MAK LABS — Class 5 English Chapter 1 Papa’s Spectacles — Question Answers

AAnswer the following questions.

1. What is Papa searching for?
Papa is searching for his spectacles.

2. What are the possible places where Papa can find it?
Papa can find his spectacles in his pockets, under his chair or near the window.

3. At last, where does Papa find his lost item?
At last, Papa finds his spectacles on his own head.

BThink and discuss.

1. Apart from reading, guess some other chores that Papa cannot do without the spectacles.

Sample answer

Without his spectacles, Papa cannot watch TV or cut vegetables. He cannot use his mobile phone. He cannot sew a button or drive a car.

2. What makes your papa happy?

Sample answer

My papa is happy when we all have dinner together. He is also happy when I do well in school.

3. Make a list of things as instructed below.

Things generally misplaced at your home	Who helps in finding these misplaced things?
Keys	Mother
TV remote	My sister
Spectacles	Me
Socks	Grandmother

How would you express your gratitude to them?
I would say “Thank you” to them. I would also help them in their work.

Things generally misplaced at your school	Who helps in finding these misplaced things?
Pencil and eraser	My friend
Water bottle	Class teacher
Notebook	Class monitor
Lunch box	School helper

How would you express your gratitude to them?
I would thank them politely. I could share my snacks with my friend or make a thank-you card.

These are sample answers. Write the things that you and your family really misplace.

AArrange the words in ascending order (smallest or lightest first, biggest or heaviest last).

1. Handkerchief, Towel, Sari, Bedsheet
2. Cherry, Strawberry, Apple, Watermelon
3. Fourteen, Twenty-nine, Forty-seven, Ninety-one
4. Sparrow, Crow, Hen, Eagle
5. Squirrel, Rabbit, Ox, Elephant

Two more examples:

6. Mouse, Cat, Dog, Horse
7. Pea, Lemon, Mango, Pumpkin

BFill in the blanks and complete the phrases with ‘a pair of’.

1. a pair of socks
2. a pair of gloves
3. a pair of scissors
4. a pair of trousers
5. a pair of earrings
6. a pair of spectacles
7. a pair of slippers

CEncircle the word that is spelt correctly.

1. water
2. vegetables
3. balloon
4. house
5. elephant
6. spectacles
7. carpenter
8. fruit
9. receive
10. principal

DComplete the story using the correct prepositions.

My father has a habit of keeping his spectacles in random places. Last week, he could not find his spectacles and looked around the house. We checked the big box that reached above our waists. My father looked for the spectacles among the newspapers kept on the table. He continued searching for two hours before finally giving up. He sat down on the bed after giving one final look to the room and said with a sigh, ‘Looks like it is time to get a new pair.’

EComplete the crossword puzzle.

Across

2. Not far, it’s NEARBY
6. I want CLEAN clothes, not the dirty ones.
8. Not inside, play OUTSIDE.
9. When it’s not bright, it’s DARK.

Down

1. I said no but he said YES.
3. Something small is not BIG.
4. Don’t be sad, be HAPPY.
5. You are slow, she is FAST.
6. Not hot, she likes COLD coffee.
7. Not bought, but SOLD.

The grid for 2 Across has six boxes, so the answer is ‘NEARBY’. Its letter B also starts 3 Down (BIG).

Say aloud the word you use for ‘father’ in your language. Make a list of such words.

Sample answer

Baba, Bapu, Pitaji, Appa, Abba, Nanna, Bauji, Daddy.

Encircle the pairs in which the words sound different.

Words sound different:

pair – peer
bed – bad
fair – fear
where – were
cold – could
knot – note
dare – dear
fill – feel

Words sound the same: ate – eight, knot – not, fair – fare, hair – hare, sun – son, deer – dear, heal – heel, wood – would.

Write the poem Papa’s Spectacles in the form of a story. Start: Today, my father is unhappy …

Sample answer

Today, my father is unhappy. He has lost his spectacles. It is his only pair. He cannot read the newspaper. He cannot watch TV or cut the vegetables. He checks his pockets. He looks under his chair. He searches near the window. He looks everywhere, but he cannot find them. I go close to him and smile. I say, “Stop, Papa! Your spectacles are right there on your head!” Papa laughs, and we all laugh with him.

AFun with matchsticks. Move 3 matchsticks to make 3 squares.

Take away the top-left square by moving its matchsticks. Now three squares are left — two squares in the bottom row and one square on the top right. They make an ‘L’ shape.

BLook at the flame. Touch the red star with the tip of your nose and look at the candle.

This is a fun activity. Try it yourself — the flame seems to sit on the candle!

CLook carefully. Can you find ‘d’?

Yes. The letter ‘d’ is in the fourth row, second place from the left.

Just for Fun — Riddle: I go to the market, I lovingly bring you home, I sit in front of you, and I cry, cry, cry. What is it?

Answer: Onion

Chapter 1: Papa’s Spectacles

Let us Think

Let us Learn

Let us Speak

Let us Listen

Let us Write

Let us Do