P.S. Senior Secondary School, Mylapore: English - Class 5
P.S. Senior Secondary School, Mylapore: English - Class 5
P.S. Senior Secondary School, Mylapore: English - Class 5
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Let us check the answers for the worksheet given on Monday
2. Find and Write down the antonyms of the given words from the text.
a. pushed x pulled b. brave x frightened c. suddenly x gradually d. away from x towards
e. unsteadily x steadily f. sinking x floating.
3. Answer the following questions.
a) What was the news brought by the young deer?
The young deer said that men folk too are dying because of the severe summer . He had passed three of
them lying still with their bullocks on their sides, between sunset and night
b ) What shame had Shere Khan brought to the jungle people? Was he right in doing so? Why?
Shere Khan had killed a man. He was not right in doing so. The Water Truce has been declared and the
animals shouldn’t harm other animals or men folk too.
Shall we try to recollect the story by doing an activity.
Column A Column B
SHERE KHAN
BAGHEERA THE BLACK PANTHER DEER Lame and limping
cruel
caring alert timid
obedient boastful
Hopeful careful observant
Disobedient
Worksheet
1. Copy all the new words and their meanings given under vocabulary in the slide-4
2. Answer the following questions.
a. ’To kill man at this season! Was no other game out there?’
What is referred as game in the given line?
b. How did Hathi react when Shere Khan said that he had killed a man for choice?
Enrichment Activities
1.Try to write a character sketch of ‘Hathi-The Master of the Jungle’. Make use of the hints given in slide- 5
• Who is Hathi?
• What was his role in the jungle?
• How did he take care of the jungle animals?
• Was he wise in handling the problems that happened?
Note : support your answer with instances from the story.
2.Compare and contrast the characters : Bagheera the Black panther and Shere Khan the lame tiger.
Example:
Comparison : both are wild animals
Contrast : Bagheera obeys the Water Truce
Shere Khan didn’t obey the Truce.
Write the answer by adding three more ideas .(with reference to the story).