All the game needs
Two sticks and some friends.
Gilli Danda needs a long stick, a short peg and an open space. Nothing has to be bought.
↳ The best game here costs nothing.
📚 Chapter Learning Kit
Gilli Danda · Class 5 English · Santoor
English 3 topics 66 leveled MCQs 36 flashcards 8 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Four moments
How a turn goes.
↳ Gather, tip, hit, chase.
Gilli and danda
Name the wood.
The danda is the long striking stick. The gilli is the short peg that flies.
↳ Long one hits, short one flies.
Prefix
A piece in front.
A prefix is a short piece fixed to the front of a word. It changes the meaning.
↳ Front piece, new meaning.
The un family
Un says no.
↳ Un simply adds the word not.
The re family
Re says again.
↳ Re sends you back for another try.
📖 Smart notes
What you'll study, topic by topic
1
The Poem: Gilli Danda
A short, happy poem about friends who meet in a playground, strike a small wooden peg high into the sky with a long stick, and never once want to stop.
- The game needs only a long stick, a small peg and a few friends.
- The danda is the long stick and the gilli is the small sharpened peg.
- The players count, swing and hit, and the gilli flies high into the sky.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Words at Work: Prefixes, Nouns You Cannot Touch and Whose Is It?
Building new words with un and re, sorting nouns by what the senses can reach, and answering the question whose with one short word.
- A prefix is a short piece fixed to the front of a word.
- The prefix un adds the meaning not, as in unsafe and untidy.
- The prefix re adds the meaning again, as in refill and rebuild.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Speak, Listen and Write about Games
Explaining a game in five clear parts, showing with your body that you have understood, using a dictionary, and turning a jumble of words into a proper question.
- Describe a game by its name, place, number of players, materials and rules.
- Give the aim first, because the rules only make sense after it.
- Words such as first, next, then and finally keep instructions in order.
~35 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
❓ Leveled MCQ practice
Try the smart MCQs from this kit
66 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
The long stick used for striking in this game is the ____.
Beginner
A gilli
B danda
C bat
D pole
Show answer & explanation
danda
The danda is the long stick; the gilli is the short peg.
The small peg that shoots into the air is the ____.
Beginner
A danda
B stump
C gilli
D ball
Show answer & explanation
gilli
The gilli is sharpened at both ends so that it jumps.
In the poem the friends ____ in the playground before they begin.
Beginner
A gather
B scatter
C whisper
D sleep
Show answer & explanation
gather
To gather is to come together in one place.
The word ____ means to give up.
Intermediate
A gather
B swing
C strike
D quit
Show answer & explanation
quit
In this poem the friends never do it.
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Sequence Builder
Memory Match
Categorization
Fact Or Myth
Word Scramble
Fill Blank
Word Match
Speed Quiz
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