Class-4 English Reader (Special) Lesson-10 Dishonest Watchman / MP Board
Lesson-10
Dishonest Watchman
Glossary
Meal- food that is eatenभोजन
Choose- pick out from a greater
number चुनाव करना/ चुनना
Difficult- not easy, requiring
efforts कठिन
Immediately- at once, without delay तुरंत
Enough- as great as is need पर्याप्त
Shock- unpleasant surprise एकाएक होने वाली अप्रिय घटना
Collect- bring or gather together एकत्रित करना
Miss- fail to hit, catch,
read चूकना
Dishonesty- not honest, intending to
cheat बेईमानी/कपट
Dismiss- send away, allow to go खारिज करना
Watch- keep the eyes on
something निगरानी/ पहरा
Helpless- without help असहाय
Watchman- man, employed to guard
something पहरेदार
Gather- get, come or bring
together इकट्ठा करना
Ripe- ready to be gathered and
used, matured, fully developed पकना
Exercises
Listen
and Repeat (Rhyming words)
meal
- deal - zeal - heal
shock
- knock - clock - cock
ripe
- wipe - pipe - type
Read
and Learn
a)
Opposite word
rich-
poor
miser
- extravagant
ripe
- raw
agree
- disagree
b)
Adjective → Noun
Adjective
- Noun
beautiful
- beauty
honest
- honesty
important
- importance
poor
- poverty
c)
Learn the following:
I -
myself
we
- ourselves
you
(singular) - yourself
you
(plural) - yourselves
he-
himself
she-
herself
they
- themselves
Word
Power
Match
the words with their meanings.
A
person who serves - watchman
A
person who works in a garden - servant
A
person who watches things - gardner
A
person who is not honest - dishonest
Comprehension
a)
Answer the following questions.
Q.1
Who picked the best fruits?
Ans-
People passing by picked the best fruits.
Q.2
Why did the rich man pay very little money to the watchman?
Ans-
The rich man paid very little money o the watchman because he was miser and did
not want to spend much money.
Q.3
Why did the rich man send the first watchman away?
Ans-
The rich man sent the first watchman away because he himself stole the best
fruits.
Q.4
What was the bright idea of the watchman?
Ans-
The bright idea of the watchman was to hire a blind man and a lame man because
a blind cannot see the fruits and a lame cannot reach to the fruits.
Q.5
How did the lame man and the blind man help each other?
Ans-
The lame man sat on the shoulders of the blind man and led him to mango trees.
Then he picked the ripe mangoes for both of them.
Q.6
What did the rich man decide to do at last?
Ans-
At last the rich man decided to pay enough money to get an honest watchman.
b)
Fill in the blanks:
(i)
“ Men are all dishonest. So let me hire a woman.”
(ii)
The rich man dismissed the woman because she stole the fruits.
(iii)
The rich man had a bright idea when he saw a lame and a blind.
c)
Match the statements:
|
Column A |
Column B |
|
(i)
The blindman and the lame man were hungry because |
they were ripe. |
|
(ii)
The fruits smell sweet because |
he had paid the watchman well. |
|
(iii)
The rich man found an honest watchman because |
they had not eaten anything. |
Ans-
(i)
The blindman and the lame man were hungry because they had not eaten
anything.
(ii)
The fruits smell sweet because they were ripe.
(iii)
The rich man found an honest watchman because he had paid the watchman
well.
Grammar
in Use
a)
Combine the following sentences using a suitable form of ‘self’ as shown in the
example.
Example
- I will clean this room.
I
won’t take anybody’s help/
Answer
- I will clean this room myself.
1.
She cooked food.
She did not ask anyone
else to do it.
Answer
- She cooked food herself.
2.
He painted this painting.
He
did not ask anyone else to do it.
Answer
- He painted this painting himself.
3.
I do my work.
I don't have servants.
Answer
- I do my work myself.
4.
You do that work.
Don't expect anyone to
help you.
Answer
- You do that work yourself.
5.
Let us build a house.
Let us not ask anyone to
help us.
Answer
- Let us build a house ourselves.
Read
these sentences.
That
house costs some money.
I
have the money to buy it.
We
can put these two ideas in one sentence with the help of ‘enough’.
I
have enough money to buy that house.
Now
combine each of the following pairs of sentences using ‘enough’ as above.
1.
This pen costs some money.
I
have the money to buy it.
Answer
- I have enough money to buy this pen.
2.
I need some money to go on a journey.
I have that money.
Answer
- I have enough money to go on a journey.
3.
This sari costs a lot of money.
Have you got so much
money to buy it?
Answer
- Have you got enough money to buy this sari?
4. The school needs a lot of money to
buy books for the library.
But it doesn't have that
much money.
Answer
- The school doesn't have enough money to buy books for the library.
5. We need a number of students to make
a cricket team.
Our school has many
students.
Answer
- Our school has enough students to make a cricket team.
Let’s
write
(a)
When does a person become dishonest? Think and write.
Ans-
A person becomes dishonest when he doesn’t get enough money for his living.
Sometimes greed to get more also makes a person dishonest.
(b)
Who was wrong, the rich man or the watchman and why? Write.
Ans-
The rich man was wrong in the story as he was a miser and did not pay his
watchman well. As a result, the watchman had become dishonest.
Let's
Do
(i)
Collect some information about the watchman in your school or locality.
Ans-
The watchman in my building wears deep blue trousers, a sky blue shirt and a
blue cap. He carries a whistle and a stick in his hands. He is an honest man.
He behaves nicely with children.
(ii)
Draw the pictures of the fruits you like and write their names.
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