Rattlebones Poem Class 5 Questions and Answers |Summary |

 Rattlebones Class Poem Questions & Answers

Enjoy the Poem

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct words in the brackets.

1. People call Ashwini  Rattlebones (Rattlebones/Chatterbox)

2. According to her parents, ghee and butter will add fat (taste/fat) to Ashwini's body.

3. Ashwini calls herself a one-man band (one-man band/one-man army)

4. Ashwini says that she can slip in and out through cracks (traps cracks)

B. There are certain words which depict sounds; for example, the buzzing of bees, the ticking of the clock, etc. Find five words from the poem that depict sounds and write them on the blanks given below.

1. clitter clatter

2. pitter patter

3. tippety tappety

4. rattlety twack

5. clickety clack

6. whack

C. COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES.

1. Ashwini's parents want her to gain weight by eating more ghee and butter.

2. Others call Ashwini A Skinny.

3. The things Ashwini can do are, tap dance, produce sound effects of a horse and tonga, become a one-man band, reach

into the most inaccessible secret places and slip in and out through cracks.

 D. Friends often like to have fun by joking or teasing each other. But sometimes

what is fun for one person can be hurtful for another. Tick (✓) the things that

are fun for all and cross out (X) the things that may seem funny to some but might be upsetting for others.

1. watching a comedy show    (✓)

2. making fun of the way someone looks or speaks    (   X  )

3. laughing when someone trips and falls   (X )

4. when someone spills something or makes a mistake in class  ( X  )

5. when your brother/sister gets scolded by your mother or father    ( X  )

6. when someone is teased or called by an unpleasant nickname       ( X  )

7.when someone tells jokes   ( ✓)