Class 4 English - Unit 1: The Seed of Truth - Questions and Answers | Teaching Manual


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The Seed of Truth
Teaching Manual

Questions and Answers

1. What was the hobby of the king?
Answer: The king was fond of gardening. He spent a lot of time tending his garden, planting the finest plants, fruit trees, vegetables and crops.

2. ‘The king did not have any children.’ What will happen to the kingdom?
Answer: As the king grew older, everyone got more and more worried. After his death, who would take over the kingdom?

3. How will the king find his successor?
Answer: To find a successor, the king thought of an idea. He decided to distribute some seeds to all the children in the country. The child who grows the biggest, healthiest plant will become the prince or the princess.

4. Why did the king choose such a test to find his successor?
Answer: Only the honest will rule the kingdom justly. To find an honest child, the king chooses such a test.

5. How many days will it take for a seed to sprout?
Answer: 

6. What care will you give to grow a seed into a plant?
Answer: I will sow the seed in fertile soil, water and manure it.

7. Will Pingala go to the palace?
Answer: Yes, He will go to the palace.

8. What will be his thoughts?
Answer:
I tried my best to grow the seed. I gave the best soil and manure to it. But the seed did not grow. How could I show the empty pot to the King?

9. What did Pingala’s father suggest to him?
Answer: Father advised Pingala that if he go to the king with the empty pot, at least the King would know that he tried his best.

10. Why did the other children laugh at him?
Answer: Pingala is holding an empty pot in his hand. So the other children laughed at him.

11. Will he go back home disappointed?
Answer: No. He will be rewarded for his honesty.

12. Why was the king unhappy?
Answer: Because the King knew that every child standing in front of him was dishonest.

13. What did he expect from the children?
Answer: The King expected that they would come before him with an empty pot.

14. Will the king be angry with Pingala?
Answer: No. The King will feel happy after seeing Pingala's honesty.

15. Why did Pingala hold his head down?
Answer: Because he thought that, he could not treat the seeds given by the King well.

16. Why did the king smile?
Answer: He gave roasted seeds to the children. He identified the honesty of Pingala. So he smiled.

17. The king gave roasted seeds to the children. Yet they came up with flowery plants. How did they grow the plants?
Answer: The seed given by the King didn't grow. So they choose another seed and made the plant.

Activity 1
‘The child who grows the biggest, healthiest plant will become the prince or the princess.’
The king ordered his men to prepare a notice for this announcement. Help them draft it.
Activity 2
... he saw children walking to the palace, dressed in their best clothes.
They all held well-grown plants. Pingala stood watching them sadly.
What will be the thoughts of Pingala? Write down his thoughts.
My God! what should I do? Everyone's seed has grown. My seed is not yet sprouted out. All are going to the court to show their plants. I also wanted to submit my plant before the King. But how could I go without a plant? If I show him this seed, he will think that I didn't treat it well. Everyone will laugh at me. What can I do? Give me away.

Activity 3
Pingala’s father was standing in front of his house. He saw the king’s messengers riding towards him. ‘My God! What happened to my son?’ he thought. One of  the messengers said, ‘You are wanted in the palace.’
Complete the conversation between the messenger and Pingala’s father.
Messenger: You are wanted in the palace.
Pingala’s father: Me? Is there any problem?
Messenger: No. there is good news for you.
Pingala’s father: Good news! What is it?
Messenger: Your son is selected as a prince of the court.
Pingala’s father: Oh my God! I can't believe this. How is it happen? He failed in the competition. His seeds didn't sprout out.
Messenger: No no, He won the competition. The seed given was a roasted one. That will not sprout out. Only your son told the truth. So he was selected.

Activity 4
You have come across the word ‘disappointment’ in the story.
How many words can you make using the letters in the word?
Make as many words and write them below.
ls, point, in, it, at, sad, dot, ant, an, on, past, pit, pont, pot, post, sat, sit, so, spot, men, man, me, mat, eat, east, end, not, net, met, note, open, top, tin, test, tea, tap.

Activity 5
The following are events taken from the story, ‘The Seed of  Truth’.
They are in a jumbled order. Rearrange the events in the correct order.
1. Pingala also got some seeds.
2. He was very old and had no children.
3. Pingala was unhappy but he went to the palace.
4. Vidhyadhara was the king of Gandhara.
5. Pingala sowed the seed but it didn’t sprout.
6. He decided to conduct a test for finding his successor.
7. Pingala became the prince.
8. The king said that he gave roasted seeds to everybody.
9. The king distributed seeds to the children.
Answer:
1. Vidhyadhara was the king of Gandhara.
2. He was very old and had no children.
3. He decided to conduct a test for finding his successor.
4. The king distributed seeds to the children.
5. Pingala also got some seeds.
6. Pingala sowed the seed but it didn’t sprout.
7. Pingala was unhappy but he went to the palace.
8. The king said that he gave roasted seeds to everybody.
9. Pingala became the prince.

Activity 6
Pingala sowed the seed in a pot in his garden.
Have you ever sown seeds?
What are the activities connected with cultivation?
Some activities related to cultivation are given below.
Match the pictures with the action by drawing lines.
Activity 7
Look at the picture carefully.
Fill in the blanks selecting suitable words from the brackets below.
(branch, beautiful, watering, of, big, under, fluttering, birds)
It is a beautiful garden. There are flowers of different colours. Butterflies are fluttering around the flowers. Pingala is watering the plants. There is a big tree at the corner of the garden. Two birds are sitting on the tree. A cat is playing under the tree. There is a squirrel on a branch of the tree.

Activity 8
What do you see in the picture?
What all things do you see in the shop?
Do you see a shopkeeper there?
Can you buy things without a shopkeeper? How?
Write a short description of the ‘Honesty Shop’.
Honesty Shop
It is a shop with different things. There are price tags in every products. No shopkeeper can be seen. People can select the things they want and can put the money there. This shop is working on the principle ‘honesty’.

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