The Worth of a Fabric Q & A
Q.1. Form pairs. Present in the class, the conversation between Thiruvalluvar and the young man.
Q.2. Describe the following with the help of the story.
1.Thiruvalluvar
Ans. Thiruvalluvar was a great saint-poet,who lived more than two thousand years ago.People said that he never got angry,never used bad words and never shouted at anyone.
2.The rich young man
Ans. The rich young man wasted most of his time in roaming around with his friends.They often made fun of others. He was arrogant and he decided to test the patience of Thiruvalluvar, he listened to the words of Thiruvalluvar carefully and put them to use, thereby changing his idleness and bad habits.
3.The fabric woven by thiruvalluvar
Ans. 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 threads were dyed carefully so that they took on lovely colours. Thiruvalluvar’s wife and he then wove the threads together, putting in beautiful designs.
Q.3. 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.
Q.4. Classify the words in (a) and (b) into bpositivei and bnegativct words.
(a) great, beautiful, arrogant, impatient, quiet, worthless, proud, happy, thoughtless, hasty
(b) shouted at, wasted, answered, offered, smilcd, refuscd, toiled, grcw, dyed, rewarded, destroyed.
| |
Positive | Negative |
great | arrogant |
beautiful | impatient |
quiet | worthless |
happy | thoughtless |
answered | hasty |
offered | shouted at |
smiled | wasted |
toiled | refused |
grew | destroyed |
dyed | proud |
rewarded |
Q.5. Write the antonyms of the following words :
- politely × rudely
- calmly × angrily
- softly × hardly
- carefully × carelessly
Q.6. Find the following adverbs in the story. What verbs do they tell us more about? Write down the pairs of verbs and adverbs.
ago, greatly, today, politely, calmly, hard
Ans.Verb – Adverb
- lived – ago
- loved – greatly
- have – today
- answered – politely
- went – calmly
- worked_hard
- spoken – softly
- decided – then and there
- dyed – carefully
Q.7. Use the following phrases in your own words.
1) roam around-They always roam around my house.
2) again and again-I tried again and again.
3) bring something back-I am going to home to bring something back
4) there and then-Lokmanya Tilak decided there and then, that he would not tolerate injustice of any sort.
- Discuss in groups and think about it.
(a) List a few occasions on which you hod become angry. What do you do when you arc angry?
(b) Mention three occasions on which you have made someone else angry. What made that person angry? Can you avoid such things in future?
Q.9. 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.
Q.10. Visit a library: Read the biographies of other Indian Saints. Share at least one story from their life with your friends. What message does it contain?
Q.11. Form groups and display the quotes and messages from different saints in your classroom.