laws house because it was made of bamboo and there was no Bamboo in his village.

The bridegroom was unable to have bamboo Curry in the end because it was too hard to eat.

Word hunt

Fill in the blanks with words from the story.

1-    The bridegroom went to visit his mother-in-law.

2-    The Mother-in-law pointed at the bamboo door.

3-    He stayed the night with his in laws.

4-    He carried the bamboo door back with him.

5-    The curry was made from bamboo shoots.

Say aloud

im-pa-tient (im -pay-shnt)

de-li+vous (di-li-shius)

bo-iled

cho-pped

bam-boo

                       

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