2. Objectives
To enable students to understand the passage and grasp its meaning.
To enable the students to read English passage loudly with correct
pronunciation.
To enable them to understand the passage by silent reading.
To enable them to express the ideas of the passage orally and in writing.
To enrich their active and passive vocabularies.
To read the passage from Three Questions with correct pronunciation.
To enable the students to express the ideas of the passage orally and in
writing.
To enable them to get knowledge contained in the lesson.
To enrich their vocabulary.
To make the students learn the importance of time and develop the right
attitude in them.
3. New Words:
Council= a group --- Example: Student council
Hermit : saint-- Example: He saw a hermit in the forest.
Greet:welcome
Example: The President was greeted with catcalls.
Faint : to become unconscious .
Example: A student fainted in the morning assembly.
Seized: took away
Example: The terrorists seized the politicians.
4. What will I learn in this lesson?
Moral
The most important time, person, and thing belongs in the present time, so make the best of what you
have here and now.
Quiz
Answer some questions based on the story you read in the form of a comic.
Characters
The King
The Hermit
The wounded man
Synopsis
A king is intrigued by three deeply important questions, and he comes across a hermit who answers his
questions and shows us all a new way of life.
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10. Multiciple Choice Questions:
Q1.What is the meaning of return ?
a.give back
b.severely injured
c.loyal
d.Pardon
Q2. What is the meaning of beds ?
a.severely injured
b.got up from sleep
c.pardon
d.small patches of ground for plants
Q3.What is the meaning of pity ?
a.severely injured
b.feel sorry for
c.small patches of ground for plants
d.severely injured
11. Q4.What is the meaning of faithful ?
a. got up from sleep
b. pardon
c. Loyal
d. small patches of ground for plants
Q5. What is the meaning of forgive ?
a. severely injured
b. pardon
c. Loyal
d. give back
Q6.What is the meaning of awoke ?
a. severely injured
b. pardon
c. got up from sleep
d.Loyal
Q7. The king forgave the bearded man. What did he do to show his forgiveness?
a. The king gave him fifty gold coins to show his forgiveness.
b.The king said that he would send his servants and his own doctor to look after him, and he also promised
to return the man his property.
c. The king helped the bearded man set up his business.
d.The king showed his forgiveness by marrying his daughter to the man.
12. Q8. Why did he ask for the king’s forgiveness?
a. The bearded man asked for the king's forgiveness because he wanted the king's sympathy.
b. He asked for the king's forgiveness because he had stolen money from the palace.
c. He asked for the king's forgiveness because he had broken a very expensive vase.
d. He asked for the king's forgiveness because he had come with the intention of killing the king but the king saved his
life.
Q9. Who was the bearded man?
a. The bearded man was the king's enemy and had come to take revenge on the king.
b. The bearded man was a priest.
c. The bearded man was a magician.
d. He was the king's courtier.
Q10. How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?
a. They helped the wounded man by giving him money for his treatment.
b. They helped the wounded man find a new house.
c. The king and the hermit removed his clothes and the king dressed his wound twice till he stopped bleeding.
d. The king and the hermit took the wounded man to a hospital.
Q11. Did the wise men win the reward? If not, why not?
a. Yes, they did, and the king was satisfied with the answers.
b. No, they did not, because the king had made a fake promise of giving a reward.
c. No, they did not win a reward, because the king was not satisfied with the answers.
d. Yes, they did, and the king gave rewards to all of them because they tried to answer his questions.
13. Q12. What suggestions were made in answer to the third question?
a. The suggestions to the third question's answer were to play games and relax.
b. They suggested that the king should build himself a new palace.
c. Suggestions that were made in answer to the third question were fighting, science, and religious worship.
d. They suggested that the king should learn magic.
Q13. In answer to the second question, whose advice did the people say would be important to the king?
a. In answer to the second question, the people said that the king should take advice of his courtiers, soldiers, priests, and
doctors.
b. People said that the advice of magicians will be important to the king.
c. People said that the king should take advice of his children.
d. In answer to the second question, the people said that the advice of his wife will be important.
Q14. Why was the king advised to go to magicians?
a. The king was advised to go to magicians because he wanted to learn magic tricks.
b. He was advised to go to magicians, because to find out the best time to do a thing one should know the future and only
magicians could tell the future.
c. He was advised to go to magicians because they needed help.
d. The king was advised to go to magicians because the magician was to show some new magic tricks.
Q15. Complete the sentence: The king washed and dressed the bearded man’s wound, _____________.
a. but the bleeding would not stop.
b.to answer three questions.
c. but their answers were so varied that the king was not satisfied.
d. and follow it strictly.
e. to help the king act at the right time.
14. Q16. Complete the sentence: The king requested the hermit ________________.
a. but the bleeding would not stop.
b. to answer three questions.
c. but their answers were so varied that the king was not satisfied.
d. and follow it strictly.
e. to help the king act at the right time.
Q17.Complete the sentence: Someone else suggested that the king should have a timetable ___________.
a.but the bleeding would not stop.
b.to answer three questions.
c.but their answers were so varied that the king was not satisfied.
d. and follow it strictly.
e.to help the king act at the right time.
Q18. Complete the sentence: Someone suggested that there should be a council of wise men ___________.
a. but the bleeding would not stop.
b. to answer three questions.
c. but their answers were so varied that the king was not satisfied.
d. and follow it strictly.
e. to help the king act at the right time
Q19. Complete the sentence: Many wise men answered the king’s questions ___________.
a. but the bleeding would not stop.
b. to answer three questions.
c. but their answers were so varied that the king was not satisfied.
d. and follow it strictly.
e. to help the king act at the right time.
15. Q20. Why did the king want to know answers to the three questions?
a. The king thought that if he knew the answers to those three questions he would never fail.
b. He wanted to know the answers because he had his exams the next day.
c. The king wanted to know the answers because his son had asked him those questions.
d. He wanted to know the answers because he thought those answers would help him find a
good wife.
Q21. Messengers were sent throughout the kingdom ?
a. to fetch wise men.
b. to look for the wise hermit.
c. to find answers to the questions.
d. to announce a reward for someone who could answer the questions.
16. Short Questions
Q1: What were the king’s three questions?
Ans: The king wanted to know three things- the right time to begin a thing, the right person he should consult and the most
important thing for him to do.
Q2: Why was he keen to get the answers?
Ans: He was keen to get the answers so as never to fail in life.
Q3: Who did he call to the court to answer his questions?
Ans: The king called wise men to his court to answer his questions.
Q4: Why did the king go to the wood?
Ans: The king went to the wood to meet a wise hermit.
Q5: What did he do there?
Ans: He took the spade from the hermit and started digging the beds.
Q6: Who came running towards the hut?
Ans: A wounded man came running towards the hut.
Q7: Who wounded him in the wood?
Ans: The king’s bodyguard wounded him in the wood.
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18. Answers of the Textbook Questions
Working with the Text: (Page 14 & 15)
Q1. Why was the king advised to go to magicians?
Ans: The king was told that in order to decide the right time for doing something, it was necessary to look into the future. Since
only magicians could do so, he was advised to go to magicians.
Q2. In answer to the second question, whose advice did the people say would be important to the king?
Ans: The second question also got varied responses. As answer to this question, some said that the people most necessary to the
king were his councillors. Hence, their advice would be the most important. Others said that the priests were the most
important. A few others chose the doctors. And yet others said that his soldiers were the most important.
Q3. What suggestions were made in answer to the third question?
Ans: In answer to the third question, some said that the most important thing was science. Others said fighting; and yet others
chose religious worship.
Q4. Did the wise men win the reward? If not, why not?
Ans: No, the wise men did not win the reward. As he got very different answers to his questions, the king was not satisfied, and
therefore, he chose not to give the reward to anyone.
Q5. How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?
Ans: When the king and the hermit saw the large wound on the man’s stomach, the king washed and covered it with his
handkerchief. Since the blood did not stop flowing, he re-dressed the wound until it stopped bleeding. When the man felt better,
he gave fresh water to him. Then, with the help of the hermit, he took the wounded man into the hut and laid him on the bed.
This is how they helped the wounded man.
19. Q6. (i) Who was the bearded man?
Ans: The bearded man an enemy of the king. The king had put the man’s brother to death and had also seized his property. That
is why he wanted to take revenge on the king.
(ii) Why did he ask for the king’s forgiveness?
Ans: He had come with the intention of killing the king. When he left his hiding place, the king’s bodyguard recognised him and
thus, wounded him. He managed to escape, but would have died if the king had not taken care of him and dressed his wounds.
Ironically, he was saved by the very person whose life he wanted to take. That is why he asked for the king’s forgiveness.
Q7. The king forgave the bearded man. What did he do to show his forgiveness?
Ans: The king forgave the man. He showed his forgiveness by telling him that he would send his servants and his own doctor to
look after him. He also promised to give back the man his property.
Q8. What were the hermit’s answers to the three questions? Write each answer separately. Which answer do you like most, and
why?
Ans: In answer to the first question, the hermit said that there is only one time that is important and that time is ‘Now’. It is the
only time when one has any power to act.
The hermit answered the second question by saying that the most necessary person is the person you are with at a particular
moment. This is because no one knows what will happen in the future and whether we will meet anyone else.
The hermit’s response to the third question was that the most important thing is to do good for the person one is with. This is
because all are sent into this world for that purpose alone.
All the answers are linked to each other and have their own significance.
