6th standard English (The Good Samaritan )

 

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The Good Samaritan

I . Look at the points raised in the questions given below. Talk about them to your partner, the boy or the girl sitting next to you. Write down what you say

a.The first traveler gave the robbers a good fight
Answer:Not True

 

b.The man suffered serious injuries
Answer:True

c.The sight of the wounded man frightened the priest
Answer:True

d.Describe the pitiable state of the man in two short sentences.
Answer:The man lay bleeding to death in dirt. The man could barely raise his head to beg for help.

e.“I don’t want to dirty my hands”
Answer:

• Who said this?
  The second passerby said this
• To whom?
  He said this to himself.

f.“I am sure he is no one I know” was this a good reason not to help the wounded man? – Justify your answer.
Answer:This was a good reason not to help the wounded man. There is no rule to help others. It is only a humanitarian concern for others in danger.

g.Who helped the wounded man?
Answer:A Samaritan who came walking along the road helped the wounded man.

 

h.Did this man have a reason not to help the wounded man? If so, what was it?
Answer:The man did not have a reason not to help the wounded, man. It was his love for mankind made him to help the wounded man. The wounded man was a Jew. Jews and Samaritans were enemies for centuries. Despite this enmity the Samaritan helped the wounded man.

i.The fourth traveller had noble and generous feelings
Answer:True

j.There was something special in the fourth man’s act of kindness. What was it?
Answer:The wounded Man was a jew. The man who helped him was a Samaritan. Jews and Samaritans were enemies for centuries. Despite this enmity the good Samaritan helped the wounded Jewish Man.

k.What first aid did the Samaritan give the wounded man? What was the beast of burden in the ancient days?
Answer:Very gently, the Samaritan lifted the man’s head and brushed the dust but of his mouth. He took some water and cleaned the man’s eyes and gave him some water to drink. He put wine on his wounds to clean them and make them heal quickly. Then he carried the man to the town on his donkey. The donkey was the beast of burden in the ancient days.

 

l.The Samaritan was well-to-do. Give 2 reasons.
Answer:The Samaritan owned a donkey and carried wine with him.
He gave some money to the innkeeper to take care of the wounded man.

m.Who narrated this parable?
Answer:Jesus Christ narrated this parable.

n.What moral lesson did Jesus teach through this parable?
Answer:Jesus taught his followers to love everybody especially strangers and those who are in need of help.

 

II. Now, working with your partner, re-write these pairs of sentences as single sentences.

a.

1.    You did not ask me for a loan.

2.  I did not give you a loan.

Answer:Neither did you ask me for a loan nor did I give you one.

b.

1.    I caught the ball at the boundary line.

2.  They lost the match.

Answer:I caught the ball at the boundary line and they lost the match.

c.

1.    She ran very fast.

2.  She caught the chain snatcher.

Answer:She ran very fast and caught the chain- snatcher.

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IIINote that the suffix ‘-er ’ combines with verbs to form nouns.

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Verb	Noun
1. teach	teacher
2. dream	dreamer
3. plan	planner
4. read	reader
5. work	worker
6. lead	leader
7. waive	waiver
8. win	winner
9. lose	looser

IV. Write a conversation between the innkeeper #nd the injured man. Begin like this.

The next morning the innkeeper said to the injured man, “ You lay unconscious the whole day yesterday. How are you feeling today?” “Much better, thank you,” said the injured man ________

• Innkeeper: “You lay unconscious the whole day yesterday. How are feeling today?”
• Injured man: “Much better, Thank you. How did I come here?”
• Innkeeper: “Yesterday a Samaritan brought you here on his donkey You were badly wounded and unconscious.”
• Insured man: “Sorry sir, all my belongings were robbed on the way and I was beaten to death. Now I don’t have anything to pay your room rent.”
• Innkeeper: “Not necessary, the Samaritan has given enough money you can stay here until you become strong to go back home.”
• Injured man: O! Good God has helped men in the form of a Samaritan. How nice of him to have helped a Jew, who were enemies for over a hundred years. Glory to the God, high above.

 

5 a) Work with your partner, the boy or the girl sitting next to you, and fill inappropriate words in the blanks.

“Let us hide behind this tree”, said the robber to his companion. “Good place. We can see the travelers from this end to that end”, said the second one. “The road is empty,” said the first. “ We will have to wait”, said the second.

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