Exercise:
1. Answer the following questions:
(i) Where did the wood-cutter live?
Ans: The wood-cutter lived in a village which was on the bank of a river.
(ii) What was he cutting?
Ans: He was cutting one of the branches of a tree which stood just beside the river.
(iii) Why was the wood-cutter sad?
Ans: The wood-cutter was sad because his axe suddenly fell into the river and the river was very deep.
(iv) Who came out of the river and what did he do?
Ans: The River-God came out of the river and he tested the honesty of the wood-cutter.
(v) What was the first axe made of?
Ans: The first axe was made up of gold.
(vi) How many axes did the wood-cutter get from the River-God and why?
Ans: The wood-cutter get three axes from the River-God because one was his own axe and other two he get as a reward from the River-God for his honesty.
(vii) What lesson do you learn from the story?
Ans: We learned from the lesson that we should always be honest, and not be greedy about things.
2. Fill in the blanks with words given below:
glad , axe, dived, gave, bank, honest, made of
(i) The wood-cutter lived in a village on the bank of a river.
(ii) The wood-cutter was very honest.
(iii) The River-God dived into the river and came out with an axe made of gold.
(iv) The River-God gave all the three axes to the wood-cutter.
(v) The wood-cutter’s axe was made of iron and wood.
(vi) The wood-cutter was glad to see his axe.
3. Use the following words in your own sentences ·.
sad , suddenly, glad , reward , enter, honest.
Sad- Ramu was sad because he lost his pen.
Suddenly- Suddenly the pen slipped down from his hand and fell into the drain.
Glad- Grandparents glad to see their granddaughter.
Reward- The River-God reward him three axes for his honesty.
Enter- The whale quickly entered into the sea.
Honest- Raam was an honest person.
4 ‘. Understand the use of,.mine’ in the following pair of sentences, and then use the word making pairs of sentences meaningful.
Example:
This is my book This book is mine.
That is his pen. That pen is not mine.
(a) This is my table. (a) …………………………….
This is his fan. …………………………………
(b) That is my shirt. (b) ……………………………
That is his pant. ……………………………
(a) This table is mine.
This fan is not mine.
(b)That shirt is mine.
That pant is not mine.
5.Understand the following pair of sentences, and make another pair using the word ‘bank’ :
Example:
My father works in a bank.
Gargaon is on the bank of the river Dikhow.
(a) I deposit my money in a bank. Guwahati stands on the back of the river dihing.
(a) My brother works in a bank.
Dibrugarh is on the bank of the river Brahmaputra.
6. Fill up the blanks.
(a) The bag slipped down from his hand.
(b) A tiger came out of the jungle.
(c) The tiger appeared before the villagers
(d) The student appeared before the Pradhan Acharya.
(e) The wood-cutter cried out “This is my axe”.
(f) The River-God brought out an axe.