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Word Power

countryside: rural area (village) Majesty: used to address a king

field: farmland dig: to break up and move the ground

earth: soil kingdom: an area controlled by a king or

saplings: baby plant queen

forefathers: grandfather, great grandfather planting: putting young plants in the
etc. (ancestors) ground to grow

pleased: feeling happy or satisfied

Listening Skills

Listen to the text carefully as your teacher reads it out. Then say whether the

statements given below are true or false.

1. The king was on a horse. ____________

2. The king saw a young man digging the earth. ____________

3. It was a cold, winter morning. ____________

4. The old man was planting some neem trees. ____________

5. The old man was the only happy person the king met. ____________

Comprehension Skills

A. Tick () the correct answer.

1. The king wanted to know __________________.

how many people were happy how his people were doing

how many people lived in his kingdom

2. The king felt sorry for the old man because __________________.

he had no clothes to wear he could not work

he looked weak and tired

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