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Content Author : Dr. Samina Z. NadeemDesigning / Layout : Hafiz Rafiuddin, Mr. Shahzad Ahmad, Mr. M. Sohail NawazishComposer : Ms. Arhum Nadeem Khan, Ms. Monayya ZafarEditor : Mr. Majeed-ur-Rehman MalikDesk Officer, Curriculum : Dr. Shafqat Ali Janjua Management of : Mr. Aftab SoomroSupervision of : Prof. Dr. Attash Durrani (T.I., S.I.), Advisor FTBB (NBF),

Member National Curriculum Council

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Textbook of English for Grade - 5

OUR MOTTO

Standards Outcomes Access Style

ENGLISH GRADE - 5 is developed according to the National Curriculum 2006 and

National Style Guide. It is being published since 2014 and in 2015 it was presented under

the new management and supervision of textbook development principles and

guidelines with new designing and layout.

English as an international language is the need of the hour for establishing an

equal opportunity for all. The scope of the book has been enriched with the student

learning outcomes which covers a wide range of reading and comprehension to

meaningful interaction in a foreign language with adequate focus on listening and

speaking in specific cultural environment leading to values.

Learning a language is one of the most absorbing activities which strengthen the

intricacies of mind. With one or two languages already acquired, a child reaches to a

realm of knowledge where most of the language learning strategies get transferred

automatically. Even though, the linguistic demands of every language are different, still

the intellect devises, norms for interpreting meaning are essential component of

learning a language. The book inspires students to inculcate language-based concepts,

skills and attitudes to develop key elements of personality like confidence, curiosity, self-

control, cooperation and communication.

English Grade - 5 aims to bring themes and topics closer to the interests of the

children. The activities are also intended to encourage them towards taking the

responsibility of their own learning. The Proofing efforts of Mr. Ashraf Ali Chaudhary are

also recognised here.

This book is now presented in a new way so that English should become a vital

subject.

Our efforts are to make textbooks teachable with quality, i.e. maintaining of

standards. It is a continuous effort and we will get feedback of the yearly feasibility

reports and redesign the textbook every year.

PREFACEPREFACE

Like before, the National Book Foundation has made specific endeavours to

publish the text and illustrations in much effective form. The meticulous effort of the

team is acknowledged.

Quality of Standards, Pedagogical Outcomes, Taxonomy Access and

Actualization of Style is our motto.

With these elaborations, this series of new development was presented for

use. After educational feedback, research and review it is now published again.

Prof. Dr. Inam ul Haq JaveidPride of Performance

Managing DirectorNational Book Foundation

ContentsContentsContentsFlag of Pakistan

A Great Gift

Green and Clean Pakistan

Visit to Quetta

Young Hero - Arfa Karim Randhawa

Health and Food

Forest Trails of Islamabad

My Mother- My life

Rhythm of Words

Eid-ul-Azha

Maulana Edhi

Media

Exam Rubrics

Glossary

No. Chapter Title P. No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

6

16

26

36

50

62

72

84

96

104

112

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133

134

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FLAG OF PAKISTAN

Every nation needs a flag as a

symbol of its existence. Our country,

Pakistan has also got a flag having white stripe at the mast and

dark green centre with white crescent and five-rayed star.

Crescent, star and green colour are traditional symbols of Islam

and therefore, the flag truly depicts the existence of Pakistan.

Our beloved flag is rectangular in the proportion of length

and width with a ratio of 3:2. The white vertical bar at the mast is

one quarter the size of the flag and the green portion occupies the

remaining three quarters. The crescent and star are

placed at the centre of the green portion.

Reading

1

This is 8 days lesson (periods including homework)

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

learn word stress

learn Subject-Verb Agreement

learn spelling rule – ie & ei

write words in alphabetical order

use Adjectives of quantity, quality, size,

shape & colour

use punctuation rule – (.)

use speech pattern & dialogues for

intonation, stress and tone.

record information on flag symbols

Pre-Reading

1. Read the topic and make a list of at least seven words which come to your mind.

2. Guess which of these words will be used in the chapter and discuss it in class.

Hafeez Jalandhri

While-reading When do you decorate your homes with the flags?

Teacher’s Points

Use Pre-Reading Activity to stimulate learners’ interest in reading the text.

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The colours selected for the flag are also symbolic. The

dark green colour represents majority of Muslim community and

the one-fourth white stripe at the mast depicts religious

minorities in the country. A unique anthem is created to enhance

the glory of the flag. Its music was composed by Ahmad G.

Chagla and the lyrics were written by Hafeez Jalandhri. Another

feature of the National Anthem is that no verse in its three

stanzas is repeated. We are proud of our National Anthem.

The design of Pakistan’s flag was

presented by Liaqat Ali Khan. It was officially

adopted by the assembly in July 1947. The flags

flew higher on August 14, 1947 on all buildings.

People of Pakistan were jubilant to have a

symbol of independence to celebrate.

It is essential for every Pakistani to show

respect to the flag by keeping it high and flying.

Whenever the National Anthem is played, we must

show respect by standing still and singing in a melodious voice. The best way to

keep our flag high is to work for peace and prosperity of our country.

A-1: Read the text for information and answer these questions:

I. What is the proportion of length and width of the flag?

II. Who presented the flag in the Constituent Assembly?

III. What is the best way to keep our flag high?

A-2: Read the text again to generate discussion and list the events.

I. Give 03 occasions when the National Anthem is sung in your school and

on Radio / TV.

Ahmed G. Chagla

While-reading Name two more leaders who helped us to get Pakistan.

“While Reading” Activity should be encouraged for better comprehension.

Reading and Thinking Skills

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II. Discuss the two symbols on the Pakistan flag. Bring out their

importance.

III. How many colours are there in the flag? What do they represent?

IV. How can we show respect to our flag?

A-3: Learn the following words and spellings for dictation. Write the

meanings by guessing from the context. You may use dictionary to

confirm your meanings. Practice pronunciation as depicted in blocks.

S. No. WORDS PRONUNCIATION in syllables MEANINGS

1. existence ex-is-ten-ce

2. crescent cre-scent

3. depicts de-picts

4. proportion pro-por-tion

5. community com-mu-ni-ty

6. ceremonial Ce-re-mo-ni-al

A-4: Put the words from A-3 in alphabetical order. If the words begin with the

same letter consider the second letter for the arrangement.

I____________________ II____________________ III__________________

IV___________________ V ___________________VI __________________

A-3: Words are broken into syllables as shown in blocks. The bigger block indicates stress. The other syllables are weak. Make the students practice stress to improve their pronunciation.

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B-1 Adjectives: An adjective tells us something about the noun.

: It helps us to count and measure something e.g. some, many, two etc.

: It tells us about the character of an object or person e.g. nice, light, heavy, etc.

: It tells us about the size of an object or person e.g. big, small, etc.

: It tells us about the shape of an object e.g. round, rectangular, etc.

: It tells us about the colour of an object e.g. green, white, etc.

Look around yourself. Choose 08 things (e.g. books, pencils, fruits, vegetables etc.). Copy the table below into your notebook and write all the different adjectives.

S.No Items

(Nouns)

Quantity

(Adjective)

Quality

(Adjective)

Size

(Adjective)

Shape

(Adjective)

Colours

(Adjective)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

quality

quantity

size

shape

colour

Grammar and Language

B-1 Students have already learned an adjective and its types in previous classes. It is time to develop a holistic view towards grammar. They may observe things around them and classify accordingly.

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B-2. Adjectives of Quality

Interview 05 of your class fellows and

fill in the table with Adjectives of

Quality which describe them the best.

You may take help from the box.

S. No. Name of the Class fellow

Adjectives of Quality (at least five adjectives per person)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

B-3. Fill in the given table with the adjectives from the school environment.

Questions Adjectives

1. Look at the bags of your friends. What different colours can you see?

2. What is the colour of your eyes?

3. Is the school building new or old?

4. How many plants and trees are there?

B-4. Subject-Verb Agreement (Use of Has and Have)

The subject and verb must agree in number. Both must be singular, or both

must be plural. In present tense, we must add i.e. -s or -es at the end of the

verb when the subject is a singular third person he, she, it.

Adjectives of Quality

honest, brave, shy, strong, weak,

tall, short, smart, intelligent, sleepy,

dull, quiet, confused, talkative

B-2 & 3. The students are to be made observant about qualities of human beings and things they possess.

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Examples:

Singular Plural

The student writes. (He or she writes) The students write. (They write)

The bird does fly. (It does) Those birds do fly. (They do)

A. Fill in the blanks given below with ‘s’ or ‘es’.

1. The flower ________ (look) very beautiful.

2. The flowers ________ (look) very beautiful.

3. She _______ (speak) fluently.

4. They _______ (speak) fluently.

5. If it _______ (rain), there will be water on the roads.

B. Fill in the blanks given below with ‘has’ or ‘have’.

`Has’ is used for the singular and `have’ is used with plural nouns e.g.

a) Our flag has a crescent and a star. (singular)

b) Pakistan and Turkey have crescents and stars on their flags. (plural)

1. Many students ________ brown eyes.

2. Ali ____ a small flag on his bicycle.

3. We _______ a lot of homework for today.

4. Our national anthem _______ three stanzas.

5. We do not ________ a holiday on 14th August.

B-4. You may use the website http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/subverag.html for more grammar exercises

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C-1. Recording Information: Collect at least six flags of different countries.

Make a list of all the colours and symbols of these flags.

S.No. Name of Country

Drawing of the flag

Colours Symbols

1 Pakistan

green & white

2 Turkey red & white

3

4

5

6

C-2. Compare and contrast the five flags collected and their symbols with the flag of Pakistan in the table.

No. Name of Country

Similarities Differences

1 Turkey Crescent, star -No white bar

- difference in colours

2

3

4

5

Writing Skill

C-1. II: Similarities and differences among flags will help the students to improve their general knowledge and expression. This will also develop their reasoning.

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C-3. Making Sentences: Make sentences of the words you have learnt in

exercise A-3 in your note book.

S. No Words Sentences

1. existence

2. crescent

3. depicts

4. proportion

5. community

6. ceremonial

C-4. Look at the following puzzle and find at least 12 words to check your vocabulary.

A L F L A G O R E S E Y

F E U G R U K E B T N U

N I N E O E J E I F H E

O E D C M S H C G S A R

B E Q S S T A R B D N F

A P O N T E N E M N C L

G D G E A L D S I Z E A

G R E A T C M C N E D I

A A T M E R B E W R P H

G R O N S Q A N T H E M

E E B I P O R T I O N W

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C-5. Punctuation Rules:

The Full Stop The full stop is a punctuation mark (.) which indicates the end

of a sentence or a complete statement. The sentence which follows must begin

with a capital letter.

Choose 02 examples from the text and write in the given space.

C-6. Rules for Spellings:

Look at the examples given below. Fill in `ie’ or `ei’ in the given words and

complete them.

1. bel___f 4. conc___t 7. dec___ve

2. gr___f. 5. ch___f. 8. perc___ve

3. retr___ve 6. shr___k 9. th___f

D-1. Speech Pattern Comprehension

Ali: I want to make the flag of Pakistan.

Salma: Why?

Ali: I love my country.

Oral Communication

The arrows indicate intonation. indicates normal speech tone whereas

shows a rise in tone stating the importance attached to speech. shows a heightened, curious tone. An under line is to stress the word. D-2: Generate a dialogue on the hobby of collecting stamps. The students may take help from the given dialogue for intonation.

Reference: Intonation in Context by Barbara Bradford (1988) Cambridge University Press

Use i before e, except after c

Believe Receive

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COLLECTING FLAGS – A HOBBY

Ali: Do you have a hobby?

Salma: Yes, I have. I collect flags of different countries.

Ali: Oh wonderful! How many do you have?

Salma: I have …….. (Give a number)

Ali: What do you learn from this hobby?

Salma: I learn about symbols, colours and designs of flags from all over the

world.

Ali: Very interesting!

Salma: Ali, do you also have a hobby?

Ali: Yes, I collect stamps.

Students will be able to create a similar dialogue on collecting stamps.

With the help of your teachers arrange a visit to a Museum or a Historical building.

Take a note book with you and take notes for information, e.g.:

Name of the Museum: ______________________________________________

Type: ______________________________________________

Important Things: ______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

The students may be encouraged to use different situations with similar language pattern. This will enhance language application leading to fluency.

Dialogue

Collecting Stamps-A Hobby

Visit to a Historical Place