Question Let us Think A1
Who is speaking in the poem?
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The speaker describes a child’s day.
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A child.
CLASS 5 · SANTOOR · CHAPTER 9
Vocation
Simple answers and sample ideas for the poem, vocabulary, grammar, speaking, writing, and career activities.
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Understand the Poem
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Question Let us Think A2
Why does the child wish to be a hawker?
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The child likes the hawker’s freedom.
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The hawker seems free to go where he wishes.
Question Let us Think A3
What does the speaker admire about the gardener?
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The gardener seems free to work outdoors.
Answer
The child admires the gardener’s freedom.
Question Let us Think A4
What does the child compare the street lamp to?
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Recall the image the child creates.
Answer
A giant with one red eye.
Question Let us Think A5
Describe the speaker’s day from morning to night.
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Put the three observations in time order.
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Morning: hawker; afternoon: gardener; evening: watchman.
Question Think and Discuss B1
Why might the child admire people with different kinds of work?
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Say what seems interesting about the jobs.
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Each job looks different and exciting to the child.
Question Think and Discuss B2
What do you notice on your way to school and back home?
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Describe a few things you see on your own route.
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Sample: I see trees, shops, buses, and children playing.
Words and Grammar
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Question Let us Learn A
Match gong, spade, lane, giant, and lantern with their meanings.
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Match each word with its simple definition.
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gong—loud-sounding disc; spade—garden tool; lane—narrow road; giant—very large being; lantern—portable light.
Question Let us Learn B
Rewrite each sentence with its grammar mistake corrected.
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Check verbs, adverbs, and comparative forms.
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2 to school; 3 faster; 4 was sleeping; 5 slowly; 6 taller; 7 fastest; 8 is; 9 goes; 10 are.
Question Let us Learn C
Name a place where you might see each pictured tool and what it is used for.
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Name the tool’s setting and use.
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For example: a grater is used in a kitchen to grate food; a stethoscope helps a doctor listen to the heart.
Question Let us Listen
Write two questions about the poem using question words such as who, what, where, when, or why.
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Ask two questions that can be answered from the poem.
Answer
Who does the child see? Why does the child admire the gardener?
Question Let us Speak A
Listen to and repeat the word pairs, speaking each clearly.
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Listen first, then repeat each pair clearly.
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cushion/ration; fashion/tension; mention/attention; nation/vocation.
Question Let us Speak B
Describe a time you wanted to do several things but could not do them all at once.
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Say what you wanted to do and what made it hard.
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Sample: I wanted to study and play, so I made a plan and did one thing at a time.
Writing and Careers
Textbook pages NCERT Santoor, Chapter 9
Question Let us Write 1
Write about a difficult or boring part of being a hawker, gardener, or watchman.
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Name one task that may be tiring or difficult.
Answer
A hawker may have to carry goods for many hours in the sun.
Question Let us Write 2
Write about the vocations or daily work of three family members.
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Describe three people and what each contributes.
Answer
Use your own family examples; household work is work too.
Question Let us Write 3
Name the vocation associated with each well-known Indian: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, M. Visvesvaraya, Janaki Ammal, M. S. Subbulakshmi, and Salim Ali.
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Match each person with the field they are known for.
Answer
Scientist; engineer; botanist; singer; bird scientist.
Question Let us Do
For each picture, explain what is wrong when a person uses another job’s tool or does another job’s task.
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Correct each job mix-up using the picture clues.
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Say what the worker normally does and who should do the unusual task.
Question Let us Explore A–C
Choose a job you might like in the future, explain why, and draw yourself doing it.
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Name a job, give a reason, and draw yourself doing it.
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Sample: I would like to be a wildlife scientist to help protect animals.