“The Ant And The Dove” is a lesson of Class 5 Textbook of UPMSP. Here all the Exercises Questions are done by teachers.
Comprehension Questions
1. Answer the following questions:
a. Where did the ant go and why?
Answer: The ant went to a river because she was very thirsty.
b. How did the dove save the little ant?
Answer: The dove dropped a big leaf into the water, and the ant climbed onto it to reach the riverbank.
c. Who wanted to kill the dove?
Answer: A hunter wanted to kill the dove.
d. Why did the ant bite the hunter?
Answer: The ant bit the hunter to save the dove from being killed.
e. What is the moral of the story?
Answer: The moral of the story is: “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
f. Have you ever been in trouble like the ant? Did anyone help you?
Yes, I have been in trouble once when I fell off my bicycle, and my friend helped me stand up and cleaned my wound.
2. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements:
a. The little ant was very hungry. F
b. The ant fell into the water. T
c. The ant saw a hunter. T
d. The dove was killed. F
e. The ant climbed up the tree. F
f. The ant and the dove did not help each other. F
The grid hints and their corresponding answers are as follows:
- It comes after seven. – EIGHT
- Birds peck with these. – BEAKS
- We cannot eat without these. – TEETH
- This animal has a hump. – CAMEL
- It is the opposite of black. – WHITE
- Our books are made of this. – PAPER
- It is the opposite of sour. – SWEET
- We have these in our eyes when we are sad. – TEARS
- It is a huge bird that flies high in the sky. – EAGLE
Language Practice
Complete the following sentences using the past tense of the given verbs:
- Alok left the job last month. (leave)
- Priti lost her pen in the school. (lose)
- Barkha finished her homework at 5 o’clock. (finish)
- Sunil kept his books on the table yesterday. (keep)