The Crow (Lesson 16) Questions and Answers Class 5 Bihar Bengal Board. BSEB English Textbook Blossoms Class 5 The Crow all activity solutions.
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A. WARMER
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1. How do you feel/react if someone asks you something again and again?
Answer - I also get irritated when someone asks me something again and again. But I don't react rudely.
2. Have you ever asked your parents any question repeatedly? How did they react?
Answer - Yes, sometimes I also had asked some questions to my parents repeatedly. They reacted calmly. They answered my questions each time. Parents are very patient with their children.
B. LET'S THINK AND TELL
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B.1. Answer the following questions briefly:
1. What is age difference between the father and the son?
Answer - Thirty-five years.
2. Did the father repeat the same question deliberately? Say yes or no. Give one reason for your
Answer - Yes. The old father had told his son to read a page of his diary.
3. How did the old man maintain his record since his son's birth?
Answer - In his diary
4. Who was more tolerant of the two-son or father?
Answer - The father was more tolerant.
C. LET'S THINK AND WRITE
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C.1. Write whether the following statements are true "T" or false 'F':
Answer -
1. The old man was illiterate. [F]
2. The son was very respectful to his father. [F]
3. The old man's diary was torn. [T]
4 The son learnt from the diary that his father was very caring. [T]
5. The father tolerated everything that the son did as a child. [T]
C.2 Answer the following questions in 50-60 words:
1. What made the old man bring his old diary and ask his son to read out a particular page?
Answer - The son had got irritated to answer the same question of his old father just after four times. At this, the old father told his son to read out a particular page of his old diary. He wanted to make his son realize his mistake.
2. What did the son learn about himself when he was a child? How did his father treat him? What difference does he notice in his behaviour towards his father? How, according to you, may he have felt after this?
Answer - The son knew about himself when he was a curious child. He had asked a particular question twenty-three times from his father. And each time his father had treated him nicely. He had answered to him each time. He noticed that he was at fault to get irritated with his father after only four times. His father was patient, loving and caring which he was not. He must have felt ashamed after this.
3. Is it right to consider your old parents as a burden? Justify your answer
Answer - No, it is not right to consider our old parents as a burden. They are our prestige. We are in this world due to our parents. They took a lot of pain in our upbringing. We should pay back the same to them. We should love and respect them. We should take care of them heart and soul.
4. Think of another suitable title for the story.
Answer - In my opinion, another suitable title for the story would be 'The Love of a Father'.
D. LET'S INCREASE WORD POWER
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D.1. Find out words from the passage which have the following meanings:
Answer -
| Words | Words having same meaning |
| (a) unexpectedly | suddenly |
| (b) manner of expression | tone |
| (c) not different/identical | same |
| (d) repeatedly | again |
| (e) a large comfortable seat with back and arms | sofa |
| (f) feeling of love | affection |
D.2. Fill in the blanks with missing vowels to form meaningful words.
Answer -
ed-c-t-on = Education
m--t--n = maintain
W-nd-w = window
irr-t-i-d = irritated
-xpr-SS--n = expression
D.3. Fill in the blanks with suitable words given below. You may use one word more than once.
happy, kind, cared, selflessly, obedient
Answer -
Our parents have cared for us since our childhood. They have loved us selflessly. They have worked hard to make us happy. It is our duty to keep them happy. We should be kind and obedient to them.
E. LET'S LEARN GRAMMAR
Read the following lines:
1. The father asked, “What is this?”
2. The son replied, "It is a crow".
In sentence
(1), the father is the speaker and in sentence (2), the son is the speaker. The words/sentences within the inverted commas (".....") are exact words of the speaker. They are called direct or reported speech. We can report what the speaker says without using the speaker's exact words; e.g.
The father asked what that was.
The son replied that it was a crow.
Such sentences are called indirect speech. Look at another set of examples:
The father said to his son, "Read this page."
The father asked his son to read that page..
E.1. Pick out two more examples of direct speech and one of indirect speech from the text and list them in the space provided below:
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Answer -
Two examples of direct speech, from the chapter:
(i) The son said, "Father, I have just now told you, it's a crow."
(ii) This time the son shouted at his father, "Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you so many times that it is a crow. Are you not able to understand this?
One example of indirect speech, from the chapter:
(i) The father replied to him all twenty-three times that it was a crow.
(ii) On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page.
F. LET'S LISTEN AND WRITE
F.1. Teacher should read the following text aloud and students should fill in the blanks in the text given below:
A mother went for shopping with her six year old daughter. There, they met an old, poor man who tried to persuade them to buy balloons from him. The little girl said, "Mummy, let's give that poor man some money." "We're in a hurry," replied the mother. "And besides, it's not our problem." She hastened past the poor man draggingher little girl along. She went on to purchase expensivedresses though she had plenty of them. Al night, with her mother by her side, the young girl prayed, “Dear God! I thank you for all you have done for me. Bless Mummy and Daddy." She further added, "Dear God, forgive Mummy who refused to help the poor man saying that it was not her problem. The mother felt greatly ashamed of herself when she heard this.
Answer - Daughter, poor man, persuade, balloons, money, hurry, problem, dragging, expensive, plenty, prayed, Bless, refused, saying, asham
G. LET'S WRITE
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Your grandmother is very old. He has many good habits most of which you like but you don't like some of his habits because they bore and irritate you.
Describe in a short paragraph, your feelings about your grandfather.
Answer -
I love and respect my grandfather. He tells me memorable stories. His stories are full of moral lessons. He helps me in many ways. He is my best guide. He tells me 'many interesting things of past. But he asks me the same questions repeatedly. It bores me.
H. ACTIVITY
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H.1. Work in pairs and role play the conversation between the father and the son.
Hints: Do the role play you.
H.2. Ask and answer as given below:
What things do you like/dislike about your parents?
I like my parent's habit of buying me the things I like to buy.
I dislike my parents when they stop me watching the serials I like.
Answer -
Rakesh: What things do you like about your parents, Ankit?
Ankit: I like my parent's habit of allowing me to play in the evenings.
Rakesh: And what about you Rashmi?
Rashmi: I like my parents when they take me with them to watch a movie. I also like them when they bring home the things I like such as ice-cream, cold drinks, toffees, playthings, new clothes etc.
Vikas: What things do you dislike about your parents?
Suresh: I don't like my parents when they scold me every now and then.
Pinki: I don't like my parents when they don't allow me to participate in the cultural programmes of my school.
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