Class 6 - L10 - Jagatu the Gardener

10. Jagatu the Gardener

Word Meanings - 

Garden (गार्डन) = बगीचा, उद्यान

Gardener (गार्डनर) = माली

Employed (एम्पलॉयड) = नियुक्त, कार्यरत    

Whole (होल) = सम्पूर्ण, पूरा का पूरा   

Remain (रिमेन) = रूकना, ठहरना

Loud (लाउड) = जोरदार या तेज आवाज

Noise (नॉइज़) = शोरगुल

Hide (हाईड) = छिपना

Fear (फियर) = डर

Descending (डिसेंडिंग) = नीचे उतरता हुआ  

Sky (स्काई) = आसमान

Roam (रोम) = इधर-उधर घूमना या भटकना

Enormous (इनर्मस) = विशालकाय  

Heaven (हेवन) = स्वर्ग

Quietly (क्वाइटली) = चुपचाप  

Various (वेरियस) = विभिन्न प्रकार के

Root (रूट) = जड़

Ascend (असेंड) = ऊपर चढ़ना  

Arrive (अराइव) = पहुँचना

Depart (डिपार्ट) = रवाना होना, जाना

Palace (पैलेस) = महल

Place (प्लेस) = स्थान, जगह

Huge (ह्यूज) = आकर में बड़ा, विशाल  

Sight (साईट) = दृष्टि, नजर

Amazement (अमेजमेंट) = आश्चर्य, विस्मय

Exclaimed (एक्सक्लेम्ड) = पुकारना या आवाज़ देना

Adventure (एडवेंचर) = साहसिक कार्य या यात्रा

Story (स्टोरी) = कहानी

Behind (बिहाइंड) = पीछे

Queue (क्यू) = पंक्ति, कतार  

Insist (इंसिस्ट) = जोर देना

Patience (पेशेंस) = धैर्य, सब्र  

Spread (स्प्रेड) = फैलाना

Grip (ग्रिप) = पकड़

Moment (मोमेंट) = क्षण, पल

Tumble down (टम्बल डाउन) = नीचे गिरना, लुढ़कना  

Reading Comprehension - 

A. Answer the following questions:

1. What did Jagatu see in the garden one night?

Answer – One night Jagatu saw a large elephant descending from the sky in the garden.

2. Why did Jagatu hide behind the tree?

Answer – Jagatu heard a loud noise and hid himself behind the tree in great fear.

3. What was the name of the elephant?

Answer – The name of the elephant was ‘Airavata’.

4. What did the elephant do in the garden?

Answer – The elephant roamed in the garden and ate various fruits and roots.

5. Where did Jagatu spend the whole day?

Answer – Jagatu spent the whole day in heaven.

6. What did Jagatu bring from heaven?

Answer – Jagatu brought some betel-leaves and some betel-nuts from heaven.

7. What did Jagatu’s wife ask him?

Answer – Jagatu’s wife asked him, “Where have you been?”

8. What did the villagers do?

Answer – The villagers also wanted to go to heaven with Jagatu. So when the elephant was about to depart , they all held one another in a queue.

 9. Why did they tumble down?

Answer – When Jagatu spread his arms to show the size of the nut, he lost his grip on the elephant’s tail and they all came tumbling down.

B. Say if the following statements are right or wrong:

1. Jagatu was not amazed to see the elephant. (Wrong)

2. He had seen such an elephant earlier. (Wrong)

3. Jagatu’s wife asked him to bring more betel-leaves. (Wrong)

4. The villagers were eager to go to heaven. (Right)

5. Airavat was a heavenly animal. (Right)

 Vocabulary

A. Match the words in A with their opposites in B.

  

A	B	Write Answer
ascend enormous picking depart employed	small dropping unemployed descend arrive	descend small dropping arrive unemployed

B. Choose the appropriate words from the box and fill in the blanks.

(insist on, climb, enormous, employee)

1. The new employee in our office works sincerely.

2. The African elephants are the most enormous elephants in the world.

3. Why do you insist on me to complete this exercise today?

4. Climb these steps and you will be on the top floor.

C. Make some meaningful words from ‘Elephant’ as has been done in the case of ‘Gardener’:

   There are so many words which can be made . Here is a long list -  

Number of letters	Words
2	an, at
3	eaten, panel, penal, petal, plane, plant, plate
4	halt, hate, heal, heap, heat, heel, help, lane, late, leap, lent, neat, pale, pane, pant, path, peal, peel, plan, plea, tale, tape, teen, than, then
5	eaten, panel, penal, petal, plane, plant, plate

D. Pick out the words from the text and put them in the appropriate column below. Also add three more words in each column:

            

Words ending in ‘–er’	Words ending in ‘–r’
garden + er = gardener	manage + r = manager
play + er = player read + er = reader sing + er = singer teach + er = teacher	village + r = villager write + r = writer drive + r = driver receive + r = receiver

Grammar

A. Read the following sentence carefully:

As soon as she saw him coming, she ran to meet him.

Now frame similar sentences with the help of the table given below

as soon as

the teacher

entered the class

,

the children

stood up wished her said, ‘Good morning’ became silent opened their books

.

1. As soon as the teacher entered the class, the children stood up.
2. As soon as the teacher entered the class, the children wished her.
3. As soon as the teacher entered the class, the children said, ‘Good Morning’.
4. As soon as the teacher entered the class, the children became silent.
5. As soon as the teacher entered the class, the children opened their books.

B. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences:

C. How often do you do the things given in the box? Put a in the

appropriate column:

Things you do	always	sometimes	never
speak loudly		✔
come late			✔
help others	✔
do your home work	✔
eat sweets		✔
come in time	✔
brush your teeth before sleeping	✔

Note – These answers are just for reference. Explain the questions and ask the students to do themselves.

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