2. Daydreams
Complete textbook exercise solutions — Maharashtra State Board (Balbharati), Grade Five English.
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This is a reading and copying activity. Read these words aloud, then copy them neatly in your notebook: idle, enough, exclaimed, commotion, astounded, antics, wander, wielding.
(1) What did the husband want to buy?
The husband wanted to buy a few cows if he happened to get some extra money.
(2) What plans did the wife make?
The wife imagined that so many cows would give plenty of milk, and that they could make dahi, butter and ghee from it. She planned to use her earthen pots one by one: one for milk, one for dahi, one for butter, another jar for ghee, and the last pot to send milk to her sister.
(3) What did the husband want to do with the extra milk?
The husband wanted to sell the extra milk in the market. He said he would decide what to do with the milk and that not a drop of it would go to his wife’s sister.
(4) What did Gopal Bhand say he was doing?
Gopal Bhand said he was driving away the couple’s greedy cows, which had wandered off and ruined his field of beans and cucumbers.
(5) Did Gopal Bhand have a field?
No, Gopal Bhand did not have a field of beans and cucumbers. The husband himself pointed this out.
(6) What did Gopal Bhand want to tell the husband and wife?
Gopal Bhand wanted to tell them that they were quarrelling over something that did not exist. Just as he had no field, they had no cows and no milk. They had been fighting over an imaginary situation and had broken their earthen pots for nothing.
(7) What is the difference between a ‘dream’ and a ‘daydream’?
A dream is what we see in our mind while we are asleep, and we cannot control it. A daydream is what we imagine while we are awake, usually pleasant thoughts or plans about things we wish for, which may never really happen.
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(1) Form groups of three and read the conversation in the story aloud.
This is a classroom reading activity. In each group, take the parts of the husband, the wife and the narrator (or Gopal Bhand), and read with proper expression.
(2) Write about your own daydream in short.
Sometimes, during a boring afternoon, I daydream that I am a famous cricketer walking into a huge stadium. Thousands of people cheer my name, and I hit the winning six in the last over of the final match. Then my teacher calls out my name, and I realise I am still sitting in my classroom!
(3) Begin with a word and write as many other related words or ideas as you can, in the form of a concept chart or concept map.
This is a drawing activity. Write the chosen word in a circle in the middle of your page and draw branches to the related words. Here is an example for the word ‘food’.
- food
- fruits → mango, banana, apple
- vegetables → potato, spinach, tomato
- grains → rice, wheat, jowar
- drinks → milk, juice, water
- meals → breakfast, lunch, dinner
- kitchen → stove, utensils, cook
• That’s true!
- When a friend makes a correct point during a discussion.
- When the teacher explains a fact and you agree with it.
- When someone points out your mistake and you accept it.
• Wouldn’t it be lovely!
- When you are planning a holiday trip with your family.
- When you imagine having a pet puppy of your own.
- When it starts raining and you wish for a surprise holiday from school.
• Just try stopping me!
- When a friend challenges you to a race and you are determined to win it.
- When you have decided to finish a difficult task and someone says you cannot do it.
- When you are playfully teasing a friend before a game.
(1) From the story, find at least three phrases each that begin with or include each of the articles ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’.
- a: a couple a lot of time a few cows a lot of work
- the: the husband the milk the market the earthen pots
- an: an earthen pot an extra pot an idle couple
Note: The article ‘an’ does not actually appear in the story. The phrases given for ‘an’ are made with words from the story (earthen, extra, idle).
(2) Choose ‘a’ or ‘an’ correctly and fill in the blanks.
- an earthen pot
- a cow
- a jar
- a sister
- a stout stick
- a lovely field
- an eyebrow
Note: Use ‘an’ before a word that begins with a vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u), and ‘a’ before a word that begins with a consonant sound.
(3) Write the plural forms of the following.
- cow — cows
- pot — pots
- jar — jars
- sister — sisters
- market — markets
- drop — drops
- stick — sticks
- corner — corners
- field — fields
- cucumber — cucumbers