CBSE Class 5 English Vocation Worksheet Set 01

Fill in the Blanks

Question. The poet compares the street-lamp with a ...........
Answer: giant
Explanation: The tall street-lamp with a single glowing light looks like a huge giant with one red eye standing in the dark.

Question. On the road to school, the speaker saw a .........
Answer: Hawker
Explanation: Every morning while going to school, the child meets a hawker shouting and selling crystal bangles.

Question. Though the three jobs are ordinary, the poet speaks of them with ......... (respect/disrespect)
Answer: respect
Explanation: Even though selling bangles, gardening, and watching the street are simple everyday jobs, the poet looks at each worker with deep admiration and respect.

Question. The speaker thought that nobody would stop him from ......... if he were a gardener.
Answer: digging
Explanation: The child likes that a gardener can dig the ground freely, get his clothes full of dust, and no one ever scolds him.

Question. The watchman never goes to sleep because he stays ......... at night.
Answer: awake
Explanation: The watchman has to guard the dark lane during the night, so he stays awake while everyone else is fast asleep.

Fill in the Blanks

Question. The watchman swings his _______ while moving at night.
Answer: lantern
Explanation: The watchman walks through the dark streets at night holding and swinging a small lamp called a lantern.

Question. The speaker wants to be a _______ in the morning when he goes to school.
Answer: hawker
Explanation: When the child walks to school at ten in the morning, he sees the hawker and wishes he could sell crystal bangles too.

Question. The street-lamp in the poem appears like a _______ with one red eye.
Answer: giant
Explanation: The street-lamp is very tall and has a single red light on top, making it look like a huge giant with one glowing red eye.

Question. The gardener makes his clothes soiled with _______.
Answer: dust
Explanation: While digging into the earth with his spade, the gardener gets dust and mud all over his clothes.

True or False

Question. The gardener can dig the garden as he likes without being prevented.
Answer: True
Explanation: Nobody stops the gardener or scolds him, even when his clothes get dirty or he gets wet in the rain.

Question. The poem “Vocation” was composed by Rabindranath Tagore.
Answer: True
Explanation: Rabindranath Tagore is the famous Indian poet and writer who wrote the poem "Vocation".

Question. The hawker in the poem must reach a particular place at a fixed time.
Answer: False
Explanation: The hawker is completely free; there is no road he must take, no place he must hurry to, and no fixed time to return home.

Question. The watchman rests at night, just like the speaker.
Answer: False
Explanation: The watchman stays awake all night guarding the lonely lane while the child has to go to bed.

Questions / Short Question Answers

Question. What does the speaker want to be during the day?
Answer: The speaker wishes to be the street lamp.
Explanation: During the day, the child imagines being a street lamp that stands tall and keeps watch over the lane.

Question. What is the gardener doing in the daytime?
Answer: The gardener is watering the ground.
Explanation: In the afternoon, the child looks through the gate and sees the gardener tending to the plants and watering the soil.

Question. How does the poet describe the street lamp?
Answer: The speaker describes the street lamp as standing like a giant with a red eye.
Explanation: The lamp is so tall and straight that it appears like a storybook monster or giant having one shining red eye on its head.

Question. What does the watchman hold?
Answer: The watchman swings his lantern.
Explanation: As the watchman walks along the dark, lonely street at night, he holds a lantern in his hand and swings it as he moves.

Question. What does the speaker notice through the window?
Answer: The speaker sees the watchman walking up and down the lane.
Explanation: When the child is sent to bed at night, he looks out through his open bedroom window and watches the watchman patrolling the street.

Question. How is the street light described?
Answer: The street lamp is described as a giant with a red eye.
Explanation: The poem compares the street lamp to a giant because it stands tall in the dark street with one single red light glowing at its top.

Question. What does the speaker desire to do all night?
Answer: The speaker wishes to chase shadows with a lantern.
Explanation: The child wishes he could be a watchman so he could roam outside in the dark all night long and follow the shadows created by his swinging lamp.

Question. What feeling does the speaker convey through their wishes?
Answer: The speaker conveys a sense of wonder, curiosity, and a desire to experience different roles and perspectives.
Explanation: The young child is very curious about the world and wishes to enjoy the freedom that different workers seem to have.

Questions / Short Question Answers

Question. What does the hawker offer?
Answer: The hawker sells bangles, calling out “Bangles, crystal bangles!” every day.
Explanation: The hawker walks slowly down the lane selling shiny crystal bangles and calling out loudly to attract buyers.

Question. Why does the speaker desire to be a hawker, gardener, or watchman?
Answer: The speaker wishes to be a hawker, gardener, or watchman because they appear to have freedom. The hawker moves about as he likes, the gardener works outdoors without restriction, and the watchman walks freely at night, without being told when to sleep.
Explanation: The young child thinks these workers have complete freedom because no one stops them, scolds them, or forces them to follow rules.

Question. Who puts the child to bed at night?
Answer: The child’s mother sends him to bed at night in the poem.
Explanation: When nighttime comes, the boy's mother sends him to his bedroom to sleep.

Question. What does the speaker notice about the gardener? What does he admire?
Answer: The speaker observes the gardener digging the ground freely. He admires that the gardener can do what he likes, soil his clothes with dust, and nobody scolds or stops him, showing independence in his work.
Explanation: The child admires that the gardener works independently outdoors with his spade and can get as dusty as he wants without getting into trouble.

Question. Name two jobs the speaker likes in the poem.
Answer: The speaker admires the jobs of the hawker and the gardener in the poem.
Explanation: The child is attracted to the free life of the bangle-seller and the gardener working peacefully in the garden.

Question. Explain how the street-lamp is portrayed in the poem. What does it symbolize?
Answer: The street-lamp is described as a giant with one red eye in its head. It symbolizes vigilance and the presence of light and safety in darkness, just as the watchman walks up and down the lane with his lantern at night.
Explanation: The lamp stands tall like a watchful guardian with a single red light, keeping the dark and lonely road bright and safe.

Question. At what time does the gong ring in the morning?
Answer: The gong sounds at ten in the morning as the speaker walks to school.
Explanation: Every morning at ten o'clock, the bell rings and the child heads off to school through the lane.

Question. What message does the poem "Vocation" convey to children?
Answer: The poem teaches children that while other jobs may look easy and enjoyable from far, every work has its own role and difficulties. It helps them appreciate all kinds of vocations and the people who do them.
Explanation: The poem teaches us to appreciate all kinds of honest work and show respect to every hardworking person.

Do as Directed

Question. Complete the blank with the correct preposition. I walk to school ......... (by/with) our lane.
Answer: by
Explanation: We use the preposition "by" to show the path or route we take when moving from one place to another.

Question. Correct the wrong word in the following sentence and write the correct word. The street-lamp stand like a giant with one red eye.
Answer: stands
Explanation: "The street-lamp" is one single object, so we must add an "s" to the action word to make it singular ("stands").

Question. Find the preposition in the following sentence. He soils his clothes with dust.
Answer: with
Explanation: The word "with" is a preposition that connects the action of dirtying clothes to the material used, which is dust.

Question. Fill in the space with the correct preposition. My mother sends me ......... (to/for) bed.
Answer: to
Explanation: "Sends me to bed" is the correct phrase because "to" shows the direction or place where the child is being sent.

Question. Replace the wrong word in the following sentence and write the correct word. He does what he like with his spade.
Answer: likes
Explanation: When the subject is "he", we use the singular verb form "likes" instead of "like".