Class-4 English Reader, Lesson-12 A Wise King / MP Board

 

Lesson 12

A wise king

 

 Glossary

 

 Corn-  grain such a sweet  मक्का

 Court -  a place where legal trials take place   दरबार

 Fear -  the bad feeling you have when you are in danger    भय

 Jail -   a prison कारागार

 Trap -  a clever plan designed to trick  जाल

 Wisdom -  the ability to make sensible decision and give good advice  बुद्धिमत्ता

 Decide -  to make a judgement  निर्णय लेना

 Forgive -  to stop feeling angry against the one who has harmed to you  माफ करना

 Lead -  to show the way  संचालन /  नेतृत्व

 Measure -  to find the size  माप

 Punish -  to make one suffer because they have broken the law  दंड देना

 

Exercises

 

Listen and Repeat

 

Pleasure -  Leisure - Measure

Tell - Fell - Sell

Dear - Near - Fear

Fill - Kill - Mill

 

Read and Learn

 

Use these words in your sentences.

(measure, suddenly, punished, quarrelling, nephew, forgave, wisdom, length, prison)

 

Measure

Mom asked me to measure two cups of flour for the recipe of cake.

 

Suddenly

Suddenly, there was a power cut in the house.

 

Punished

The coach punished Ashish for coming late for the practice.

 

Quarrelling

Quarrelling in the name of religion is not good.

 

Nephew

Mrs. Sharma’s nephew is a doctor.

 

Forgave

I forgave my younger brother for breaking my toy soldier.

 

Wisdom

I preferred to be quiet as I didn't have enough wisdom to impart on the subject.

 

Length

The length of my kurta is 27 inches.

 

Prison

He went to prison for six months.

 

Word Power

 

Fill in the blanks using the given words.

(ordered, wise, real, led, thought, opened, court, received, wisdom, flowers)

 

Once there was a king called Solomon. He was a very wise king. People talked about his wisdom all over the world. So the queen of Sheba thought to test his wisdom and came to the court of King Solomon. Soloman’s men received her and led to the king. The Queen of Sheba had two garlands in her hands. Only one of them was a garland of real flowers. “Which one of these  has real flowers?” the queen asked. The king was in deep thought for a few moments. Then he saw some bees near the window. He ordered his men, “Open that window.”

The window was opened and the bees flew in and sat on one of the garlands. “That is the garland of real flowers” the king said.

 

Comprehension

 

a) Answer the following questions.

 

Q.1 What was King Vikramaditya famous for?

Ans- King Vikramaditya was famous for his wisdom and judgement.

 

Q.2 What were the two women quarrelling over?

Ans- The two women quarrelling over a baby.

 

Q.3 What did the king ask the man to do with the sword?

Ans- The king asked the man to cut the baby into two halves with the sword.

 

Q.4 “Give the baby to Sarla,” the king said. Why did the king say so?

Ans-  The king asked to give the baby to Sarla because she was the real mother who stopped king’s man from cutting the baby and asked to give the baby to Lata.

 

Q.5 How did the king trap the thief?

Ans-  The king gave them sticks of the same length and told that the thief’s stick will be longer by an inch the next day. The thief had cut the stick out of fear and got trapped.

 

Q.6 What do the two stories show?

Ans- The two stories show that king Vikramaditya was a great judge.

 

b) Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the box.

1) The king measured the length of the sticks. ❎

2) The king’s men measured the length of the sticks.☑️

3) The thief’s stick was short by an inch. ☑️

4) The thief fell into the king’s trap. ☑️

5) The thief was put in jail for two years. ❎

6) King Vikramaditya was very wise. ☑️

 

Match the statements in column A with the phrases in column B.

A	B
A bag of corn was stolen	to his court.
The king called the farmers	one stick  each
He gave the farmers	an inch in length.
The thief’s stick will grow	from the farmer’s house.

 

Solution

 

1) A bag of corn was stolen from the farmer’s house.

2) The king called the farmers to his court. 

3) He gave the farmers one stick  each.  

4) The thief’s stick will grow an inch in length.

 

Grammar in use

a) Study the following sentences.

 

          i) The king said to one of his men, “Bring me a sword.”

          ii) The king ordered on of his men to bring him a sword.

 

Now write the following sentences as in (b).

 

1) The king said to his man, “Cut the baby into two halves.”

Ans- The king ordered his man to cut the baby into two halves.

 

2) The teacher said to Ashok, “Bring me the map of Africa from the library.”

Ans- The teacher asked Ashok to bring him/her the map of Africa from the library.

 

3) The old man said to his eldest son, “Tie the sticks into a bundle with a piece of string.”

Ans- The old man asked his eldest son to tie the sticks into a bundle with a piece of string.

 

4) Ashok said to Prem, “Bring me some hot water from the kitchen.”

Ans- Ashok asked Prem to bring him some hot water from the kitchen.

 

5) A man said to his son, “Wrap one of the test tubes in black paper.”

Ans- A man asked his son to wrap one of the test tubes in black paper.

 

Read these sentences carefully

          John looked at Mary.

          Mary looked at John.

These two sentences can be combined as follows:

          John and Mary looked at each other.

 

Now combine the following pairs of sentences as in the example shown above.

 

1.  Ravi quarrelled with Ashok.

     Ashok quarrelled with Ravi.

Ans- Ravi and Ashok quarrelled with each other.

 

2. Balu knew Chandran.

    Chandran knew Balu.

Ans- Balu and Chandran knew each other.

 

3. Mohan liked Baba.

    Baba liked Mohan,

Ans- Mohan and Balu liked each other.

 

4. Karim pushed Hamid.

    Hamid pushed Karim.

Ans- Karim and Hamid pushed each other.

 

5. Neha gave Sheila a book.

    Sheila gave Neha a book.

Ans- Neha ang Sheila gave each other a book.

 

Let’s Write

 

Write 5 sentences about King Vikramaditya.

1) King Vikramaditya was a legendary ruler over parts of India in the 1st century BCE.

2) He is characterized as an ideal king.

3) He is known for his generosity, courage, and patronage of scholars.

4) Vikramaditya began the Vikrama Samvat era in 57 BCE after defeating the Shakas.

5) Vikramaditya is featured in hundreds of traditional Indian stories, including those in Baital Pachisi and Singhasan Battisi.

 Quiz

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Let’s Do

a.           Draw a picture of a crown.

 

b.           Collect five stories of wise judgement. 

                                   (1)

Two women were brought before King Vikramaditya. Both these women had a quarrel over a single baby. Each woman was saying that she was the baby's mother.

 

One lady said, "Oh King! I am the baby's mother".

 

The other lady said, "Oh King! Believe her not. She is not the mother. I am the mother of the child".

 

King Vikramaditya was confused. After a deep thought he said, "Cut the baby into two and give one part to each mother". One woman was silent. The other cried "Oh King! Let she have the baby. Let the baby live". The king gave the child to the crying mother.

 

(2)

Once there was a king called Solomon. He was a very wise king. People talked about his wisdom all over the world. So the queen of Sheba thought to test his wisdom and came to the court of King Solomon. Soloman’s men received her and led to the king. The Queen of Sheba had two garlands in her hands. Only one of them was a garland of real flowers. “Which one of these has real flowers?” the queen asked. The king was in deep thought for a few moments. Then he saw some bees near the window. He ordered his men, “Open that window.”

The window was opened and the bees flew in and sat on one of the garlands. “That is the garland of real flowers” the king said.

 

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