Read the story carefully and complete the statements given below with appropriate expressions from the story:
1.The boys came to school whenever they felt like it.
2.The school-master did time-honoured jobs without murmur.
3.It was unusual for disputes to cross the boundary of village.
4.If financial difficulties threatened to postpone a scheduled wedding, the village often helped to tide over the situation.
5.Sheku asked the teacher to find him a bullock from somewhere.
6.Sheku's better half was a strapped woman.
7.Sheku's wife pulled by the side of the bullock by sheer physical strength.
8.Together they went to work with a rake until the seed was covered.
9.The school-master was consulted in regard with whenever the sheep was loss or wife quarreled.
10.Complete the list of excuses the school-master made for the poor enrollment of students .........
11. Two acre land was sown by Sheku and his wife by the evening.
12.The incredible tale of Sheku's wife was talked of in the village with admiration, astonishment and scornful amusement .
A2. Complete the web chart about subsidiary roles of school master.
A1. Complex Factual:
State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
a. Sheku was very often seen in the village. FalseCorrected statement: Sheku was not often seen in the village.
b. Cultivation of land was the only interest of Sheku. True>
c. He used his dhoti as blanket.True
d. He asked Ayubu to lend him a bullock. FalseCorrected statement:He asked the teacher to lend him a bullock.
One day, while the sowing operation was at its height, Sheku came to see me. He was not often seen in the village. He had two or three acres of land outside the village and its cultivation was his only interest in life. It was early morning and the man had covered himself with a dhoti–as if it were a blanket. All I could see of him were his scraggy face and dusty feet–they looked leathery from constant trekking; the toes had coarse ungainly nails on them. His hands were hidden from view. Ayubu and I were by ourselves when Sheku came.
‘Teacher’, he said, without bothering to sit down, 'Do find me a bullock from somewhere. It’s sowing time you know!’
It was pointless to say that as a school-master I was not likely to own a bullock. He said, ‘You can easily borrow one for me. I have one. The other died. I can sow if I get another. Otherwise it means starving–the whole year through.’
‘Let me know first who has a bullock to lend. Then I can ask him.’
‘Those that own bullocks have their own sowing to do. Who would put up with a delay in his own sowing? I have tried everywhere.’
‘Whom do you want me to ask in that case?’
‘Do what you like but help me in my need. The whole village says: “the school-master is always helpful, always there in times of difficulty!” Why do you treat me different ?’
Ayubu, who had listened to all this without a word, now intervened. He turned his face towards Sheku and said:
‘Are you crazy, Sheku? Where would the teacher get a bullock? Is he a farmer? Is he a cattle dealer? Have you no sense that you come and beg for whatever stupid thing enters your head? Go away!’
A2. Appreciation:
Narrate about the problem of Sheku.
Ans : It was a time of sowing. His one of the bullocks died. He tried to get a bullock from villagers in vain. He could sow if he got a bullock with the help of teacher. Otherwise it would be starving for a whole year.
A3. : Conclusion /Guessing
Arrange the jumbled sentences in the sequence of events occurred.
a. Sheku realised his mistake when Ayubu intervened.
b. Sheku’s bullock died.
c. Sheku came to school master and asked for a bullock.
d. Sowing operation was in full swing.
Ans: d. Sowing operation was in full swing.
b.Sheku’s bullock died.
c. Sheku came to school master and asked for a bullock.
a. Sheku realised his mistake when Ayubu intervened.
A4. Vocabulary:
Match the words in Column A with their antonyms in column B
Ans:
A5.PRT:
Many farmers have been facing the problems like Sheku’s . Suggest solutions to the problems.
A6.Grammar
1) Find the assertive substitute of the following rhetorical question.
Where would the teacher get a bullock?
a. The teacher would get a bullock anywhere.
b. The teacher would get a bullock.
c. The teacher should get a bullock.
d. The teacher wouldn’t get a bullock.
2) He turned his face towards Sheku and said , “ Are you crazy, Sheku?”
He turned his face towards Sheku addressing him and asked if he was crazy.
State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
a. Sheku was very often seen in the village. FalseCorrected statement: Sheku was not often seen in the village.
b. Cultivation of land was the only interest of Sheku. True>
c. He used his dhoti as blanket.True
d. He asked Ayubu to lend him a bullock. FalseCorrected statement:He asked the teacher to lend him a bullock.
One day, while the sowing operation was at its height, Sheku came to see me. He was not often seen in the village. He had two or three acres of land outside the village and its cultivation was his only interest in life. It was early morning and the man had covered himself with a dhoti–as if it were a blanket. All I could see of him were his scraggy face and dusty feet–they looked leathery from constant trekking; the toes had coarse ungainly nails on them. His hands were hidden from view. Ayubu and I were by ourselves when Sheku came.
‘Teacher’, he said, without bothering to sit down, 'Do find me a bullock from somewhere. It’s sowing time you know!’
It was pointless to say that as a school-master I was not likely to own a bullock. He said, ‘You can easily borrow one for me. I have one. The other died. I can sow if I get another. Otherwise it means starving–the whole year through.’
‘Let me know first who has a bullock to lend. Then I can ask him.’
‘Those that own bullocks have their own sowing to do. Who would put up with a delay in his own sowing? I have tried everywhere.’
‘Whom do you want me to ask in that case?’
‘Do what you like but help me in my need. The whole village says: “the school-master is always helpful, always there in times of difficulty!” Why do you treat me different ?’
Ayubu, who had listened to all this without a word, now intervened. He turned his face towards Sheku and said:
‘Are you crazy, Sheku? Where would the teacher get a bullock? Is he a farmer? Is he a cattle dealer? Have you no sense that you come and beg for whatever stupid thing enters your head? Go away!’
A2. Appreciation:
Narrate about the problem of Sheku.
Ans : It was a time of sowing. His one of the bullocks died. He tried to get a bullock from villagers in vain. He could sow if he got a bullock with the help of teacher. Otherwise it would be starving for a whole year.
A3. : Conclusion /Guessing
Arrange the jumbled sentences in the sequence of events occurred.
a. Sheku realised his mistake when Ayubu intervened.
b. Sheku’s bullock died.
c. Sheku came to school master and asked for a bullock.
d. Sowing operation was in full swing.
Ans: d. Sowing operation was in full swing.
b.Sheku’s bullock died.
c. Sheku came to school master and asked for a bullock.
a. Sheku realised his mistake when Ayubu intervened.
A4. Vocabulary:
Match the words in Column A with their antonyms in column B
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| 1.constant | a.lend |
| 2.coarse | b.smooth |
| 3.borrow | c.timely |
| 4.delay | d.sporadic |
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| 1.constant | d.sporadic |
| 2.coarse | b.smooth |
| 3.borrow | a.lend |
| 4.delay | c.timely |
A5.PRT:
Many farmers have been facing the problems like Sheku’s . Suggest solutions to the problems.
A6.Grammar
1) Find the assertive substitute of the following rhetorical question.
Where would the teacher get a bullock?
a. The teacher would get a bullock anywhere.
b. The teacher would get a bullock.
c. The teacher should get a bullock.
d. The teacher wouldn’t get a bullock.
2) He turned his face towards Sheku and said , “ Are you crazy, Sheku?”
He turned his face towards Sheku addressing him and asked if he was crazy.
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