NCERT solutions for English - Marigold Class 5 chapter 17 - The Little Bully [Latest edition]

Why did all the children hate Hari?

“Nobody took Hari’s hand. Nobody went near him. Nobody played with him.” This shows that Hari had.

Which of the following actions would make a friendly person? Write them down.

• Respecting other people.
• Eating a small child’s tiffin.
• Calling people rude names.
• Pushing a smaller boy and making him cry.
• Being helpful to everyone.
• Helping your classmates in school.
• Mocking at friends and hurting their feelings.
• Protecting a weaker person.

Actions which would make a friendly person.

Find out words which are opposites or are closest to being the opposites of the words given below. Then write down the opposites in the grid.

Hari was pinched till he was black and blue. ‘Black and blue’ means

‘I shan’t pinch anyone anymore’. Shan’t means.

Give the full forms of

won’t ______
weren’t ______
wouldn’t ______
couldn’t ______.

A girl was sitting quietly beside him. Hari leapt to his feet, crying loudly.

The words quietly and loudly tell us how an action is being done.

Find five more words ending in -ly which denote how something is done.

Add - ly to the following words.

Now can you make sentences with these words?

Let’s practice with P and F.

Complete the blank with rhyming word of the following and practice aloud.

bruise- c ______

Complete the blank with rhyming word of the following and practice aloud.

Carriage m ______.

Complete the blank with rhyming word of the following and practice aloud.

Prawn- d ______

Complete the blank with rhyming word of the following and practice aloud.

Creatures- fe ______.

Complete the blank with rhyming word of the following and practice aloud.

Teachers - pr ______.

Complete the blank with rhyming word of the following and practice aloud.

Vowed - c ______.

How did the seaside creatures, the crab, the lobster, etc. teach Hari a lesson? Write in a few lines.

Read these sentences carefully.

I ate an apple.
A boy is standing under the tree.
The sun rises in the east.
A and an do not point out any definite or particular person or thing whereas, the is used when we speak of some particular person or thing. A, an, and the are called articles. Remember an is used before words beginning with a vowel a, e, i, u.

Now fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.

1. Hari was ______________ unpopular boy.
2. The boys and girls went ______ to seaside for a picnic.
3. He saw ______ big crab coming towards him.
4. I found ______ empty bottle, floating in the water.
5. ______ sea creatures ate his food.

A crab has a hard shell whereas a frog does not have one. There are many animals that protect themselves from their enemies with their outer cover/shells/quills.

In the box given below are the names of some animals. Encircle the ones that can protect themselves with their hard cover.

Now paste/draw the picture of anyone's animal. Write five lines about it.

Can you tell the difference between a turtle and a tortoise? Write a few lines.

Describe what is happening in the picture. Use is/are and ____ ing to make your sentences. Clues are given in the box.

For example, Krishna is swinging.

1. Mary _____________ up the slide.
2. Hari ______ and boxing her.
3. Little Bitoo ______ a lollipop.
4. Rita _______ down the slide.

Imagine what the children will do in the playground tomorrow. You can take some hints from the words given in the box. e.g. John will play kabbadi tomorrow.

Work in groups of four. See the picture of a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean.

Suppose you went deep-sea diving. What would you find? Think of all the words that come to your mind, then build a paragraph. Share your story with other groups.