NCERT Solutions for Class 5th English Chapter 1 Papa's Spectacles
Updated on 2026-09-19
About this chapter
Stanza 1 — the problem. “Today our papa / Is searching everywhere, / He has lost his spectacles, / It was his only pair!” Papa has just one pair of spectacles, so losing them is a real trouble. The word only is the important one here. Stanza 2 — why it matters. Without his spectacles Papa cannot read the newspaper, cannot watch TV and cannot cut the vegetables. Three ordinary daily jobs all stop at once. The stanza ends with his worried cry, “Oh! Where can it be?” Stanza 3 — the search. He checked inside his pockets, glanced under his chair, searched near the window, looked everywhere. Four different verbs — checked, glanced, searched, looked — show him hunting harder and harder. Stanza 4 — the surprise. The child says, “Stop, Papa!”, goes up close, and tells him the spectacles are right t
- Papa’s Spectacles (poem)
- A. Answer the following questions
- B. Think and discuss
- A. Arrange the words in ascending order
- B. Complete the phrases
- C. Encircle the word that is spelt correctly
- D. Complete the story using the correct prepositions
- E. Crossword puzzle
- Words for ‘father’ in our languages
- Encircle the pairs in which the words sound different
Quick revision
| Word | What it means | The line it appears in | A sentence of your own |
|---|---|---|---|
| spectacles | Glasses. Two lenses in a frame, worn to see better. | “He has lost his spectacles,” | My grandmother wears spectacles when she reads the newspaper. |
| pair | Two things that go together and are used together. | “It was his only pair!” | I bought a new pair of shoes for Diwali. |
| glanced | Looked at something quickly, for a very short moment. | “He glanced under his chair,” | She glanced at the clock and ran for the school bus. |
| searching | Looking carefully for something you cannot find. | “Is searching everywhere,” | We are searching for my lost water bottle. |
| checked | Looked at something to make sure. | “He checked inside his pockets,” | I checked my bag before leaving for school. |
| misplaced | Put something in the wrong place, so you cannot find it. | Let us Think, B.3 — “Things generally misplaced at your home” | I misplaced my geometry box somewhere in the classroom. |
| ascending order | From the smallest to the biggest, or from the lightest to the heaviest. | Let us Learn, A | Fourteen, twenty-nine and forty-seven are in ascending order. |
| preposition | A small word that tells us where or when — in, on, above, among, before, after. | Let us Learn, D | The book is on the table. |
| homophone | Two words that sound exactly the same but have different meanings and spellings. | Let us Listen — sun and son | Ate and eight are homophones. |
| crossword | A word puzzle where answers are written into a grid of squares, across and down. | Let us Learn, E | We solved the crossword in ten minutes. |
| riddle | A question asked in a puzzling way, meant to be guessed. | Just for Fun | Her riddle about the onion made us laugh. |
| gratitude | The feeling of being thankful to someone. | Let us Think, B.3 — “How would you express your gratitude to them?” | I showed my gratitude by thanking our helper. |
Exercises
- Papa’s Spectacles (poem) — Let us Recite Page 1
- A. Answer the following questions — Let us Think Page 2
- B. Think and discuss — Let us Think Page 2–3
- A. Arrange the words in ascending order — Let us Learn Page 3
- B. Complete the phrases — Let us Learn Page 4
- C. Encircle the word that is spelt correctly — Let us Learn Page 5
- D. Complete the story using the correct prepositions — Let us Learn Page 6
- E. Crossword puzzle — Let us Learn Page 6–7
- Words for ‘father’ in our languages — Let us Speak Page 7
- Encircle the pairs in which the words sound different — Let us Listen Page 8
- Write the poem in the form of a story — Let us Write Page 8
- A. Matchsticks · B. The flame · C. Find the ‘d’ — Let us Do Page 9–10
- Riddle — Just for Fun Page 10