TS 7th Class English Guide Unit 4A Tenali Paints a Horse

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TS 7th Class English Guide Unit 4A Tenali Paints a Horse

Pre-Reading:

Look at this picture and answer the questions that follow :

Question 1.
Look at the title and guess what you are going to read about.
Answer:
I am going to read about the wit of Tenali Raman.

Question 2.
Who do you think is the person with the turban?
Answer:
The man in the turban is the king of Vijayanagara, Raja Krishna Devaraya.

Question 3.
Can you name the person sitting on the throne?
Answer:
Raja Krishna Devaraya, the king of Vijayanagara.

Question 4.
What do you think Tenali Raman will do in the story?
Answer:
Tenali Raman will exhibit his wit and dextrous nature.

Question 5.
Can you share a story about Tenali Raman?
Answer:
Yes, I can share a story about Tenali Raman.

Oral Discourse:

Talk on : Each one of you share a joke before your class.
Answer:
Student – 1:

Teacher : Why is the Mississippi such an unusual river ?
Student : Because it has four eyes (4 ‘i’ letters in Mississippi) and still can’t see.

Student – 2:

House owner : I had asked you to come here yesterday and repair my calling bell. What happened ?
Electrician : I did come sir, I rang the bell three times, but there was no answer. I thought you must have gone out.

Student – 3:

Customer : Those fruits look as if they were plucked a week ago, yet your notice says ‘Freshly plucked’.
Shop Keeper : That’s right. This notice is fresh. I’ve just written it.
Customer : ? !?!? !!

Student – 4:

Man : Hey, you little child, why are you crying ?
Child : I’ve lost my dog.
Man : Don’t worry, we’ll together search for it.
Child : We don’t need to : it has gone home.
Man : Then why are you crying ?
Child : Because I don’t know the way to go home; my dog only knows.

Comprehension:

I. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
Why did Tenali Raman look displeased?
Answer:
Tenali Raman looked displeased because he was not impressed by the paintings which were highly praised by the King and other courtiers.

Question 2.
How did the King reward the artist? What would have you done if you had been in the King’s place ?
Answer:
The King rewarded the artist with a bag of gold.
I would have also honoured the artist like the King.

Question 3.
Why did the King call Tenali Raman an ignorant fool?
Answer:
Tenali Raman pointed out that the artist didn’t paint the otherside of the two men and the face of the cow in his painting. As it was not possible to do such a way and anyone could easily imagine the missing bits, the King called him an ignorant fool.

Question 4.
What do you think is the reason for the courtiers’ giggling?
Answer:
The courtiers thought that Tenali Raman would lose the bet. Moreover they knew him well that he could not paint at all. So, they giggled.

Question 5.
What was the bet between the King and Tenali Raman?
Answer:
Tenali Raman had to paint a picture in a month. It must be half as good as the artist brought to the court. Then, he would be given a bag of gold and the title “King of Artists”. This was the bet between the King and Tenali Raman.

Question 6.
If you were Tenali Raman, would you accept the bet?
Answer:
If I were Tenali Raman, I would not accept the bet because I haven’t such wit.

Question 7.
How did Tenali Raman win the bet?
Answer:
Tenali Raman brought the painting. He showed it to the king. The painting had a few curved strokes of black on the right hand edge and a few lines of green at the bottom below it. The King asked him to explain the painting. He said that it was a beautiful stallion with a white star on his forehead and had a polished leather saddle on its back.

The King couldn’t see anything. Tenali Raman said that the deficiencies should be imagined since the king had said before. The king was very much pleased with his cleverness and rewarded him with a bag of gold.

Question 8.
Could you predict that Tenali Raman would win the bag of gold?
Answer:
Yes, I could predict that Tenali Raman would win the bag of gold.

Question 9.
If you were Tenali Raman, what would you do?
Answer:
If I were Tenali Raman, I would accept the bet.

Question 10.
Can you suggest a different ending to the play? Discuss it in your group.
Answer:
The King got angry on Tenali Raman for making fun of him. He ordered his servants (soldiers) to arrest and put him in prison. Then Tenali Raman requested him to think for a while. He could understand the inner meaning of his practical example. Then the King realised that he tried to make him understand the painting of the artist is not a good one. He pointed out its defects. So, the King offered him a bag of gold finally.

Vocabulary:

I. Fill in the blanks with suitable words given below :

Question 1.
Birbal was a ________ in the court of Akbar.
Answer:
jester

Question 2.
The teacher was ________ with their nice work done by his pupils.
Answer:
pleased

Question 3.
Sarada paid a ________ for not paying the fees on time.
Answer:
penalty

Question 4.
When I visited Kashmir, the mountains were ________ with snow.
Answer:
covered

Question 5.
You should use your ________ when you look at a painting.
Answer:
imagination

II. Phrasal verbs:

A phrasal verb is a phrase which consists of a verb in combination with a preposition or an adverb or both, the meaning of which is different from the meaning of its separate parts. You have really caught him out, Sir.

Perhaps his painting is so good that he can’t bear to part with it.

The words in bold are phrasal words. The phrase ‘caught out’ means ‘to show somebody does not know much.’ The phrase ‘part with’ means ‘to give something to somebody else, especially something that you would prefer to keep.’
Eg : You have really caught him out, Sir

1. Consult a dictionary and list other phrasal verbs beginning with ‘catch’ and ‘part’ Write some sentences of your own for each phrasal verb.

catch cold : become ill with a cold
Eg: Don’t take ice cream, you will catch cold.

catch fire : ignite/start to bum
Eg : Sheela’s night dress caught fire when she stood near the open hearth.

part with : give up
Eg : He parted with smoking.

part and parcel : an integral part of something.
Eg: Animals are part and parcel of God’s creation.

2. Read the following passages, circle the phrasal verbs, and guess their meanings.You may choose the meanings from the list given in the box. Write the phrasal verbs and their meanings in your notebook. Write one sentence of your own for each phrasal verb.

1. Ramana Rao’s house was robbed of Venkateswara Rao, the inspector of police who was looking into the case released the picture of the suspect and asked the people to look out for him. In a press release, he said that he had some clues and that the robber could not get out of the case.
Answer:
1. looking into: investigating/examining
Eg: Raman is looking into the possibility of purchasing a new car.

2. look out for : taking care of
Eg : You should look out for pick pockets.

3. get out of : avoid or escape
Eg: I wish I could get out of going to that meeting.

2. Bhanu joined a new company. In the beginning, she had problems with her manager. But now she is getting on with her new boss very well. Initially, she had problems with her paying-guest accommodation too. But the superb food her host served made up for the uncomfortable room. Now the problem is with looking after the host’s children. They are like little devils. God only knows how she would get through this.
Answer:
1. getting on : managing
Eg : We can get on perfectly well without money.

2. made up : compensated for
Eg : Can I leave early this afternoon and make up the time tomorrow?

3. looking after : taking care of
Eg : I am looking after an orphan girl.

4. get through : succeed
Eg : She got all her students through the exams.

III. Idioms:

Read the following sentence from the play:

It’s only fair that if he doesn’t make good his boast…

The underlined phrase is an idiom. What is an idiom? An idiom is a phrase similar to the phrasal verbs you have just learnt. Their meaning is difficult to guess by looking at the individual words. Here ‘make good’ means to carry out a promise. Some other idioms that begin with make are: make merry, make do, make it, make the most of something, make something of yourself, and make like.

make good : carry out a promise /compensate
Eg : When my scooter was stolen, the insurance company made good my claim.

make merry : fun and happy
Eg : Let’s make merry today.

make do : to manage with something that is not really good enough
Eg : We were in a hurry so we had to make do with a quick snack.

make it : (1) to be successful in your career
Eg : He never really made it as an actor
(2) to succeed in reaching a place intime, especially when this is difficult.
Eg: The flight leaves in fifteen minutes, we will never make it.

make the most: to gain much advantage, enjoyment etc. of something
Eg : It is my first trip abroad. So, I’m going to make the most of it make something of yourself.

make like : to pretend to be, know or have something in order to impress people.
Eg : He makes like he is the greatest actor of all time.

Look up these idioms in a dictionary and find out what they mean.
Here are some more idioms. Guess their meanings and use them in your own sentences:

1. Once in a blue moon : rarely
Eg : Hailey comet comes once in a blue moon.

2. Bury the hatchet : forget past quarrels
Eg : Let us bury the hatchet and become friends again.

3. To make both ends meet : make one’s income meet one’s expenditure to keep out of debt.
Eg : A school master’s pay is so low that he finds it hard to make both ends meets

4. To burn the midnight oil : work or study till late at night.
Eg: In order to finish his project work as soon as possible, he burnt the midnight oil for nearly two weeks.

Grammar:

I. Short forms:

You have already learnt that an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone or something before it. It has another use. When one or more letters are omitted in a phrase, an apostrophe is put where they have been left out; thus making it a short form of the original word. Short forms are used when we write a conversation, as it was done in the play you read. However, when these elements are used as main verbs, (Kamala is a lawyer) or used for emphasis (I will do it.), they are not contracted.

Question 1.
Pick out some short forms (contracted forms) used in the play and write their full forms in your notebook as shown above.

contracted form	full form
can’t	can not
he’s	he is
I wouldn’t	I would not
he’s	he is
what’s	what is
you’re	you are
I’ll	I will
I’d	I would
where’s	where is
it’s	it is
there’s	there is

Question 2.
Read the following conversation between Sarada and Usha and rewrite it in your notebook using the short forms wherever necessary.
Answer:
Sarada : What’re you going to do after school?
Usha : I’ll go home and take rest for an hour.
Sarada : Then, when will you cook supper for your children?
Usha : I needn’t cook today. I’ve made some Pulihora in the morning. We’ll eat it for supper too.
Sarada : Forgot to tell you this. I planned a quiz for 6th class children. Are you coming tomorrow?
Usha : I won’t. I’m taking leave for two days.
Sarada : Why? Are you going somewhere?
Usha : I’d love to do that. But my mother-in-law is visiting us tomorrow.
Sarada : Then you’ll have a hard time, I suppose.
Usha : I don’t think so.

II. Adverbs of manner:

Revision :

Adjectives describe nouns.

Adverbs describe verbs.

We can make adverbs from adjectives by adding -ly as shown below:
Adjective + ly : adverb
safe + ly : safely
eager + ly : eagerly

However, you should remember that all adverbs are not formed in the same way. For example you can’t add -ly to the following adjectives to make adverbs: good, fast.
Eg: Mani is a safe driver
Eg : Mani drives safely
Adverbs of manner tell us the manner in which something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb or after the object.

Look at the following sentences from the play you have read:

1. The courtiers are waiting eagerly for Tenali to bring in his painting.
2. Tenali looks at the giggling courtiers angrily and walks out.
In the first sentence the adverb ‘eagerly’ comes after the main verb ‘waiting’.
In the second sentence the adverb ‘angrily’ comes after the object ‘courtiers’.

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. Tick (✓) the sentences where the adverb of manner is put after the object and put a cross (✗) against the sentences where the adverb of manner is put immediately after the main verb.

Question 1.
Sriram speaks ________ English. He speaks English ________. (correct)
Answer:
correct, correctly

Question 2.
Saleem is a ________ tailor. He makes dresses ________. (careless)
Answer:
careless, carelessly

Question 3.
You always speak ________. Please speak ________. (loud, quiet)
Answer:
loudly, quietly

Question 4.
Be ________ and do your homework ________. (careful, correct)
Answer:
careful, correctly

Question 5.
Nandu is a ________ reader. He reads books very ________. (slow)
Answer:
slow, slowly

Question 6.
Please be ________ or do your work ________. I want to sleep. (quiet)
Answer:
quiet, quietly

Question 7.
My Mother shouted ________ when I showed my progress card. (loud)
Answer:
loudly

Question 8.
Please listen ________. (careful)
Answer:
carefully

Question 9.
P.T. Usha is a ________ runner. She runs very ________. (fast)
Answer:
fast – fast

Question 10.
Raghavathi is a ________ teacher. She teaches very ________. (good, well)
Answer:
good – well

III. Editing:

Read the following passage. Every numbered sentence has an error, identify and edit it.

(1) The oddest fellow on my class was Bodh Raj. (2) All of us was afraid of him. (3) He always had a catapult in his hand and was a excellent shooter. His favourite targets were birds.(4) He would stand under a tree, take aim and shoot a pebble and the catapult. (5) The next moment a bird would fell down.
Answer:
1. in my class
2. were afraid of him
3. was an excellent shooter
4. shoot with a pebble
5. would fall down

Writing:

I. Imagine that you were the King Krishnadevaraya. Now give an account of what had happened in your court. You can start like this:

One day, an artist came to my court and showed me some paintings. They were very beautiful. I liked them very much. Everyone except Tenali Raman in the court liked them.
Answer:
I offered the artist a bag of gold and requested him to stay on at my court and make more beautiful paintings like those. Tenali Raman commented that he didn’t think those were such good paintings at all. He said that the artist was able to paint one side of the men and face of the cow. I shouted at him he was an ignorant fool. Some of the things were not possible to paint in the paintings.

Those would be left for our imagination. I bet him that he had to paint a beautiful painting in a month’s time. It had to be at least half as good as that painting. Then I would give him a bag of gold and title the King of artists. Tenali Raman accepted and went away. At the end of the month Tenali Raman came with two men carrying a painting covered with a cloth. He gestured his men.

The men lifted the cloth to display an empty canvas. The painting had only a few curved strokes of black on the right edge and few lines of green at the bottom below it. He said that he had drawn a magnificent black stallion with a white star on its forehead. It had leather saddle on it. But I couldn’t see anything. I shouted at him whether he was trying to make a fool of me. Tenali Raman said in a modest manner that we had to use our imagination when we looked at the paintings.

In the painting the tail of the horse was able to be seen the rest of the part imagined as if it were grazing at some lush green grass. Then I realised my folly. He wanted to try to point out that the artist is not a good professional one. I honoured him with a bag of gold.

Study Skills:

Jesters used to entertain people with their wit and humour. Now we have comedians in films doing that job. Here is an interesting passage about one such comedian Mr. Rajababu.

Read on:

Sri Rajababu was a famous comedian in Tollywood. He was born in Rajahmundry, East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh on 20 October 1937. He entered Tollywood in 1960 and acted until 1981. In his 21 year film career, he acted in more than 550 movies.

Can you imagine what he was doing before entering the Telugu Film Industry? Believe it or not, he was working as a Telugu teacher! Imagine how much fun his students might have had. Between 1955 and 60 he acted in many dramas. 1960 was a milestone in his life because that was the year in which he had his first chance to act in a film called ‘Samajam’.

From that time onwards he never looked back. He married Lakshmi Ammalu in 1965. In 70’s he had become a very popular comedian and won many Filmfare Awards. His combination with Ramaprabha was a super hit and they were considered the best comedy pair.

In 1972 he acted as a hero for the first time in the movie ‘Tata Manavadu.’ He acted as a hero in four more films. He produced films too. In 1974 he produced the film ‘Evariki Vare Yamuna Theere’. His film career came to an end in 1981 with the film ‘Gadasari Atta Sogasari Kodalu’. He could not act because of his ill health. This wonderful comedian, who was fondly called ‘Haasya Nata Chakravarthi’ passed away on 7 February, 1983.

Now, write an important events in the life of Mr. Rajababu on the timeline given below.

Answer:

Listening & Speaking:

The Miser

Once there was a very rich man. He was a miser. He ate cheap food and spent very little money. He lent money to small shopkeepers at a high rate of interest. In this Way he earned a lot of money.

Every morning he went out to see the shopkeepers and came home at midday. The miser had a watchman to look after his house. The watchman lived in a hut near the gate, he liked fish, and his wife cooked it for him everyday. The watchman told his wife, “Cook the fish before midday. Our master will be out then. He doesn’t eat meat or fish, and he will not like the smell of fish.”

One day the master came home early. He walked past the watchman’s hut and caught the smell of fish. It was a nice smell and he liked it very much.

That afternoon, he called the watchman and asked him, “What were you cooking today?”
The watchman said quickly, “I won’t do it again, sir. Please forgive me.”

The miser said, “Don’t be afraid. I am not angry. What was your wife cooking? Please tell me.”
The watchman said, ” We were cooking fish.”
The miser said, ” Please cook it every day. I like the smell very much.”
The watchman and his wife thought, “Our master is mad.” But they cooked fish everyday.

After a month, one evening, the watchman and his wife came to see their master. “Sir, you like the smell of fish, “the watchman said to his master, “so we cook it everyday. But fish is not cheap. It is very expensive. It costs us a lot of money. I earn only thirty rupees a month. You ordered us to cook fish even though we cannot afford it. So please give us money for the fish.”

The miser thought for a while. Then he said, “Oh, all right. Wait here,” He went into his room and shut the door behind him. He took out some silver coins from a bag. He dropped them one by one on the floor. The watchman and his wife heard the tinkle of the coins and were very happy. They said, “He is going to give us all that money!”

After some time their master came out and sat down on a chair. He then asked the watchman and his wife, “Did you hear the tinkle of the coins ?”

“Yes, sir, we did,” said the watchman.

“Did you enjoy it ?” asked the miser.

“Yes, sir,” said the watchman and his wife.

The miser then said, “All right. I enjoyed the smell of your fish and you enjoyed the sounds of my coins. I didn’t ask for your fish, so don’t ask me for my money. Now go away.”

Your teacher will read the story “The Miser’. Listen carefully and answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Why did the rich man eat cheap food?
Answer:
As the rich man was a miser, he ate cheap food.

Question 2.
Did the rich man like the smell of fish? Do you think he likes eating fish too?
Answer:
Yes, the rich man liked the smell of fish, I don’t think he likes eating fish too.

Question 3.
If you had a lot of money, would you be a miser? Give reasons.
Answer:
If I had a lot of money, I wouldn’t be a miser because money only is not my life. It is one of the essential things of my life. So, I wouldn’t be a miser.

Question 4.
“Please cook it every day. I like the smell very much.” Who said this?
Answer:
The rich man said this to his watchman.

Question 5.
Do you think the watchman is honest? Support your answer.
Answer:
I think the watchman is honest. If he had known of his master’s nature well, he couldn’t have asked his wife to cook fish every day.

I. Work in groups. Some groups can work on scene-1 and the others on scene-2. Rehearse and then present it before the class. (Compering)
Answer:
Student’s activity

II. Put yourself in the shoes of Tenali Raman and narrate what had happened in the court.
Answer:
I am Tenali Raman. I am a poet and jester in the court of Krishna Devaraya. One day a painter came to the court and showed his paintings to the King. The King was very much pleased with his painting. It was a village scene. The King rewarded him a bag of gold. He asked him to stay on the court and make more beautiful paintings.

I commented that it was not a good painting at all! I said that the otherside of the men and the face of the cow was not painted. The King shouted at me and said that I was an ignorant fool. I had to imagine the bit that was missing. I bet that I could paint better than that. The Raja bet a bag of gold. He provided paper and paints. I took leave from the court for a month. At the end of the month I had to bring my painting.

After a month I brought the painting and showed it to the King. He asked me to explain about it. I told him that it was a beautiful black stallion with a white star on its forehead and also had a polished saddle on its back. The King couldn’t see anything. I said that the deficiencies should be imagined as the King had said before. The King was pleased with my cleverness and rewarded me.

Tenali Paints a Horse Summary in English

Tenali Raman was a great poet and jester in the court of king Krishna Devaraya of Vijayanagar. One day, an artist came to the court of Krishna Devaraya and showed his paintings. The king and his courtiers appreciated his art. But Tenali Raman said that he could paint better. He criticised that there was no face of the cow and the otherside of two men. Krishnadevaraya said that deficiencies should be imagined. There was a bet between the King and Tenali Raman. He was given one month time.

At the end of the given time, he brought his painting. The painting had a few curved strokes of black on the right hand edge and a few lines of green at the bottom below it. All the courtiers thought that Tenali would lose the bet. The King asked him to explain his painting. He said that it was beautiful stallion with a white star on his forehead and had a polished saddle on its back. The King could not see anything. Tenali said that the deficiencies should be imagined as the King had already said. The King was pleased with his cleverness and rewarded him.

Glossary:

wit (n) : the ability to say clever and amusing things
Usage : She is popular as a speaker because of her ready wit.

jester (n) : a man who tells jokes and funny stories
Usage : Don’t behave like a jester.

gestures (n) : signals with hand
Usage : She made an angry gesture by shaking her first.

stallion (n) : an adult male horse, (kept for breeding)
Usage : My uncle wants to buy a stallion.

uncomfortable (adj) : unpleasant
Usage: The house which we live in is very uncomfortable.

provides : gives
Usage: we cannot provide facilities more than these.

talented : having talent
Usage: There used to be many talented persons in olden days.

ignorant : without knowledge
Usage: Ignorant people cannot be easily convinced.

promise : agree to do something surely
Usage: Promises should be kept.

smart : active and able
Usage: Don’t be dull, be smart.

eagerly : anxiously
Usage: The mother waited eagerly for her son’s return.

display : show
Usage: Don’t display your foolery.

magnificent : wonderful
Usage: The Taj is a magnificent structure.

courtiers (n) : people who are in king’s court
Usage: The king and most of his courtiers are impressed with paintings.

giggling (v) : laugh in a silly way
Usage: Stop giggling! This is a serious matter.

part with : give up
Usage: He never parts with his shares in the company.

boast (v) : self praise
Usage: He has boasted that he scored a century in the match.

saddle (n) : a seat, usually made of leather, which is tied to the back of a horse on which the rider sits
Usage: My father bought a new saddle for our horse.

rein (n) : a narrow band made of leather, tied to the head of a horse and used to control its movements
Usage: The horse will stop – if you pull the reins.