Textual Questions & Answers of 'The Clever Monkey' of Class-V

 

The Clever Monkey

Textual Questions & Answers

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Activity - 1

Answer the following question:
 
1. Where did the monkey live?
Ans: The monkey lived on the bank of a river.
 
2. Why was there no danger for the monkey on the river island?
Ans: There was no danger for the monkey on the river island because there was hardly any other animal there.
 
3. What was so attractive to the monkey?
Ans: The delicious fruits were so attractive to the monkey.
 
4. Where did the crocodile live?
Ans: The crocodile lived on the far bank of the river.
 
5. Who gave advice to the crocodile about catching the monkey?
Ans: The crocodile’s wife advised him about catching the monkey.
 
 

Activity - 2

Let’s take words from the coloured box and fill in the blanks:
 
i. The trees on the island had tasty fruits.
 
ii. The monkey found that crossing the river was not very difficult.
 
iii. The crocodile made many plans to catch the monkey.
 
iv. The crocodile would lie still on the rock.
 
v. The wife of the crocodile wished to taste the flesh of the monkey.
 

(Hint Words: Flesh, plans, tasty, listen, swim, still, difficult, monkey)

 

Activity - 3

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

A	B
a. Attractive	Mouth- watering (d)
b. unique	Not moving at all. (e)
c. island	Charming (a)
d. delicious	A piece of land with water all on all sides (c)
e. still	One of its kind (b)

 

Activity - 4

Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements in the given boxes:
 
i. The crocodile found that catching the monkey was a difficult job. ( T )
 
ii. The rock always talked to the monkey. ( F )
 
iii. The monkey jumped straight into the crocodile’s open mouth. ( F )
 
iv. The monkey returned to his home safely. ( T )
 
v. The monkey was more clever than the crocodile. ( T )
 

Activity - 5

Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
 
i. The crocodile kept his head and tail under water.
 
ii. After having a good meal, the monkey decided to return.
 
iii. The crocodile thought that he should speak to the monkey as the rock because he might suspect something.
 
iv. The monkey observed that every time the crocodile opened his mouth his eyes would shut completely.
 
v. The monkey had his home upon a riverside tree.
 
vi. The crocodile was bigger in size and was also bigger fool.
 
 

Activity - 6

Answer the following questions:
 
i. Who swam to the rock?
Ans: The crocodile swam to the rock.
 
ii. Why did the monkey become suspicious?
Ans: The monkey was suspicious because the rock seemed to him larger that time.
 
iii. What was the monkey’s suggestion to the crocodile?
Ans: The monkey’s suggestion to the crocodile was to open his mouth wide and he would jump straight into his mouth.
 
iv. What did the monkey tell the crocodile from his safe shelter?
Ans: From his safe shelter the monkey told the crocodile that he could never catch him because he was a bigger fool.
 
 

Activity - 7

Fill in the blanks with the words from the story. The first letters of the words are given:
 
i. The crocodile noticed the monkey crossing the river.
 
ii. The monkey always escaped from the crocodile’s clutches.
 
iii. The monkey thought that the crocodile was playing a trick once more.
 
iv. The crocodile could not realize the clever monkey’s plan.
 
v. From his safe home, the monkey called the crocodile fool.
 
 

Activity - 8

Replace the underlined words with their opposites from the box:
 
i. Can you see the small tree? → huge
 
ii. This medicine tastes bitter. → sweet
 
iii. Last year the English question paper was easy. → difficult
 
iv. Sunita never feels nervous before an examination. → always
 
v. I am carrying a light load. → heavy
 
vi. The boy has curly hair. → straight
 

Activity - 9

Let’s match the two sides: (Answer)
 

Short form	Full form
We’ll	We will
I’m	I am
She’s	She is
Didn’t	Did not
Weren’t	Were not
You’ve	You have
Won’t	Will not
Can’t	Cannot

 

Activity - 10

Now read in pairs the following passage and underline the prepositions there. One is done for you.
The farmer took a sharp axe and struck at the truck of the tree. All the creatures living in the tree started to request the farmer not to cut down the tree. But the farmer didn’t listen to them. He was in a hurry to finish off his work.
 
 

Activity - 11

Let’s fill in the blanks with the prepositions given in the box:
 
i. The boy is looking at me.
 
ii. Give this letter to your class teacher.
 
iii. Put the duster on the table.
 
iv. Fish lives in water.
 
v. Put off the light.
 
vi. I go to school every day.
 

[Hints: in, off, on, at, to]

 
 

Activity - 12

Read the following sentences. Circle the subject and underline the predicate. One is done for you:
 

Subject	Predicate
Days	Passed.
The rock	Never talked to the monkey.
The goalkeeper	Here comes.
Mother	Every evening  cooks food for us.
Rohan	Plays cricket for a local club.
The tree	How big is!
I	Don’t know his full name.

 

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