CBSE Class 5 English Malu And Bhalu Worksheet

I. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:

High up in an icy lair

Lived a little polar bear

Snow white , snow bright was her mane.

Malu Bhalu was her name.

Very soon our Malu Bhalu

Learnt the things her parents knew.

Fish to catch, big and small….

Malu was a clever girl.

a) What was the name of the bear?

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b) What did Malu Bhalu learn from her parents?

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c) How was her mane?

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d) Choose a pair of rhyming words from the stanza.

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e) Write describing words:

(i) …………………………… girl

(ii) …………………………… bear

f) Write opposites

(i) Bright ……………………….

(ii) Clever ……………………...

g) Find out two nouns from the stanza……………………………………………………………………………

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words given below: Release learn control

a) Have you ………………… your topic?

b) The pilot lost ………………………… of the plane for a few minutes.

c) This button ………………………… the radio’s volume.

d) The Principal ……………………….. the school magazine.

e) He has been ……………………… on bail for a year.

III. Give one word for the meanings from the hint given:

Whim, clasp, unafraid, might, Lair, fearless, mane,

a) Wild animal’s lying place ..........…………………..

b) Long hair on the neck of some animals …………………………..

c) Sudden fancy idea .................……………….

d) Hold closely …………………………..

e) Great strength .................………………..
f) One who is not afraid ..………………………….

g) Feeling no fear ...........................................

1. Fill in the blanks from the given pronouns: I me you mine my their yours

a) They don’t live in ……………………. Old house.

b) ………………… am the only son of my parents.

c) When are …………….. coming ? The dinner is ready.

d) This house is ……………… , I live in it.

e) This is ………………… favourite book. I won’t give it to anybody.

f) Do or die—the choice is ………………….

g) They gave it to ……………….. and my family.

2. Find and write smaller words hidden in the following words. One has been done for you.

a) Lair Air g) Bright …………………….

b) Bear ………………………. h) Play ……………………….

c) That ………………………. i) Mane ………………………..

d) Snow ………………………. j) Catch ………………………..

e) Then ………………………. k) Knew ………………………..

f) Matter ………………………. l) Want ………………………….

3. Fill in the blanks with the given words:

Who, whom, whose, which, what, when, where,

a) …………………… is the person you told about yesterday?

b) The man ………………… you paid the money is missing.

c) ………………... are the main symptoms of this illness?

d) I don’t know ………………. Your friends are going?

e) …………………….. are you coming here ?

f) …………………… one is better, red or blue ?

g) No one knows ………………….. book is this.

4. Punctuate the following sentences

a) The king said to them you have proved that you are fine horseman

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b) But one question remained who would be the king

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c) Who brought the mango home she asked

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