NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English Unit 7 Chapter 2 Gulliver’s Travels

NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English Unit 7 Chapter 2 Gulliver’s Travels

Question 1.
Why did the captain send the men to the land?
कप्तान ने आदमियों को भूमि पर क्यों भेजा?
Answer:
The captain sent the men to the land to look for water.

Question 2.
Why did the men rush back to the ship?
आदमी जहाज की तरफ शीघ्रता से क्यों मुड़े?
Answer:
The men rushed back to the ship because they were chased by a giant.

Question 3.
Choose the correct answer. सही उत्तर चुनें।
(i) The giant carried a reaping hook because
(a) he was fighting with the other giants.
(b) he was going to reap the corn.
(c) he wanted to frighten Gulliver.

(ii) They put Gulliver on the ground to look at him because
(a) they had never seen a human before.
(b) they thought he was a doll.
(c) they had never seen such a tiny man.

(iii) Gulliver was
(a) a farmer.
(b) a sailor.
(c) a dwarf.
(d) a giant.
Answer:
(i)—(b),
(ii)—(c),
(iii)—(b).

Question 4.
Name the creature to whom you would look like Gulliver. The creature is now extinct. .
उस जीव या प्राणी का नाम बतायें जिसे आप गुलिवर जैसा देख पाते। वह जीव अब लुप्त हो गया है।
Answer:
The word begins with the letter Dinosour.

Question 5.
From the text, write the sentence that tells you the following. पाठ्यपुस्तक से वे वाक्य लिखें जो निम्नलिखित बातें बनाते हैं।
(i) The giant reapers were fascinated by Gulliver.
(ii) Gulliver was a learned man.
(iii) The farmer’s son thought Gulliver was a toy.
(iv) The farmer’s wife was a kind-hearted woman.
Answer:
(i) They all sat on the ground to take a good look at me.
(ii) I tried to speak to them in several languages.
(iii) On seeing me the child grabbed me from the table and put my head into his mouth.
(iv) Later she put me on her own bed and covered me with a clean white handkerchief.

Let’s Talk
Question 1.
Read the following sentences carefully.
निम्नलिखित वाक्यों को ध्यान से पढ़ें।
The giant farmer’s voice was as loud as a bellowing trumpet.
or
The giant farmer’s voice was as loud as thunder.
When something is very cold, we say it is as cold as ice.
This is because ice is very very cold.
Now complete the following. Use the words given in the box.
अब निम्नलिखित को पूरा करें। वाक्य में दिए गए शब्द इस्तेमाल करें।
Answer:

Use the above expressions to complete the following sentences.
उपरोक्त भावों को निम्नलिखित वाक्यों को पूरा करने में प्रयोग करें।
Answer:
(i) The old man’s hair is as white as snow.
(ii) His feet were as cold as ice.
(iii) The newspaper boy was as slow as a tortoise in delivering the papers.
(iv) I felt as light as a feather after exercising.

Create your own comparisons for the following. Work in pairs.
निम्नलिखित के लिए आप स्वयं तुलना बनायें। जोड़े में काम करें।
Answer:
as tall as                            the Qutab Minar
as fast as                           the Chitah
as high as                          the Mount Everest
as angry as                        a bull
as tiny as                           an ant
as brave as                        a soldier

Question 2.
There are many reasons why something happens.
कोई घटना घटित होने के पीछे कई कारण होते हैं।

All the three are reasons why Gulliver was unable to climb the fence.

Question 3.
Now look at the pictures and discuss in groups why the following events happened. You may find more than one reason for each of them.
अब नीचे दिए गए चित्रों को देखें और समूह में चर्चा करें कि निम्न घटनाएं क्यों घटित हुई। प्रत्येक के लिए आप एक से अधिक कारण ढूंढ़ सकते हैं।
Answer:

Let’s Write
Look at the following examples.
निम्नलिखित उदाहरणों को देखें।

• I was trying to climb over the fence when the giant saw me.
• The farmer’s wife was stroking the cat when her one year-old son entered.

Both the actions were in the past.
When the first one was going on in the past, the second one happened.
Question  1.
Match the following and write complete sentences in the lines below.
निम्नलिखित का मिलान करें और नीचे दी गई पंक्तियों में पूर्ण वाक्य लिखें।

Please note that sometimes the order of the sentences changes.
Answer:
(i) I was writing a letter when my pen ran out. .
(ii) Paul was looking out of the window when he noticed a lovely butterfly.
(iii) When I met Arun, he was looking for his dog.
(iv) When ma’am said, ‘Stop writing’, I was just completing the last answer.
(v) The man was painting the wall when he fell off the ladder.
(vi) Amit was doing his homework when the lights went out.
(vii) My mother was cooking dinner when the bell rang.

Question 2.
Now complete the following suitably.
अब निम्नलिखित को उपयुक्त ढंग से पूरा करें।
(i) I was sitting in a taxi yesterday when _______
(ii) He was cleaning out his cupboard when _______
(iii) _______ a dog ran out onto the road.
(iv) _______ the teacher walked into the room.
Answer:
(i) I saw a lady calling me.
(ii) he came across old diary pages.
(iii) I was running fast when
(iv) Students were talking loudly when

Question 3.
When we compare two things/people, we add-er or more to the describing word.
When we compare three or more things/people, we add est or most to the describing word.
Look at the following examples. When first two are compared and when all three are compared.

• The sailboat is fast.
• The car is faster than the sailboat.
• The aeroplane is the fastest of all.

• Hitting a target is difficult.
• Juggling caps is more difficult than hitting a target.
• Doing complicated magic tricks is the most difficult of them all.

Now complete the following in the same way using s the words easy or strong.
अब निम्नलिखित को easy या strong जैसे शब्दों का प्रयोग करते हुए पूरा करें |

(i) Skipping is ________.
Jumping is ________than skipping.
Walking is the ________of all.

(ii) The dog is ________.
The horse is ________.
The elephant is ________.
Answer:
(i) Skipping is easy.
Jumping is easier than skipping.
Walking is the easiest of all.
(ii) The dog is strong.
The horse is stronger than the dog.
The elephant is the strongest of them all.

Now complete the following in the same way using the words juicy or exciting. The order may vary according to your choice.
अब निम्नलिखित को इसी तरह juicy या exciting जैसे शब्दों का प्रयोग करते हुए पूरा करें |
apple ________
orange ________
sugarcane ________
rock climbing ________
river ________
rafting skiing ________
Answer:

• Apple is juicy.
• Sugarcane is juicier than apple.
• Orange is the juiciest of them all.
• Rock climbing is exciting.
• Skiing is more exciting than rock climbing.
• River rafting is the most exciting of them all.

Question 4.
Correct the use of the describing words in the following sentences.
निम्नलिखित वाक्यों में वर्णनात्मक शब्दों के प्रयोग को सही करें।
(i) This is the simpler problem of them all.
(ii) Which is the lightest of the two parcels?
(iii) He is cleverer than I am.
(iv) I like this the best of the two.
(v) The flood became badder as the rain increased.
Answer:
(i) This is the simplest problem of them all.
(ii) Which is the lighter of the two parcels?
(iii) He is cleverer than me.
(iv) I like this the better of the two.
(v) The flood became worse as the rain increased.

Question 5.
Punctuate the following sentences using capital letters, full stops (.) commas (,) question marks (?) apostrophe (‘) exclamation mark (!) wherever necessary.
निम्नलिखित वाक्यों में बड़े अक्षरों, पूर्ण विराम (.) कोमा (,), प्रश्नवाचक चिह्र (?), एपोस्ट्रॉफी (‘), आर्तनाद का चिह्न लगाएं।
dear samir,
i am sending you a photograph of my newest pet frisky is a bulldog and a very playful puppy by next summer he should be old enough to go with us on our long, walks i m sure you are looking forward to seeing him I know you will like him. warm regards
Sanju
Answer:
Dear Samir,
I am sending you a photograph of my newest pet. Frisky is a bulldog and a very playful puppy. By next summer he should be old enough to go with us on our long-walks. I’m sure you’re looking forward to seeing him. I know you’ll like him.
Warm regards,
Sanju

Question 6.
Punctuate the following sentences.
निम्नलिखित वाक्यों में विराम चिह्न लगाएं।
(i) next wednesday my sister mita is going to join the state bank of india
(ii) the dog wags its tail when its pleased but a cat waves its tail when its angry
(iii) when I went fishing I caught an old shoe a plastic bag and a bad cold
(iv) she fed the baby washed the dishes put the lights off and went to sleep
(v) wasn’t tim born on the 26th of january 1989
(vi) oh no the bus has gone
Answer:
(i) Next Wednesday my sister, Mita is going to join the State Bank of India.
(ii) The dog wags its tail when it’s pleased but a cat waves its tail when it’s angry.
(iii) When I went fishing I caught an old shoe, a plastic bag and a bad cold.
(iv) She fed the baby, washed the dishes, put the lights off and went to sleep.
(v) Wasn’t Tim born on the 26th of January 1989?
(vi) Oh, no! The bus has gone.

Let’s Find Out
Question 1.
Fill in the blanks.
रिक्त स्थानों को भरें।
(i) A giant tree Red wood trees of California
(ii) A giant bird ____________
(iii) A giant land animal ____________
(iv) A giant water creature ____________
(v) A giant reptile ____________
(vi) A giant aeroplane ____________
Answer:
(ii) Ostrich
(iii) Elephant
(iv) Whale
(v) Crocodile
(vi) A-380

Question 2.
Find out some interesting facts about each of these giants and share them with the class.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Creative Writing
Question 1.
You woke up one morning and found yourself in the land of dwarfs!
एक सुबह आप उठे और स्वयं को बौनों की दुनिया में पाएँ।
Write a paragraph describing your experiences there and how you got back home finally. You may begin like this.
वहां के अनुभवों का वर्णन करते हुए एक अनुच्छेद लिखें और कैसे आप घर वापस गए।
Everything around me looked different. Men and women were so tiny. And children! They appeared as if they were big dots on the ground. All the houses were only one and a half feet high. The dishes in which these dwarf people ate were two or three inches in diameter. I had never had such experiences in my life. I was surprised to see them all. But equally happy to find that these dwarf people were so kind to me. They helped me go back home.