The House Sparrow (Lesson 3) Questions and Answers Class 5 Bihar Bengal Board. BSEB English Textbook Blossoms Class 5 The House Sparrow all activity solutions.
A. WARMER:
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Q. 1. Which birds are most common in your locality Name some of them?
Answer - Parrot, sparrow, crow, pigeon, etc.
Q. 2. Which of these birds do you like most and why?
Answer - I like parrot most. It can imamate our words.
Q. 3. What qualities of sparrows have you ever noticed?
Answer - I have noticed that the sparrows are calm by nature. They can understand our feelings and our actions.
B. LET'S THINK AND TELL:
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B.1. Answer the following questions in a word or phrase:
Q. 1. Which sparrow has a black patch on his throat?
Answer - Male sparrow
Q. 2. What do sparrows eat?
Answer - Grain, insects, tender shoots of plants
Q. 3. Where do sparrows build their nests?
Answer - In our houses and on trees.
Q. 4. Sparrows like to live with people. Can you guess, why?
Answer - They feel homely.
Q. 5. How many eggs does the mother bird lay at a time?
Answer - Three or four.
B.2. State whether the following statements are 'True' or "False?
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1. Sparrows like to live alone. [False]
2. Sparrows are always found in pairs. [True]
3. Sparrows are not fond of cooked food. [False]
4. Sparrows raise one family in a year. [False]
C. LET'S THINK AND WRITE:
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1. List some of the qualities of sparrows mentioned in the lesson.
Answer - Sparrows are one of the most common birds. They like to live with people. So, they build their nests anywhere in our house. Their chirping pleases us. They are brown in colour, with mingling of colours on the back and sides. They eat grain, insects and tender shoots of plants. They raise many families in a year.
2. When does a sparrow give pleasure and when does it become a source of nuisance?
Answer - When a sparrow chirps alone, it gives pleasure but when they chirp in a group for a long, period of time, it becomes a source of nuisance.
3. How is a male sparrow different from a female sparrow?
Answer - Both are brown in colour but the male sparrow has a black patch on his throat.
4. What are sparrows fond of eating?
Answer - Sparrows are fond of eating grain, insects, Lender shoots of plants and cooked food.
D. LET'S INCREASE WORD POWER:
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D.1. Tick on the correct spelling from the options given in each row below:
1. (a) sparow (b) sparrow (c) spparrow (d) sparoww
2. (a) nuisance(b)niusance (c)nuisanse (d)nuisence
3. (a) broun (b) braun (c) brounn (d) brown
4. (a) familie (b) familiy (c) phamily (d) family
5. (a) curtans (b) kertans (c) curtains (d) kurtains
Help Box
Gibber, yelp, Grunt, cheep, Coo, sing, scream, snort, squeak, caw, scream, quack, caw, screech
Answer -
| birds | animals produce sound | |
| pigs | grunt | |
| camels | snort | |
| foxes | yelp | |
| rats | squeak | |
| peacocks | caw | |
| apes | gibber | |
| bats | screech | |
| chicks | cheep | |
| crows | caw | |
| doves | coo | |
| ducks | quack | |
| larks | sing | |
| vultures | scream | |
| monkeys | scream | |
D.3. What do the following words or expressions mean in the text? Guess their meanings and then check in a dictionary whether what you guessed was right.
Answer -
| Words | Meaning that you guessed | Dictionary |
| in plenty | a large amount | right |
| company at home | being with family members | right |
| nook and corner | lonely places | right |
| fond of | to enjoy something | right |
| several | many | right |
E. LET'S LEARN GRAMMAR:
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Prepositions:
Read the following sentences carefully:
There are several birds which are very common in our locality.
The male sparrow has a black patch on his throat.
We can see several pairs at a time.
In the above sentences, words like 'in'. 'on' and 'at' are Prepositions. A preposition is a word that is placed before a noun of a pronoun to link it with some other noun or pronoun in the same sentence. The other prepositions include 'at', 'of', 'about'. for. 'from'. by 'into', with'. 'to'. 'Between', 'under', 'after'. "behind', 'above', 'near', etc.
E.1. Fill up each blank with a suitable preposition
Answer -
(1) Anwesha was bornin 2000.
(2) They are waiting for the bus.
(3) I will go to the zoo with my father.
(4) You can find this word in a dictionary.
(5) Anita went toDelhi yesterday.
(6) We will go home bybus.
(7) The table is betweenthe two chairs.
(8) Anshu is lookingat the map.
(9) The picture hangs by my bed.
(10) My friends don't want to go to the castle.
E.2. Fill up the blanks with suitable prepositions.
Answer - I'm Shubham and I live atDarbhanga. In summer I like to travel to Shimla with my family. Last summer I took a train fromDelhi to Shimla. From the station we went to our hotel bybus. We stopped at a small restaurant for lunch. The driver parked the bus atthe restaurant. Nobody could find the bus and the driver, so we waited outside the restaurant for one hour. The driver was walking through the small park near the restaurant which we did not know. So we were very angry with him. But my holidays were great.
F. LET'S TALK:
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F.1. Mini and Anshu are sister and brother. Below is a talk between them. Some sentences of the talk are missing.
Pick them up from the help box and write them in the appropriate places.
Help Box
On the niche of the verandah
What is it?
We shouldn't wait till the sparrow goes out.
O.K. Let's see them.
Answer -
Mini : There is good news Anshu.
Anshu : What is it?
Mini : Today I saw four eggs in the nest of a sparrow.
Anshu : Where is it?
Mini : On the niche of the verandah.
Anshu : O.K. Let's see them. We shouldn't wait till the sparrow goes out.
Mini : Look at the nest ! The female sparrow is sitting on the eggs.
Anshu : We should not touch them otherwise they will be spoiled
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Write a paragraph on 'The bird you like most'.
Hints: Name of the bird:
Places it lives:
What it eats:
Its colour(s):
Reasons for your liking it:
Its qualities:
Answer -
The Bird I Like Most
My favorite bird is the house sparrow. Nest wherever possible in our house. It can even build nests in holes and recesses in walls and ceilings. Color is brown. On the back and sides, it has a mix of white and black in one. It also has a white front. Male sparrows have black spots on their throats. He loves company. It always looks like a pair. It eats seeds, insects and tender shoots of plants. He also likes cooked food. I like it because it is a quiet bird. He chirped sweetly. It is also believed to be a lucky bird. It brings good luck and wealth to the family by building a home.
H. ACTIVITY:
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Ranging from the great Himalayas to the dense forests, India is the home to some of the most sought after birds in the world. India is paradise for Bird Watching. Over 1200 species of birds are found in India. Check out the famous Bird Sanctuaries of India. The rich bird life is the constant source of fascination for the tourists coming to India. Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is one of the finest bird sanctuaries in the world.
H.1. Many tourists visit the bird sanctuaries in our country every year. Make a list of sanctuaries in India.
Answer -
| Name | State |
| Thol Lake | Gujarat |
| Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary | Haryana |
| Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary | Haryana |
| Gamgul | Himachal Pradesh |
| Attiveri Bird Sanctuary | Karnataka |
| Bankapura | Karnataka |
| Bankapura Peacock Sanctuary | Karnataka |
| Bonal Bird Sanctuary | Karnataka |
| Gudavi Bird Sanctuary | Karnataka |
| Kaggaladu | Karnataka |
| Kaggaladu Bird Sanctuary | Karnataka |
| Magadi Bird Sanctuary | Karnataka |
| Mandagadde Bird Sanctuary | Karnataka |
| Puttenahalli Lake | Karnataka |
| Nagi Dam Bird Sanctuary | Bihar |
| Najafgarh drain bird sanctuary | Delhi |
| Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary | Goa |
| Gaga Wildlife Sanctuary | Gujarat |
| Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary | Gujarat |
| Kutch Bustard Sanctuary | Gujarat |
| Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary | Gujarat |
| Porbandar Bird Sanctuary | Gujarat |
| Atapaka Bird Sanctuary | Andhra Pradesh |
| Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary | Andhra Pradesh |
| Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary | Andhra Pradesh |
| Sri Penusila Narasimha Wildlife Sanctuary | Andhra Pradesh |
| Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary | Andhra Pradesh |
| Kondakarla Ava Bird Sanctuary | Andhra Pradesh |
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