WORKING
WITH THE TEXT PAGE
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A. Answer the following questions.
1. Why did Taro run in the direction of the stream? (5)
Answer: Taro had never heard the sound of rushing water
in that part of the forest. When he heard the rushing stream, he ran in that
direction to fill his thirst.
2. How did Taro’s father show his happiness after drinking saké? (7)
Answer: After drinking the sake, Taro’s father stopped shivering and started dancing in the middle of the floor. This is how he showed his happiness.
3. Why did the waterfall give Taro saké and others water? (12)
Answer: Taro was a thoughtful son and he worked very hard for his parents to give them everything they needed. Sake was the reward for his hard work and sincerity. However, other people were just greedy, so the waterfall gave them only water.
4. Why did the villagers want to drown Taro? (10, 11)
Answer: When villagers went to the waterfall for the sake`, they just got only water instead of sake`. They thought that Taro had cheated them, so they shouted and looked for Taro to drown him into that waterfall.
5. Why did the Emperor reward Taro? (13)
Answer: The emperor was very impressed with Taro’s hard work and his magic waterfall. He thought to pass this message to all children to respect, obey and serve their parents. So he rewarded Taro’s hard work.
B. Mark the right item.
1. Taro earned very little money because
(i) he didn’t work hard enough.
(ii) the villagers didn’t need wood.
(iii) the price of wood was very low.
Answer: (iii)
2. Taro decided to earn extra money
(i)
to
live a more comfortable life.
(ii)
to
buy his old father some saké.
(iii)
to
repair the cracks in the hut.
Answer: (ii)
3. The neighbour left Taro’s hut in a hurry because
(i)
she
was delighted with the drink.
(ii)
she
was astonished to hear Taro’s story.
(iii)
she
wanted to tell the whole village about the waterfall.
Answer: (iii)
WORKING WITH LANGUAGE PAGE 35
A. Strike off the words in the box below that are not suitable.
Taro wanted to give his
old parents everything they needed.
This shows that he was
…
|
thoughtful
hardworking loving honest considerate
trustworthy efficient kind |
Answer: Honest, trustworthy, and efficient.
B. 1. “This made Taro sadder than ever.”
‘This’ refers to
(i)
a
strong wind that began to blow.
(ii)
Taro’s
father’s old age.
(iii)
Taro’s
inability to buy expensive saké for his father.
(Mark the right item.)
Answer: (iii)
2.
“This, said the emperor, was to encourage all children to honour and obey their
parents.”
‘This’ refers to
(i) the most beautiful fountain in the city.
(ii) rewarding Taro with gold and giving the
fountain his name.
(iv)
sending
for Taro to hear his story.
(Mark the right item.)
Answer: (ii)
C. Arrange
the words below in pairs that rhyme.
Example: young – lung
money – sunny
|
young
sad
money
chop
lung
last wax
could
bad
sound axe
wood way
stop
sunny
fast round
day |
Answer:
sad - bad
stop - chop
last - fast
was - axe
could - wood
sound - round
way - day
money - sunny
young - lung
D. 1.
Fill in the blanks with words from the box.
|
lonely
little hard
young thoughtful
delicious beautiful |
Answer:
A ——(young)—— woodcutter lived on a ——(lonely)——hillside. He was a ——(thoughtful)—— son who worked ——(hard)—— but earned ——(little)—— money. One day he saw a ——(beautiful)——waterfall hidden behind a rock. He tasted the water and found it ——(delicious)——.
2. Find these sentences in the story and fill in the blanks.
Answer:
(i)
This made Taro ——(sadder)——than
ever. (3)
(ii)
He decided to work ——(harder)——than
before. (3)
(iii)
Next morning, Taro
jumped out of bed ——(earlier)——than usual.(4)
(iv) He began to chop even ——(faster)———.
(4)
(iv)
Next morning, Taro
started for work even ——(earlier)——than the morning before.
(10)
SPEAKING AND WRITING Page 37
C. 2. Work in
groups. Come to some agreement on each of the activities given below. Decide
which is the most interesting, dullest, most dangerous, safest, most rewarding,
most exciting.
Cooking, fishing, playing, football, knitting, dancing, listening to music, reading sewing, mountain climbing, walking, swimming, learning languages, painting, watching TV, stamp collecting
Answer:
|
Most interesting |
Dancing, watching TV,
listening to music |
|
Dullest |
Knitting, sewing,
learning languages |
|
Most dangerous |
Mountain climbing |
|
Safest |
Walking, stamp
collecting |
|
Most rewarding |
Reading, painting,
fishing, cooking |
|
Most exciting |
Playing football,
swimming |
Note: student’s It may differ as
per individual interests.
DICTATION Page 38
1. Write against each two new words that rhyme with it.
Answer:
1. bed —–—(shed)——– —–—(led)——–
2. wax —–—(axe)——– —–—(fax)——–
3. fast —–—(last)——– —–—(cast)——–
4. chop —–—(cop)——–—
—–—(flop)——–
5. young —–—(among)——–— —–—(tongue)——–
Poem: The Quarrel By Eleanor Farjeon
WORKING WITH POEM Page
40
1. With your partner try to guess the meaning of the underlined phrases.
(i) And somehow we fell out.
Answer: fell out - stop being friendly, started quarrelling
(ii) The afternoon turned black.
Answer: turned - spoiled, tensed
2. Read these lines from the poem:
Discuss with your partner what these lines mean.
(i) One thing led to another
Answer: Meaning - kept on arguing one after another.
(ii) The start of it was slight
Answer: Meaning – started fighting on small issues.
(iii) The end of it was strong
Answer: Meaning – ended into a big fight, hated each other.
(iv) The afternoon turned black
Answer: Meaning – spoiled the mood, unable to bear the afternoon.
(v) Thumped me on the back
Answer: Meaning – patted on the back to end the quarrel
in a friendly manner.
3. Describe a recent quarrel that you have had with your brother, sister or friend. How did it start? What did you quarrel about? How did it end?
Answer: Students are advised to answer it on their own.
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