NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English Marigold Poem 1 - Ice Cream Man

Reading is Fun

Q 1. In which season is ice cream popular?
Ans. Ice cream is popular in the summer season.

Q 2. Who feels joyful about seeing the Ice-Cream Man?
Ans. The speaker feels joyful about seeing the Ice-Cream Man.

Q 3. Name the different flavours of ice cream the Ice cream Man has in his cart.
Ans. The Ice-cream Man has vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavours of ice-cream in his cart.

Q 4. What are the two things that the Ice-Cream man is selling?
Ans. The Ice-cream Man is selling ice cream and chilled drinks from the bottles of frosty-fizz

Q 5. What is the ice cream cart compared to in the poem?
Ans. The ice cream has been compared to a flower bed in the poem. 

Let's Write 

Having an ice cream on a hot summer day is exciting and enjoyable

Q 1. Write about some of the exciting and enjoyable things that one can do in the winter season.
Ans. In the winter season, we can eat hot sandwiches and sip hot tea or coffee. We can also sit around a fire and eat popcorn, rewaris and peanuts.

Q 2. List as many summer activities as you can.
Ans. Swimming, trekking, going for picnics in the evening, drawing sketches/painting, reading story books, playing video games and cricket.

Q 3. Now group these activities into indoor and outdoor activities.
Ans. Indoor activities: Playing indoor games, drawing/painting, reading story books.

Outdoor activities: Swimming, trekking, playing cricket, going for picnics.

Say Aloud 

Q.1 Circle the words where you get a zzzzz sound. One is done for you

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Let's Listen 

Q 1. Listen and tell the sounds that these words in the poem produce.
(a) cart _______
(b) drinks_______
Can you make these sounds?

Ans. a) 

b) Slurp-slurp

Hint: All the students have to read the words loudly and make notes of the sounds that the words make.

Q 2. What are some of the different sounds you hear when the Ice-cream man comes?

Ans. I hear the sound of ringing a bell. (Tring-Tring)

I hear Ice-cream man cries loudly. (Ting-Ting)

I hear the joyful shouting of the children.

Find Out and Write a Report

Q 1.  Here is a report on Uncle Lal’s farm

Father took me to visit Uncle Lal’s dairy farm. I saw all of Uncle Lal’s cows. He has fifty cows. They eat grass on the big green farms. In the evening the farmers bring them to the barn to be milked. Uncle Lal sells his milk in the city. 

When writing a report, remember to do these things.

(a) Think of a good title. Write it correctly.

(b) Keep to your subject.

(c) Tell things in the right order.

(d) Make your paper look neat

In groups of four, write a report on different brands of ice cream available in your area.

You may use the following clues.

(i) Start with a short introduction which contains the topic.

(ii) Then list the ice cream brands available in your area.

(iii) Next, say which are the common flavours of ice cream in each of the brands.

(iv) Under each brand, find out which flavours are being sold the most. Also, find out their prices.

(v) Finally, write which you think is the most popular ice cream.

Ans. Ice cream in the Corner

Ice cream is one of the favorite desserts of almost everyone. Ice cream is available in a number of flavors. There is a number of ice cream brands available in my area. Some of them are Amul, Mother Dairy, Vadilal, and Gelato Vinto. Chocolate Marshmallow and Strawberry are the common flavors of ice cream in each of the brands. According to the survey taken, Amul’s ‘Kesar Pista’ flavored ice cream is sold the most in the market. It comes at Rs. 80. Mother Dairy’s ‘Chocolate Fudge’ ice cream is sold the most in the market. Its price is Rs. 110. According to me, Vanilla ice cream is the most popular of all of them. It is enjoyed almost by everyone. 

Hint: This is a sample answer. Students are advised to write the answer based on their own experiences and observations.

Word Building

Q 1. Colour the boxes that have rhyming words

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Q 2. What do the following words describe in the poem?

(a) Joyful ____

(b) Little ____

(c) Round ____

Ans.

(a)  Joyful sight

(b) Little cart

(c) Round umbrella 

Q 3. What are the describing words used in the poem for the following?

(a) _______ mounds

(b) _______ flavour

(c) ______ cluster

Ans.

(a) Cooling, brown and white mounds.

(b) Vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry flavour.

(c) Thick cluster

Fun Time

Q 1. Colour the boxes with the colours of the flavours mentioned in each.

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Q 2. Draw and colour your dream ice cream. Describe it using interesting words – the colours, the flavours, the size, how it looks, tastes, feels etc.

Ans. Here is the ice cream of my dreams. It is a huge bar and looks like a rocket. It has layers of colours, white and chocolate. It is creamy with a generous sprinkling of nuts. It has an exotic taste, a mixture of several flavours in one.

Hint: This is a sample answer. Students are advised to write the answer based on their own preferences and observations.

Q 3. Have you ever eaten kulfi, the ice cream from North India?

The following sentences describe how it is served but they are not in the correct order. Write the correct number before each sentence.

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