Unit 2 - 2.2 Three Questions English - Unit 2 - 2.2 Three Questions

Relate the following actions with the king and the hermit:

State whether the following statements are True or False:
(1) The hermit pitied the king's weakness.
(2) The king received all answers from the hermit.
(3) The present is the only time when we have power.
(4) To do good to people is the purpose of our life.

Say whether the following statements areTrue or False:
(a) The person the king saved and helped was his enemy.
(b) The hermit helped the king.
(c) When he awoke, the king immediately realized where he was.
(d) The king had gone out for a walk.

Arrange these incidents in proper sequence:
(a) The bearded man resolved to kill the king.
(b) The king executed the bearded man's brother.
(c) The bearded man laid an ambush to kill the king.
(d) The king's bodyguards recognised and wounded the bearded man.
(e) The bearded man came out of the ambush.
(f) The king spent the night at the hermit's hut.

Who said to whom?
(a) Let me take the spade and work a while for you.
(b) Now rest a while and let me work a bit.

State whether you agree/disagree with the following statements:
(i) The hermit handed over the spade and sat down.
(ii) The king wasn't feeling sorry for the hermit.

Summarize the following aspect in 4 to 5 lines each in your own words :
(a) The solution.
(b) The messge.

How did the hermit finally point out the answers to the king's questions?

Summarize the climax in 4 to 5 lines in your own words.

Write two points for the following:
The king's enemy was repentant. How do you
know?

Solve the crossword puzzle using words from the passage referring to the clues given :

Down Across
(1) Restart/Start again
(2) Sage
Across
(3) A tool for digging
(4) Intelligent

The following compound words from the passage are spelt in jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful.
(i) d u b g y r o a d =
(ii) f r a w e r a =

Choose the correct answer and fill in the blank :
"I pray you to answer my question." Here 'pray' means ________.
(a) plead to God (b) request
(c) order (d) suggest

From the passage, find the collocations for the following:
(a) made peace (b) took leave

Match the following:

'A'	'B'
(1) one who heals	(a) sower
(2) one who lives alone in a forest	(b) physician
(3) one who plants seeds	(c) enemy
(4) one who is actively opposed to you	(d) hermit

Do as directed:
(1) When the king arrived the hermit was digging the ground. (Name and identify the subordinate clause.)
(2) The hermit listened to the king but said nothing. (Rewrite the sentence beginning Though.....)

For that purpose alone were you sent into this world. (Rewrite beginning with the subject 'you'.)

There is only one time that is important. (Rewrite using 'no'.)

He was the most important man. (Rewrite as a question.)

Pick out the finite and non-finite verbs in the sentence:
I pray you to answer my questions.

The learned advisers who came to the court confused the king. How do you know?

Whom do you consider your guide when you are in difficulty? Why?

Do you think the hermit knew beforehand not only about the king's arrival but also about the ambush by his enemy? Think a little about this and say what you really feel.
OR
*Write two points for the following: How do you know that the hermit was wise?

What qualities of the king stand out as he forgave his enemy?

Did the king behave as an ordinary person rather than as a ruler at the hermit's hut? What shows it? Did he also act as a good, kind person? When did he do so?