Subject: English Standard-III Year: 2020-2021

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ENGLISH TEXTBOOK

CHAPTER-4 THE POOR MAN

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Syllabus: The poor man

Scope of syllabus: In this chapter, you will learn to describe and analyze

different characters. You will also learn about gender and possessive nouns.

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Introduction: This is a story about Akbar and Birbal. The story is about

understanding the importance of keeping promises and treating people fairly.

Click the link below to have a better understanding of the story.

https://youtu.be/I2J80TUHYhA

Explanation: On a cold winter day, Emperor Akbar asked Birbal , ‘Tell me Birbal!

Will a man agree to do a difficult task just for a reward? ‘

Birbal replied, ‘Yes. There are so many poor people in the kingdom, who would

do anything for money. So Akbar challenged Birbal to find such a person and

bring him to his court.

The very next day, Birbal went to the court with a poor man who agreed to do

anything for a reward. The emperor then ordered the poor man to stand inside a

pond for the entire night.

The poor man agreed to do as the emperor asked. He stood in the pond all night

long, shivering. The next day when he returned to the court to take his reward,

Emperor Akbar asked him how he performed the difficult task.

The poor man said that he could do it because he saw a dim glowing light far

away and kept himself alive by thinking of the warmth of the ray of light.

Emperor Akbar refused to give him the reward saying that he had cheated by

getting warmth from the light. Birbal found this unjust but could not convince

the emperor and the poor man returned home sadly.

Then, Birbal did not come to the court for few days but sent a messenger to the

emperor saying that he would come to the court only after cooking his khichdi.

As Birbal did not turn up even after five days, the emperor himself went to his

house to investigate.

He found Birbal cooking khichdi by placing the pot at a height above a small

fire. He laughed at Birbal and said how he expected the khichdi to get cooked

with the fire so far away. Birbal replied that if it was possible for the poor man

to receive the warmth from the light that was a distance away, in the same way

his khichdi would get cooked too.

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Emperor Akbar understood his mistake and realized the importance of keeping

promises and treating people fairly. So he called the poor man, and rewarded

him.

Moral of the story: A small ray of hope is enough to inspire the one who is ready

to work hard to turn his dream into a reality.

Spellings:

66.accept 67. promises 68. treated 69. unjustly 70. court

71. emperor 72. agree 73. reward 74. Majesty 75. kingdom

76. ordered 77. shivering 78. returned 79. glowing 80. warmth

81. cheating 82. understand 83. messenger 84. uncooked 85. possible

86. distance 87. mistake 88. meetings 89. advisors 90. ministers

91. steady 92. flame

Worksheet-1

A. Meaning:

dim- dull

B. Answer in one word:

1. place where a king held meetings with his advisors and ministers- Court

2. a prize given for doing something well- Reward

3. giving out a steady light without a flame- Glowing

C. Tick the correct answers:

1. The man stood in the cold water because ____________.

a. he had to prove a point

b. he had to challenge the emperor

c. he needed the money

2. Birbal tried to make the emperor understand, but_______________.

a. the emperor did not listen to him

b. the emperor did not hear him

c. the emperor listened to someone else

3. Birbal did not come to the court for five days because ______________.

a. he was unwell

b. he was actually cooking the khichdi

c. he was trying to prove a point to Akbar

4. When Akbar understood his mistake, he _________________.

a. apologized to Birbal

b. called the poor man and rewarded him

c. gave the poor man double the reward

D. Answer the following questions:

1. What did Akbar ask Birbal to do?

Answer. Akbar asked Birbal to bring him a man from his kingdom who

would do any task, however difficult, for a reward.

2. What reason did Akbar have for not giving the poor man his reward?

Answer. Akbar did not give the poor man his reward saying that he had

survived the night in the lake with the help of the warmth of the glowing

light and that was cheating.

3. Describe the poor man’s response when he did not get the reward?

Answer. The poor man could not argue with the emperor and so he

returned home sadly.

Note:

E. Gender: The gender of a noun tells us whether the noun is a male or a

female.

Types of gender:

1. Noun which refer to males are said to be Masculine Gender. Example-

boy, man, cock

2. Nouns which refer to females are said to be Feminine Gender. Example-

girl, queen, hen

3. Words that refer to either males or females are said to be Common

Gender. Example- child, friend, singer

Write the opposite for the words given:

1. father - mother 2. princess - prince 3. hen - cock

4.parent - parent 5. niece - nephew 6. host - hostess

7. singer - singer 8. manager - manager 9. aunt - uncle

10. baby - baby

F. Possessive nouns: Nouns that show possession are possessive nouns.

All singular nouns show possession by adding an apostrophe and s.

Example- Rahul’s cat

Plural nouns that end in s, form the possessive by simply adding an

apostrophe. Example- doctors’ clinic

Give the possessive form of the following:

1. water bottle of Preeti - Preeti’s water bottle

2. shoes of Chaman - Chaman’s shoes

3. house of Mr Sharma - Mr Sharma’s house

4. the costumes of the actors - The actors’ costumes

5. doll of Saloni - Saloni’s doll

English Grammar

CHAPTER-4 Nouns –Common and Proper

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Syllabus: Nouns-Common and Proper

Scope of syllabus: Define

Identify Common and Proper noun in a sentence

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Explanation:

Topic 1: Introduction

Click the link below to have a better understanding to the introduction of the topic.

https://youtu.be/8p5UhEKmA7g

Words which are names of persons, places or things are called nouns.

There are several different types of nouns.

Let us learn about them.

Topic 2: Types of noun

Click the link below to have a better understanding of the topic in details.

https://youtu.be/DJy4PV6kETM

1. Proper Noun: Proper noun is a name given to a particular person,

place or thing. They always begin with a capital letter.

The names of people and pets begin with capital letters.

The names of the days of the weeks, the months of the

year also begin with capital letters. Example: Delhi, Red Fort, Bible

2. Common Noun: Common noun is a name given in common to every

person, place or thing of the same class or kind.

Common nouns are not capitalized, unless they come at

the beginning of a sentence.

Example: teacher, books, city

Topic 3: Identify common and proper noun in a sentence

Let us take an example,

Rahul is playing in the park.

In the above sentence, ‘Rahul’ is the name of a particular

person. So it is a proper noun and ‘park’ is common name of a

place. So it is a common noun.

Worksheet-2

A. Pick out the nouns in the following sentences and identify them

as Common and Proper nouns.

1. The sun shines in the sky.

2. Florence Nightingale worked in Scutari.

3. Ravana was the king of Lanka.

4. The Christians go to the church to pray.

5. The mouse was caught in a trap.

6. I have a dog, a cat and a parrot.

7. Hamid celebrates Id.

8. Jesus Christ was born on Christmas day.

9. Delhi is the capital of India.

10. I am going to Shimla by train.

Solution for worksheet-2

EX.B.

1. sun,sky-Common noun

2. Florence Nightingale, Scutari-Proper noun

3. Ravana , Lanka-Proper noun and king-Common noun

4. Christians-Proper noun and church-Common noun

5. mouse-Common noun

6. dog, cat , parrot-Common noun

7. Hamid, Id-Proper noun

8. Jesus Christ, Christmas-Proper noun

9. Delhi, India-Proper noun

10. Shimla-Proper noun and train-Common noun

Video Links:- 1. . https://youtu.be/I2J80TUHYhA

https://youtu.be/8p5UhEKmA7g