5th Standard, English SL, Unit – 6, Prose
Dignity of Labour
Words to Know:
lazy : one who does not want to work
responsible : one who can take up work and finish it
realise : become aware or understand something
labour : hard work
scare : get frightened
melt : get softened
wisdom : knowledge
supper : meal eaten at night
accept : agree
tremble : shake due to fear or excess work
ache : pain
rashes : red marks on the skin
Vocabulary
V1 Write the other genders of the words underlined, and complete the sentences.
1. Raju’s father and mother went to the market.
2. My uncle and aunt came to our house.
3. My grandfather and grandmother go for a walk.
4. Boys and girls play in the playground.
5. The wife was cool and calm but her husband was tensed.
V2 Match the following:
A B
1. businessman two rupees
2. mother rich
3. sister gold coin
4. son one rupee
5. shopkeeper lazy
A B
1. businessman rich
2. mother gold coin
3. sister one rupee
4. son lazy
5. shopkeeper two rupees
V3 Some words are given below. They refer to the father and the son in the lesson. Select the appropriate words and write them in the right column:
Scared, lazy, wise, guess, tears, sweat, happy, rashes, strict, ache, value of hard work, promised
Father Son
Scared lazy
Strict ache
Wise tears
guess sweat
happy rashes
value of hard work
promised
Comprehension
C1 Answer the following questions and share your answers with your partner. Then write.
1. What kind of a boy was the businessman’s son?
Answer: The businessman’s son was a lazy boy.
2. What did the businessman tell his son?
Answer: The businessman told his son to go out and earn something. Otherwise he would not be given food on that night.
3. Why did the mother give her son a gold coin?
Answer: The businessman told his son to go out and earn something. This demand by his father scared him. He went crying to his mother. Her heart melted at the sight of tears in her son’s eyes. She gave him a gold coin.
4. What did the father ask the son to do with the coins?
Answer: The father asked the son to throw the coins into the well in front of their house.
5. Why did the son go to the market?
Answer: The third time there was no one to help the son. Therefore he went to the market in search of work.
6. How did he earn two rupees?
Answer: A shopkeeper offered him two rupees for carrying his bag to his house. He was sweating a lot by the time he finished the work. Then the shopkeeper given two rupees for him.
7. Why was the boy not ready to throw the two-rupee coin into the well?
Answer: The two rupee coin was the own earning of the boy. That is why the boy not ready to throw the two-rupee coin into the well.
C2 Discuss with your friends and answer the following questions in four to six-sentences each.
1. Describe the attitude of the boy towards work.
Answer: The boy was very lazy. The boy was not believed in hard-working and he is irresponsible. He did not realise the value of labour. The lazy boy was not used to doing any kind of work.
2. “… you are asking me to throw my hard earned money into the well!” Explain the feelings of the boy when he said this.
Answer: The boy cried out in pain and said, “… you are asking me to throw my hard-earned money into the well!” He felt that his father asking to throw his money which he earned by hard working. This was very painful to the boy. He cried so much and realised the value of hard work.
Language Exercises:
L1 The mark ( ’ ) is an apostrophe which shows where the letters are left out. Now read after the teacher:
Cannot – can’t
We will – we’ll
Do not – don’t
We are – we’re
They have – they’ve
You are – you’re
There is – there’s
Who is – who’s
Is not – isn’t
a) Write the short forms for the following:
• Has not – Hasn’t
• Are not – Aren’t
• Have not – haven’t
• They are – They’re
• I will – I’ll
b) Write the full forms for the following:
• Weren’t – Were not
• Doesn’t – Does not
• I’ve – I have
• What’s – What is
• She’ll – She will
L2 Speech sounds ‘oi’ as in ‘oil’.
A noise irritates a boy. But doesn’t his temper boil. Now, say these words.
boil, coil, soil, spoil, coin, join, voice, choice.
