A Visit to a Headstart Centre | Class 5 | Lesson 3 | Exercises Question Answer | MPBSE

“A Visit to a Headstart Centre” is a lesson of Class 5 Textbook of MPBSE. Here all the Exercises Questions are done by teachers.

(A) Match the following words with their meanings.

Comprehension

A) Answer these questions.

(i) Where did the children go to learn through computers?
Answer: The children went to the Headstart Centre.

(ii) Into how many groups were the children divided?
Answer: The children were divided into three groups.

(iii) Who was the fourth boy in the second row?
Answer: The fourth boy in the second row was Deepak.

(iv) What games did the children play on the computers?
Answer: The children played the following games:

• Fast Finger First
• Hit the Beginner
• Hit the Hiding Letter
• Write and Evaluate Yourself
• Vocabulary Games

(v) What is a multimedia lesson?
Answer: A multimedia lesson uses audio-visual effects along with a chance for children to work on them and find the correct answer.

(vi) Which subject had they planned to learn the next Wednesday?
Answer: They had planned to learn mathematics the next Wednesday.

Let’s Learn

A) Write ordinal numbers of the given cardinal numbers. First two are done for you.

(b) Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate word from those given in brackets.

(i) ______ month of the year is January.
(The first/first)
Answer: The first month of the year is January.

(ii) Friday is ______ day of the week.
(five/the fifth)
Answer: Friday is the fifth day of the week.

(iii) Krishna is ______ son of his parents.
(the two/the second)
Answer: Krishna is the second son of his parents.

(iv) There were ______ boys in ______ room.
(ten/the tenth) (the fourth/four)
Answer: There were ten boys in the fourth room.

(v) ______ men came out but I knew only ______ man.
(seven/the seventh)
Answer: Seven men came out but I knew only the seventh man.

Let’s Read

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given under it.

A frog lived in a well. It was born and brought up there. The frog had never seen the outside world and believed that the well was the biggest place in existence.

One day, another frog that lived in the sea accidentally fell into the well. The frog from the well was surprised to see a stranger and asked, “Where are you from?” The sea frog replied, “I am from the sea.”

“The sea! How big is that? Is it as big as my well?” asked the frog from the well. The sea frog smiled and said, “My friend, how can you compare the vast sea with your little well?”

The frog from the well grew angry and replied, “Nothing can be bigger than my well. You are a liar!” Hearing this, the sea frog calmly smiled and said, “Oh no, my dear. I am not lying. You must go out of your well to see the world outside.”

Questions:

(a) Where did the first frog live?
Answer: The first frog lived in a well.

(b) Where did the second frog live?
Answer: The second frog lived in the sea.

(c) What did the frog from the well ask the frog from the sea?
Answer: The frog from the well asked the frog from the sea, “Is the sea as big as my well?”

(d) Why was the frog from the well angry?
Answer: The frog from the well was angry because it believed that nothing could be bigger than its well and thought the sea frog was lying.

(e) What did the frog from the sea advise to the other frog?
Answer: The frog from the sea advised the other frog to go out of the well to see the world outside.

Let’s Write

Read the following sentences:

There are twelve months in a year. January is the first month of the year.

Now, write similar sentences about the weekdays.

• There are seven days in a week.
• Monday is the first day of the week.
• Tuesday is the second day of the week.
• Wednesday is the third day of the week.
• Thursday is the fourth day of the week.
• Friday is the fifth day of the week.
• Saturday is the sixth day of the week.
• Sunday is the seventh day of the week.

Let’s do it:

Go to your nearest Headstart Centre and make a list of the CDs available there. Write their details on the format given below: