A Rainy Day Birthday Party Solution, Question and Answer, Conquer English Class 5, Unit 3

UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE READ

A. Answer these questions,

1. Why was Ravi unhappy?

Ravi was unhappy because it was raining on his birthday.

2. Why do farmers like the rain?

Farmers like rain because rain helps in the proper growth of crops.

3. Why did Ravi's mother tell him to carry his raincoat?

Ravi's mother told him to carry his raincoat because it was raining and he had to go to school.

4. How did Ravi's mother try to make him happy?

Ravi's mother tried to make him happy by organizing a surprise birthday party for him. 

5. What gift did Ravi's family give him?

Ravi's family gifted him a bicycle.

6. How many children came to Ravi's birthday party?

There are nine children came to Ravi's birthday party.

7. What snacks had Ravi's mother made for the party?

Ravi's mother made samosas, green chutney, cheese and tomato sandwiches.

B. New answer the following questions in detail. 

1. Describe the birthday cake.

The birthday cake was in the shape of a cricket bat. By the side of it was another small, red cake shaped like a cricket ball.

2. Describe the first game the children played.

The first game played by children was the Passing Parce. In this game, the music plays and parcel passes by one another. When music stops, the one who has the parcel must take of a rapping paper, read the message and do what it says.

3. Describe the treasure hunt.

In Treasure Hunt game, a treasure is hidden and has to find by the given clue. The clue can be simple as the child can find it. Each clue tells the child where to find next clue and the final clue leads to the treasure.

C. Think carefully be fore you answer these questions.

1. How would you describe Ravi? Talk about it in class first. Use examples from the play to support what you say about him.

Ravi is loving, carring and very sensitive boy. 

2. How would you describe Ravi's mother and sister Ragini?

Ravi's mother and his sister Ragini, both were very carrying person. They loved Ravi so much. They did all the thing that made Ravi happy on his Birthday.

SPELLING AND VOCABULARY

A. Encircle the words where 'c' sounds like 's'. Underline the words where 'c' sounds like 'k'

1.	cry	exciting	cake	cricket	clap
2.	candles	come	nice	close	eclairs
3.	parcel	music	cabinet	clever	cushion
4.	clue	curtain	closer	pieces	coloured

Note:- The word where 'C' sounds like 'S' is in Bold .

B. Encircle the word that does not rhyme with the others in each row.

1.	treasure	sure	measure	pleasure
2.	breakfast	fast	last	past
3.	cute	minute	suit	loot
4.	floor	room	door	bore

C. Some nouns are used together. Match the following.

1.  bread and	a.  pepper
2.  knife and	b.  shoes
3.  day and	c.  girls
4.  salt and	d.  butter
5.  boys and	e.  chips
6.  fish and	f.  night
7.  thunder and	g.  fork
8.  shocks and	h.  lightning

Answer:-

1.  bread and butter

2.  knife and fork

3.  day and night

4.  salt and pepper

5.  boys and girls

6.  fish and chips

7.  thunder and lightning

8.  shocks and shoes

LEARNING GRAMMAR

Nouns in English are not masculine and feminine in the same way as in Hindi and some other languages where every noun has a gender.

People who are doctors, teachers, painters, writers or assistants can be men or women. Today men and women are engineers and scientists, dentists and surgeons. pilots and flight attendants, singers and dancers and so on.

Students are boys and girls.

Teenagers are boys and girls who are in their teens.

Cousins are men and women and girls and boys who are the children of your aunts and uncles.

And don't ever call a woman who acts on the stage and in films, an actress! Today they are all actors.

Some English grammar books have started calling these nouns the common gender.

A. Read these sentences. Identify the gender of the underlined words by putting F-feminine, M-masculine or C-common above each of them.

1. The drake had nothing to do with the ducklings

2. A designer designs garments. 

3. My brother is a journalist.

4. Harl's uncle lives in Mumbai.

5. Rabbits eat grass and vegetables.

6. Salespersons sell articles in shops to customers.

7. A salesman sold me a defective TV. had to return it to the shop.

8. Tigresses protect their cubs.

9. A salesgirl helped me to select a nice pair of jeans.

10. The chairman of the school gave out the prizes on sports day

Answer:-

NO.	MASCULINE	FEMININE	COMMON
1.	drake	Related Article Mowgli's Brothers Part 2 Question and Answer Chapter 15, Conquer English Class 6 Lakshadweep Oceans of Fantasy, Questions and Answers, Class 8, Chapter 14 The Adventures of the Blue Carbuncle, Questions and Answers, Chapter 15, Class 7, Conquer English Course Book The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Questions and Answer, Chapter 15, Class 8, Conquer English Course Book	ducklings
2.			designer
3.	brother		journalist
4.	uncle
5.	Rabbits
6.		Salespersons	customers
7.	salesman
8.		tigress	cubs
9.		salesgirl
10.	chairman

B. There are some nouns that only refer to males and females. This is specially so with nouns that we use for our family members. Put these nouns in the correct columns.

mother, grandfather, nephew, father, sister, niece, uncle, grandmother, aunt. father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter, mother-in-law, son, daughter-in-law, brother

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
grandfather	grandmother	father-in-law	mother-in-law
nephew	niece	son-in-law	daughter-in-law
father	mother	son	daughter
uncle	aunt	brother	sister

C. Some nouns in English that refer to women end in 'ess' or 'woman'. Complete the table.

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
1.  duke	duchess	5.  chairman	chairperson
2.  policeman	policewoman	6.  host	hostess
3.  steward	stewardess	7.  prince	princess
4.  waiter	waitress	8.  superman	superwoman

D. Most names of animals and birds also refer to both the male and the female like cat, dog, deer, sheep. elephant, horse, rabbit, etc. But there are some special names in English for male and female birds and animals. 

MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
1.  bull	a.  mare	1.  drake	a.  leopardess
2.  stallion	b.  lioness	2.  stag	b.  hen
3.  ram	c.  goose	3.  tiger	c.  doe
4.  gander	d.  cow	4.  leopard	d.  tigress
5.  lion	e.  ewe	5.  rooster	e.  duck
Answer:-
MASCULINE	FEMININE	MASCULINE	FEMININE
1.  bull	cow	1.  drake	duck
2.  stallion	mare	2.  stag	doe
3.  ram	ewe	3.  tiger	tigress
4.  gander	goose	4.  leopard	leopardess
5.  lion	lioness	5.  rooster	hen

GO ONE STEP FORWARD

You already know that two nouns can often be put together to make a noun- toothpaste, toothbrush, hairbrush, snowflake, raindrop and so on. Some nours are made up of two or more words. They are called compound nouns.

A. Match the following and write the compound nouns formed in the third column.

NOUN	NOUN	COMPOUND NOUN
1.  address	tale	Address book
2.  bus	room	Bus stop
3.  credit	card	Credit card
4.  dining	book	Dining room
5.  fairy	stop	Fairy tale
6.  song	bird	Song bird

B. Now fill in the blanks with the compound nouns you have just made. 

1.  Mom is looking for address book she wants to write a letter to her friend.

2.  Dad uses his credit card when we buy our our groceries at the supermarket.

3.  A fairy tell is a story about fairies, elves giants and monsters.

4.  The nightingale is a song bird.

5.  We have our meals in our dining room.

6.  We were waiting at the bus stop for an hour. I was sure we'd be late for school.

A Rainy Day Birthday Party Question and Answer (Solutions)