Chapter 4
The Ashes That Made Trees Bloom
Answer the following questions.
1. The old farmer is a kind person. What evidence of his kindness do you find in the first two paragraphs.
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2. What did the dog do to lead the farmer to the hidden gold?
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3. (i) How did the spirit of the dog help the farmer first?
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(ii) How did it help him next?
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4. Why did the daimio reward the farmer but punish his neighbour for the same act?
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2. Write appropriate question words in the blank spaces in the following dialogue.
NEHA : __________ did you get this book?
SHEELA : Yesterday morning.
NEHA : __________ is your sister crying?
SHEELA : Because she has lost her doll.
NEHA : __________ room is this, yours or hers?
SHEELA : It’s ours.
NEHA : __________ do you go to school?
SHEELA : We walk to school. It is near by.
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3. Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box.
how what when where which
(i) My friend lost his chemistry book. Now he doesn’t know ________ to do and ________ to look for it.
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(ii) There are so many toys in the shops. Neena can’t decide ________ one to buy.
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(iii) You don’t know the way to my school. Ask the policeman ________ to get there.
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(iv) You should decide soon ________ to start building your house.
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(v) Do you know ________ to ride a bicycle? I don’t remember ________ and ________ I learnt it.
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(vi) “You should know ________ to talk and ________ to keep your mouth shut,” the teacher advised Anil.
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Chivvy
1. Discuss these questions in small groups before you answer them.
(i) When is a grown-up likely to say this? Don’t talk with your mouth full.
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(ii) When are you likely to be told this? Say thank you.
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(iii) When do you think an adult would say this? No one thinks you are funny.
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2. The last two lines of the poem are not prohibitions or instructions. What is the adult now asking the child to do? Do you think the poet is suggesting that this is unreasonable? Why?
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3. Why do you think grown-ups say the kind of things mentioned in the poem? Is it important that they teach children good manners, and how to behave in public?
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4. If you had to make some rules for grown-ups to follow, what would you say? Make at least five such rules. Arrange the lines as in a poem.
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