AP Board 4th Class English Solutions 2nd Lesson Major Dhyan Chand

Andhra Pradesh AP Board 4th Class English Solutions 2nd Lesson Major Dhyan Chand Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 4th Class English Solutions Chapter 2 Major Dhyan Chand

Textbook Page No. 16

Pre-reading

Activity – 1

I . Look at the picture and answer the questions :

Question 1.
What are there in the picture ?
Answer:
There are playing tools for games and sports.

Question 2.
Mention the names of any 3 balls from the picture.
Answer:
Football, Cricket ball, Hockey ball.

Question 3.
Why are helmets used by cricket players ?
Answer:
To protect their head from injury.

Question 4.
Which game do you like the most?
Answer:
I like football the most.

Question 5.
Where do you play ?
Answer:
In the football ground.

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Comprehension :

Activity-2

I. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Who called Dhyan Singh as ’Dhyan Chand’?
Answer:
Dhyan Chand’s coach called him with that name.

Question 2.
Where were the 1936 Olympics held ?
Answer:
The 1936 Olympic events were held in Berlin, Germany.

Question 3.
Who played against India in the finals ?
Answer:
Germany played against India in the finals.

Question 4.
What did the German ruler offer to Dhyan Chand ?
Answer:
German ruler had offered Dhyan Chand a higher Salary and rank in the German army.

Question 5.
Why did Dhyan Chand remove his shoes ?
Answer:
His spiking shoes made it difficult for him to run on wet ground.

Question 6.
Who won the (Berlin Olympic Games in hockey?
Answer:
The Indian team won the Berlin Olympic Games in hockey.

Question 7.
Who pounced on Dhyan Chand and why?
Answer:
The German goal keeper pounced on Dhyan Chand in order to stop him making more goals.

II. Choose the correct answer from the given options and put the correct letter in the bracket.

Question 1.
The captain of Indian hockey team in 1936 was ( )
a) Tej Singh
b) Dhyan Chand
c) Rupendra Chand
Answer:
b) Dhyan Chand

Question 2.
The hosts of the 1936 Olympic Games were ( )
a) Spain
b) France
c) Germany
Answer:
c) Germany

Question 3.
The ground was uncomfortable to play because, it was ( )
a) green
b) dry
c) wet
Answer:
c) wet

Question 4.
The first goal for India was scored by ( )
a) Dhyan Chand
b) Roop Singh
c) Hitler
Answer:
b) Roop Singh

Question 5.
Hitler awarded Dhyan Chand with ( )
a) a bronze medal
b) a silver medal
c) a gold medal
Answer:
c) a gold medal

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Vocabulary

Activity-3

Look at the pictures and circle the appropriate word.

Answer:

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Activity – 4

Fill in the blanks with the plural words of the singular words given in the brackets.

1. I brush my ______ (tooth) in the morning.
Answer: teeth
2. Cats like to chase _____ (mouse).
Answer: mice
3. My brother is six ____ (foot)-three inches tall.
Answer: feet
4. We saw a flock of ____ (goose) in the lake.
Answer: geese

Activity – 5

Find and circle the names (at least six) of the games and sports in the box. Write them in the space given.

Answer:

Foot ball
Hockey
Volley ball
Tennis
Kabaddi
Cricket
Chess

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Grammar

Activity-6

Circle the pronoun in the given box.

Answer:

Activity-7

Rewrite the sentences by changing the underlined words with suitable pronouns.

he    it    we     she      they

Question 1.
The butterfly was pretty.
Answer:
It was pretty

Question 2.
Ram and Ravi are friends.
Answer:
They are friends.

Question 3.
The giraffe is tall.
Answer:
It is tall.

Question 4.
The fireman put out the fire.
Answer:
He put out the fire.

Question 5.
Jyothi is a nurse.
Answer:
She is a nurse.

Question 6.
Raju and I went to the park.
Answer:
We went to the park.

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Writing

Activity-8

Now, describe the Annual Sports Day, using the following clues.
3rd Saturday of December – conducted games – participants – winners – Sub Inspector of police – mementos.
Answer:
The Annual Sports Day was celebrated on 3rd Saturday of December. Many games were conducted. Mementos were distributed to the participants and the winners. The Sub-Inspector of police was the chief guest for the function.

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Listening and Responding

Activity – 9

The Kitten

Recite the following poem.

See the kitten on the wall
Sporting with the leaves that fall
Withered leaves, one, two, and three
Falling from the elder-tree
Through the calm and frosty air
Of the morning bright and fair
See the kitten, how she starts
Crouches, stretches, paws and darts
With a tiger-leap half way
Now she meets her coming prey
Lets it go as fast and then
Has it in her power again – by William wordsworth.

Glossary

sporting = playing ఆడుకొను
withered – dried వాడిపోయిన
crouches; = lowers the body with arms and legs bent ముడుచుకొనుట
a bird or an animal killed by another animal for food ఆహారం కొరకు వేరొక జంతువును వేటాడు

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I. Answer the following questions.

Activity – 10

Question 1.
Where does the kitten play in stanza-1?
Answer:
The kitten is playing on the wall.

Question 2.
Where are the leaves failing from? Are they fresh and green or brown and dry?
Answer:
The leaves are falling from the elder-tree. They are withered.

Question 3.
Pick out two sets of words that describe ‘air’ and ‘morning’.
Answer:
Calm and frosty
bright and- fair ‘

II. Circle the rhyming words in the poem.
Answer:
wall – fall
three – tree
air – fair
starts – darts
way – prey
then – again

MAJOR DHYAN CHANDI

Summary:

Dhyan Singh was a solider in the Indian Army. He used to practice hockey in the moon light. So, his coach started to call him Dhyan Chand, where Chand means moon. On 15 August 1936, Olympics were held, in Berlin, Germany. The day before it, it rained and the ground was wet. The match started. Roop Singh scored the first goal. In the second half of the match, Indian team made three goals.Out of which two were by Dhyan chand. He removed his shoes as it was difficult. As the Indian team scored more, a German goal keeper pounced on Dhyan Chand to hurt him. He continued to play and made the last goal of the match. It was a hat-trick win for the Indian team. German ruler offered him higher Salary and rank in the German army, but he refused. Hitler also awarded him a special gold medal. So, every year August 29, Dhyan Chand’s birthday is being celebrated as National Sports Day in India. Hockey is our national sport.

సారాంశము

ధ్యాన్ సింగ్ ఒక సైనికుడు. రోజులో సమయం లేక రాత్రివేళలో హాకీ ఆడడం సాధన చేసేవాడు. దాంతో అతని కోచ్, తనని ధ్యాన్ చంద్ అని పిలవసాగాడు. ఆగష్టు 15, 1936వ ఒలంపిక్ క్రీడలు జర్మనీ లోని బెర్లి లో నిర్వహించారు. ఆ ముందు రోజు భారీగా వర్షం పడడంతో ఆటస్థలమంతా తడిగా మారింది. అయినా అదే ఆఖరి రోజు కావడంతో వేరే మార్గం లేదు. ఆట మొదలైంది. రూప్ సింగ్ మొదటి గోల్ చేయగా, రెండో విడతలో భారత జట్టు మూడు గోల్ చేసింది.

అందులో రెండు ధ్యాన్ చంద్ సాధించాడు. తర్వాత భారత జట్టు జోరుగా దూసుకెళ్ళడంతో తట్టుకోలేక, జర్మనీ ఆటగాడు ధ్యాన్ చంద్ పై దాడిచేశాడు. కానీ ధ్యాన్ చంద్ సైనికుడు కావడంతో మళ్ళీ బాగా ఆడి చివరి గోల్ కూడా తనే సాధించి భారతజట్టును వరుసగా మూడోసారి గెలిపించాడు. జర్మనీ పాలకుడు ధ్యాన్ చంద్ కు మంచి జీతం, సైన్యంలో గొప్ప హెూదా కల్పిస్తానని అన్నాడు. కాని దాన్ని ధ్యాన్‌చంద్ తిరస్కరించాడు. హిట్లర్ కూడా అతనికి ప్రత్యేకమైన బంగారు పతకంతో సత్కరించాడు. హాకి భారతదేశపు జాతీయ క్రీడ. ప్రతి సంవత్సరం ఆగస్టు 29న ధ్యాన్ చంద్ పుట్టిన రోజును జాతీయ క్రీడల దినోత్సవంగా జరుపుకుంటాము.

Glossary :-

victory = win / success; విజయం
defeated = lost; ఓడిపోయిన
postpone = put off to a later time; వాయిదా
aggressive = angry / ready to attack; దూకుడు
goal = the act of hitting the ball into the goalpost; లక్ష్య౦
barefoot = without wearing anything on the feet; చెప్పులు లేని కాళ్ళు
pounced = fall suddenly on. & seize with the claws; అకస్మాత్తుగా పైబడు