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Gopal and the Hilsa Fish
Why did Gopal's wife find his activities strange?
Gopal had half-shaved his face. Smeared ash over himself. Had put on rags and was looking disgraceful. She asked Gopal the reason for such weird acts. She stopped him from going out like that but Gopal told her that he was going to buy Hilsa fish. At last she concluded that Gopal had gone mad.
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What three things did Gopal do before he went to buy his hilsa-fish?
How did Gopal get inside the palace to see the king after he had bought the fish?
Explain why no one seemed to be interested in talking about the hilsa-fish which Gopal had bought.
Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following sentences.
Change the following sentences in the story to reported speech. The first one has been done for you.
(i) How much did you pay for that hilsa?
The woman asked the man how much he had paid for that hilsa.
(ii) Why is your face half-shaven?
Gopal’s wife asked him______
(iii) I accept the challenge, Your Majesty.
Gopal told the king_______
(iv) I want to see the king.
Gopal told the guards_________
(v) Bring the man to me at once.
The king ordered the guard________
Find out the meaning of the following words by looking them up in the dictionary. Then use them in sentences of your own.
(i) challenge
(ii) mystic
(iii) comical
(iv) courtier
(v) smearing
Complete the following word ladder with the help of the clues given below.
1.Mother will be very ____________________if you don’t go to school.
2. As soon as he caught ___________________of the teacher, Mohan started writing.
3. How do you like my ________________kitchen garden? Big enough for you, is it?
4. My youngest sister is now a __________________old.
5. Standing on the _________________, he saw children playing on the road.
6. Don’t make such a _____________________. Nothing will happen.
7. Don’t cross the ____________________ till the green light comes on.
What happended when the king hear his courtiers talking about Hilsa Fish?
Why did Gopal's wife find his activities strange?
Who was Gopal? What was the challenge given to him by the king? how he won it?
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