6. A Broken Promise|Class 4 English Conection |Questions & Ansewers |
About the passage
A. 1. (b); 2. (c); 3. (c); 4. (c); 5. (b)
B.
1.
Answer:
The courtiers praised the king by agreeing to whatever he said. Tey did so because they were mere fatterers.
2.
Answer:
The Chief Minister thought that the king had fallen into bad company because his courtiers were preventing him from doing anything good for the kingdom.
3.
Answer:
Chandragupta asked the king a promise that he would give him anything he wanted. He didn’t tell the king what he wanted before asking for the promise because he knew that he would be sent away after knowing that he was the son of the king’s Commander-in-Chief who was now in prison.
4.
Answer:
The lion in the cage was made of wax. A live lion is made of fesh and blood and can hunt and kill other animals. A wax lion, instead, is a mere statue
5.
Answer:
The courtiers advised the king to put Chandragupta in the prison with his father.
No, we do not agree with the advice. Students write the rest of the answer on their own.
Discuss
A. Chandragupta’s father was not a fatterer. Perhaps this was why he had been put in prison.
B. The king insulted him because he was the son of the king’s Commander-in-Chief, who was a prisoner.
C. (a) brave. Students give their own reasons.
Work with words
1.(f)toothpaste; 2.(g)raincoat;3.(e)grasshopper; 4.(a)crossword;5.(b)spaceship; 6.(c)earthquake; 7.(d)basketball; 8.(h)policewoman;9.(j)airport;
10. (i) dustbin
Grammar
A. 1. eating; 2. go/are going; 3. plays/is playing;
4. watch/am watching; 5. listens/is listening
B. 1.have bought;2.has broken; 3.have walked;
4. have driven; 5. has come
C. 1. was having/rang; 2. entered/stood;
3. sleeping/called; 4. talking/snatched;
5. teaching/slept
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