Lesson - 3
A Boy Judge
Answers
Answer:
(a) Match the words with opposite meaning.
Example:
long – short
busy – idle
(night, long, here, oldest, best, trust, busy, foolish, distrust, short, clever, careful, youngest, there, disagree, idle, day, agree, careless, worst.)
Answer:
night – day
long – short
here – there
oldest – youngest
best – worst
trust – distrust
busy – idle
foolish – clever
careful – careless
disagree – agree
(b) Make adverbs from the words given in the box as in the example:
Example:
eager – eagerly
(quiet, careful, sure, safe, clever)
Answer:
quiet – quietly
careful – carefully
sure – surely
safe – safely
clever – cleverly
(c) Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
(curds, busy, keeping, clay, search, intelligent, accused of, lodging, packed with)
When Lucy did not come home in the evening, her parents went in …………… of her.
Somu is very …………. Ask him a riddle and he will come out with the answer in a minute.
Have you watched a potter making a pot ? He puts a ball of ………….. on a wheel and turns the wheel. As the wheel keeps turning, he shapes the pot with his fingers.
The Minister came to our school yesterday. The hall was …………. boys. Many had to stand in the verandah.
If you add a little lime juice to warm milk, it turns into …………. after a few hours.
A new man to town : Is there a good hotel here? I want ………… for the night.
The prisoner was ………….. stealing a radio.
When Mrs. Sampath went abroad, she left all her jewels with her bank for safe……………..
The Minister was very …………… All day he had no time to see any visitors.
Answer:
Search
intelligent
clay
packed with
curds
lodging
accused of ling
Keeping
busy.
(d) Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
(Sealed, approached, chief, trial, companions, careless, narrated, carelessness, otherwise)
In the old days, every village had a ………….. or Elder. He heard the villager’s complaints and acted as a judge.
Father : How is my son at mathematics?
Teacher : He is very intelligent, but …………… He makes very silly mistakes. I have warned him several times about his ……………. Please tell him to be more careful, ……………. he may fail in his examination.
The shopkeeper was accused of selling kerosene at a high price. The police caught him, locked and ………….. his shop, and brought him to …………. before a magistrate. He was fined two hundred rupees.
Ravi kumar was one of a group of students who climbed a twelve-thousand-foot peak in the Himalayas. He gave a talk at our school today and …………. his own experiences and those of his ………….
We want to start a reading room in our village. Everyone we ………… for money liked the idea and helped us.
Answer:
Chief
careless, carelessness, otherwise
sealed, trial
narrated, companions
approached.
Comprehension
(a) Who says to whom? And why?
Question 1.
Let’s stay for the night in some house here in this town.
Answer:
The chief said this to others because their own village was far away.
Question 2.
Let’s have the pot we gave you to keep.
Answer:
The youngest thief said this to the old woman because he wanted to get the pot of gold for himself.
Question 3.
Your chief has asked me not be give the pot till all of you ask for it together.
Answer:
The old woman said this to the youngest thief because she wanted to be in a safe position.
(b) Answer these questions:
Question 1.
Why did the thieves have to stay in the town for the night?
Answer:
The thieves had to stay in the small town at night because their own village was far away. They had a pot of gold with them. It was very risky for them to travel at night.
Question 2.
Why did the thieves decide to give the pot into the old woman’s keeping?
Answer:
The thieves decided to give the pot to the woman for safe keeping as they did not trust one another. All of them were afraid lest the other one should run way with the pot of gold.
Explanation:
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