Topsy Turvy Land Class 5 Notes CBSE English Chapter 7 (Free PDF Download)

Topsy-turvy Land Revision Notes

• ‘Topsy-turvy Land’ by H.E. Wilkinson is a poem that talks about an imaginary land where everything is upside-down.

• In the topsy-turvy land, people walk upside down with their heads down and their feet up.

• Strangely, the sea is made of sand and the children go to school at night.

• In that strange land, the front doorstep is at the back and people walk when they are standing still.

• People wear hats on their feet in the topsy-turvy land.

• Buses ply on the sea and pleasure boats are used to move up and down the streets.

• People pay for what they never get in that silly land and people are actually coming back when they seem to be going away.

Moral of the Poem

• The poem ‘Topsy-turvy Land’ induces humour among the readers by describing a land which is so strange and silly.

• The poem makes us imagine a land where everything is the reverse of what it should be. It gives us an imagery of an imaginary land which is exactly opposite to the real world which we live in.

New Words Meaning with Examples of ‘Topsy-turvy Land’ Class 5

Techniques Used in the Poem

Rhyming Words: Same sounding words when spoken together are called rhyming words.

• Sand- Land

• Stand- Land

• Planned- Land

• Grand- Land

Alliteration: In a line of a poem, the appearance of the same letters or same sounding letters at the beginning of words which are close to each other is called alliteration.

For example: In the following lines, the same sounding letters are underlined to show alliteration.

1. “The sea is made of sand.”

2. “You're walking when you stand.”

3. “While pleasure boats are planned.”

4. “For when you go you're coming back.”

NCERT Class 5 English Chapter 7 ‘Topsy-turvy Land’ Question Answer 

Let’s Read

1. When do children go to school in Topsy-turvy Land?

Ans: Unlike in our land, in the Topsy-turvy land children go to school by night.

2. In the poem, if buses travel on the sea, then where do the boats travel? How should it rightly be?

Ans: In the poem, the buses travel on sea and the boats travel up and down the street. It should rightly be exactly the reverse of it. Buses should ply up and down the road whereas the boats should travel on the sea.

3. The Topsy Turvy land is very different from our land. Let's draw a comparison by filling in sentences wherever needed.

Ans:

Solved Example Practice Questions

Now with the knowledge of the ‘Topsy-turvy Land’ Summary let us answer a few questions.

1. Is there water in the sea in the Topsy-turvy Land?

Ans: In the Topsy-turvy Land, there is no water in the sea. Instead, the sea is made of sand.

2. Can you list a few rhyming words of the following words.

Night, Back, Street, Get

Ans: Night- Right, Fight, Sight, Might

Back- Smack, Sack, Crack, Pack

Street- Sheet, Sweet, Treat, Meet

Get- Set, Met, Late, Jet

3. Where do people wear their hats in the ‘Topsy-turvy land’?

Ans: In the ‘Topsy-turvy land’, people wear their hats on their feet.

Importance of CBSE Class 5 English Chapter 7 Topsy Turvy Land

It is a unique poem where the poet describes a land where everything is entirely different from the normal world we live in. people use boats on the roads. The sea is made of sand and buses run on it.

People walk with their hands on the roads. They also wear hats on their feet. In fact, they pay for something they haven’t got or bought from the stores. How bizarre this land can be? The poet has explained it quite well in this poem. With this explanation, you can easily imagine a topsy turvy scene and describe it.

Follow the notes and find out how this land is entirely different from what we think is normal.

Benefits of Topsy Turvy Land Class 5 Revision Notes and Worksheets

• This poem is a little different from what we study. This is why the revision notes are designed in a simpler way to help you understand its context easily.

• Refer to the notes by Vedantu’s experts to resolve your doubts and make it easier to answer the questions in the exercise.

• Prepare this chapter using these notes and revise it before an exam. Recall what you have studied in this poem without any difficulty. Find out how is topsy turvy very different from our land.

• Solve the worksheets provided with these notes to check your preparation level. Compare your answers with that of the solutions of these worksheets. Find out where you need to improve and prepare this chapter better.

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