My Dog | James S. Tippett | Class 5 | Lesson 15 | Exercises Question Answer | MPBSE

“My Dog” is a lesson of Class 5 Textbook of MPBSE. Here all the Exercises Questions are done by teachers.

Word Power

Match the following words with their meanings.

Comprehension

A) Answer these questions.

(i) What is the poem about?
Answer: The poem is about the poet’s deep love for his dog, describing the dog’s tricks, politeness, and protective nature.

(ii) Find out the rhyming words in the poem.
Answer: The rhyming words in the poem are “tricks” and “sticks,” “polite” and “night,” “fine” and “mine.”

(iii) What do you understand by the second stanza of the poem?
Answer: The second stanza describes how the dog is gentle, polite, and protects the house by barking at night.

(iv) Which stanza do you like most?
Answer: I like the last stanza the most because it shows the strong love and bond between the poet and his dog.

(v) What message do you get from the poem?
Answer: The message of the poem is that true love is not based on what someone does for us, but the connection and affection we share.

B) Complete the following lines of the poem.

(i) He’s good at doing tricks.
(ii) He is gentle and polite.
(iii) He really is quite fine.
(iv) I’m his and he is mine.

Let’s Learn

Find out the adjectives used for the dog in the poem.

Answer: The adjectives used for the dog in the poem are:

1. Good
2. Gentle
3. Polite
4. Quite
5. Fine

Let’s Talk

(a) Talk to your friends about their pets and fill in the grid.

Ask the following questions:

1. Which pet do you have?
2. What do you call it?
3. What colour is it?
4. What does it like?

Let’s Read

(a) Read this poem.

Cats sleep anywhere,

Any table any chair,

Top of piano,window ledge,

In the middle, on the edge.

Open drawer, empty shoes,

Any body’s top will do.

(b) List out the places where cats sleep.

Answer: Here is the list of places where cats sleep, based on the poem:

1. Any table
2. Any chair
3. Top of piano
4. Window ledge
5. In the middle
6. On the edge
7. Open drawer
8. Empty shoes

Let’s Write

Look at the picture and complete the sentences.

1. This is a parrot.
2. It is green in colour.
3. It can fly in the sky.
4. It likes to eat seeds.
5. It is sitting on a branch.