Question 1:
When do children go to school in Topsy-turvy Land ?
Answer:
They go to school at night.
Question 2:
In the poem, if buses travel on the sea, then where do the boats travel ? How should it rightly be ?
Answer:
There boats travel in the streets. We can say it right because nothing goes right in this country.
Question 3:
The land of Topsy-turvy is very different from our land. Let’s draw a comparison by filling in sentences wherever needed.
Answer:
Topsy-turvy Land
(i) People walk on their heads.
(ii) The buses run on the sea.
(iii) They wear their hats on feet.
(iv) Boats sail in the streets.
(v) People pay for what they don’t get.
Our Land
People walk on their legs.
The buses run on land.
We wear our hats on our heads.
Boats sail in the sea.
People pay for what they get.
Question 4:
The words in the sentences are jumbled here. Rearrange them to make meaningful sentences. Words that begin with a capital letter are the first word of the sentence.
Answer:
(i) Renu naughty is a girl. Renu is a naughty girl.
(ii) untidy room Her always is. Her room is always untidy.
(iii) mother Her advises her clean to it. Her mother advises her to clean it.
(iv) never listens She her mother to. She never listens to her mother.
(v) kind of What child a you are ? What kind of a child are you ?
Question 5:
Write five things that you do at home to make your home look neat and clean.
Answer:
(i) I dust my room daily.
(ii) I put the dirt into a dustbin.
(iii) I arrange my books on the shelf.
(iv) I keep my clothes in the wardrobe.
(v) I keep the toilet neat and tidy.
Question 6:
Let’s imagine a topsy-turvy scene and describe it in the lines below.
Answer:
Last month a theft took place in my neighbour’s house. The thieves left everything in his room topsy-turvy. All the clothes in the wardrobe were thrown out. The books on the shelf were lying at sixes and sevens on the floor. And the bed had been turned upside down. Really it was a tospyturvy scene !
Question 7:
Two stories got mixed up. Sort them out and write them in the appropriate boxes.
Answer:
We thought the lion had eaten someone. Suddenly the kite lifted him off the ground and took him over the treetops. We saw a shoe in the lion’s cage. Finally, the kite brought him back to the park. Our class had gone to the zoo. Puran was flying the brand new kite in the park. Some children stood and screamed, and some ran to the Director of the zoo. Puran was frightened and excited. The lion had not eaten anyone, because the shoe was one of the lion’s toys.