EXERCISE:-1
◆ Glossary:-
scientist – સાયન્ટિસ્ટ – વૈજ્ઞાનિક
news – ન્યૂઝ -સમાચાર
free- ફ્રી – મુક્ત
airline pilot – એએરલાઇન પાઇલટ – વિમાનચાલક
dancer – ડાન્સર – નૃત્યકાર
lawyer – લૉયર – વકીલ
doctor – ડૉક્ટર – ડૉક્ટર
huge – હ્યૂજ – ખૂબ મોટું , વિશાળ
whale – વૅલ – માછલી
to swim – ટૂ સ્વિમ – તરવું
Ocean – ઓશન – દરિયો , સમુદ્ર
DJ ( Disk Jockey ) -( ડિસ્ક જૉકિ ) – ડીજે- ગીતોનું મિશ્રણ કરી વગાડનાર
musician – મ્યૂઝિશન – સંગીતકાર
beautician – બ્યુટિશન – સૌંદર્ય – તજજ્ઞ
stream – સ્ટ્રીમ – ઝરણું
to flow through – ટૂ ફ્લો થ્રુ – માંથી વહેવું
eagle – ઈગલ – ગરુડ
valley – વૅલિ – ખીણ
fountain – ફાઉન્ટિન – ફુવારો
range of mountains રેન્જ ઑફ માઉન્ટેન્સ – પર્વતમાળા
Activity:-2
key – કી – ચાવી
heaven – હેવન – સ્વર્ગ
court – કૉર્ટ – દરબાર ,
courtler – કૉર્ટિઅર – દરબારી
sound – સાઉન્ડ – અવાજ
trumpet – ટ્રમ્પિટ – તુરાઈ
drum – ડ્રમ – ઢોલ
minister – મિનિસ્ટર – મંત્રી
to discuss – ટૂ ડિસ્કસ – ચર્ચા કરવી
project – પ્રોજેક્ટ – યોજના
great – ગ્રેટ – મહાન
kingdom – કિંગ્ડમ – રાજ્ય
camp – કેમ્પ – શિબિર
to produce – ટૂ પ્રડ્યૂસ – ઉત્પન્ન કરવું
coin – કૉઇન – સિક્કો
holy ash – હોલિ ઍશ – પવિત્ર ભસ્મ
queue – ક્યૂ – હાર
tent – ટેન્ટ – તંબૂ
to offer – ટૂ ઑફ૨ – આપવું , ધરવું .
gold coin – ગોલ્ડ કૉઇન – સોનાનો સિક્કો
grains – ગ્રેન્સ – અનાજ
dry fruits – ડ્રાઈ ફૂટ્સ – સુક્કો મેવો
to cure – ટૂ ક્યુઅર – ઉપચાર કરવો
illness – ઇલનેસ – માંદગી
sum – સમ – રકમ
Interesting – ઇન્ટરેસ્ટિંગ – રસપ્રદ
real – રીઅલ – સાચું , ખરું
to charge – ટૂ ચાર્જ – કિંમત માગવી
service – સર્વિસ – સેવા
to keep watch – ટૂ કીપ વૉચ – ધ્યાન રાખવું , નજર રાખવી
certainly – સર્ટન્લિ – ચોક્કસ
beard – બિઅર્ડ – દાઢી
saffron – સેફ્રન – કેસરી રંગ
to bless – ટૂ બ્લેસ – આશીર્વાદ આપવા
to enter – ટૂ એન્ટર – માં પ્રવેશ કરવો
silence – સાઇલન્સ – શાંતિ
saint – સેન્ટ – સંત
divine – ડિવાઇન – દિવ્ય
to bow – ટૂ બૉ – વંદન કરવી
sack – સૅક – કોથળો
rice -રાઈસ – ચોખા
to advise – ટૂ ઍડ્વાઇઝ – સલાહ આપવી
assistant – અસિસ્ટન્ટ – મદદનીશ
pleased with – પ્લીઝડ વીથ – થી ખુશ થવું
gift – ગિફ્ટ – ભેટ , કુદરતી બક્ષિસ
to worry – ટૂ વરિ – ચિંતા કરવી
definitely – ડેફિનિટ્લિ – ચોક્કસ
to perform – ટૂ પર્ફોર્મ – દેખાવ કરવો , બજાવવું
lucky – લકિ – નસીબદાર
crowd – ક્રાઉડ – ટોળું
to rush to – ટુ રશ ટુ -ની તરફ ધસી જવું
problem – પ્રૉબ્લમ – સમસ્યા
death – ડેથ – મૃત્યુ
suddenly – સડન્લિ – અચાનક
to pluck – ટૂ પ્લક – ખેંચી કાઢવું
proudly – પ્રાઉડ્લિ – ગર્વથી
to address – ટૂ અડ્રેસ – સંબોધન કરવું
magical – મૅજિકલ – જાદુઈ
directly – ડાયરેક્ટલિ – સીધું , પ્રત્યક્ષ
to protest – ટૂ પ્રોટેસ્ટ – વિરોધ કરવો
pain – પેન – પીડા , દરદ
to crowd around – ટૂ ક્રાઉડ અરાઉન્ડ – ની ફરતે ટોળે વળવું
to scream – ટૂ સ્ક્રીમ – બૂમ પાડવી
loudly – લાઉડ્લિ – જોરથી , મોટા અવાજે
follower – ફૉલોઅર – અનુયાયી
to escape – ટૂ આસ્કેપ – ભાગી છૂટવું
to chase – ટૂ ચેસ – પીછો કરવો
truth – ટ્રુથ – સત્ય
earnings – અર્નિંગ્સ – કમાણી
to arrest – ટૂ અરેસ્ટ – ગિરફતાર કરવું
1. I WILL BE THAT
EXERCISE:2
ACTIVITY- 1
◆ Read the following stanzas and answer the questions given below them. નીચે કાવ્યની પંક્તિઓ વાંચો અને તેની નીચે આપેલા પ્રશ્નોના જવાબ આપો.
★ I told them—-
When I grow up,
I’m not going to be a scientist
Or someone who reads the news on TV.
No.
I want to be free.
I’M GOING TO BE A TREE!
They said,
You can’t. No, you can’t be that.
(1) What does the child want to be in the first stanza?
(a) A Tree
(b) The Ocean
(c) A Scientist
(d) A Mountain
Ans:-(a) A Tree
(2) The child does not want to be
A. tree
B. scientist
C. free
D. news reader
Ans:-B. scientist & D. news reader.
(3) Which word rhymes with ‘tree’?
A. free
B. them
C. news
D. scientist
Ans:-A. free
★ I told them—-
When I grow up,
I’m not going to be an airline pilot,
A dancer, a lawyer or a doctor.
No.
Huge whales will swim in me.
I’M GOING TO BE THE OCEAN!
They said,
You can’t be that. No, you can’t be that.
1. What should swim in the child?
(a) fish
(b) weeds
(c) whales
(d)tree
Ans:-(c) whales
2.The child wants to be in the second stanza
(A) a scientist
(B) a tree
(C) the ocean
(D) airline pilot
Ans:-(C) the ocean
(3) The child does not want to be
(A) tree
(B) free
(C) a lawyer
(D) the ocean
Ans:-(C) a lawyer
EXERCISE:3
◆ Read the extracts and answer the questions given below them. નીચેના પેરેગ્રાફ ધ્યાનથી વાંચો અને તેની નીચે આપેલા પ્રશ્નોના જવાબ આપો.
Activity-2
A Key To Heaven (A Play)
Scene: 1
★ (King’s court) Tenali Raman, Courtier-1 and Courtier-2 are waiting for the king. There is a sound of trumpets and drums. The king walks in and all the courtiers stand up.
Tenali Raman and Courtiers : Good morning, Your Majesty.
The king : Good morning. Where are my ministers today ? I will discuss the new road project with them.
Courtier 2: Your Majesty, a great Sadhu is in our kingdom these days. The ministers are at that Sadhu’s camp.
(1) Who were waiting for the king ?
Ans:- Tenali Raman, Courtier-1 and Courtier-2 are waiting for the king.
(2) Why did the courtiers stand up in the court ?
Ans:-The courtiers stood up in the court to welcome the king walking in the court.
(3) What did the king want to discuss with the ministers ?
Ans:-The king wanted to discuss the new road project with the ministers.
(4) Where did the king’s ministers go ?
Ans:-the king’s ministers went to the Sadhu’s camp.
(5) There is a sound of ———–
A. bells
B. bugles
C. trumpets and drums
D. trumpets and bells
Ans:-C. trumpets and drums
★ The king : A Sadhu ? A great Sadhu ? Who is this Sadhu ? I don’t know anything about him. Do you know something, Raman ?
Raman : Your Majesty, I heard about this Sadhu. He comes from the Himalayas, He can produce coins, holy ash and fruits from the air.
Courtier I: And there is a long queue of people in front of his tent every- day. They offer him gold coins, clothes, animals, grains, vegetables and dry fruits.
Courtier 2: He can cure any illness by Pooja. But you need to pay him a big sum for that.
The king : Interesting. I want to know more about this Sadhu. But you can go now. I will discuss about this Sadhu with Raman only. (The courtiers leave.)
The King : Raman, what do you think ? Is he a real Sadhu ? Good Sadhus never charge money for their services. We need to keep watch on this Sadhu.
Raman: Yes, Your Majesty, I too feel something is wrong.
The King : Raman, go to his camp and find out more about this Sadhu. Raman : Certainly, Sir.
(1) What could the Sadhu do ?.
Ans:- The Sadhu could produce coins, holy ash and fruits from the air.
(2) What did the people offer to the Sadhu ?.
Ans:- the people offered gold coins, clothes, animals, grains, vegeta- bles and dry fruits to the Sadhu.
(3) What did the Sadhu do by Pooja ?
Ans:- the Sadhu could cure any illness by Pooja.
(4) What did the king ask Raman to do ?.
Ans:- The king asked Raman to go to the Sadhu’s camp and find out more about him.
(5) What do good Sadhus never do ?
Ans:- Good Sadhus never charge money for their services.
(6) From where was the Sadhu?
Ans:- The Sadhu was from the Himalayas.
(7) ———- did not know anything about the sadhu.
★ (Raman goes very near the Sadhu. Suddenly, he plucks out a hair from the Sadhu’s beard.) : Aaaaaaaaaaah.. ouch !!!!
(He holds the hair up proudly and addresses the crowd.)
Raman : I am the luckiest man in the world. I have the magical hair. This hair will take us directly to the heaven. He is a very very holy man. Every hair of his beard is a free ticket to heaven.
Villager 2 : I also want to go to heaven rather than become rich in this world. Your Holiness, allow me to pluck a hair.
(The Sadhu protests a lot but the villager plucks a hair. He again makes a cry of pain.)
Villager 3 : One for me too.
(People crowd around the Sadhu and scream loudly.)
(1) Who plucked the first hair from the Sadhu’s beard ?
Ans:- Tenali Raman plucked the first hair from the Sadhu’s beard.
(2) Why did Tenali Raman call himself the luckiest man in the world ?
Ans:- Tenali Raman called himself the luckiest man in the world because he had the magical hair from the sadhu’s beard.
(3) What was a free ticket to the heaven ?
Ans:- Every hair of the sadhu’s beard is a free ticket to heaven.
(4) What did all villagers want ?
Ans:- All villagers wanted to go to heaven.
(5) Raman calls himself _______ man in the world.
A. the holiest
Ans:- C. the luckiest
(6) Which word in the passage means ‘pulls out’ ?
A. goes
Ans:- D. plucks
(7) Every hair of the beard was a _______ to heaven.
A. free pass
Ans:- B. free ticket
★ Raman : My Lord, please do not say no to your followers. Give them a key to heaven.
(The Sadhu tries to escape. He falls down. People run after him. The fake Sadhu runs for his life. People chase him.)
Raman : So, that is the truth about this Sadhu. He only wanted your money and gifts. We can be rich by working hard. We need not give our earnings to Sadhus like this. .
Villager 2 : Oh, my two gold coins ! Raman : Don’t worry. The king’s men will arrest him. Everyone will get his money back.
(Raman goes back to the court.)
(1) Who ran for his life ?
Ans:- The fake Sadhu ran for his life.
(2) What did the sadhu want from villagers ?
Ans:- the sadhu wanted money and gifts from villagers.
(3) Who will arrest the sadhu ?
Ans:- The king’s men will arrest the sadhu.
(4) What should we do to become rich/ get a job/ remain always healthy ?.
Ans:- We should work hard. We should not give our earnings to the fake Sadhu.
(5) We should not give our_____ to the sadhus.
A. earnings
Ans:- A. earnings
(6) We can become rich by______
A. giving gold coins to sadhu
Ans:- C. working hard
◆ Say the following sentences are true or false :
1. The sadhu had many followers.
3. Tenali Raman had no respect for the fake Sadhu.
4. The Sadhu was really a holy man.
5. The Sadhu had a magical beard.
6. Tenali Raman really wanted to go to heaven.
7. The Sadhu made the villager a rich man.
8. The king cared for his people.
9. Good Sadhus always accept money for their services
10. The king trusted Tenali Raman.
11.We will go to a sadhu to get good marks in the exam?
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