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Step-by-step NCERT solutions for Gone with the Scooter (Chapter 2, NCERT Class 5 English) — every question and answer worked out in full, not just the final result. You can also read the Gone with the Scooter textbook chapter.

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All 18 questions in Gone with the Scooter are solved in the PDF. Here's what's inside, exercise by exercise:

New Words

  1. Give the meaning of the word: dribble
  2. Give the meaning of the word: rustling
  3. Give the meaning of the word: grab
  4. Give the meaning of the word: boast
  5. Give the meaning of the word: unaware
  6. Give the meaning of the word: thud

Answer the following questions

  1. What was Gopi doing on the veranda?
  2. What sound did Gopi hear before he went to the garden?
  3. Describe Gopi's search for the ball.
  4. Complete the table:
    • (a) 'The ball I found is a hockey ball.' — said by / said to
    • (b) 'My father bought me a brand-new football.' — said by / said to
    • (c) 'I lost a ball four months ago.' — said by / said to
    • (d) 'Show me the ball and I will tell you.' — said by / said to
  5. Who grabbed the ball from Gopi? How did the game start?
  6. Why did everyone laugh at the end of the story?

Think and answer

  1. What would you have done if, like Gopi, you had found a ball that did not belong to you?
  2. Imagine what happens to the hockey ball after it is taken away by the scooter. Where does it go? Who finds it?
  3. Notice that the scooterist is wearing a helmet. Why is it important to wear a helmet? Should the pillion rider also wear a helmet?

Match the following

  1. Match the words with their meanings: Dribble, Boast, Rustle, Grab —
    • (a) a soft crackling sound,
    • (b) take something with a sudden movement,
    • (c) moving a ball with small taps while playing hockey,
    • (d) to speak too proudly.

Fill in the blanks with connector words

  1. Complete the following story using the words given in the box: since, however, because, when — 'Gopi completed his work _______ he wanted to go outside and play. _______ when he reached the playground nobody was there. _______ his friends were yet to join him, he decided to take a walk. After 15 minutes, five of them came and everyone started to discuss the games. They decided to play hopscotch…

Adverbs — encircle the adverbs

  1. Encircle the adverbs in the following sentences and identify whether each tells 'how many times the action happens' (frequency) or 'time of the action':
    • (a) Gopi immediately got up and ran into the garden.
    • (b) Shama often writes in her diary.
    • (c) All his friends regularly gathered to play hockey.
    • (d) I always complete my homework.
    • (e) Yesterday I ate an ice cream after lunch.
    • (f) Monika never…
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Worked examples

3 questions from Gone with the Scooter, solved step by step.

Answer the following questions

What sound did Gopi hear before he went to the garden?

Gopi heard something rustling past and then falling with a thud in the garden.

He thought it might be a mango falling from the tree.

Answer: He heard a rustling sound followed by a thud in the garden.

Think and answer

What would you have done if, like Gopi, you had found a ball that did not belong to you?

Like Gopi, I would not keep the ball for myself since it belonged to someone else.

I would ask my friends and neighbours if they had lost a ball, just as Gopi did.

Answer: Like Gopi, I would ask around to find the owner instead of keeping it for myself, because it would not be right to keep something that belongs to someone else.

Answer the following questions

Describe Gopi's search for the ball.

Gopi first searched in between the thick grass near the garden fence but found nothing.

He then looked among the bushes, but found nothing there either.

Finally, his eyes fell on a heap of dry leaves, where he found a white hockey ball.

Answer: Gopi searched in the thick grass near the fence, then in the bushes. Finally, he spotted a white hockey ball on a heap of dry leaves.

All 18 questions in Gone with the Scooter are solved step by step in the Solutions PDF above.

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