Question
A1. Simple Factual Activities:
State whether the following statements are True or False:
(i) The hermit was well known.
(ii) The hermit spoke usually to everyone.
(iii) The hermit dug the ground easily
(iv) The hermit was strong.
Equally varied were the answers to the second question. Some said, the people, the king most needed,were his councillors; others the priests; others the doctors while some said the warriors were the most necessary.
To the third question about what was the most important occupation, some replied that the most important thing in the world was science. Others said it was skill in warfare; and others, again, that it was religious worship. The king was convinced by none of
these answers and gave the reward to none.
He decided, instead to go to a hermit who was widely renowned for his wisdom. The hermit lived in a small hut in a forest which he never left. He spoke only to common folk. So the king put on simple clothes and approaching the hermit’s cell, dismounted his horse and left his bodyguard behind.
When the king arrived, the hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut. He greeted the king but went on digging. The hermit was frail and weak, and each time he struck the ground with the spade and turned over a little earth, he breathed heavily. The king went up to him and said, “I have come to you, wise hermit,to ask you to answer three questions-How can I learn to do the right thing at the right time ? Who are the
people I most need, and to whom should I, therefore,pay most attention? And what affairs are the most aimportant and need my first attention?”
The hermit listened to the king but said nothing. He just spat on his hand and resumed digging. The king watched in silence for a while.
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
State whether you agree/disagree with the following statements: (March 20)
(i) The hermit was strong and agile.
(ii) The king came to the hermit to ask three questions.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
(i) From the passage, find the collocations for the following:
(a) frail and .................. . (b) simple ................. .
(ii) The following compound words from the passage are spelt in jumbled order.
Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful.
(a) d u b g y r o a d (b) f r a w e r a
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Do as directed: (March 20)
(i) When the king arrived the hermit was digging the ground. (Name and identify the subordinate clause.)
(ii) The hermit listened to the king but said nothing. (Rewrite the sentence beginning Though......)
A5. Personal Response:
(i) The learned people were sometimes divided in their opinions, different people giving quite different answers; at other times, none of them gave an answer. They all suggested ways to look for an answer. Can you point out one example of each?
State whether the following statements are True or False:
(i) The hermit was well known.
(ii) The hermit spoke usually to everyone.
(iii) The hermit dug the ground easily
(iv) The hermit was strong.
Equally varied were the answers to the second question. Some said, the people, the king most needed,were his councillors; others the priests; others the doctors while some said the warriors were the most necessary.
To the third question about what was the most important occupation, some replied that the most important thing in the world was science. Others said it was skill in warfare; and others, again, that it was religious worship. The king was convinced by none of
these answers and gave the reward to none.
He decided, instead to go to a hermit who was widely renowned for his wisdom. The hermit lived in a small hut in a forest which he never left. He spoke only to common folk. So the king put on simple clothes and approaching the hermit’s cell, dismounted his horse and left his bodyguard behind.
When the king arrived, the hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut. He greeted the king but went on digging. The hermit was frail and weak, and each time he struck the ground with the spade and turned over a little earth, he breathed heavily. The king went up to him and said, “I have come to you, wise hermit,to ask you to answer three questions-How can I learn to do the right thing at the right time ? Who are the
people I most need, and to whom should I, therefore,pay most attention? And what affairs are the most aimportant and need my first attention?”
The hermit listened to the king but said nothing. He just spat on his hand and resumed digging. The king watched in silence for a while.
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
State whether you agree/disagree with the following statements: (March 20)
(i) The hermit was strong and agile.
(ii) The king came to the hermit to ask three questions.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
(i) From the passage, find the collocations for the following:
(a) frail and .................. . (b) simple ................. .
(ii) The following compound words from the passage are spelt in jumbled order.
Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful.
(a) d u b g y r o a d (b) f r a w e r a
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Do as directed: (March 20)
(i) When the king arrived the hermit was digging the ground. (Name and identify the subordinate clause.)
(ii) The hermit listened to the king but said nothing. (Rewrite the sentence beginning Though......)
A5. Personal Response:
(i) The learned people were sometimes divided in their opinions, different people giving quite different answers; at other times, none of them gave an answer. They all suggested ways to look for an answer. Can you point out one example of each?
