Lesson 5.
All Summer in a Day
Answer in a word or two : 1x5=5
Qus. What will happen today?
Qus. How long had it been raining?
Qus. Which planet is referred to here?
Qus. How did men and women come to Venus ?
Qus. From where did they come to Venus ?
[2] Read the passage and answer the question :
a. Tick(✔) the correct and cross (x) the wrong alternative: 1x5=5
(i) All the children were nine-year old except two ( )
(ii) The sun rose just for an hour. ( )
(iii) The rain stopped before the rising of the sun. ( )
(iv) The children lived in an underground city. ( )
(v) The children wrote poems on the sun the day before the rising of the sun. ( )
b. Match the speaker with their speech/dialogue: 1×5=5
[3] Read the passage and answer to the questions :
a. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences: 1x5=5
1. The summertime lasted only-
(i) one hour ( ), (ii) two hours, ( ), (iii) three hours ().
2. Venus was covered with-
(i) desert (),(ii) jungle ( ) (iii) water ()
3. The children played-
(i) football (),(ii) Ice-skating ( ), (iii) Hide and seek ( )
4. All the children were-
(i) Satisfied in playing (), (ii) Not satisfied in playing ( ), (iii) Happy ().
5. The colour of the jungle was-
(i) rummer (),(ii) ash and ink (), (iii) rubber, ash and ink ( )
b. Rearrange the jumbled up sentences: 1x5=5
(i) The children put off their jackets.
(ii) They breathed the fresh air.
(iii) The children were running in the sun.
(iv) They stopped running.
(v) They played hide and seek.
[4] Read the text and answer to the questions:
Answer the following questions within 15 words: 1x5=5
Qus. What was there in the palm of the girl?
Qus. Where did the sun fade ?
Qus. Why did the children stop playing?
Qus. Why were the children startled ?
Qus. How did the darkness come?
Textual Questions
EXERCISE - 1
Tick (✔) the correct alternative from given below: 1x5=5
Qus. When the children felt warm in the sun they took off their-
(a) jackets [ ], (b) sweaters [ ], (c) blazers [ ], (d) coats [ ].
Qus. The children came to know that the sun would come out' after-
(a) two years [ ], (b) six years [ ], (c) seven years [ ], (d) nine years [ ].
Qus. The children learned that the sun was like a/an-
(a) lemon [ ], (b) apple [ ], (c) orange [ ], (d) guava [ ]
Qus. The children had long forgotten the colour of the -
(a) Earth [ ], (b) Sun [ ], (c) Venus [ ], (d) Moon [ ]
Qus. Men and women came from the Earth to Venus by -
(a) aeroplanes [ ], (b) helicopters [ ], (c) rockets [ ],
(d) satellites [ ].
EXERCISE - 2
Answer the following questions within 15 words: 1x4 = 4
Qus. Where did the children plays?
Qus. How did the jungle in Venus look?
Qus. How did the heavy storms affect the islands of Venus?
Qus. What did the children write about the sun?
EXERCISE - 3
Answer the following questions within 25 words: 2x3=6
Qus. Why do you think that the children were feeling unhappy when it started raining again?
Qus. What did the children do immediately after the rain stopped ?
Qus. Why were the children eager to see the sun?
Grammar in use
EXERCISE - 5
Do as directed: 1×6=6
Qus. The sky was overcast but it didn't rain. (Complex)
Qus. The girl who is dancing on the stage is my sister. (Compound)
Qus. I met my friend and told her about an incident (Simple)
Qus. I have a blue pen. (Complex sentence)
Qus. Seeing a snake, the boy shouted. (Compound)
Qus. I know a man who is very wise. (Simple)
Composition
EXERCISE - 6
Write a letter within 100 words to the postmaster of your locality informing him about the loss of an important letter addressed to you, and requesting him to help you get it.
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