I.P. EXTN. PATPARGANJ, DELHI – 92.
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (2017 – 18)
CLASS – V
Dear Students,
Summer vacation is a much-awaited holiday for the students for their enjoyment
and all round development. For a good and laborious student, this is the time to
relax, enjoy, travel, and visit relatives, parks, shopping complexes and religious
places. To be a well-developed student, one should help oneself in preparing
meals, tidying of rooms, and watering plants. With a view to inculcate a habit
for regular study, holiday homework is given to the students. This assignment
will help making up the intellectual, physical and mental aptitude and ability of
students.
HAVE A JOYFUL TIME. HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. All the work should be done neatly.
2. Charts should be bright and colourful with bold headings and borders
around.
3. While doing activities collect pictures from old books, magazines,
newspapers or internet.
4. Due importance should be given to Holiday Homework as well as activities
as they will be graded.
Date of submission of Holiday Homework:
DATE
03/7/17
04/7/17
05/7/17
06/7/17
07/7/17
DAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SUBJECT
HINDI
ENGLISH
SCIENCE
MATHEMATICS
SOCIAL STUDIES
The school will remain closed from 15/5/17 (Monday) to 30/6/17 (Friday) and
will reopen on 01/7/17 (Saturday)
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ENGLISH
1. Read lots of books, magazines, newspapers and watch only educational
programmes on television.
2. Do one page writing for ten days in a separate thin book.
3. Make a colourful chart with related pictures on the following topics
according to your Roll No’s:
ROLL NO.
1 To 10
11 To 20
21 To 30
31 onwards
4. NEWSPAPER READING
TOPIC
Famous Proverbs and Quotations
Indian Writers and their Books
Short Moral Story
Poem based on Nature
You must read a newspaper daily. It will broaden your outlook and develop
your language.
a. Create a graphic vocabulary journal or a Pictionary with twenty new
words from the Newspaper you have read. Prepare the journal using A4
coloured sheets. Then, write each new word in it and draw or paste a
picture of it. Also write one synonym and antonym (if any) against it.
You can take the help of thesaurus for this.
(Do the following work in your MCB notebooks)
5. BOOK READING
a) Read any one book from the following list:
 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
 The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
 Indian Folktales by Anupa Lal
b) Describe your favourite character along with the qualities it possesses in
75 words. Use rich vocabulary from the book you have read.
6. PARAGRAPH WRITING
Write a paragraph in 80 words on the following topics. Illustrate with
pictures.
1- A school of my dreams.
2 - Life in a big city.
7. Do Pg. No.13, 22, 39, 45, 76 in your workbook.
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8. Complete the spell drill and paste it in your notebook. Memorize these words.
Strolled
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Burdened
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Stature
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Saucer
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Squeezed
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Explanation
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Extraordinary
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Jugglery
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Pouncing
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Haunches
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Mysterious
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Pampered
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Swallowed
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Nervousness
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Rickshaw
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Passengers
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Kidnapper
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Preferred
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Invincible
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MATHEMATICS
Note:
 Presentation of work carries marks.
A. Learning activity:Learn tables from 2-20. Make an attractive handy table book of your own.
B. Activities:Make models and charts according to your Roll Numbers:
(a) Paste picture and write information of a Mathematician on a chart paper.
(Roll no. 1 to 10)
(b) Make a model using 3-D shapes.
(Roll no. 11 to 20)
(c) Write any 5 Mathematical facts on A-3 size sheet
(Roll no. 21 to 30)
(d) Prepare a collage on Basic Geometrical Concept.
(From Roll No. 31 onwards)
C. WORKBOOK
Do worksheet number 5, 6 and 7 in your Maths workbook.
D. Practice work:
Do practice of Ch- 1: Place Value and Ch – 2 The four operations for Unit Test
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E – LETS Do IT .
Do the following questions in Maths Notebook.
1. Heena had a packet of sweets. She ate 5 and gave the rest of the sweets to
8 Girls. The 1st girl took 1 sweet, the 2nd girl took 3 sweets, the 3rd girl
took 5 sweets, and so on. How many sweets were there in the packet?
2. A million is thousand thousands. How many watches worth 50,000 can
You buy for a million rupee?
3. 2,53,820 mobile phones were packed equally in 245 cartons. How many
mobile phones were packed in each carton? What are the harmful effects
of mobile phones?
4. Sonika has 7 vases of flowers. Some vases have 5 roses and the other
vases have 10 pink carnations. There are 50 flowers in all in the vases.
How many vases of each type of flower does Sonika have?
5. A haunted house ride runs 3 times a day. It opens 4 days a week. It has 6
cars, each of which can hold 2 people. How many people can ride the
Haunted house ride in one week?
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SCIENCE
Note:
 Presentation of work carries marks.
A - SCRAP BOOK:
(Roll No – 1 to 20):- Collect the wrappers of any 8 packaged food items, paste
them in scrapbook and mention the components and nutritive value of that food
item.
(Roll No – 21 onwards):- Visit a Zoo and make individual cards of five
animals living in different habitats, describing their special features that help
them to adapt to their environment.
B - Make CHARTS according to your Roll Numbers:

Any 8 Scientific Facts
(Roll no 1 to 10)

Human Eye
(Roll no 11 to 20)

Human Skeletal System
(Roll no 21 to 30)

Any 1 Scientist and his Inventions
(Roll no 31 onwards)
C - VISUAL DICTIONARY
 Find any 15 Scientific words, write about them and also paste related
pictures.
D - SITUATION BASED QUESTIONS:
Do the following questions in your notebook.
1. Identify and Paste the picture of an amphibian, green in colour and write
its adaptive feature that help it to survive in water as well as on land.
2. Kritika was playing in the playground, suddenly she fell down and was
taken to Doctor. Doctor advised her to include more fruits and vegetables
in her diet. Why?
3. Imagine if your backbone was a single long bone, instead of a series of
small bones. What would happen?
E - Learning Work
Learn L-1 Growing Plants, L – 2 Food and Health
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F – Worksheet Time
WORKSHEET - 1
Look at the following pictures of animals found in the Jim Corbett National
Park, and answer the questions.
1.
There is one animal, however, that is wrong. Can you spot it? Why is this
animal wrong for this place?
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2.
Group the above shown animals into these groups?
a. Mammals:________________________________________________
b. Reptiles:_________________________________________________
c. Amphibians:______________________________________________
3.
Wild animals in India are under grave threat of extinction, due to human
interferences. Name any five such human activities that have endangered
wildlife.
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WORKSHEET – 2
Q1. Define the following terms:
(1) Force____________________________________________________
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(2) Gravity__________________________________________________
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(3) Friction__________________________________________________
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Q2. Write the name of three types of Lever along with two examples of
each.
1.
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2.
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3.
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Q3. A huge rock has blocked a road after a landslide. What could be done
to move the rock from the road easily.
Ans._____________________________________________________________
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Q4. Make a list of 10 Simple Machines around you. Categorize them into
different types as shown in the table given below and paste their
pictures also.
Pulley
Lever
Inclined
Wheel
Screw
Wedge
Plane
and Axle
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SOCIAL STUDIES
1. Make an advertisement on A3 size sheet on any one of the following:
a. Save fuel (Petrol/Diesel/LPG)
b. Global Warming
c. Blood Donation
2. Make your own Aadhar card including all the necessary information.
Note: Do the following work in Social Studies notebook
 Read the Ch-10 ‘Environmental Pollution’, Ch – 11’Caring for the
Environment’ and Ch-13 ‘Prominent Dynasties of India’ and prepare a
list of ten words each.
 On the basis of above chapters, answer the following questions Define the following:
a) Seismograph
b) Dynasty
c) Richter Scale
d) Iceberg
e) Smog
 Let us explore:
a) Why the Yamuna and the Ganga rivers of India have become heavily
polluted?
b) Mention the diseases arise due to water pollution.
 Find and write:
 Why is Gupta dynasty called the golden age of India?

Who were known as ‘Navratnas’ in Akbar’s reign?
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 Make a colourful chart on the given topic according to your Roll No.ROLL NOS
TOPICS
1 to 7
Parallels of Latitudes
8 to 14
Major landforms of India
15 to 21
Rotation & Revolution of Earth
22 to 28
Hot & Cold Deserts of the world
29 to 34
Natural Disasters
35 Onwards
Freedom Fighters
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