SSLC KARNATAKA
Subject - English (3rd Language)
Textbook Solution
PART - 1
Unit - 8 : A Scene from Shakuntala
Summary:
The story revolves around King Dushyanta and Shakuntala, adopted daughter of Sage Kanva. King Dushyanta falls in love with Shakuntala and marries her in the forest. Before leaving for the city, he gives her a ring as a token of love. Due to a curse by Sage Durvasa, Dushyanta forgets Shakuntala. However, when the lost ring is found, the king regains his memory and recognizes Shakuntala.
Glossary:
1. Pickpocket
- Thief
2. Engrave
- Carve
3. Guilty
- Criminal
4. Trade
- Business
5. Reward
- Prize
6. Ancestors
- Forefathers
7. Depart
- Leave
8. Carp
- A large edible fish
9. Owe -
Be indebted to
10. Jackal
- An animal like a dog
I. Comprehension questions :
A. Answer the following questions briefly.
1. Who did the ring belong to?
Ans. -The king.
2. What did the king think of when he saw the ring?
Ans. -He remembered someone he loved.
3. When was the fisherman arrested?
Ans. -When he was trying to sell the ring.
4. How did the fisherman support his family?
Ans. -By catching fish.
5. Who is Januka?
Ans. -A policeman.
6. What did the chief bring from the king?
Ans. -A written order.
7. What reward did the fisherman get?
Ans. -A bracelet from the king.
B. Answer the following questions in three or four sentences each:
1. How did the chief confirm the gem was in a fish's belly?
Ans. -The chief smelled the ring and noticed the smell
of raw fish, confirming it was in a fish's belly.
2. Why did the chief warn Suchaka?
Ans. -The chief warned Suchaka not to be careless to
avoid trouble with the king.
3. Why did the king reward the fisherman?
Ans. -The fisherman returned the king’s ring, which
made the king recall someone he loved.
C. Read the extracts and answer the questions:
1. “I live on the Ganges at the spot where Indra came down”
a. Who said these words?
Ans. -The fisherman said this.
b. Who does ‘I’ refer to?
Ans. -'I' refers to the fisherman.
c. Where did he live?
Ans. -He lived by the Ganges River.
2. “Wait here at the big gate until I come out of the palace. And
don’t be careless”
a. Who said these words?
Ans. -The chief said this.
b. Who does ‘I’ refer to?
Ans. -'I' refers to the chief.
c. Why did he warn him not to be careless?
Ans. -He warned him not to be careless because it was
an important matter.
3. “I think, when the king saw it, he remembered somebody he loves”
a. Who said these words?
Ans. - Suchaka said this.
b. What does “it” refer to?
Ans. - 'It' refers to the ring.
c. What did the king see?
Ans. - The king saw the ring.
II. Vocabulary :
A. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings in column ‘B’.
A B
1. drop
in a. prize
2.
engrave b. accused
3.
guilty c. carve
4. carp d. visit
5.
reward e. fish
Ans. –
1. Drop
in - d.
Visit
2.
Engrave - c. Carve
3.
Guilty - b. Accused
4. Carp - e.
Fish
5.
Reward - a. Prize
B. Find the opposite of the following words from the text:
hard
hearted X soft-hearted
careful X Careless
arrest X Release
punishment
X Reward
C. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the phrasal verbs given
in brackets:
(give
up, ask for, bring up, depend upon.)
1.
Yesterday, we asked for your address but you refused to give
2.
Fisherman said, “You can’t give up the trade of your ancesters”.
3.
Children depend on their parents.
4.
Shakuntala was brought up in the company of birds, animals. and
nature.
D. Sit in pairs, with help of dictionary find out the correctly
spelt words.
1.
magnificent, magnifiecent, maganefecent, magneficent.
Ans. - magnificent
2.
cheef, chief, cheif, chefe.
Ans. - chief
3.
anicester, ancsester, anciester, ancestor.
Ans. - ancestor
4.
writen, wreeten, written, ritten.
Ans. - written
III. Language Activities:
A. look at these sentences carefully.
a.
Januka said, “You can’t just drop in on a king”.
b.
Januka told the policemen that he couldn’t just drop in on a king.
The
sentence (a) is in direct speech in which we see the actual words of the
speaker.
Whereas
in sentence b) we do not see exactly the same words as used in ‘a’, The
sentence in (b) is in indirect speech.
Note the
changes:
1.
Change in tense
2.
Change in number
3.
Change in punctuation
B. Now read the following conversation and try how you can report
them.
1. Suchaka: You have done the king a good turn, chief.
Ans. - Suchaka told the chief that he had done the king
a good turn.
2. Januka: All for the sake of this fisherman, it seems to me.
Ans. - Januka said it was all for the sake of the
fisherman.
3. Fisherman: Take half of it, master, to pay for something to
drink.
Ans. - The fisherman told the masters to take half of
it to buy something to drink.
4. Januka: Fisherman, you are the biggest and best friend I’ve got.
The first thing we want is something to drink. Let’s go where they keep it
Ans. - Januka told the fisherman he was the best friend
he had.
C. Look at these sentences carefully.
a) As soon as he saw the ring he broke down for a moment.
Sentence
like this can be changed as follows by using no sooner ….. than and without
changing the meaning.
No
sooner did he see the ring than he broke down for a moment.
Here are
some sentences beginning with as soon as. Change them using no sooner ….....
than.
1. As soon as he saw the police he ran away.
Ans. - No sooner did he see the police than he ran
away.
2. As soon as the teacher entered the classroom all the students
stood up.
Ans. - No sooner did the teacher enter than the
students stood up.
3. As soon as she saw the snake she fainted.
Ans. - No sooner did she see the snake than she
fainted.
D. Let
us see how to combine two sentences using too——— to and so ——— that ——— not.
Ex : He is
very weak. He cannot walk
He is too
weak to walk
He is so
weak that he cannot walk
Combine
the following sentences in two ways as shown above.
1. He is
ill. He cannot resume his duty.
Ans. - He is
too ill to resume duty.
He is so ill that he cannot resume duty.
2. It is
very cold. She cannot go out.
Ans. -It is
too cold to go out.
It is so cold that she cannot go out.
3. The
poem is very difficult. They cannot understand it.
Ans. -The poem
is too difficult to understand.
The poem is so difficult that they
cannot understand it.
4. The
tree is very tall. He cannot climb it.
Ans. - The
tree is too tall for him to climb.
The tree is so tall that he
cannot climb it.
5. The
list is very long. I cannot mention it here.
Ans. - The
list is too long for me to mention here.
The list is so long
that I cannot mention it here.
Opposite Words:
1.
Guilty - Innocent
2.
Arrest - Release
3.
Hard-hearted - Tender-hearted
4.
Depart - Arrive
5.
Careful - Careless
Singular-Plurals:
1. King
- Kings
2. Ring
- Rings
3.
Policeman - Policemen
4. Fish
- Fishes
5.
Reward – Rewards
Extra 15 One-Mark Questions:
1. Who
cursed Shakuntala?
Ans. -Sage
Durvasa.
2. What
did Dushyanta give Shakuntala?
Ans. -A
ring.
3. Where
did the fisherman find the ring?
Ans. -In
a fish's belly.
4. Who
is Kanva?
Ans. -A
sage who adopted Shakuntala.
5. What
did the fisherman sell?
Ans. -
Fish.
6. Who
was the chief of police?
Ans. -
The person who led the investigation.
7. Why
did the king reward the fisherman?
Ans. -For
finding the ring.
8. Who
arrested the fisherman?
Ans. -The
policemen.
9. What
was engraved on the ring?
Ans. -The
king's name.
10. What
was the king reminded of?
Ans. -Someone
he loved.
11. What
was the reward given to the fisherman?
Ans. --
A bracelet.
12. Why
was the chief smelling the ring?
Ans. -To
confirm it was inside a fish.
13. What
did the policemen call the fisherman?
Ans. -A
pickpocket.
14. What
trade did the fisherman follow?
Ans. -Fishing.
15. How
did the king react to the ring?
Ans. -He
was emotional.
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