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The Stork and the Fox Question Answer, Lesson 4 , The Stork and the Fox Story.
Read the Story:
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 in a pot with a long and thin neck. He then invited the for 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 had treated the stork at his home. He realized the others treat you the way you treat them. He left the house of the stork sadly, having learnt his lesson.
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Read the Story ‘The Stork an the Fox’ :
The Stork and the Fox questions and answers :
1.Let’s see how much we have understood . Choose the correct
answer:
(a) The box invited the stork for
(ii) Lunch
(ii)
breakfast
(iii) dinner
(iv) tea
Answer: (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
Answer : (i) a plate
(c) The stork served the food in
(i) a pot
(ii)
a bowl
(iii) a plate
(iv) a glass tumbler
Answer : (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.
Answer : (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?
Answer:
The fox invited the stork for lunch.
(b) What was the utensil in which the fox served the meal?
Answer: The fox served the meal on a plate.
(c) Why did not the stork respond to the fox’s request?
Answer : The stork did not respond to the fox’s request because the fox
had treated the stork in the same way at his home.
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?
Answer: Stork have his lunch at 1.00 p.m.
(b) What does the stork have at 8:30 a.m.?
Answer: Stork
have his breakfast At 8:30 a.m.
4. Works in pairs:
Ask each other the following questions about your favorite dish.
(a) What is your favorite dish?
Answer: My
favorite dish is biryani.
(b) Who cooks it for you ?
Answer: My mom
cooks it for me.
(c) What ingredients are used to make it?
Answer:
Long-grained rice , chicken, mint leaves, garam masala powder, salt, ginger
paste, garlic paste, chili, tomato, refined oil.
(d) Why do you like
it?
Answer: I like the taste of biryani.
5. Read the following sentences:
Would you come to my place foe launch tomorrow ? May I
have a plate please ?
The First sentence is used to make a invitation . The Second is used to make a request . Now , read the sentence below and say which one is used to make an invitation and which one is used to make a request .
Could you come to my house for dinner ? Will you please give me the food in a pot ?
(i)
Answer: Invitation
(ii)
Answer: Request
6.
Work in pairs and make in invitations and request using the clues in the
brackets:
(a) Will you please give me your pen. (give, pen)?
(b) Would you like to
give me some chocolate (like some chocolate)?
(c) Could you come to my
house (come, my house)?
(d) May I play with you(play, 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 .Let’s read their conversation:
8.Let’s see how much we have understood:
(a) Who visited whom and on what occasion?
Answer: Rohit and Bina along with their parents visited their uncle’s
place in Tezpur on the occasion of Magh Bihu.
(b) What are the people in the picture doing?
Answer: In
the picture people are having their tea.
(c) What did Bina’s aunt say to Bina?
Answer: Bina’s
aunt said Bina to take some more ghila pitha .
(d) What did Binas’s uncle offer to his brother?
Answer:
Bina’s uncle offers packed of gur for his brother.
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?
Answer: I
went to my uncle’s place last Saturday.
(b) Who did you visit and with
whom?
Answer: I visited my uncle’s place with my family.
(c) How did
the host behave when he/she saw you?
Answer: My uncle was very happy to
see me after a long time, He hosted me very affectionately and gave me lots of
chocolates and toys.
(d) What did you do there?
Answer: There I
played with my cousins, I had a lot of fun there,
(e) What did you talk
about?
Answer: We talked about many things including my father’s
childhood days, and also about my school and many more.
(f) What did you
eat?
Answer: Sweets, ghila pitha , laruu .
(g) Did you like the food
and why?
Answer: yes I liked the food very much, especially that Doi with
sira was very delicious.
(h) How did you feel?
Answer: I felt very
nice. I would like to visit again.
10. While going back home , Bina , Rohit and their parents stopped at tea stall to have ta and snacks. This is the menu that they were given. Read it aloud
Answer: I would like to have paratha and tea with milk, we will have to pay 100 Rupees in total.
11. Draw your favorite food and color it:
12. Bina shows this advertisement to her father:
13. (a)Answer
Mummy ki Rasoi
Home Delivery with no extra charges
Answer: This is an Advertisement for Evening Snacks and dinner sold by Mummy ki Rasoi. It also provides Home Delivery with no extra charges .
13. (b)
14. Find words ending with ‘ly’ from the word grid below:
Answer:
16. (a) Write in the oval below the name of a festival that you
celebrate:
BIHU
16. (b) Among the four points which one will you choose first and
then next? Write them below accordingly:
i) ____________________ ii) ____________________
iii) ____________________ iv) ____________________
Ans: i) places of celebration ii) reason for celebration
iii) time of celebration iv) special food
16. (c) Now, make sentences using the above points to form a paragraph and
write in your notebook.
Answer: Bihu is national festival of
Assam. People in Assam observed three Bihus in a year, but among the three
Bihus Magh bihu or Bhogali Bihu and Bohag Bihu or Rangali Bihu has great
significance on the people of Assam. Magh bihu is celebrated in January, Bohag
bihu is celebrated in April and Kati bihu in November. The special foods made
during this festival are Pitha, chira with doi, etc. Bohag Bihu celebrates the
beginning of the sowing of the seeds. Kati Bihu for the fulfillment of the
sowing and Bhogali is celebrated during the arrival of harvesting time.
17. Pick up any one card from below and say two or three sentences about
it:
Your Favourite Food
Your Favourite
Festival
Bihu
Your School
Your best friend
Summer
Vacation
Bihu is a set of three important Assamese festivals
in the Indian state of Assam – ‘Rongali’ or ‘Bohag Bihu’ observed in
April, ‘Kongali’ or ‘Kati Bihu’ observed in October, and ‘Bhogali’ or ‘Magh
Bihu’ observed in January. The Rongali Bihu is the most important of the
three, celebrating spring festival.
18. Rohit is in Guwahati to participate in a debating competition. Rohit’s friends Jabin and Hardip are talking about Rohit’s chance of winning the competition.
Now, read the answers that Jabin gives and make the question that Rohit asks.
1. How ……………………………
2. He has prepared himself for the competition fully.
3. How ……………………………
4. He presents his ideas clearly.
5. How ……………………………….
6. He speaks confidently in front of an audience.
Ans:
1. How Rohit is preparing himself for the debate competition ?
2. He has prepared himself for the competition fully.
3. How he presents his ideas ?
4. He presents his ideas clearly.
5. How he speaks in front of an audience ?
6. He speaks confidently in front of an audience.
19. Some of us are good at painting, singing, dancing, etc. Work in pairs and ask each other what you are good at. Also say how well you do it.
20. Read what happened to the stork in the house of the fox:
(a) He looked at his plate hungrily.
Now, read how the fox left the house of the stork.
(b) He left the place sadly.
The underlined words in sentences a) and b) say how something is done.
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