Class-7 English Reader (Special), Lesson-9 Shravan Kumar / M.P. Board


Lesson-9
Shravan Kumar


Answer the questions below:
Q1.        Who was the king of Kaushal?
Ans- The king of Kaushal was Aja.

Q2.        Which river flowed near Kaushal Pradesh?
Ans- The river Saryu flowed near Kaushal Pradesh.

Q3.        In which art did Dashrath excel?
Ans- Dashrath excelled in the art of archery.

Q4.        Why is Shravan Kumar famous?
Ans- Shravan Kumar is famous for his devotion and obedience towards his parents.

Q5.        What blunder did Dashrath commit?
Ans- Dashrath’s blunder was that he had mistaken the sound of water filling the pot with that of an animal drinking water and shot arrow at Shravan Kumar.

Q6.        What did Dashrath see when he reached the spot?
Ans- Dashrath saw that his arrow had pierced the boy’s chest when he reached the spot.

Q7.        What curse did the blind parents put on Dashrath?
Ans- The blind parents cursed Dashrath that he would die in agony and grief longing for his dear son.


Click here for Solutions and Additional Exercises on NCERT Science Class-7


Complete the following chart:
Statement
Who said
to whom
It’s a big animal
Dashrath
to himself
Oh! prince, why did you hurt me?
Shravan Kumar
to himself
Oh! God, what have I done?
Dashrath
to himself
why don’t you speak?
Blind parents
Dashrath
Carry us to his body.
Blind parents
Dashrath

Make words from the jumbled letters, the first letter is given:
  1. tsop                    spot
  2. rchear                archery
  3. gunhtni              hunting
  4. bildn                   blind
  5. thsrit                   thirst

Fill in the blanks with correct option:
  1. The cat ran after its prey (prey/pray)
  2. He went inside the temple to pray to God. (prey/pray)
  3. He helped his dear friend. (deer/dear)
  4. He saved the deer from the hunter. (deer/dear)
  5. His son looked bright. (son/sun)
  6. The sun was bright that day. (son/sun)
  7. Dashrath longed to have sight of Rama. (site/sight)
  8. The engineer went to the site where the bridge was being built. (site/sight)

Change the paragraph into past tense:
                                        Shyam asks his parents to take him to the exhibition at the City Parade Ground. His parents agree. All of them reach the exhibition ground. It is all very crowded. There are several swings and rides, horse-rides, camel-ride, elephant-ride and the other stall eatables. Shyam and his younger sister Meena enjoy camel and elephant rides. They go on swings too. They are fond of chat and rabari. They eat chat and get the sweets packed. Their parents too enjoy this outing with their children.

Shyam asked his parents to take him to the exhibition at the City Parade Ground. His parents agreed. All of them reached the exhibition ground. It was all very crowded. There were several swings and rides, horse-rides, camel-ride, elephant-ride and the other stall eatables. Shyam and his younger sister Meena enjoyed camel and elephant rides. They went on swings too. They are fond of chat and rabari. They ate chat and got the sweets packed. Their parents too enjoyed this outing with their children.


Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences:
  1. was/ prince/ of/ Dashrath/ Ayodhya/./
Dashrath was the king of Ayodhya.

  1. parent/ Shravan/ were/ of/ blind/./
Parents of Shravan were blind.

  1. archer/ great/a /was / Dashrath/./
Dashrath was a great archer.

  1. committed/a/blunder/He/./
He committed a blunder.

  1. sent/son/his/exile/into/He/./
He sent his son into exile.

Write nouns for these adjectives:
popular                          popularity
ignorant                         ignorance
exceptional                   exception
dense                             density
thirsty                             thirst

Let’s Talk:
We are celebrating Vanmahotsava. Here is a picture. Discuss about it in the classroom with the help of questions. Work in pairs. Ask these questions and let your partner answer the questions. Change roles and repeat the exercise.

  1. What is the picture about?
Ans- the picture is about Vanmahotsava.

  1. Where are all the children?
Ans- All the children are in garden.

  1. What is the teacher doing?
Ans- The teacher is explaining the importance of vanmahotsava.

  1. What is Geeta doing?
Ans- Geeta is watering the plants.

  1. Why is Geeta digging?
Ans- Geeta is digginf for plantation.

  1. Are the children happy?
Ans- Yes, the children are very happy.

Rewrite the sentences in the correct sequence:
  1. Dashrath’s arrow pierced Shravan’s chest.
  2. Dashrath went for hunting.
  3. Shravan’s parents cursed Dashrath.
  4. Shravan went to bring water for his blind parents.
  5. Dashrath died longing for Ram.

  1. Dashrath went for hunting.
  2. Shravan went to bring water for his blind parents.
  3. Dashrath’s arrow pierced Shravan’s chest.
  4. Shravan’s parents cursed Dashrath.
  5. Dashrath died longing for Ram.

Write ten sentences on Shravan Kumar. Take the help of the clues:
obedient, devoted, dutiful, pilgrimage, forest, put aside, thirsty, old and blind, river
  1. Shravan kumar was very obedient, devoted and dutiful son.
  2. His parents were old and blind.
  3. He took his parents for pilgrimage.
  4. They were passing by a forest. His parents were thirsty.
  5. Shravan had put aside the kanwar and went to search for water.
  6. Hwas taking the water from river.
  7. Hearing the gurgling sound, prince Dashraath thought that it is an animal.
  8. Dashrath shot an arrow on Shravan.
  9. Dying Shravan Kumar asked Dashrath to quench the thirst of his parents.
  10. The blind parents sighed with grief and cursed the prince that he would die in agony and grief longing for his dear son.

Work in group of four. Use these words and phrases in sentences of your own to write a short story.
good at, archer, burst into tears, hunting, wait for, boken-hearted, shot

Last weekend all my friends decided to go for hunting. Shailesh and Mayank is good at shooting while Rohit is a very good archer. After reaching the forest we climbed on trees. We had to wait for two hours for an animal to come that side. Rohit shot an arrow at a deer. Suddenly a little girl came there running behind the deer. It was her pet. Seeing the deer’s condition, she burst into tears. We all immediately came down the trees. We kept the deer in our jeep and rushed to the hospital. We could save the deer’s life by timely action.
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