The Farmer and his Daughters: Questions with Answers

LET US UNDERSTAND

A. Match with the picture.

B. Fill in the blanks.

(feed,  three,  millet)

1. The farmer had three daughters.

2. He offered millet to his daughters.

3. The second daughter feed  to a flock of birds.

C. Answer for the following questions.

1. What did the father give to all the daughters?

The farmer gave each daughter a bag of millet.

2. What did the first daughter do?

The first daughter fed the grains to a flock of birds.

3. How did the second daughter use the grain?

The second daughter mixed the grains with the other grains and gave them for community food service.

4. How did the third daughter use the grain?

The third daughter sowed the grains and got a good harvest.

5. Who is the wisest of all?

The third daughter is the wisest of all.

D. Try your own.

E. Speak and win.

Pick and support any one of the three daughters. Say some sentences for the one you support and say some sentences against the other two to win.

I support the first daughter because ....... it is good to feed birds and animals

I support the second daughter because ....... it is good to feed poor people in community food service

I support the third daughter because ....... it is good to multiply what we have.

LET US READ ALOUD

Read the passage three times and colour a bull for each time.

Mr. Murugan is a farmer. He has a small piece of land and two bulls. He takes good care of his bulls as they help him in farming. Every morning, he takes the bulls for grazing. When it rains he ploughs the land with the bulls. As he has no one to help he starts sowing the seed before sunrise. He irrigates the crop till it grows. He reaps and binds the crop then takes it to thrash the paddy. Finally, with the help of the bulls he takes the paddy to his house.

A. Circle/Underline the main idea of the passage.

1. Murugan was a miser.

2. Murugan loved his bulls and farming.

3. Murugan wished to have people to work.

B. Name the actions of Murugan.

reaps, ploughs, threshes

LET US WRITE

My Autobiography

Make the children write their own story, following questions will help them to write. Ask them to gather from their parents before writing and ask them to give a title.

1. When were you born?

I was born in 2008.

2. Where were you born?

I was born in Tenkasi.

3. What is your father’s name and what is he?

My father's name is RaviVarman. He is an accountant.

4. What is your mother’s name and what is she?

My mother's name is Devi. She is a teacher.

5. What is your birth order?

I am the first child of my parents.

6. Do you have any nickname, if yes, reason for that?

My nick name is Cricket Raja because I play cricket well.

7. An interesting incident that happened in your life.

In a friendly match I hit a century. No one could stump me out.

Note to the teacher: Give the same kind of information of a famous person and make them write the Biography in simple language for their Portfolio.

I Can Do

A. Look at the picture and answer the following.

Pebbles (கூழாங்கற்கள்) : There are many pebbles in this river.

B. Circle the correct plural form.

C. Write the plural form.

D. Recite the poem ‘Farmer’s friend’ with correct intonation.

E. Match the rhyming words.

health – charm

hook – wealth

harm – look

Answer

health – wealth

hook – look

harm – charm

F. Write the correct forms for the past continuous tense.

1. She was writing  the homework at 6 ‘o’ clock. (write)

2. They were playing when I arrived there. (play)

3. I was dancing while he was singing. (dance)

Learning Outcome

Now I can...

Note to the teacher: Ask children to colour the balloon when they achieve the learning outcome.