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Activity 1

My School Days Class 5 Question Answer

Let’s answer the following questions:

(a) To which school was the author admitted?

Ans: The author was admitted to Ballygunge Government High School.

(b) What was the school hall used for?

Ans: The school hall is used for the annual prize distribution ceremony, feasts, on occasion of Saraswati Puja.

(c) What was the name of the Shakespearean play that was performed in the hall?

Ans: The name of the Shakespearean play was The Merchant of Venice.

(d) Name the two foreign actors mentioned by the author?

Ans: Greenberg and Salim was the two foreign actors mentoned by author.

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Activity 2

Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5

Write T for true and F for false statements in the given boxes:

(a) The author went to Ballygunge Government High School with his mother. [ F ]

(b) The Ballygunge Government High School is on the eastern side of Beltala Police Station. [ T ]

(c) The southern part of the school was the playground. [ T ]

(d) When seen from above the author’s school looked like the English letter “L”. [ F ]

Activity 3

Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5

Let’s match the words in column A with their meanings in Column B:

A	B
(a) Sums	Someone who belongs to another country
(b) Nodded	Encircled
(c) Surrounded	movie
(d) foreigner	Mathematical problems
(e) Cinema	Moving the head up and down to say yes

Ans:

A	B
(a) Sums	Mathematical problems
(b) Nodded	Moving the head up and down to say yes
(c) Surrounded	Encircled
(d) foreigner	Someone who belongs to another country
(e) Cinema	Movie

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Activity 4

Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5

Let’s fill in the following charts with suitable verb forms:

Present	Past	Past Participle
	Went
Look
	Gave
		Shown
Use

Ans:

Present	Past	Past Participle
Go	Went	Gone
Look	Looked	Looked
Give	Gave	Given
Show	Showed	Shown
Use	Used	Used

Activity 5

Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5

Form sentences of your own with the following verbs:

Went, Looked, Give, Show, Use

Ans:

1. Went – She went to the park with her friends.
2. Looked – I looked for my book but couldn’t find it.
3. Gave – He gave me a chocolate.
4. Show – Today my father show me a magic trick.
5. Use – I use brash for clean teeth every day.

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Activity 6

Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5

Let’s complete the following sentences with information from the text:

(a) The subject that B.D Roy taught was English.

(b) The author remembers the head pandit Bhattacharya sir for his excellent handwriting.

(c) Ashubabu conducted an event called “Music drawing“.

(d) The time span of the author’s school-life was six years.

(e) The author went back to his school one more time to attend a reunion of ex-students.

Activity 7

Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5

Let’s answer the following questions:

(a) How did B.D. Roy teach the pronounciation of ‘the’?

Ans: By telling a story of The Ox and The Frog from Aesop’s fables. Also before telling that story, he taught how the pronounciation of ‘the’ depends on whether the following word begins with a vowel or consonent.

(b) How did the author get to be Ashubabu’s favourite?

Ans: Because author could draw very well.

(c) What was “Music Drawing”?

Ans: It is an event conducted by Ashubabu. in this event, there would be a blackboard and coloured chalks on a table. A student would sing a song another would draw a picture on blackboard, try to capture in lines and colour the essence of the song.

(d) Why did everything seem much smaller to the author when he went back to school after ten years?

Ans: Because the author was five feet three inches tall when he left school and now the author has grown to about six and a half feet.

(e) What is ‘a pleasure’ according to the author?

Ans: According to the author, a pleasure is to look back and relive the past moments of joy.

Activity 8

Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5

Let’s fill in the blanks with words from the box:

1. Sachin Tendulkar is my favourite cricketer.
2. When Rip Van Winkle came back to the village the next morning, he could not recognize it.
3. Most people have sweet memories of childhood.
4. The student could not pronounce the word correctly.
5. Mr. Das is an excellent teacher.

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Activity 9(a)

Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5

Let’s identify the subject and predicate in the following sentences:

(1) One day he told us the story ‘The Ox and The Frog’ from Aesop’s fables.

Ans:

• Subject: He
• Predicate: told us the story ‘The Ox and The Frog’ from Aesop’s fables.

(2) B. D. Roy taught us English.

Ans:

• Subject: B. D. Roy
• Predicate: taught us English.

(3) He was a small man and he took grea care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly.

Ans:

• Subject: He
• Predicate 1: was a small man and
• Predicate 2: took grea care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly.

(4) But I could draw very well.

Ans:

• Subject: I
• Predicate: could draw very well.

(5) Ashubabu was given the charge of decorating the hall for the anual prize distribution ceremony.

Ans:

• Subject: Ashubabu
• Predicate: was given the charge of decorating the hall for the anual prize distribution ceremony.

Activity 9(b)

Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5

Let’s split the sentences mentioned in activity 9(a) into subject and predicate, and fill in the given chart:

Subject	Predicate
He	told us the story ‘The Ox and The Frog’ from Aesop’s fables.
B. D. Roy	taught us English.
He	was a small man and, took great care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly.
I	could draw very well.
Ashubabu	was given the charge of decorating the hall for the anual prize distribution ceremony.

Activity 10

Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5

Fill in the blanks with present continuous tense of the given verbs in brackets. One is done for you:

(1) Wht are you doing (do) tonight?

(2) John reading (read) a book now.

(3) Ali and Sudip working (work) late today.

(4) Mita listening (listen) to music.

(5) Raju sitting (sit) next to Sunil.

(6) How many other students studying (study) with you?

(7) The phone riinging (ring).

Activity 11

Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5

Write five sentences to describe yourself with the following hints (Butterfly Class 5 English Lesson 5):

• Your name and age:
• The place you live in:
• The name of your school:
• Your hobby, likes and dislikes:
• What you want to be when you grow up:

Ans:

1. My name is (Write your name here) and i am years old. (write your age here)
2. I live in . (Write your village name)
3. My school name is .(Write your school name here)
4. I love , (Write your hobby) and i like to , (Write what you like here)
5. I want to be a when i grow up. (Write what you want to be when tou grow up)