NCERT Class 5 English Santoor Chapter 05 The Frog PDF Download

Chapter 5: The Frog

Let us Recite

I sit in ponds and in the rain,
Or hop about in a muddy drain.
As a tadpole, I swim with cheer,
A tiny fish-like thing, so clear!
I flick my tongue to catch my food,
It works so fast - now that's quite good!

I live on land and water too,
In places damp with drops of dew.
My colours match the plants and trees,
I hide so well in grass and leaves!

But snakes are near, I must beware,
Or else they'll catch me unaware!
I croak my songs, they sound so loud,
Yet in my pond, I feel so proud.

I hop around, I jump so high,
Up I go into the sky!
With webbed feet, I swim with ease,
And leap so high in joyful breeze!

Teacher's Note

Notice how the poem describes the frog's life in water and on land. When you read it aloud, listen for the rhythm and rhyme - the lines ending in "rain/drain," "cheer/clear," and "too/dew" are rhyming pairs. This rhyme helps make the poem memorable and fun to recite.

Let us Think

New Words

hop, muddy, flick, damp, dew, beware, croak, webbed

A. Answer the following questions.

1. Where does the frog like to sit or spend time?
2. How does the frog catch its food?
3. How does the frog move in water and on land?
4. What helps the frog hide in its surroundings?

B. Think and discuss

1. What would it feel like to live like a frog, both in water and on land?
2. If you could hop as high as a frog, what fun things would you do?
3. How is a frog's life different from a fish's life?
4. How are frogs' webbed feet similar to the flippers used by scuba divers?

Let us Learn

A. Choose the correct words from the brackets and fill in the blanks.

1. My colours match the plants ............... trees. (or/and)
2. Would you like to learn about frogs ............... tadpoles? (because/and)
3. I hop around happily, ............... I must watch out for snakes! (but/so)
4. Frogs swim easily ............... they have webbed feet. (because/or)

B. The following words have been rearranged into sentences. Choose the correct option.

1. hunts/night/the/silently/tiger/at
   Options:
   • a. The tiger hunts silently at night.
   • b. Tiger hunts the silently at night.
   • c. Hunts the tiger at night silently.
2. elephants/in/forests/live/large/groups/in
   Options:
   • a. Elephants live large in groups forests.
   • b. In groups large, elephants live in forests.
   • c. Elephants live in large groups in forests.
3. web/a/spider/carefully/its/weaves
   Options:
   • a. A spider carefully weaves its web.
   • b. Spider carefully weaves its web a.
   • c. Carefully a spider weaves web its.
4. crocodile/waits/the/silently/riverbank/the/near
   Options:
   • a. Crocodile waits the silently the near riverbank.
   • b. The silently crocodile waits near the riverbank.
   • c. The crocodile waits silently near the riverbank.
5. a/swims/turtle/slowly/in/ocean/the
   Options:
   • a. A turtle swims slowly in the ocean.
   • b. Swims turtle slowly an ocean in.
   • c. The ocean swims a slowly turtle in.

Teacher's Note

When you arrange scrambled words into a sentence, look for the subject (who or what is doing the action) first, then the verb (the action), and finally where, when, or how it happens. For example, in "The tiger hunts silently at night," you know "tiger" is the subject and "hunts" is the verb, so "silently" and "at night" describe how and when.

Let us Speak

A. Three tongue twisters are given below. Try speaking each tongue twister slowly at first. Gradually increase your speed with each repetition. Count how many times you can say it correctly without making a mistake.

1. Four fierce frogs fight for flies.
2. Fast frogs flip-flop across fluffy fields.
3. Funny frogs flap floppy feet.

Let us Listen

B. Listen and repeat

Your teacher will say aloud the following pairs of words. Listen carefully and repeat each pair.

Note to the Teacher

• Say aloud every pair of words. Ensure that learners pronounce it clearly.
• Do this exercise at regular and frequent intervals.

My Frog's World

Your teacher will read out instructions for you to follow and create your own 'Frog's World' in the space provided on the next page.

1. Draw the place: Imagine a place where your frog might be happy, like a pond, a forest or a rainy area.
2. Draw your frog: Draw a frog in the above setting.
3. Decorate with words: Around your drawing, write some words from the poem that describe the frog's life. You can even write your own short sentence about the frog's world.

Key Points

• Frogs live in water and on land, using tadpoles as their young form that swim like fish before changing into adult frogs.
• A frog catches food by flicking its tongue quickly and moves by hopping on land and swimming with webbed feet in water.
• Frogs hide from danger by matching the colors of plants and trees around them, but they must watch out for snakes.
• Frogs croak and make loud sounds, which they use to communicate in their ponds and wet places where they live.

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