NCERT Solutions Class 5 English Santoor Chapter 05 The Frog

Question 1. Where does the frog like to sit or spend time?
Answer: The frog enjoys sitting and spending its time in ponds.
In simple words: Frogs like to stay in ponds where there is water.

Exam Tip: Remember that frogs are aquatic animals and need water to survive and thrive.

Question 2. How does the frog catch its food?
Answer: The frog uses its tongue in a quick, sudden motion to catch its food.
In simple words: When an insect comes close, the frog flicks out its tongue fast to grab it.

Exam Tip: Key point - frogs use their tongue as a hunting tool, not their teeth.

Question 3. How does the frog move in water and on land?
Answer: In water, the frog swims by pushing itself forward with its back legs. On land, it jumps up and down using the strength of those same powerful back legs.
In simple words: Frogs use their strong back legs to swim in water and to hop on land.

Exam Tip: Mention both the water and land movements separately to show you understand the frog's life both ways.

Question 4. What helps the frog hide in its surroundings?
Answer: The frog's brown and green coloring allows it to blend in with its natural surroundings.
In simple words: Frogs are brown and green, which helps them hide among plants and water.

Exam Tip: This is an example of camouflage - when an animal's colors match its home so predators cannot spot it.

Question 1. What would it feel like to live like a frog, both in water and on land?
Answer: Living as a frog in both water and on land would bring great joy and happiness. Being able to move between two such different worlds would be an exciting and freeing experience.
In simple words: It would feel great and fun to switch between water and land like a frog does.

Exam Tip: This is a thinking question - use your imagination and give reasons why you think it would feel that way.

Question 2. If you could hop as high as a frog, what fun things would you do?
Answer: If I had the jumping power of a frog, I would go up the stairs in buildings by lifting both feet at once and leaping over two or three steps together. At times, I would also walk normally between these big jumps to rest my legs.
In simple words: You could jump up many stairs at one time and move around buildings much faster.

Exam Tip: Show creativity by describing practical and fun activities you could do with frog-like jumping ability.

Question 3. How is a frog's life different from a fish's life?
Answer: Frogs are amphibians, meaning they start life in water as tadpoles and later become land animals as adults. Fish, by contrast, remain in water their entire lives and cannot survive on land for extended periods.
In simple words: Frogs live in water when young but move to land when grown. Fish stay in water always.

Exam Tip: The key difference is that frogs can live in BOTH places at different stages, while fish can only live in water.

Question 4. How are frogs' webbed feet similar to the flippers used by scuba divers?
Answer: Both webbed frog feet and diving flippers share a wide, flat shape that creates a large surface area. This larger surface allows both the frog and the diver to push against more water with every kick, which makes swimming faster and more effective.
In simple words: Both have a big flat surface that helps push through water and move forward faster.

Exam Tip: Focus on HOW the flat shape helps with movement - this is what makes them similar.

Let us Learn (Pages 57-58)

Question 1. My colours match the plants .......... trees. (or/and)
Answer: and
In simple words: "and" joins two things that go together, so the sentence means the frog's colors match both plants and trees.

Exam Tip: Use "and" when you connect two similar things; use "or" when you show a choice between two things.

Question 2. Would you like to learn about frogs ........... tadpoles? (because/and)
Answer: and
In simple words: "and" joins frogs and tadpoles together as two topics to learn about.

Exam Tip: "And" adds another idea; "because" gives a reason - here we need to add, not explain why.

Question 3. I hop around happily, ......... I must watch out for snakes! (but/so)
Answer: but
In simple words: "but" shows that even though hopping is fun, there is a danger to be careful about.

Exam Tip: Use "but" to show contrast between two opposite ideas in a sentence.

Question 4. Frogs swim easily ........... they have webbed feet. (because/or)
Answer: because
In simple words: "because" explains the reason why frogs can swim so well.

Exam Tip: Use "because" whenever you need to give the reason for something happening.

Let us Learn (Pages 57-58) - Section B

Question 1. hunts/night/the/silently/tiger/at
Answer: (a) The tiger hunts silently at night.
In simple words: The words are arranged in the right order to make a sentence that makes sense.

Exam Tip: Read each option aloud and listen for which one sounds right and tells a clear story.

Question 2. elephants/in/forests/live/large/groups/in
Answer: (c) Elephants live in large groups in forests.
In simple words: The words flow in a way that makes the meaning clear and easy to understand.

Exam Tip: Pay attention to where "in" appears - it should be used to show location clearly.

Question 3. web/a/spider/carefully/its/weaves
Answer: (a) A spider carefully weaves its web.
In simple words: The sentence puts the subject (spider), the action (weaves), and the object (web) in the right places.

Exam Tip: Look for a sentence where the subject comes first, then the verb, then the object - this is standard word order.

Question 4. crocodile/waits/the/silently/riverbank/the/near
Answer: (c) The crocodile waits silently near the riverbank.
In simple words: All the words come together in the correct order to show what the crocodile is doing and where.

Exam Tip: Remember that the subject comes first, the action verb comes next, and location words (like "near") come toward the end.

Question 5. a/swims/turtle/slowly/in/ocean/the
Answer: (a) A turtle swims slowly in the ocean.
In simple words: When the words are in the right order, the sentence tells us clearly what the animal is doing.

Exam Tip: Check the word order by asking: Who? What are they doing? How? Where? - the correct sentence should answer all these questions smoothly.

Let us Speak (Page 58-59)

Question 1. Four fierce frogs fight for flies.
Answer: Do it yourself.
In simple words: Say this tongue twister out loud, starting slowly and getting faster each time.

Exam Tip: Tongue twisters help improve your speaking skills - practice makes it easier to say without making mistakes.

Question 2. Fast frogs flip-flop across fluffy fields.
Answer: Do it yourself.
In simple words: Say this quickly and clearly, repeating it faster each time you try.

Exam Tip: Notice how many words start with the letter "f" - this is what makes it tricky to say quickly.

Question 3. Funny frogs flap floppy feet.
Answer: Do it yourself.
In simple words: Practice saying this tongue twister slowly at first, then speed it up.

Exam Tip: The repeated "f" sound makes this hard to say quickly - go slow at first to build confidence.

Let us Listen (Page 59-60)

Question. My Frog's World
Answer: Do it yourself.
This is a creative activity where you will follow your teacher's instructions step by step:
1. Draw the place - Imagine a place where your frog would be happy, like a pond, a forest, or a rainy area.
2. Draw your frog - Create a frog in the setting you imagined.
3. Decorate with words - Write words from the poem that describe the frog's life around your drawing. You can also write your own short sentence about the frog's world.
4. Color it - Use colors to bring your frog's world to life and make it as colorful as you like.
In simple words: Draw a frog in a place it likes, add words and colors to make it look nice.

Exam Tip: Use the poem's words and your own ideas to make your frog's world special and colorful.

Let us Write (Page 61)

Question. Write a reply to Hopper in your notebook and share it with your class.
Answer: M-28, Sector 21 Noida
18th June 20XX

Dear Hooper,

I hope you will find this letter in best of health and spirit. I am happy to know about your likes and hobbies. You have asked me what I like to do and what foods I enjoy. I am a student of Class 6, so I spend most of my time studying my school books. In my free time, I play ludo and chess with my family. I also enjoy playing cricket and football. My favorite food is rice with cheese. I also eat fruits every day and drink a glass of milk each day.

Your friend,
Aryan
In simple words: Write back to Hopper telling him about yourself - your hobbies, school, and favorite foods - just like a real letter.

Exam Tip: A good reply letter answers all the questions that Hopper asked you and tells him about your own life in a friendly way.

Did you Know?

How is a frog different from a toad? Frogs usually have smooth, moist skin and long legs for hopping. Toads, on the other hand, have dry, rough, bumpy skin and shorter legs that are better for walking or hopping slowly.

Let us Do (Page 62-64)

Question. Five of us are hiding in the picture. Can you find us?
Answer: This is a "spot the difference" or "find the hidden objects" activity. Carefully look at the picture and identify the five animals hiding among the plants, rocks, and water. Look closely at different areas - some may be hiding in plain sight by blending in with their surroundings.
In simple words: Look very carefully at the picture to find five animals that are hiding among the plants and water.

Exam Tip: Use the concept of camouflage - animals are often colored to match their surroundings, making them hard to spot at first glance.

Question. Look at the following steps carefully and draw a duck in the given space.
Answer: Do it yourself.
In simple words: Follow each step shown in the picture to draw a duck, starting with the head and moving down to add the body, neck, and feet.

Exam Tip: Follow the numbered steps in order - this helps you draw the duck correctly and build your drawing skills step by step.

Question. Move three crayons to change the direction in which the fish is swimming.
Answer: Do it yourself. You need to rearrange three of the colored crayons to make the fish face or move in the opposite direction.
In simple words: Pick up three crayons and move them so the fish looks like it is swimming the other way.

Exam Tip: Look at how the crayons form the fish's shape - moving certain crayons will flip the direction it is facing.

Did you Know?

Which is our national aquatic animal? The Ganges river dolphin holds this special title. This dolphin cannot see very well, so it relies on sounds to find its way in the water.

Question. Choose any two of the below and find out a few facts about them.
Answer: The following are facts about several aquatic animals:

Puffer Fish:
- More than 190 different species of puffer fish exist around the world.
- They lack scales or spines on their bodies.
- They are equipped with teeth.
- Their jaws are very powerful and strong.
- They contain poison, making them toxic to predators.
- Two upper and two lower teeth are fused together to form a pointed beak-like structure.

Jellyfish:
- Jellyfish have been alive for millions of years, even before dinosaurs walked the earth.
- Their mouth opening is located in the center of their body.
- They process their food very quickly, eating fish, shrimp, crabs, and tiny plants.
- Their stings can hurt humans and in some species, the sting can be deadly.

Seahorse:
- During reproduction, the male seahorse carries the babies in a pouch.
- Around 36 different seahorse species live in warm and moderate coastal waters where they swim upright among seaweed and other plants.
- Their bodies are covered from head to curled tail with tiny, sharp plates.
- A female lays many eggs - sometimes dozens or even hundreds - into a pouch on the male's belly, called a brood pouch, similar to a kangaroo's pouch for carrying young.
- They are experts at hiding by changing color, which helps them both avoid enemies like crabs and fish, and hunt their own prey.

Starfish:
- Starfish can grow back their own lost arms.
- They do not have a brain or blood.
- Their upper skin layer is made of calcium carbonate, a tough material that makes their skin hard and difficult for predators to break.
- They have eyes to see their surroundings.
- They move using hundreds of tiny feet located at the end of each arm.
- Their mouth is on the underside of their body, so they have developed a special eating method for food larger than their mouth can take in.

Octopus:
- Octopuses have blue blood because of copper in their body, not from royal background.
- They have three hearts - two pump blood through the gills and one moves blood to the organs.
- All octopuses carry venom, though only the blue-ringed octopus from Australia is a danger to people.
- Like squids and cuttlefishes, they are color-changing experts, shifting color, brightness, pattern, and even texture in moments to hide or attract a mate.
- Each of their eight arms can do separate jobs at the same time because of a large nerve bundle, like a small brain, at the base of each arm that controls its own movement.

Catfish:
- They can survive in both very cold and very hot water.
- Asian catfish can move from one pool to another on land.
- They hear extremely well thanks to a weberian apparatus, which amplifies underwater sounds.
- The biggest catfish ever caught was a mekong giant catfish weighing 646 pounds.
- The Asian stone mini catfish measures only about an inch in length.
- They have thousands of taste buds spread across their whole body, allowing them to locate food.
In simple words: Different water animals have amazing abilities - some change color, some have extra hearts, and some can grow lost body parts back.

Exam Tip: Choose two animals and learn their most interesting features - this helps you remember details better than trying to memorize all of them at once.