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    Pakistan School , Kingdom of Bahrain

    E- Support and Learning Material / Session 2021-2022


    Subject: English Grade : 5
    Book: Pupil Book 5 FIRST TERM
    Unit: 05: The Hare and the Tortoise. Page # 06-07

    Vocabulary words
    s-l-e-e-k
    b-o-a-s-t-f-u-l b-a-d-g-e-r
    sleek
    boastful badger

    m-o-d-e-s-t
    modest c-r-e-a-t-u-r-e w-r-i-n-k-l-e-d
    creature wrinkled

    t-r-e-m-e-n-d-o-u-s
    r-i-d-i-c-u-l-o-u-s l-i-m-b-e-r-i-n-g tremendous
    ridiculous limbering

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    n-o-d-d-e-d e-v-e-n-t-u-a-l-l-y c-h-e-e-r-e-d
    nodded eventually cheered

    Write the meanings of the given words:

    Sr.N Words Meanings


    o
    1 boastful talking about yourself in a very proud way
    2 sleek something that is smooth and shiny
    3 badger a grey animal with black and white head
    4 modest shy, simple
    5 creature living thing
    6 wrinkled skin having small lines on the skin because of age.
    7 ridiculous foolish, funny
    8 limbering up to prepare for physical activity by doing exercises

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    9 tremendous great, wonderful
    10 eventually in the end, finally

    Make sentences of the given words.

    Sr.No Words Sentences


    1. boastful He is boastful of (about) his house.
    2. sleek The cat had sleek fur.
    3. badger They fired the badger out of the hole.
    4. modest She is modest in her behaviour.
    5. creature The panda is a shy creature.
    6. wrinkled skin It secretes a new, soft wrinkled skin beneath the sell.
    7 ridiculous He looks ridiculous in this hat.
    8 limbering up The players were limbering up for the game.
    9 tremendous The flood water had caused a tremendous damage.
    10 eventually Eventually she had saved enough money to buy a car.

    Comprehension Skills: (Page # 08) Ex: A


    Answer the following questions.

    Q1). Which two characters had failed to beat hare?

    Ans). Rabbit and badger had failed to beat hare.

    Q2). Why did tortoise think he was ‘funny-looking’”?

    Ans). Tortoise thought he was ‘funny-looking’ because of his heavy shell, wrinkled skin and small eyes.

    Q3). How did hare behave at the start of the race?

    Ans). Hare prepared himself for the race by shaking out his legs and taking long, deep breadths.

    Q4). Why did hare think he had time to ‘sit down and have a little rest’?

    Ans).At first, the hare ran very fast and the tortoise was left far behind. So the hare thought he had time
    to ‘sit down and have a little rest’.

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    Q5). What did tortoise continue to do when he saw hare asleep under a tree?

    Ans). When the tortoise saw hare asleep under a tree, he didn’t stop and just kept walking on.

    Q6). Who won the race?

    Ans). Tortoise won the race.

    Write sentences to answer each question.


    Comprehension: (Page # 08) Ex: B

    Q1). Explain in your own words the difference between someone who is boastful’ and someone who is
    ‘modest’?
    Ans). A proud person is usually said to be a boastful as he/she always likes to talk about him/herself
    saying how good he/she is whereas a modest person is humble or shy and he/she doesn’t like to
    talk about him/herself.

    Q2). Why did hare think ‘the idea of racing against tortoise was ridiculous?

    Ans). ---------------------------------------

    Q3). Explain in your own words what owl’s job was?

    Ans). _______________________

    Q4). How do you know the other animals wanted tortoise to win?

    Ans).__________________________
    .

    Q5). During the race how do you know that hare was confident he was going to win?

    Ans). _________________

    Vocabulary: (Page # 08)


    Prefixes that make antonyms

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    Vocabulary: (Page # 08)
    Prefixes that make antonyms
    Choose a prefix to make the antonym for each word.

    Sr.No Words Antonyms


    1. happy unhappy
    2. appear disappear
    3. tidy untidy
    4 trust distrust
    5 pack unpack
    6 sure unsure
    7 capable incapable
    8 perfect imperfect

    Vocabulary: (Page # 09) Ex: B


    Put the antonyms from activity A into sentences of your own to show you understand
    their meaning.
    Sr.No Words Sentences
    1. disappear They watched the bus disappear into the distance.
    2. untidy I can’t read your untidy writing.
    3. distrust He looked at the stranger with distrust.
    4. unpack Saima began to unpack her things.
    5. unsure They were unsure how to reply to this question.
    6. incapable You seemed incapable of taking decisions.
    7 imperfect Imperfect goods are sold off cheaply.
    8 unhappy I didn’t realize you were so unhappy.

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    Vocabulary: (Page # 09) Ex: C

    1.

    Sr.No Words Antonyms


    1. plug unplug
    2. comfortable uncomfortable
    3.
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8

    Punctuation: (Page # 10) Ex: A


    Copy these sentences. Add the missing punctuation.

    1). I have beaten rabbit and badger boasted Hare

    1). “I have beaten rabbit and badger”, boasted Hare.

    2). I accept your challenge said Tortoise


    2). “I accept your challenge”, said Tortoise.

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    3). Owl asked are you both ready

    3). Owl asked, “Are you both ready”?

    4). Hare said I’m ready

    4). Hare said, “I’m ready”.

    Punctuation: (Page # 10) Ex: B


    Copy these sentences. Add the missing punctuation.

    1). I think Hare will win He’s so fast

    1). “I think Hare will win. He’s so fast”.

    2). I want tortoise to win said Rabbit because Hare is always boasting

    2). “I want Tortoise to win”, said Rabbit, “because Hare is always boasting”.

    3). Come on said Rabbit Let’s cheer Tortoise at the beginning of the race

    3). “Come on! said Rabbit “Let’s cheer Tortoise at the beginning of the race”.

    4). Tortoise is winning cheered Badger and Hare is a long way behind

    4). “Tortoise is winning”, cheered Badger “and Hare is a long way behind”.

    Spelling: (Page # 11) Ex: A


    Write a word ending ing to match each picture.

    smilimg smiling driving


    writing
    smiling

    riding
    sliding

    baking
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    Spelling: (Page # 11) Ex: B

    educated
    shiny
    improvement
    peaceful
    valuable
    dancer
    useless
    politely

    Spelling: (Page # 11) Ex: C

    Sr.No Words Antonyms


    1. taste tasty , tasteless
    2. organise organized , organiser
    3. fine finest , finely
    4 hope hopeful , hopeless
    5 place placed , placing
    6 close closure , closely
    7 excite excitement , exciting
    8 like likeness , likely

    Grammar: (Page # 12) Ex: A


    Copy these sentences and underline the verbs.

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    Grammar: (Page # 12) Ex: B
    Verb Tense
    Write these sentences in the present simple tense and the past simple tense.

    1. I shall accept your challenge. 4. I shall try to win.


    Ans: Present tense: I accept your challenge. Ans: Present tense: I try to win.
    Past tense: I accepted your challenge. Past tense: I tried to win.

    2. Tortoise will lose. 5. Tortoise was walking slowly.

    Ans: Present tense: Tortoise loses. Ans: Present tense: Tortoise walks slowly.
    Past tense: Tortoise lost. Past tense: Tortoise walked slowly.

    3. They will watch the race. 6. The race is starting.

    Ans: Present tense: They watch the race. Ans: Present tense: The race starts.
    Past tense: They watched the race. Past tense: The race started.

    Grammar: (Page # 12) Ex: C


    Verb Tense
    Write these sentences in the present perfect tense and the past perfect tense.

    1. Hare boasted to everyone.


    Ans: Present perfect tense: Hare has boasted to everyone.
    Past perfect tense: Hare had boasted to everyone.

    2. The race finished.

    Ans: Present perfect tense: The race has finished.


    Past perfect tense: The race had finished.

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    3. Tortoise smiled.

    Ans: Present perfect tense: Tortoise has smiled.


    Past perfect tense: Tortoise had smiled.

    4. Tortoise beat Hare.

    Ans: Present perfect tense: Tortoise has beaten Hare.

    Past perfect tense: Tortoise had beaten Hare.

    5. Hare closed his eyes.


    Ans: Present perfect tense: Hare has closed his eyes.
    Past perfect tense: Hare had closed his eyes.

    6. Hare lost the race.


    Ans: Present perfect tense: Hare has lost the race.
    Past perfect tense: Hare had lost the race.

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