“The Enormous Turnip” is a lesson of Class 5 Textbook of UPMSP. Here all the Exercises Questions are done by teachers.
Comprehension Questions and Answers:
a. What did the old man plant?
Answer: The old man planted some turnip seeds in his farm.
b. Why was it difficult for the old man to pull up the turnip?
Answer: It was difficult for the old man to pull up the turnip because it was enormous.
c. Who helped him to pull up the enormous turnip?
Answer: The old woman, the boy, and the girl helped him to pull up the enormous turnip.
d. Who prepared the dish of turnip?
Answer: The old woman prepared the dish of turnip.
e. Who all ate the dish of the turnip?
Answer: The old man, the old woman, the boy, and the girl all ate and enjoyed the dish of the turnip.
Word Power – Odd One Out
a. turnip, potato, tomato, sunflower, carrot, brinjal
(Answer: Sunflower – because all others are vegetables, but sunflower is a flower.)
b. cow, horse, goat, fox, kangaroo, melon
(Answer: Melon – because all others are animals, but melon is a fruit.)
c. banyan, neem, peepal, mango, snake, apple
(Answer: Snake – because all others are trees or plants, but snake is an animal.)
d. rose, lily, sunflower, lotus, cauliflower
(Answer: Cauliflower – because all others are flowers, but cauliflower is a vegetable.)
e. peacock, parrot, lizard, crow, woodpecker
(Answer: Lizard – because all others are birds, but lizard is a reptile.)
Language Practice
1. Make meaningful sentences using the given words:
- Words to use: Fish, boy, frog, bird, elephant
- Helping words: Can, cannot
- Actions: Hop, fly, walk, talk, swim
Answers:
- Fish can swim.
- Boy can walk.
- Frog can hop.
- Bird can fly.
- Elephant cannot fly.
- Fish cannot walk.
- Bird cannot swim.
- Frog cannot talk.
- Boy cannot fly.
- Elephant cannot hop.
Activity
1. How many vegetables can be found in this maze? Draw a circle around each word. One has been done for you.
Vegetables to find in the maze:
- Carrot
- Turnip
- Peas
- Tomato
- Beans
- Potato