ENGLISH WORKSHEET FOR FA1 REVISION

CLASS V

Write the meaning of

blaze : __________________________________________________________________________
trundling : _______________________________________________________________________
mounds : ________________________________________________________________________
frosty-fizz : ______________________________________________________________________
cluster : _________________________________________________________________________
in a fix : _________________________________________________________________________
flash across the mind : ______________________________________________________________
lo and behold : ____________________________________________________________________
traditional feast : __________________________________________________________________
delicious : ________________________________________________________________________
chopping - ________________________________________________________________________
shoot - ___________________________________________________________________________
couple - __________________________________________________________________________
hoop - ___________________________________________________________________________
passes - __________________________________________________________________________
relay race - _______________________________________________________________________
baton - ___________________________________________________________________________
geese - ___________________________________________________________________________
creeper - __________________________________________________________________________
winding - _________________________________________________________________________
muttered - _________________________________________________________________________
flapped - __________________________________________________________________________
teamwork - ________________________________________________________________________
India-rubber ball - ___________________________________________________________________
Buttercup - _________________________________________________________________________
Arrant - ___________________________________________________________________________

1. In which season is ice cream popular?

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2. Who feels joyful on seeing the Ice-cream Man?

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3. Name the different flavours of ice cream the Ice-cream Man has in his cart.
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4. What are the two things that the Ice-cream Man is selling?
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5. What is the ice-cream cart compared to in the poem?

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What do the following words describe in the poem?

joyful ______________________________________________
little ______________________________________________

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round ______________________________________________

Circle the words where you get a zzzzz sound.

price prize maze face
rice rise blaze fizz
lazy lacy busy racy
raise rays race ace
chase this these frosty

What are the describing words used in the poem for the following?
____________________ mounds
____________________ flavour
____________________ cluster

Write about some of the exciting and enjoyable things that one can do in the winter season.
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List as many summer activities as you can.

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What is the traditional dish of Kerala? ____________________

A recipe is a list of directions to prepare a dish. Write the steps for the preparation of Avial.
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Make new words by adding/dropping a few letters from the root word.

-ed -ing -er -est

pound
try
large
new
tasty
wise
stare
clean

1. What were the preparations in the palace for?

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2. Why did the Maharaja go into the kitchen in the afternoon?

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3. What had the cook planned to do with the vegetable scraps?

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4. What did the Maharaja order?
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5. Why did the Maharaja ask the cook to do with vegetable scraps?
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6. What new dish did the cook make with the vegetable scraps?
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Ingredients are the things that are used to make a dish. Circle the ingredients of in the box below.
chillies groundnut wood vegetable scraps
coconut roasted peanuts curd pot
garlic broken bangles basket curry leaves

Choose five things that you do when you reach home from school. Write them in order.
pack school bag put away school bag have lunch
read a story book chat with mummy about school
sleep for a while wash up do the home work
watch TV go to play change out of school uniform

First, I_______________________________________________.

Then, I_______________________________________________.

Next, I_______________________________________________.

After that, I__________________________________________.

Finally, I __________________________________________.

Write the rhyming word:

Corn - ________ no - _________ mire - _________ toy - _________
book - _________ bad - _________ page - _________ bone - _________ cow - _________
morning _______________ high _______________ has _______________
car _______________ boots _______________ when _______________
heat _______________ where _______________ walk _______________

Write opposite words for the words a given below:

fresh - _______ guest - ________ command - _________

enter - _______ clean - ________ huge - ________

new - _______ near - _______ dirty - ________

Complete the sentences meaningfully.

(i) The bridegroom left with the door of his in-laws' house because it was made of ______________ and
there was no bamboo in his ______________.

(ii) The bridegroom was unable to have bamboo curry in the end because ______________

Write past tense for –

drive - ________ lash - _________ go - _________ come - _________ eat - ________
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drink - _________ sing - _________ write - _________ draw - ________ read - _________

cry - _________ roll - _________ hide - _________ call - _________ meet - _________

order - __________ prepare - _________ survey - _________ ask - ________ command - ________

walk - _________ flash - _________ clean - ________ wash - _______ add - __________

start - _________ whip - _________ decorate - _________ serve - _______ enter - _________

visit - _________ cook - _________ remember - ________ point - ________ boil - _________

taste - _________ laugh - _________ remove - __________ chop - ________ shock - ________

carry - _________ make - ________ tell - _________ say - ______ marry - __________

Word hunt: Fill in the blanks with words from the story.
(i) The bridegroom went to visit his ______________ .
(ii) The mother-in-law pointed _________ _________the bamboo door.
(iii) He stayed the night ____________ his in-laws.
(iv) He carried the __________ __________back with him.
(v) The curry was made _________ bamboo shoots.

Give the other gender:

Father-in law – Bridegroom –
Maharaja – Husband –
Sister-in-law – Uncle –

Write the new word on the line.

1. sleepy(est) _____________ 2. pretty (est) _____________ 3. soft (er) _____________
4. crazy(est) _____________ 5. loud (er) _____________ 6. tough (est) ____________
7. bright (er) _____________ 8. sad (er) _____________ 9. lucky (est)_____________
10. nasty (er) _____________ 11. lazy (est) _____________ 12. tiny (er)_____________
13. scary (est) _____________ 14. dark (er) _____________ 15. strong (est)_____________
16. weak (er) _____________ 17. jolly (est) _____________ 18. fast (er)_____________
19. lovely (est) _____________ 20. sweet (er) _____________
Put the letters in the right order to make a word:
ilesm: _________ norming :____________ mrala : ___________
edorns : __________ ocklc : ____________ wodwin : __________
xaelr” __________ yadot : __________ pesle : ____________
Read the following passages and answer the questions given below.
Once a crow and a deer were close friends. The crow had his nest on the branch of a tree. The deer’s home
was near a meadow. One day a fox saw the deer, standing alone near the tree. His mouth watered. He said to
himself, “How delightful it would be if I could get this deer for my meal!’. He thought of a tricky plan. He
went to the deer and said, “Brother deer ; I am living alone in the jungle. Let me be your friend . All my
people are dead and I am left alone in this world”. The deer felt sorry for the fox. He was foolish enough to
believe this and said “ I am sorry to hear this. From today we are friends”.

1. Who were close friends?

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2. Where did the crow have his nest?
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3. Where was the deer’s home?

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4. Who was standing alone near the tree?

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5. Why did the deer feel sorry for the fox?

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6. Give the opposites : enemy ________ , wise ___________

7. The body part with which we speak and eat

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8. Pick out the word which means ‘forest’ from the passage ____________

9. Give the past tense of think _________, feel __________

10. Make sentence :

Delightful : __________________________________________________________________
Give one word for the following:
1. Teacher, Principal, ____________
2. Nurse, doctor, ______________
3. Postman, Postmaster, ___________
4. Prisoner, Policeman, ___________
Find a word from the poem which means:
Combined effort : __________________________________________________
Move onward : __________________________________________________
Wooden or iron ring : __________________________________________________
Short stick carried in a relay race : __________________________________________________
Complete the sets of rhyming words.

Words from the poem team plus done hoop goal joy

Your own words

Name the team members needed for the following:

(i) To play cricket we need ______________________________________________________
(ii) To make a film we need ______________________________________________________
(iii) To run a good school we need ______________________________________________________
(iv) To run a restaurant we need ______________________________________________________
(v) To run a hospital we need ______________________________________________________
Write the full form of the following:
wouldn't – ____________ I’d – _____________ He’d – ____________
can’t – ____________ isn’t – ____________ won’t – ____________
he’ll – ____________ they’re – ____________ couldn’t – ____________
we’re – ____________ she’s – ____________ it’s – ____________
what’ve – ____________ there’s – ____________ you've – ____________

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we’ve – ____________ aren’t – ____________ haven’t – ____________
Write opposite word:
tall - awake - happy - wise – big -

laugh - few - in - less - start -

kind - begin – rich - open - fat -

buy – wide - was - heavy - bright –

proud - true - strong - expand – healthy -

enter - friend - win – early - victory -

slow - far – slowly - hot - high -

warm – beautiful - dark - drop – push –

give - always - remember- hard – difficult -

old - dirty - float –

Frame any three questions each using:

Why
(i) __________________________________________________________________________________

(ii) __________________________________________________________________________________

(iii) __________________________________________________________________________________
What
(i) __________________________________________________________________________________

(ii) __________________________________________________________________________________

(iii) __________________________________________________________________________________

Who
(i) __________________________________________________________________________________

(ii) __________________________________________________________________________________

(iii) __________________________________________________________________________________

How
(i) __________________________________________________________________________________

(ii) __________________________________________________________________________________

(iii) __________________________________________________________________________________

When
(i) __________________________________________________________________________________

(ii) __________________________________________________________________________________

(iii) __________________________________________________________________________________

Where
(i) __________________________________________________________________________________

(ii) __________________________________________________________________________________

(iii) __________________________________________________________________________________

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Look at the pictures and and answer the questions in one sentence, using the word clues given in the
box:

plumber painter mason electrician

labourer carpenter gardener

1. Who is laying the bricks?

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2. Who is holding the ladder?
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3. Who is the man on the ladder?
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4. Who is the making the door?
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5. Who is painting the walls?
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Now make up a story about the picture. Give names to the people. Write the story showing the importance of
teamwork.
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Complete the poem with the help of the given picture clues:

For want of a _________ , the _________ was lost

For want of a _________ , the _________ was lost

For want of a _________ , the _________ was lost

For want of a _________ , the _________ was lost

For want of a _________ , the _________ was lost

And all for the want of a horseshoe _________ !

Complete the following senetences:
1. If nobody passes the ball in a basketball game, then you can’t ______________________
2. In a relay race, if no one passes the baton, then _________________________________
Now form questions for the answers given in the speech bubbles.
Q. ________________________________________________________________
A. The shoe was lost because of the nail.
Q. ________________________________________________________________
A. The kingdom was lost because the battle could not be fought.
Q. ________________________________________________________________
A. The battle was lost because there was no rider.
In groups of five, discuss what you enjoy doing alone and what you like doing in a group. Now prepare
a list as shown below.

Things I like doing alone Things I like doing in a group

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Write plurals:
goose - foot - branch -
friend - bird -
Encircle the correct spellings:
Branchis Branches Branchs
Answered Answerd Answerad
Straggled Struggled Struggld
Advised Advised Adwised

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Tomorrow Tomorrow Tommorow
Destroy Disstroy Distroy
Use the word too, to, or two to complete each sentence.
1. Mohan and Sohan went _______________ a football game.
2. Ram said, “I ate _______________ much ice cream.”
3. Please pick up _______________ litres of milk from the store.
4. May I play _______________?
5. Madan likes _______________ ride horses.
6. We will all go _______________ the beach on Sunday.
7. My teacher said, “Your voices are _______________ loud.”
8. Dennis wants _______________ be in the school play.
9. Grandmother bought me _______________ birthday presents.
10. Would you like _______________ have rotis for dinner tonight?
10. Next month, my little sister will turn _______________ years old.
11. You have _______________ many toys in your bedroom.
12. When Parul started school, she learned _______________ count up to ten.
Where did the geese live?
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Why did the old bird advise the other birds to destroy the creeper?
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Why did the geese cry, “Help Help”?
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What did the hunter do when he thought that the geese were dead?
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Why did the geese pretend to be dead?
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Describe one incident when you got into trouble because you did not do your work on time.
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Fill in the blanks with prepositions such as to, at, off, on, in, into, with.
This tree was the home _____ a flock of wild geese.
He noticed the creeper _______ the foot of the tree.
“It would be a pity _______ destroy it now.”
As they flow ______ the tree they were trapped.
The boy ran _______ the dog.
The frogs jumped _______ the well.
The girl was thrilled ______ see her new bicycle.
The birds were caught ______ the net.
The children walked _____ the bridge.
Here are some answers about the given picture. Now frame questions for the given answers.
The colour of the ant is black
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It lives on land
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It has two long antennae
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It crawls on the ground
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It eats sugar.
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Complete the paragraph with suitable words from the box
Around across with along to
after next to into from
One day, as I was walking ___________ the bank of the river, I saw my friend running ___________ the
field. He was calling my name and waving ___________ me. I stopped and waited. _____________ the town
looking for you. I have some exciting news to share __________ you. Do you remember the old house
_____________ the neem tree? Guess who is moving _____________ house? Janak Das, the great magician.
Now we can learn lots of magic tricks _______ him.”

Fill in the blanks given below with questions word.

________ do you play? ________ do you get up?
________ do you have for breakfast?` ________ do you go to school?
________ is your birthday? ________ do you want for your birthday?
________ do you like best in the school – games, arts, music?

“Well there’s no hurry, the “So this is where the wild

creeper is very small, it geese live.”
would be a pity to destroy
it now.”

Who said this? ____________________________ ____________________________

To whom was it said? ____________________________ ____________________________

When was it said? ____________________________ ____________________________

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