Question Let us Think A1
What do people use water tanks for?
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A tank keeps water for later use.
Answer
It stores water for daily needs.
CLASS 5 · SANTOOR · CHAPTER 6
What a Tank!
Simple answers for the reading, contractions, water-saving, listening, writing, and exploration activities.
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Textbook pages NCERT Santoor, Chapter 6
Question Let us Think A2
Where is Punjab located in India?
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Find Punjab in the northwest of India.
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Northwestern India.
Question Let us Think A3
How are the special water tanks in Punjab made?
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Name the frame and the material used to shape it.
Answer
Steel rods form the frame; concrete gives the tank its shape.
Question Let us Think A4
How can a tank’s unusual shape show something about the house owner?
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Connect the tank design to the owner’s work or interests.
Answer
Its shape can show the owner’s job or hobby.
Question Let us Think B1
Name other ways people can collect or store water besides an overhead tank.
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Name a few containers or water-collection systems.
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Pots, drums, underground tanks, ponds, and rainwater-harvesting tanks.
Question Let us Think B2
What shape would you choose for a water tank, and why?
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Choose a design and say why you like it.
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Sample: A book-shaped tank because I love reading.
Question Let us Learn A
Write the short form for each pair of words.
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Use an apostrophe where letters are missing.
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don’t, isn’t, aren’t, can’t, couldn’t, didn’t.
Question Let us Learn B
Rewrite the marked negative phrases in the two short passages as contractions.
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Replace the negative word pairs with their contractions.
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is not → isn’t; cannot → can’t; would not → wouldn’t; does not → doesn’t.
Question Let us Learn D
Give five exclamatory sentences and name the feeling each one shows.
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Use a sentence with strong feeling and match it to an emotion.
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Sample emotions: wonder, joy, sadness, surprise, fear.
Question Let us Learn D: emotions
Name four emotions that can be shown by exclamatory sentences.
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List four feeling words.
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Joy, surprise, fear, sadness.
Question Let us Learn E
Match the adult male, adult female, and young animal in each family picture.
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Read each male, female, and young animal name together.
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Bull/cow/calf; lion/lioness/cub; tiger/tigress/cub; rooster/hen/chick; stallion/mare/foal.
Question Let us Learn F
Add details to the picture and colour it.
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Add suitable details and colour the picture.
Answer
Use your own ideas to complete the picture.
Question Let us Speak A–B
Give three examples of water wastage and explain how to reduce each one.
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Pair each wasteful habit with a water-saving action.
Answer
Turn off taps, take shorter showers, and wash dishes in a filled basin.
Question Let us Speak C
Compare “What a tank!” with “water tank” and “I scream” with “ice cream”.
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Check whether the words are the same and whether the meanings match.
Answer
First pair: Yes, No. Second pair: Yes, No.
Question Let us Listen
Choose the correct answer for each question about Suma’s day without water.
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Remember the events in the passage.
Answer
1 b; 2 b; 3 b; 4 b; 5 c.
Question Let us Write A
Design a poster encouraging people to preserve and clean old water tanks.
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Include a slogan, reasons, and event details.
Answer
Save Our Water Tanks! Join the school cleaning drive on Saturday at 9 a.m.
Question Let us Explore A
Find out how water tanks are cleaned and prepare a small class chart.
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List the cleaning steps and who should do them.
Answer
Empty, scrub, rinse, disinfect, and refill. Adults or trained workers should clean the tank.
Question Let us Explore B
Write ten words ending in -er, and try the other endings shown in the book.
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Check the final letters of each word.
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-er: water, sister, teacher, flower, river, summer, number, after, under, brother. -or: actor, doctor. -at: cat, hat, mat, rat, flat.
Question Let us Explore: The Thirsty Crow
Act out a school visit by the thirsty crow, with students asking questions.
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Act out a short question-and-answer session.
Answer
The crow explains how patience and a clever plan helped it get water.