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DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Solutions Pdf Chapter 1 Nouns
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 1 Worksheet 1 Solutions
Abstract Nouns
In section C.l (Unit-Growing Up), of My English Reader, Ms Roma sings a song, ‘My Favourite Things’ for the children.
Read the ‘favourite things’ given below:
Now, write down any five of your favourite things in the blurbs given below:
- FIute
- dew drop
- honey
- ocean
- mountain
Now, in the blanks given below, write one quality for which you like the things written above.
For example, You may like an ice cream for its taste.
(i) I like ______________ for its ______________
(ii) I like ______________ for its ______________
(iii) I like ______________ for its ______________
(iv) I like ______________ for its ______________
(v) I like ______________ for its ______________
Answer:
(i) flute, sweet notes
(ii) dew drop, beauty
(iii) honey, sweetness
(iv) mountain, height,
(v) ocean, vastness.
Can you touch or see the qualities for which you like your favourite things?
Of course not! You can only feel them. The qualitites that you have listed above are Abstract nouns.
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 1 Worksheet 2 Solutions
Work with your partner. Using the clues in the Aid Box, complete the sentences given below.
(i) Mother Teresa is known for her ______________
Answer:
kindness
(ii) Noor Jahan, the wife of Emperor Jahangir, is famous for her ______________.
Answer:
beauty
(iii) Charlie Chaplin, the comedian, is remembered for his sense of ______________.
Answer:
humour
(iv) Hitler, the German dictator is known for his ______________.
Answer:
cruelty
(v) Mahatma Gandhi is respected for his ______________
Answer:
honesty.
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 1 Worksheet 3 Solutions
Brain Teaser
Work with your partner. Solve the cross-word puzzle by filling in the qualities possessed by the following people.
Across →
3. A wise king
4. An angry person
6. An innocent child
8. A brave soldier
Down ↓,
1. A sincere friend
2. A lazy worker
5. An honest shopkeeper
7. A proud actor
Answer:
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 1 Worksheet 4 Solutions
Let us go on ‘Dictionary Safari’
Each one of us is scared of something or the other, for example, Rahul is very scared of darkness. Given below are the names of certain fears that people have. Match them with their names given in the Aid Box. Use a dictionary for help.
(i) The fear of closed spaces ______________
(ii) The fear of English ______________
(iii) The fear of fire ______________
(iv) The fear of foreigners ______________
(v) The fear of books ______________
(vi) The fear of water ______________
Note that all your answers are Abstract nouns.
Answer:
(i) Claustrophobia
(ii) Anglophobia
(iii) Pyrophobia
(iv) Xenophobia
(v) Bibliophobia,
(vi) Hydrophobia.
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 1 Worksheet 5 Solutions
Body Language
Work with your partner.
Fill in the blanks with the abstract nouns given in the Aid Box.
(i) I would be full of ______________ if I failed in English.
(ii) I would be wanting to keep a ______________ if I whispered something.
(iii) I would listen carefully if I wanted to pay ______________ to something.
(iv) 1 would raise my eyebrow in ______________ if I heared something strange.
(v) My face is relaxed and beams with joy when I want to show ______________
(vi) My face turns red and I grind my teeth when I’m in ______________
Answer:
(i) sorrow
(ii) secret
(iii) attention
(iv) surprise
(v) satisfaction
(vi) anger
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 1 Worksheet 6 Solutions
Countables and Uncountables
In Unit-1, “Growing Up” of My English Reader, we have read many words which name things that can be counted and many that cannot be counted. Read the words in the umbrellas given below. Classify them as countables or uncountables.
Answer:
| Countables | Uncountables |
| notebook | suffering |
| tooth | discipline |
| peon | pity |
| boys | sickness |
| blackboard | fire |
Do It Yourself
Question 1.
Work with your partner. Form abstract nouns from the adjectives used in the following phrases and fill in the blanks:
(i) The intelligent student ______________
(ii’) The kind fairy ______________
(iii) The cruel enemy ______________
(iv) The popular leader ______________
(v) The arrogant boy ______________
Answer:
(i) the student’s intelligence
(ii) the fairy’s kindness
(iii) the enemy’s cruelty
(iv) the leader’s popularity
(v) the body’s arrogance.
Question 2.
Dheeraj’s class is holding a quiz today. The time limit is five minutes. Help him solve the quiz so that he can win.
Dictionary can be a great friend here.
Match words in the Aid Box with the group of words given below:
(i) musty, foul, aromatic ______________
(ii) sour, bitter, sweet ______________
(iii) smooth, flat, moist ______________
(iv) hum, chatter, whisper ______________
(v) pretty, attractive, beautiful ______________
Answer:
(i) smell
(ii) taste
(iii) touch
(iv) hearing
(v) sight