Maharashtra Board Solutions Class 5-English: Chapter 4- Strawberries

Class 5: English Chapter 4 solutions. Complete Class 5 English Chapter 4 Notes.

Maharashtra Board Solutions Class 5-English: Chapter 4- Strawberries

Maharashtra Board 5th English Chapter 4, Class 5 English Chapter 4 solutions

Questions and Answers

1. Learn and recite the poem.

Question 1.
Learn and recite the poem.

2. Read the poem and answer the following.

Question 1.
Which are the two different places where strawberries grow?
Answer:
The two different places where the strawberries grow are in the gardens and in the woodlands.

Question 2.
What are the two different ways of eating strawberries?
Answer:
The two different ways of eating strawberries are:
1. To eat it directly
2. To eat it with sugar or spice or cream.

Question 3.
Which strawberries are plump and juicy?
Answer:
Strawberries that grow in gardens are plump and juicy.

Question 4.
Which strawberries are sweeter?
Answer:
The strawberries which grow in the woodland near the trickling stream are sweeter than the ones that grow in the gardens.

Question 5.
How would you like to eat your strawberries?
Answer:
I would like to eat my strawberries directly without adding any sugar or cream because when these things are added, the natural flavour of the fruit is lost.

3. Activities

1. Find out when and where we get strawberries in Maharashtra.

Question 1.
Find out when and where we get strawberries in Maharashtra.
Answer:
In Maharashtra, strawberries are grown in Panchgani and Mahableshwar. The strawberry season is from November up to March.

2. Make a list of your favourite fruits and vegetables and note down the time of the year when they are available in plenty.

Question 1.
Make a list of your favourite fruits and vegetables and note down the time of the year when they are available in plenty.
Answer:
a. Among the fruits, I like strawberries and mangoes. Strawberries are available in plenty from November up to March. Mangoes are available in plenty in the summer season especially in May.

b. Among the vegetables, I like cauliflower and ladyfinger. Cauliflower is found in plenty in the winter season. Ladyfinger is available all round the year.

3. Have you ever eaten any fruit/vegetable picking it straight from the tree or field? Write about that experience in 3-5 lines.

Question 1.
Have you ever eaten any fruit/vegetable picking it straight from the tree or field? Write about that experience in 3-5 lines.
Answer:
Yes, I have eaten strawberries directly, after plucking it from the strawberry bush. We had gone to Mahableshwar and were staying at a friend’s place where they had strawberry farms. We were invited to the farm and the sight of the strawberries was so beautiful. We were told to pluck as many strawberries as we wanted. All of us started plucking strawberries and as we were plucking, we were also popping a few into our mouth. It was a wonderful experience eating the fruit directly from the tree.

Additional Important Questions and Answers

Answer the following questions:

Question 1.
Who knows that the strawberries from the woodlands are sweeter?
Answer:
The wise men know that the strawberries from the woodlands are sweeter.

Language Study

Question 1.
Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.
Answer:

• grow – know
• fine – vine;
• spoon – June
• cream – stream

Question 2.
Write from the poem two describing words for strawberries.
Answer:

• plump
• juicy

Reading Skills, Vocabulary and Grammar

Read the following extract and answer the questions given below.

Question 1.
Where do strawberries grow?
Answer:
Strawberries grow in gardens.

Question 2.
How are the strawberries grown in gardens?
Answer:
The strawberries grown in gardens are plump and juicy.

Question 3.
Why do the berries plucked beside the trickling stream not need sugar, spice or cream?
Answer:
The berries plucked beside the trickling stream do not need sugar, spice or cream because they are naturally very sweet and tasty.

Question 4.
Which word in the poem tells us that the men are experienced?
Answer:
The word ‘wise’ tells us that the men are experienced.

Question 5.
Have you tried to make anything with strawberries?
Answer:
Yes, I have tried to make strawberry milkshake and it turned out to be yummy.

Summary :

The poem Strawberries’ tells us that the strawberries which are grown in gardens under our loving care is not as sweet as the strawberries that grow in the woods without anyone to look after it.

Meanings :

1. plump (adj.) – to swell out
2. juicy (adj.) – having a lot of juice
3. wise (adj.) – good judgment because of experience
4. woodland (n) – forest
5. wild (adj.) – grow without being looked after
6. berry (n) – a small juicy fruit
7. trickling (adj.) – thin flow of water that drops continuously
8. pluck (o) – to pull out something sharply

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Chapterwise Maharashtra Board Solutions Class 5 English :

Unit 1

• Chapter 1- What a Bird Thought
• Chapter 2- Daydreams
• Chapter 3- Be a Good Listener
• Chapter 4- Strawberries
• Chapter 5- The Twelve Months
• Chapter 6- Announcements
• Chapter 7- Major Dhyan Chand
• Chapter 8- Peer Profile

Unit 2

• Chapter 9- The Triantiwontigongolope
• Chapter 10- Three Sacks of Rice
• Chapter 11- Be a Good Speaker
• Chapter 12- Count your Garden
• Chapter 13- The Adventures of Gulliver
• Chapter 14- A Lesson for All
• Chapter 15- Bird Bath
• Chapter 16- Write your own Story

Unit 3

• Chapter 17- On the Water
• Chapter 18- Weeds in the Garden
• Chapter 19- Be a Good Host and Guest
• Chapter 20- Only One Mother
• Chapter 21- The Journey to the Great Oz
• Chapter 22- A Book Review
• Chapter 23- Write your own Poem
• Chapter 24- Senses Alert

Unit 4

• Chapter 25- The Man in the Moon
• Chapter 26- Water in the Well
• Chapter 27- The Legend of Marathon
• Chapter 28- All about Money
• Chapter 29- A Lark
• Chapter 30- Be a Netizen
• Chapter 31- Give your Mind a Workout!
• Chapter 32- Helen Keller
• Chapter 33- Rangoli