NCERT Solutions Class 4 English Unit 6 The Scholar's Mother Tongue

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Class 4 English Unit 6 NCERT Solutions

CLASS 4 ENGLISH TEXTBOOK QUESTION ANSWERS SOLVED

The Scholar's Mother Tongue

Reading is Fun

1. Who came to Akbar’s court?

Ans. A learned Pundit came to Akbar’s court.

2. What did he claim to know?

Ans. He claimed to know many languages.

3. How did he challenge everybody?

Ans. He challenged everybody to name his mother tongue.

Let’s Talk

1. What is your mother tongue?

Ans. My mother tongue is Hindi.

2. Tell the class a joke in your mother tongue.

Do it yourself

3. Do you know any other language?

Ans. Yes, I know English and Punjabi.

Let’s Listen

1. Listen to your favourite advertisement on the radio or T.V. Repeat it with stress on the words. Act, draw and write the advertisement.

Ans. Do it yourself.

Say Aloud

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scholar school scan skim

We say − I learnt my lesson. (action word)

But A learn-ed pundit came to the court. (describing word)

We pronounce it as learn-id to rhyme with

created

waited

1. Tick (✓) the words which end with the sound id. Say each word aloud.

accepted ⬜ answered ⬜ irritated ⬜ failed ⬜

completed ⬜ challenged ⬜ cried ⬜ surprised ⬜

find ⬜ licked ⬜ celebrated ⬜ fried ⬜

Ans.

accepted ☑️ answered ⬜ irritated ☑️ failed ⬜

completed ☑️ challenged ⬜ cried ☑️ surprised ⬜

find ⬜ licked ⬜ celebrated ☑️ fried ☑️

Word Building

1. Make a class dictionary with words from the story. Try to find suitable words for them in your mother tongue. Say these words aloud.

Then make sentences with those words in your class dictionary.

Words in English	Sentences
Converse
Tickle

Ans.

Words in English	Sentences
Converse	She conversed fluently in her mother tongue.
Tickle	I tickled my brother to make him laugh.
Truth	Everyone should speak the truth.
Accepted	I accepted my friend’s request.
Challenged	I challenged my friend to solve the problem.
Difficulty	I faced a lot of difficulty in solving a math problem.
Fluently	I can speak fluently in English.

2. Write all the words that show you are happy.

For example: Hurray, Ha! Ha!

Add more

Ans. Yahoo! hip, hip, hurray!, yayyyy..

3. Tick (✓) the right answer.

(i) ‘I visited the court of Akbar’ means

(a) You always live there. ⬜

(b) You came there for a short time. ☑️

(ii) To imitate someone means to

(a) copy someone. ☑️

(b) tease someone. ⬜

4. Look and fill in the columns. One has been done for you.

Ans.

quiet quietly sad sadly

fluent fluently fierce fiercely

angry angrily gentle gently

5. Match the words in Column ‘A’ with words in Column ‘B’

A	B
king	children
teacher	patients
doctor	courtiers
bus driver	clients
lawyer	passengers
mother	students

Ans.

A	B
king	courtiers
teacher	students
doctor	patients
bus driver	passengers
lawyer	clients
Mother	children

6. Play this game with a friend. Pick up what you want from any basket.

Add a or an before it.

Now say the sentences below, using these things –

Ans.

• a rug, a pillow, a bedsheet

• an alarm clock, a wall clock, a wrist watch

• an apple, an orange, a banana, an ice-cream

• a bow, an arrow, a ball, a bat, a doll

• a waistcoat, a long coat, a raincoat, an umbrella

Neena : Can I have an orange, please?

Rahul : Yes, here you are.

Jeevika : Can I have an orange, too.

Nikhil : No, sorry. You can’t have that.

Make more sentences using words from the baskets.

Ans. Can you please clean the bedsheet?

Where did you buy this wall clock?

Which flavour ice-cream do you like?

Can you give me a bat?

Would you like a banana?

Can I have a wrist watch, please?

Can I have a long coat, please?

Would you please give me a doll?

Let’s Share

1. How did Birbal find out about the Pundit’s mother tongue?

Ans. At night, Birbal went quietly to the Pundit’s room when he was asleep. He whispered into the Pundit’s ear and tickled it with a feather. The Pundit, half awake, cried out suddenly and shouted out words in his mother tongue. In this way, Birbal found out about the Pundit’s mother tongue.

2. Act this out with your friends and make it into a class play.

Ans. Do it yourself.

The Truth Balloon

Suppose you are going on a camping holiday.

What are the four most important things you will carry with you?

Choose from the tags attached to the hot air balloon.

Ans.

• Money

• First aid kit

• Food packets

• Water bottles

Fun Time

Crossword Fun

India is a country of many languages. Let’s see if you know what the people of the states in this crossword puzzle speak. The clues are given below. The first letter of each answer has been filled in for you.

Across

1. This language is spoken in Orissa

2. It is spoken in Karnataka

4. The people of Assam speak this language

7. This language is used in Andhra Pradesh

8. You can hear this spoken in Maharashtra

Down

3. The people of Kerala speak this language

5. This is our national language

6. The language of the Goan people

7. This is spoken in Tamil Nadu

9. It is widely spoken in Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere

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