Reading is Fun
Q1. Who came to Akbar’s court?
Answer. A learned Pundit came to Akbar’s court.
Q2. What did he claim to know?
Answer. He claimed that he could speak many languages fluently. He was so fluent that no one could find out what his mother tongue was.
Q3. How did he challenge everybody?
Answer. He challenged everybody to name his mother tongue.
Say Aloud
Q1. Tick (”) the words which end with the sound id. Say each word aloud
| accepted | answered | irritated | failed |
| completed | challenged | cried | surprised |
| find | licked | celebrated | fried |
Answer:
accepted, completed, irritated, cried, celebrated, fried
Word Building
Q1. Make a class dictionary with words from the story. Try to find suitable words for them in your mother tongue. Say these words aloud.
Then make sentences with those words in your class dictionary.
Answer: –
Converse – Bhaskar conversed in English fluently.
Tickle – The tag on the sweater tickled Bhaskar’s neck.
Fluently – Bhaskar can speak Sanskrit fluently.
Challenged – Bhaskar challenged me to solve math’s puzzle.
Cried – Bhaskar cried because he had hurt his knee.
Surprised – Bhaskar was very surprised when he heard the good news.
Q2. Write all the words that show you are happy.
For example Hurray, Ha! Ha!
Add more
Answer. yahoo!, hip, hip, hurray!, Oh! Wonderful, yepeeee
Q3.Tick (✓) the right answer.
(i) ‘ I visited the court of Akbar’ means
(a)You always live there
(b) You came there for a short time
(c) You were worn there
Answer: (b) You came there for a short time
(ii) To imitate someone means
(a) Copy someone
(b) tease someone
(c) make someone angry
Answer: (a) Copy someone
Q4. Look and fill in the columns. One has been done for you.
quiet quietly sad _______________
fluent_______________ fierce_______________
angry_______________ gentle_______________
Answer
| quiet | quietly | sad | sadly |
| fluent | fluently | fierce | fiercely |
| angry | angrily | gentle | gently |
Q5. Match the words in Column ‘A’ with words in Column ‘B’
A B
king children
teacher patients
doctor courtiers
bus driver clients
lawyer passengers
mother students
Answer:
| A | B |
| king | courtiers |
| teacher | students |
| doctor | patients |
| bus driver | passengers |
| lawyer | clients |
| mother | children |
Q6. Play this game with a friend. Pick up what you want from any basket.
Add ‘a’ or ‘an’ before it.
Now say the sentences below, using these things –
rug, pillow, bedsheet alarm clock, wall clock, wrist watch
apple, orange, banana, ice-cream bow, arrow, ball, bat, doll
waist coat, long coat, raincoat, umbrella
Answer:
• a rug, a pillow, a bedsheet
• an alarm clock, a wall clock, a wrist watch
• an apple, an orange, a banana, an ice-cream
• a bow, an arrow, a ball, a bat, a doll
• a waistcoat, a long coat, a raincoat, an umbrella
- A bedsheet was clean.
- My wristwatch is black in colour.
- Bhaskar broke the doll into pieces.
- I have a bat.
Neena: Can I have an orange, please?
: Yes, here you are.
Jeevika: Can I have a banana, too.
: No, sorry. You can’t have that
Let’s Share
Q1. How did Birbal find out about the Pundit’s mother tongue?
Answer: Once Birbal entered quietly into the Pundit’s room and whispered something into his ear while he was asleep. After that, the pundit got scared and started shouting out words in his mother tongue. In this way, Birbal found out about the Pundit’s mother tongue.