“The Clever Farmer” is a lesson of Class 5 Textbook of UPMSP. Here all the Exercises Questions are done by teachers.
Comprehension Questions and Answers
a. Where did the farmer live?
Answer: The farmer lived on the hillside where farmers do terrace farming.
b. Which type of farming is done on the hillside?
Answer: Terrace farming is done on the hillside.
c. Why was the tall man angry?
Answer: The tall man was angry because the farmer was ploughing the field on his terrace.
d. Who pleased the tall man and how?
Answer: The farmer pleased the tall man by offering to share the harvest with him every year.
e. Who was cleverer, the farmer or the tall man? Give reasons.
Answer: The farmer was cleverer because he tricked the tall man by making him take the useless part of the crops.
f. The farmer bought ___________.
Answer: (ii) a pair of bullocks
g. Name two crops which grow above the ground and below the ground.
Answer:
- Crops that grow above the ground: Wheat, rice
- Crops that grow below the ground: Groundnuts, potatoes
Word Power – Fill in the Blanks
Words given in the box: clever, fooled, crop, sow, pair
a. The farmer sowed seeds in the soil.
b. He taught his dog some clever tricks.
c. The rice crop was damaged by the flood this year.
d. Rohan purchased a pair of gloves from the market.
e. I am not going to be fooled once again by the shopkeeper.
Language Practice – Fill in the Blanks with Correct Helping Verbs (is/am/are)
a. This is Mrs. Cow’s classroom.
b. Two bunny rabbits are sitting on the first bench.
c. The calf-elephant is sitting on the last bench.
d. “I am the monitor,” says the puppy.
e. The piglet and the cub are punished by Mrs. Cow.
f. They are punished for not doing their homework.
g. Mrs. Cow is writing a question on the board.
h. “I am sorry,” says the kitten when she drops her bag.