UNIT TWO
Lesson 2.4 – Story Time - Unity Is Strength
a. Answer the following.
1. Why was the old man worried?
Ans: The old man was worried because his sons were always quarrelling with each other and never agree on any point.
2. What happened when the sons tried to break the bundle of the
sticks?
Ans: When the sons tried to break the bundle of sticks, it remained unbroken.
3. What happened with the single sticks?
Ans: The single sticks broke easily.
4. What lesson did the sons learn?
Ans: The sons learnt that if they work together as a team, it would really help them.
b. Arrange the following words in a proper order to make a meaningful sentence.
1. worried man was old The.
Ans: The old man was worried.
2. everything for fight They would.
Ans: They would fight for everything.
3. sticks of The bundle did break not.
Ans: The bundle of sticks did not break.
4. easily broken stick A single is.
Ans: A single stick is easily broken.
5. stand, divided fall United we we.
Ans: United we stand, divided we fall.
c. Find the small words hidden in the big word.
1. everything –
Ans: every, thin, very, thing.
2. friendship –
Ans: friend, end, ship, hip.
3. separated –
Ans: tar, rat, ate, deep.
4. together –
Ans: to, get, her, the
d. Read the following sentences. Change the coloured words
with new words to form a new sentence.
1. The old man was worried.
a. The young woman was happy.
2. He took the bundle and tried to break it.
Ans: She took the book and tried to read it.
3. An old man lived with his four sons in a village.
Ans: An old farmer lived with his four cows in a farm.
4. This time the brothers learnt a lesson.
Ans: This time the children learnt a poem.
5. He gave them small sticks.
Ans: She gave them fewapples.
e. Write the words that tell us something about the words at the center.
Ans:
old man
fat man
short man
rich man
good man
Ans:
big tree
mango tree
long tree
banyan tree
coconut tree
Ans:
pink flower
beautiful flower
rose flower
white flower
champa flower
Look and say.
worried
quarrelling
agree
bundle
sticks
surprised
unbroken
impossible
united
friendship