Question A1
What does “bow” mean in this poem?
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It is the curved rainbow in the sky.
Answer
“Bow” means rainbow.
CLASS 5 · SANTOOR · CHAPTER 3
The Rainbow
Simple answers and examples for the poem, word activities, grammar, speaking, and writing tasks in this chapter.
22 worked answersOriginal sample responses
22 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
Think about the Poem
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Question A2
Which bridge does the poet like more, and why?
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The rainbow is more beautiful to the poet.
Answer
The poet prefers the colourful rainbow.
Question A3
What things does “these” refer to in each part of the poem?
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Use the things named just before “these”.
Answer
First: boats and ships. Second: river bridges.
Question A4
Mark each statement true or false: ships on rivers; boats on seas; bridges on rivers; a road joining earth and sky.
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Check the water bodies and the poem’s rainbow image.
Answer
a False; b False; c True; d True.
Question Think and Discuss 1
Name some safe ways a person can cross a river.
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Use a safe crossing such as a bridge or ferry.
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By a bridge, ferry, or safe boat.
Question Think and Discuss 2
Have you seen a rainbow? Describe how it made you feel.
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Say whether you saw one and name your feeling.
Answer
Sample: Yes. It made me feel happy and amazed.
Question Think and Discuss 3
If you could walk on a rainbow, where might it take you?
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Give an imaginative destination.
Answer
Sample: It would take me to a village among the clouds.
Words and Language
Textbook pages NCERT Santoor, Chapter 3
Question Let us Learn A
Rearrange each set of letters to make a word from the poem.
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Rearrange the letters to make words from the poem.
Answer
sail, river, sea, clouds, bridges, heaven, overtops, bow, road.
Question Let us Learn B
Give sample responses for a new title, repeated words, images, an instrument, and rhyming pairs.
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Some answers are personal; use the samples as ideas.
Answer
Sample title: A Road of Colours. Rhymes: seas/these and please/trees.
Question Let us Listen
Give five words that rhyme with each spoken word: ship, tree, bow, rain, sun, sea, sail, and.
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Match the ending sounds; use the sound, not only the spelling.
Answer
ship: chip, trip, dip, lip, slip; tree: bee, see, free, knee, three; bow: go, show, grow, slow, snow; rain: train, chain, brain, plain, grain; sun: fun, run, bun, ton, done; sea: see, bee, tree, free, key; sail: mail, tail, rail, fail, trail; and: hand, sand, band, land, stand.
Speaking, Writing, and Grammar
Textbook pages NCERT Santoor, Chapter 3
Question Let us Speak
Recite the short practice poems in happy, angry, and surprised voices.
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Change your tone and expression to show each feeling.
Answer
Recite once happily, once angrily, and once with surprise.
Question Let us Write A
Write an 80–100 word paragraph about a recent journey, including when and why you travelled, companions, likes or dislikes, food, and a place you saw.
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Include the place, time, reason, companions, food, and one thing you saw.
Answer
Write about your own trip in the past tense. The sample is one possible response.
Question Let us Write B
Complete the compound-word table by joining each word with a suitable friend word.
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Join each pair to form a familiar compound word.
Answer
teacup, wristwatch, armchair, earthworm, sunflower, tablecloth, notebook, earring, toothbrush.
Question Let us Write C
Write one sentence using each word as a noun and another using it as a verb: cut, bat, picture, cry, filter, dance, plant, paint, fly, face.
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Use the word to name something, then use it to show an action.
Answer
Example: “The plant is tall” (noun); “We plant seeds” (verb). Use the same pattern for each word.
Question Let us Write D1
Write an opposite for each word. Every answer must begin with the letter s.
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Choose a word with the opposite meaning that starts with s.
Answer
small, strong, slow, smooth, sharp, straight, start, subtraction, simple, strong, sharp.
Question Let us Write D2
Choose a letter and make a similar exercise using opposite words that begin with it.
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Make your own list and check that every answer begins with the chosen letter.
Answer
Sample for “s”: big × small; weak × strong; fast × slow.
Question Let us Write E
Write the seven rainbow colours represented by VIBGYOR in order.
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Expand the letters V-I-B-G-Y-O-R.
Answer
Violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red.
Question Let us Write F
Name the usual colour of each kitchen item and add its name in your home language.
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Use the common colour; home-language names depend on your language.
Answer
Clove: brown; cinnamon: reddish brown; chilli: red; garlic: white; curry leaves: green; pepper: dark; fennel: pale green; cumin: brown; mustard: yellow or black.
Question Let us Write G
Design and colour a friendly character shaped like a flowerpot.
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Draw a flowerpot character and decorate it.
Answer
Any neat, colourful flowerpot friend is suitable.
Question Let us Do
Name the colours made by each pair: red + yellow; red + blue; red + white; red + black; red + yellow + blue; yellow + blue.
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Mix the paints and compare the result with the colour names on the page.
Answer
Orange, purple, pink, maroon, brown, green.
Explore and Share
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Question Let us Explore A
List different types of boats and prepare a presentation about how they differ.
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List boat types and say what each is used for.
Answer
Examples: rowboat, canoe, ferry, fishing boat, sailboat, rescue boat.
Question Let us Explore B
Prepare ideas for a class discussion comparing human-made things with natural things.
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Give examples and one simple fact about each group.
Answer
Human-made: ships and bridges. Natural: clouds and rainbows.