Maharashtra Board Solutions Class 5-English: Chapter 12- Count your Garden

Class 5: English Chapter 12 solutions. Complete Class 5 English Chapter 12 Notes.

Maharashtra Board Solutions Class 5-English: Chapter 12- Count your Garden

Maharashtra Board 5th English Chapter 12, Class 5 English Chapter 12 solutions

Questions and Answers

1. The following things are mentioned in the poem. Classify them as happy and sad things.
flowers – falling leaves

• golden hours – clouds
• stars – shadows
• smiles – tears
• friends in your life – passing years.

Question 1.
The following things are mentioned in the poem. Classify them as happy and sad things.
Answer:

2. Name a few other things that people often count. (At least 5.)

Question 1.
Name a few other things that people often count. (At least 5.)
Answer:

1. Parents’ help
2. Teacher’s guidance
3. Loyal friends
4. Our inner strength (confidence)
5. Faith in God.

3. Group Work

Question 1.
Discuss how you will measure the worth of –

• a book
• a sports event
• a friend
• a journey.

Answer:
1. A book:
Answer:
A book is a storehouse of information. It helps us to know the meanings of difficult words. It tells us interesting things and provides us happiness. It is an ideal companion/friend especially when we are lonely. A book’s worth can be measured on the basis of the
knowledge it has and the joy it provides

2. A sports event:
Answer:
A sports event provides us different/varied experiences. It sometimes brings forth our competitive spirit. We witness joy in victory and sorrow in loss. We learn to be humble in victory and take defeat with a smile. We learn to give our best. The worth of a sports event can be measured by the enjoyment it provides and the lessons it imparts.

3. A friend:
Answer:
A friend is a gift from God. Someone who is
by our side through happy and sad times, through our smiles and tears. A friend’s worth can be measured when he/ . she displays the values of love and care and never leaves our side when we are in distress
and helps us in every way he/she can.

4. A journey:
Answer:
A journey can teach us so much. As we travel, we see various sights and scenes which encourages to think, learn and understand… A journey is worth the effort if it is interesting, educative and enriching.

You may find the following pairs useful in your discussion.

difficult words – interesting things/knowledge
defeats – enjoyment
quarrels – sharing feelings and thoughts, problems
obstacles – learning new things, seeing new sights.

Additional Important Questions and Answers

Activity :

Complete the web diagram using

Question 1.
Complete the web diagram using
(a) naming words i.e., nouns from the poem
(b) words associated with emotions
Answer:
a.

b.

Reading Skills, Vocabulary and Grammar

Read the following poem and answer the questions given below:

Question 1.
Complete the following:
(a) Count your garden ………….
(b) Count your life by …………….
Answer:
(a) by the flowers
(b) smiles, not tears

Question 2.
What is the central idea of the poem?
Answer:
The central idea of the poem is that we should learn to look at the brighter side of life and always count our blessings,

Question 3.
According to the poet, how should we count our garden?
Answer:
According to the poet, we should count our garden by the flowers in it.

Question 4.
What should we not remember at all?
Answer:
We should not remember the dark clouds at all.

Question 5.
What should we do joyfully on every birthday?
Answer:
On every birthday, we should joyfully count our age by friends and not by the years that pass.

Question 6.
Explain the line: Count your life by smiles, not tears.
Answer:
The above line means that there will be happy times and sad times in our lives. We should count our blessings by the happy times and not those which moved us to tears.

Question 7.
Match the rhyming words:

Answer:

Question 8.
Give another title to the poem.
Answer:
‘Count your blessings’.

Question 9.
How do you react when you are disappointed?
Answer:
When I am disappointed, I think of the times when things were good. I speak to my parents and share my problems with them. I try to smile and face the situation bravely.

Writing Skills :

Question 1.
Your friend is disappointed that he/she is not selected in the school sports team for an inter-school competition. Write a letter to motivate her/him.
Answer:

A/1 Delta,
90 Feet Road,
Ghatkopar (W),
Mumbai – 400 086
2nd July, 2015

Dear Ram/Rama,

We haven’t written to each other for a long time. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. Aunty told me that you are upset that you were not selected in the school cricket team. Remember my friend, small disappointments are just that, ‘small’. We should not get upset about little things.

Why don’t you look at the brighter side? The match schedule is clashing with the school picnic. Imagine the fun we will have at the picnic. You can utilize the time to work on your game too. Take help from experts if need be, so that the next time you cannot be ignored by anyone.

So cheer up and smile. Count your blessings.
Be happy always my friend.
Give my love and regards to all at home.

Yours lovingly,
XYZ.

Summary :

‘Count your Garden’ is a beautiful poem which inspires us to look at the brighter side of life and be happy instead of looking at anything negative and regretting or feeling sorry for the same and at the same delve time not dwelling in the past. The poet has explained this by giving some beautiful examples.

The poet encourages us to count our garden by the beauty of the flowers and not by the falling leaves. In our life, there are happy moments and sad moments. The happy moments (golden hours) should be cherished while the unhappy moments should not be remembered at all.

At night, we must admire the starry sky and not the shadows on the ground. We should count our life by the moments which brought a smile on our face and not those w to tears. The poet finally says that on our birthday, we should not count our age by the passing years but the number of friends we have. We should learn to count our blessings and be grateful for all the good things we are blessed with and consider ourselves lucky for having what we have.

Meanings :

1. golden hours (phr) – happy moments
2. shadows (n) – gloom/something producing unhappiness

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Chapterwise Maharashtra Board Solutions Class 5 English :

Unit 1

• Chapter 1- What a Bird Thought
• Chapter 2- Daydreams
• Chapter 3- Be a Good Listener
• Chapter 4- Strawberries
• Chapter 5- The Twelve Months
• Chapter 6- Announcements
• Chapter 7- Major Dhyan Chand
• Chapter 8- Peer Profile

Unit 2

• Chapter 9- The Triantiwontigongolope
• Chapter 10- Three Sacks of Rice
• Chapter 11- Be a Good Speaker
• Chapter 12- Count your Garden
• Chapter 13- The Adventures of Gulliver
• Chapter 14- A Lesson for All
• Chapter 15- Bird Bath
• Chapter 16- Write your own Story

Unit 3

• Chapter 17- On the Water
• Chapter 18- Weeds in the Garden
• Chapter 19- Be a Good Host and Guest
• Chapter 20- Only One Mother
• Chapter 21- The Journey to the Great Oz
• Chapter 22- A Book Review
• Chapter 23- Write your own Poem
• Chapter 24- Senses Alert

Unit 4

• Chapter 25- The Man in the Moon
• Chapter 26- Water in the Well
• Chapter 27- The Legend of Marathon
• Chapter 28- All about Money
• Chapter 29- A Lark
• Chapter 30- Be a Netizen
• Chapter 31- Give your Mind a Workout!
• Chapter 32- Helen Keller
• Chapter 33- Rangoli

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