KSEEB 5th ENGLISH Prose -5 Shabale (Sabala)

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SUB. ENGLISH (SL)

CLASS - 5 

PART - 2 

Unit - 5:

Prose - Shabale (Sabala)

 

 Glossary:
1. Sage : A wise person, especially one with knowledge in spiritual matters.
2. Greet : To welcome or acknowledge someone's arrival.
3. Entire : Complete, whole, or full.
4. Drag : To pull something with effort or force.
5. Amazing : Causing wonder or surprise.
6. Udder : The part of a cow where milk is stored.
7. Chased : To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake.
8. Wisdom : Knowledge or understanding, especially in making decisions.
9. Devotion : Strong love or loyalty, particularly towards God or religious practices.
10. Meditation : The act of focusing the mind in prayer or reflection.
11. Gushed : To flow out quickly and in large amounts.
12. Greedy : Wanting more than what is needed, especially excessively.

 Opposite Words:
1. Sage  – Fool
2. Greet  – Ignore
3. Entire  – Partial
4. Drag  – Push
5. Amazing  – Ordinary
6. Chased  – Escaped
7. Wisdom  – Ignorance
8. Devotion  – Apathy
9. Gushed  – Trickle
10. Greedy  – Generous

 

 # Warm-up Activity
 Task A: Sentence Rearranging
Rearrange the following words to form meaningful sentences:

1. are / beings. / Animals / living

Ans. -   Animals are living beings.
2. us. / Animals / feel / also / like

Ans. -   Animals also feel like us.

3. useful / us. / to / are / Animals
Ans. -  Animals are useful to us.

 Task B: Discuss with your partner
Think about why a cow is useful. Discuss with your partner.

 Vocabulary

V1: V1 Are these sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)?
1. Vasishta lived in a forest. (✓)
2. Kaushika did not ask Vasishta to give Shabale to him. (✗)
3. Kaushika decided to take Shabale by force. (✓)
4. Finally, Shabale went with Kaushika. (✗)

V2 Tick the correct word.
1. Shabale was also known as ______________.
- a) Nandini (✓)
- b) Kamadhenu
- c) Surabhi
2. Kaushika was a _____________.
- a) sage
- b) soldier
- c) king (✓)
3. Who wanted to take Shabale to his palace?
- a) Vasishta
- b) Kaushika (✓)
- c) Valmiki
4. Kaushika put a ____________ around Shabale’s neck and dragged her.
- a) rope (✓)
- b) thread
- c) cover

 Comprehension Questions
 C1: Answer these questions
1. Who was Vasishta?
Ans. - Vasishta was a sage who lived in the forest.
2. Where did he live?
Ans. -  He lived in a forest.
3. What was special about Shabale?
Ans. -  Shabale could provide anything that Vasishta asked for, like food, drink, or clothes.
4. What did Kaushika ask Vasishta?
Ans. - Kaushika asked Vasishta to give him Shabale in exchange for ten thousand cows or even his entire kingdom.
5. What did Kaushika realize?
Ans. - Kaushika realized that force could not win everything, and later he became a sage named Vishwamitra.

C2 Read the sentences and put them in the appropriate columns.

• She gave him food, drink, clothes etc.

• She underwent an amazing change.

• She was producing fierce warriors to protect her master.

• Her head and neck grew larger.

• Balls of fire came out from her tail.

• Many soldiers came out from her mouth, udder and her sides.

Shabale with Vasishta	Shabale with the King Kaushika
1.         She gave him food, drink, clothes, etc. 2.         She underwent an amazing change.	1.   Her head and neck grew larger. 2.   Balls of fire came out from her tail. 3.   Many soldiers came out from her mouth, udder, and her sides

 Language Exercises
 L1: Past Tense Forms
1. pray – prayed
2. drag – dragged
3. refuse – refused
4. give – gave
5. ask – asked
6. go – went
7. order – ordered
8. kill – killed

 L2: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs
          One morning, a king went (go/went)  to a village. He saw (see/saw)  an old woman planting mango saplings. She looked (look/looked)  weak and tired. The king asked (ask/asked) her how many years it would take for the saplings to grow and give fruit. The old woman replied (replied/reply) that it would take around ten years. The king asked (ask/asked)  if she would be alive to eat them. She said (said/say) that she was (is/was) not planting them for herself, but for others. The king felt (feel/felt) happy and gave (gave/give) her a silver mango. She thanked  the king and smiled (smile/smiled).

L4: Speech Sounds
Practice saying the sound ‘o’ as in ‘go’:
- Not a word Joe spoke
- He could only croak
- With a moan and a groan
- When he choked on a bone
- It’s no joke to choke
- With a bone in your throat.