Class 5 EVS
Chapter 21 Like Father, Like Daughter
Suggestive Questions With Answers
1. How do you feel when people compare you with someone else in your family? Why do you feel so?
Ans: When someone compares me with someone else in my family; I feel good. The nice feeling comes because it makes me think I am part of a great family.
2. Who laughs the loudest in your family?
3. What is the colour of your hair?
Ans. The colour of my hair is _______.
4.
Write the name of the person in your family with whom your hairs match alike?
Ans:
Yes, my hair resembles those of my _________.
5. Who has the longest hair in your family?
Ans: My ________ has the longest hair in my family.
6. Do you know how to measure your height? Measure yourself from head to toe and write how tall you are.
Ans: Yes, I know how to measure my height. I can do it using a metre scale or a measuring tape. My height is about ______ cm.
7. How tall do you think you will be when you grow up? Is anyone else in your family of the same height?
Ans: I think I will be about ______feet in height when I grow up because my father is exactly ______ feet tall.
8. Measure the height of your family members and write it down.
Ans: (Do it yourself. An example is given here; Father: 168 cm Mother: 150 cm Brother: 150 cm)
9. What is similar between Saroja and Suvasini? What is different?
Ans: Both Saroja and Suvasini look like mirror images because they are twin sisters. They look so similar that their mama gets confused.
Suvasini can speak both Marathi and Tamil, while Saroja can speak only Tamil. Suvasini is a good singer, while Saroja is a Karate exponent.
10. Do you know any twins? What is similar in them? How are they different?
Ans. Yes, there are two sisters in our class. They look similar in almost every trait. One of them is taller than another.
11. Have you read or heard anything about polio? Where?
Ans: I have read about polio in newspaper, tv and on hoardings.
12. Have you read or heard any news about pulse polio? What?
Ans:
Yes, I have heard about pulse polio. Pulse polio is a programme run by the government to eradicate polio from the country. Vaccination camps are organised every month where every child below five years of age is given the polio vaccine drops. The vaccine is given free of cost.
13.Are there people in your house who talk loudly? It is their habit or they cannot also hear very well?
Ans:
My __________ talk very loudly. My ______ does it out of habit. My _______ does it because he cannot hear properly.
14. Are there times when you do not talk loudly in front of some people? When? With whom? Why? When can you speak loudly?
Ans:
Yes, there are times when I do not talk loudly. I talk softly in front of my father, mother, uncle and aunty because I respect them. I have to speak loudly with my grandparent or old person because they cannot hear my soft voice.
15. What difficulties does the person face when they can’t hear properly?
Ans: Due to hearing
problems a person is unable to enjoy talking over the telephone. He finds it
difficult to walk on the road because he cannot hear the sound of coming
vehicles.