Lesson 2: The Golden Touch – Activities (Pages 30-38)

Activities (Page 30)

1. Answer the following questions:
2. a) What did the king wish for?

Ans. The king wished that whatever he touched would turn into gold1.

1. b) How did the king test his power?

Ans. The king tested his power by touching a stone, which immediately turned into gold222.

1. c) What happened to the princess when the king hugged her?

Ans. As soon as King Midas touched his daughter (when they hugged), she turned into a statue of gold3.

1. d) How did the king get rid of his golden touch?

Ans. The king got rid of his golden touch by washing his hands in the river, as instructed by the divine spirit444.

1. e) What lesson did King Midas learn at the end?

Ans.King Midas learned that love and happiness are the true wealth and are worth more than gold and money5.

2. Read the following statements. Put a tick () on the correct statement, and cross () on the incorrect ones:

Statement	Answer
a) Midas was very happy with his wealth.		(He was rich but unhappy6.)
b) The king tested his new power by touching a stone.		7
c) The divine spirit did not warn Midas.		(The spirit asked, “Are you sure? This wish may lead to trouble.”8.)
d) When Midas touched a stone, it turned into gold.		9
e) The divine spirit didn’t solve Midas’ problem.		(The spirit told him how to get rid of the golden touch10.)

3. Read the sentences below, and replace the underlined part with a word from the box (shocked, excited, granted, insisted).

Sentence	Answer
i. Midas was surprised.		shocked 11
ii. The divine spirit agreed to fulfil his wish.		granted 12
iii. Midas demanded forcefully that his wish be fulfilled.		insisted 13
iv. Midas was happy and enthusiastic when his wish was fulfilled.		excited 14

Activities (Page 31)

4. Choose the correct alternative from the options to complete each sentence:

Question	Answer
	a) King Midas’ greatest desire was to
b) The Divine Spirit granted the wish of King Midas.	ii) The Divine Spirit 15
	c) King Midas got rid of his golden touch by
	d) The lesson that King Midas learnt from his experience is that
	e) After losing the golden touch, King Midas
f) The message that the story conveys is that	ii) greed makes a man blind and foolish (Greed for gold made him foolishly ask for the Midas Touch, resulting in unhappiness.)

Activities (Page 32)

5. Arrange the jumbled sentences in the proper order to get the summary of the story ‘The Golden Touch’. Rewrite the sentences in the correct order. Begin some of the sentences with Then, After that, Next and Finally to show how the events happen.

Order	Original No.	Sentence
1.	iv.	Midas always wanted more gold16.
2.	vi.	A divine spirit met King Midas one day17.
3.	ix.	The divine spirit said, ‘I will grant you one wish’18.
4.	xi.	Midas said, “I wish whatever I touch turns into gold”19.
5.	x.		Next, excited, he ran to tell his daughter the new20.
6.	vii.	When she hugged him, she instantly turned into a statue of gold21.
7.	viii.		Then, Midas became very sad22.
8.	ii.		After that, the divine spirit told Midas to wash his hands in the river23.
9.	iii.	Midas quickly went to the river and washed his hands24.
10.	v.	His daughter came back to life25.
11.	i.		Finally, Midas learned to be happy with what he had26.

Activities (Page 33)

6. a) Read these words aloud and notice the sounds of letter ‘a’ in them: name, happy, Midas, want, grant, saw.

(This is a pronunciation activity.)

1. b) Now, fill in the blanks in the following sentences with words given in the box below: lost, she, pull, life.

Sentence	Answer
(i) The sound of ‘e’ in ‘get’ is different from the sound of ‘e’ in	she
(ii) The sound of ‘i’ in ‘king’ is different from the sound of ‘i’ in	life
(iii) The sound of ‘o’ in ‘gold’ is different from the sound of ‘o’ in	lost
(iv) The sound of ‘u’ in ‘turn’ is different from the sound of ‘u’ in	pull

7. a) Read the following sentences, and notice the underlined words:

(This section explains the Simple Past Tense27.)

Base form/First form	Past form/Second form
look	looked
treat	treated
want	wanted
grant	granted
rush	rushed

Activities (Page 34)

7. b) Read the lesson to find out the past forms of the verbs given below. Write them down in the space provided:

Base Form	Past Form
live	lived
touch	touched
turn	turned
be	was/were
get	got
see	saw
hug	hugged
say	said
hear	heard

(The examples provided in the textbook are: go went, become became, get got, see saw²⁸.)

Activities (Page 35)

7. c) Read the paragraph, and fill in the blanks with the Simple Past Tense form of the verbs:

King Midas wanted (want) to be the richest king. So, he wished (wish) for the power to turn everything he touched into gold. The divine spirit granted (grant) him his wish. Midas touched (touch) a stone, and it turned (turn) into gold. The princess also turned to a statue of gold when the king hugged (hug) her. Slowly, he realised (realise) that everything he touched (touch) turned into gold. He wanted (want) to get rid of the golden touch. He washed (wash) his hands in the river. The water of the river removed (remove) the golden touch from his hands.

8. a) Let’s read an extract from a science fiction book:

(This is a reading activity.)

1. b) Have you ever read science fiction before? Now, go to a library or search on the internet with the help of an elder to find such books. Write down the names of those books in the space given below:

(Answers will vary.)

Example:

1. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
2. Journey to the Center of the Earth
3. From the Earth to the Moon
4. c) Imagine that you live on the moon. Now, talk to your partner about your life there. Share with your friend how it is different from life on earth.

(This is a speaking/discussion activity.)

Activities (Page 36)

9. a) Read the following sentences and notice the underlined words:

(This section explains that the word ‘touch’ can be used as both a noun and a verb29.)

1. b) Read the following sentences, and say how the meanings of ‘drink’ are different in both the sentences.
2. The king could not even eat or drink because everything he touched became gold immediately30.
3. The food and drink turned to gold as soon as he touched them31.

• Sentence i: ‘drink’ is used as a verb (an action) meaning the act of consuming a liquid.
• Sentence ii: ‘drink’ is used as a noun (a thing) meaning the liquid itself.

Make sentences using the word ‘drink’ to show two different meanings:

• As a Verb: I always drink milk before going to bed.
• As a Noun: Please get me a cold drink from the fridge.

1. c) Find more words from the lesson which can be used both as a noun and a verb. Write them down below:

• wish
• gold
• run
• look
• hug

Activities (Page 37)

Now, make sentences using these words as a noun and as a verb:

Word	As a Noun	As a Verb
wish	I made a birthday wish today.	The divine spirit agreed to wish the king gold.
run	I go for a long run every morning.	They run very fast.
hug	He gave his daughter a tight hug.	The princess hugged her father.
look	He had a sad look on his face.	Look at the clouds.

(Answers may vary.)

10. a) Look at the following words. They can be broken into different syllables. Read the words aloud and clap once for each syllable. Write down how many times you have clapped for each word. A few of them are done for you.

Word	Syllables	Claps (Count)
i. fulfil	ful-fil	2 claps 32
ii. magical	ma-gi-cal	3 claps
iii. celebration	ce-le-bra-tion	4 claps
iv. constantly	con-stant-ly	3 claps
v. Example from text: happy	ha-ppy	2 claps
vi. Example from text: trouble	trou-ble	2 claps
vii. Example from text: beautiful	beau-ti-ful	3 claps

Find out a few more words from the text having two or more syllables and complete the list above.

(Answers may vary, based on words from the story.)

Activities (Page 38)

10. b) Notice that the word ‘magical’ is pronounced with more force on the first syllable…

(This section explains word stress in pronunciation. This is a practice activity.)

11. Listen to the story ‘The Tale of the Talking Cave’ and answer the questions orally:

(The answers are based on the Transcript of listening text on page 40.)

1. What trick did the fairies play?

The playful fairies cast a spell on the cave, making the cave talk33.

1. What lesson did Deva learn?

Deva learned that taking pride in one’s work is good, but being boastful is bad, and he needed to be more humble34.

iii. What happened to the cave after the spell was lifted?

The cave fell silent after the spell was lifted35.

1. What message does the story convey?

The story conveys the message that one should be humble and mindful of their limitations, as being boastful is wrong36363636.