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“Butterfly” is the English textbook for Class 5, approved by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE). On this page, we cover the activity questions and answers from the book’s revision lesson.
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“Beyond Barriers” is a lesson from the “Butterfly” textbook for Class 5, as approved by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education. All the activity exercises in this lesson have been completed by experienced English teachers.
Beyond Barriers - ACTIVITY 1 - Solutions
Let’s find out and write down facts about Rakesh Sharma:
(a) Place of birth: Patiala, in the state of Punjab.
(b) Year of birth: 1949.
(c) Name of schools attended: St. George’s Grammar School, Hyderabad and Kendriya Vidyalaya Tirumalagiri, Hyderabad.
(d) Year of joining the National Defence Academy: July 1966.
(e) Total time he spent in space: Seven days, twenty-one hours and forty minutes in space.
Beyond Barriers - ACTIVITY – 2 - Solutions
Write T for true and F for false statements in the given boxes:
a) The space shuttle was named Soyuz T-11. [T] True
b) Rakesh Sharma went into space in 1985. [F] False
c) Indira Gandhi spoke to Rakesh Sharma. [T] True
d) Barun got the book on India’s space travels from his mother. [T] True
e) Osman and Barun were friends. [T] True
Beyond Barriers - ACTIVITY – 3 - Solutions
What do you want to be? Give reasons for your choice. Write five sentences. Begin like this:
Answer:
1) I want to be a Police Officer.
2) I want to help the needy people.
3) I want to serve my country.
4) I want to be a responsible person.
5) I want to prevent crime and disorder.
Beyond Barriers - ACTIVITY – 4 - Solutions
Find answers from the text. Work in pairs:
a) Where was Kalpana Chawla born?
Answer: Kalpana Chawla was born in 1962 in Karnal.
b) Where did Kalpana go in 1982?
Answer: In 1982, Kalpana went to the U.S.A to study at the University of Texas at Arlington.
c) What was Kalpana called by her family?
Answer: Kalpana was called ‘ Montu’ by her family.
d) What was the name of the space shuttle that was lost?
Answer: The name of the space shuttle that was lost after a successful flight was Columbia.
e) When did Kalpana die?
Answer: Kalpana died during re-entry into earth’s atmosphere, on 1st February, 2003.
f) What has been named after Kalpana?
Answer: A hill on Mars and a star in deep space have been named after Kalpana.
Beyond Barriers - ACTIVITY – 5 - Solutions
Let’s read the words:
Pinky, Ravi, Soyuz T-11 , Rakesh, Kalpana, Columbia, India, USA, Haryana, California, Barun , Osman.
All these words are names. Now, fill In the table. One is done for you.
| Name of person | Name of place | Name of Things |
|---|---|---|
| Pinky | India | Soyuz T-11 |
| Ravi | USA | Columbia |
| Rakesh | Haryana | |
| Kalpana | California | |
| Barun | ||
| Osman |
Beyond Barriers - ACTIVITY – 6 - Solutions
Complete the following sentences with the information from the text:
1) The first Indian in space was Rakesh Sharma.
2) Kalpana took up the position of research scientist at NASA.
3) Kalpana’s story shows the value of hard work and sincerity.
4) The Indian Prime Minister Kalpana talked to was Mr. Inderajit K.Gujral.
Beyond Barriers - ACTIVITY – 7 - Solutions
Look at the table given below:
| Firsts | Name |
|---|---|
| First man in space was | Yuri Gagarin |
| First Woman in space | Valentina Tereshkova |
| First man to talk in space | Alexei Leonov |
| First Woman to Walk in Space | Svetlana Savitskaya |
| First Animal in Space | Laika, the dog |
Write five sentences using the information. One is done for you:
1) The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin
2) First Woman in Space was Valentina Tereshkova.
3) First man to walk in space was Alexei Leonov.
4) First Woman to walk in space was Svetlana Savitskaya.
5) First animal in space was Laika, the dog.
Beyond Barriers - ACTIVITY – 8 - Solutions
Fill in the blanks with the present Continuous forms of the given Verbs in brackets:
1) Rina is studying (study) for her exams at the moment.
2) Where you are meeting (you meet) Ravi next week?
3) Pinky is coming (come) to my place tomorrow.
4) They are playing (play) football now.
5) She is eating (eat) oysters for lunch.
6) The company is finishing (finish) their project this week.
7) Rubina is not going (not go) to Kolkata next week.
8) I am working (work) on a special report today.
9) We are not cooking (not cook) dinner because we’re eating out.
10) Barun is walking (walk) to school right now.
Beyond Barriers - ACTIVITY – 9 - Solutions
Write six connected sentences about your experience of seeing the night sky. You may use the following points:
Time of seeing – place from where you looked – how the sky looked – other things that you saw – sounds of the night – your feelings.
Answer:
Last Sunday I went to my uncle’s house. It was night when I was looking at the sky from the floor and the sky looked very amazing. The other things that I noticed were that the stars were twinkling. The sound came from outside of the village when I was looking at the sky. I really felt very good to do this.