NCERT Class 5 English Marigold Unit 4 Solutions
Fill in the blanks with the exact feeling word.
(i) The tourists were ………………………. to see the beautiful Taj Mahal. (amazed / shocked / worried)
(ii) The lights went out suddenly. I was alone and ………………………….. (worried / shocked / frightened)
(iii) He has been ill for a long time and his parents were …………………………. (unhappy / worried / angry)
(iv) The shopkeeper was …………………………….. when he saw his safe wide open with all his money missing. (unhappy / shocked / angry)
Answers
(i) The tourists were amazed to see the beautiful Taj Mahal.
(ii) The lights went out suddenly. I was alone and frightened.
(iii) He has been ill for a long time and his parents were worried.
(iv) The shopkeeper was shocked when he saw his safe wide open with all his money missing.
Learn or teach
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of teach or learn.
(i) Will you …………………………. me chess?
(ii) Mr. Sharma ……………………….. Class VIII.
(iii) The students have …………………………. about ‘road safety.’
(iv) My sister has ………………………… me how to ride a horse.
(v) I have …………………………….. some of the customs of India.
(vi) I …………………………. how to cycle when I was just four years old.
Answers
(i) Will you teach me chess? (We use the first form of the verb after will, shall, would, should, can, could, must etc.)
(ii) Mr. Sharma teaches class VIII. (Mr. Sharma is a singular subject, hence we write ‘teaches’.)
(iii) The students have learned about ‘road safety.’
(iv) My sister has taught me how to ride a horse. (We use the third form of the verb after has, have and had.)
(v) I have learned some of the customs of India. (We use the third form of the verb (V3) after has, have and had.)
(vi) I learned how to cycle when I was just four years old. (We use the past tense here because we are talking about something that happened in the past.)
Choose the correct word and complete the paragraph.
All the class V students of our school ………………………. (were / was) gathering in front of the Principal’s office. They ………………………… (were / was) going for the inter-school race. The bus …………………….. (arrive / arrived) and they ………………………. (leave / left) for the stadium. The runners were ……………………… (taking / taken) to the starting point. The runners ………………………… (take / took) their positions. Sir ……………………….. (blow / blew) the whistle. One student of our school ………………………… (run / ran) fast and ………………………. (come / came) first. Everyone …………………….. (do / did) their best and our school ……………………… (won / wins) the trophy. Everyone ……………………….. (feel / felt / fell) joyous.
Answers
All the class V students of our school were gathering in front of the Principal’s office. They were going for the inter-school race. The bus arrived and they left for the stadium. The runners were taken to the starting point. The runners took their positions. Sir blew the whistle. One student of our school ran fast and came first. Everyone did their best and our school won the trophy. Everyone felt joyous.
Notes
The past continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that was going on at a particular point of time in the past.
- The children were gathering.
- The child was playing in the garden.
- I was reading a novel.
The simple past is used to talk about finished events in the past.
- One student from our school came first.
We use the passive verb form when the action is performed by someone other than the subject.
The children were taken to the stadium. (Here the children do not do anything. They were taken by the teachers to the stadium. That means the teachers took them to the stadium.)
Fill in the blanks using for or since.
(i) I have lived in this house ………………………… I was a baby.
(ii) This big jar has been in our family ……………………………… many years.
(iii) The old banyan tree in the village has been there ………………………. the last 200 years.
(iv) Nobody has seen him ………………………… yesterday.
Answers
(i) I have lived in this house since I was a baby.
(ii) This big jar has been in our family for many years.
(iii) The old banyan tree in the village has been there for the last 200 years.
(iv) Nobody has seen him since yesterday.
Notes
Use since with the starting point. Examples: since Monday, since last week, since January
Use for with durations of time. Examples: for two weeks, for three hours, for ten years
