TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 3A What Can a Dollar and Eleven Cents Do?

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TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 3A What Can a Dollar and Eleven Cents Do?

Look at the picture and discuss the question that follow:

Question 1.
What can you say about the shop?
Answer :
It is a medical shop. Medicines are sold here.

Question 2.
When does one go to such shops?
Answer :
One goes to such shop when one needs medicines for himself/herself or any other person who is very close.

Question 3.
Why do you think the girl has come to the shop ?
Answer :
I think that the girl has come to the shop to buy some medicines.

Question 4.
What do you think is the girl saying to the shopkeeper?
Answer :
The girl is saying to the shopkeeper to take the money she has and give her the medicine.

Question 5.
Does she look happy? What makes you think so ?
Answer :
No, she doesn’t look happy. I think she is very anxious about the health of somebody.

Question 6.
Who might be ill ?
Answer :
Somebody who is very close to the girl might be ill.

Oral Discourse :

Role-play-Enact the scene depicted in the picture
(Characters : The girl, the medical shopkeeper)

Girl : Sir,
Medical shopkeeper : Yes, what to you want, baby?
Girl : I want a medicine.
Medical shopkeeper : Are you suffering from any disease?
Girl : No, sir, My brother is seriously ill.
Medical shopkeeper : What’s the disease?
Girl : I don’t know. But my parents are discussing about his disease. They say it’s serious.
Medical shopkeeper : How can I give medicine without knowing the disease? Have you got the doctor’s prescription?
Girl : No. But I know the name of the medicine.
Medical shopkeeper : Then tell me the name.
Girl : It’s ‘miracle’.
Medical shopkeeper : What’s “miracle?”
Girl : That’s the name of the medicine. How much it costs ?
Medical shopkeeper : There’s no medicine like “miracle”.
Girl : My parents are talking about this medicine. Only ‘miracle’ can cure my brother’s disease. Please give me the medicine “miracle”.
Medical shopkeeper : We don’t have such a medicine. We don’t sell it.
Girl : No matter. Take this money and give it.
Medical shopkeeper : How much is it ?
Girl : One dollar and eleven cents. Is it enough ? If it’s not enough, I will bring some more. Please tell me how much it costs.
Medical shopkeeper : I’m sorry, baby.

I. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
Do you think Tess can buy the miracle with her sarings? Why?
Answer :
I don’t think Tess can buy the miracle with her cavings because the miracle was not a medicine.

Question 2.
Why did the mother say that the surgerv, vas a real miracle?
Answer :
The mother said that the surgery w^{\sim a real miracle because their family members lost their hope and gav u p their efforts. They thought that Andrew might die one day or the – her. But, Andrew was operated upon by Dr.Armstrong and was miracle.

Question 3.
What did the little girl understand by the word “miracle”?
Answer :
The little girl understand that “miracle” was a kind of medicine.

Question 4.
What kind of a man was Dr. Armstrong?
Answer :
Dr. Armstrong was a helpful, kind and generous person.

Question 5.
Why did the doctor say that one dollar and eleven cents was the exact price 5 for the miracle?
Answer :
The little girl thought that the miracle was a kind of medicine. So she wanted to buy it with her money. She told the doctor that she had a dollar and eleven cents and could get some more to get the miracle. So the doctor attracted towards the innocence and the loving nature of the girl. Then he told her one dollar and eleven cents was the exact price for the miracle.

Question 6.
Find out the words that have been used to describe Tess. Would you like to add some from your side?
Answer :
The phrases like “eyes welling up”, “barely audible” and “smiled” are the words/phrases that have been used to describe Tess. I would like to add the words such as ‘innocent’, ‘loving’, ‘tender’, ‘helping natured’ etc., to describe Tess.

Question 7.
Can you suggest another title for the story? Give reasons.
Answer :
Another suggestable title for the story is “Sister’s Love Saves The Brother”. We can suggest this title because it was the sister who did everything to save her brother. So I think this is another suggestable title.

II. Say whether the following statements are True or False. Give reasons for your answer. Correct the false statements.

1. Andrew’s parents had very little money (True)
2. Tess’s parents were very poor. (True)
3. Tess’ parents were not interested to take her little brother, Andrew, to the hospital. (False)
4. Andrew was seriously ill. (True)
5. Tess thought that “a miracle” was the medicine that was available in a medical store. (True)

Reasons :

Question 1.
Andrew’s parerts had very little money.
Answer :
We can say it ‘true’ Decause Andrew’s parents didn’t have enough money for the treatment.

Question 2.
Tess’s parents were very poom
Answer :
We can say it “true” because they could not afford to stay in the present house and were moving to a smaller house.

Question 3.
Tess’s parents were not interested to take hevittle brother, Andrew, to the hospital.
Answer :
We can say it “false”. Actually Tess’s parents were interted to take her little brother, Andrew, to the hospital. But they were very poor togay the bills.

Question 4.
Andrew was seriously ill.
Answer :
We can say it “true”. Andrew needed to undergo the operation. When the doctor happened to see ‘Andrew’, the doctor admitted him to the hospital and performed the surgery upon the boy. So we can say that he was seriously ill.

Question 5.
Tess thought that “a miracle” was the medicine that was available in a medical store.
Answer :
We can say it “true”. Tess went to the medical store and asked the chemist for “a miracle”.

Correcting the false statement :

4. Tess’s parents lost their hope and gave up their efforts as there was no one to loan them the money.

III. Tick the correct answer.

Question 1.
“I’m sorry,” the chemist said, because the miracle the girl had asked for
a) was not available in his shop.
b) was very costly.
c) was not a medicine.
Answer :
c) was not a medicine.

Question 2.
Dr. Armstrong wanted
a) to help the child.
b) to collect a lot of money.
c) to make fun of the child.
Answer :
a) to help the child.

Vocabulary :

I. Given below is a paragraph written by a 6 th class student. Some words are spelt wrongly in it. Circle them and write the correct spellings.

Food and Nutrition

We need a balansed diet to be healthy. Balanced diet provides us major nutrents such as carbohydrates, fats, vitamns, minerals, and protins. There arc two diferent types of source of protins – animal sources and plant sources. Animal sources include fish, eggs, meet, cte. Peas and beans are important sourses of protin.

II. In each group of words below, find the odd one out and circle it. Give justification for your answer. The first one is done for you.

1) hospital, nurse, patient, passenger.
Hospital, nurse and patient are related to medical profession, whereas “passenger” is iut related to the medical profession. So, passenger is the odd one out.
2) shop, customer, cost, temple
3) dollars, things. rupees, cents
4) treatment, operation, surgeon, blackboard
5) play, question, answer, Chocolate
2) shop, customer and cost are related to business whereas ‘temple’ is not related to business. So, temple is the odd one out.
3) dollars, rupees and cents are related to currency whereas ‘things’ is different. So, ‘things’ is the odd one out.
4) treatment, operation, surgeon are related to hospital whereas black board is related to teaching.
5) play, question and answer are related to a school child whereas ‘chocolate’ is an eatable. So, ‘chocolate’ is the odd one out.

III. Write words related to “Hospital”. Write as many mards as possible.

1. operation
2. madicine
3. doctor
4. patient
5. nurse
6. ward
7. compounder
8. stethoscop
9. thermometre
10. syringe
11. ward
12. intensive care unit
13. critical care unit
14. operation
15. treatment
16. disease
17. medicine
18. ambulance
19. wheel chair
20. gloves
21. apron
22. mask
23. microscope
24. laboratory
25. sample

Grammar :

I. Question mark (?) and Exclamation mark (!)
Read the following conversation paying special attention to the use of quto marks, and exclamation marks.
“Where’s the champion of Israel?” shouted Goliath.
“Let him come and fight with me!”
“Who is this man?” said David.
“I’ll go and fight him.”
“How stupid you are!” Goliath exclaimed.
You understand from the above sentences that a question ends with a questias, mark (?) and an exclamatory sentence with an exclamatory mark (!)

Now read the following conversation and use question marks or exclamatory marks wherever necessary.
Tess : I want to buy a mircale. How much does it cost
The Shopkeeper : I am sorry.
Tess : Why
The Shopkeeper : Because we don’t have any medicine like “a miracle”
Tess : What a pity
Answer :
Tess : I want to buy a mircale. How much does it cost?
The Shopkeeper : I am sorry.
Tess : Why?
The Shopkeeper : Because we don’t have any medicine like “a miracle”.
Tess : What a pity!

II. Apostrophe (‘) in possessive case of nouns and contractions Read the following passage.
Andrew’s disease worried Tess’s parents because they did not have enough money for the treatment. Tess heard her father’s words. She decided to buy a miracle to cure her brother’s disease. She went to the medical store to buy the medicine. The shopkeeper said, “We don’t sell miracles here. I’m sorry.”
As you can see from the words / expressions in bold, the apostrophe is used to indicate the following.

Here, Tess’s parents means the parents of Tess. Similarly, Andrew’s disease means the disease of Andrew.

The apostrophe is used here to talk about something that belongs to somebody or something. But it is also used to indicate the omission of a few letters, thus forming short forms or contractions. Don’t is the short form of do not. Similarly, I’m is the short form of I am. June’ 09 is the short form of June 2009. In this case, apostrophe indicates that some letters/ numbers are omitted.

Read the following sentences and identify the contracted forms. Rewrite them in long form.

1. “I don’t know” she replied. “He’s really sick and Mummy says he needs an operation.”
2. But Daddy can’t pay for it.
3. Let’s see if I’ve the kind of miracle he needs.
Answer :
1) “I do not know” she replied. “He is really sick and Mummy says he needs an operation.”
2) But Daddy can not pay for it.
3) Let us see if I have the kind of miracle he needs.

III. Read the following story :

Two rats fell into a milk pot. The first rat stopped making attempts to swim thinking that no one would save it. So, it drowned and lost its life. The other rat decided to continue swimming in the pot round and round. After some time, the milk turned into curd, the rat sat on it, and thus saved its life.

Look at the verbs underlined above. They fall into two categories as shown below.

i) Regular verbs: Regular verbs are formed by adding ‘d’ or ‘ed’ to the present form of the verb.

eg:

ii) Irregular verbs: Irregular verbs have different forms for the present and past tenses.

Read the table given below and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs. Write “regular” or ‘irregular’ in the third column.

Answer :

IV. Read the following sentences.

Andrew needed a costly surgery now and there was no one to loan them money. Dr.Armstrong operated on Andrew without any charges, and within a few weeks he was back at home doing well.

Observe the underlined words. They do not specify the exact amount or number but quantify things. They are called quantifiers. The words no, none, any, a lot of, much, many, a little, a few, etc. come under this category.
1. We use no or none of to indicate not or not any in order to emphasise the negative idea in a sentence.
2. We use a few and a little to talk about a small number and quantity.
3. Much is used with uncountable nouns like sugar, and many is used with countable nouns like pen, book etc.
Examples:
1. Chandu has so much interest in English that he reads one book a week.
2. He has many friends in school.

V. Study the table of marks secured by students in class X carefully. The minimum marks required to pass is 35 .

Answer the following questions using ‘no’, ‘none’, ‘any, ‘a few’ and ‘many’. Write them down in your notebook. The first one has been done for you.

Question 1.
How many students have scored more than 70 marks ?
Answer :
Many students have scored more than 70 marks.

Question 2.
Are there any students who have scored 90 marks ?
Answer :
None of the students have scored 90 marks.

Question 3.
How many students have failed in English ?
Answer :
None of the students have failed in English.

Question 4.
How many students have scored below 60 marks ?
Answer :
None of the students have scored below 60 marks.

Question 5.
How many students have scored between 64 and 75 ?
Answer :
17 students have scored between 64 and 75 .

Writing :

I. Tess has the habit of writing a diary. On the day when she heard the news that her little brother Andrew had serious illness, she began writing the entry in her diary like this:

“Today is a very bad day. What a terrible news! Mummy and daddy are worrying so much about Andrew. My poor brother, Andrew! Why such big illness? Shocked to know that he was in a danger ?
Continue the diary entry in your notebook.
Answer :
Oh, what a pity! How sad news it is! How can I live without my little brother? What happened to him? I must take him to a specialist and save him. I can’t believe my ears. Oh, God! please save him. I believe you are only the power who can save my brother. Shower your blessings on us. Today I am really unhappy. What an unpleasant news! Mum is calling me. I shall continue my diary later…

II. Letter Writing :

Imagine that you were Tess and write a letter to Dr. Armstrong in your notebook thanking him for saving the life of the little boy.
Answer :

79 E, Main street
Phoenix, USA
25th Dec. 2016.

Dear Doctor,
We are safe here and hope the same with you. Andrew is alright now. He has been recovering gradually. Now, we are all happy. We all feel that you are our God. We are very much thankful to you. We are really indebted to you for giving the second birth to my little brother. I heartily invite you to visit our home, Sir. We are waiting for your presence here.

Yours sincerely,
Tess.

Address on the envelope
To
Mrs. Carlton Armstrong,
Neuro surgeon,
100 Main street,
P.O. Box No. 1022,
Seattle W.A, U.S.A.

Study Skills :

Look up the word ‘miracle’ in the following two dictionary entries. miracle [MIr.I.k’]

– Collins Cobuild Aryanced Illustrated Dictionary, 2009

– Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Third Edition

Question 1.
What do you understand by the word ‘miracle’? Write a brief note.
Answer :
‘Miracle’ means an unusual and mysterious event that is thought to have been caused by a god, or any very surprising and unexpected event. ‘Miracle’ can be used as a noun or an adjective. The plural form of the word ‘miracle’ is ‘miracles.’

Question 2.
Use the word ‘miracle’ as a noun and an adjective in a few sentences.
Answer :
As a ‘Noun’
1) It’s a miracle he wasn’t killed!
2) It’s a miracle the little boy drove the car.
3) Only a miracle can save her.
As an ‘Adjective’
4) I can’t promise a miracle cure.
5) It is a miracle drug, it cured cancer.
6) It is a miracle argument which gives him a new birth.

Question 3.
What do N-COUNT and ADJ mean ?
Answer :
N-COUNT means countable noun. ADJ means adjective.

Listening & Speaking :

Glenn Cunningham

Glenn Cunningham was a good runner. In races at school, he ran faster than his friends. “I want to become the fastest runner in the world,” Glenn told himself.

One day, there was a big fire at Glenn’s school. He was burnt very badly. His legs were burnt more than any other part of his body. The doctors looked at his legs and said that he would not be able to run again.
“I want to run!” shouted the boy. “I want to run!”
“You will not be able to run,” said the doctors.
“You should be happy if you can walk.” But Glenn did not listen to the doctors. “I won’t give up,” he told himself. “I’ll run’

Glenn was in bed for a year. When he got up, he tried to walk. He fell down. But Glenn did not give up. He kept trying. At last, Glenn was able to walk. The doctors were surprised. Then Glenn started to run. Soon he could run faster than his friends.

Later, Glenn became the fastest runner of his time. Glenn Cunningham showed that anything could be done, if one tries hard.

Your teacher will read the story “Glenn Cunningham.” Listen carefully and answer the questions given below.

Question 1.
What was Glenn’s ambition?
Answer :
Glenn’s ambition was to become the fastest runner in the world.

Question 2.
Why was he burnt?
Answer :
He was burnt very badly when there was a big fire at Glenn’s school.

Question 3.
What did he shoul?
Answer :
He shouted that lie wanted to run.

Question 4.
How long was Glenn in bed?
Answer :
Glenn was in bed for a year.

Question 5.
What was Glenn’s achievement?
Answer :
Glenn became the fastest runner of his time.

Question 6.
What qualities of Glenn do you like? Do you have them in you? Speak about them.
Answer :
The qualities of Glenn liked by me are confidence, faith and strong determination. No, I don’t have any one of them.

Question 7.
What would any normal child do if he/she were in Glenn’s place ?
Answer :
If a normal child were in Glenn’s place, I think he/she would do nothing special. He might be in bed for a long time. He wouldn’t achieve what Glenn did.

Oral Activity :

I. Tess wanted to buy a medicine for her brother, Andrew. But she didn’t know the way to reach the medical store. She approached the traffic policeman for help.
Now read the following conversation between Tess and the Traffic policeman:
Tess : Excuse me, Sir. I want to buy some medicines. Could you please tell me the way to a medical stores nearby?
Traffic Policeman : Sure, go straight up to the Municipal Office. Then turn left, and walk straight. You’ll find a medical stores there.
Tess : How far is it from here?
Traffic Policeman : Not very far. It’s just one kilometre away from here.
Tess : Can I catch a city bus to reach there?
Traffic Policeman : Oh, yes. Take the bus 17 M. It’ll take you there.
Tess : Thank you very much.
Traffic Policeman : You’re welcome.

II. Study the route map given below :

You are at the court and want to go to the railway station. How do you ask for the way? Work in pairs and develop a conversation between you and a stranger.

You : Excuse me, _____ the railway station?
Stranger : Sure, _______
You : ________
Stranger : _______
You : _________
Stranger : _________
Answer :
You : Excuse me, Sir. Could you please tell me the way to the railway station?
Stranger : Sure, go straight up to the municipal office. Then turn left, and walk up to ‘hotel’. There you take right and go straight. You’ll find the railway station there.
You : How far is it from here?
Stranger : It’s very near. It’s just two kilometres away from here.
You : Can I catch a city bus to reach there?
Stranger : Oh, yes. Take the bus 232E. It’ll take you there.
You : Thank you very much.
Stranger : You’re welcome.

III. Enact the story “What Can a Dollar and Eleven Cents Do?” as a playlet. Follow the procedure given below.

(Group work – Let the students form 3 or 4 groups)
Read the story once again.
Identify the characters.
Pick out the dialogues of the characters.
Identify the locations of the events.
Decide scenes and setting accordingly.
Assign roles to the members of the groups.
Enact the drama before the whole class.
Answer :
Characters : a girl
Andrew : brother of Tess
Their parents, Medical shop owner, Dr. Carlton Armstrong (a famous neuro surgeon)

SCENE-1
(At Tess’s home)

Tess’s mother : (Weeping in a sorrow mood) Andrew’s condition is very serious. Doctors said he needs a costly surgery.
Tess’s father : Yes, but we don’t have enough money to pay doctor’s bill.
There is no one left to loan us. Only a miracle can save him now.
(Tess hears this conversation and goes to her room, pulls a jar of coins from cup board, takes out the coins and counts. Then she goes to a medical store.)

SCENE-2
(At Medical store)

Chemist : What do you want baby?
Tess : I want a medicine for my brother.
Chemist : What is the name of medicine?
Tess : It’s “Miracle”.
Chemist : Miracle …. ? I am sorry child. We don’t sell miracles here.
Tess : I’ll pay you money for it. If it is not enough, I can try and get some more.
(At the shop there is a well dressed customer, who is listening to the whole conversation)
Chemist : How much do you have to buy miracle?
Tess : A dollar and eleven cents.
Chemist : Wow ! That is the exact price of a miracle for your little brother. Let me check your brother first.
(The customer is Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a famous neuro surgeon.
He admits Andrew to hospital where he gets operated without any charges. With in a few weeks Andrew is back to home.)

SCENE-3
(At Tess’s home)

Tess’s mother : (whispering) That surgery was a real miracle. I wonder how much it would have cost.

Tess : (smiling) I know how much the mircale cost – One dollar and eleven cents …….

IV. Have a discussion in the whole class on how the performance could be improved in terms of delivery of dialogues, costumes, action, settings, etc.
Answer :
Student Activity

What Can a Dollar and Eleven Cents Do? Summary in English

Tess, an eight year old child, heard from her parents that her little brother, Andrew was very sick and badly needed an operation. But they were very poor. As it was a costly surgery, her parents lost their hope and gave up their efforts. Tess heard that her father’s saying to her mother that only a miracle could save Andrew. Thinking that the miracle was a medicine, Tess wanted to buy that from the medical store with the money she had. So, Tess took the money she saved and went to the medical shop.

She asked the chemist to give her a ‘miracle’. The chemist replied that the miracles were not sold there. Then Dr. Carlton Armstrong, who had observed Tess, asked her what kind of a miracle her brother needed. She replied that her brother needed an operation but her daddy couldn’t pay for it. She also told him that she had her savings with her.

The doctor asked her how much money she had and she replied that she had one dollar and eleven cents. Then the doctor told her that amount was enough to buy a miracle and asked her to show him her house to know if he had the kind of miracle Andrew needed. He admitted Andrew to hospital and operated on him. Andrew was well again within a short time. Tess’s mother wondered how much it would have cost. Only Tess knew that it was one dollar and eleven cents.

Glossary :

1. miracle = a wonderful event that seems impossible and that is believed to be caused by God
2. chemist = a person who is qualified to prepare and sell medicines
3. whisper = murmur-to speak very softly to somebody so that people cannot hear what you are saying
4. audible = able to be heard
5. neuro surgeon = a doctor who performs operations on the nervous system especially on the brain
6. enough = sufficient
7. customer = one who buys goods
8. exactly = correctly