Class 5 English

Flying Together

Exercise Questions

Let’s Read

Question 1: Where did the geese live?

Answer: The geese lived on a tall tree.

Question 2: Why did the old bird advice the other birds to destroy the creeper?

Answer: The old bird said that it was easy to destroy the creeper while it was still small. Once it would grow up, it would climb atop the tree. Then any hunter could easily climb the tree with the help of creeper. Then the hunter would finish off all the geese.

Question 3: Why did the geese cry, “Help Help”?

Answer: When the geese were trapped, they feared for their life. So, they were crying for help.

Question 4: What did the hunter do when he thought that the geese were dead?

Answer: When the hunter thought that the geese were dead, he started throwing them to the ground.

Question 5: Why did the geese pretend to be dead?

Answer: The wise goose advised them to pretend to be dead. Thinking them dead, the hunter would throw them on the ground. Once the last geese would be thrown, all of them could fly away to safety. So, the geese pretended to be dead.

Question 6: Describe one incident when you got into trouble because you did not do your work on time.

Answer: Once I did not do my homework. I was admonished by my teacher in the class. I felt very bad.

State whether the following statements are True of False

  1. The tree was the house of a flock of parrots.
  2. The wise old bird wanted the creeper to be destroyed.
  3. The hunter climbed the tree with the help of a ladder.
  4. When caught in the net the foolish birds began to weep.
  5. The wise old bird helped them to escape.

Answer: (a) False, (b) True, (c) False, (d) True, (e) True

Let’s Write

Question 1: Following words describe something or someone in the story. Name them in the blanks provided. Make sentences of your own with the given words.

(a) Wise

Answer: Wise goose

There was a wise sage living in jungle.

(b) Careless

Answer: Geese

Golu is a careless boy.

(c) Thick and Strong

Answer: Creeper

The trunk of a tree is thick and strong.

(d) Foolish

Answer: Geese

Donkey is a foolish animal.

(e) Tall

Answer: Tree

Giraffes are very tall.

Question 3: Fill in the blanks with prepositions such as to, at, off, on, in, into, with

This tree was the home of a flock of wild geese.

  1. He noticed the creeper ……….. the foot of the tree.
  2. “It would be a pity …………… destroy it now.”
  3. As they flew ………… the tree they were trapped.
  4. The boy ran ………… the dog.
  5. The frogs jumped …………the well.
  6. The girl was thrilled …………to see her new bicycle.
  7. The birds were caught ………..the net.
  8. The children walked ………….the bridge.

Answer: (a) at, (b) to, (c) into, (d) with, (e) into, (f) to, (g) in, (h) on

Question 4: Complete the paragraph with suitable words from the following list:

Around, Across, With, Along, To, After, Next to, Into, From

One day, as I was walking ………(a)…….the bank of the river, I saw my friend running ……(b)……..the field. He was calling my name and waving ……(c)……me. I stopped and waited. ……(d)…….Sometime he reached where I was standing.

Answer: (a) along, (b) across, (c) to, (d) after

He said, “I went all ……(e)……..the town looking for you. I have some exciting news to share ……(f)…..you. Do you remember the old house ……(g)……..the neem tree? Guess who is moving ……(h)……that house? Janak Das, the great magician. Now we can learn lots of magic tricks …(i)…….him.

Answer: (e) around, (f) with, (g) next to, (h) into, (i) from

Question 5: Fill in the blanks given below with question words. For example, where do you live?

  1. ……….do you play?
  2. …………..do you get up?
  3. …………do you have for breakfast?
  4. …………….do you go to school?
  5. ……………do you like best in the school – games, art or music?
  6. ………….is your birthday?
  7. …………….do you want for your birthday?

Answer: (a) Where, (b) When, (c) What, (d) When, (e) What, (f) When, (g) What

Question 6: Reference to context

“Well there’s no hurry, the creeper is very small, it would be a pity to destroy it now.”

(a) Who said this?

Answer: Geese

(b) To whom was it said?

Answer: Wise goose

(c) When was it said?

Answer: When the wise goose told them to destroy the creeper.

“So this is where the wild geese live.”

(a) Who said this?

Answer: Hunter

(b) To whom was it said?

Answer: He said it to himself.

(c) When was it said?

Answer: When he saw the tree.