CITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL,CHOWK CAMPUS

QUESTION BANK
SUBJECT- ENGLISH CLass-5

TOPICS-ADJECTIVES,COMPARISON OF
ADJECTIVES,PREPOSITIONS,CONTINUOUS TENSE
,ART IS FOR EVERYONE

Q1)Tippity Witchet looked at the picture and smiled her biggest smile. ‘What a lovely
drawing,

Margaret! You are a fine artist.’

a. Where were Margaret and her mother?

(i)Tippity Witchet’s house (ii)beach (iii)school (iv)Tippity’s garden

b. What had Margaret drawn?

(i)boats (ii)fishermen (iii)seagulls (iv)Tippity Witchet’s garden

c. How did Margaret feel after she heard Tippity Witchet’s words?

(i)elated (ii)a little better (iii)disappointed (iv)disgusted

d.Which word is closest in meaning to ‘artist’ related to the chapter ‘Art is for Everyone’

(i)authority (ii)creator (iii)painter (iv)composer

e. Antonym for ‘fine ‘ related to the chapter ‘Art is for Everyone’

(i)poor (ii)thick (iii)coarse (iv)rough

f.Which feeling is expressed through the phrase -her biggest smile?

(i)happiness (ii) upset (iii) pleasure (iv) excitement

Q 2) Margaret chose markers and her mother picked out a few bits of coloured chalks,
something she used to draw with when she was a child. In no time, everyone was busy
drawing and painting.

a. Who else was there with Margaret and her mother?Why had they gone there ?

b. Which group of words in the extract means ‘soon’?

c. What did all of them draw and paint?What will you draw if you had been there ,and
why?

Q3)Fill in the blanks:-

1) Margaret lives in ______________ island.

2) Margaret had drawn ______________ house.

3) Uncle Dot was also an ____________.

Q4)Short answer questions

a) Who was drawing the picture of two fishermen?

b) What did Uncle Dot comment about Margaret’s drawing?

c) Was Margaret’s mother an encouraging woman? How?

d) Who did not want to draw and why?

e) When did the artists stop painting? Why did they stop?

f) What made Margaret cry?

g) Where did Tippity take Margaret and her mother? How did they get there?
Q5)Long answer questions:-

a) Which sounds did the artists hear while making drawings?

b) What lesson do you learn after reading the Chapter?

c) What do you think Tippity means when she says Art is art?

d) What did Margaret learn that afternoon after painting with Tippity and Uncle Dot?

Q6)Use the Present Continuous Tense of the verbs given in brackets:

a)The little owlet _________ quite happy under my bed.(look)

b)The owls ___________ very attached to the grandmother.(become)

c)Each time I ___________, I am ____________ a call.(read,make)

d)New friends and old _________________(laugh) and _________(sing)

e)The President ____________ away the awards.(give)

f)The owlets _____________ on the branch of the mango tree.(sit)

g)The players_____________ their hockey sticks.(carry)

h)The coffee we _____________is so bitter.(drink)

Q7)Use the Past Continuous Tense of the verbs given in brackets:

a)Dhyan Chand __________ the ball like magic.(control)

b)Both Grandmother and the little owlets __________ peacefully.(snore)

c)The author ____________ the book like an adventure.(enjoy)

d)Grandfather and I _____________ them to release in the garden.(take)

e)They ________________ me to their wonderland.(welcome)

f)Dhyan Chand_______________all night.(train)

g)The author _______________________books.(read)

h)The owlets _______________under the author's bed.(sit)

i)The mother owl _______________________ sorry for her behaviour.(feel)

Q8)Use the Future Continuous form of the verb given in brackets:

a)We ________________more trees every year.(plant)

b)Dhyan Chand _________________________________ three goals in the finals.(score)

c)The author __________________________ a novel next month.(write)

d)By the end of the year we ______________a circus.(visit)

e)The owlets ________________________________from their nest after a few days.(fly)

Q9)Choose the adjective words from the given sentences and tell its kind:-

a)Dhyan Chand’s team stood first in the match.

b)The little owlets sat on the branch of a huge tree.

c)Grandfather gave the owlets some food and few fruits to eat.

d)I am a proud Indian.

e)The dog wagged its long ,brown tail.

f)The path was full of stones.It was a stony path.

Q 10)Choose the correct prepositions to fill in the blanks:-

a)Does the elephant remember the cry of hungry beasts,the tiger and the leopard, the
lion _____ his feasts.(at/on)

b)The quaint person leads me ________ his wonderland.(across/through)

c)The characters of the story in the book welcome me _______ a hearty hand.(by/with)

d)The family finally settled_______ a city called Jhansi.(in/at)

e)The owl crawled ____ her pillow.(up/in)

f)Tippity Witchet looked ______ the picture.(in/at)

g)The thief ran _______ the field and jumped _______ the wall.(across/in, over/on)

h)We sat _____________ the children listening to their chatter.(between/among)

i)I live _____ Lucknow.(in/at)

Q11)Fill in the blanks with the degree of adjectives given in the brackets and
write its kind used in the blank:-

a)My brother understands me _______ than anyone else.(more/most)

b)My mom is _______________ than my dad.(young/younger)

c)This is the _____________ news I’ve heard today.(good/best)

d)Rajasthan is the _______________ state of our country.(dry/driest)

e)A dolphin is ____________________________ than a human being.(intelligent/more

intelligent)

f)Princess Diana was a ___________________ lady.(beautiful/most beautiful)

Made by Fahmina Iram Siddiqui ,

CHOWK CAMPUS