The problem
Papa cannot see!
Papa has lost his spectacles. They are his only pair, so there is no spare one.
↳ No spectacles, no clear seeing.
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Papa's Spectacles · 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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Jobs Papa cannot do
Everything looks blurry.
↳ Spectacles help with many daily jobs.
The search
Where has he looked?
↳ Papa looks everywhere except one place.
Preposition
A tiny word with a big job.
A preposition shows where or when. In, on, under, near, before and after are prepositions.
↳ Prepositions answer where and when.
On or above?
Touching or floating?
↳ Touching? Use on.
In or among?
One box or many things?
The coin is in my pocket. The ball is among the leaves.
↳ Among is for a group of many.
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1
The Poem: Where Are Papa's Spectacles?
Papa loses his only pair of spectacles and searches the whole house. His child spots them on his head. Learn the story, the people, the feelings and the rhymes.
- Papa has lost his spectacles, and they are the only pair he owns.
- Without them he cannot read the newspaper, watch TV or cut vegetables.
- He checks his pockets, under his chair and near the window.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Words at Work: Prepositions, Pairs and Opposites
Little words like in, on and under tell us where things are. Learn to use them, to say a pair of, to put things in order and to find opposites.
- A preposition is a small word that shows where or when.
- On means touching the top; above means higher, with a gap.
- Before means earlier and after means later.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Speak, Listen and Write
Share words for father, thank helpers, hear sounds that match and differ, spell tricky words, and turn the poem into your own short story.
- Different languages have different words for father, like Appa, Nanna and Baba.
- Homophones sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.
- Some pairs, like bed and bad, sound close but different.
~35 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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66 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
A very quick look at something is called a ____.
Beginner
A search
B glance
C shout
D pocket
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glance
To glance is to look quickly. Papa gives a quick look under his chair.
In the poem, the word "said" rhymes with ____.
Intermediate
A sad
B seed
C hand
D head
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head
Said and head end with the same sound, "ed". Sad, seed and hand do not.
The speaker of the poem, who uses the word "I", is Papa's ____.
Intermediate
A neighbour
B teacher
C child
D doctor
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child
The child tells the poem and is the one who spots the spectacles.
Which sentence about the poem is true?
Beginner
A Papa found his spectacles inside his pocket.
B The child lost the spectacles under the chair in the kitchen.
C Papa could not read the newspaper without his spectacles.
D Papa had three pairs of spectacles at home.
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Papa could not read the newspaper without his spectacles.
Without spectacles the newspaper looks blurry to Papa. The other sentences do not match the poem.
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