5th English Unit – 1 : Love for Animals

Unit – 1 : Love for Animals

QUESTION AND ANSWERS:

V1
Give the opposites of the following words.

1.  more X less

2.  remember X forget

3.  always X never

4.  first X last

5.  soft X hard

    6.  near X far 

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V3 Find one word for each of the following from the lesson.

1. coming back 

Ans : Returning

2. slow movement of the snake 


Ans : Crawl


3. a place where sages live. 


Ans : Ashram





Comprehension


C1 Answer the following.

1. Where were Lucy and Nithin going?
Ans : Lucy and Nithin are returning home from school.

2. What did they see?
Ans : They saw a man walking with his pet dog.He was trying to talk to his dog and the dog seemed to be answering him by barking.
3. Why were the animals attracted towards Maharshi?
Ans : Even animals were attracted to him. He spoke to them just as he would speak with people.
4.Where did Ramana Maharshi keep the animals?
Ans : Animals lived in his ashram.

5.What happened one day when he was sitting by the hillside?
Ans : A snake crawled over his legs. He didn’t move nor show any fear. Later, someone asked him what he felt like when the snake crawled over his legs. He replied, “cool and soft”.
6.How did he feed the peacocks?
Ans : Ramana Maharshi called the peacocks by making sounds of their cries. Then they would go to him and eat the peanuts.
7.Why did Ramana Maharshi not allow anyone to kill snakes?
Ans : Ramana Maharshi never allowed people to kill snakes in his ashram.“He and we have no right to trouble them. They do not trouble us”
8.Who told stories to Lucy?
Ans : Her Grandmother told stories.

C2 Discuss with your friends and answer the following questions in four to six sentences each.
1. Describe Ramana Maharshi’s love for animals.
Ans : He always fed the animals and birds in the ashram first and then eat.He used to call the dogs as ‘boys’.He used to call the peacocks by making sounds of their cries and feed them with his hands.
2. What did Ramana Maharshi say about killing of snakes ?
Ans : Ramana Maharshi said “we have come to their home and we have no right to trouble them. They do not trouble us”.
Language Exercises
L1 Fill in the blanks with the ‘ ing’ form of the verbs given in the box. Check the spelling of the new words. (play, swim, read, dance, run)
1. The boys are running.

2. I like playing cricket.
3. The fish is swimming in the water.
4. Nalini is reading the newspaper.
5. The girls are dancing.

L2 Rearrange the words to frame meaningful sentences.
All the sentences begin with ‘Ramana Maharshi’.

1. sage / a / Ramana Maharshi / was 
Ans : Ramana Maharshi was a sage.
2. animals and birds/ Ramana Maharshi / loved 
Ans : Ramana Maharshi loved animals and birds.
3. people / to kill / never allowed / snakes / Ramana Maharshi 
Ans : Ramana Maharshi never allowed people to kill snakes.
4. first / animals/ fed / the / Ramana Maharshi 
Ans : Ramana Maharshi first fed the animals





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