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DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Solutions Pdf Chapter 8 Sentences
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 8 Worksheet 1 Solutions
Read the following sentences taken from C.3 ‘The Fearless Fighter’ (Unit-Where There’s a Will ) of My English Reader.
Janaki felt her mouth going dry.
All the officials of the English Channel Association were impressed.
These sentences make a statement and are called Assertive sentences.
The two sentences given above are Affirmative (positive) sentences.
Janaki could not make a solo attempt.
The boat needed for her safety was not available.
These sentences are called Negative Sentences.
Refer to the passage ‘The Fearless Fighter’ and write three sentences that are affirmative and three that are negative.
Affirmative Sentences
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________
(iii) _______________________________________
Negative Sentences
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________
(iii) _______________________________________
Answer:
(i) Janaki had been attacked by polio when she was two years old.
(ii) She could see her team-mates swimming closer towards her.
(iii) The seaweeds and jelly fish kept sticking to her body.
Negative Sentences
(i) But nothing would shake Janaki’s determination to win.
(ii) Janaki tried not to look nervous.
(iii) She could not use her legs at all.
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 8 Worksheet 2 Solutions
Now write down three affirmative and three negative sentences of your own.
Affirmative Sentences
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________
(iii) _______________________________________
Negative Sentences
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________
(iii) _______________________________________
Answer:
Affirmative Sentences
(i) Trees are important for us.
(ii) They give us many valuable things.
(iii) They make the air clean.
Negative Sentences
(i) He cannot dance well.
(ii) My father could not attend the meeting.
(iii) They do not work well.
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 8 Worksheet 3 Solutions
Visiting a Factory
Look at the pictures given below and read the instructions that tell people something. Match the instructions with the pictures. Follow the example given.
Instructions
(i) Stay back.
(ii) Do not touch the machinery.
(iii) Please wear your safety belts.
(iv) Do not enter this room.
(v) Please enter this way.
(W) In case of emergency, break the glass and press the red button.
Notice that the instructions tell people ‘to do/not to do’ a particular thing. These sentences are imperative sentences.
Generally, in imperative sentences, the subject (i.e. you) is understood and is not explicitly mentioned.
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 8 Worksheet 4 Solutions
Follow My Directions
Study the map of Green Park Avenue given below. Imagine you live in the house marked (H). Your friend wants to come to your house after school. His school is marked (S) on the map. Give him instructions so that he can reach your house.
Green Park Avenue
(i) Take the Manikshaw Road.
(ii) Cross the roundabout and keep walking straight on M.G. Road.
(iii) At the next roundabout do not
(iv) Keep _______________________________________
(v) Cross _______________________________________
(vi) After crossing the bridge, _______________________________________
(vii) From the temple, turn _______________________________________
The third last house opposite the cinema hall is my house.
Answer:
(iii) go straight. Instead turn right.
(iv) left and then turn to right. Then go straight.
(v) the bridge.
(vi) go straight you’ll find a temple.
(vii) right.
Notice that imperative sentences have been used to give directions.
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 8 Worksheet 5 Solutions
Do’s and Don’ts
Imagine you are the monitor of your class. There is a new student in your class. He does not know the rules of your school. Write down seven things that he should do and five things that he is not allowed to do in the school. Do not repeat the advice you give him.
Do’s
(i) Do your homework regularly.
(ii) Cut your nails.
(iii) _______________________________________
(iv) _______________________________________
(v) _______________________________________
(vi) _______________________________________
(vii) _______________________________________
Don’ts
(i) Do not run in the corridor.
(ii) Do not eat chewing gum in the school.
(iii) _______________________________________
(iv) _______________________________________
(v) _______________________________________
(vi) _______________________________________
(vii) _______________________________________
Answer:
Do’s
(i) Do your homework regularly.
(ii) Cut your nails.
(iii) Polish your shoes.
(iv) Put on neat school uniform.
(v) Take your lunch at your seat.
(vi) Talk politely to your classmates.
(vii) Raise your hand if you have any confusion.
Don’ts
(i) Do not run in the corridor.
(ii) Do not eat chewing gum in the school.
(iii) Do not pluck flowers.
(iv) Do not shout in the class.
(v) Do not take other’s things without permission.
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 8 Worksheet 6 Solutions
In Unit-Where There’s a Will… of My English Reader, you read about and wrote some proverbs. Let us look at them (and some others) again.
(i) Make hay while the sun shines.
(ii) Cut your coat according to your cloth.
(iii) Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it.
Here are a few more proverbs.
(iv) Don’t cry over spilt milk.
(v) Live and let live.
(vi) Look before you leap.
Now work with your partner and write five more proverbs. Make sure that they are all imperative sentences.
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________
(iii) _______________________________________
(iv) _______________________________________
(v) _______________________________________
Read these sentences.
(i) What a beautiful day!
(ii) God help me!
(iii) How clever of you!
Answer:
(i) Don’t blow your own trumpet.
(ii) Do as you would be done by.
(iii) Do onto others as you would have them do to you.
(iv) Do right and fear no man.
(v) Do not bite the hand that feeds you.
Read these sentences.
(i) What a beautiful day!
(ii) God help me!
(iii) How clever of you!
These sentences express strong feelings and, therefore, end with an exclamation mark(!) These are Exclamatory sentences.
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 8 Worksheet 7 Solutions
Change these sentences into exclamatory. Begin with the word given in the brackets. Put a sign of exclamation at the end.
(i) The scene is beautiful, (what)
What a beautiful scene!
(ii) It was very impolite of her. (how)
_______________________________________
(iii) He is a proud man. (what)
_______________________________________
(iv) The old lady was very considerate, (how)
_______________________________________
(v) It was a tiring exercise, (what)
_______________________________________
(vi) Sheena is a very selfish girl, (what)
_______________________________________
Answer:
(ii) How impolite of her!
(iii) What a proud man!
(iv) How considerate the old lady was!
(v) What a tiring exercise?
(vi) What a selfish girl Sheena is!
DAV Class 5 English Practice Book Chapter 8 Worksheet 8 Solutions
Look at the pictures and frame sentences with the help of the words given in the brackets. [Practice Book Page 71]
(i) _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Answer:
What a terrible accident!
(ii) _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Answer:
How beautiful the rainbow is!
(iii) _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Answer:
What a polluted city!
(iv) _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Answer:
What a cute baby!
(v) _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Answer:
How funny the clown!
Do It Yourself
Question 1.
Watch out!
The traffic police inspector has come to your school. He asks you to write down the things you ought to do before crossing a road. Write the instructions using the Aid Box given below.
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) First look to the right, then to the left and again to the right.
(iii) _______________________________________
(iv) _______________________________________
(v) _______________________________________
Answer:
(i) No running on the zebra crossing,
(ii) First look to the right, then to the left and again to the right.
(iii) Always cross the road from zebra crossing.
(iv) No running and playing on the road.
(v) Never cross the road if the traffic has green signal.
Question 2.
Read the following passage. Pick out four affirmative and four negative sentences and write them in the space provided.
Last weekend I did not have anything to do. So I thought of watching a movie. It was difficult to decide which film to see. None of the films running were in English and I have never liked Hindi films. I decided to see the action film Kungfu King. I was shocked when the film started. It was a Japanese film. Not one word did I understand. Moreover, there were no sub-titles in English. I just had to leave the movie hall.
Affirmative Sentences
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________
(iii) _______________________________________
(iv) _______________________________________
Negative Sentences
(i) _______________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________
(iii) _______________________________________
(iv) _______________________________________
Answer:
Affirmative Sentences
(i) I thought of watching a movie.
(ii) I decided to see the action film Kungfu King.
(iii) I was shocked when the film started.
(iv) It was a Japanese film.
Negative Sentences
(i) Last weekend I did not have anything to do.
(ii) None of the films running were in English.
(iii) I had never liked Hindi films.
(iv) There were no subtitles in English.
Question 3.
Look at these symbols. Write what each of these conveys.
(i) Stop, no entry.
(ii) _______________________________________
Answer:
No smoking.
(iii) _______________________________________
Answer:
Left turn free.
(iv) _______________________________________
Answer:
No horn zone.
(v) _______________________________________
Answer:
Hilly road ahead.
(vi) _______________________________________
Answer:
Pedestrian path.
(vii) _______________________________________
Answer:
No parking zone.
Question 4.
Given below are some situations. Write what the persons concerned would say in those situations. Write their remarks using words in the brackets.
(i) You did not do your maths homework.
Teacher: _______________________________________ (how, careless)
(ii) You won the ‘Best Speaker Award’ in a debate.
Principal: _______________________________________ (what, brilliant)
(iii) You broke your mother’s perfume bottle.
Mother: _______________________________________ (how, clumsy)
(iv) You forgot to eat your medicine.
Doctor: _______________________________________ (what, careless)
(v) You help an old lady to cross the road.
Old lady: _______________________________________ (how, helpful)
Answer:
(i) How careless you are!
(ii) What brilliant you are!
(iii) How clumsy you are!
(iv) What a careless mistake?
(v) How helpful you are!