The Stork and the Fox class 5 Questions and Answers

The Stork and the Fox class 5 Questions and Answers: The Stork and the Fox is the lesson no 4 from Beginners English class 5 SCERT, Assam. Here you can read The Stork and the Fox class 5 Questions and Answers. 

The Stork and the Fox Questions and Answers

ACTIVITIES

1.Let's see how much we have understood. Choose the correct answer:

a) The box invited the stork for

i) Lunch

ii) breakfast

iii) dinner

iv) tea

Ans: Lunch

b) The stork requested the fox to serve his food in

i) a plate

ii) a cup

iii) a pot

iv) a bowl

Ans: a plate

c) The stork served the food in 

i) a pot

ii) a bowl

iii) a plate

iv) a glass tumbler

Ans: a pot

d) The fox could not eat the meal served by the stork because

i) the meal was not tasty

ii) he was not feeling well

iii) the food was hot

iv) the pot in which the food was served had a long and thin neck.

Ans: The pot in which the food was served had a long and thin neck.

2. Write the answers:

a) Who invited the stork for lunch ?

............................................................................ 

b) What was the utensil in which the fox served the meal ?

............................................................................ 

c) Why did not the stork respond to the fox's request ?

............................................................................ 

Ans:

a) The fox invited the stork for lunch

b) The fox served the meal on a plate.

c) The stork did not respond to the fox's request because the fox had treated the stork in the same way at his home.

3. Read the meal timetable of the stork:

    Meal             Time

Breakfast        8:30 a.m.

Lunch              1:00 p.m.

Dinner             9:00 p.m.

a) At what time does the stork have his lunch ?

b) What does the stork have at 8:30 a.m.?

Ans:

a) Stork have his lunch at 1.00 p.m.

b) Stork have his breakfast At 8:30 a.m.

4. Works in pairs:

Ask each other the following questions about your favourite dish.

a) What is your favourite dish                   b) Who cooks it for you ? 

c) What ingredients are used to make it ? d) Why do you like it ?

Ans: 

a) My favourite dish is chicken and rice.

b) My mother cooks it for me

c) Onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, green chilies, coriander, black pepper, cinnamon, chicken etc.

d) I like the taste of chicken.

The Stork and the Fox Beginners English Questions and Answers

5. Read the following sentences:

Fox: i) Would you come to my place for lunch tomorrow ? 

         ii) May I have a plate please ? 

The first sentence is used to make an invitation. The second is used to make a request. 

Now, read the sentences below and say which one is used to make an invitation and which one used to make a request. 

Stork: i) Could you come to house for dinner today ? 

            ii) Will you please give me the food in a pot ? 

Ans: i) Invitation       ii) Request

6. Work in pairs and make invitations and request using the clues in the brackets:

a) Will you .................................. (give, pen)? 

b) Would you .................................. (like, some chocolate)? 

c) Could you .................................. (come, my house)? 

d) May I .................................. (play, you)? 

Ans:

a) Will you please give me a pen ? 

b) Would you like to have some chocolate ? 

c) Could you come to my house ? 

d) May I play with you ?

7. Bina is Rohit's sister. They along with their parents are at their uncle's place in Tezpur for Magh Bihu. Now they are having tea. Let's read their conversation:

1. Ummm! This ghila pitha is very tasty.

2. Bina, take some more.

3. I love the til pitha and the laru. I will have a few more.

4. The sira with doi is delicious. And the gur is very good. Bhaiti, from where have you bought it?

5. Dada, i bought it from the weekly market. I have packed a kilo of gur for you to take home.

6. That's lovely!

7. We are having such tasty pithas and larus after a long time.

8. Let's see how much we have understood:

a) Who visited whom and on what occasion ?

b) What are the people in the picture doing ?

c) What did Bina's aunt say to Bina ?

d) What did Binas's uncle offer to his brother ?

Ans: 

a) Rohit and Bina along with their parents visited their uncle's place in Tezpur on the occasion of Magh Bihu.

b) They are having their Tea.

c) Bina’s aunty said bina to take some more, ‘Ghila pitha’.

d) He offers packed of gur for his brother.

9. Answer the following questions in a serial order to complete the narration of a recent visit you made to your friends' relative's place:

a) Where did you go and when ?

Ans: On last Monday, I visited my maternal uncle’s house at Tezpur.

 

b) Who did you visit and with whom ?

Ans: I visited my Maternal uncle's place with my parents.

c) How did the host behave when he/she saw you ?

Ans: My Uncle and his family was very happy to see me after a long time. They hosted me very well.

d) What did you do there ?

Ans: There we all enjoyed a lot. We went to famous park of the town we enjoyed a lot there.

e) What did you talk about ?

Ans: We talked about our childhood days.

f) What did you eat ?

Ans: Sweets Potatoes, Motor paneer.

g) Did you like the food and why ?

Ans: Yes, very much.

h) How did you feel ?

Ans: Very nice.

The Stork and the Fox Questions and Answers SCERT Assam

10. While going back home, Bina Rohit and their parents stopped at a tea stall to have tea and snacks. This is the menu that they were given. Read it aloud:

          MENU                              MENU

Cutlet Rs. 30                       Ghila Pitha Rs. 5

Paratha Rs. 20                    Tel Pitha Rs. 5

Puri Rs. 20                           Narikal laru Rs. 5

Chop Rs. 10                        Til Pitha Rs. 5

Samosa Rs. 10                   Sira doi Rs .20

Porridge Rs. 30                  Black Tea Rs. 5

Imagine that you are at this tea stall. Which of the above food items will you have ? Count and say how much money you will have to pay.

Ans: I will have Paratha. I will have to pay Rs.20.

11. Draw your favourite food and colour it:

12. Bina shows this advertisement to her father:

Bina tells her father, "This is an advertisement for snacks sold by Jalpan. I like the ghila pithas. Let's order some. If we buy Pithas for Rs.100 or more we will get 50% off."

14. Find words ending with 'ly' from the word grid below:

Ans: (a) Quietly (b) Loudly (c) Slowly (d) Softly (e)Happily.

The Stork and the Fox class 5, Lesson 4 Questions and Answers

15. Bina has drawn the following picture in a drawing competition.

Bina has to write a paragraph of five sentences about the picture. Work in pairs and help her in writing the paragraph. You may use the words from the box below.

One the eve of Magh Bihu    celebrate    community feast merry-making    gather    people   Uruka     food items

Ans: The Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu is one of the most important community festivals in Assam. It is celebrated with community feasts after the annual harvest. The night before Magh Bihu is called Uruka, It is the night of feasts and merry-making. People in villages and in many areas gather and build temple like structures, it is called Bhelaghor or Meji. On the eve of Magh Bihu women folk get ready for the next day with food items like Pitha, Laru, mah-karai, takeli pitha, sunga pitha, sunga saul, bora rice at home and barious dishes, vegetables, fish, eggs and meat items are made. 

16. a) Write in the oval below the name of a festival that you celebrate:

Ans: Bihu.

Pick up any four points related to the festival from the box below and complete the word web with appropriate words.

Special dress, gifts , time of celebration, special food, rituals, places of celebration, the reason of celebration.

16. b) Among the four points which one will you choose first and then next ? Write them below accordingly:

i) ____________________ ii) ____________________

iii) ____________________ iv) ____________________

Ans: i) places of celebration     ii) reason for celebration

         iii) time of celebration        iv) special food

16. c) Now, make sentences using the above points to form a paragraph and write in your notebook.

Ans: Bihu is national festival of Assam. People in Assam observed three Bihus in a year, but among the three Bihus Magh bihu or Bhogali Bihu and Bohag Bihu or Rangali Bihu has great significance on the people of Assam. Magh bihu is celebrated in January, Bohag bihu is celebrated in April and Kati bihu in November. The special foods made during this festival are Pitha, chira with doi, etc. Bohag Bihu celebrates the beginning of the sowing of the seeds. Kati Bihu for the fulfillment of the sowing and Bhogali is celebrated during the arrival of harvesting time.

17. Pick up any one card from below and say two or three sentences about it:

Your Favourite Food            Your best friend

Your Favourite Festival       Your best friend

Bihu                                        Summer Vacation

Summer Vacation

Ans: Our summer vacation starts from July to 1st of August. Last summer vacation I went to Tezpur along with my parents. I like summer vacation very much because I get some more time and enjoy at home. 

18. Rohit is in Guwahati to participate in a debating competition. Rohit's friends Jabin and Hardip are talking about Rohit's chance of winning the competition.

Now, read the answers that Jabin gives and make the question that Rohit asks.

1. How ................................. 

2. He has prepared himself for the competition fully.

3. How ................................. 

4. He presents his ideas clearly.

5. How ..................................... 

6. He speaks confidently in front of an audience.

Ans: 

1. How Rohit is preparing himself for the debate competition ?

2. He has prepared himself for the competition fully.

3. How he presents his ideas ?

4. He presents his ideas clearly.

5. How he speaks in front of an audience ?

6. He speaks confidently in front of an audience.

19. Some of us are good at painting, singing, dancing, etc. Work in pairs and ask each other what you are good at. Also say how well you do it.

20. Read what happened to the stork in the house of the fox:

(a) He looked at his plate hungrily.

Now, read how the fox left the house of the stork.

(b) He left the place sadly.

    The underlined words in sentences a) and b) say how something is done.