Class 5 English — Chapter 5: My Shadow
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What you'll learn
- ▸Poem Comprehension: 'My Shadow'
- ▸Characteristics and Behavior of Shadows
- ▸Vocabulary Expansion from the Poem
- ▸Relative Pronouns (who, whose, which, that, whom)
- ▸Descriptive Writing
- ▸Phonetics: 'sh' Sound Pronunciation
- ▸Basic Principles of Shadow Formation and Size Variation
- ▸Hand Anatomy and Finger Functions
Chapter Summary
--- PAGE 1 --- Unit 3 My Shadow 0526CH03 Do you know whenever there is light someone follows you? Have you ever wondered who it is? Read and Enjoy I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me. And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, When I jump into my bed. 42 Reprint 2024-25 --- PAGE 2 --- The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that There's none of him at all. One mo…
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- Explain how shadows form. Get Solution →
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- Who is the author of the poem 'My Shadow' presented in the chapter? Get Solution →
- According to the 'New Words' section, what is an 'India-rubber ball'? Get Solution →
- What color is a 'buttercup' as described in the chapter? Get Solution →
- In the poem, what does the shadow do when the speaker jumps into bed? Get Solution →
- What did the speaker find on every buttercup one early morning? Get Solution →
Did you know?
- 💡 Shadows are always black, no matter the color of the object or light.
- 💡 Shadow puppetry, an ancient art, originated in China over 2000 years ago.
- 💡 The Moon's surface has pitch-black shadows because it lacks an atmosphere.
- 💡 Sundials use the changing position of a shadow to tell the time.
- 💡 Light from the sun takes about eight minutes to reach Earth.
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