Lesson 4 - The Stork and the Fox
Class 5 - Beginners English
SCERT ASSAM TEXTBOOK SOLUTIONS
The Stork and the Fox
Work in pairs and talk about what you see in the pictures above:
Read the story 'The Stork and the Fox':
Fox: Hello Mr. Stork how are you?
Stork : I’m fine. Thank you
Fox: Would you come to my place for lunch tomorrow?
Stork : Oh! Yes, that would be great.
The next day , the fox prepared a tasty meal and announced to the stork, '' The meal is ready''. He served the meal on a beautiful plate and said, ''Let' s start .''
The stork looked at the meal and said, ''My friend, I have a long beak. Will you please give me the food in a pot?''
The fox did not respond to the stork's request and Kept on eating his food. The stork looked at his plate hungrily. He could not eat anything . He left the house of the fox , hungry and sad.
A few days later..........
Stork: Hello, how are you? Why don't you come to my house for dinner today?
Fox: I’m fine, thank you, I’ll be happy to come.
That evening the stork prepared a tasty meal. He served it a pot with a long and thin neck. He then invited the fox to have the food.
Stork: You are not eating properly, aren’t you feeling well.
Fox: Oh, I'm fine. It's only the pot. I can’t eat from the pot. May I have a plate please?
The stork did not respond. He kept on eating his food.
Now the fox remembered how he treated the stork at his home. He realized that others treat you the way you treat them. He left the house of the stork sadly, having learnt his lesson.
ACTIVITIES
1. Let's see how much we have understood. Choose the correct answer:
a) The fox invited the stork for
i)lunch
ii) breakfast
iii)dinner
iv)tea
Ans : i) lunch
b) the stork requested the fox to serve his food in
i) a plate
ii) a cup
iii) a pot
iv) a bowl
Ans: a pot
c) The stork served the food in
i) a pot
ii) a bowl
iii) a plate
iv) a glass tumbler
Ans: i) a pot
d) The fox could not eat the meal served by the stork because
i) the meal was not tasty
ii) he was not feeling well
iii) the food was hot
iv) the pot in which the food was served had a long and thin neck
Ans: iv) the pot in which the food was served had a long and thin neck.
2. Write the answers:
a) Who invited the stork for lunch?
Ans: The Fox invited the stork for lunch
b) What was the utensil in which the fox served the meal?
Ans: The utensils was a plate in which the fox served the meal.
c) Why didn't the stork respond to the fox's request?
Ans: The stork didn’t respond to the fox’s request because to teach a lesson to the fox.
3. Read the meal timetable of the stork:
Meal Time
Breakfast 8.30 a.m.
Lunch 1.00 p.m.
Dinner. 9.00 p.m.
a)At what time does the stork have his lunch?
Ans: The stork had his lunch at 1.00 p.m.
b)What does the stork have at 8.30 a.m
Ans: The stork had his breakfast at 8.30 a.m.
4. Work in pairs:
Ask each other the following questions about your favourite dish.
a) What is your favourite dish? b) Who cooks it for you?
c) What ingredients are used to make it?
d) Why do you like it?
5. Read the following sentences:
Fox - Would You come to my place for lunch tomorrow?
Fox - May I have a plate please?
The first sentence is used to make invitation. The second is used to make a request.
Now, read the sentences below and say which one is used to make an invitation and which one is used to make request.
Stork - Could you come to my house for dinner today ?
Stork - Will you please give me the food in a pot ?
The first sentence is used to make invitation. The second is used to make a request.
6. Work in pairs and make invitations and requests using the clues in the brackets:
a) Will you.......................(give, pen)?
Ans: Will you please give me the pen
b) Would you ....................(like, some chocolate)?
Ans: Would you like to have some chocolate?
c) Could you ...................... (come, my house)?
Ans: Could you come to my house?
d) May I ...................(play, you)?
Ans: May I play with you?
7. Bina is Rohit's sister.
They along with their parents are at their uncle's place in Tezpur for Magh
Bihu. Now they are having tea. Let's read their conversation:
Bina: Ummm! This ghila
pitha is very tasty.
Aunt: Bina,
take some more.
Rohit: I love
the til pitha and the laru. I will have a few more.
Bina’s Father: The
sira with doi is delicious. And the gur is very good. Bhaiti, from where have
you bought it?
Bina’s Auncle: Dada, i bought it from the
weekly market. I have packed a kilo of gur for you to take home.
Bina’s father: That's
lovely!
Bina’s mother: We
are having such tasty pithas and larus after a long time.
English word:
Sira is Flattened rice
Doi is Curd
Gur is Jaggery
8. Let's see how much we have understood:
a) Who visited whom and on what occasion?
Ans: Bina and Rohit, along with their parents visited to their uncles place on the occasion of Magh Bihu.
b) What are the people in the picture doing?
Ans:- The people are having tea in the picture.
c) What did Binas's aunt say to Bina?
Ans:- Bina’s aunt said Bina to have some more ghila pitha.
d) What did Bina's uncle offer to his brother?
Ans:- Bina’s uncle offered his brother to take a kilo of gur to his home.
9. Answer the following questions in a serial order to complete the narration of a recent visit you made to your friend's relative's place:
a) Where did you go and when?
Ans:
b) Who did you visit and with whom?
Ans:
c) How did the host behave when he/she saw you?
Ans:
d) What did you do there?
Ans:
e) What did you talk about?
Ans:
f) What did you eat?
Ans:
g) Did you like the food and why?
Ans:
h) How did you feel?
Ans:
10. While going back home, Bina, Rohit and their parents stopped at a tea stall to have tea and snacks. This is the menu that they were given. Read it aloud:
MENU MENU
Cutlet Rs 30 Ghila pitha Rs 5
Paratha Rs 20 Til pitha Rs 5
Puri Rs 20 Narikol laru Rs 5
Chop Rs 10 Til pitha Rs 5
Samosa Rs 10 Sira doi Rs 20
Sweets Rs 10 Tea with milk Rs 10
Porridge (kheer) Rs30 Black tea Rs 5
Imagine that you are at this tea stall. Which of above food items will you have? Count and say how much money you have to pay.
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