NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English Unit 8 Chapter 2 The Little Bully

NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English Unit 8 Chapter 2 The Little Bully

Question 1.
Why did the children hate Hari? सभी बच्चे हरि से घृणा क्यों करते थे?
(i) Because he would not talk to anyone.
(ii) Because he always pinched them.
(iii) Because he loved stealing their food.
Answer:
(ii) Because he always pinched them.

Question 2.
“Nobody took Hari’s hand. Nobody went near him. Nobody played with him.” This shows that Hari had
किसी ने भी हरि का हाथ नहीं पकड़ा। कोई उसके नजदीक नहीं गया। कोई उसके साथ नहीं खेला।” यह दिखाता है कि हरि के
(i) many friends.
(ii) few friends.
(iii) no friends.
Answer:
(iii) no friends.

Question 3.
Which of the following actions would make a friendly person? Write them down.
कौन-से कार्यकलाप एक मित्रवत व्यक्ति बनाऐंगे। उन्हें नीचे लिखें।

• Respecting other people.
• Eating a small child’s tiffin.
• Calling people rude names.
• Pushing a smaller boy and making him cry.
• Being helpful to everyone.
• Helping your classmates in school.
• Mocking at friends and hurting their feelings.
• Protecting a weaker person.

Actions which would make a friendly person

Answer.

• Respecting other people.
• Being helpful to everyone.
• Helping your classmates in school.
• Protecting a weaker person.

Vocabulary
Question 1.
From the story, find out words which are opposites or are closest to being the opposites of the words given below. Then write down the opposites in the grid.
Down : 1. smile 2. happy 4. strong
Across : 3. quiet 5. punish
Answer.

Question 2.
Hari was pinched till he was black and blue. ‘Black and blue’ means
(i) Hari fell down in pain.
(ii) there were bruises on his body.
(iii) Hari painted himself in colours.
(iv) Hari had a black and blue shirt.
Answer.
(ii) there were bruises on his body.

Question 3.
‘I shan’t pinch anyone anymore’. Shan’t means.
(i) shall
(ii) should
(iii) shall not
(iv) will not
Answer.
(iii) shall not

Question 4.
Give the full forms of
Answer.

Question 5.
A girl was sitting quietly beside him. Hari leapt to his feet, crying loudly.
The words quietly and loudly tell us how an action is being done.
From the story find five more words ending in -ly which denote how something is done.
(i) pleasantly ly
(ii) loudly ly
(iii) eagerly ly
(iv) heavily ly
(v) ________ ly
Add -ly to the following words.
निम्नलिखित शब्दों में -ly जोड़ें।

Now can you make sentences with these words?
क्या अब आप इन शब्दों से वाक्य बना सकते हैं?
Answer.

• clear – clearly – That boy cannot speak clearly.
• merry – merrily – Children celebrated the occasion merrily.
• weary – wearily I felt wearily in the evening.
• double – doubly – In Africa, women and girls have been doubly disadvantaged.
• dreary – drearily – His behaviour has been drearily predictable.
• bright – brightly – The sun shone brightly.
• bad – badly – He spoke to me badly.
• fond – fondly – My mother touched me fondly.

Fun with Sounds
Question 1.
Let’s practice with P and F.
आइए P और F से अभ्यास करें।

Answer.
Do it yourself in front of your teacher.

Question 2.
Complete the blanks with rhyming words of the following and practice aloud.
लय वाले शब्दों से रिक्त स्थानों को पूरा करें।
Answer.

Let’s Practise Some Writing
Question 1.
How did the seaside creatures, the crab, the lobster etc. teach Hari a lesson ? Write in a few lines.
केकड़ा, झींगा आदि जैसे समुद्री जीवों ने हरि को कैसे सबक सिखाया? कुछ पंक्तियों में इसे लिखें।
Answer:
These seaside creatures pinched Hari one by one. They kept on pinching till he turned black and blue and cried in pain. Afterwards Hari realised how it hurts when someone is pinched. He took a vow not to pinch children any more.

Question 2.
Read these sentences carefully.
इन वाक्यों को सावधानी से पढ़ें।
I ate an apple.
A boy is standing under the tree.
The sun rises in the east.
A and an do not point out any definite or particular person or thing whereas, the is used when we speak of some particular person or thing. A, an and the are called articles.
Remember an is used before words beginning with a vowel a, e, i, o, u.
Now fill in the blanks with appropriate articles.
अब उपयुक्त articles से रिक्त स्थानों को भरें|
(i) Hari was ________ unpopular boy.
(ii) The boys and girls went to ________ seaside for a picnic.
(iii) He saw ________ big crab coming towards him.
(iv) I found ________ empty bottle, floating in the water.
(v) ________ sea creatures ate his food.
Answer:
(i) an
(ii) the
(iii) a
(iv) an
(v) the

Question 3.
A crab has a hard shell whereas a frog does not have one.
There are many animals that protect themselves from their enemies with their outer cover/shells/quills.
In the box given below are the names of some animals. Encircle the ones that can protect themselves with their hard cover.
Answer:

Now paste/draw the picture of any one animal. Write five lines about it.
अब किसी एक जानवर का चित्र बनाएं या चिपकाएं और उसके बारे में पाँच पंक्तियां लिखें।
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Question 4.
Can you tell the difference between a turtle and a tortoise? Write a few lines.
क्या आप turtle और tortoise में अंतर बता सकते हैं? कुछ पंक्तियाँ लिखें।
Answer:
Attempt yourself.

Question 5.
Describe what is happening in the picture. Use is/are and -ing to make your sentences. Clues are given in the box.
वर्णन करें कि चित्र में क्या हो रहा है। is/are और -ing का प्रयोग कर वाक्यों को बनायें। बॉक्स में संकेत दिए गए हैं।


For example, Krishna is swinging.
(i) Mary ________ up the slide.
(ii) Hari ________ and boxing together.
(iii) Little Bittoo ________ a lollipop.
(iv) Rita ________ down the slide.
Answer:
(i) is climbing
(ii) is kicking
(iii) is licking
(iv) sliding

Question 6.
Imagine what the children will do in the playground tomorrow. You can take some hints from the words given in the box e.g. John will play kabbadi tomorrow.
कल्पना कीजिए कि कल बच्चे खेल के मैदान में क्या करेंगे। आप बॉक्स में दिए गए कुछ संकेतों को ले सकते हैं।

• John will play kabbadi tomorrow.
• Sanju will play football.
• Ranjana will jump.
• Kaushal and Prerana will take part in race.
• Sanjana will play badminton.
• Amit and Sanjay will run.

Let’s be Creative and Talk
Work in groups of four. See the picture of a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean.
चार के समूह में काम करें। समुद्र की तट में डूबे हुए जहाज का अवशेष का चित्र देखें।
Suppose you went deep-sea diving. What would you find?
Think of all the words that come to your mind, then build a paragraph. Share your story with other groups.

Answer:
I would find a number of things such as pearls, gems, fishing hooks, nets, pistols, iron chains etc.