“The Clever Monkey” is a lesson of the Textbook “Butterfly” approved by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education for Class 5 Students. Here all the Activity Questions are done by English teachers.

ACTIVITY – 1

Answer the following question:

1. Where did the monkey live?

Answer: The monkey lived on the bank of the river.

2. Why was there no danger for the monkey on the river island?

Answer: There was no danger for the monkey on the river island because there were hardly any other animals.

3. What was so attractive to the monkey?

Answer: The delicious fruits were so attractive to the monkey.

4. Where did the crocodile live?

Answer: The crocodile lived on the far bank of the river.

5. Who gave advice to the crocodile about catching the monkey?

Answer: Crocodile’s wife advised him about catching the monkey.

ACTIVITY – 2

Let’s take words from the coloured box and fill in the blanks:

1. The trees on the island had tasty fruits.
2. The monkey found that crossing the river was not very difficult.
3. The crocodile made many plans to catch the monkey.
4. The crocodile would lie still on the rock.
5. The wife of the crocodile wished to taste the flesh of the monkey.

Flesh, plans, tasty, listen, swim, still, difficult, monkey

ACTIVITY – 3

Let’s match the words in column A with their meaning in column B:

A	B
Attractive	Mouth- watering
unique	Not moving at all.
island	Charming
delicious	A piece of land with water all on all sides
still	One of its kind

ACTIVITY – 4

Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements in the given boxes:

1. The crocodile found that catching the monkey was a difficult job. (T)
2. The rock always talked to the monkey. (F)
3. The monkey jumped straight into the crocodile’s open mouth. (F)
4. The monkey returned to his home safely. (T)
5. The monkey was more clever than the crocodile. (T)

ACTIVITY – 5

Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

1. The crocodile kept his head and tail under water.
2. After having a good meal, the monkey decided to return.
3. The crocodile thought that he should speak to the monkey as the rock because he might suspect something.
4. The monkey observed that every time the crocodile opened his mouth his eyes would shut completely.
5. The monkey had his home upon a riverside tree.
6. The crocodile was bigger in size and was also bigger fool.

ACTIVITY – 6

Answer the following questions:

a. Who swam to the rock?

Answer: The crocodile swam to the rock.

b. Why did the monkey become suspicious?

Answer: The monkey was suspicious because the rock became so large that day.

c. What was the monkey’s suggestion to the crocodile?

Answer: The monkey’s suggestion to the crocodile was to open his mouth wide and he will jump straight into his mouth.

d. What did the monkey tell the crocodile from his safe shelter?

Answer: The monkey to the crocodile from his safe shelter was “you foolish crocodile! You can never catch me. No doubt you’re bigger than me, but you’re a bigger fool too!”

ACTIVITY – 7

Fill in the blanks with the words from the story. The first letters of the words are given:

1. The crocodile noticed the monkey crossing the river.
2. The monkey always escaped from the crocodile’s clutches.
3. The monkey thought that the crocodile was playing a trick once more.
4. The crocodile could not realize the clever monkey’s plan.
5. From his safe home, the monkey called the crocodile fool.

ACTIVITY – 8

Replace the underlined words with their opposites from the box:

1. Can you see the huge tree ?
2. This medicine tastes sweet.
3. Last year the English question paper was difficult.
4. Sunita always feels nervous before an examination.
5. I am carrying a heavy load.
6. The boy has straight hair.

ACTIVITY – 9 

Let’s match the two sides:

Short form	Full form
We’ll	Cannot
I’m	Did not
She’s	Will not
Didn’t	She is
Weren’t	We will
You’ve	I am
Won’t	Were not
Can’t	You have

Answer:

1. We’ll = We will
2. I’m = I am
3. She’s = She is
4. Didn’t = Did not
5. Weren’t = Were not
6. You’ve = You have
7. Won’t = Were not
8. Can’t = Cannot 

ACTIVITY – 10

Now read in pairs the following passage and underline the prepositions there. One is done for you.

The farmer took a sharp axe and struck at the truck of the tree. All the creatures living in the tree started to request the farmer not to cut down the tree. But the farmer didn’t listen to them. He was in a hurry to finish off his work.

ACTIVITY – 11

Let’s fill in the blanks with the prepositions given in the box:

1. The boy is looking at me.
2. Give this letter to your class teacher.
3. Put the duster on the table.
4. Fish lives in water.
5. Put off the light.
6. I go to school every day.

in , off , on , at , to

ACTIVITY – 12

Read the following sentences. Circle the subject and underline the predicate. One is done for you:

1. Days passed.
2. The rock never talked to the monkey.
3. Here comes the goalkeeper.
4. Every evening mother cooks food for us.
5. Rohan plays cricket for a local club.
6. How big is the tree!
7. I don’t know his full name.

ACTIVITY – 13

Let’s write a short story in eight sentences with the following hints. Give it a title.

A fox fell into a well –  failed to get out – a goat came –  fox asked goat to drink water from the well –  goat jumped in –  fox climbed on the goat’s back –  got out –  goat remained in the well.

Title : The clever fox and a foolish goat

Once a fox was moving around a village. He was not careful. Suddenly, he fell into a well. He tried his best to come out of the well but failed. Just then a goat was passing by the well. The goat thought the fox had gone down  to drink water, and so he asked if the water was good. The fox asked the goat to drink water from the well. The foolish goat jumped into the well. The fox just as quickly climbed on the goat’s back and jumped out from the well. And the goat remained in the well.

Moral: Think well before you act. 

The Clever Monkey | Class 5 | Lesson 6 | Activity Question answer | WBBPE