Chapter 2 Who Will be Ningthou? (UNit-10)

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Q 1. Name the place in Manipur where the Ningthou and Leima ruled.

Ans: Kangleipak is the place in Manipur where the Ningthou and Leima ruled.

Q 2. Why did the people of Kangleipak love their king and queen?

Ans: The people of Kangleipak loved their king and queen because they always wanted them to be happy and live in peace.

Q 3. Why did the Ningthou want to choose a future king?

Ans: Ningthou grew old. Hence, he wanted to choose a future king.

Q 4. How did the king want to select their future king?

Ans: The king wanted to select their future king by conducting a contest to know who is most worthy of becoming a good ruler.

Q 5. What kind of child was Sanatombi?

Ans: Sanatombi, the daughter of Ningthou and Leima, was lovely, soft and beautiful inside.

Q 6. Have you ever seen an animal or a bird in pain? What did you do?

Ans: Once I saw a cat coming under a running car. The car driver was in a hurry and injured a cat. He did not even pay attention to it. I was very upset to see the cat in misery. I went to the injured cat, brought it to my home and gave first aid. He stopped crying only after it got treated with first aid.

Q 7. Where is Manipur on the map of India?

Ans: Manipur is situated in the north eastern part of India.

Q 8. Who do you think should have been made the future king?

Sanajaoba, the one who jumped through the tree.

Sanayaima, the one who jumped over the tree.

Sanatomba, the one who uprooted the tree.

Why do you think so?

Who was made the future queen and why?

Ans: A future king should be judicious and considerate. But the sons of Ningthou believed only in showing their strength which was not important. Sanatombi was declared as a future queen because she had all the qualities of a good ruler. She could feel the pain of not only people but also animals, birds and trees.

Q 9. Write the meanings of the following in English.

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Q 10. Some interesting words sound like the noises for which they stand. You use a different tone of voice when you say these words.

The voice becomes louder and more forceful.

For example,

Zoom! went the car.

Bang! went the door.

Pip! pop! flippety flop!

say the following and write what would make these sounds or actions.

Click! _________________

Chirp! _________________

Whisper! _________________

Bravo! _________________

Oh! _________________

Ah! _________________

Hurrah! _________________

Alas! _________________

Wonderful! _________________

Hi! _________________

Ho! _________________

Hop away! _________________

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Q 11. Read the lesson carefully and put a circle around all the action words with -ed at the end. Then write them in one column and their present form in another. One is done for you.

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Q 12. Fill in the correct word in the blanks and complete the story.

In a forest, there _______(live/lives/lived) a goblin named Cruel. One day, he _______(meet/met/meets) an old man wandering in the forest. Immediately, Cruel _______(leap/ leaps/leapt) on to the old man’s shoulders and _______(order/ orders/ ordered) him, “Let's go. Move fast.” The frightened old man _______(obey/obeys/ obeyed) the nasty goblin and _______(walk/ walks/walked) on. As they on, _______(move/moves/moved) he _______(notice/ notices/ noticed) that the goblin's feet were very tender. The old man (ask/asks/asked) Cruel, “ Sir, how are your feet so soft and tender?” Cruel, _______(reply/ replies/replied) “ I have taken a vow that I will not touch the ground with my feet, till I wash them.” They soon _______(come/comes/ came) to a pool. The goblin _______(instruct/ instructs/ instructed) the old man to wait for him while he _______(enter/enters/ entered) the pool. The old man _______(think/ thinks/ thought) to himself, “Now that the goblin has wet his feet, he does not need me. Let me run for my life or he will surely eat me up.” So he _______(run/runs/ran) off.

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In a forest, there lived (live/lives/lived) a goblin named Cruel. One day, he met (meet/met/meets) an old man wandering in the forest. Immediately, Cruel leapt (leap/ leaps/leapt) on to the old man’s shoulders and ordered (order/ orders/ ordered) him, “Let's go. Move fast.” The frightened old man obeyed (obey/obeys/ obeyed) the nasty goblin and walked (walk/ walks/walked) on. As they moved on, (move/moves/moved) he noticed (notice/ notices/ noticed) that the goblin's feet were very tender. The old man asked (ask/asks/asked) Cruel, “Sir, how are your feet so soft and tender?” Cruel replied, (reply/ replies/replied) “ I have taken a vow that I will not touch the ground with my feet, till I wash them.” They soon came (come/comes/ came) to a pool. The goblin instructed (instruct/ instructs/ instructed) the old man to wait for him while he entered (enter/enters/ entered) the pool. The old man thought (think/ thinks/ thought) to himself, “Now that the goblin has wet his feet, he does not need me. Let me run for my life or he will surely eat me up.” So he ran (run/runs/ran) off.

Q 13. Make a list of the action words from this story.

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