The Frog – Class 5 English Chapter 5 Notes & NCERT PDF

About the Chapter

The Frog is a lively poem that opens Unit 3: Water in Santoor, Grade 5. The frog itself is the speaker ("I sit in ponds…"). It tells us where it lives, how it grew up, how it eats, hides, sings and jumps. The poem has nine rhyming couplets (pairs of lines).

The Poem in Brief

Where the frog lives

I sit in ponds and in the rain, / Or hop about in a muddy drain.

I live on land and water too, / In places damp with drops of dew.

A frog lives both on land and in water (it is an amphibian) and likes damp places.

Growing up

As a tadpole, I swim with cheer, / A tiny fish-like thing, so clear!

A young frog is a tadpole, a tiny fish-like creature that swims.

Eating

I flick my tongue to catch my food, / It works so fast—now that's quite good!

The frog catches insects by flicking its tongue very fast.

Hiding and danger

My colours match the plants and trees, / I hide so well in grass and leaves!

But snakes are near, I must beware, / Or else they'll catch me unaware!

Its colours help it hide (camouflage). It must watch out for snakes.

Singing, jumping, swimming

I croak my songs, they sound so loud, / Yet in my pond, I feel so proud.

With webbed feet, I swim with ease, / And leap so high in joyful breeze!

The frog croaks loudly, hops and jumps high, and swims easily with its webbed feet.

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Grammar & Language Focus

- and adds: "My colours match the plants and trees."

- but contrasts: "I hop around happily, but I must watch out for snakes!"

- because gives a reason: "Frogs swim easily because they have webbed feet."

- or gives a choice.

- The tiger hunts silently at night.

- Elephants live in large groups in forests.

- A spider carefully weaves its web.

- The crocodile waits silently near the riverbank.

- A turtle swims slowly in the ocean.

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