Work in pairs.
Say what you see in the picture. Tell your
friend what you know about Lachit Borphukan.
Let's read the story
'A Brave
General':
In the days
of king Chakradhwaj Singha, the western part of his kingdom was under the
Moguls. The king had to pay huge sums of money to the Mogul emperor. He decided
to fight the Moguls and recover the lost part of his kingdom.
The king
needed a brave general to fight the Moguls. He selected Lachit as the Borphukan
or the general. But before sending him to the battlefield, the king wanted to
test him.
The king
called Lachit to his chamber. Lachit knelt down before the king. At that moment
an attendant rushed into the royal chamber and took off Lachit's turban. This
was a great insult to Lachit. He became very angry with the attendant.
The man ran
to the king's throne and stood behind it. Lachit ran towards him in great
anger. But the king stopped Lachit and told him that the attendant was only
carrying out his order. He also told Lachit that he wanted to test if Lachit
was brave and had self-respect.
Then the
king appointed Lachit as the Borphukan. He also presented Lachit with a
beautiful sword.
Let's learn these new words:
Knelt: to be in a position where the
body is supported on the knees
turban : a long piece of cloth worn tightly around the head
chamber: a hall that is
used for formal meetings
sword : a weapon with a long metal blade and a handle
ACTIVITIES
1. Read the sentences and write Yes' or 'No':
a) Chakradhwaj Singha was a brave general.
Ans: No.
b) The king had to pay huge sums of money to the
Mogul emperor.
Ans: Yes.
c) Chakradhwaj Singha wanted to fight the Moguls.
Ans: Yes.
d) Chakradhwaj Singha appointed Lachit as the
Borphukan.
Ans: Yes.
2. Read the text and see how much you have
understood:
a) What is the name of the king in the story?
Ans: The name of the king in the story is
Chakradhwaj Singha.
b) What did Chakradhwaj Singha decide to do?
Ans: Chakradhwaj Singha decided to fight the
Moguls.
c) Give the name of the person who was selected to
become the general.
Ans: The name of the person who was selected to
become the general was Lachit Borphukan.
d) What did the attendant do that made Lachit so
angry?
Ans: When Lachit was knelt down before the King in
his Chamber, an attendant rushed into the royal chamber and took off Lachit's
turban. Which was a great insult to Lachit and made Lachit so angry.
e) What did the king want to test in Lachit?
Ans: The king wanted to test in Lachit whether he was
brave and had self-respect.
3. Pick out words from the box and fill in the
blanks to complete the sentences given below:
fight brave sword test western
a) The western part of the kingdom was under the Moguls.
b) The king wanted to fight the Moguls.
c) The king needed a brave general.
d) The king wanted to test Lachit.
e) The king presented a sword to Lachit.
4. Rearrange the words to make sentences:
a) the king huge sums of money to pay had
b) king presented the Lachit sword with a
c) the king Lachit called chamber to his
d) chamber rushed into an attendant the royal
e) the a brave general needed king
Now, rearrange the sentences in the correct order
according to the story:
Ans:
a) The king had to pay huge sums of money.
b) The king presented Lachit with a sword .
c) The king called Lachit to his chamber.
d) An attendant rushed into the royal chamber.
e) The king needed a brave general.
5. a) Read aloud the two sentences:
Chakradhwaj Singha was brave.
He was a brave king.
Notice where the describing word brave is placed.
In the first sentence, it is placed after 'was'. In the second sentence it is
placed before the naming word. Many describing words can be placed in both
these places.
5. b) Read the sentence about Lachit Borphukan:
Lachit Borphukan was brave.
Now, write another sentence about him using the
word ‘brave'.
Lachit Borphukan was brave general.
6. Mita wants to climb a tree. But she is afraid. Look at the pictures below. They show how Mita is learning to climb a tree:
Now, choose the correct sentence from the box below
and write under each picture:
i )
Her father is showing her how to climb the tree.
ii ) Mita has bravely climbed the tree.
iii) Mita is trying to climb a tree.
iv ) But she is afraid to
climb it .
Ans:
i) First picture: Mita is trying to climb a tree.
ii) Second picture: But she is
afraid to climb it.
iii)
Third picture: Her father is showing her
how to climb the tree.
iv) Fourth picture: Mita has bravely climbed the tree.
7. Look at the pair of words and fill in the
blanks:
need needed want
wanted
select selected rush
rushed
appoint appointed
present presented
8. Read aloud the pairs of words:
run
ran take
took become became
tell
told knee
knelt decide decided
Now, make sentences using words from any two pairs:
Ans:
Run:
He run fast.
Ran: He ran to the shop.
Become: Sweety wants to become a
Teacher.
Became:
After graduation Sweety became a Teacher.
9. Let's read what Mita's brother Ritul does every
day and what he did yesterday:
Every day
I walk to school.
I play football.
I cook
food.
I do Yoga.
Yesterday
I walked to school.
I played football.
I cooked food.
I did Yoga.
10. Write three sentences about what you do every day and three Sentences about what you did yesterday or last Sunday:
Every day
I read everyday.
I play everyday.
I pray every morning.
Yesterday or last Sunday
I walked to shop.
I played cricket.
I did my homework yesterday.
11. Mita and Ritul like to listen to stories. Their
grandfather is telling them the story 'The King and the Spider'. Let's listen
to the story:
Once upon a time
there was a brave king. He won many battles for his country. Once he lost a
battle. He was very sad and ran away from the battlefield. He went to the
forest and lived in a cave.
One day he saw a spider
trying to spin a cobweb. The spider tried hard because each time he climbed
higher he fell down. All of a sudden the king saw that the spider completed the
web. The king understood that if he tried again he would get back his kingdom
one again.
12. Listen and draw:
A spider is spinning a cobweb inside a cave:
13. Let's make new words by joining two words from
the clouds. You will find these words in the story of "The King and the
Spider'. One is done for you:
battle
cob
dom
field
king
web
cob +
web = cobweb
Ans:
battle
+ field = battlefield
king
+ dom = kingdom
14. Match the insects with their homes. One is done
for you:
an ant 🐜
a spider 🕷
a bee 🐞
15. Pair work: Let's play with these cards.
Choose a card from Set A and ask your friend to
take a card from Set B. Now, ask each other the questions written on the cards
and answer:
Set
A
Set B
What
do spiders spin? What do ants build?
Where
do bees live? Where do
you live?
Who
lives in a den? Where do birds
lay eggs?
16. Read these words in the turtle shell:
Where
What
How Why When
17. We can use these 'wh' words to ask questions.
Let us use these words and frame questions to know how much we have understood
the story °The King and the Spider'.
Where
the
king go?
What the king run away?
How did the spider do?
Why the spider try to weave
the web?
When the
king go to a deep forest?
Where
did the king go?
Why did the king run away?
What did the spider do?
How did the spider try to weave the web?
When did the king go to a deep forest?
Think and say: What do we put at the end when we
write a
question?
Ans: When
we write a question we put a question mark (?) at the end.
18. a) Sing and enjoy this rhyme:
Work While You Work,
Play While you play.
This is the way
To be happy each day.
All that you do,
Do with your might,
Things done by halves,
Are never done right.
18. b) Find the rhyming words in the poem and write them:
Play Day
Might Right
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