NCERT Solutions for Class 4 English Chapter 14 – The Scholar’s Mother Tongue
THE SCHOLAR’S MOTHER TONGUE
Question 1:
mother tongue challenged tickled 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
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 that he could speak many languages fluently.
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. Do it yourself.
2.Tell the class a joke in your mother tongue.
Ans. Do it yourself.
3.Do you know any other language? Do you know a joke in English? Tell your friends.
Ans.Do it yourself.
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
ask bask mask task
scholar school scan skim
We say -1 learnt my lesson, (action word)
But A leam-ed pundit came to the court, (describing word)
We pronounce it as leam-id to rhyme with
created
waited
1.Tick (✓) the words which end with the sound id. Say each word aloud.
Ans.
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.
Ans.
2.Write all the words that show you are happy.
For example : Hurray, Ha! Ha!
Add more
Ans.yahoo! hip, hip, hurray! Oh! Wonderful!
3.Tick (✓) the right answer.
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.
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?
: 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?
Let’s Share
1. How did Birbal find out about the Pundit’s mother tongue?
Ans. 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.
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
• Food packets
• Water bottles
• First aid kit
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