Summary
Chapter 2 of the Class 5 English NCERT textbook (Santoor), "Gone with the Scooter", follows a boy named Gopi who finds a stray hockey ball and tries to return it to its rightful owner — download the PDF to read the full story, vocabulary exercises, and grammar activities on adverbs.
- Honesty and Found Objects — When Gopi finds a white hockey ball in his garden, he decides not to keep it, saying 'I can't keep this ball for myself. I will ask around.' He goes to the playground to find the owner, showing an honest and responsible attitude.
- Hockey Gameplay and Sportsmanship — The story describes a friendly game of hockey among neighbourhood friends — Gopi, Manoj, Ramani, Deepak, and Jay — where each player takes a position (goalkeeper, centre, forward), and the game ends with a comic twist when the ball sails into a passing scooter's basket.
- Adverbs of Time and Frequency — The chapter's grammar section teaches students the difference between adverbs of frequency (usually, often, regularly, always, never) and adverbs of time (immediately, yesterday, now), using sentences from the story as examples.
- Road Safety Awareness — The story's illustration shows the scooterist wearing a helmet, and an exercise prompt asks students why wearing a helmet is important and whether the pillion rider should also wear one — connecting the story to real-world road safety habits.
Key points & formulas
- 01Gopi is sitting on the veranda reading a book on a summer afternoon when he hears a rustling sound and a thud in the garden.
- 02He searches through thick grass, bushes, and a heap of dry leaves before finding a white hockey ball.
- 03At the evening playground, Gopi asks his friends whether anyone lost a ball; Manoj lost one four months ago and Deepak's father had bought him a new football — neither match the hockey ball.
- 04The friends start a game on the spot; Jay hits the ball so hard it flies past the playground gate and lands in a passing scooter's basket.
- 05The scooterist drives away unaware, taking the ball with him — the story ends with all the children bursting into laughter.
- 06Key vocabulary introduced includes: dribble, rustle, grab, boast, unaware, and thud.
- 07The chapter includes a listening activity (drawing a scene with dry leaves and a ball) and a board-game activity (Tigers and Goats using pebbles).
Frequently asked questions
01What is the story 'Gone with the Scooter' about?
The story is about a boy named Gopi who finds a hockey ball in his garden one summer afternoon, tries to find its rightful owner among his friends at the playground, and ends up playing a game that concludes in a funny surprise when the ball lands in a passing scooter's basket and disappears.
02Where did Gopi find the hockey ball?
Gopi found the hockey ball on a heap of dry leaves near the garden fence, after searching through the thick grass and bushes in his garden.
03What was Gopi doing before he heard the sound in the garden?
Gopi was sitting in the veranda reading a book on a summer afternoon when he heard something rustling and falling with a thud in the garden.
04Why did Gopi say the ball could not belong to Manoj?
Manoj said he had lost a ball four months ago, and Gopi reasoned that a ball lost four months earlier could not be the same ball he had just found that afternoon.
05What did Ramani say when Gopi asked who the ball belonged to?
Ramani claimed the ball was his, but when Gopi asked him to describe its colour to prove it, Ramani said 'Show me the ball and I will tell you,' which made everyone laugh.
06What did Deepak boast about at the playground?
Deepak boasted that his father had bought him a brand-new football the previous day, but Gopi clarified that the ball he had found was a hockey ball, not a football.
07How did the hockey game begin?
Manoj grabbed the ball from Gopi and tossed it to Deepak; Gopi then shouted for everyone to stop and suggested they play before it got dark, after which Manoj went to the goalpost and Gopi stood at the centre holding the hockey stick.
08What does the word 'dribble' mean in the context of this chapter?
According to the word meanings provided in the chapter, 'dribble' means moving a ball with small taps while playing hockey.
09How did the ball end up going with the scooter?
Jay hit the ball so hard that it flew past the playground gate and fell into the basket of a passing scooter; the scooterist was unaware of what had happened and drove past, taking the ball away.
10What did the children do when they realised the ball was gone?
By the time the children ran to the gate, the scooter had already gone with the ball; the children looked at each other and burst into laughter.
11What are the positions the friends played during the hockey game?
Manoj went to the goalpost as goalkeeper, Gopi stood at the centre of the field, and the ball was passed among Deepak, Ramani, and Jay during the game.
12What does the word 'boast' mean as given in the chapter?
The chapter defines 'boast' as 'to speak too proudly,' which matches the way Deepak proudly told his friends that his father had bought him a brand-new football.
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