Grade 5 - Volume 3 Revision | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Identify the type of imagery: "The trees rustled as the wind whistled gently through the leaves."

auditory imagery

Identify the type of imagery: "The bright sun was shining in the sky, without a cloud in sight."

visual imagery

What is imagery?

Imagery refers to the 'mental pictures' that readers experience when reading literature. It is achieved through words relating to the 5 senses.

Identify the nouns: "Amy will go the store to buy some notebooks."

Amy, store, notebooks

Identify the collective noun: "There is a bouquet of lovely roses on the table."

bouquet of lovely roses

Add a suitable interjection: "______________! It's the summer holidays!"

Hurrah! / Yippee! / Yay! / Wahoo!

Add a suitable interjection: "____________! I've finished my picture composition at last!"

Phew!

Add a suitable interjection: "_________________! There is a cyclone alert on the news!"

Oh no! / Yikes! / Holy smokes! / Aah!

Literature (Demon Driver): How did the driver's friends sympathize with him and the situation he found himself in?

They said they would help him make a fresh start because his car was sent for repairs. They bough him a bullock-cart.

Literature (Demon Driver): Why does the Demon Driver's passenger cry "God help you!" before jumping out of the car?

The car starts to shudder from the driver's rash driving, so the passenger cries 'God help you!' because only God can help his driving skills. He then jumps out

Literature (Demon Driver): How does the poet highlight the issue of corruption in India in the poem?

When his driver's license gets taken away by the traffic police, he pays a large sum of money to bribe the cop and gets his license renewed.

Literature (Snake Trouble): Explain Grandmother's view about keeping the python as a pet.

She felt uneasy about the python because she thought it would strangle someone to death and feed on the chickens in the garden shed.

Literature (Snake Trouble):Name the other unusual pets that Rusky's family owned.

A parrot named Popeye / a monkey named Tutu

Literature (Snake Trouble): Where did Aunt Ruby live and what was her job?

Lucknow / School Teacher

Literature (Snake Trouble): What was Grandmother's reaction to the python when Grandfather brought it home?

She was not pleased to see the snake as she did not like lizards, snakes and reptiles.

Literature (Snake Trouble): Where did Grandfather get the snake from? How much did he pay for it?

the bazaar / snake charmer / twenty rupees

identify the interjection: "Oh dear, did I hurt you?"

oh dear

Identify the interjection: "Oh, it's been a week since I saw him."

oh

Identify the interjection: "So that was all she said, eh?"

eh

Identify the interjection: "Bingo! That's exactly what we were looking for."

bingo

Identify the interjection: "Aah! The monster's got me!"

aah

Name the type of sentence (declarative / imperative / interrogative / exclamatory): "Stop talking!"

imperative

Name the type of sentence (declarative / imperative / interrogative / exclamatory): "Please stop biting your fingernails."

imperative

Name the type of sentence (declarative / imperative / interrogative / exclamatory): "I'm so mad at her!"

exclamatory

Name the type of sentence (declarative / imperative / interrogative / exclamatory): "What a coincidence this is!"

exclamatory

Name the type of sentence (declarative / imperative / interrogative / exclamatory): "Have you finished your homework?"

interrogative

Name the type of sentence (declarative / imperative / interrogative / exclamatory): "Our teacher gave us a surprise quiz on Friday."

declarative

Identify the collective noun: The audience was impressed by the dance performance.

audience

Identify the collective noun: The herd of bison ran across the prairie, leaving a massive dust cloud.

herd of bison

Identify the abstract noun in the sentence: Don't underestimate your own strength.

strength

Identify the abstract noun in the sentence: Alex had a fear that he would fall down.

fear

Identify the nouns in the following sentence: In June, Simon asked his mother if she could buy him a dog.

June, Simon, mother, dog