NCERT Solutions For Class 5 English Marigold Unit 2 Chapter 2 Flying Together

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Board	CBSE
Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 5
Subject	English
Chapter	Chapter 2 Flying Together (Unit-2)
Chapter Name	Unit 2 Chapter 2 Flying Together
Category	NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English Marigold Unit 2 Chapter 2 Flying Together

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Q 1: Where did the geese live?

Ans: The geese lived in leafy branches on top of a tall tree.

Q 2: Why did the old bird advise the other birds to destroy the creeper?

Ans: The old bird advised the other birds to destroy the creeper because it would become thick and strong and help the hunter to climb up the tree easily and kill all of them.

Q 3: Why did the geese cry, “Help Help”?

Ans: The geese cried ‘’Help Help’’ because they were caught in the hunters net.

Q 4: What did the hunter do when he thought that the geese were dead?

Ans: The hunter started to threw the geese out of the net one by one.

Q 5: Why did the geese pretend to be dead?

Ans: The geese pretended to be dead because they knew that the hunter would not want the dead birds and set them free.

Q 6: State whether the following statements are True or False.

The tree was the house of a flock of parrots. [ ]
The wise old bird wanted the creeper to be destroyed. [ ]
The hunter climbed the tree with the help of a ladder. [ ]
When caught in the net the foolish birds began to weep. [ ]
The wise old bird helped them to escape. [ ]

Ans:

False.
True.
False.
True.
True.

Q 7: Here are some answers about the given picture.

The colour of the ant is black.
It lives on land.
It has two long antennae.
It crawls on the ground.
It eats sugar.

Ans:

Name the colour of the ant given in the picture.
Where does it live?
How many antennae does an ant have?
Where does it crawl?
What does it eat?

Q 8: Fill in the blanks with prepositions such as to, at, off, on, in, into, with. One has been done for you.

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 flew _____ 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.

Ans:

This tree was the home of a flock of wild geese.
He noticed the creeper at the foot of the tree.
“It would be a pity to destroy it now”.
As they flew into the tree they were trapped.
The boy ran with the dog.
The frogs jumped into the well.
The girl was thrilled to see her new bicycle.
The birds were caught in the net.
The children walked on the bridge.

Q 9: 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. _______ sometime he reached where I was standing. He said, “I went all _______ 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 _______ that house? Janak Das, the great magician. Now we can learn lots of magic trick _______ him.

Ans: One day, as I was walking around the bank of the river, I saw my friend running into the field. He was calling my name and waving to me. I stopped and waited. After sometime he reached where I was standing. He said, “I went all around the town looking for you. I have some exciting news to share with you. Do you remember the old house next to the neem tree? Guess who is moving into that house? Janak Das, the great magician. Now we can learn lots of magic tricks from him.”

Q 10: Fill in the blanks given below with question words.

For example, where do you live?

_______ do you play?
_______ do you get up?
_______ do you have for breakfast?
_______ do you go to school
_______ do you like best in the school - games, art or music?
_______ is your birthday?
_______ do you want for your birthday?

Ans:

When do you play?
When do you get up?
What do you have for breakfast?
When do you go to school?
What do you like the best in the school - games, art or music?
When is your birthday?
What do you want for your birthday?

Q 11: Proverbs are short, wise sayings. For example - Look before you leap. This means that we should think carefully before we take any action. Here are some popular English proverbs. Read them aloud together and discuss what each could mean.

Old is gold
As you sow so shall you reap
Unity is strength
United we stand divided we fall
A friend in need is a friend indeed

Ans:

The person who is in contact for a long time, is more precious than ours.
The action of a person whether good or bad will repay him in the same manner.
People working in unity will solve all problems easily.
If we are together we win otherwise we lose.
A friend who helps you in trouble or in need is a true friend.

Q 12: The clap word game Let’s play the clap word game.

Where the word produces one sound, clap once, as in ‘creep’. Clap twice if the word can be broken up into two syllables as in cree-per, and thrice as in to-mo-rrow.