Andhra Pradesh AP Board 4th Class English Solutions 7th Lesson Birbal Caught the Thief Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
AP State Syllabus 4th Class English Solutions Chapter 7 Birbal Caught the Thief
Textbook Page No. 88
Activity-1
Look at this picture.
Answer the following questions :
Question 1.
What place do you see in this picture ?
Answer:
I see a King’s court in the picture.
Question 2.
Who are there in this picture ?
Answer:
King and his ministers.
Question 3.
What are they doing? / What is happening ?
Answer:
They are discussing about a problem.
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Comprehension :
Activity-2
I. Answer the following questions.
Question 1.
Where did the rich merchant live?
Answer:
He lived in a small village.
Question 2.
Who stole the diamonds?
Answer:
One of the servants in his home stole the diamonds.
Question 3.
Why did the merchant go to the court of Akbar?
Answer:
He went to the court to know the thief.
Question 4.
Why did Akbar ask Birbal to help the merchant?
Answer:
It was because Birbal was a wise minister.
Question 5.
What did one of the servants do during the night?
Answer:
He cut his stick by two inches during night.
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Activity-3
Read the following statements and write the letter (T) statements and letter (F) for the False statements.
1. Birbal gave sticks of unequal to all the servants. ( )
Answer: False
2. One of the servants had his stick longer by two inches. ( )
Answer: False
3. The thief fell at Birbal’s feet. ( )
Answer: True
4. The merchant went to the court of Akbar for help. ( )
Answer: True
5. Akbar shouted to catch the thief. ( )
Answer: False
Vocabulary
Activity-4
Write the words related to the word “kingdom” in the following word web.
Answer:
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Activity-5
Look at the following word chain.
In the above chain, the second word starts with the last letter of the 1st word and the 3rd word starts with the last letter of the second word.
Now prepare words in the chain with the given word.
Answer:
Look at the following words and see how they are arranged in alphabetical order.
Now arrange the words given below in alphabetical order.
1. ________
Answer: catch
2. ________
Answer: diamond
3. ________
Answer: equal
4. _____
Answer: grow
5. ______
Answer: help
6. ______
Answer: incident
7. ______
Answer: king
8. _____
Answer: many
9. _____
Answer: stole
10. _____
Answer: two
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Activity-7
Read the following word sets.
Write the word with the correct spelling in the space provided.
One is done for you. (Refer to a dictionary if you do not know)
Answer:
Activity – 8
Read the following sentences and observe the underlined parts.
1. When the merchant was sleeping, someone entered his room quietly.
Here the underlined part of the sentence was sleeping denotes an action that continued in the past. This is known as the past continuous tense.
The personal pronoun ‘I’ and all singular forms take was + verb (ing) and all plural forms take were + verb (ing)
Now, look at the following examples of the use of the past continuous tense.
1. They were eating in the restaurant, when I met them.
2. The children were playing in the playground, when it rained last evening.
3. Vimala was watching T.V, when someone knocked at the door.
4. Geeta’s father met with an accident, while he was crossing the road.
5. I cut my finger, while I was cutting vegetables.
Read the following paragraph and underline the verbs which are in the past continuous tense.
When I entered my classroom yesterday, our teacher was not there. My friends Ram and Ravi were making paper boats. Janaki and Kavita were drawing pictures. Ashok and Gopi were talking to each other. Madhu was reading a book.
Sheela was writing notes.
Now fill in the blanks with the past continuous tense using the verb given in the brackets.
1. Sarada _____ (write) an examination when her mother visited her school.
Answer: was writing
2. Ranga fell down while he _____ (run) a race.
Answer: was running
3. Mamata _____ (read) a story, when Jacob came to meet her.
Answer: was reading
4. The children _____ (make) a loud noise, when the teacher came in.
Answer: was making
5. Razia _____ (dance), when the headmaster entered the class.
Answer: was dancing
Activity-9
Read the following sentences and look at the underlined words.
1. He is the thief.
2. We are the thieves.
In sentence one, the subject ‘He’ and the verb ‘is’ are both singular in form.
This means a singular verb has a singular subject. This is called agreement between the subject and verb.
In sentence two, the subject ‘we’ and the verb ‘are’ are both plural in form.
This means a plural verb has a plural subject. In this sentence also, you . can see the agreement between the subject and the verb.
Here are some examples of subject-verb agreement (the subject is in bold and the verb is underlined):
1. John is going to school.
2. The players are going to the play ground.
3. The children are listening to stories.
4. Stephen is one of the best singers in my class.
5. The crow is flying high.
6. My uncle has bought a car.
7. They have sold their bungalow.
8. Rajesh was a billionaire.
9. You were very naughty in childhood.
10. His teeth are shining.
Look at singular and plural verb forms in the table given.
Listening and Responding
Note to the teacher
Now a days, most of the children are attracted and addicted to cartoon pictures and mobile games. They spend hours together with mobiles neglecting their studies and health.
Sensitize the children on the use of mobile games.
Teacher: Do you play mobile games at home?
Student-1: Yes sir, I play mobile games at home.
Teacher: How much time do you spend?
Student- 1: I think 2/3 hours sir.
Teacher: Don’t you think it’s a waste of time and it affects your eye-sight?
What is your opinion?
Student-1: Yes sir. I agree with you.
Teacher: Why?
Student-1: My friend wears spectacles.
In my view, it is only because of playing mobile games often.
Student-2: Is there any solution to stop it?
Student-3; Yes, there is. In my opinion, we should play outdoor games instead.
Teacher: Yes, you are right.
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Activity-11
Share your own opinion about the statement given below. Use one of the following phrases.
“Art and Music should be compulsory in school.”
(In my view, I feel, I think, I agree, I do not agree, In my opinion) e.g. In my view it is very important to introduce music in school.
1. ___________________
Answer:
I feel music relaxes the student’s mind.
2. ___________________
Answer:
I agree that art and music should be compulsory in school.
3. ___________________
Answer:
I do not agree a school without music and art.
4. _______________________
Answer:
In my opinion, we should encourage music and art competitions.
5. _______________________
Answer:
I think art is a special talent.
Activity – 12
Look at the underlined words, in the following sentences.
1. Birbal went to the merchant’s house.
The word merchant’s ends with ‘s (apostrophe and s). This indicates possession.
2. He is a clever person, isn’t he?
Here the apostrophe is not used to indicate possession. Instead it is used to indicate a shortened form. This is called contraction.
Here are some examples using apostrophe. Read and understand.
1. I went to my friend, Rama’s house yesterday.
2. Kannaiah has taken Sita’s pencil.
3. Varan doesn’t know how to play football.
4. They aren’t coming today.
5. Birbal saw the servant’s stick and shouted.
You may understand that an apostrophe (‘) is a punctuation mark. It can be used for possession and contracted forms.
Look at the examples in the table using apostrophe (‘) with nouns and in contracted forms.
Activity-13
I. Read the following sentences and underline the words with apostrophe
Once there lived a poor man named Ramaiah. He had four sons. They didn’t work hard. Hence, people used to call Ramaiah’s sons lazy. He didn’t want them to be called so. So, he scolded them. But his sons couldn’t understand their father’s intention and didn’t change.
Answer:
Once there lived a poor man named Ramaiah. He had four sons. They didn’t work hard. Hence, people used to call Ramaiah’s sons lazy. He didn’t want them to be called so. So, he scolded them. But his sons couldn’t understand their father’s intention and didn’t change.
II. Mark the apostrophe (‘) wherever necessary and rewrite the sentences.
1. One day Rajus family left the village on a pilgrimage.
Answer:
One day Raju’s family left the village on a pilgrimage.
2. The teachers wife wanted a needle.
Answer:
The teacher’s wife wanted a needle.
3. The pandit couldnt understand the kings words properly.
Answer:
The pandit couldn’t understand the king’s words properly.
4. The clerk said, “You didnt understand Saralas words.”
Answer:
The clerk said, “You didn’t understand Sarala’s words.”
5. The servants followed their masters order.
Answer:
The servants followed their master’s order.
Activity – 14
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Birbal Caught The Thief
Summary :
Once there lived a rich merchant in a small village, surrounded by a forest with many servants. One night, someone has stolen the merchant’s precious diamonds. The merchant asked all the servants about diamonds, but they denied. He went to the court of Akbar and narrated the incident. Akbar asked birbal to find his lost diamonds. Next day Birbal went to merchant’s house and asked all the servants, but everyone denied. Birbal gave equal sized sticks to all servants and said that it is a magic stick. He also said that the real thief stick will grow two inches by tomorrow.
And all should attend by tomorrow. The next day Birbal asked all the servants to show their sticks. One servant had the stick two inches shorter. Birbal took the servant to the merchant. Later, merchant asked Birbal that, how could he catch the thief. Birbal said that the thief cut the stick by two inc hes during night, fearing that the stick would grow by two inches longer. Birbal caught the thief wisely in this way.
సారాంశము
అనగనగా ఒక చిన్న ఊరిలో పెద్ద వ్యాపారి. తన పనిమనుషులతో కలిసి జీవిస్తూ ఉండేవాడు. ఒక రాత్రి, వ్యాపారి ఇంట్లోని వజ్రాలను ఒకతను దొంగలించాడు. వ్యాపారి నిద్రలేచిన తరువాత గమనించి తన పనిమనుషులను వజ్రాల గురించి అడిగాడు. కానీ ఎవరూ ఏమీ చెప్పలేదు. వ్యాపారి అక్బర్ దగ్గరకు వెళ్ళి జరిగింది అంతా వివరించాడు. అక్బర్, బీర్బల్ ను దొంగను వెతకడానికి నియమించాడు. మరుసటి రోజు బీర్బల్ వ్యాపారి ఇంటికి వెళ్ళి, అందరినీ వజ్రాల గురించి అడిగాడు. కానీ ఎవరూ ఏమీ చెప్పలేదు. బీర్బల్ పనిమనుషులందరికీ సమాన పొడవుగల కర్రలు ఇచ్చి, దొంగ కర్ర మరుసటి రోజుకు రెండు ఇంచులు పెరుగుతుంది అని చెప్పాడు. ఆ మరుసటి రోజుకు ఒకరి కర్ర రెండు ఇంచులు తగ్గుతుంది.
బీర్బల్ ఇది గమనించి దొంగ తనే అని గమనించాడు. దొంగ బీర్బల్ ను క్షమాపణ కోరాడు. బీర్బల్ దొంగను వ్యాపారికి అప్పగించాడు. వ్యాపారి బీర్బల్ ను దొంగను ఎలా కనిపెట్టాడో చెప్పమన్నాడు. అప్పుడు బీర్బల్, దొంగ మరుసటి రోజుకు కర్ర పెరుగుతుందేమో అని రెండు ఇంచులు కత్తిరించాడు, అని చెప్పాడు. ఇలా బీర్బల్ తన తెలివితో దొంగను పట్టుకున్నాడు.
Glossary
merchant = a person who buys and sells goods; వ్యాపారి
surrounded = covered around; చుట్టముట్టడం
precious = valuable; విలువైన
denied = said that something is not true; తిరస్కరించు
suspected = supposed to be true; అనుమానించు
narrated = told; చెప్పుట
stolen = to take something from someone without permission; దొంగలించు
trick = an act of cleverness కపట ఉపాయం