Class-5 English (Marigold) Unit-2_1 Team Work, Solutions of exercises of NCERT book / CBSE Syllabus

Unit 2_1

Team Work
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New Words

Teamwork - combined effort of a group
Hoop - (here) wooden or iron ring trundled along by child
Passes - move onward
Relay race - race between teams of which each person does part of the distance
Baton - short tube or stick carried in relay race

 
Let's Read

Complete the following sentences

1-    If nobody passes the ball in a basketball game, then you can't shoot.

2-    In a relay race, if no one passes the Baton, then race just can't go.

Think and Write

Name the team members needed for the following

1-    To play cricket we need
Batsman, bowlers, fielders, coaches

2-    To make a film we need
Director, producer, actor, cameraman, story writer

3-    To run a good school we need
Principal, teachers, clerical staff, coaches, students

4-    To run a Restaurant we need
Chef, cook, waiters, manager, cashier, customers

Complete the sets of rhyming words.

Words from the poem	Your own words
team	Beam
plus	bus
done	None
hoop	loop
shoot	Root
goal	Whole
joy	Boy

Read the poem and form questions the answers given in beach bubbles

For want of a Nail

For want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For want of a horse rider was lost,
For want of a rider the battle was lost,
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for I want of a horseshoe nail!

                                                                              ( traditional rhyme)

A-The shoe was lost because of the nail.
Q-Why was the shoe lost?

A-The Kingdom was lost because the battle could not be fought.
Q- Why was the kingdom lost?

A-Was lost because there was no Rider.
Q-Why was the battle lost?

Now make three more questions and answer from the poem, teamwork.

Q-What can we make together?
A-We can together make our dream work.

Q-What is fun in the game of basketball?
A- It is fun to shoot the basketball through the hoop.

Q- What will happen if nobody passes the baton in the relay race?
A- If nobody passes the baton in the relay race, race just can't go.

Q-When can it be a big plus?
A- It can be a big plus when you and a me becomes an us.

Picture composition
(Please refer the textbook for picture)

Look at the picture and answer the questions in one sentence, using the word clues given in the box.

Plumber      carpenter      painter       mason         electrician         labourer          gardener

1- Who is laying the bricks?
Ans- A mason is laying the bricks.

2- Who is holding the ladder?

Ans- A labourer is holding the ladder.

3- Who is the man on the ladder?
Ans- An electrician is the man on the ladder.

4- Who is painting the walls?
Ans- A painter is painting the walls.

Now make up a story about the picture. Give names to the people. Write the story showing the importance of teamwork.

A part of the village school building collapsed last year. Since then classrooms were being conducted in open. Five gentlemen from our village came together and undertook the responsibility of repairing the damaged portion. Sitaram, the mason, Ahmad the carpenter, Peter the electrician, Raju the painter and Murali the labourer did a great team work with the help of some other village man. They worked for three months everyday from evening till late night and our building was ready before monsoon. All the teaches and students are very happy now.

Let's talk

In a group of five, discuss what you enjoy doing alone at what you like doing in a group.
Now prepare a list as shown below

Things I like doing alone
Reading a story book.
Arranging my cupboard.
Preparation for the exams.

Things I like doing in a group
Going for a picnic.
Celebrating birthday.
Playing in the evening.

In your family, what activities are done individually and a group?

My mother decides groceries to buy.
My father decides when to go for a trip.
I decide whom to invite in my birthday party.
We decide, where to go for a trip.

In a group, mime an activity (picnic, share, Mela, cricket match etc.) which you enjoy. The rest of the class should guess the activity and say whether it is done in a group

Name of activity	Done in a group	Done alone
Watching television Playing cricket Movie in a theatre Playing video game Shopping Listening to music Bike riding Dancing Singing Playing basketball Celebrating Birthdays	√               √                √                 √                  √                  √                  √                  √	√                  √                  √                  √                  √

Let's Write

In the puzzle find the words given in the column. Notice that these words are formed by joining two words. One is done for you.
Find some more such words

Sometime

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Let's write a poem

I have a kite but need a friend to fly it with,
I know a song but need someone to hear it,
I have a ball but need someone to catch it,
I have a chocolate but need someone to share it,
I have a boll but need someone to play with it,
I have a story but need someone to listen it.
I have made a cake but need someone to taste it.

Fun Time

Make groups of 10 and present one of the following activities in the class.
Skit, song, dance, painting a chart for class, make paper bags from old newspaper

Say Aloud

We sometimes use short forms for some words. For example, we use I’m for I am and I’ve for I have. These shortened words are called contractions
The mark ( ‘ ) is apostrophe which shows where the letters are left out.

we will – we’ll
can not – can’t
we have – we’ve
you have -  you’ve
there is – there’s
what have – what’ve
we are – we’re
they are – they’re

Write the contractions for the following phrases.

has not – hasn’t
have not – haven’t
do not – don’t  
are not – aren’t

Write the full forms for the following
weren’t - were not
shan’t - shell not
wasn’t - was not
who’s - who is

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