NCERT Solutions for Class 4 English - The Scholar's Mother Tongue

Question 1:

1) Mother tongue    
2) Challenged    
3) Tickled    
4) Irritated
Answer
1) Mother Tongue: language which a person has been speaking from childhood Example sentences:
1) People should never forget their mother tongue. 
2) Every mother tongue is unique in its own way.

2) Challenged: something that puts you to test Example sentences:
1) I challenged him to fight with me.
2) I accepted the challenge with dignity.

3) Tickled: a light touch that makes you laugh Example sentences:
1) My pet tickled the maid on her leg.
2) I tickled him under the ears.

4) Irritated: showing slight anger Example sentences:
1) Reena was irritated by her class teacher.
2) The street dog irritated the old man.

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Question 1:

Who came to Akbar’s court?
Answer
A learned Pundit came to Akbar’s court.

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Question 2:
What did he claim to know?
Answer
He claimed to speak many languages fluently.

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Question 3:
How did he challenge everybody?
Answer
He challenged everybody to name his mother tongue.

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Question 1:
What is your mother tongue?
Answer 
My mother tongue is Hindi.
Disclaimer: The Ans to this Ques may vary according to the mother tongue of the student.
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Question 2: 
Tell the class a joke in your mother tongue.
Answer
Disclaimer: The Ans to this Ques may vary according to the mother tongue of the student.
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Question 3:
Do you know any other language? Do you know a joke in English? Tell your friends.
Answer:
Disclaimer: This is a sample answer. Students are advised to write the answer based on their own experience and observation.
Yes, I do know Spanish. Yes I do know a joke.

• What is a teacher’s favourite nation?

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Question 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.
Disclaimer: Kindly refer the textbook for the image.

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Question 1:

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

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.
Answer

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Write all the words that show you are happy.
For example : Hurray, Ha! Ha! add more
__________ __________ __________
Answer
yahoo! hip, hip, hurray! Oh! Wonderful! 

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Tick (✓) the right answer.

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

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

Ans:

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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 –
Answer
• 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?
: Yes, here you are.
Jeevika : Can I have a banana, too.
: No, sorry. You can’t have that
Make more sentences using words from the baskets.
• Can you give me a bat?                    
• Would you like an ice-cream?
• Would you like a banana?
• Can I have a longcoat, please?
• Can I have a wrist watch, please?
• Would you like an apple?
• Would you please give me a doll?

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Let’s Share
1. How did Birbal find out about the Pundit’s mother tongue?
Answer 
At night, Birbal entered quietly into the Pundit’s room when he was asleep. He whispered something into his ear and tickled it with a feather. The Pundit, half awake, spoke suddenly 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.
Disclaimer: This is a group activity to be done along with your friends in the classroom.

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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.

Answer
1) First Aid kit
2) Water Bottles
3) Food Packets
4) Money
5) Blanket

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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