Maharashtra State Board Class 5 English Solutions Chapter 28 All about Money
English Balbharati Std 5 Digest Chapter 28 All about Money Textbook Questions and Answers
1. Write a short note on ‘money’.
2. Look at the diagram on page 68. It is called a tree diagram because it has branches’. Now read the following and draw a tree diagram to show this information.

Find more topics from your Environmental Studies or Mathematics textbooks for drawing tree diagrams. Draw and label the diagrams.
Life on earth began with unicellular I organisms known as protozoa. The following are the stages of evolution of animals. Invertebrates are animals without a backbone, for e.g., a snail. The vertebrates are animals which have a backbone. E.g. Aquatic animals like fish. Animals which: live in water and also on land are called amphibians. E.g. A frog. A few invertebrates are worms and mosquitoes and a few I vertebrates are reptiles.
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3. Make meaningful sentences from the following table.

Now try joining the sentences in the two columns using and.
Note: When we use the conjunction ‘and’ instead of ‘but’ the meaning either changes completely or makes the sentence meaningless.
Now try joining the sentences in the two columns using because.
Note: When we use the conjunction ‘because’ instead of ‘but’ the meaning either changes completely or makes the sentence meaningless.
4. Ask your parents or other grown-ups to show you some used notes. Observe them carefully. Have they been used properly? Write your observations.
5. Write an autobiography of a hundred-rupee note. (8-10 lines.)
Born at Currency Note Press in Nashik, Maharashtra, my journey has been a long one. From one person to another, poor and rich, young and old, I have been with them all, even though for a short while.
While some took care of me and worshipped me, others mishandled me. But that’s life! There will be good and bad experiences.
But my request to you, friends is: handle and spend me carefully. After all such a lot of efforts go into earning me. Hope you have made a ‘note’ of it.
English Balbharati Std 5 Answers Chapter 28 All about Money Additional Important Questions and Answers
Answer the following in one sentence:
Activities :
Do’s | Don’ts |
1. Use money carefully. | 1. Spend thoughtlessly. |
2. Should spend within your means and not be lavish. | 2. Write, tear or crumple the notes or damage them in any way. |
3. Spend mostly for your necessities and comforts. | 3. Spend on luxuries if you do not have the means. |
4. Cut your coat according to your cloth. | 4. Neither a borrower nor a lender be. |
Do as directed:
Writing Skills
Read the following passage and draw a tree diagram to show this information
All about Money Summary in English
Summary :
Money is a medium of exchange in the form of coins and notes. Currency is a system of money in general, used in a particular country. Even as the lesson takes us through different cash money, i.e., coins and notes we use in India, it also tells us that money is known by different names in different countries. The money used in the United States are ‘dollars’ (S) while in England ‘pounds’ (€) are used.
The lesson takes us back in time when the barter’ system was used. It was only about 1000 years ago that paper money first came to be used, first in China, Paper money or notes with no value of their own is a promise to give that much money. Only the government is allowed to print the notes. The lesson ends with two words of advice. handling money properly and using it carefully. After all it takes efforts to earn money.
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