1. I WILL BE THAT

EXERCISE:2

ACTIVITY- 1

◆ Read the following stanzas and answer the questions given below them. નીચે કાવ્યની પંક્તિઓ વાંચો અને તેની નીચે આપેલા પ્રશ્નોના જવાબ આપો.

★ I told them---- 

When I grow up, 

I'm not going to be a scientist 

Or someone who reads the news on TV. 

No. 

I want to be free. 

I'M GOING TO BE A TREE! 

They said, 

You can't. No, you can't be that.

(1) What does the child want to be in the first stanza? 

(a) A Tree
(b) The Ocean
(c) A Scientist
(d) A Mountain

Ans:-(a) A Tree

(2) The child does not want to be 

A. tree
B. scientist
C. free
D. news reader

Ans:-B. scientist & D. news reader.

(3) Which word rhymes with 'tree'? 

A. free
B. them
C. news
D. scientist

Ans:-A. free 

★ I told them---- 

When I grow up, 

I'm not going to be an airline pilot, 

A dancer, a lawyer or a doctor. 

No. 

Huge whales will swim in me.

 I'M GOING TO BE THE OCEAN!  

They said, 

You can't be that. No, you can't be that. 


1. What should swim in the child? 

(a) fish
(b) weeds
(c) whales
(d)tree

Ans:-(c) whales

2.The child wants to be in the second stanza 

(A) a scientist
(B) a tree 
(C) the ocean 
(D) airline pilot 

Ans:-(C) the ocean 

(3) The child does not want to be

(A) tree
(B) free
(C) a lawyer
(D) the ocean

Ans:-(C) a lawyer

EXERCISE:3

◆ Read the extracts and answer the questions given below them. નીચેના પેરેગ્રાફ ધ્યાનથી વાંચો અને તેની નીચે આપેલા પ્રશ્નોના જવાબ આપો.

Activity-2

A Key To Heaven (A Play)

                   Scene: 1 

★ (King's court) Tenali Raman, Courtier-1 and Courtier-2 are waiting for the king. There is a sound of trumpets and drums. The king walks in and all the courtiers stand up. 

Tenali Raman and Courtiers : Good morning, Your Majesty. 

The king : Good morning. Where are my ministers today ? I will discuss the new road project with them. 

Courtier 2: Your Majesty, a great Sadhu is in our kingdom these days. The ministers are at that Sadhu's camp. 

(1) Who were waiting for the king ?
Ans:- Tenali Raman, Courtier-1 and Courtier-2 are waiting for the king.

(2) Why did the courtiers stand up in the court ? 
Ans:-The courtiers stood up in the court to welcome the king walking in the court.

(3) What did the king want to discuss with the ministers ? 
Ans:-The king wanted to discuss the new road project  with the ministers.

(4) Where did the king's ministers go ? 
Ans:-the king's ministers went to the Sadhu's camp.

(5) There is a sound of -----------

A. bells
B. bugles
C. trumpets and drums
D. trumpets and bells

Ans:-C. trumpets and drums