Class 6 English Lesson-2 The Golden Touch

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Class 6 English Lesson-2 The Golden Touch

Lesson-2

The Golden Touch

(गल्डेन टाच)

(सनानि दांनाय)

ACTIVITIES (मावथायफोर)

Let’s see how much we have understood (फै जों बेसेबां बुजिखो नायनि):

1. Answer the following questions (गाहायाव होनाय सोंथिफोरनि फिन हो) :

a) What did the king wish for? (राजाया माखौ हास्थायदोंमोन?)

Ans:- The king wished for whatever he touched would turn into gold.

b) How did the king test his power? राजाया गावनि गोहोखौ माबोरै आनजाद नायदोंमोन?

Ans:- The king tested his power by touching a stone.

c) What happened to the princess when the king hugged her? जेब्ला राजाया गोबादोंमोन अब्ला राजखुंग्रिया मा जादोंमोन?

Ans:- When the king hugged his daughter, she turned into a statue of gold.

d) How did the king get rid of his golden touch? राजाया गावनि सनानि दांनायनिफ्राय माबोरै रैखा मोनखो?

Ans:- The king got rid of his golden touch by washing his hands in the river, as instructed by the Divine Spirit.

e) What lesson did King Midas learn at the end? जोबनायाव राजा मिदासआ मा आयदा सोलोंदोंमोन ?

Ans:- King Midas learned that love and happiness are the true wealth, and that they are worth far more than gold and money.

2. Read the following statements. Put a tick (✓) on the correct statement, and cross (ᳵ) on the incorrect ones:

गाहायाव होनाय बिबुंथिफोरखौ फराय। गेबेंफोरखौ टिक (✓)खालाम आरो गोरोन्थिखौ दाननाय (✗) सिन हो:

Ans:-

3. Read the sentences given below, and replace the underlined part with a word from the box.

गाहायाव होनाय बाथ्राफोरखौ फराय, आरो सिन होनय बाहागोखौ बक्सनिफ्राय मोनसे सोदोबजों सोलाय।

Shocked excited granted insisted

i.King Midas was surprised.

Ans:- King Midas was Shocked.

ii. The Divine Spirit agreed to fulfil his wish.

Ans:- The Divine Spirit granted his wish.

iii. King Midas demanded forcefully that his wish be fulfilled.

Ans:- King Midas insisted that his wish be fulfilled.

iv. King Midas was happy and enthuasiastic when his wish was fulfilled.

Ans:- King Midas was excited when his wish was fulfilled.

4. Choose the correct alternative from the options to complete each sentence:

मोनफ्रोमबो बाथ्राखौ आबुं खालामनो थाखाय नंगुबै अपसनखौ सायख’:

a) King Midas’ greatest desire was __________

राजा मिदासनि देरसिन लुबैनाया जाबाय_________

i) to hug his daughter

ii) to have more gold

iii) to wash his hands

iv) to walk in the garden

Ans:- ii) to have more gold

b) _________ granted the wish of King Midas.

____________ आ राजा मिदासनि लुबैनायखौ जाफुंहोदोंमोन।

i) The stone

ii) The Divine Spirit

iii) Midas’ daughter

iv) A golden statue

Ans:- ii) The Divine Spirit

c) King Midas got rid of his golden touch_____________

राजा मिदासआ गावनि सनानि दांनायखौ खोमाना लादोंमोन _____________

i) by wishing it away

ii) by washing his hands in the river

iii) by taking a walk in the garden

iv) by hugging his daughter

Ans:- ii) by washing his hands in the river

d) The lesson that King Midas learnt from his experience is that _________

राजा मिदासआ गावनि मोनदांथिनिफ्राय सोलोंनाय आयदाया बेनोदि __________

i) gold is the key to happiness

ii) power is more important than love

iii) love and happiness are worth more than gold

iv) greed is everything in life

Ans:- iii) love and happiness are worth more than gold

e) After losing the golden touch, King Midas__________

सनानि दांनायखौ खोमानायनि उनाव राजा मिदास आ __________

i) became greedier

ii) became wiser

iii) remained the same

iv) lost his kingdom

Ans:- ii) became wiser

f) The message that the story conveys is that __________

सल’आ जाय खौरांखौ फोरमायो बियो बेनोदि __________

i) material wealth gives happiness

ii) greed makes a man blind and foolish

iii) gold is more valuable than life

iv) a golden touch is more valuable than happiness

Ans:- ii) greed makes a man blind and foolish

5. Arrange the jumbled sentences in the proper order to get the summary of the story ‘The Golden Touch’. Rewrite the sentences in the correct order. Begin some of the sentences with Then, After that, Next and Finally to show how the events happen.

‘The Golden Touch’ सल’नि सुंद’ फोरमायथि सोरजिनो थाखाय गलाय-गथाय बाथ्राफोरखौ थि फारियाव साजाय। बाथ्राफोरखौ थि फारियाव लिरफिन। जाथायनि फारिखौ दिन्थिनो थाखाय माखासे बाथ्राफोरखौ जागाय फिन, बिनि उनाव, उननि आरो जोबनायाव ।

Ans:-

1. King Midas always wanted more gold.

2. Divine Spirit met King Midas one day.

3. The Divine Spirit said, “I will grant you one wish.”

4. King Midas said, “I wish whatever I touch turns into gold”.

5. Then, excited, he ran to tell his daughter the news.

6. When she hugged him, she instantly turned into a statue of gold.

7. After that, King Midas became very sad.

8. Next, the Divine Spirit told Midas to wash his hands in the river.

9. King Midas quickly went to the river and washed his hands.

10. His daughter came back to life.

11. Finally, King Midas learned to be happy with what he had.

6. a) Some letters may have more than one sound. Let’s take the example of the letter ‘a’. Read these words aloud and notice the sounds of letter ‘a’ in them:
माखासे हांखोफोरा मोनसेनिफ्राय बांसिन सोदोब थानो हागौ। दानिया ‘a’ हांखोखौ नोजोर होनि। बेफोर सोदोबफोरखौ गोख्रैयै फराय आरो बेयाव थानाय ‘a’ हांखोनि सोदोबफोरखौ गोसो हो

name midas want happy grant saw

b) Now, fill in the blanks in the following sentences with words given in the box below:

दानिया, गाहायाव होनाय बाक्सुआव होनाय सोदोबफोरजों गाहायाव होनाय बाथ्राफोरनि लांदां जायगाफोरखौ आबुं खालाम:

lost she pull time

(i) The sound of ‘e’ in ‘get’ is different from the sound of ‘e’ in ___________

(ii) The sound of’i’ in ‘king is different from the sound of ‘i’ in ___________

(iii) The sound of ‘o’ in ‘gold’ is different from the sound of ‘o’ in ________

(iv) The sound of ‘u’ in ‘turn’ is different from the sound of ‘u’ in __________

Ans:- (i) The sound of ‘e‘ in ‘get‘ is different from the sound of ‘e‘ in ‘she’ .

(ii) The sound of ‘i‘ in ‘king’ is different from the sound of ‘i‘ in ‘time’ .

(iii) The sound of ‘o‘ in ‘gold‘ is different from the sound of ‘o‘ in ‘lost‘.

(iv) The sound of ‘u‘ in ‘turn‘ is different from the sound of ‘u‘ in ‘pull‘.

Let’s learn some grammar : फै जों माखासे रावखान्थि सोलोंनि:

7. a) Read the following sentences, and notice the underlined words:

गाहायाव होनाय बाथ्राफोरखौ फराय आरो गाहायाव सिन होनाय सोदोबफोरखौ नोजोर हो:

i. He constantly looked for ways to get money and gold.

ii. He treated the divine spirit very well.

iii. He wanted to test the magical power.

iv. The Divine Spirit granted the king his wish.

v. He rushed to the palace.

The sentences given above refer to actions that happened before.

All the sentences talk about actions that happened before. When we talk about events or actions that took place at a definite time in the past, we use verbs in the Simple Past Tense. In the simple past tense of a verb, we say what we did yesterday, or last week, or even a long time ago. We use the second form of the verb by adding ‘-d’ or ‘-ed’ to the verb. Let’s see the first and second forms of the underlined verbs:

b) Read the lesson to find out the past forms of the verbs given below.

Write them down in the space provided:

Ans:-

c) Read the paragraph, and fill in the blanks with the Simple Past Tense form of the verbs:

King Midas _______ (want) to be the richest king. So, he _______ (wish) for the power to turn everything he touched into gold. The Divine Spirit __________ (grant) him his wish. King Midas _______ (touch) a stone, and it _________ (turn) into gold. The princess also turned to a statue of gold when the king ________ (hug) her. Slowly, he _______ (realise) that everything he _______ (touch) turned into gold. He ________ (want) to get rid of the golden touch. He _______ (wash) his hands in the river. The water of the river ________ (remove) the golden touch from his hands.

Ans:- King Midas wanted to be the richest king. So, he wished for the power to turn everything he touched into gold. The Divine Spirit granted him his wish. King Midas touched a stone, and it turned into gold. The princess also turned to a statue of gold when the king hugged her. Slowly, he realised that everything he touched turned into gold. He wanted to get rid of the golden touch. He washed his hands in the river. The water of the river removed the golden touch from his hands.