NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English (Santoor) Chapter 1 – Papa’s Spectacles | Questions and Answers

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📖 Papa’s Spectacles Questions and Answers | Class 5 English Chapter 1 | NCERT Solutions

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📝 Page 2 – Answer the Questions

1. Q1. What is Papa searching for?
2. 👉 Papa is searching for his spectacles.
3. Q2. What are the possible places where Papa can find it?
4. 👉 In his pockets, under the chair, near the window, on the table.
5. Q3. At last, where does Papa find his lost item?
6. 👉 He finds his spectacles on his head.

💡 Think and Discuss

• Q1. Apart from reading, what chores can Papa not do without his spectacles?
• 👉 He cannot cut vegetables, watch TV, or read the newspaper.
• Q2. What makes your papa happy?
• 👉 When he spends time with family / when we help him.
• Q3. Things generally misplaced at home:
• 👉 Remote, keys, books.
• Who helps? 👉 Mother or children.
• Gratitude 👉 Say “Thank you.”
• Things misplaced at school:
• 👉 Pencils, erasers, notebooks.
• Who helps? 👉 Friends or teachers.
• Gratitude 👉 Say “Thanks” or smile.

📘 Page 3 – Arrange in Ascending Order

1. Handkerchief → Towel → Sari → Bedsheet
2. Cherry → Strawberry → Apple → Watermelon
3. Fourteen → Twenty-nine → Forty-seven → Ninety-one
4. Sparrow → Crow → Hen → Eagle
5. Squirrel → Rabbit → Ox → Elephant

📘 Page 4 – Fill in the Blanks (Pair)

• a pair of shoes
• a pair of trousers
• a pair of socks
• a pair of gloves
• a pair of scissors
• a pair of spectacles
• a pair of slippers

📘 Page 5 – Correct Spelling

1. water
2. vegetables
3. balloon
4. house
5. elephant
6. spectacles
7. carpenter
8. fruit
9. receive
10. principal

📘 Page 6–7 – Prepositions Story

Story with correct words:
My father has a habit of keeping his spectacles in random places. Last week, he could not find his spectacles and looked around the house. We checked the big box that reached above our waists. My father looked for the spectacles among the newspapers kept on the table. He continued searching for two hours before finally giving up. He sat down on the bed after giving one final look to the room and said with a sigh, “Looks like it is time to get a new pair.”

📘 Crossword Puzzle (Answers)

• yes
• near
• big
• happy
• fast
• cold
• sold
• outside
• dark

🗣️ Page 7 – Speaking Task

Words for father: Papa, Baba, Abba, Pitaji, Appa, Dad, Daddy.

👂 Page 8 – Listening Activity

Pairs with different sounds:

fill–feel

pair–peer

sun–son

knot–note

ate–eight

hair–hare

deer–dear

bed–bad

fair–fear

cold–could

wood–would

knot–not

where–were

heal–heel

✍️ Page 8 – Writing Task (Story from Poem)

Story form of poem (short):
One day, Papa was very worried. He lost his spectacles. He searched in his pockets, under the chair, near the window, and on the table. Still, he could not find them. I told him to stop. Then I smiled and said, “Papa, your spectacles are on your head!”

🎲 Page 9–10 – Fun & Just for Fun

• Matchsticks Puzzle: Move 3 matchsticks to make 3 squares (class activity).
• Candle Flame Trick: Fun science activity.
• Spot the letter ‘d’: Hidden in the rows of “b”.
• Riddle:
• “I go to the market, I lovingly bring you home, I sit in front of you, and I cry, cry, cry.”
• 👉 Answer: Onion.

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