Unit 1 (Part 2)
WONDERFUL WASTE !
QUESTIONS FROM TEXTBOOK SOLVED
Reading is Fun
Q. 1. What were the preparations in the palace for?
Ans. There were the preparations for a grand feast in the palace.
Q. 2. Why did the Maharaja go into the kitchen in the afternoon?
Ans. The Maharaja went into the kitchen in the afternoon to know which type of disease are being prepared for the dinner.
Q. 3. What had the cook planned to do with t!he vegetable scraps?
Ans. The cook had planned to throw away the vegetable scraps.
Q. 4. Ingredients are the things that are used to make a dish. Circle the ingredients of avial in the box below.
Ans. Chillies, vegetable scraps, coconut, curd, garlic, curry leaves.
Q. 5. State whether the following are True or False.
(i)The king had ordered a dinner in the palace.
(ii)No one had heard of or toasted avial before.
(iii)The cook had planned to make another dish using the vegetable scraps.
Ans. (i) True (ii) True (iii) False
Let’s Write
1. A recipe is a list of directions to prepare a dish. The following sentences are not in order for preparing avial. Number them in the correct order.
Ans. Write line number 3, 2, 1, 6, 4, 5, 7.
2.Given in the box are some things that children do after they reach home from school.
Choose five things that you do when you reach home from school. Write them in order.
Ans. First, I put away school bag.
Then, I change out of school uniform.
Next, I wash up.
After that, I have lunch.
Finally, I sleep for a while.
Let’s Talk
The Maharaja was a wise man and ordered the cook to use the vegetable scraps instead of throwing them away.
► Name some of the things which are thrown away at home or in school.
Ans. At home—vegetable scraps, leftover foods, vegetable and fruit peels.
At school—scraps of paper, scrap of pencils, used ball pen, chalk.
►Sit in groups of four and think of interesting ways in which they can be made useful.
Put up your findings on the class board.
Ans. We can make beautiful or decorative articles with papers, screps of pencils. We can make compost manure with paper, pencil peels, leftover food and scraps of fruits.
Word Building
Pair Work
1. Some words have more than one meaning.
For example,
point
Meanings :
noun—a dot in print or writing, full stop, decimal, the number you score in a game
verb—to show or call attention to something
Look up the following words in the dictionary. They may have more than one meaning. List these meanings.
Ans.
ground:
noun - surface of the earth, base, an area which is used for a specific purpose.
verb - past tense of grind, crush into grains or powder.
survey
noun - a general look at, examination of something, investigation.
verb - exainine, look carefully, take a general view of.
scrap
noun - a fragment, waste material.
verb - discard as useless
sternly
adverb - strictly, severely .
tempting
adjective - alluring, inducing.
2.Make new words by adding/dropping a few letters from the root words. Some are done for you.
•Do any of these words use all of four endings?
Ans.
Root word -ed -ing -er -est
pound pounded pounding X. X
try tried trying X X
large X X larger largest
new X X newer newest
tasty tasted tasting tastier tastiest
wise X X wiser wisest
stare stared staring X X
clean cleaned cleaning cleaner cleanest
11. Name food that is made in your home.
(i) for a feast/festival.
Ans. Sweet dishes, kheer, several vegetables, dahi-bara etc.
(ii) when you are unwell.
Ans. Khichri and Daliya.
(iii) everyday.
Ans. Chapatis, vegetables, pulse, rice, curd and salad.
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