manav mangal school

Class: V
Subject: English Literature
Chapter 13: Swami and His friends
Practice Assignment

Reference to Context

Read the extracts and answer the questions given below:

(a) No teacher ever tried to prod him.

i) Who is ‘him’ in the above extract?
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ii) Why did the teachers never try to prod him?

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iii) Name the lesson from which the extract has been taken.
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(b) He hated Swami’s growing friendship with the new boy.

i) Who is ‘He’ in the above extract?
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ii) Whom does the ‘new boy’ refer to?

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iii) What does ‘He’ hate?

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(c) Day by day as Mani looked on, it was becoming increasingly clear that a new
menace had appeared in his life.
i) Who or what is referred to as the new menace in the above extract?
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ii) In whose life had this menace appeared?

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iii) Write the meaning of the word menace and use it in a sentence of your own.
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Fill in the blanks

i. Swami’s four friends were ______________, ___________, _________ and
___________.

ii. Only the ______________ could reprimand Somu.

iii. Teachers never questioned ___________ and __________ in the classroom.

iv. People usually __________ aside when Mani passed.

v. Mani had a pair of _________ ________ at home.

vi. _________ was like Swaminathan in many ways.

vii. Mani started hating _________ because he became a new __________ in the school.

Note:
i) Students will be made to write answers of the Practice Assignment during the online class.
ii) Students should take a printout of the Practice Assignment and write answers in it.
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