📚 Additional Practice Questions – Set 2
Lesson: Self Help is the Only Way
📘 Word Basket
- independent : not depending on others
- protect : to keep safe from harm
- responsibility : something that you must do
- effort : hard work done to achieve something
✅ Q.2 Read the following questions and tick ☑ the correct answer.
(i) Where did the mother lark usually go during the day?
(a) To visit another nest
(b) To find food for her children
(c) To meet the farmer
(d) To fly to another village
☑ Answer: (b) To find food for her children
(ii) Who first heard the farmer’s conversation?
(a) Mother lark
(b) Farmer’s sons
(c) Baby larks
(d) Neighbours
☑ Answer: (c) Baby larks
(iii) Why did the farmer not reap the corn on the first day?
(a) It rained heavily.
(b) He became ill.
(c) He was waiting for his neighbours to help him.
(d) He had no sickle.
☑ Answer: (c) He was waiting for his neighbours to help him.
(iv) What finally made the farmer take action?
(a) Advice from his neighbours
(b) Advice from his relatives
(c) His determination to do the work himself
(d) The mother lark’s warning
☑ Answer: (c) His determination to do the work himself
📝 Q.3 Discuss in pairs and answer the following.
(i) Why did the mother lark return to the nest every evening?
The mother lark returned to the nest every evening because she loved her children and wanted to feed and protect them.
(ii) Why did the farmer keep postponing the work of reaping the corn?
The farmer kept postponing the work because he was depending on his neighbours and relatives instead of doing it himself.
(iii) How does self-help make a person successful?
Self-help makes a person successful because it develops confidence, responsibility and the habit of working hard.
📝 Q.4 Find the main characters from the story and write their qualities.
Character | Qualities |
Mother Lark | Intelligent, caring, alert |
Baby Larks | Innocent, obedient, curious |
Farmer | Patient, determined, practical |
Farmer’s Sons | Helpful, hard-working |
📝 Q.5 Make sentences with the following phrases.
(i) look after
Sentence: My grandmother looks after my little sister.
(ii) make an effort
Sentence: We should make an effort to improve our handwriting.
📝 Q.6 Imagine that the neighbours had come to help the farmer. How would the story have been different? Write a short alternative ending.
If the neighbours had come to help the farmer, the corn would have been reaped earlier. The mother lark and her babies would have had to leave the nest immediately to save themselves.
📝 Q.7 Why should we avoid depending too much on others?
We should avoid depending too much on others because people may not always be available to help us. Self-help makes us independent and confident.
📝 Q.8 Use the correct article (a/an/the) to fill in the blanks.
(i) I saw ______ eagle flying in the sky.
(ii) ______ Earth moves around the Sun.
(iii) He bought ______ new bicycle.
(iv) She has ______ orange in her lunch box.
Answers:
(i) an
(ii) The
(iii) a
(iv) an
📝 Q.9 Prepare a poster on:
“Depend on Yourself”
Suggested points:
🌟 Believe in yourself.
🌟 Do your work on your own.
🌟 Be responsible.
🌟 Work hard every day.
🌟 Self-help brings success.
💡 Message
The story teaches us that waiting for others often delays our work. A person who believes in self-help and takes responsibility for his work achieves success.
🌟 “Depend on Yourself and Work Hard.” 🌟