2 Ch. 17 The Silver Tray

Ch. 17 The Silver Tray

Do it yourself :

Word meaning:

Village -गाँव a group of small buildings.

Enough -पर्याप्त as much, as many

Forward -आगे in front of you

Visitors -मेहमान guest

Carefully -सावधानी से  attentively

Surprise -आश्चर्य  do not expect

Replied -उत्तर दिया to say

Trouble - मुसीबत a problem

Through -होकर  via

I. Encircle the correct word to complete the sentences. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

II. Answer the following questions: 

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

Ans. One day Geeta went into the forest to look for some wild fruits.

(b) What did the old woman give Geeta? 

Ans. The old woman gave the silver tray to Geeta.

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

Ans. Mother could not stop the magic tray because she did not remember the right words to stop the tray.

(d) How did Geeta stop the magic tray? 

Ans. Geeta said 'Stop silver tray, stop.

III. Find words from the story which end with - 

(a) (-ed) Helped, thanked, looked, asked,lived 

(b) (-ing) Cooking, saying, anything, flowing, trying.

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

woman - The old woman was very kind.

village - My village is very beautiful.

tray - The silver tray worked well.

visitor - The visitors looked on in surprise.

carefully - The old woman looked carefully at her.

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

(a) drop - lift

(b) less - more 

(c) rich - poor 

(d) light - heavy/dark 

(e) start - stop 

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