Activities on Who Was the Happiest of Them All

Welcome Prafulla Mahure , Mahatma Gandhi Jr.College Gadchandur Dist Chandrapur

Aids To Comprehension

Read the following sentences related to the events in the story. They are given in a jumbled order. Rearrange the events in a proper sequence.

1. Hearing the people's stories about their satisfaction the king felt delighted.
2. He wishpered in to King's ear.
3. The king asked the gathering if they were really contended.
4. One day walking on the terrace the King Amrit and his minister Chandan viewed the weekly market.
5. Everyone started wandering in the garden picking up fruits and flowers and filled in the sacks.
6. In order to check people's contentment first hand the King ordered his minister to summon people to the court.
7. But the minister Chandan was not happy over it.
8. Everyone gathered at the royal garden and the guards handed out sacks to them .
9. The king felt delighted seeing the people having money to buy things.
10. The citizens narrated how they were happy and the King made them feel safe.
11. Seeing that the king asked people why the were sad for leaving the riches.
12. The young man abandoned the sack and swam across to the other side to meet the king.
13. People gathered in the court following minister's summons.
14. The people became excited to enter the garden and take anything they wanted from the garden.
15. Then People were called to the royal garden.
16. Further deep in the garden they spotted trees bearing apples of gold, mangoes of silver and flowers of gems and jewels.
17. They emptied out their sacks and started filling the sacks with valuable fruits and flowers.
18. They found the raging stream stopping their way to reach the rear gate and meet the king.
19. Other people wailing in distress left their sacks and dived into the stream.
20. After filling the sacks with gold, silver,gems and jewels they made their way to the back gate.

Fill in the blanks by choosing appropriate words given in the bracket.

(weekly market, check, Chandan, prosperity, contentment, pomegranate, gold, Greed, silver,boat, beautiful, strange)

1. _________ was the minister to King Amrit.
2. The king and his minister spotted__________ from the terrace of the palace.
3. The king was delighted to see the ___________ of his kingdom.
4. The next day he asked his people about their _________ in the special session of his court.
5. The king decided to ____________ what the people said in the court.
6. The king's special garden was filled with all kinds of _________ and ___________ plants.
7. People saw ripe ____________ bursting with juice.
8. Further deep in the garden they spotted trees bearing apples of__________ and mangoes of____________ .
9. __________ took over their minds and they__________ their sacks to fill with valuables.
10. There were no ___________ to take them across the stream.

Match the following.

Column A	Column B
1. King	a. Meenu
2. Minister	b.rear gate
3. grand daughter	c. royal
4.farmers	d. of gems and jewels
5. kitchens	e. main gate
6. entry for people	f. Amrit
7 meeting king	g. as sweet as nectar
8 garden	h. Chandan
9. flowers	I. enough food
10. fruits	j. good crops

State whether the following sentences are true or false; correct the false sentences.

1. The people spotted juicy apples and plump mangoes hanging from the trees.
2. They emptied their sacks because they were not hungry.
3. On their way back home to their king big boulders blocked their way.
4. The young man abandoned his sack and dived into the stream.
5. The people were happy to leave their sacks.
6. The king had a smile on his lips and Chandan looked sad.
7. People were ashamed of their behaviour.
8. Chandan spotted the gloomy face of the young man in the crowd.
9. The young man didn't pick the jewelled fruits and flowers.
10. The young man had kept some tasty fruits for his daughter.
11. The man was not happy because he couldn't take fruits for his daughter.
12. People's contentment does not end with the things they have.
13. Meenu liked the king more than the minister.