West Bengal State Board English Text Book Activity Solutions with their proper answers. Also you can watch YouTube videos for text reading solutions with line by line Bengali meaning.

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Lesson 3

Class 5 English Lesson 1 ‘Gandhi, The Mahatma‘ Questions –Answers

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Activity 1

Let’s put a tick (✔) mark to choose the right answer:

a. Gandhiji’s dress angered/surprised the boy.

b. Gandhiji told that he was very poor/rich.

c. The boy’s mother made clothes/shoes.

d. Gandhiji’s family was very large/small.

Answer:

a. Gandhiji’s dress surprised the boy.

b. Gandhiji told that he was very poor.

c. The boy’s mother made clothes.

d. Gandhiji’s family was very large.

Activity 2

Let’s fill in the table with information from the text:

What	Who
a. Visited Mahatma Gandhi
b. Could sew well
c. Had forty crore brothers and sisters

Answer:

What	Who
a. Visited Mahatma Gandhi	A little boy
b. Could sew well	Mother of a little boy
c. Had forty crore brothers and sisters	Mahatma Gandhi

Activity 3

Let’s complete the following sentences with information from the text:

a. Gandhiji visited different places to _______________________ .

b. In Odisha, Gandhiji met a _____________________________.

c. The old woman went near Gandhiji and____________________.

d. Jamanlal asked Gandhiji for ___________________________.

Answer:

a. Gandhiji visited different places to collect funds for India’s freedom struggle.

b. In Odisha, Gandhiji met an old woman.

c. The old woman went near Gandhiji and touched his feet.

d. Jamanlal asked Gandhiji for the coin.

Activity 4

Let’s write ‘T’ for True statements and ‘F’ for False statements:

a. Gandhiji never visited any place.

b. The woman from Odisha wore a new sari.

c. Gandhiji got a coin from the old woman.

d. Jamanlal collected the coin from Gandhiji.

Answer:

a. Gandhiji never visited any place. F

b. The woman from Odisha wore a new sari. F

c. Gandhiji got a coin from the old woman. T

d. Jamanlal collected the coin from Gandhiji. F

Activity 5

Work in pairs to answer the questions:

a) Mention the ideas that filled Gandhiji’s work.

b) Where did Swami Vivekananda speak about unity in all religions ?

c) Who started the Raksha Bandhan as a festival of brotherhood ?

d) How did the three great men become immortal ?

Answer:

a. Thoughts of love, peace & equality filled Gandhiji’s work.

b. Swami Vivekananda spoke about unity in all religions at Chicago.

c. Rabindranath Tagore started the Raksha Bandhan as a festival of brotherhood.

d. The three great men become immortal for their thoughts & works.

Activity 6

Insert suitable punctuation marks in the following passage:

One day a man went to the market ( ) He bought a box ( ) a bat ( ) a ball and a pen from the market. His bag became heavy ( ) Do you know what he did then ( )

He said to a horse ( ) ( ) Please share my load ( ) It is too heavy for me ( ) ( ) The horse replied ( ) ( ) It is your load ( ) Don’t ask me to share it ( ) ( )

Answer:

One day a man went to the market(.) He bought a box, a bat, a ball and a pen from the market. His bag became heavy. Do you know what he did then?

He said to a horse, “ Please share my load. It is too heavy for me.” the horse replied, “It is your load. Don’t ask me to share it.”

Activity 7

Let’s fill in the blanks with the words given in the box:

1. ________do you play with your friends?

2._________Who is your best friend?

3._________Where will you go in the summer vacation?

4.________What did you have as your tiffin?

Answer:

1.When do you play with your friends?

2.Who is your best friend?

3.Where will you go in the summer vacation?

4.What did you have as your tiffin?

Activity 8

Let’s separate the subject and predicate in the following sentences and classify them in the table given below:

1) The boy plays in the field.

2) He is very happy today.

3) The girl stood first this year.

4) The moon revolves round the earth.

Answer:

Subject	Predicate
The boy	plays in the field.
He	is very happy today.
The girl	stood first this year.
The moon	revolves round the earth.

Activity 9

Let’s write ‘a’ or ‘an’ before the words:

1) _____ orange

2) _____ goat

3) _____ man

4) ______ ice-cream

5) _______ airship

6) ______ lake

7) ______ umbrella

8) ______ cricketer

Answer:

1) An orange

2) A goat

3) A man

4) An ice-cream

5) An airship

6) A lake

7) An umbrella

8) A cricketer

Activity 10

Use ‘the’ with the following words or word-clusters and make sentences:

Sun, Indian ocean, eldest son, Indian cricket team

Answer:

Sun: The Sun is actually a ball of fire.

Indian Ocean: The Indian ocean is at the south part of India.

Eldest son: Ram is the eldest son of his family.

Indian cricket team: The Indian cricket team is my favourite cricket team.

Activity 11

Let’s fill in the blanks with suitable articles:

India won____Cricket World cup for the second time in 2011. It was ___ moment of great triumph and ___ event of great inspiration to ____ youth of India. ____ members of team India were hailed as national heroes.

Answer:

India own the Cricket World Cup for the second time in 2011. It was a moment of great triumph and an event of great inspiration to the youth of India. The members of team India were hailed as national heroes.