Maharashtra Board Class 5 English Balbharti Unit Five Chapter 2 Go and Come PDF Download

Go and Come

1. Listen carefully and read with me.

Once there was a little boy. He lived in a pretty little cottage. There was a lovely garden around the cottage. Different kinds of plants grew in the garden. So, there was a lot of work to do there – water the plants every day, give manure from time to time, cut and prune the plants at the right time, weed the garden, clean the garden. Everybody in the little boy's family helped to take care of the garden.

The boy had a very strict uncle. He believed in hard work and discipline. One day the boy was playing around in the house.

"Little boy," said the uncle, "your garden needs weeding. Don't play around. Do some work. Go now and weed the garden."

The little boy did not feel like weeding that day. "I can't do it," he said.

"Oh, yes, you can," said the uncle.

Teacher's Note

This story teaches us that we must do hard work. Just like children in Indian villages help their parents in the fields, we must help with work at home.

Exam Trick

Remember: The uncle is strict. He makes the boy do work. Strict uncle = must work. This is the main idea.

Points to Remember

The boy lived in a cottage with a garden.
The uncle asked the boy to weed the garden.
The boy did not want to work at first.
The uncle said work is important.
Hard work teaches us discipline.

"Well, I don't want to, not just now," said the little boy.

"But you must!" said his uncle. "Don't be naughty, but go at once and do your work! This is an order! Get up and go!"

The little boy felt sad. 'Uncle is so unfair,' he thought. His chin began to wobble, he had a lump in his throat. His eyes welled up.

Just then, his mother walked in.

"What's the matter, little boy?" she asked, "Why do you look so unhappy?"

"Uncle told me to weed the garden," said the little boy.

"Oh!" said his mother, "What fun that will be! I love to weed, and it is such a fine day! Can I come and help you to weed?"

"Why, yes!" said the boy.

So the boy and his mother went outside. They weeded the garden. They had a very good time together, working and chatting and laughing.

Teacher's Note

The mother made work fun for the boy. In India, mothers often make work fun by doing it together with children and singing songs.

Exam Trick

Remember: Uncle said work is an order. Mother said work is fun. Mother's way works better! Love and fun beat strict orders.

Points to Remember

The boy was sad when the uncle scolded him.
His mother asked him to do work together.
Work became fun when done with love.
They talked, laughed and worked together.
Being kind is better than being strict.

2. Read the following words aloud.

pretty
wobble
little
matter
cottage
unhappy
different
chatting

3. Answer the following questions.

How many people are there in the story?

Who are they?

What body parts are mentioned in the story?

4. Copy the lines that tell you about the work you do in a garden.

Teacher's Note

Questions help us understand stories better. In your school, your teacher also asks questions about the lesson.

Exam Trick

Remember: In question 3, look for body parts. Eyes, chin, throat – these are body parts mentioned in the story.

Points to Remember

Reading helps us learn new words.
Questions test if we understand the story.
Body parts are eyes, chin, throat, etc.
Garden work includes watering and weeding.
We must answer questions carefully.

5. Read the sentences and guess the meaning of the words in the boxes.

Uncle is so unfair.

His chin began to wobble.

His eyes welled up.

Why do you look so unhappy?

6. Start a collection of 'opposite' words.

Teacher's Note

Learning opposite words helps us speak better English. When we say big, the opposite is small – just like hot and cold.

Exam Trick

Remember: Opposite words are called antonyms. Go and come are opposites. Hot and cold are opposites. Make pairs of opposite words for exam practice.

Points to Remember

Action words show what we do.
Describing words tell about things and people.
Opposites are words that mean the other way.
Go and come are opposite action words.
Big and small are opposite describing words.

7. Read the word on the vase and try to write as many related words as you can within 3 minutes.

father
son
daughter
love
family
mother
plant
garden

Teacher's Note

Word webs help us remember many words together. Like a family tree, we connect related words around one big word.

Exam Trick

Remember: Start with the main word. Write all words you can think of that are related. Garden – flowers, plants, water, soil. This is a word web.

Points to Remember

A word web shows related words around one word.
Family words go together in a web.
Garden words are plants, flowers, water, soil.
Writing word webs helps us remember better.
We can make webs for any topic.

8. Try to make a 'Word Chain'. Write a word related to a given word. Then write a word that is related to the second word. Add at least 5 words to your chain before you come back to the first word.

garden
water
ice
cold
cough
medicine
doctor
parlour
eyes
time
naughty
cottage

Teacher's Note

Word chains are fun games to play. They help us think about how words connect to each other, just like a chain links together.

Exam Trick

Remember: Garden to water, water to ice, ice to cold. Each new word must connect to the word before it. This is how a word chain works.

Points to Remember

A word chain connects words one after another.
Each word must relate to the previous word.
We go in a circle and come back to start.
Word chains help us think about connections.
This is a fun way to learn new words.

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