Question 1

Question 1: Find the opposites of the following words from the lesson.

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2. Answer the following questions. Question 1. What common qualities did the three brothers have? Answer: The three brothers had the common qualities of honesty, kindness and willingness to work hard.

Question 2

Question 2: What was the businessman looking for? Why?

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The businessman was getting old. He was looking for a son-in-law who would not only be a good husband to his daughter but also would handle his business well.

Question 3

Question 3: How did the middle brother use the rice?

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The middle brother distributed the rice among the poor in the name of the businessman.

Question 4

Question 4: Was it right for the youngest brother to ask for a share in the money? Why?

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There was a lot of hard work, effort and money involved in sowing the seeds and harvesting the crop. The youngest brother was therefore justified in asking for a share in the money.

Question 5

Question 1: All three of them were honest, kind and hardworking. You are such an honest person. The highlighted words are adjectives Now find at least five other adjectives from the lesson.

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 6

Question 1: List as many words as you can that will go with the given adjective (At least 3 each.) Example: sudden – sudden change, sudden shower, sudden fall 1. simple 2. odd 3. only 4. hones

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 7

Question 1: Imagine you are one of the three brothers. Write in short what you did with the rice.

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After the businessman left the rice with me, I waited for long for him to come back to take his possession. Alas! He showed no sign of returning. I feared that it may get spoilt and become useless. I thought and thought what I should do with the same and finally thought of a plan.

Question 8

Question 2: Find any other story of three brothers or three sisters and rewrite it in your own words. Question 3. Find out how rice is cultivated. Describe the process with the help of picture

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 9

Question 1: Form a group of 4 or 5. Make a ‘storyboard for the story “Three Sacks of Rice’. Arrange the story in the form of a sequence of pictures. Decide what you will show in each picture,

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The elder one ran a shop, the middle one was a priest and the youngest who had just finished his education, took up odd jobs to earn some money.

Question 10

Question 2: Write in brief about the mother in the story.

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The mother had worked hard to bring up her sons after the sudden death of their father and all her sons were fond of her.

Question 11

Question 3: What work did the friend assign to the three brothers?

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The friend gave each brother a sack of rice and requested them to look after them till he returned after a few months.

Question 12

Question 4: Why did the eldest brother sell the rice which was left with him by the businessman, their father’s friend?

Accepted Answer

The eldest brother was worried that it would get spoilt so he sold it to his customers.

Question 13

Question 5: Why did the businessman say that the middle brother had acted wisely and kindly?

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The middle brother was worried that the rice would get spoilt, and so he distributed the rice amongst the poor in the name of the businessman who in turn blessed him for satisfying their hunger. On hearing this, the businessman said that the middle brother had acted wisely and kindly.

Question 14

Question 6: What confession did the youngest brother make?

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The youngest brother confessed that since the sack of rice was lying with him for a long time, he sowed it in the unused plot of land. He added that fortunately the crop had grown well and yielded twenty-five sacks of rice. He had kept five of the sacks and sold the rest.

Question 15

Question 1: I often go to the neighbouring farm to help with the work. (Pick out the articles)

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Articles: a, the

Question 16

Question 2: The crop grew well. (Pick out the verb and state its tense)

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grew – simple past tense

Question 17

Question 1: Arrange the following in chronological order: (Order in which they occurred) Put the correct number in the box:

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Question 2. Complete the table Answer:

Question 18

Question 3: What does the extract deal with?

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The extract deals with how the middle brother and the youngest brother used the rice which the businessman had left with them.

Question 19

Question 4: How did the middle brother use the rice?

Accepted Answer

The middle brother distributed the rice among the poor in the name of the businessman.

Question 20

Question 5: Why did the businessman refuse to take the money which was offered by the middle brother?

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The businessman was satisfied with the blessings that he got from the poor people. So he refused to take the money which was offered by the middle brother.

Question 21

Question 6: Pick out a sentence from the passage to prove the following:

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The businessman was welcomed warmly by the youngest brother. When the friend went to visit the youngest son, he, too welcomed him with love and respect.

Question 22

Question 7: Pick out a compound word from the extract.

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Twenty-five

Question 23

Question 8: Pick out two abstract nouns from the extract

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1. love 2. affection.

Question 24

Question 9: Pick out the noun form from the extract for the following words.

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laborious : labour monetary : money

Question 25

Question 10: Fortunately, the crop grew well. State the part of speech of the underlined word.

Accepted Answer

crop – noun

Question 26

Question 11: Here’s the money (Rewrite the sentence without contraction)

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Here is the money.

Question 27

Question 12: Why do you think a wide smile spread on the friend’s face?

Accepted Answer

The friend was impressed by the youngest brother’s wise act. He had proved himself to be not only hard working but also wise and foresighted. These qualities were suitable to become a good husband to the friend’s daughter and also to handle his business well. So a wide smile spread on the friend’s f

Question 28

Question 1: What common qualities did the three brothers have?

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The three brothers had the common qualities of honesty, kindness and willingness to work hard. Question 2 Maharashtra Board Solution What was the businessman looking for? Why? Solution & Step-by-Step Answer: The businessman was getting old. He was looking for a son-in-law who would not only be a goo

Question 29

Question 3: Find out how rice is cultivated. Describe the process with the help of pictures or diagrams.

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Question 30

Question 1: What did the three brothers do for a living?

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