English : Unit 3 : Supplementary : The Three Questions
Glossary
Section -I
proclaimed (v) – announced officially
absorbed (v) – took in or soaked up
renowned (v) – famous, eminent, distinguished, prominent
affairs (n) – event, incident
Section -II
moaning (v) sob, cry
unfasten (v) – undo, disconnect, untie, disjoin
revived (v) – restored to life or consciousness
crouched (v) – bent, stopped (down)
threshold (n) – doorstep , entrance
seized (v) – snatched , grabbed, held of suddenly and forcibly
ambush (n) – surprise attack, trap, entrap, pounce on
Questions Answers
Section I
A. Choose the correct answer from the options given below
1. The king wanted to know the answers for _________ questions.
a) three
b) five
c) nine
[Answer: (a) three ]
2. The hermit lived in a _________.
a) cottage
b) palace
c) wood
[Answer: (c) wood]
3. widely renowned for his wisdom.
a) hermit
b) messengers
c) warriors
[Answer: (a) hermit]
B. Fill in the blanks
1. The answer for the first question was to have a counsel of wise men to fix the proper time for everything.
2. Magicians were referred to know the right time for every action.
3. The king decided to consult a hermit
C. Who said these words?
1. “They all answered his questions differently.”
[Answer: Leo Tolstoy ; They → learned men; his → The king’s]
2. How can I learn to do the right thing at the right time?
[Answer: The king]
3. “Now rest awhile – and let me work a bit?”
[Answer: The hermit]
D. Answer the following questions.
1. What were the king’s questions?
Answer: The king’s questions were :
What was the right time for every action?
Who were the most necessary people?
How to know what was the most important thing to do?
2. Was the king satisfied with the answers? Why?
Answer: No, the king was not satisfied with the answers. Because all the answers were different and the king could not agree with any of them.
3. Why was the king advised to go to the magicians?
Answer: The king was advised to go to the magicians in order to know the right time for every action.
4. Whose advice did the people say would be important to the king in answer to the second question?
Answer: In answer to the second question, the advice of the councillors, priests, doctors and warriors would be important to the king.
Section II
A. Write ‘True or False’ for the following statement.
1. The bearded man was an enemy of the king. [Answer: True]
2. The king and the hermit refused to help the wounded man. [Answer: False]
3. The wounded man asked for the king’s forgiveness. [Answer: True]
4. The king promised to restore the property of the bearded man. [Answer: True]
B. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings in column ‘B’
A / B
1. physician – bring back
2. restore – surprise attack
3. repent – medical practitioner
4. ambush – regret
[Answer: 1. (c); 2. (a); 3. (d); 4. (b)]
1. physician – (c) medical practitioner
2. restore – (a) bring back
3. repent – (d) regret
4. ambush – (b) surprise attack
C. Answers the following questions.
1. Who came running out of the wood? What happened to him?
Answer: A bearded man came running out of the wood. Blood was flowing from the wound in his stomach. The king’s bodyguard attacked him.
2. How did the king and the hermit restore the life of a wounded man?
Answer: The king and the hermit unfastened the man’s clothing. The king washed the wound in his stomach and bandaged it with his handkerchief and with a towel the hermit had. When the blood stopped flowing, the king gave fresh water for him to drink. Then the king, with the hermit’s help, carried the wounded man into the hut and laid him on the bed.
3. Why did the king sleep through the night?
Answer: The king was so tired from his walk, from the digging work with the spade and from putting all his effort to save the bearded man. So he slept soundly through the night.
4. What were the changes in the behaviour of the wounded man at the end?
Answer: The wounded man was the enemy of the king. He wanted to kill the king but the king saved his life. The wounded man asked the king’s forgiveness and wanted to serve the king as a very faithful slave.
D. Answer the following in 100 words.
1. What were the answers to the three questions? What is the message of the hermit?
Answer: For the first question of the king, “What was the right time for every action?”, the answer was, “The most important time was when the king was digging the beds”. The answer for the second question, “Who were the most necessary people?” was the hermit was the most important man.
The final question was, “What was the most important thing to do?” The answer was to do good for the hermit was the most important business of the king.
2. Why did the bearded man ask for the king’s forgiveness? What did the king do to show his forgiveness?
Answer: The bearded man actually came to kill the king. But when he was badly wounded and bled to death, the king saved his life by treating his wound. The man whom he wanted to kill, saved his life. This act of the king made the bearded man feel guilty of his sin.
So the bearded man asked for the king’s forgiveness. The king was happy to make peace with his enemy and make his friend. He not only forgave him but also sent his servants and his own physician to attend on him. The king promised to restore his property too.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
Give Very Short Answers :
1. According to the answers received, who were the people the king most needed?
Answer: Councilors, priests, doctors and warriors.
2. What do you know about the hermit of this lesson?
Answer: The wise hermit lived in the wood which he never quitted. He met only common folks there. He was frail, weak, tired in a hut and worked hard.
Answer in Detail:
1. Explain the various answers given by the learned men for the first question of the king.
Answer: To know the right time for each action, the learned men said,
a) to draw in advance a table of days, months and years and live according to it.
b) it is impossible to find the answer for the right time for each action.
c) not to be absorbed in idle pastimes, but to attend to all that was going on and do what was most needful.
d) it was impossible for one man to decide the right time correctly..
e) the king must have a council of wise men to help him fix the proper time for everything.
2. What happened between the king and the hermit in the woods?
Answer: The hermit saw the king and greeted him. Then he continued to dig the ground in front of his hut with great difficulty.
The king told the hermit that he had come to him to ask him the answers for his three questions and narrated the three questions. The hermit did not answer the questions but continued digging. The king offered to help the tired hermit in digging. The hermit accepted his help and sat down. When the king stopped digging and repeated his questions, the hermit again did not answer, he asked for the spade from the king. The king did not give the spade, he continued digging for hours till sunset. At last, the king told the hermit that if he could not answer his questions, he would go back home. At that time, someone came running.
Rearrange the jumbled sentences :
A. 1. King decided to consult a hermit known for his wisdom.
2. The learned men answered the king’s questions differently.
3. The king put on simple clothes and went alone to the hermits cell.
4. The king proclaimed throughout his kingdom to give reward for the correct answers to his questions.
5. The king agreed with none of the learned men and gave the reward to none.
Answer:
4. The king proclaimed throughout his kingdom to give reward for the correct answers to his questions.
2. The learned men answered the king’s questions differently.
5. The king agreed with none of the learned men and gave the reward to none.
1. King decided to consult a hermit known for his wisdom.
3. The king put on simple clothes and went alone to the hermit’s cell.
B. 1. The hermit listened to the king, but answered nothing.
2. The king dismounted his horse and went along, leaving his.bodyguard behind.
3. The king said, “You are tired, let me take the spade and work for you”.
4. The king said, “Wise hermit, I ask you to answer my three questions”.
5. The hermit greeted the king on seeing him.
Answer:
2. The king dismounted his horse and went along, leaving his bodyguard behind.
5. The hermit greeted the king on seeing him.
4. The king said, “Wise hermit, I ask you to answer my three questions”.
1. The hermit listened to the king, but answered nothing.
3. The king said, “You are tired, let me take the spade and work for you”.
Step to Success, Connecting to Self
Step to Success
Read the English folk tale given below and fill up the blank spaces with suitable words.
that, and, and, on after, where
There were once three tortoises – a father, a mother and a baby. On one fine morning during spring, they decided that they would like to go for a picnic. They picked the place where they would go, a nice wood at some distance, and they began to put their things together. They got tins of cheese, vegetable, meat and fruits. They were ready for the picnic. They set out carrying their baskets After eighteen months they sat down for rest. They enjoyed the picnic very much.
Connecting to Self
Steps to gain wisdom
Wisdom is a virtue that isn’t innate, but can only be acquired through experience.
ICT CORNER
GRAMMAR – PREPOSITIONS
To Enable the students to familiarize Prepositions through an interactive game.
STEPS:
1. Access the application with the help of the link given below or the given QR code and install it in the mobile.
2. You can view Single player and Multiplayer in the homepage.
3. Click Single player and you can view different levels in the next screen. Select anyone to answer the interactive exercises in Prepositions.
4. Question will be displayed at the top with options below. Click your answer with less span of time to get all stars.
5. Try to play the game in all levels to get more practice in Prepositions.
