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 The Frog
Let us Recite
I sit in ponds and in the rain,
Or hop about in a muddy drain.
As a tadpole, I swim with cheer,
A tiny fish-like thing, so clear!
I flick my tongue to catch my food,
It works so fast—now that’s quite good!
I live on land and water too,
In places damp with drops of dew.
My colours match the plants and trees,
I hide so well in grass and leaves!
But snakes are near, I must beware,
Or else they’ll catch me unaware!
I croak my songs, they sound so loud,
Yet in my pond, I feel so proud.
I hop around, I jump so high,
Up I go into the sky!
With webbed feet, I swim with ease,
And leap so high in joyful breeze!
Unit 3: Water
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5
 The Frog
Let us Recite
I sit in ponds and in the rain,
Or hop about in a muddy drain.
As a tadpole, I swim with cheer,
A tiny fish-like thing, so clear!
I flick my tongue to catch my food,
It works so fast—now that’s quite good!
I live on land and water too,
In places damp with drops of dew.
My colours match the plants and trees,
I hide so well in grass and leaves!
But snakes are near, I must beware,
Or else they’ll catch me unaware!
I croak my songs, they sound so loud,
Yet in my pond, I feel so proud.
I hop around, I jump so high,
Up I go into the sky!
With webbed feet, I swim with ease,
And leap so high in joyful breeze!
Unit 3: Water
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Santoor  Grade 5
A. Answer the following questions.
 1. Where does the frog like to sit or spend time?
 2. How does the frog catch its food?
 3. How does the frog move in water and on land?
 4. What helps the frog hide in its surroundings?
Let us Think
B. Think and discuss
 1. What would it feel like 
to live like a frog, both 
in water and on land?
 2. If you could hop as 
high as a frog, what fun 
things would you do?
 3. How is a frog’s life 
different from a fish’s 
life?
 4. How are frogs’ webbed 
feet similar to the 
flippers used by scuba 
divers?
New Words
hop muddy flick damp  dew
beware croak webbed
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5
 The Frog
Let us Recite
I sit in ponds and in the rain,
Or hop about in a muddy drain.
As a tadpole, I swim with cheer,
A tiny fish-like thing, so clear!
I flick my tongue to catch my food,
It works so fast—now that’s quite good!
I live on land and water too,
In places damp with drops of dew.
My colours match the plants and trees,
I hide so well in grass and leaves!
But snakes are near, I must beware,
Or else they’ll catch me unaware!
I croak my songs, they sound so loud,
Yet in my pond, I feel so proud.
I hop around, I jump so high,
Up I go into the sky!
With webbed feet, I swim with ease,
And leap so high in joyful breeze!
Unit 3: Water
Chapter 5.indd   55 09-06-2025   14:27:56
56
Santoor  Grade 5
A. Answer the following questions.
 1. Where does the frog like to sit or spend time?
 2. How does the frog catch its food?
 3. How does the frog move in water and on land?
 4. What helps the frog hide in its surroundings?
Let us Think
B. Think and discuss
 1. What would it feel like 
to live like a frog, both 
in water and on land?
 2. If you could hop as 
high as a frog, what fun 
things would you do?
 3. How is a frog’s life 
different from a fish’s 
life?
 4. How are frogs’ webbed 
feet similar to the 
flippers used by scuba 
divers?
New Words
hop muddy flick damp  dew
beware croak webbed
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The Frog
A. Choose the correct words from the brackets and 
fill in the blanks.
 1. My colours match the plants ............... trees. 
(or/and)
 2. Would you like to learn about frogs ...............
tadpoles? (because/and)
 3. I hop around happily, ............... I must 
watch out for snakes! (but/so)
 4. Frogs swim easily ............... they have 
webbed feet. (because/or)
B. The following words have been rearranged into 
sentences. Choose the correct option.
 1. hunts/night/the/silently/tiger/at
  Opti Ons :
  a. The tiger hunts silently at night.
  b. Tiger hunts the silently at night.
  c. Hunts the tiger at night silently.
 2. elephants/in/forests/live/large/ 
groups/in
  Opti Ons :
  a. Elephants live large in groups forests.
  b. In groups large, elephants live in forests.
  c. Elephants live in large groups in forests.
Let us Learn
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5
 The Frog
Let us Recite
I sit in ponds and in the rain,
Or hop about in a muddy drain.
As a tadpole, I swim with cheer,
A tiny fish-like thing, so clear!
I flick my tongue to catch my food,
It works so fast—now that’s quite good!
I live on land and water too,
In places damp with drops of dew.
My colours match the plants and trees,
I hide so well in grass and leaves!
But snakes are near, I must beware,
Or else they’ll catch me unaware!
I croak my songs, they sound so loud,
Yet in my pond, I feel so proud.
I hop around, I jump so high,
Up I go into the sky!
With webbed feet, I swim with ease,
And leap so high in joyful breeze!
Unit 3: Water
Chapter 5.indd   55 09-06-2025   14:27:56
56
Santoor  Grade 5
A. Answer the following questions.
 1. Where does the frog like to sit or spend time?
 2. How does the frog catch its food?
 3. How does the frog move in water and on land?
 4. What helps the frog hide in its surroundings?
Let us Think
B. Think and discuss
 1. What would it feel like 
to live like a frog, both 
in water and on land?
 2. If you could hop as 
high as a frog, what fun 
things would you do?
 3. How is a frog’s life 
different from a fish’s 
life?
 4. How are frogs’ webbed 
feet similar to the 
flippers used by scuba 
divers?
New Words
hop muddy flick damp  dew
beware croak webbed
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The Frog
A. Choose the correct words from the brackets and 
fill in the blanks.
 1. My colours match the plants ............... trees. 
(or/and)
 2. Would you like to learn about frogs ...............
tadpoles? (because/and)
 3. I hop around happily, ............... I must 
watch out for snakes! (but/so)
 4. Frogs swim easily ............... they have 
webbed feet. (because/or)
B. The following words have been rearranged into 
sentences. Choose the correct option.
 1. hunts/night/the/silently/tiger/at
  Opti Ons :
  a. The tiger hunts silently at night.
  b. Tiger hunts the silently at night.
  c. Hunts the tiger at night silently.
 2. elephants/in/forests/live/large/ 
groups/in
  Opti Ons :
  a. Elephants live large in groups forests.
  b. In groups large, elephants live in forests.
  c. Elephants live in large groups in forests.
Let us Learn
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Santoor  Grade 5
 3. web/a/spider/carefully/its/weaves
  Opti Ons :
  a. A spider carefully weaves its web.
  b. Spider carefully weaves its web a.
  c. Carefully a spider weaves web its.
 4. crocodile/waits/the/silently/riverbank/ 
the/near
  Opti Ons :
  a. Crocodile waits the silently the near riverbank.
  b. The silently crocodile waits near the riverbank.
  c. The crocodile waits silently near the riverbank.
 5. a/swims/turtle/slowly/in/ocean/the
  Opti Ons :
  a. A turtle swims slowly in the ocean.
  b. Swims turtle slowly an ocean in.
  c. The ocean swims a slowly turtle in.
Let us Speak
A. Three tongue twisters are given below. Try 
speaking each tongue twister slowly at first. 
Gradually increase your speed with each 
repetition. Count how many times you can say it 
correctly without making a mistake.
 1. Four fierce frogs fight for flies.
 2. Fast frogs flip-flop across fluffy fields.
 3. Funny frogs flap floppy feet.
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5
 The Frog
Let us Recite
I sit in ponds and in the rain,
Or hop about in a muddy drain.
As a tadpole, I swim with cheer,
A tiny fish-like thing, so clear!
I flick my tongue to catch my food,
It works so fast—now that’s quite good!
I live on land and water too,
In places damp with drops of dew.
My colours match the plants and trees,
I hide so well in grass and leaves!
But snakes are near, I must beware,
Or else they’ll catch me unaware!
I croak my songs, they sound so loud,
Yet in my pond, I feel so proud.
I hop around, I jump so high,
Up I go into the sky!
With webbed feet, I swim with ease,
And leap so high in joyful breeze!
Unit 3: Water
Chapter 5.indd   55 09-06-2025   14:27:56
56
Santoor  Grade 5
A. Answer the following questions.
 1. Where does the frog like to sit or spend time?
 2. How does the frog catch its food?
 3. How does the frog move in water and on land?
 4. What helps the frog hide in its surroundings?
Let us Think
B. Think and discuss
 1. What would it feel like 
to live like a frog, both 
in water and on land?
 2. If you could hop as 
high as a frog, what fun 
things would you do?
 3. How is a frog’s life 
different from a fish’s 
life?
 4. How are frogs’ webbed 
feet similar to the 
flippers used by scuba 
divers?
New Words
hop muddy flick damp  dew
beware croak webbed
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57
The Frog
A. Choose the correct words from the brackets and 
fill in the blanks.
 1. My colours match the plants ............... trees. 
(or/and)
 2. Would you like to learn about frogs ...............
tadpoles? (because/and)
 3. I hop around happily, ............... I must 
watch out for snakes! (but/so)
 4. Frogs swim easily ............... they have 
webbed feet. (because/or)
B. The following words have been rearranged into 
sentences. Choose the correct option.
 1. hunts/night/the/silently/tiger/at
  Opti Ons :
  a. The tiger hunts silently at night.
  b. Tiger hunts the silently at night.
  c. Hunts the tiger at night silently.
 2. elephants/in/forests/live/large/ 
groups/in
  Opti Ons :
  a. Elephants live large in groups forests.
  b. In groups large, elephants live in forests.
  c. Elephants live in large groups in forests.
Let us Learn
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Santoor  Grade 5
 3. web/a/spider/carefully/its/weaves
  Opti Ons :
  a. A spider carefully weaves its web.
  b. Spider carefully weaves its web a.
  c. Carefully a spider weaves web its.
 4. crocodile/waits/the/silently/riverbank/ 
the/near
  Opti Ons :
  a. Crocodile waits the silently the near riverbank.
  b. The silently crocodile waits near the riverbank.
  c. The crocodile waits silently near the riverbank.
 5. a/swims/turtle/slowly/in/ocean/the
  Opti Ons :
  a. A turtle swims slowly in the ocean.
  b. Swims turtle slowly an ocean in.
  c. The ocean swims a slowly turtle in.
Let us Speak
A. Three tongue twisters are given below. Try 
speaking each tongue twister slowly at first. 
Gradually increase your speed with each 
repetition. Count how many times you can say it 
correctly without making a mistake.
 1. Four fierce frogs fight for flies.
 2. Fast frogs flip-flop across fluffy fields.
 3. Funny frogs flap floppy feet.
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The Frog
B. Listen and repeat
 Your teacher will say aloud the following pairs of 
words. Listen carefully and repeat each pair.
bet bat
set sat
men man
leg lag
met mat
Note 
to the 
Teacher
•	 	 Say 	 aloud	every 	 pair	of	 wor ds. 	Ensur e 	that	lear ners 	
pronounce it clearly.
•	 	 Do	 this 	 exer cise 	at	r egular 	and 	 fr equent 	intervals.
My Frog’s World
Your teacher will read out instructions for you to 
follow and create your own ‘Frog’s World’ in the 
space provided on the next page.
1.	 Draw	the	place:	Imagine	a	place	wher e 	 your	fr og 	
might be happy, like a pond, a forest or a rainy 
area. 
2.	 Draw	your	 fr og:	 Draw	a	fr og 	in	 the	above	 setting.
3.	 Decorate	with 	wor ds: 	 Ar ound 	your 	drawing,	
write some words from the poem that describe 
the frog’s life. You can even write your own short 
sentence about the frog’s world.
Let us Listen
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