ACTIVITES
1. Match the following facts about the story you just read.
(a) Akbar was Salim’s son.
(b) Salim was a minister in the court of Akbar.
(c) Birbal was the Emperor.
( d) The young prince was Akbar’s son
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2. Do you remember the story? Rearrange the sentences as they happened in the story to see how well you remember what happened.
(a) Each minister brought a child to judge who was the most beautiful child.
(b) Birbal said that all parents found their children very beautiful.
( c) Akbar said that no child was more beautiful than his grandson.
( d) The mother did not let Birbal bring the child to the court.
( e) Akbar with his minister went in disguise to see the child.
(f) The mother got angry when she heard Akbar’s words.
(g) They found a child playing on a heap of sand.
(h) Akbar said he had never seen a child uglier than this.
(i) Akbar agreed with Birbal that all parents find their own children beautiful.
G) The mother took the baby inside and shut the door.
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3. Read the lesson once again and find answers to the following questions. Work with a partner. Discuss the answers with your partner and share them with the class.
(a) Why was Akbar happy?
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(b) Who used to say, “There is no child more beautiful than my grandson.”?
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(c) Why did each minister bring a child to the court?
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(d) Why didn’t Birbal bring any child?
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e) Why did Akbar and the ministers go in disguise to see the child that Birbal could not bring to court?
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(f) Why did the mother of the child scream at Akbar?
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(g) What did Akbar realize?
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4. Find out from the lesson who said the following sentences. Write the name of the person next to each sentence.
(a) “I have found a child who is the most beautiful child in the entire country.” __________
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(b) “If this is so, we can go and see the child in disguise.”_________
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(c) “He is the most beautiful child God could have given me.”__________
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( d) “Then we can judge for ourselves.”________
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6. Let’s practice using adjectives of degree and see how much you remember.
Fill the columns below with the correct forms of the adjectives:
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7. Read the following sentences. Identify the subject and the finite verb in each clause in the sentences. Write ‘S’ under the subject and ‘F’ under the finite verb.
(i) He plays cricket for the school team.
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(ii) Rita will not c01ne today because she has gone to town.
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(iii) She took the umbrella as it was raining.
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(iv) I forgot to bring my book.
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( v) Ron was reading a novel when I came to his house.
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c) Underline the clauses in the following sentences.
i) Whoever came to his house was chased by that dog.
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ii) After the man came, the boy closed the library door.
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iii) Swimming is my favourite summer time activity.
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iv) The bananas look ripe but they are not ready to be eaten.
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v) She ate an apple from the market.
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11. Choose the correct synonyms from the options given below:
(a) beautiful
(i) idle, (ii) good, (iii) pretty, (iv) happy
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(b) happy
(i) sweet, (ii) glad, (iii) lovely, (iv) good
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(c) dirty
(i) daring, (ii) filthy, (iii) ugly, (iv) lPlhealthy
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(d) scared
(i) fearless, (ii) worried, (iii) afraid, (iv) concerned
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( e) disguise
(i) to cheat, (ii) to tell lies, (iii) to hide, (iv) to change appearance
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(f) screamed
(i) phoned, (ii) shouted, (iii) called out, (iv) whispered
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