Question 1

Question 1: Form pairs. Present in the class, the conversation between Thiruvalluvar and the young man. 2. Describe the following with the help of the story. Question 1. Thiruvalluvar

Accepted Answer

Thiruvalluvar was a great saint-poet who is loved and respected even now. People said. that he never got angry, never used bad words and never shouted at anyone. He was polite, calm and used a quiet tone even in the most infuriating situations.

Question 2

Question 2: The rich, young man

Accepted Answer

The rich young man wasted his time by roaming around with his friends, more often than not, making fun of others. He was arrogant to no bounds and decided to test the patience of Thiruvalluvar, which was an unethical thing to do. Despite his egoistical behaviour, he listened to the words of Thiruval

Question 3

Question 3: The fabric woven by Thiruvalluvar

Accepted Answer

The fabric wasn’t made in a day. Many people toiled in order to make it. The farmer who grew cotton in his field worked hard for months through sun and rain. He picked cotton from each boll and gave it for spinning. Then someone else carded the cotton and spun it into long, uniform threads. The thre

Question 4

Question 1: Read aloud the speech in which Thiruvalluvar explains how the fabric was made. Present the process in the form of a chart. Draw pictures for the churl and label them. 4. Classify t

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Positive Negative great arrogant beautiful impatient quiet worthless happy thoughtless answered hasty offered shouted at smiled wasted toiled refused grew destroyed dyed proud rewarded 5. Write the antonyms of the following words: Question 1. Write the antonyms of the following words:

Question 5

Question 1: Find the following adverbs in the story. What verbs do they tell us more about? Write down the pairs of verbs and adverbs.

Accepted Answer

Verb – Adverb

Question 6

Question 1: Use the following phrases in your own words.

Accepted Answer

Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 7

Question 1: Choose any one of the objects we use daily and find out how it is made. Present the information in the form of a chart. 10. Visit a library: Read the biographies of other Indian Sa

Accepted Answer

Thiruvalluvar was a great Tamil saint-poet.

Question 8

Question 2: How long ago did Thiruvalluvar live?

Accepted Answer

Thiruvalluvar lived more than two hundred years ago.

Question 9

Question 3: What did Thiruvalluvar do for a living?

Accepted Answer

Thiruvalluvar wove beautiful fabrics and saris, and sold them in the market to make his living.

Question 10

Question 4: What is Thirukkural?

Accepted Answer

Thirukkural is a book of teachings by the great Tamil saint-poet, Thiruvalluvar.

Question 11

Question 5: How did the rich, young man spend his time?

Accepted Answer

The rich, young man wasted most of his time roaming with his friends and making fun of other people.

Question 12

Question 6: What was the rich, young man sure about?

Accepted Answer

The rich, young man was sure that he could make Thiruvalluvar angry.

Question 13

Question 7: Did the rich, young man succeed in making the saint-poet angry?

Accepted Answer

No, the rich young man did not succeed in making the saint-poet angry.

Question 14

Question 8: What change was seen in the rich, young man after the saint-poet spoke to him?

Accepted Answer

The rich, young man felt ashamed of himself after the saint-poet spoke to him and he decided there and then to give up his idleness and bad habits.

Question 15

Question 1: Complete the sentence.

Accepted Answer

a. Cotton was carded and spun into long uniform threads. b. The farmer work hard for months through sun and rains.

Question 16

Question 2: What did the farmer grow in his field? How did he work?

Accepted Answer

The farmer grew cotton in his field. He worked hard for months through rain and sun.

Question 17

Question 3: What did the farmer do with the cotton?

Accepted Answer

The farmer picked the cotton from each boll and gave it for spinning.

Question 18

Question 4: How did the plain cotton transform into colourful threads?

Accepted Answer

People carded the cotton and spun it into long, uniform threads. These threads were dyed carefully so that they took on lovely colours.

Question 19

Question 5: a. Give the noun forms of: happy – happiness know – knowledge b. Give the adverb forms of: careful – carefully happy – happily c. Pick out a word from the extract which means “pod

Accepted Answer

boll

Question 20

Question 6: State the part of speech of:

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 21

Question 1: Add prefix to the given words:

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Step-by-step solution provided.

Question 22

Question 2: Pick out words from the lesson which are a combination of two meaningful words e.g.: worthless (worth and less)

Accepted Answer

anyone, someone, himself, thoughtless

Question 23

Question 3: The softly spoken words touched the young man’s heart. (Name the word class of the underlined word.)

Accepted Answer

softly – Adverb

Question 24

Question 4: Why doesn’t the man get angry? (Name the kind of sentence.)

Accepted Answer

Interrogative sentence

Question 25

Question 5: My wife and I wove the threads together. (Separate the subject and predicate)

Accepted Answer

Subject – My wife and I Predicate – wove the threads together.

Question 26

Question 6: The fabric was reduced to rags. (Name the kind of verb)

Accepted Answer

was reduced – Transitive verb

Question 27

Question 7: Pick out verb and state its tense. Question a. Many people have toiled to make it.

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have toiled – Present perfect tense Question b. Convert the sentence into Future perfect tense. Answer: Many people will have toiled to make it. Question 8. Rewrite the given sentence without the negative. (Money cannot bring it back.) Answer: Money is unable to bring it back.

Question 28

Question 9: Rewrite the above sentence beginning with ‘It cannot be ‘

Accepted Answer

It cannot be brought back by money.

Question 29

Question 10: He picked cotton each boll. (Fill in the blanks with a preposition.)

Accepted Answer

from.

Question 30

Question 1: As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

Accepted Answer

– Chanakya, 350 BC

Positive	Negative
great	arrogant
beautiful	impatient
quiet	worthless
happy	thoughtless
answered	hasty
offered	shouted at
smiled	wasted
toiled	refused
grew	destroyed
dyed	proud
rewarded

Chapter 2.2 The Worth of a Fabric Solutions