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Venkateshwar International School Sector – 18, Dwarka, New Delhi-78

Winter Holidays Homework (2017-18) Class – V

ENGLISH

Name: ____________________ Sec.: ________

Q.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions:

Long ago, the Earth was covered in darkness. None of the creatures living

there knew what daylight looked like. One day, all of the animals of the forest

gathered together in a clearing. They wondered if it would be better to remain in

darkness, or if it would be better to also have light. Deer, Chipmunk, Raccoon, Wolf,

Bear, and many other creatures climbed to the top of the highest mountain. The

mountain stood so tall that there were no trees on its top, and it was covered only

with rocks. Millions of stars blinked in the dark sky overhead. The biggest and most

powerful animal in the forest was the bear, and he was the first to reach the

mountaintop. Bear stood on the highest peak, looked out over the forest below, and

argued for remaining in darkness. He said that the creatures of the forest would be

able to sleep better in darkness because there would be no light to keep them

awake. Most of the other animals were afraid, and they agreed with Bear. Raccoon

said that he did not mind the darkness because he was so smart that he could find

plenty of food, even in the dark. Wolf was easy to please, too. She didn't mind the

darkness because she could howl in darkness or in light.

But one animal did stand up to Bear. Chipmunk, the smallest of the animals, argued

that it would be better to have both light and dark. Chipmunk was very clever. As

Bear continued to argue for darkness, she made many good arguments for light.

Slowly, the night passed. Bear grew tired of talking, but Chipmunk chattered on and

on, as if she had all of the energy in the world. As the other animals dropped off to

sleep, one by one, Chipmunk kept arguing. Finally, the first sunrise ever seen by the

animals appeared over the top of the mountain. They woke up and were amazed by

what they saw.

Chipmunk began to dance from rock to rock. Bear became angry because he didn't

get his way. He roared loudly and ran after Chipmunk. He chased Chipmunk all the

way down the mountain. Bear was fast, and he reached out his giant paw to grab

Chipmunk. Chipmunk got away, but not before Bear managed to scratch her back

with his long claws and that is why, to this day, you can see stripes on Chipmunk's

back!

Now tick the correct answer:

a) What is the theme of this story?

i) Stand up for what you believe in. ii) It is always better to go along with the crowd. iii) There is only one right way to do things. iv) Making decisions is easy.

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b) The animals had never seen_____________

i) darkness ii) mountain iii) daylight iv) rocks

c) The bear and __________kept arguing through the night.

i) raccoon ii) chipmunk iii) wolf iv) deer

d) Pick out the synonym for the word ‘collected’ from the passage.________________

e) Frame a meaningful sentence with the word ‘wondered’ from the passage.________________

Q2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate tense using the given verb:

a) They ____________our presentation. (like, simple past)

b) She _____________________ when the doorbell rang. (dance, past continuous)

c) Her mother ___________________ adventure activities.(love, simple present)

d) Our class __________________ an assembly on Peace next week.( present,

simple future)

e) He _________________by the time I reached his house.(leave, past perfect)

Q3. Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition:

Ben and his friends completed the task _______time.

Mr. Roy jumped _______ the water puddle ________the road.

Q4. Write the synonym of the highlighted word:

a) They asked him about the hidden treasure. __________________________

b) Mr. Barua loved reading funny books. __________________________

Q5. Give the antonym for the highlighted word:

a) The pool was too deep for small kids to enjoy. __________________________

b) Their dog had sharp teeth. __________________________

Q6. Choose the correct phrasal verb to complete the sentence:

a) The car ____________________ near the highway.

i) started on ii) Broke up iii) Broke down iv) Gave away

b) She ______________ her ideas confidently.

i) put forward ii) Put off iii) Carried away iv) Put on

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Grammar (Cross Word)

Present Perfect

Q7

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Have you ever……?

Across 1. ______________ in the Pacific Ocean? 2. _____________ a picture of a dinosaur? 5. _____________ really strange food? 7. _____________ a lot of money? 8. _____________ someone a new English word? 11. ____________ in a chair for six hours? 12. __________ a strange, scary noise at night? 14. ____________ your homework but didn’t finish it? 15. ____________ something very dangerous? 17. ____________ something but then forgotten what you learned? 21. _____________ dinner for a lot of people? 22. _____________ a person or an animal?

Down 1. ___________ a ghost? 3. ____________ a horse, elephant, or a camel? 4. ___________ a short story in English? 6. _____________ about living in a different country? 7. ____________ money from someone? 9. ___________ a truck? 10. __________ in a helicopter? 11. ___________ in line for a very long time? 13. ___________ a baby in your arms? 16. ___________ some money on the floor? 18. ____________ a novel in English? 19. ____________ five cups of coffee in one day? 20. __________ too much money for something? 21. __________ a famous person?

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Q8. Find out the verbs hidden in the crossword below:

Q C B E A T L I E

C H A T B Y I G M

V O T D D A S K E

B L X T N K T N R

A D M I R E E O G

D J A E E D N W E

O L K W A B E N D

R N E E D E D H J

E M F L K T O O K

Q9. Pick one option from each bubble below to complete the table below:

Word Antonym Synonym

lazy

adore

upset

aggressive

great

make

delicious

suspicious

culprit

Antonyms Synonyms

Energetic

Create meek

Calm innocent

Victim iedible

Hate little

Delectable

Disturb destroy

Sceptical cherish

Forceful offender

Influential idle

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MATHEMATICS

Name: _____________________ Sec. ____________

Q1. Solve the following.

a) 23.134 + 501.3 + 460.35

b) 200 + 0.087 - 100.005

c) 78.62 × 12.1 × 0.1

d) 45.35 ÷ 25

Q2.There are 104 mangoes. 20% of them were packed in boxes. How many of

them were left unpacked?

Q3.The total bill for a family of four at a restaurant is Rs. 546.80. What is the

average expenditure per person?

Q4. The pie chart shows the preference of 48 children for different language

subjects.

Spanish

German

Sanskrit

a) Which is the most preferred language?

b) What percent of students like French?

c) If 3 students like Spanish, what fraction of the group likes German?

d) How many students like Sanskrit?

Q5. Draw a circle of radius 7 cm and mark the following.

Centre O

Radius OA

Diameter PQ

Segment

French

English

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Q6. Complete the table:

Shape No. of faces No. of edges No. of vertices

Cube

Pentagonal prism

Square pyramid

Hexagonal

pyramid

Q7. Activity:

Using an A4 size sheet, trace and cut out nets of the given shapes (any 3)

a) Cube

b) Hexagonal Prism

c) Triangular Prism

d) Square Pyramid

e) Triangular Pyramid

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SOCIAL SCIENCE

Roll No. (1-15)

- Collect information about any Historical Places in Delhi and Prepare a Report on

an A-3 size sheet.

Roll No. (16-30)

- State some of the steps that Government has taken to conserve Animals in India

on an A-4 size sheet.

Roll No. (31 onwards)

- Write five news items from the newspaper concerning, history / Politics / Earth

facts or Environment on an A-4 size sheet.

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SCIENCE

Name: _____________________ Sec. ________

Q1. Put a ( ) for the correct answer and a ( ) for the incorrect statement:

a) Chemical fertilizers provide nutrients to plant but cause soil pollution too.

b) Terrace farming can only be done in hilly areas.

c) The purest form of water is sea water.

d) Salt and water added to water can be separated by decantation.

e) Nearly three-forth of the air is oxygen.

Q2. Answer in one word:

a) Most of the weather changes take place in this layer of atmosphere

__________________________

b) Cutting down of trees on a large scale by humans _____________________

c) The simplest way to purify water. ___________________

d) The blanket of air. ____________________

e) Planting trees in large numbers. _____________________

Q3. Examine carefully some soil samples taken from different places and list

your observations in the table given below:

S.NO SOIL SOURCE COLOUR WATER

RETENTION

Moderate/high/low

FERTILE

(yes/no)

1. GARDEN SOIL

2. ROADSIDE SOIL

3. FARMLAND SOIL

Q4. Match the following:

COLOUMN A COLOUMN B

A) Breakdown of rocks Filter paper

B) Filtration Kill germs

C) Over grazing Skin Cancer

D) Boiling Weathering

E) Vegetable waste Soil erosion

F) Ultraviolet rays biodegradable

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Q5. Water is the most essential component of our daily life.

Why is it called so?

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Q6. Read the clues and solve the word puzzle

Across

1. The first fertile layer of the soil

2. This liquid is called universal solvent

3. The amount of water vapour present in air

4. loss of soil

5. a weather condition where fog and smoke

combines

Down

6. Sorrow of China

7. The closest neighbour of the earth in space

8. The air which supports burning

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6 1 M

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2 W

5 O

3 U Y

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4 O

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Q7. Some of the following activities encourages soil erosion and other

encourages soil conservation. Colour the box red for erosion and green for

conservation

(a) Planting more trees

(b) Overgrazing by cattle’s

(c) Deforestation

(d) Building embankments

(e) Fencing fields

(f) Planting grass in an open area

(g) Floods

(h) Terrace farming

(i) Storms

(j) Growing trees along field boundaries

Q8. Fun with Science (Do this activity under your parent’s supervision)

Fix a balloon on the mouth of an empty bottle. Place the bottle in a vessel containing hot water. Now take out the bottle from hot water and place into a vessel containing cold water.

a) What do you observe?

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b) Make a diagram in the given box.

c) What can you conclude from this activity?

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