2.2. The Lion, the Man and the Statue
(सिंह मनुष्य आणि तो पुतळा)
शब्दार्थ
Proud.. गर्व
Strength.. शक्ती
Intelligence…. बुद्धिमत्ता
Hunt … शिकार
Hercules… हर्क्युलस नावाचा योद्धा
Proves… सिद्ध करणे
Depends… अवलंबून असणे
Storyteller…. गोष्ट सांगणारी व्यक्ती
Point of view….च्या दृष्टिकोनातून
POINTERS:
1. Listen carefully to find the answers from the story:
(1) Who speaks first in the story?
Ans –The lion
(2) What was the lion proud of?
Ans-His strength
(3) What was the man proud of?
Ans-His intelligence
(4) What did the man show to the lion?
Ans-a statue
(5) Who speaks last in the story?
Ans-the lion
5. Find two words beginning with ‘pr’ from the story and guess the meaning of each (गोष्टीतील Prने सुरू होणारे दोन शब्द सांगा व त्यांचे अर्थ सांगा.
Ans. (1) proud अभिमानी
(2) proves – सिद्ध करतो
8.Use your imagination to complete the following
a) The mango was raw. that is why I didn’t eat the mango
b) The camel could not slip away from the sugarcane field like the jackal. that is why the farmer beat the camel.
C) The swarm of bees on the tree began to sting him.that is why the monkey jumped into the lake.
d) He wanted to study human body parts. that is why Nu-Jo visited the earth.
e) The dog bit the mad man that is why he also bit the dog.
9. Underline the nouns in the following sentences:
Ans.
(a) Once a man and a lion got talking.
(b) I am the king of beasts.
(c) At last, the man took the lion to a statue in a big garden.
10. Read the following words aloud. Note the last letter and say the last sound.
– S
Make one-many pairs by adding -s at the end of the word:
Examples: job-jobs, cube-cubes
cock-cocks
kid-kids
file-files
tree trees
dog-dogs
shell-shells
dream-dreams
train-trains
map-maps
car-cars
bat-bats
paw-paws
-es
Make one – many pairs as shown by adding -es’ at the end of the word.
Examples: bus: buses, bush: bushes
Ans.
class-classes
brush-brushes
eyelash-cyelashes
bunch-bunches
glass-glasses
dash-dashes
match-matches
fox-foxes
dress-dresses
dish-dishes
branch-branches
box-boxes