NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English Unit 9 Chapter 1 Sing A Song of People
Question 1.
Which modes of transport do the people use to move around in the city?
नगर में लोग इधर-उधर जाने के लिए किन परिवहन के साधनों का प्रयोग करते हैं?
Answer:
People use buses, autos, taxis, cars, scooters, cycles, etc. to move around in the city.
Question 2.
What are the things that people carry with them, while moving around?
इधर-उधर जाते समय लोग कौन-कौन-सी चीजें अपने साथ ले जाते हैं?
Answer:
People carry hats, umbrellas, handbags, briefcases, etc. with them while moving around.
Question 3.
Where all do you find these very busy people?
इन अत्यधिक व्यस्त लोगों को आप कहाँ पाते हैं?
Answer:
I find these very busy people on roads, on sidewalks, on subways, in lifts, in stores, at bus stops etc.
Question 4.
Where have you seen crowds of people?
लोगों की भीड़ आपने कहाँ देखी है?
Answer:
I have seen crowds of people in and around the temples, railway stations, bus stops, hospitals, cinema halls, shopping malls, fairs, and parties etc.
Question 5.
Why do you think all these people are in a hurry?
आपको क्यों लगता है कि ये लोग जल्दबाजी में हैं?
Answer:
All these people are in a hurry because they have to do a lot of work in limited time.
Language Use
Let’s write the opposites of the following words.
आइए निम्नलिखित शब्दों के विपरीतार्थक शब्द लिखें।
Answer:
slow fast
back front
below above, up
loud slow
up down
tall short
crowd alone
go come
Let’s Listen
Read and listen to those two poems with your partner and find out what are the things that the village child and the city child like.
अपने साथी के साथ इन दो कविताओं को पढ़े और सुनें और पता करें कि कौन-सी चीजें ग्रामीण बच्चा पसंद करता है और कौन-सी शहरी बच्चा।
Answer:
Read and Learn.
Let’s Talk
The people who live in cities often wish they could live in quiet towns. Do you like the place you live in?
Tell your partner two things you like and don’t like about the place you live in.
जो लोग शहरों में रहते हैं अक्सर ऐसी इच्छा करते हैं कि वे शांत कस्बों में रहते। क्या आपको वह जगह पसंद है जहाँ आप रहते हैं।
अपने साथी से दो ऐसी बातें बताइए जो आपको उस जगह के बारे में अच्छी लगती हैं जहाँ आप रहते हैं और दो ऐसी बातें बताइए जो आपको अच्छी नहीं लगती हैं। Answer:
I love the place where I live in.
Two things that I like about the place where I live in
- Peaceful surrounding
- Well-behaved neighbours
Two things that I don’t like
- Metro station is not very close to my place.
- Astray dogs and cows make the colony roads dirty.
Let’s Write
Question 1.
Did you observe that in the poem, the last words in every second and fourth line rhyme with each other?
Can you write a four line poem?
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Question 2.
Find out how many people are there in our country?
Do we have enough land for all people on this earth?
Is there enough food and water for all people?
पता करें कि आपके देश में कितने लोग हैं।
क्या हमारे पास इस धरती पर रहने वाले सभी लोगों के लिए पर्याप्त भूमि है? क्या सभी लोगों के लिए पर्याप्त भोजन और पानी है?
Answer:
There are about 130 crore people in our country.
No, we don’t have enough land for all people on this earth. Neither have we enough food nor water for all people.
Question 3.
Find out the following from ten families living in your neighbour-hood.
अपने पड़ोस में रहने वाले दस परिवारों से निम्नलिखित जानकारी पता करें।
(i) How many members are educated in each family?
प्रत्येक परिवार में कितने सदस्य पढ़े-लिखे हैं?
(ii) From amongst the ten families, how many are educated?
दसों परिवारों में से कितने पढ़े-लिखे हैं?
Now talk to your partner and then write a report about your neighbourhood.
अब अपने साथी से बात करो और अपने पड़ोस के बारे में एक रिपोर्ट तैयार करें।
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Let’s Interview
Question 1.
Interview your teacher and get her responses for the following questions.
(i) Why did you become a teacher?
(ii) How do you come to school everyday?
(iii) Do you have any pets?
(iv) What kinds of books do you like to read?
(v) What are your hobbies?
Answer:
(i) Because I love to teach small children.
(ii) By school bus.
(iii) No.
(iv) Adventurous books and novels
(v) Gardening and painting.
Question 2.
Now write a paragraph about your teacher with the information you have gathered.
My Teacher
Answer:
My teacher says she became a teacher because she likes to teach young children. She comes to school everyday by school bus. She does not have any pet. She is fond of books. She likes adventurous books. She equally likes novels. In leisure time she does gardening and painting.
