Class 5 English Santoor Chapter 2 Gone With The Scooter NCERT Solutions
Let us Think (Page 15)
1. What was Gopi doing on the veranda?
Answer:
Gopi was sitting in the veranda and was reading a book.
2. What sound did Gopi hear before he went to the garden?
Answer:
Gopi heard something fall with a thud and rustle through the dry leaves in the garden.
3. Describe Gopi’s search for the ball.
Answer:
Gopi searched for the ball in the thick grass near the garden fence and looked among the bushes, but found nothing. Then, his eyes fell on a heap of dry leaves, where he saw a white ball resting on top.
4. Complete the table given below.
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5. Who grabbed the ball from Gopi? How did the game start?
Answer:
Manoj grabbed the ball from Gopi and became the goalkeeper to start the game. Gopi stood at the centre of the field and passed the ball to Deepak, who drove it towards Ramani. Ramani dribbled it with the hockey stick and sent it to Jay.
6. Why did everyone laugh at the end of the story?
Answer:
Jay hit the ball so hard that it flew past the playground gate and landed in the basket of a passing scooter. The scooterist, unaware of what had happened, drove away, and everyone burst out laughing.
B. Think and answer
1. What would you have done if, like Gopi, you had found a ball that did not belong to you?
Answer:
I would first try to find its owner by asking my friends. If no one claimed it, I would hand it over to an elder so they could return it to the rightful owner.
2. Imagine what happens to the hockey ball after it is taken away by the scooter. Where does it go? Who finds it?
Answer:
The scooterist later notices the hockey ball in the basket and gives it to his son. Delighted, the boy takes it to play with his friends.
3. Notice that the scooterist is wearing a helmet. Why is it important to wear a helmet? Should the pillion rider also wear a helmet?
Answer:
Wearing a helmet is important because it protects our head from injuries in case of an accident. Yes, the pillion rider should also always wear a helmet for safety.
Let us Learn (Page 16)
A. Match the following
Solution:
B. Complete the following story using the words given in the box.
Gopi completed his work …………………… he wanted to go outside and play. …………………… when he reached the playground, nobody was there. …………………… his friends were yet to join him, he decided to take a walk. After 15 minutes, five of them came and everyone started to discuss the games. They decided to play hopscotch …………………… they got to know that Ramani would not be joining them.
Answer:
Gopi completed his work because he wanted to go outside and play. However, when he reached the playground, nobody was there. Since his friends were yet to join him, he decided to take a walk. After 15 minutes, five of them came and everyone started to discuss the games. They decided to play hopscotch when they got to know that Ramani would not be joining them.
C. Read the following sentence
Now encircle the adverbs in the following sentences.
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Let us Speak (Page 20)
1. The teacher starts a story with one sentence. Each student adds a sentence to continue the story.
For example:
Teacher: “Once upon a time, a boy found a magic key.”
Student 1: “The key opened a door to a secret garden.”
Student 2: “In the garden, he saw a talking rabbit.”
2. The title of this textbook is ‘Santoor’. Say the word ‘book’. Next, say the word ‘Santoor’. Do you notice the difference? Although, both the words have ‘oo’ in them, the sound of ‘oo’ in ‘book’ is short; the sound of ‘oo’ in ‘Santoor’ is long.
Say aloud the following words. Encircle the words which have a long ‘oo’ sound.
Solution:
Let us Write (Page 21)
A. By the time the children ran to the gate, the scooter was gone… and so was the ball. They looked at each other and burst into laughter.
Write a possible conversation between Gopi and his friends after this incident?
Gopi: …………………………………………………………………….
Ramani: …………………………………………………………………….
Deepak: …………………………………………………………………….
Manoj: …………………………………………………………………….
Jay: …………………………………………………………………….
Answer:
Gopi: Our ball is gone, the scooter just took it away.
Ramani: It happened so fast, we didn’t even get a chance to stop it.
Deepak: The scooterist didn’t even know what happened.
Manoj: Maybe it will fall off the scooter.
Jay: Maybe the scooterist found it and started playing with it.
B. Form new words by following the examples given below:
Write a sentence using each of these words in your notebook.
Answer:
Sunrise – I woke up early to watch the sunrise.
Sunset – The sunset made the sky look beautiful.
Sunshine – I love playing outside in the sunshine.
Sunflower – The sunflower always faces the sun.
Football – We play football every Saturday.
Volleyball – She is good at playing volleyball.
Basketball – He practices basketball after school.
Baseball – They watched a baseball match on TV.
C. You have already noticed that the word ‘scooter’ has ‘oo’ in the middle. Using the clues given below, write ten words that have ‘ai’ in the middle. One has been done for you?
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