Worksheet Solutions: Gone with the Scooter | Worksheets with Solutions for Class 5 PDF Download

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Q1. What was Gopi doing in the veranda?
(a) Sleeping
(b) Reading a book
(c) Playing hockey
(d) Eating mangoes

Ans: (b) Reading a book
Gopi was sitting in the veranda, reading a book.

Q2. What sound did Gopi first hear in the garden?
(a) Someone laughing
(b) A scooter horn
(c) Something rustling and falling with a thud
(d) The barking of a dog

Ans: (c) Something rustling and falling with a thud
he heard something rustling past and falling with a thud in the garden.

Q3. What did Gopi finally find on the heap of dry leaves?
(a) A football
(b) A hockey ball
(c) A mango
(d) A cricket ball

Ans: (b) A hockey ball
His eyes fell on a heap of dry leaves where he found a white hockey ball.

Q4. Who first claimed that the ball was his?
(a) Deepak
(b) Ramani
(c) Manoj
(d) Jay

Ans: (c) Manoj
Manoj said he lost a ball four months ago.

Q5. How did the ball finally get lost?
(a) It rolled into the bushes
(b) It was kept in Gopi’s pocket
(c) It fell into the basket of a passing scooter
(d) Someone took it home

Ans: (c) It fell into the basket of a passing scooter
Jay hit the ball so hard that it went out of the playground and into the basket of a scooter.

True or False

Q1. Gopi thought at first that the sound was a mango falling.
Ans: True

He wondered if it was a mango that had fallen from the tree.

Q2. Gopi decided to keep the ball for himself.
Ans: False

He thought that he could not keep that ball for himself. He asked around.

Q3. Deepak said his father had bought him a brand-new football.
Ans: True

 Deepak was boasting about his new football.

Q4. Manoj liked to play as the goalkeeper.
Ans: True

Manoj went to the goalpost as he liked to be a goalkeeper.

Q5. In the end, Gopi’s mother took the ball away.
Ans: False

The ball was lost when it went into a passing scooter’s basket.

Fill in the blanks

Q1. Gopi was sitting in the __________, reading a book.
Ans: veranda

Q2. On the heap of dry leaves, Gopi found a __________ ball.
Ans: hockey​

Q3. Ramani claimed the ball was his and asked Gopi to __________ it.
Ans: show

Q4. Jay hit the ball so hard that it went past the __________ gate.
Ans: playground

Q5. The children burst into __________ when the ball was gone.
Ans: laughter

Write the Meaning of the word and form the Sentence

(i) Veranda

Ans: Meaning: an open space or porch in front of a house
Sentence: We sat in the veranda to enjoy the evening breeze.

(ii) Heap

Ans: Meaning: a pile of things placed one over another
Sentence: The clothes were lying in a heap on the bed.

(iii) Grabbed

Ans: Meaning: to seize suddenly
Sentence: The boy grabbed the ball from his friend.

(iv) Dribbled

Ans: Meaning: to control and move a ball repeatedly with small touches
Sentence: The player dribbled the ball towards the goalpost.

(v) Scooterist

Ans: Meaning: a person riding a scooter
Sentence: The scooterist stopped near the shop to buy milk.

Jumbled Words

(i) gnpyaorud → __________
Ans: playground

(ii) akssotecr → __________
Ans: scooter

(iii) drebbidl → __________
Ans: dribbled

(iv) tpcoek → __________
Ans: pocket

(v) leapvyr → __________
Ans: player

Short Answer Questions

Q1. Describe how Gopi found the ball.
Ans: Gopi searched the garden after hearing a thud. He looked among the grass, bushes, and dry leaves, finally finding a white hockey ball.

Q2. What did Gopi do after finding the ball?
Ans: He wondered whose ball it was, peeped outside the gate, and later went to the playground to ask friends.

Q3. Why was the ball not Manoj’s?
Ans: Manoj had lost a ball four months ago, so it could not be the same one.

Q4. How did Ramani identify the ball?
Ans: Ramani asked to see the ball and then claimed it was his.

Q5. How did Deepak react to the ball?
Ans: He said his father had bought him a brand-new football, and Gopi told him it was a hockey ball.