17. The Silver Tray, My English Reader, Class – II, DAV, The Best Solutions.

New Words

Village – A village is smaller than a town.

Women – an adult female person (plural)

Enough – as much or as many of something as necessary

Forward – in the direction that is in front of you; towards the front, end or future.

Visitors – a person who visits somebody/something.

Carefully – with great attention.

Surprise – the feeling that you have when something happens that you do not expect

Replied – to react to an action by someone else.

Trouble – a problem, difficulty or worry.

Through – from one end or side of something to the other.

Do it yourself

I. Encircle the correct word to complete the sentences.

(a) One day, Geeta (went / go) to the forest.

Answer – One day, Geeta went to the forest.

(b) She (see / saw) an old woman.

Answer – She saw an old woman.

 (c) The old woman (is/was) trying to lift a heavy bag.

Answer – The old woman wastrying to lift a heavy bag.

 (d) Geeta (help / helped) the old woman.

Answer – Geeta helped the old woman.

 (e) The old woman (take / took) out a silver tray.

Answer – The old woman  took out a silver tray.

 (f) Geeta (thanked / thank) the old woman and (run/ran) home.

Answer – Geeta thanked the old woman and ran home.

II. Answer the following questions:

(a) Why did Geeta go into the forest one day?

Answer – Geeta went to the forest to look for some wild fruits.

(b) What did the old woman give Geeta?

Answer – The old woman gave a silver tray to Geeta.

 (c) Why could mother not stop the magic tray?

Answer – Mother could not stop the magic tray because she did not remember the right words.

 (d) How did Geeta stop the magic tray?

Answer – Geeta stopped the magic tray by saying, ‘Stop, silver tray, stop’.

III. Find words from the story which end with –

(a) (-ed) Thanked, Helped, Worked, Showed, Ordered, Replied

(b) (-ing) Anything, Saying, Cooking, Flowing

IV. Make sentences with the following words in your notebook.

Woman – An old woman is crossing the road.

Village – Village have more plants and trees than city.

Tray – Mother brought snacks for the guests in the tray.

Visitor – Many foreign visitors come to see the Taj Mahal.

Carefully – Ramesh was told to put the glasses carefully on the table.

V. Find the opposites of the following words from the story.

(a) drop – lift

(b) less – more

(c) rich – poor

(d) light – heavy

(e) start – stop

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