The Arab And His Camel (Lesson 8) Questions and Answers Class 5 Bihar Bengal Board. BSEB English Textbook Blossoms Class 5 The Arab And His Camel all activity solutions.
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A. WARMER:
1. How many of you have pets?
Answer - I have only one pet in my house.
2. How do you treat them?
Answer - I love my pet
3. How do your pets respond when you love them or show your anger towards them?
Answer - My pet becomes happy when I show love to it. When I show anger towards it, my pet becomes afraid.
B. THINK AND TELL:
B.1. Answer the following questions orally:
1. Why did the Arab set his tent by the roadside?
Answer - For shelter at night
2. Why did the camel want to put his head and neck inside the tent?
Answer - To protect himself from cold wind
3. Why did the Arab stand speechless?
Answer - He was politely pushed out of the tent by his pet camel.
4. Was the Arab kind to his camel?
Answer - No, he should have put up a tent for the camel too.
5. Was the camel right in pushing out his master?
Answer - Yes, he was. He had the right to protect himself from the cold wind.
C. THINK AND WRITE:
C.1. Answer the following questions:
1. Why did the Arab leave his camel outside the tent?
Answer - The tent was too small, for both of them. So the Arab left his camel outside the tent.
2. Why did the camel want to put his head and neck inside the tent?
Answer - The camel was feeling cold. So, he wanted to put his head and neck inside the tent.
3. How did the camel push his master out of the tent?
Answer - The camel came inside the tent fully at. As he came fully inside, the Arah was pushed out of the tent.
4. Who in your opinion behaved more selfishly?
Answer - The Arab behaved more selfishly. He should have thought of a tent for the camel too, to protect him from the cold.
D. WORD STUDY:
D.1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words provided in the box.
cold, Arah, hall, small, desert
Answer -
(a) An Arab was crossing the desert on his camel.
(b) The camel stood outside the tent in the cold
(c) The tent was toe small for both of them
(d) Halfof the camel's body was inside the tent.
(e) "The camel pushed the Arah out of the tent.
D.2. Look at the words showed in bold in the sentence given below.
At Sunset, he got down and put up his tent by the roadside.
Guess the meaning of these expressions and use them in sentences of your own.
Answer -
(1) Got down (come down) - I got down from the ladder.
(2) Put up (to erect) - We put up our tents at the picnic spot.
D.3. Here are a few phrasal verbs with 'get' and 'put'. Guess air meanings and use these phrasal verbs in your own sentences:
(a) Though they got after the thieves, the policemen failed to arrest them.
(b) I don't understand how he manages to get along with her.
(c) They are trying to get at the truth.
(d) We get up early in the morning.
(c) He put on his best clothes on Deepawali.
(1) I cannot put up with this insult.
(g) I put up this book on the table.
Answer -
(a) Got after (ran after) - They got after the chain-snatchers but failed to catch them.
(b) Get along (walk with, live with) - (i) He walked very fast. I couldn't get along with him. (ii) I can't get along with him anymore.
(c) Get at (to reach, to conclude) - They couldn't get at what the teacher taught.
(d) Get up (to wake up) - You should get up early in the morning.
(e) Put on (to wear) - We put on our best clothes on festivals .
(f) Put up (bear with)- He could not put up with his behaviour.
(g) Put up (to place, to keep)- I put up my things at right places.
D.4. Compound Word:
'Sunset' is a compound word consisting of 'sun' and 'set'.
Pick out three more compound words from the story. Make some new compound words using some of the parts of these compound words. For instance, sun can be used to make another compound word such as "sunrise'.
Answer -
Some Compound words from the given story are:
Wintertime, sunset, roadside, outside, inside, winter bird, speechless
Some new compound words:
Winter - Winter-sports, winter-bird
Time - Timepiece, Timetable, Timeworn
Sun - Sun-bath, Sunbeam. Sun-blind, Sun-bonnet, Sunburn, Sun-dial, Sunflower
Road - Roadway, Road-Romeo, Road-map, Road tax, Road-side, Road-works
Out - Outbalance, Outboard, Outbound, Outbreak, Outcast, Outcaste, Outcome, Outcry, Outdate
In - Inability, Inaccurate, Inactive, in adhesive, Incapable, Intact.
E. GRAMMAR:
Use of modals:
Read the following sentences carefully:
(a) May I come in ?
(b) You can walk out of it.
(c) Both of us will catch cold.
In sentence (a), may is used for seeking permission.
In sentence (b), can indicates ability.
In sentence (c), will tells us about future time.
"May', 'can' and 'will' are modals. They are called so as they do not change in any situation. There are altogether 13 modals - can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must, dare, need, ought to, and used to.
Choose the correct option.
1. May/might I put my head and neck inside the tent?
2. You wouldn't/can't come in.
3. We will/should catch a cold.
4. Would/may I go out?
5. We mustn't/shouldn't touch a live electric wire.
6. He was so scared of his maths teacher that he needed not/dared not ask him any question.
7. We must/ought to respect our elders.
8. The clouds are getting pitch dark. It may/mightrain any time. We will/would play football tomorrow at 5 p.m.
Answer -
1. May I put my head and neck inside the tent?
2. You can't come in.
3. We will catch a cold.
4. May I go out?
5. We mustn't touch a live electric wire.
6. He was so scared of his maths teacher that he dared not ask him any question.
7. We ought to respect our elders.
8. The clouds are getting pitch dark. It might rain any time. We would play football tomorrow at 5 p.m.
F. LET'S TALK:
Read aloud the sentences in the box that Pragya uttered to introduce herself.
Hi! Good morning, everybody. I'm Pragya. I'm 11 years old. I study in class V. I want to be a doctor. I like singing and dancing.
Now introduce yourself before the class in the way Pragya has done. You may add more details.
Answer -
Hi! Good morning, everybody. I'm Raja. I'm 11 years old. I study in class V. I want to become a scientist; I would like to invent useful things for mankind. I believe that everybody should try to achieve some big goal in his or her life
G. LET'S WRITE:
Write a short paragraph on "The Camel'. Use the hints given below:
The camel - pet animal - lives in desert — feet padded — hump on the back — stores food and water — remains without food and water for 15 days - likes to eat thorny bushes - Ship of the desert.
Answer -
The Camel
The camel is called 'the ship of the desert'. It is a pet animal. It lives in a desert. It has padded feet. It has a hump on its back. It can store plenty of food and water in its stomach. That's why; it can remain without food and water for 15 days. It likes to eat thorny bushes. It is a very useful animal.
H. ACTIVITY:
Many small words can be formed using different letters of the word 'Hippopotamus'. Can you try to form some words? Two of them have already been done for you.
Answer -
Other words formed by using different letters of the word 'Hippopotamus' are:
| POT | SUM | PIT | PAT | TO |
| HIP | MUST | TIP | AIM | HIT |
| TOP | US | MAT | SO | PAT |
| AT | HIS | SHIP | SOUP | POT |
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