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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