The Fowler and the Quails | Lesson 1| Class 5th | Questions and Answers

 

JANDKNCERT |Tulip Series | English 5th

The Fowler and the Quails | Lesson 1| Class 5th | Questions and Answers |

Lesson 1: The Fowler and the Quails

Words to Remember

 

Quail:               a small bird لوا ۔ ایک قسم کا پرندہ

Fowler:             a hunter who catches birds پرندوں کا شکاری

Note:                sound

Prey:                an animal that is hunted and killed for food شکار

Havoc:              confusion خرابی ۔ اُلجھن

Morrow:           the next day اگلا دن

Device:             trick چال

Thorn brake:    a thorny bush جھاڑی کانٹے

Underneath:    beneath نیچے

Disentangle:     separate, unfold چھڑانا

Bicker:             quarrel نوک جھونک

Bag:                 catch پکڑنا

Alight:              land on something اُترنا

Trod:                walked پاوں رکھنا

Bandy:             exchange words argumentatively ایک دوسرے کو بُرا بھلا کہنا

Wrangle:          quarrel حجت کرنا

Moult:              shed feathers پر جھاڑنا

Whilst:             while جس وقت

 

Thinking about the Text

 

(A) Answer the following questions:

 

Q1. How did the fowler catch the quails?

Ans. The fowler used to imitate the note of a quail to draw them together. Then he flung his net over them to catch them.

Q2. What trick did the quails play on the fowler?

Ans. The quails lifted up the net altogether and let it down on a thorn brake escaping from underneath.

Q3. What did the fowler’s wife tell him when he returned home empty-handed?

Ans. The fowler's wife grew angry and told him that day by day he returned empty-handed, he might have got a second establishment to keep up elsewhere.

Q4. Why did the quails' wrangle?

Ans. The quails wrangled because one of the quails cried angrily to the quail who walked upon her. The exchange of bitterness in words continued that gave rise to the quarrel.

Q5. Why did the leader quail decide to leave?

Ans. The leader quail decided to leave because there was no unity among the quails any more. He advised them for unity and asked them that there was no safety with quarrelsome family. When he failed to persuade them, he decided to leave the quails that were quarrelsome.

Q6. What made fowler successful in the end?

Ans. Because of the disunity among quails, the fowler was successful in catching them in the end.

 

(B) Who said the following and to whom? (One is done for you.)

1. “This fowler is creating havoc among our kinsfolk.”

Ans. Leader Quail said to Quails

2. “Day by day you return empty-handed.”

Ans. Fowler’s wife to the fowler.

3. “I’ve no second establishment to keep up.”

Ans. Fowler to his wife.

4. “Who trod on my head?’’

Ans. The later quail to the first quail.

5. “There’s no safety with one who is quarrelsome.”

Ans. The leader quail to the quails.

 

(C) Fill in the blanks with the right word given in the brackets:

(a) We _____________ to God. (prey/pray)

(b) We should not _____________ rules. (brake/break)

(c) My grandmother told me an interesting _____________ (story/storey)

(d) Have you read the Jataka _____________? (tails/ Tales)

(e) The boy is playing in the lawn at the _____________. (movement/moment)

 

Ans.

(a) We pray to God. (prey/pray)

(b) We should not break rules. (brake/break)

(c) My grandmother told me an interesting story. (story/storey)

(d) Have you read the Jataka tales? (tails/ tales)

(e) The boy is playing in the lawn at the moment. (movement/moment)

 

(D) Find from the lesson words which mean the following:

a) to try to follow the manner, style, character, etc.

Ans. Imitate

b) a distinctive vocal sound, as of a species of bird or animal.

Ans. Note

c) to strike a thing with several strokes of a strap, rod, etc.

Ans. Huddle

d) force into a container with more than it can hold.

Ans. Cram

e) the next day.

Ans. Morrow

 

Language Work

 

Give one word for the following. The first one has been done for you:

1) popular, often for a short period; trendy

Ans. Fashionable

2) area of a city where there are factories I __ __ __ __ t __ __ __ l

Ans. Industrial

3) pretty to look at B __ __ __ t __ __ __ l

Ans. Beautiful

4) kind and thinks of others T__ __ __ __ __ t __ __ l

Ans. Thoughtful

5) well known F __ __ __ u __

Ans. Famous

6) something or someone you can trust T __ __ __ t __ __ __ __ __ y

Ans. Trustworthy

7) people with nowhere to live are H __ __ __ l __ __ s

Ans. Homeless

8) something that saves your money is E __ __ __ __ m __ __ __ l

Ans. Economical

 

Grammar Work

 

You have read in Class IV about the sentence and its kinds. Now rearrange the following words into meaningful sentences in the space provided and also say what kind of sentences they are as shown in the example below:

i. Give your me please pen?

Ans. Give me your pen please. (Imperative sentence)

1. Sky the blue is.

Ans. The sky is blue. (Assertive-affirmative-positive)

2. In read I standard fifth.

Ans. I read in fifth standard. (Assertive-affirmative-positive)

3. Under cat table the is.

Ans. The cat is under the table. (Assertive-affirmative-positive)

4. Did this where you from get?

Ans. From where did you get this? Or Where did you get this from? (Interrogative sentence)

5. Go you should to a doctor good.

Ans. You should go to a good doctor. (Imperative sentence -Advice)

6. A great idea what is it!

Ans. What a great idea! (Exclamatory sentence)

7. Do you where live?

Ans. Where do you live? (Interrogative sentence)

8. What beautiful house is it a!

Ans. What a beautiful house it is! (Exclamatory sentence)

9. Wish I a were you writer!

Ans. I wish you were a writer! (Optative sentence)

10. May live long you!

Ans. May you live long! (Optative sentence)

 

Let’s Talk

 

Why do you think the fowler succeeded in catching the quails? Share your views with the class.

 

        It is well said ‘United we stand, divided we fall’. At first, the quails did not know how to save their lives from the fowler. Then the leader quail suggested a trick to get rid of fowlers net. The other quails cooperated by accepting his suggestion. Unitedly they saved their life from the fowler. The fowler was unable to catch them in this unity. But this unity did not last for a long time. They began to quarrel about small things. This resulted in disunity among them. The leader quail also left them and went elsewhere with his followers. Due to this disunity, the fowler succeeded in catching the quails.

 

Let’s Write

 

The moral of the story is ‘United we stand, divided we fall’ or ‘Union is strength’. What are the disadvantages of non-cooperation?

 

        Unity brings peace, prosperity, and development to society. On the other hand, disunity ruins and brings only destruction and misery to society. Non-cooperation has innumerable disadvantages. It leads to disunity and opens the doors for enemies. Non-cooperation is the cutter of love. It increases the burden of work. Quarreling among the members is normal. There is no constructive development in non-cooperation.