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Read the following sentences from the lesson

Question No. 1
1) Read the following sentences from the lesson. The King and the Tamarind Drum. Write in the correct order of events. 1. The king learns to love other animals. 2. The king loves only himself. 3. A bad - tempered god punishes him with horns on his head. 4. He boasts he is more handsome than even the gods. 5. He becomes a loving king and rules his people wisely. 6. He does not care about the welfare of his people.

Answer:
1. The king loves only himself. 2. He boasts he is more handsome than even the gods. 3. He does not care about the welfare of his people. 4. A bad - tempered god punishes him with horns on his head. 5. The king learns to love other animals. 6. He becomes a loving king and rules his people wisely.

Question No. 2
2) Read the following sentences from the lesson. Snake bite. Write them in the correct order of events. 1. Raja saw a small snake. 2. Everybody thought a snake bit Raja. 3. Raja was finally cured of the snake-bite. 4. So, grandfather took him to a man who knew a magic cure. 5. Raja was then stung by a bee. 6. The snake crawled into a coconut shell.

Answer:
1. Raja saw a small snake. 2. The snake crawled into a coconut shell. 3. Raja was then stung by a bee. 4. Everybody thought a snake bit Raja.. 5. So, grandfather took him to a man who knew a magic cure. 6. Raja was finally cured of the snake-bite. 67

Question No. 3
3) Read the folloiwng sentences from the lesson The Mountain Goat. Write them in the correct order of events. 1. He climbed any hill easily and skipped lightly from one rock to another. 2. The goat ran away and took good care that the tiger never caught him again. 3. The valley was full of beautiful flowers and covered with green grass. 4. The old tiger was following him. 5. There was once a young mountain goat who loved in a valley. 6. Living in such a fine place, the young goat never felt hungry.

Answer:
1. There was once a young mountain goat who loved in a valley. 2. The valley was full of beautiful flowers and covered with green grass. 3. Living in such a fine place, the young goat never felt hungry. 4. He climbed any hill easily and skipped lightly from one rock to another. 5. The old tiger was following him. 6. The goat ran away and took good care that the tiger never caught him again.

Question No. 4
4) Read the following sentences and write them in the correct order of events. 1. But the famine in Maharshtra in 1972-73 had driven him from his home. 2. And 25 years old Kondiba was blind. 3. Kondiba Gaikwad hated begging. 4. He had become blind with small pox at the age of eight. 5. At first, he had tried selling brooms. 6. Unfortunately, he had little luck selling his goods.

Answer:
1. Kondiba Gaikwad hated begging. 2. But the famine in Maharshtra in 1972-73 had driven him from his home. 3. At first, he had tried selling brooms. 4. Unfortunately, he had little luck selling his goods. 5. And 25 years old Kondiba was blind. 6. He had become blind with small pox at the age of eight.

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Question No. 5
5) Read the following sentences and write them in the correct order of events. 1. He was a very intelligent person, but he could not pass the exam. 2. Gregor Mendel was born in 1822, in Central Europe. 3. So he left school and studied on his own. 4. In those days, many people still thought that if you crossed a white flower with a red one, all the next generation must turn out pink. 5. Mendel was especially interested in the breeding of plants. 6. He began to experiment with peas to prove his point.

Answer:
1. Gregor Mendel was born in 1822, in Central Europe. 2. He was a very intelligent person, but he could not pass the exam. 3. So he left school and studied on his own. 4. Mendel was especially interested in the breeding of plants. 5. In those days, many people still thought that if you crossed a white flower with a red one, all the next generation must turn out pink. 6. He began to experiment with peas to prove his point.

Question No. 6
6) Read the following sentences and write them in the correct order of events. 1. The magistrate stops the tigers master from entering the room with the tiger in it. 2. The tiger growled making the headmaster nervous. 3. The headmaster climbed on to the attic to save himself from the tiger. 4. The master entered the room where the tiger was. 5. The tiger awoke after a good stretch of sleep. 6. The chairman asked the tigers master to sign an affidavit.

Answer:
1. The tiger awoke after a good stretch of sleep. 2. The headmaster climbed on to the attic to save himself from the tiger. 3. The magistrate stops the tigers master from entering the room with the tiger in it. 4. The tiger growled making the headmaster nervous. 5. The chairman asked the tigers master to sign an affidavit. 6. The master entered the room where the tiger was.

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Question No. 7
7) Read the following sentences and write them in the correct order of events. 1. Three Sadhus came to meet Jijabai. 2. The queen asked the third Sadhu to bless her. 3. Jijabai got a letter announcing her sons death. 4. She identified the third Sadhu. 5. The Sadhus told the court that Shivaji had been put in prison by Aurangzeb. 6. She asked her mantra to take gifts for the soldiers.

Answer:
1. Jijabai got a letter announcing her sons death. 2. The Sadhus told the court that Shivaji had been put in prison by Aurangzeb. 3. Three Sadhus came to meet jijabai. 4. She asked her mantra to take gifts for the soldiers. 5. She identified the third Sadhu. 6. The queen asked the third Sadhu to bless her.

Question No. 8
8) Read the following sentences and writer them in the correct order of events. 1. The people of Golibar colony had dug a well in an open area. 2. One day a boy fall into the well. 3. Kondiba was a blind beggar who lived in Golibar colony. 4. When Kondiba heard about it he left his meal and rushed to rescue the boy. 5. Kondiba dived into the well to bring the boy out. 6. Thus he saved Arvinds life.

Answer:
1. Kondiba was a blind beggar who lived in Golibar colony. 2. The people of Golibar colony had dug a well in an open area. 3. One day a boy fall into the well. 4. When Kondiba heard about it he left his meal and rushed to rescue the boy. 5. Kondiba dived into the well to bring the boy out. 6. Thus he saved Arvinds life.

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Question No. 9
9) Read the following sentences and write them in the correct of events. 1. Generation refes to each succeeding group of people in a family. 2. You and your cousins form the generation after that. 3. First, come your grandparents, who form one generation. 4. Second, your parents unless and aunts are the next generation. 5. If you have nephews and niece, they from the fourth generation. 6. If they are married, and they have children, they form the fifth generation.

Answer:
1. Generation refes to each succeeding group of people in a family. 2. First, come your grandparents, who form one generation. 3. Second, your parents unless and aunts are the next generation. 4. You and your cousins form the generation after that. 5. If you have nephews and niece, they from the fourth generation. 6. If they are married, and they have children, they form the fifth generation.

Question No. 10
10) Read the following sentences and writer them in the correct order of events. 1. Raja saw a small snake. 2. Everybody thought a snake bit Raja. 3. Raja was finally cured of the snake bite. 4. So, grandfather took him to a man who knew a magic cure. 5. Raja was then stung by a bee. 6. The snake crawled into a coconut shell.

Answers:
1. Raja saw a small snake. 2. The snake crawled into a coconut shell. 3. Raja was then stung by a bee. 4. Everybody thought a snake bit Raja. 5. So, grandfather took him to a man who knew a magic cure. 6. Raja was finally cured of the Snake Bite.

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