Question A1
Which game is in the poem, and what is needed to play it?
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Name the game and its two sticks.
Answer
Gilli Danda; a gilli and a danda.
CLASS 5 · SANTOOR · CHAPTER 7
Gilli Danda
Simple answers and examples for the poem, prefixes, nouns, pronouns, speaking, writing, and word games.
22 worked answersOriginal sample responses
22 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
Understand the Poem
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Question A2
How do the children feel while playing?
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Use the words that show their feelings.
Answer
They feel joyful and free.
Question A3
What happens when the danda hits the gilli?
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Say what the hit makes the gilli do.
Answer
It flies up into the sky.
Question A4
Which details show that the children are playing outside?
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Point to the outdoor places and sights.
Answer
The playground, sky, and sunlight.
Question A5
What does it mean when the poem calls the game “sound”?
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Use the meaning that fits the sentence.
Answer
The game is enjoyable.
Question A6
Which word in the poem shows happiness?
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Look for the word meaning happiness.
Answer
Joy.
Question Think and Discuss 1
Do you enjoy playing outdoors? Give a reason.
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Answer for yourself and give one reason.
Answer
Sample: Yes, outdoor games are fun and give me space to run.
Question Think and Discuss 2
Name five outdoor games you enjoy playing with friends.
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List any five outdoor games.
Answer
Cricket, football, kabaddi, kho-kho, badminton.
Question Think and Discuss 3
Imagine you are the gilli flying up. What would you see?
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Imagine what is below and around you.
Answer
I would see the playground, trees, and children below.
Words and Grammar
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Question Let us Learn A
Add un- or re- to each word and explain the new meaning.
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Un- means not; re- means again.
Answer
rewrite, unaware, uncomfortable, rearrange, rethink.
Question Let us Learn B
Sort the list into nouns you can sense and abstract nouns that name feelings or ideas.
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Concrete things can be sensed; abstract nouns are feelings or ideas.
Answer
Abstract: joy, anger, truth, lie, happiness, fear. The other listed words are concrete.
Question Let us Learn B: own examples
Give a few more examples of abstract nouns.
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Choose names for feelings or ideas.
Answer
Kindness, courage, peace.
Question Let us Learn C
Complete each sentence with the correct possessive pronoun.
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Match each object to its owner.
Answer
mine, his, theirs, hers, ours, yours.
Question Let us Speak
Describe a group game, including where it is played, players, equipment, rules, and safety.
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Include the game, players, place, equipment, rules, and safety.
Answer
Sample: Kabaddi is an outdoor team game played by two teams on a clear court.
Question Let us Listen
Show the action that matches each instruction about swinging, watching, playing, and shading your eyes.
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Listen, then act out the words.
Answer
Swing; look up; clap or giggle; shade your eyes.
Question Let us Write A
Give a simple meaning and an original sentence for quit, gather, swing, underneath, and golden.
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Write a meaning and a sentence for each word.
Answer
Quit: stop; gather: come together; swing: move back and forth; underneath: below; golden: gold-coloured.
Question Let us Write B
Rearrange each word group to make a question and add a question mark.
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Start with the question word or helping verb.
Answer
Where are the cows? Which is your house? What time is it? Why is the sky blue? How many birds are on the tree? When will you return my book? Do you walk to school? Can you fly a kite?
Question Let us Write C
Give three words for each double-letter pattern: tt, pp, ee, mm, bb, rr, nn, dd, ss, and gg.
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Each word needs the listed letter twice in a row.
Answer
Examples: tt—letter, butter, kitten; pp—apple, happy, supper; ee—green, sleep, tree; mm—summer, hammer, common; bb—rabbit, bubble, ribbon; rr—carrot, cherry, carry; nn—funny, dinner, tunnel; dd—ladder, middle, puddle; ss—lesson, grass, class; gg—egg, bigger, foggy.
Question Let us Write D
Choose the word that means the opposite of the underlined word in each sentence.
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Pick the option with the opposite meaning.
Answer
cheap, remembered, stopped, never, boredom, confidently, dull, common.
Make and Play
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Question Let us Do A
Make a gilli and danda using suitable reused materials and prepare them safely.
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Make one long stick and one short stick, smoothing them safely.
Answer
Prepare a sturdy danda and gilli with adult supervision.
Question Just for Fun
What belongs to you but is used more often by your friends?
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Your friends say it when they speak to you.
Answer
Your name.
Question Just for Fun B
Make words of three or more letters from A, E, E, H, C, R, and T, then find a seven-letter word using all the letters.
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Use the letters no more times than they appear.
Answer
Sample words: tea, eat, cat, hat, teach, reach. Seven-letter word: teacher.