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The Balloon man Class 5: Subject- English Lesson 1

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The Balloon Man Class 5: Subject- English Lesson 1

Ramu is a balloon man. He sells balloons. He goes from house to house every day. One morning he went to a village to sell his colorful balloons.
He called Raju, Bala, Mona, Saif, and Sonu and said “I have red, blue, green, orange, yellow, and ite
balloons. Do you want to buy them?”
But no one bought them. He was very sad.

The Balloon man Class 5: Subject- English Lesson 1


A young man came to him and said, “What the matter? You look sad.” The balloon seller said, “Yes. I am here to sell the balloons but no one is buying them today. “Don‖t worry. I have come to buy them and I want all the balloons.” The young man bought all the balloons. Then he gave them to the children. The children were very happy. This young man was ‘Chacha Nehru’.

I. New words

sad, balloon, young, bought, sell, colourful, happy

II. Read and write

Answer these questions:
(1) What does Ramu sell?
(2) Why was the balloon man sad?
(3) Who bought all the balloons?

III. Say aloud

balloon, go, village, orange, bought, today

IV. Let’s talk

(1) Do you like colourful balloons?
(2) Where do you use them?
(3) Name the balloon colour you would buy for
yourself.

V. Vocabulary

(A) Choose the correct spellings :

Young/ Yonug /Yong/ Yung
Balon/ Baloon/ Balolon /Balloon
Yelow/ Yellow/ Yellow/ Yellow
Bought /Boghat/ Bought /Bouhgt.

(B) Complete the following sentences using these words.

(colourful, balloons, old, happy, today)

  1. Mr. Murli is an __ man.
  2. He looks _ today.
  3. He is going to buy __.
  4. _ is his grandson‖s birthday.
  5. He wants to decorate his room with _
    balloons.

VI. Structures in context

(A) Underline the correct word in the given sen tenses.

  1. This is Mrs. Suman. He/She is my class teacher.
  2. Ravi is a student. He/She reads in class 3.
  3. Raju buys a balloon. He/It is blue in colour.
  4. I play with Sita, Meena, and Sunil. She/They are
    my friends.
  5. I have a little dog. It/ They is adorable.

(B) Make negative sentences :

  1. Ramu is a balloon man.
  2. I am a student.
  3. I can run fast.
  4. I have come to buy balloons.
  5. These are my balloons.

(C) Make interrogative sentences :

  1. Ramu is a balloon man.
  2. Children were playing in the garden.
  3. The man had come to buy the balloons.
  4. A young man bought all the balloons.
  5. The young man was Chacha Nehru.

VII. Fun time

Riddles

  1. What has a face and two hands?
  2. What has a neck but no head?
  3. If there are three apples and you take away two, how
    many do you have?
  4. Which month has 28 days?
  5. Where does Friday come from before Thursday?

Complete the crossword with the opposite of the given
words.

Across

1 Fast
4 Back
5 Late
8 Up

Down

2 Dark
3 Open
6 Old
7 Hot