HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

CLASS V: ENGLISH
HEY KIDS! HAVE A HAPPY, HAPPENING BREAK!!

A holiday is supposed to be a break from studies, explanations and completing tasks.

But are holidays supposed to make us irresponsible kids?
NO.So were going to take up certain responsibilities and also enjoy our holidays with our
families
1. READ BOOKS in ENGLISH and HINDI
Visit Teksons, Landmark, Om Book shop, or Gupta Prakashan (in and around South Extn.)
and select books of your level. Read them well. Books are your best friends.
List out the books you have read in your English and Hindi notebooks.
2. IMPROVE YOUR WRITING
Write 1 page of Hindi and 1 page of English every alternate day, and when youre back to school
after the holidays, your handwriting will be the envy of your classmates!
We would love to see your writing practice notebook when you come back.
3. WALK TOGETHER
Go for walks with the family. You will realize you have two of Gods greatest gifts. NATURE
and your FAMILY. Do not forget to thank GOD for these gifts.

4. CULTIVATE MANNERS
Remember the 4 magic words? PLEASE, THANK YOU, SORRY and EXCUSE ME.
Make these a part of your personality.
5. PLAY OUTDOOR GAMES
Computer games are good. They sharpen your intellect, but what about the rest of your body?

You do need some exercise, dont you?

Go cycling, play badminton, cricket, kho-kho, catch, hide n seek anything that will make
you run.
6. CARE AND CONCERN
This is your chance to look after your parents, grandparents, elders and even your younger
brothers and sisters. You can surely be of some help around the house
7. REVISE all work done in class, in all subjects. Practice Math and learn your tables.

Have a great holiday and enjoy yourself to your hearts content.

READ STORYBOOKS AND TRY AND DO SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES

1. In the News.
Create the front page of a newspaper that tells about events and characters in a book just read. The
newspaper page might include weather reports, an editorial or editorial cartoon, ads, etc. The title
of the newspaper should be something appropriate to the book.
2. Make A Book Report Sandwich.
Draw slices of cucumber, tomato, and cheese; lettuce leaves; a layer of butter, and a couple of
slices of bread. Photocopy or make your drawings on appropriately colored sheets of paper -cucumber on green, tomato on red, cheese on yellow, etc.
The sheets served as the ingredients for your book report sandwiches.

On the top slice of bread, write the title and the author of the book you had just finished reading.
On the lettuce, write a brief summary of the book. Write about the main character on the tomato
slice. On the butter, describe the book's setting. Share the book's climax on the cheese.
On the cucumber slice, describe the plot. On the bottom piece of bread, draw a favorite scene from
the story.
Staple together the sandwich layers.
3. Create your own Comic Strip.
Take a comic strip that you really enjoyed reading. Get a photocopy done. Now erase all the
dialogues in the photocopied strip. Write your own dialogues and make up a story. Be creative and
imaginative.

4. Write Parts of Speech Acrostic Poetry.

This holiday you may visit a park, museum, or may even go abroad or visit different
places in the country. Whatever it is, you know it will be fun, and you'll want to keep some
memories. Here's a creative way to do it..
What You Need: Camera, Pencil or pens, Booklet Paper
What To Do: 1.Whereever you go collect words for what you see, hear and feel.
2. When you get to your destination, do like any typical tourist: take some pictures! Enjoy
everything about your experience!
3. Then, on the way home or later that day, make your "Parts of Speech Travel Guide" for today.
Write the chosen part of speech vertically, in all capital letters, down the left side of the paper, as
shown.
4. Now create an acrostic poem about this word, using only words that are of that part of speech.
This means that for the first line, you will need to think of a noun that starts with the letter n, such
as nest, net, or noodle. Then go on to the next line, and think of a noun that begins with the letter

o, such as octopus, octagon, or ox. Continue in this way until all the vertical letters have been
used.
5. Repeat for other parts of speech. Then, compile all the parts of speech pages into a stapled
booklet with your favorite trip photo on top. You'll have a creative, unique "travel guide" memory
of your holiday experience--a book.

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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, MATHURA ROAD

HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK CLASS-V

Q1) A) Do you know that there are certain NGOS (Non-governmental organization)
that assist in times of natural calamities .Collect the pictures related to the work done
by them (Kindly check on the net). Paste them in a scrap file.
B) Find out the information about few natural calamities and fill in the given table.
Natural
Calamity

Year

State/Country

No. of People
affected

Any
Preventive
measure taken

Q3) Collect different types of stones in and around your locality .Discuss it with your
friends and parents. Find out why these stones have different colors?

CAN YOU GUESS

Find out the names of the animals with the help of given clues:
It is the fastest animal in the world._______________

 It is a large animal with smooth skin and it lives mostly in water ,it sometimes
has big tusks like elephant________________
It is found in mountain regions and has long hair._______________
This animal is believed to pull Santas sleigh and found in snowy
mountain_________________________
It is found in Australia and like the kangaroo, it carries its baby in a
stomach._________________________

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL MATHURA ROAD

CLASS V HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
Q 1 Did you know that spores are like seeds which are produced by non flowering plants
like Mushrooms. Spores fall to the ground or are carried by the wind to other places.
These spores produce new mushrooms.
Now lets make spore prints.
Materials required
1 Open mushrooms
2 White sheet of paper
3 Two plastic containers
4 Hair spray

5 Magnifying glass ( optional )

Steps
1 Gently pull out the stems of the mushrooms so that you are left with the caps.Look
under the caps with the magnifying glass under the cap sat the gills or the frilly soft bits.
2 Place the caps with the gills facing down on the paper and cover with plastic containers.
3 The next morning check under the mushrooms to see the spore prints.If there aren,t
any leave it a little longer.
4 When you have your prints leave them for a day to dry. Afterwards stand at least 12
inches away and spray the paper with hair spray to preserve them or the spores will fly
away even with a gentle breeze
Q 2 Use gas made from yeast to blow up a balloon
Materials required
1 One packet of dried yeast
2 Warm water
3 sugar
4 clear plastic bottle
5 balloon
Steps
1 Pour yeast into a plastic bottle along with warm water
2 Add sugar and swirl the bottle around
3 Place the balloon over the mouth of the bottle so that there are no leaks.
4 Place the bottle and the balloon on a warm window sill.
5 Watch the balloon magically blow up!
The yeast which is a plant grows and gives out carbon dioxide which rises and fills up the
balloon.

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
GENERAL SCIENCE
I The human hand-Avery important ADAPTATION.
Our thumb is opposite to our fingers. This helps to hold or grasp things. Apes and monkey have
somewhat similar hands, but their thumb is very short!
The thumb of other animals is in the same line as their fingers. That is why human hands are much
more advanced than those of other animals.
Now find out some amazing facts about adaptations (any five animals) . Make a colourful
presentation using pictures and facts

I Who says insects only destroy our crops, eat our books, spread diseases and dirty our linen?
There are many of these creepy crawlies that are helpful. Some helpful bugs are given below , you
can add some more .

Ladybird beetles

Green Lacewing

Red Scale Parasite

III

Write few(2-3) lines about how are they helpful to us:

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IV Make a small report on Migratory birds (1-2 pages). Describe about their adaptations
and problem faced by Migratory birds. (use pictures also)

V Find about different types of microbes. Find out about the diseases caused by them and
how they can be cured.

VI

WRITE THE NUMBER:

1. Zodiac signs_____
2. The temperature at which water freezes_________
3. Latitude of the equator ___________.
4. Longitude of the north pole__________.
5. One light year ________________
6. Total number of bones in a new born baby________
7. Crab has ____________ legs.
8. Seed leaves in rice____________
9. Number of planets in our solar system_____________
10. Normal temperature of our body________

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The temperature at which water boils______________

12. Time taken by moon to complete one rotation________

13.

Time taken by moon to complete one revolution around

14. Number of hair on your head?????????

(Ha! Ha! ENJOY)

earth____________

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SOCIAL SCIENCE
TOPIC: JAPAN
Look at the pictures and identify the name of country ?

Mother nature did not do justice to mankind, on Friday March 11,2011 Earthquake
and Tsunami hit Japan. But the whole world is with Japan and very soon Japan will be
back again and surprise the whole world.
Tsunamisad face of mother nature ,is a Japanese word with an English translation
harbor wave. A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of
the large water bodies. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, under water
explosions and other disturbances.
Lets know more about Japan-its Geography, Culture, People etc.
I FIND OUT: What is earthquake?
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Latitude and longitude of Japan .

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Continent in which Japan is situated.
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When it is 8 O clock in India what is the time in Japan?
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Lowest point

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Highest point
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Longest river
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Biggest lake
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In Japan houses are made of wood. Why?
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Why do different regions of Japan have varying climate?
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Find out the dates on which everything in the country shuts
down.__________________________________________
II GIVE THEMEANING FOR THE FOLLOWING JAPANESE WORD:
Japanese tea ceremony

Shrine

Kimono

origami

shinkansen

III TICK THE CORRECT ANSWER:1. Which mountain in Japan is regarded sacred in the National Shinto religion?
Mt. Fuji
Mt. Logan
Mt. Makalu
Mt. Kosciusko
2. What is the capital of Japan ?

Osaka
Tokyo
Yokohama
Kyoto

IV PASTE THE FLAG OF JAPAN:

Delhi Public School Mathura Road, New Delhi

Social Studies Holiday homework
Class V
Children let us learn more about different countries of the world.
Choose any one country of the world.
Find out all that you can about that country and answer the following questions:Q1.What is the name of the country? In which continent is the country located?
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Q2. Write the latitude and longitude between which it lies:__________________________________________________________Q3. Which
Hemisphere is the country in?
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capital city of the country. Also name a few neighbouring countries.
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Q5. Name a few famous cities of this country and a few famous places to visit.
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Q6. How far is this country from India? Do you need to cross any ocean while
traveling from India to this country? If yes then name the ocean.
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Q7. Write about the climatic conditions of the country.
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Q8. Which languages do the people speak here?
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Q9. Write about the way people dress up.
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Q10. Write about the animal life and plant life in short.
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**Paste the map of this country.

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CLASS-V
SOCIAL STUDIES

A Glimpse of Delhi
Children, we all live in Delhi but how well do we know our very own Dilwalon ki Dilli. Lets answer the
following questions to see that:a) From where do we get this word Delhi?
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b) When did Delhi became the capital of India?
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c) What was Old Delhi known as earlier?
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d) Name the architect who planned the city of New Delhi?
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e) Name the house of the President of India. How many rooms are there in it?
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f) What is the name of the building where the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha meet?
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g) What is the significance of India Gate?
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h) Name the eternal soldiers flame which has been burning continuously since 1971.
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i) Who built the first storey of Qutub Minar? Who completed the structure?

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j) How many steps take you to the top of Qutub Minar?
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k) Who made the plan and designed Jama Masjid?
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l) What is Jama Masjid also known as?
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m) Who built the Jantar Mantar? Why was it built?
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n) Name the memorials of the following people:i) Chacha Nehru- ________________________________
ii) Lal Bahadur Shastri-____________________________
iii) Mahatma Gandhi-______________________________
iv) Indira Gandhi-________________________________
v) Rajiv Gandhi-_________________________________
vi) Babu Jagjivan Ram-____________________________

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, MATHURA ROAD

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (2011-2012)
CLASS-V
NATIONAL CAPITAL TURNS 100: A CENTURY GOES BY.

The year 2011 will see New Delhi turn 100.Its been a century since the citys announcement. Read
about the history of Delhi.
Now search for any place in the city which has turned 100 or is going to turn 100 in a few years
and find out some information about it such as:
1. When and why was the structure /building/shop constructed?
2. Who are the people behind it?
3. How has it changed over the years?
4. Any interesting information or story connected to it?
You can actually visit the place you have chosen, click pictures and interview people to find
out first hand information.

Use the internet but remember that the real world has far more interesting things to offer.
Explore your surroundings.
Some suggestions regarding the places you may choose.
Shops in Chandni Chowk

 Hotel Karims in old Delhi

Coronation Memorial
Hanuman Mandir in C.P
YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR WORK IN A4SIZE SHEETS.YOU CAN DRAW AND ALSO
PASTE LOTS OF PICTURES.

BE CREATIVE
HAVE A GREAT VACATION!