ENGLISH

CLASS V SET-4

MODEL ACTIVITY TASKS

CLASS V

LESSON – 5 : “MY SCHOOL DAYS”

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

I was not very good at sports. But I could draw very well. As a result, I became the favourite of our drawing teacher, Ashubabu. He was given the charge of decorating the hall for the annual prize-distribution ceremony. He also conducted an event called ‘Music drawing’. For this event, there would be a blackboard and coloured chalks on a table. A student would sing a song and another would draw a picture on the blackboard, trying to capture in lines and colour the essence of the song. In this way, through many such happy and memorable episodes, I spent six years of my school life.

ACTIVITY 1

Tick the correct alternatives :

(a) Ashubabu was the --- i) music teacher, ii) English teacher iii) drawing teacher.

(b) The writer could --- i) draw well, ii) play well, iii) sing well.

ACTIVITY 2

Answer the following questions in a complete sentence ( in about 10-15 words ) :

(a) Why did the writer become favourite of Ashubabu?

Ans: The writer could draw very well. So he became the favourite of Ashubabu.

(b) How long did the writer spend his life in school?

Ans: The writer spent six years of his life in school.

(c) Which charge was given to Ashubabu?

Ans: Ashubabu was given the charge of decorating the hall for the annual prize-distribution ceremony.

ACTIVITY 3

Fill in the blanks with the words given in the list below ( one word is given extra ) :

(a) Our Darjeeling tour was truly a memorable experience.

(b) The boy is trying to capture the bird with a net.

[ List : capture, event, favourite, memorable ]

ACTIVITY – 4

Fill in the blanks with the present and past continuous tenses of the verbs given in brackets :

(a) The little children are playing (play) in the ground.

(b) It was raining rain) all night yesterday.

ENGLISH CLASS V - MODEL ACTIVITY TASKS (SET-4)

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