The Grateful Tenant
I. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each.
1.Why did Ramesh name his home ‘Shyamkamal?
Answer:To show his gratitude towards Shyama Rao and Kamalabai, he had given his house the
name ‘SHYAMKAMAL’.
2.Whom did Ramesh stay with when he was in
Dharwad?
Answer:Ramesh stayed with an old couple Shyama Rao and Kamala.
3.Was Kamala Bai selfish?
Answer:No, she is not a selfish.
4.How did Shyama Rao help Ramesh? Shyama Rao
did not let Ramesh go hungry
Answer:for a single day and treated him like his own son. If Ramesh was late in
paying his college fees, they would spare some money from their pension and
help him out.
5.Why
did Ramesh’s friends call him the couple’s man Friday?
Answer:Ramesh’s friends called him ‘the Couple ’Man Friday’ because he used to
run errands for them and do odd jobs like going to the post office, buying
fruit and vegetables, watering the plants and pumping the water out of the
tank.
Answer:Ramesh is a grateful and thankful person.
7.Describe
Kamala Bai and Shyama Rao.
Answer:Shyama Rao was a retired postmaster and my father’s friend. He gave me a
place to stay in. Kamala Bai was so selfless that she would share her meals
with me. I enjoyed the meals so much and felt like I was having these meals
with my mother. As Dharwad was very famous for the Peda, Mr. Shyama Rao always
brought pedals. They did not let me go hungry for a single day and treated me
like their son. If I was late in paying my college fees, he would lend some
money from Ills meager pension and help me out.
8.How
can you make old people happy?
Answer:I could help old people by satisfying their needs. Going to shop, post
office.
II. Match the following words in list A’ their opposites in list ‘B
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A |
B |
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i. Remember |
a) selfish--2 |
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ii. Selfless |
b) forget--1 |
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iii. Agree |
c) early--6 |
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iv. Success |
d) disagree--3 |
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v. Grateful |
e) thankless--5 |
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vi. Late |
f) failure--4 |
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g) Unkind |
III. Use the following words in sentences, first as action words (verb) and then as naming words (noun);
1.Change
Obadiah changed his cap
People had seen a great change in him
2.Share:
My friend shares his food with me every day.
My father got his share in his father’s property.
3.Love:
My mother loves me a lot
Mv mother shows love to me
4.Name :
We named our son Haddy.
My son’s name is Haddy
5.Question :
Students question teacher
Our class teacher gives a question
III. Look at the words given in the balloons above. Join each one of them with the word 4out % Write the newly formed words against their meanings given below:
- Out lay: money spent on something
- Out line : line showing the shape of something
- Out – post : something that exists outside the main
- Out fit : set of things especially clothes for a particular purpose.
- Out law : declare someone an outsider or expelled.
- Out let : way out for liquid or gas.
- Out look : views or perception
- Lay out : a group of people or settlement far from the main group of settlement
- Out skirts : outer areas or limits of a town.
- Out house : small building near a larger main building.
IV. Substitute the sentences with one word, using the words given in the box below.
1. Short account of an amusing or interesting event -------anecdote
2. One who has no money ------pauper
3. Name shared by all the members of the family.----- surname
4. 4.A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially praising someone who has died; high praise or commendation; praise, Proclamation-------- eulogy
5.A quality that means greatness of heart.----generosity.
V. Now identify the action words in the following sentences.
1. They sang well
sang
2. We play in the evening
Play
3. He works in a hospital
Works
4. Our parents guide us in our work
Guide
5. Dog jumped into the well
jumped
6. Cow eats grass
eats
7. They attended a meeting yesterday
attended
8. Ramu walked to the school
walked
9. She painted all the pictures
painted
10.
They danced together
danced
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