Chapter 1
A Bottle Of Dew:
Question:1 What Did Ramnatha believe ?
Answer: Ramnatha believed there was a magic potion that could turn any object into gold.
Question:2 How did the sage help Ramnatha?
Answer: The sage told Ramnatha to plant lots of banana trees and to look after them completely by him self. Then he suggested Ramnatha to collect dew drops from the banana plants in winter season. When he would collect 5 litres of dew the sage would chant some mantaras and turn the dew into the magic potion.
Question:3 Do you think Ramnatha will be able to collect the dew ? give a reason:
Answer: Yes, I think if Ramnatha could plant a huge no. of banana trees than surely he would be able to collect the dew. The reason behind this is that if he works hard he would surely get the reasults.
A Content Based Questions
(A)''He spent all his time to learn about magic potion. People cheated him often promising to tell him about it, but he did not give up. His wife, Madhumati, was tired of this and also worried because she saw how much money Ramnatha was spending. She was sure that soon they would be without money.
(i) Complete the sentence with a suitable reason.
Question:1 Read The Lines And Answer The Questions That Follow
i) Ramnatha did not give up because: He was very sure that the magic potion actully existed and he would surely get it some day.
(ii) Write whether the following statements are true or false
(a) Madhumati was troubled about what her husband did (true)
(b) Ramnatha was very happy digging his fields. (false)
(c) The Sage wanted to show the right path to Ramnatha (True)
i) Choose The Option That Lists The Wents Given Below In The Correct Order.
Answer i) Ramnatha gave the bottle to the sage
ii) The sage smiled.
iii) He said something in a low voice over the water
iv) Ramnatha dropped few drops of the water on a copper vessel.
v) Ramanatha waited to see if the magic worked.
Fill In The Blanks
(II) Seeing that the plant had dried up, the gardner sprinkled some water on it.
(iii) How Might Ramanatha Have Felt When Nothing Happend To The coppor vessel ?
Answer: Ramanatha felt cheated when nothing happend to the copper vessel.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
What did the sage ask Ramanath to do to make the magic potion?
Ans; The sage asked Ramnath to plant a banana tree, take care of it , when it grow up, collect the dew in the winter season in a bottle. When he will have 5 litres of dew he should bring that bottle to the sage and he would chant some magic mantras and turn the magic potion .
b)Why did the sage ask Ramanatha to do everything himself?
Ans; The sage ask Ramanatha to do everything by himself because he wanted Ramanath to work hard and realise that only hard work leads to success.
c)How could Ramanatha have a big banana plantation after six years?
Ans; Ramanatha worked hard and planted many banana trees. So after six years he had a big banana plantation .
d) How did the sage make Ramanatha believe that there is no magic potion ?
Ans; When Ramanatha collected 5 litres of dew and gave it to the sage,the sage chanted some mantras and then gave it back to Ramanatha. He sprinkled it on copper vessel and found that nothing happened . Then the sage explained to him that there exists no magic potion.
(e)Fill in the “before ’ and ‘after’ table about Ramanatha
What he did before meeting What he did after meeting
The sage the sage
1)He believe that 1)Ramanatha work hard and
There exists a took great care of his
Magic potion on banana plantation
Spent all his money
To get it.
2)He did not take 2)After meeting the sage he
Care of his fields worked hard and take
Caring of his banana
Plantation for the
Magic potion
LET US LEARN
Q1)Use these words correctly to complete this paragraph
Promised, spending, cheated, luck, remember, huge, difficult, market.
There was a farmer who had a huge coconut plantation.
He worked hard and did not depend on luck .Everyday was Difficult but he did not give up . One day , a man bought a big of coconuts from him, and Promised to pay him the money. The next day. Days passed and the man did not pay him anything . The farmer felt cheated . About two months later he met the same man and asked him about his money. The man said , oh! I have forgotten. Now, I remember buying coconuts from you and he paid the money.
Q3) Choose four pairs of homophones from the table above, and for each pair write a sentence that uses both homophones in the same sentence. Check your answers by sharing them with your teacher and An example has been given below:
Homophones
I and eye- I have two eyes.
One and won – she has won a trophy for securing no. One position in Quiz competition.
Son and sun-Mother scolded her son for roaming out in the hot sun.
Ate and eight – The elephant ate eight bananas.
COMPETENCY BASED QUESTION
Q1} What for did Ramanatha take the bottle of the sage ?
A) To obtain gold
B) As a mark of respect
C)To convert it into magic potion
D)For converting into gold
ANS; C)
Q2) How did Ramanatha react seeing no gold ?
He felt shocked
He felt cheated
He got sad
All of the above
ANS: D)
Q3) What did the sage do to the bottle
Throw water on the vessel
Broke the bottle
Transformed the water into gold.
Muttered few word.
4Q)What surprise did Ramanatha get?
A)Not finding gold as he expected
B) That water have turned into gold
C) Magic would surely act.
D)All of the above
5Q) “Try it out ’’ means here?
A)Testing the bottle
B) Sprinkling water on the vessel
C)Obtaining gold
D)Chanting magic words.
Q1) Why was Ram natha angry ?
Ans: Ramanatha was angry because even when he collected 5 litres of dew after 6 long years of hard work .The sage could not turn it into magic potion as he promised earlier.
Q2) How did RamaNatha and Madhumati create wealth?
Ans: Ramanatha and Madhumati together worked very hard to take care of their big banana plantation. They sold the fruits in the market to create wealth.
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