GRADE- 5

SUBJECT – ENGLISH
TOPIC- Q/A REVISION
Answer the following
questions in brief…
Q1. Where did the narrator wanted
to travel to? Why?
A: The narrator wanted to travel to
the future first because the
unknown interested him the most.
Q2. What made the narrator think
that his machine was a failure?
A: When the narrator started the time
machine first he did not notice any
changes in the surrounding.
Q.3 Though the narrator could see
the maid working, why could she not
see him?
A: The maid could not see the narrator
because he was travelling through time.
Q.4 What did the windows darkening
and brightening signify?
A: The brightening and darkening of
the windows signified the coming and
passing of days and nights.
Q.5 Why does the narrator makes
this remark, 'A fine welcome, a man
travels over 800,000 years for a visit,
and this is the greeting he gets!'?
A: The narrator heard a loud
thunderclap and felt a shower of
hailstones on his face.
Q.6 How many years did Ramanatha
took to collect five litres of dew?
A: Ramanatha took six years to
collect five litres of dew.
Q.7 Which plant was Ramanatha
asked to grow?

A: Ramanatha was asked to grow

banana trees.
Q.8 What is a potion?
A: A potion is a magical liquid that
turns anything into gold.
Q.9 Why did Ramanatha go to meet
the sage?
A: Ramanatha went to meet the sage
because he thought the sage would
know where to find the magic potion
that turned things into gold.
Q.10 Was this meeting useful to him?
A: Yes, because the sage told him the
process of making the magic potion.
Q.11 While Ramanatha was collecting
the dew, what did his wife do?
A: His wife gathered the banana crop,
sold it in the market and earned good
money.
Q.12 What was the real magic?
A: The real magic was becoming
rich through hard work.
Q.13 What did the third chick
wanted?
A: It wanted a little green leaf.
Q.14 What do we learn from the
poem "wishes"?
A: We learn to be independent
and work hard.
Q.15 Who wanted to find some nice
yellow meal?
A: The second chick.
Q.16 What did the hen said to the
chicks?
A: "If you want any breakfast, just
come here and scratch."
Q.17 Why were Krishnaswami's
children left penniless?
A: The brothers were tricked by
their greedy relatives after their
parents died.
Q.18 'This kind treatment began to
wane.' What does 'this' refer to?
A: It refers to the kind treatment
of their uncles.
Q.19 Who was responsible for the
death of the four brothers? Why?
A: The fourth brother, because even
after knowing that it was a lion he
breathed life into it.
Q.20 Who was Bonku Babu?
A: He was a teacher at the
Kankurgacchi Primary School.
Q.21 Why did everyone tease Bonku
Babu?
A: Bonku Babu was teased because he
was a man of timid nature and people
thought he was stupid.
Q.22 Whose house did Bonku Babu
go to on weekends?
A: He went to the lawyer Sripati
Majumdar's house.
Q.23 What did Bonku Babu see in the
bamboo grooves?
A: He saw a glowing object like a
giant bowl turned upside down.
Q.24 What happened after the
humming sound stopped?
A: Bonku Babu heard a loud voice
speaking in a strange language.
Q.25 Who was Ang?
A: Ang was an alien from the planet
Craneus.
Q.26 How did Ang come to earth?
A: Ang was going to Pluto in his
spaceship. But his instruments
malfunctioned and he had to land on
Earth.
Q.27 What was the first thing Bonku
Babu did on entering Sripati
Majumdar's house?
A: Bonku Babu burst into guffaw and
laughed loudly for a whole minute.
Q.28 Describe the cookies that Van
Amsterdam made on St. Nicholas Day.
A: The cookies were made of
gingerbread, iced in red and white,
just like St. Nicholas.
Q.29 Why did Van Amsterdam get
annoyed with the old woman when she
came the first time?
A: He was annoyed because she
wanted an extra cookie with the dozen
that she bought.
Q.30 What does a Baker's dozen
mean?
A: ' A Baker's dozen' means 'thirteen'.
Thankyou ……
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