“Butterfly” is the English textbook for class 5 approved by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE). Here we will discuss the Activity Questions and Answers from Lesson 6, The Clever Monkey of this book.

THE CLEVER MONKEY – QUESTION & ANSWER

ACTIVITY 1

Answer the following questions:

(a) Where did the monkey live?

Ans: The monkey lived on the bank of the river.

(b) Why was there no danger for the monkey on the river island?

Ans: There was no danger for the monkey because there was hardly any other animal on the river island.

(c) What was so attractive to the monkey?

Ans: The delicious fruits were so attractive to the monkey.

(d) Where did the crocodile live?

Ans: The crocodile lived on the far bank of the river.

(e) Who gave advice to the crocodile about catching the monkey?

Ans: The crocodile’s wife gave advice to the crocodile about catching the monkey.

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ACTIVITY 2

Let’s take words from the box and fill in the blanks:

(a) The trees on the island had tasty fruits.

(b) The monkey found that crossing the river was not very difficult.

(c) The crocodile made many plans to catch the monkey.

(d) The crocodile would lie still on the rock.

(e) The wife of the crocodile wished to taste the flesh of the monkey.

flesh, plans, tasty, listen, swim, still, difficult, monkey

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ACTIVITY 3

Let’s match the words in column A with their meanings in column B:

A	B
attractive	mouth-watering
unique	not moving at all
island	charming
delicious	a piece of land with water on all sides
still	one of its kind

Ans:

A	B
attractive	charming
unique	one of its kind
island	a piece of land with water on all sides
delicious	mouth-watering
still	not moving at all

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ACTIVITY 4

Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements:

(a) The crocodile found that catching the monkey was the difficult job. T

(b) The rock always talked to the monkey. F

(c) The monkey jumped straight into the crocodile’s open mouth. F

(d) The monkey returned to his home safety. T

(e) The monkey was more clever than the crocodile. T

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ACTIVITY 5

Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

(a) The crocodile kept his head and tail under water.

(b) After having a good meal, the monkey decided to return.

(c) The crocodile thought that he should speak to the monkey as the rock because he might suspect something.

(d) The monkey observed that every time the crocodile opened his mouth his eyes would shut completely.

(e) The monkey had his home upon a riverside tree.

(f) The crocodile was bigger in size and was also a bigger fool.

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ACITIVITY 6

Answer the following questions:

(a) Who swam to the rock?

Ans: The crocodile swam to the rock.

(b) Why did the monkey become suspicious?

Ans: The monkey was suspicious because the rock became so large that day.

(c) What was the monkey’s suggestion to the crocodile?

Ans: The monkey’s suggestion to the crocodile was to open his mouth wide and he will jump straight into his mouth.

(d) What did the monkey tell the crocodile from his safe shelter?

Ans: The monkey told the crocodile from his safe shelter was “You foolish crocodile! You can never catch me. No doubt you’re bigger than me, but you’re a bigger fool tool!”

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ACTIVITY 7

Fill in the blanks with words from the story.

(a) The crocodile noticed the monkey crossing the river.

(b) The monkey always escaped from the crocodile’s clutches.

(c) The monkey thought that the crocodile was playing a trick once more.

(d) The crocodile could not realize the clever monkey’s plan.

(e) From his safe home, the monkey called the crocodile a fool.

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ACTIVITY 8

Replace the underlined words with their opposites from the box:

(a) Can you see the small tree?

Ans: Can you see the huge tree?

(b) This medicine tastes bitter.

Ans: This medicine tastes sweet.

(c) Last year the English question paper was easy.

Ans: Last year the English question paper was difficult.

(d) Sunita never feels nervous before an examination.

Ans: Sunita always feels nervous before an examination.

(e) I am carrying a light load.

Ans: I am carrying a heavy load.

(f) The boy has curly hair.

Ans: The boy has straight hair.

heavy, sweet, always, straight, difficult, huge

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ACTIVITY 9

Let’s match the two sides:

Short form	Full form
We’ll	Cannot
I’m	Did not
She’s	Will not
Didn’t	She is
Weren’t	We will
You’ve	I am
Won’t	Were not
Can’t	You have

Ans:

Short form	Full form
We’ll	We will
I’m	I am
She’s	She is
Didn’t	Did not
Weren’t	Were not
You’ve	You have
Won’t	Will not
Can’t	Cannot

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ACTIVITY 10

Now read in the pairs the following passage and underline the preposition there.

The farmer took a sharp axe and struck at the trunk of the tree. All the creatures living in the tree started to request the farmer not to cut down the tree. But the framer didn’t listen to them. He was in hurry to finish off his work.

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ACTIVITY 11

Let’s fill in the blanks with the prepositions given in the box:

(a) The boy is looking at me.

(b) Give this letter to your class teacher.

(c) Put the duster on the table.

(d) Fish lives in water.

(e) Put off the light.

(f) I go to school everyday.

in, off, on at, to

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ACTIVITY 12

Read the following sentences. Circle the subject and underline the predicate.

(a) Days passed.

(b) The rock never talked to the monkey.

(c) Here comes the goalkeeper.

(d) Every evening mother cooks food for us.

(e) Rohan plays cricket for a local club.

(f) How big is the tree!

(g) I don’t know his full name.

Ans:

Subject	Predicate
Days	passed
The rock	never talked to the monkey
the goalkeeper	Here comes
mother	Every evening cooks food for us
Rohan	plays cricket for a local club
the tree	How big is
I	don’t know his full name

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ACTIVITY 13

Let’s write a short story in eight sentences with the following hints. Give it a title.

A fox fell into a well – failed to get out – a goat came – fox asked goat to drink water from the well – goat jumped in – fox climbed on the goat’s back – got out – goat remained in the well.

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Ans:

Title : The Clever Fox and The Foolish Goat

Once a fox was moving around a village. He wasn’t careful. Suddenly, he fell into a well. He tried his best but failed to get out of the well. A few minutes later a goat came and peeped into the well. Then the fox asked the goat to drink water from the well. The goat believed the fox and jumped into the well. As soon as the goat fell into the well, the fox climbed on the goat’s back. Thus he got out from the well. The goat remained in the well.

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