English Class VI Lesson-3 Prithviraj the Valiant

Word Meanings: 1. smitten: deeply attracted to 2. assert: prove forcefully 3. assemblage: gathering of people 4. brash: rude and overbearing 5. vanquished: defeated 6. guilefully: cunningly 7. heinous: wicked 8. avenge: take revenge for

Read and Write A. Answer these questions. 1. What circumstances led to rivalry between Prithviraj and ? Ans: Pritviraj Chauhan was the king of Chouhan dynasty whose rule extended to parts of present day , , and some parts of and . He ruled from his twin capital at Delhi and Agra. His fast rise caught the envy of the then powerful ruler of , Jayachandra and this led to rivalry between the two. 2. Why did Jayachandra decide to undertake a rajsuya yagya? Ans: Jayachandra wanted to assert his supremacy over the other kings and hence decided to undertake rajsuya yagya. 3. How did Prithviraj react to this decision? Ans: Prithviraj reacted by refusing to accept Jayachandra’s supremacy. 4. Why did Jayachandra decide to arrange a swayamvara for ? Why was Prithviraj not on his list of invitees? Ans: When Jayachandra learnt about the secret feelings that his daughter and rival Prithviraj shared for each other, he decided to arrange swayamvara for Samyukta. Prithviraj was not on his list of invitees because there was rivalry between the two. 5. How did Jayachandra add insult to injury as far as Prithviraj was concerned? Ans: To add insult to injury as far as Prithviraj was concerned Jayachandra ordered a statue of Prithviraj to be made and installed at the gate in place of a doorman. 6. How did Ghori repay Prithviraj’s chivalrous gesture of letting him walk free? Ans: The very next year Ghori repaid Prithviraj’s chivalrous gesture of letting him walk free by re-attacking Prithviraj with a stronger army and cunningly defeating him by attacking the Rajput army before daybreak.

C. Answer the following with reference to the context. 1. ‘Let a statue of Prithviraj be made and installed at the gate in place of a doorman!.’ a) Who is the speaker? Ans ii) Jayachandra b) Why did he give this order? Ans: He gave this order so that he can insult Prithviraj. c) What did the speaker hope to achieve by giving this orders? Ans: The speaker hope to achieve self satisfaction of letting down Prithviraj by giving this orders.

2. ‘I must find a way of alerting him.’ a) Who are ‘I’ and ‘him’? Ans: ‘I’ is Samyukta and ‘him’ is Prithviraj. b) What does the speaker want to alert the other person about? Ans: The speaker wants to alert the other person about her sayamvara. c) Does the speaker succeed in doing so? Ans: Yes the speaker was successful in doing so. 3. ‘ The eyes of a Rajput are lowered only in death!’ a) Who says this? Ans: iii) Prithviraj b) Whom is the speaker responding to? Ans: The speaker is responding to Jayachandra. c) Why does the person say this? Ans: The person said this when Ghori ordered him to lower his eyes.

Vocabulary Compound words: When two words are combined to form a new word . They are of three types: 1. Open compound words are those that are spelled as two words. For eg: ice cream 2. Closed compound words are those that are written as single words. For eg: haircut 3. Hyphenated compound words are those that use hyphen between words. For eg. well-known

A. Use this compound words to complete sentences: {Cannot anybody daughter-in-law full moon post office earthquake one-third fireflies bus stop well-being} 1. Thousands of people lost their lives in the recent earthquake. 2. Our neighbour’s daughter-in-law is an IAS officer and they are proud of her. 3. Do you know anybody who can fix this leaking tap? 4. Rashid, could you please run across to the post office and buy some stamps for me. Homework: 5. ______of the villages in this area do not have electricity. 6. Mrs Saxena met her friend while she was waiting at the______. 7. I simply ______understand why these children love to play in the dirt!. 8. The _____ of the patients depends on the doctors and nurses. 9. The sight of a _____ in the mountains is simply mind blowing. 10. Radha and Chandan chased the ______flitting around in their backyard.

Grammar Sentences can be in the simple, continuous and perfect tenses. Look at the highlighted words in example: 1. Tania and Shradda go for a run every morning,(Simple present) 2. The Alam family will be driving down to Kochi next week. (Future continuous) 3. The labourers had finished their work when it started to pour. (Past perfect)

A. Read these sentences and write whether the underlined verbs are in the simple , continuous or perfect tense. 1. Will you stop making excuses for your laziness? Simple present 2. Shabnam had finished her course in public speaking. Past perfect 3. Sunil , Tushar and Mazovi walk to school everyday. Simple present Homework: 4. Roshan was talking very loudly in class today. 5. Meenakshi had entered the store when the fire broke out. 6. The ship that sank off the shore near Vasco belonged to my uncle. 7. Has Veda checked her schedule or not? 8. Ravi will be joining the flying club next month. 9. They will gift her a beautiful painting on her birthday. 10. Go now if you want to reach on time.