“My School Days” is a lesson of the ”Butterfly” Textbook approved by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education for Class 5 Students. Here all the Activity Questions are done by English teachers.

ACTIVITY – 1 

Let’s answer the following question:

1. To which school was the author admitted?

Answer: The author admitted at Ballygunge High School.  

2. What was the school hall used for?

Answer: The school hall was used for the annual prize distribution ceremony.

3. What was the name of the Shakespearean play that was performed in the hall?

 Answer: The name of the Shakespearean play that was performed in the hall was The Merchant of Venice.

4. Name the two foreign actors mentioned by the author?

 Answer: Greenberg and Salim were the two foreign actors mentioned by the author.  

ACTIVITY – 2

Write “T” for the true and “F” for the false statements in the given boxes:

1. The author went to Ballygunge Government High School with his mother. (F)
2. The Ballygunge Government High School is on the eastern side of the Beltala Police Station. (T)
3. The Southern part of the school was the playground. (T)
4. When seen from above the author’s school looked like the English letter “L”. (F)

ACTIVITY – 3

Let’s match the words in column A with their meaning in Column B: 

ACTIVITY – 4

Let’s fill in the following chart with suitable verbs forms:

ACTIVITY – 5

Form sentences of your own with the following verbs:

1. Went = I went to market yesterday.
2. Looked = He looked at me.
3. Give = Please, give me a pen.
4. Show = Show me your paintings.
5. Use = Use your mind.

 ACTIVITY – 6

Let’s complete the following sentences with information from the text:

1. The subject that B.D. ROY taught was English.
2. The author remembers the head pandit Bhattacharya Sir for his excellent handwriting.
3. Ashubaba conducted event called music drawing.
4. The time span of the author’s school – life was six years.
5. The author went back to his school one more time to attend a reunion of ex – student.

ACTIVITY – 7

Let’s answer the following questions: 

1. How did B.D.Roy teach the pronunciation of ‘the’?

Answer: B.D. Roy taught that the pronunciation of ‘the’ depends on whether the following word begins with a vowel or a consonant.

2. How did the author get to be Ashubab’s favourite?

Answer: The author became Ashubabu’s favourite because he could draw very well.

3.What was ‘Music drawing’?

Answer: ‘Music drawing’ was an event, where  a student would sing a song and another would draw a picture on the blackboard, trying to capture on the blackboard, trying to capture in lines and color the essence of the song.

4. Why did everything seem much smaller to the author when he went back to the school after ten years?

Answer: Everything seemed much smaller to the author because he was five feet three inches tall when he had left the school.

5. What is ‘a pleasure’ according to the author?

Answer: According to the author, a pleasure is to look back and relive the past moments of  joy.

ACTIVITY – 8

Let’s fill in the blanks with words from the box:

1. Sachin Tendulkar is my favourite cricketer.
2. When Rip Van Winkle came back to the village the next morning, he could no recognize it.
3. Most people have sweet memories of childhood.
4. The student could not pronounce the word correctly.
5. Mr. Das is an excellent teacher.

ACTIVITY – 9 (a)

Let’s identify the subject and predicate in the following sentences:

1. One day he told us the story ‘The Ox and The Frog’ FROM Aesop’s fables.
2. B.D. Roy taught us English.
3. He was a small man and he took graet care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly.
4. But I could draw very well.
5. Ashubaba was given the charge of decorating the hall for the annual prize distribution ceremony.

ACTIVITY – 9 (b)

Let’s split the sentences mentioned in Activity 9(a) into subject and predicate and fill in the given chart:

ACTIVITY – 10

Fill in the blanks with present continuous tense of the given verbs in brackets. One is done for you:

1. What are you doing (do) tonight?
2. John is reading (read) a book now.
3. Ali and Sudip are working (work) late today.
4. Mita is listening (listen) to music.
5. Raju is sitting (sit) next to Sunil.
6. How many other students are studying (study) with you?
7. The phone is ringing(ring).

ACTIVITY – 11

Write five sentences to describe yourself with the following hints:

Answer:

1. My name is Adrija and I am 10 years old.
2. I live in Tufanganj.
3. My school name is Andaranfulbari Harirdham High School.
4. My hobbies are drawing, reading books and I do not like fighting.
5. I want to be a Doctor in the future.

My School Days | Class 5 | Lesson 5 | Activity Questions Answer | WBBPE