CBSE Class 5 English Revision Worksheet Set A

Q1.Answer the following questions:

a) Why did the tiger approach the buffalo?

b) What made the tiger say to the buffalo,”I don’t come as an enemy”?

c) What was “the wonderful substance” that man had according to the buffalo?

d) Do you think the tiger wanted the’ wonderful substance’ for the benefit of other animals? Why or why not?

e) How can you say that the tiger really believed that the peasant was telling the truth and he would soon be back with what he had asked for?

Q2.Correct the wrong spellings in the following sentences:

a) My mother incists me to drink milk everyday. _________________

b) The policemen are always allart.____________

c) Her laafter broke the silence of the room.___________

Q3.Use the following pairs of words in sentences of your own:

a) eagerness_______________________________________________

b) surrounded-________________________________________________

c) insisted-____________________________________________________

d) banged-  ____________________________________________________

c) insisted-____________________________________________________

d) banged- ____________________________________________________

Q4. Reference to context:

a) “…I have left it at home…”Who said this line to whom and what are they talking about?__________

b) “Ah ,yes! Why don’t you go and ask him for it ?” _________________ said to ____________.

Q5.Frame sentences using the following pairs of sentences:

a) Heard-_______________________
Herd- __________________________

b) Wait-_________________________
Weight-_________________________

Q.A. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION FOR THE FOLLOWING :

Question. A sentence that expresses excitement or other strong feelings is called an ________ sentence.
(a) Imperative
(b) Exclamatory
(c) Assertive
Answer : B

Question. An assertive sentence always ends with a ______________
(a) full stop
(b) question mark
(c) exclamation mark
Answer : A

Question. ‘How is Manik ?’ – is an example of ____________ sentence.
(a) Interrogative
(b) Exclamatory
(c) Assertive
Answer : A

Question. Which of the following sentence is an example of the exclamatory sentence.
(a) How beautiful the rainbow is!
(b) Today is Monday.
(c) What do you need?
Answer : A

Question. An imperative sentence does not express a ________________
(a) order
(b) request
(c) question
Answer : C

Question. Choose the subject from the following sentence: ‘This shop opens at ten o’clock.’
(a) This shop
(b) opens at ten o’clock
(c) opens
Answer : A

Question. Choose suitable predicate for the following: The peacock ____________________________.
(a) is a useful machine.
(b) is a doctor
(c) is a colourful bird.
Answer : C

Question. Choose suitable predicate for the following: The smiling baby _____________________________.
(a) made me feel happy.
(b) lies to the south of India
(c) is very salty
Answer : A

Question. The _________________ is a part of a sentence about which something is said.
(a) predicate
(b) verb
(c) subject
Answer : C

Question. In the sentence- ‘Indian farmers are hard-working people’.— Indian farmer is the predicate.
(a) True
(b) False
(c) Can’t say
Answer : B

Question. A proper noun always begins with a ___________________.
(a) full stop
(b) capital letter
(c) comma
Answer : B

Question. _______________ nouns are words for groups of people, animals or things.
(a) Countable
(b) Common
(c) Collective
Answer : C

Question. _____________ nouns are the words for the substances from which different objects are prepared.
(a) Material
(b) Proper
(c) Abstract
Answer : A

Question. Choose the collective noun in the following sentence: The policemen could not control the mob.
(a) policemen
(b) mob
(c) control
Answer : B

Question. Choose the abstract noun in the following sentence : I admired his honesty.
(a) honesty
(b) admired
(c) his
Answer : A

QI. FILL IN THE BLANKS:

Question.The words a, an and the are called…………
Answer : articles

Question. A and An are called __________ articles.
Answer : indefinite

Question.The is called the __________ article.
Answer : definite

Question._______ and _______ are called indefinite articles because they do not tell definitely about the person or thing spoken of.
Answer : a and an

Question.My, his, your and there are the example of ________ adjectives.
Answer : possessive

Question. __________ show a noun or pronoun in relation to place, time, movement, position, agency Manner and so on.
Answer : preposition

Question. A____________is a word used to describe a noun or pronoun.
Answer : adjective

Question. An ___________ describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
Answer : adverb

Question. There are ___________ types of adverbs.
Answer : four

Question._________ joins two words or groups of words and help to show the connection between them.
Answer : conjunction

Q.L. PICK OUT THE PREPOSITION FROM THE SENTENCES:

Question. They live on the third floor.
Answer : on

Question. It has been raining since three hours.
Answer : since

Question. It is twenty minutes to 10.
Answer : to

Question. I took medicine for fever.
Answer : for

Question. He was among friends.
Answer : among

Question. Mrs Maylie and Miss Rose were surprised when they saw the thief because……
a)He was an old man
b) He was a child
c) He had a knife with him
Answer : B

Question. Mrs Marlie and Roe …….
a) wanted to send Oliver to an orphanage
b)felt sorry for Oliver
c) were angry with Oliver
Answer : B

Question. Police came to Maylie's house to……………..
a) arrest Ms Maylie and Miss Rose
b) arrest the servants
c) investigate about robbery
Answer : C

Question. Which day is the Earth Day?
a)12th August
b) 21st December
c) 22nd April
Answer : C

Question. What did the Ghost of Earth Day Present show Ebenezer?
a)America in 1492
b) the recycling centre
c) A vast wasteland
Answer : B

Question.Who said these words?
“Mind your own beeswax! What do we pay street cleaners for?”
a) Ebenezer
b) Child 1
c)Native American Girl
Answer : A

Question. Beyond reasoning means
a) unable to understand
b) unable to write
c) unable to digest
Answer : A

Question. The ……………. time the author met Po was when his mother took him to live in Taiwan for a year.
a) first
b) second
c) third
Answer : B

Question. Po’s voice was shaky because she too was ….. as the speaker was going away.
a) sad
b) happy
c) excited
Answer : A

Question. The speaker wants to sail across the seven seas and the thirteen rivers of ………..
a) Tripurni
b) Tepantra
c) Fairyland
Answer : C

Question. The boatman ………….would never steers the boat to these markets.
a) Ashu
b) Ramchandra
c) Madhu
Answer : C

Question. Crusoe called the man Friday?
a) because he found him on that day.
b) because he liked that name.
c) none of the above
Answer : A

Question. The last three years on the island were happiest of Crusoe's life because___
a) he was very happy on the island.
b) Friday had been a faithful and true friend to him.
c) He was getting food very easily
Answer : B

Question . It took ………………. months for Crusoe to get the mast and sail ready.
a) five
b) six
c) two
Answer : C

Q.B. FILL IN THE BLANKS :

Question. All night long in the dark and wet,
A ______goes riding by.
Answer : man 

Question. The people who kill or catch animals illegally are known as __________.
Answer : Poachers 

Question. A __________ movie is a film about a time when there was no recorded history.
Answer : Prehistoric-era

Question. Sant _________ lived in a hut in the forest.
Answer : Haridas 

Question. Everyday household or routine tasks are known as __________.
Answer : Daily chores

Question. The two ladies decided to keep Oliver with them because they wanted to give him a …………….. life.
Answer : happy 

Question. Mrs Marlie and Rose were waiting for the ……………to arrive.
Answer : doctor 

Question.In the beginning , …………….did not believe in Earth Day.
Answer : Ebenezer Litterbug

Q.C. WRITE TRUE OR FALSE :

Question. In the poem ‘Windy Nights’, it is the wind during a storm that sounds like the horse rider. ________
Answer : true

Question. Rhinos are very vocal and make at least ten different sounds for different emotions. _______
Answer : true

Question. The natural environment in which an animal lives is known as its den. __________
Answer : false 

Question. Tansenplaypiano in Akbar’s court. ______
Answer : false 

Question. Tansen sang in front of the master but made the same mistake many times. _________
Answer : true

Question. At the beginning of the spring, Maylies took Oliver to their house in the country
Answer : true

Question. Dr Losberne asked for some tea and pie . __________
Answer : false 

Question. The Ghost of Earth Day Past took Ebenezer to a vast wasteland. ______
Answer : false 

Q.B. IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:

Question. Do not talk so loudly. _______________________
Answer : Imperative

Question. She has won the quiz. _______________________
Answer : Assertive

Question. Please open the door. _______________________
Answer : Imperative

Question. The Taj Mahal is in Agra. _____________________
Answer : Assertive

Question. What a noble, sensible and humble person Abraham Lincoln was! __________________
Answer : Exclamatory

PUNCTUATION

Question. The ________ is used at the end of a direct question.
Answer : question mark

Question. The ________ is mainly used to separate words in a series or list.
Answer : comma

Question. The _______ are mainly used to show the actual words spoken.
Answer : inverted comma

Question. The _______ is used in the possessive form of nouns
Answer : Apostrophe

Question. ________ are mainly used at the beginning of every sentence
Answer : Apostrophe

Question. MATCH THE FOLLOWING :
1. magic trick a. for God
2. gift from the spirit people b. wet
3. fascinating flora and fauna means c. Reena
4. Guruji sings d. shell
5. word rhyme as ‘set’ e. plant and animal species
6. Oliver Finds Home . f. Rabindranath Tagore
7. The first Earth Day g. Abraham Tzou
8. Sleepyhead is h. April 22, 1970
9 the author of the story PO i. an inattentive person
10. poet of the poem ‘The Sailor’ j. Oliver Twist
Answer : Q.F. MATCH THE FOLLOWING :
1. --- c 6.--j
2. --- d 7.--h
3. --- e 8.--i
4. --- a 9.--g
5. --- b 10.--f

I. Choose a Subject from the box to complete each sentence.

A big spider A buzzing bee My notebook My mother My closet The houseplant The space alien

1. ________________________________ looked for nectar in the flower.

2. ________________________________ has lots of clothes in it.

3. ________________________________ needs soil, water, and sunlight.

4. ________________________________ landed the UFO.

5. ________________________________ was upset because I broke her favourite vase.

6.________________________________ is filled with stories that I wrote.

II. Choose a Predicate from the box to complete each sentence.

watered the flowers. barked all night long. drove me to school. cut the boy's hair. fixed the sink. flew the airplane.

1. The gardener_____________________________________.

2. The pilot ____________________________________________.

3. The little pup_________________________________________.

4. The barber__________________________________________.

5.The plumber __________________________________________

III. Replace the underlined word with a same meaning from the words given in the box.

awesome dirty laughing violent tired

1. The athlete was exhausted after running marathon.

2. Jimmy had to clean his filthy bathroom.

3. Looking at the stars at night was amazing .

4. They were giggling after hearing the joke.

5. The fierce cheetah attacked the deer.

IV. Write the meanings for the following words:

1. Deafening:___________________________________________

2. Moaning:____________________________________________

3. Charioteers:__________________________________________

4. Infantry:_____________________________________________

5. Opponents:__________________________________________

V. Frame sentences:

1.scholars: _____________________________________________

2.tournament:___________________________________________

3.terrible:_______________________________________________

ECHOING GREEN

A. Learn and write the given poem-

The sun does arise,                              And make happy the skies;
The merry bells ring                             To welcome the spring;
The skylark and thrush,                         The birds of the bush,
Sing louder around,                              To the bell’s cheerful sound
While our sports shall be seen               On the Echoing Green.
Old John, with white hair,                      Does laugh away care,
Sitting under the oak,                           Among the old folk.
They laugh at our play,                         And soon they all say.
‘Such, such were the joys                     When we all girls and boys,
In our youth time were seen                 On the Echoing Green.’
Till the little ones, Weary,                      No more can be merry;
The sun does descend,                          And our sports have an end:
Round the laps of their mothers,            Many sisters and brothers,
Like birds in their nest,                          Are ready for rest,
And sports no more seen,                      On the darkening Green.
                                                                                  Poet- William Blake

Summary of the poem-
This beautiful poem ‘Echoing Green’ is composed by the famous poet William Blake. In this poem, the poet imagines himself as a child. Here, the poet describes the spring season. He narrates his surroundings, activities of different birds and humans (like the old and the young).

B. Learn and write the given Hard Words-
1. Skylark
2. Thrush
3. Cheerful
4. Echoing
5. Oak
6. Folk
7. Youth
8. Weary
9. Descend
10. Darkening

C. Learn and write the given Word- Meanings-

WORD - MEANINGS
1. Skylark - A brown -colored bird larger than a sparrow
2. Thrush - A small –sized songbird
3. Echoing - (Here) Repeating
4. Weary - Tired
5. Descend - To go down

D. Read the given lines and answer the following questions-

The sun does arise,
And make happy the skies;
The merry bells ring
To welcome the spring;
The skylark and thrush,
The birds of the bush,
Sing louder around,
To the bell’s cheerful sound
While our sports shall be seen
On the Echoing Green.

Q. Write the name of the poem and its poet?
Ans. The name of the poem is ‘Echoing Green’ and its poet is William Blake.

Q. Who were singing louder?
Ans. Birds like Skylark and Thrush were singing louder.

Q. Which season is welcomed here?
Ans. Spring season is welcomed here.

Q. Write the rhyming words of these lines?
Ans. The rhyming words of these lines are- arise-skies; ring-spring; thrush-bush; around-sound and seen-green.

E. Make sentences by using the given words-
1. Weary- I am feeling weary.
2. Bush- There was a snake behind the bush.
3. Sports- (Do it yourself)
4. Skylark- (Do it yourself)
5. Youth- (Do it yourself)

Grammar: Chapter-8: Possessions, Chapter-9: Adjectives,
Chapter-10: Degrees of composition

A. Use an apostrophe to show possession:
1. the song of the bird ___________________________________
2. the gift for Mala ______________________________________
3. the heel of Achilles ____________________________________
4. the gun of the hunter __________________________________
5. the tails of foxes ______________________________________
6. a film for children _____________________________________
7. the horns of the oxen __________________________________
8. the uniforms of the drivers ______________________________

B. Make the following plural :
1. the deer’s horns ____________________________________
2. the child’s tears ____________________________________
3. the baby’s bottle ____________________________________
4. the student’s essay ____________________________________

C. Rewrite the following making use of the apostrophe:
1. the toys belonging to the children ___________________________
2. the food meant for the puppies ___________________________
3. the school meant for boys ___________________________
4. the church named after St. Peter ___________________________

D. Pick out the adjectives of quality in the following sentences:

1. We had to cross a deep river.
2. I met an old man with grey hair.
3. Only noble people can form great nations.
4. The hungry lion could not catch the clever fox.
5. The ancient palace was converted into a grand museum.
6. It was a warm, sunny day and a light breeze was blowing. 

E. Fill in the blanks with Adjectives of Quality.
Smooth, slow, healthy, bitter,
1. These medicines are _____________in taste.
2. We should eat _____________ food.
3. The rest of the road was flat and ___________.
4. The __________ worker could not finish his work.

F. Write ‘N’ for Adjectives of Number and ‘Q’ for Adjectives of Quantity.
1. A week has seven days. _______
2. There is enough rice in this bag. _______
3. He gave the ball to the first student. _______
4. There was no milk for the baby. _______

G. Pick out the Demonstrative Adjectives.
1. This box is heavy.
2. Kavita has joined that school.
3. I have read these books.
4 Who bought those flowers.

H. Make the following phrases plural.
1. This smart little child __________________________
2. This cute white puppy __________________________
3. Such a lovely baby __________________________
4. that tiny, soft foot __________________________

I. Make the following phrases singular:
1. these brave soldiers _________________________
2. such sharp knives _________________________
3. such delicate designs _________________________
4. these close matches _________________________

J. Pick out the interrogative and possessive adjectives :
1. What time are you leaving for your school?
2. Which is your bed ?
3. Whose bag is lying on her desk ?
4. What gift have you brought for your friend ?

K . Write down the opposites of the following Adjectives :
1. broad -> 6. humble ->
2. kind -> 7. modern ->
3. cheap -> 8. dull ->
4. safe -> 9. bold ->
5. worst -> 10.empty ->

L . Complete the following sentences using the following information:-
[the oldest, older than, as old as, younger than, youngest ]
Surya - 9 years 5 months Ashis - 10 years Tanuja - 10 years Amar - 11 years
1. Amar is _____________boy in the class.
2. Ashish is _____________ Tanuja.
3.Amar is ______________ Surya.
4.Ashis is _______________ Amar.
5.The __________________ boy in the class is Surya.

M .Fill in the blanks with the correct words:
1. I have __________ work to do. ( much, many)
2. Rupa has ___________friends than Ritu. (fewer, less)
3.Can you spare ______________ money? (a little, a few)
4.We need _________________more people to complete the work. (a few, a little)

N. Fill in the blanks with the correct degree of adjectives:-
1. She has many _______________ friends.(sincere)
2. His writing is much ____________than his sister’s.(good)
3. The dog was as_____________ as his master.(smart)
4. This is the ___________essay you have ever written.( bad)'

O. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjectives:
1. Bad
2. Good
3. Little
4. Beautiful
5. Far
6. Tall
7. Short
8. Fat
9. Thin
10. Lovely

I. Fill in the blanks using suitable adverbs given below,

(hungrily, truly, rudely, firmly)

a. Two stray dogs_____________ ate the whole cake.

b. The policeman spoke ______________to the old man.

c. Dalip’s arm was _______________stuck in the narrow hole

d. The chief was ______________a wise man.

II. A) Complete these words using ‘suffix’ –able or –ible:

a. Un_____________

b. Ed_____________

c. Aud____________

d. Cap____________

2. B) Write three words beginning with- un:

a. _______________

b. _______________

c. _______________

2. C)Write three words ending with – less :

a. _______________

b. _______________

c. _______________

III. Put the words that go together:

a. Work and ________________.

b. Hot and __________________. c. Eat and __________________.

IV. Change these sentences into exclamatory beginning with What/How:

a. It was an exciting story.

b. The pilot was humorous.

c. It was cunning of her

V. What do we call a person who:

a. Sells medicine - _______________________

b. Performs operation-_____________________

c. Sells meat-______________________

d. Composes music-_________________

VI. Select suitable words given in brackets and fill in the blanks:

a. Everyone praised Nikhil for his ____________________act. The boy jumped out of the burning fire. He was indeed a _________________ boy.(courageous, brave)

b. The President gave a ______________speech and everyone was happy. The teacher gave a _________________ description about the project (brief , short)

c. I’ll stay at _________________ and read a book. Rick and Mary wanted to buy a _________________. (house, home)

d. We will _____________at the hotel for a night. I ______________ on this street around that corner. (stay, live)

VII. Report these sentences using told/asked/requested:

a. Mrs Lucy to her daughter, “Clean your room.”

b. The child to his mother, “Please may I have some more rice?”

c. Doctor to the patient, “Check your weight.”

VIII. Tick the correct meaning:

a. Silence is golden:________________________
(i) Be quite.
(ii) It is often best not to say anything.

b. “Silence!” shouted the teacher:
(i) Be quite.
(ii) Without making any sound

IX. Frame sentences with the following words:

a. Immensely -___________________

b. Scattered- ____________________

c. Difficult- _____________________

d. tidied- _____________________

e. Resolved- _____________________

X. Imagine that while walking in a park you observe an old man not feeling well. When you go near him, you find that he has become unconscious. What would you do? (Write a paragraph using the clues)
Called the people to help / the ambulance / informed his family
____________________ _____________________

XI. Imagine that you spent a weekend at your friend’s house. Make a diary entry as to how you spent the weekend with your friend by answering these questions:

a. When did you go to your friend’s house?

b. How did you go?

c. What did you do the whole day?

d. What happened in the evening

Q1. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Look at the rings in the trunk .The trunk is made up of rings with in rings .Scientists have out that by counting these rings ,they can tell the age of a tree . How is this possible ? Each year there is a period of greatest growth of a tree . In cold climates ,this period is the season of spring . During this period , the cells just inside the skin of the trunk begin to divide . The new cells so

formed are of two kinds . The inner cells – the one towards the inside of the trunk – are wood cells ; these form a new ring in the wood inside the trunk . The outer cells are bastcells ; these will grow again next spring .

Each year , a ring of new wood cells is added to the trunk , The earliest wood cells ( in the innermost rings) become pressed together so tightly that they die .These form the hardest wood in a tree’s trunk , known as the ‘heartwood’

You can see that each year the trunk of a tree gets anew ring of wood cells . So, by counting the rings , you can tell the age of a tree .

a) What is the trunk of a tree made of ?

b) What is ‘heartwood’ ?

c) Find words from passage that mean the same as:-

i) the main stem of a tree __________

ii) a particular length of time _________

d) Pick out two adjectives of comparison from the passage .

Q2. Write a paragraph with the help of given outline on “When UFO Landed In Our School Playground”.(5)

Break time in school ,great noise and lightning ,an UFO landed ,everybody wonderstruck ,an alien came out ,unusual appearance , looked friendly ,spoke in our language ,had interesting conversation ,time to go back ,sat in his UFO ,took off to his home planet .

Q3. Complete the sentences using articles.

a) Sonu is reading _______ magazine .

b) Shall I turn _________ radio on ?

c) That’s______ lovely dress .

d) Who wants to eat _____ ice-cream ?

e) Do you wear ___ uniform at school ?

Q4. Change the given adjectives into adverbs to complete the sentences.

a) He sang _______________( beautiful)

b) He ran ______________( fast )

c) She finished her work____________( quick )

d) She sings ______________( delightful)

e) He _________________ comes unprepared (frequent )

Q5. Pick out the Adjectives in the following sentences .

a) The ship sustained heavy damage .

b) He is a man of few words.

c)I have not seen him for several days

d) A cross child is not liked .

e ) Abdul won the second prize .

Q6. Complete the sentences using appropriate adjectives for comparison.

a) The poor man had seen _______________days .( happy ).

b) Solomon was one of the _________ men . (wise )

c) The ____________ lane has a turning . (long )

d) My knife is __________ than yours .( sharp )

e) No news is __________ news . ( good )

Q7. Choose the correct answer:-

a) The hunter went to the witch doctor becausehe
i) had a stomach ache
ii) had seen a scary dream
iii) to get treatment for his son

b) The cupboard was special because it was
i) magical
ii) was made of gold
iii) was very huge

c) Wilma was
i) an athlete
ii) an archer
iii) a swimmer

d) Wilma fell seriously ill when she was
i) 4
ii) 6
iii) 7

Q8. Answer the following questions

a) How did Rohit’s mother sense that something was wrong ?

b) How did the Honeyguide help Gingile find honey ?

c) Would you like to have a friend like John ? Why ?

d) Why does the bird find preening a chore ?

e) Why do you think Ila was refused admission in many schools ?