WORKING
WITH THE TEXT PAGE 103
A. Complete
the following sentences from memory choosing a phrase from those given in
brackets.
1. —————————————
was held at the time of the Eid festival. (A big show, A big fair, A big
competition)
Ans: A big fair
2. Tradesmen
came to the village with all kinds of goods ————. (To display, to buy, to sell)
Ans: to sell
3. Uncle
told me —————— while he was away. (Not to buy anything, not to go anywhere, not
to talk to anyone)
Ans: not to buy anything
4. The
owner of the Lucky Shop wanted everybody present ———. (To play the game, to win
a prize, to try their luck)
Ans: to try their luck
5. The
first time I took a chance I got ———————————–—. (a bottle of ink, two
pencils, a trifle)
Ans: two pencils
6. Uncle
told me that the shopkeeper had made ————————. (a fool of me, a good profit,
friends with many people)
Ans: a fool of me.
B. Answer
the following questions.
1. Why do you think Rasheed’s uncle asked
him not to buy anything in his absence?
Answer: Rasheed's uncle advised him not to buy anything while he was
away because he knew the shopkeepers would take advantage of him.
2. Why was the shop
called ‘Lucky Shop’?
Answer: As anyone could try their luck, the shop
was named Lucky Shop.
3. An old man won a clock and sold it
back to the shopkeeper. How much money did he make?
Answer: By selling the clock back to the store,
the old guy made 15 rupees.
4. How many prizes did
the boy win? What were they?
Answer: The boy got four prizes. A comb, a fountain pen, a wristwatch,
and a table lamp were among the items.
5. Why was
Rasheed upset?
Answer: Rasheed was furious because he was hoping to win a large prize and
was trying his luck over and over. But he always got a bit. People stared at
him and laughed at his misfortune, but no one expressed sympathy. He kept
playing until he had spent all of his money.
6. In what way
did the shopkeeper make a fool of Rasheed?
Answer: The shopkeeper enticed him to try his luck by convincing him that the old man and the youngster won their rewards due to luck, while in fact they were the shopkeeper's friends. As a result, Rasheed tried his luck repeatedly, but all he obtained were some cheap items that he sold back
to the shopkeeper, losing all of his money in the process.
WORKING WITH LANGUAG
PAGE 104
A. The
words given against the sentences below can be used both as nouns and verbs.
Use them appropriately to fill in the blanks.
1. (i) The two teams have —————
three matches already. (play)
Ans: played
(ii) The last day’s ———— was
excellent.
Ans: play
2. (i) She has a lovely —————.
Ans: face
(ii) India ————— a number of problems
these days.
Ans: is facing
3. (i) He made his —————— in
essay-writing. (mark)
Ans: mark
(ii) Articles ————— ‘sold’ are reserved.
Ans: marked
4. (i) The
police are ————— the area to catch the burglars. (comb)
Ans: combing
(ii) An ordinary plastic ————— costs five
rupees.
Ans: comb
5. (i) He gave a ————— in answer to my
question. (smile)
Ans: smile
(ii) We also ————— to see him smile.
Ans: smiled
6. (i) He said he ————— to be invited
to the party. (hope)
Ans: hoped
(ii) We gave up —————— of his
joining the party.
Ans: hope
7. (i) The boys put up a good athletic
—————. (show)
Ans: show
(ii) The soldiers ————— great courage in saving people
from floods.
Ans: showed
8. (i) You
deserve a ————— on the back for your good performance. (pat)
Ans: pat
(ii) The teacher ———— the child on
the cheek to encourage her.
Ans: patted
B. Notice
the use of ‘there’ in the following sentences.
·
There was a big crowd at
the fair.
·
There were many
things I’d have liked to buy.
Now rewrite the following sentences using ‘there’ in the
beginning. Look at the following examples.
·
I
can do nothing to help
you.
·
There is nothing I can do
to help you.
·
A man at the door is
asking to see you.
· There is a man at the door asking to see you.
1. This park has beautiful roses.
Ans: There are beautiful roses in this park.
2. Your story has
no fun in it.
Ans: There is no fun in your story.
3. We have no secrets between us.
Ans: There are no secrets between us.
4. My village has
two primary schools.
Ans: There are two primary schools in my village.
5. This problem
can be solved in two ways.
Ans: There are two ways to solve this problem.
C. Fill
in the blanks in the paragraph below with words from the box.
|
huge
big foolish interesting tiny unlucky
last |
There was a ——————————————— Eid fair in our village. We could buy anything from a —————————— toy to a——————————— camel. I went to the fair on its ———————————————— day with Uncle and Bhaiya. We went to the Lucky Shop. It was very ———————————————. I tried my luck but did not win any prize. Later, Uncle told me that I was more ———————————————— than ————.
Answer: There was a big Eid fair in our village. We could buy anything from a tiny toy to a huge camel. I went to the fair on its last day with Uncle and Bhaiya. We went to the lucky shop. It was very interesting. I tried my luck but did not win any prize. Later uncle told me that I was more foolish than unlucky.
Poem: Vocation By
Rabindranath Tagore
WORKING WITH THE PROSE PAGE
110
1. Your
partner and you may now be able to answer these questions.
(i) Who is the speaker in the poem? Who are the people the
speaker meets? What are they doing?
(ii) What wishes does the child in the poem make? Why does
the child want to be a hawker, a gardener, or a watchman?
Pick out the lines in
each stanza, which tell us this.
(iii) From the way the child envies the hawker, the
gardener and the watchman, we can guess that there are many things the child
has to do, or must not do.
Make a list of the dos and don’ts that the child doesn’t like.
The first line is done for you.
|
The Child Must |
The Child Must Not |
|
Come home at a fixed time |
Get his clothes dirty in the dust |
Answer:
(i) The speaker is a
young school going kid. While heading to the school, he met a seller, who cried
"Bangles, crystal bangles!" When he got back from school, he watched
a nursery worker, who was burrowing the ground. At the point when it got dull
and his mom sent him to bed, through his window he saw the guardian strolling
all over.
(ii) The
poet's young protagonist aspires to be a hawker, a gardener, and a watchman.
When he sees the hawker, he wishes he could spend his days yelling
"Bangles, crystal bangles!" on the street. He believes there is
nothing that can be done to move the hawker along. There is no road he must
travel, no destination he must visit, and no set time for him to return home.
These are the things that he cannot accomplish on his own, so he wants to be a
hawker so that he can do them all. He then wishes he was a gardener, because
with his shovel, a gardener can accomplish whatever he wants. He smears dust on
his clothes. Nobody chastises him if he gets sunburned or gets wet.
As a result, no one would stop the tiny child from digging if he was a
gardener. Finally, he sees the watchman and wishes to be like him so that he
might stroll around the dark and lonely streets with his lantern all night and
chase shadows. When he is sent to bed and not permitted to walk outside, he
notices the watchman swinging his lamp with his shadow by his side, and he has
the impression that the watchman has never had to go to bed in his life. As a
result, he aspires to be a hawker, a gardener, and a watchman so that he can
perform everything that he is not allowed to do as a child.
(iii)
|
The Child Must |
The Child Must Not |
|
Come home at a fixed time |
Get his clothes dirty in the dust |
|
Go to bed when it gets dark |
Get baked in the sun or get wet |
|
Attend school every day |
Walk on dark and lonely street at night |
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