Class - 5_Unit - 1 Growing up [A.2 Moday Morning Blues Solution]

A.3. Tick (✓) the appropriate answer.

(i) Tom Sawyer did not want to get up on Monday mornings because 一一

     ◯ it meant going back to school.

     ◯  he wanted to work at home.

     ◯  he did not like Mondays. ✓

     ◯  none of these.

(ii) Tom began to groan loudly because 一一

     ◯ his tooth was loose.                                                 ◯ his feet hurt.

  ✓◯ his toe was sore.                                                       ◯  none of these.

(iii) Aunty Polly was angry with Tom because 一一

       ◯ she did not like Tom.                                             ✓◯ she knew he was telling a lie.

       ◯ she was being unkind to him.                                   ◯ none of these. 

(iv) Aunty Polly asked for a silk thread because 一一

      ◯ she wanted to sew a torn shirt.

      ◯ she wanted to tie it around Tom's toe.

   ✓◯ she wanted to take out Tom's tooth.

      ◯ none of these.

A.4. Mark the following statements with a (✓) if true and (Χ) if false.

       (i) Tom held up his toe for inspection because he wanted to make sure that he could use it as an excuse for not going to school. [✓] 

(ii) Tom was groaning loudly because he wanted to tell everyone that he was enjoying himself.  [Χ]

(iii) The dental instruments that Aunt Polly used were a silk thread and a chunk of fire. [✓]

(iv) Aunt Polly loved Tom a lot. [✓]

(v) Tom felt foolish because his act was caught. [✓]

A.5. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.

       (i)      'Well, one of them's loose and it awfully'.

                  (a) Who is the speaker?

                  Ans:- Tom is the speaker.

                  (b) What is loose?

                  Ans:- Tooth was loose.

        (ii)     'It makes my flesh crawl to hear you. What is the matter?'

                  

                   (a) Who is the speaker?

                    Ans:- Sid is the speaker.

                   (b) 'makes my flesh crawl' 一 what does it mean?

                   Ans:- It means to make anyone affered.

                   

                   (c) What is the matter?

                    Ans:- The simple reason for this is that Tom does not yet go to school. And he scares his friend [sid] by causing a fever reason of a breakdown of his toe. He said he is crying.

 A.6.       Life Skills 

              Why do you think Tom did not like going to school? If you were Tom's friend, how could you counsel/convince him to attend the school regularly?

      

               Ans:- Tom did not like going to school because Tom was not interested in going to school. I would tell him the importance of school as it teaches us about the around us prepare as the future of our nation.

A.7.   Work with your partner. Find words from the story whose synonyms are given below.

         (i) Crying in pain    -      m o a n i n g

         

         (ii) Pretend              -      f a k e

 

         (iii) Terrible            -      a w f u l       

   

         (iv) Excitedly          -      e a r g e r l y

      

         (v) Efforts               -      a t t e m p t s

A.8.     Aunty Polly told Tom, 'You always break my heart'. The word 'break' can be used in many ways when it is succeeded by words like up, down, into, out, e.t.c.

           

            Discuss with your partner ( or look up a dictionary ) and try to understand what the expressions in the Aid Box mean. Then fill in the blanks in the sentences given on the next page. You will have to alter the expressions slightly.

(i) On his way to the office, Mr Pal's car breakdown. There was no one to help him.

(ii) The robbers break open the safe and escaped with a lot of money.

(iii) 'Let's break up for lunch. We'll meet again after an hour at the same place', the Principal announced.

(iv) The thieves break into the house at night when everyone was fast asleep.

(v)  The Municipal Corporation swung into action when they heard that malaria break out in the city. 

A.9.   Some Pairs of words look similar that they get confused with each other. Four such pairs are given below.

         Discuss the meanings of these words with your partner and fill in the blanks appropriately.

  

        (i)   The Wound took a long time to heal.

        (ii)  I think this point needs further discussion.

     

        (iii) The mother gently laid the baby on the grass.

        (iv) Where did you lose the beautiful pen of yours? 

A.10.  Imagine Tom could not attend the school because he had to go to the dentist to get his tooth extracted. He needed to send an application to the principal to get a leave. Help Tom write an application for leave.

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