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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 7 English Prose Chapter 5 The Wonder Bowl
The Wonder Bowl Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes
Before you read:
After listening to the reading, let us check our understanding:
Answer the following orally:
Question 1.
Who gave the Akshaya Pathra to Yudhishtira?
Answer:
Lord Surya
Question 2.
What was special about the Akshaya Pathra?
Answer:
It would give unlimited food till Draupadi finished her meal.
Question 3.
Who arrived in the house of the Pandavas?
Answer:
Durvasa and his disciples.
Question 4.
What was Yudhisthira worried about?
Answer:
Durvasa asked Yudhishtira to average food him and his disciples. There was no food left to serve them since Draupadi had already finished hers.
Question 5.
When did Draupadi pray for help?
Answer:
Draupadi prayed for help.
Question 6.
How did Krishna satisfy Duruvasa and his disciples?
Answer:
Krishna satisfied by eating a grain of rice. By his satisfaction he made Durvasa and all his disciples feel so fully fed.
Question 7.
Discuss how, from an unknown quarter, help arrives when it is needed the most.
Answer:
If we have firm faith in someone or something (god, gum), the help will arrive definitely without any doubt.
Check your understanding:
C1. Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:
Question 1.
Which sentence in the first paragraph shows that Philemon and Baucis were poor?
Answer:
get as much food as they needed.
Question 2.
Would any stranger who came to their house go without food?
Answer:
No. nobody will go without eating food from their house.
Question 3.
Why did the dogs bark?
Answer:
The dogs barked at the strangers.
Question 4.
What made Philemon say that the boys were bad?
Answer:
Philemon saw the boys ill-treating the poor strangers.
Check your understanding:
Question 1.
Why did Baucis feel that the strangers should have come earlier?
Answer:
Baucis of her husband has already had their suffer. If they had come earlier they would have shared their supper with them.
Question 2.
What were the strangers pleased with?
Answer:
The strangers were pleased will the kindness of the couple. They are also pleased with their hospitality.
Question 3.
What made Baucis astonished?
Answer:
After pouring the milk from the small bowl Into two cups, there is hardly a drop left in that bowl. One of the strangers took that bowl and filled not only his cup but also his friend’s with milk. Seeing this Baucis couldn’t believe her eyes. So she was astonished.
Question 4.
Together, the couple decided that the strangers were _______. (fill in the blank with the right word)
Answer:
Good angels
Vocabulary
V1. Fill in the blanks with the words given in brackets:
One is done for you.
The neighbours also saw the men in ragged clothes. But they did not realize that they needed shelter. From where their cottage was, they could not see the dogs properly. Only Baucis whose house was on the mound could see the boys ill-treat the strangers. Philemon and Baucis were astonished at the behaviour of the boys. The boys hooted till they were out of their breath.
(cottage, astonished, hooted, shelter, mound,)
Practice the use of opposites:
Plastic is light but Iron is heavy
- This chair is comfortable, but that one is ________.
- You are late today, please come _______ to school.
- Some buses are ordinary and some buses are ________.
- My sister is happy but my brother is _________
Answer:
- uncomfortable
- early
- special,
- sad or unhappy
V3. Read the following paragraph:
The boys hooted at the strangers in rags. The elders did not heartily welcome them. Though they were feasting, they had no mind to be hospitable. They ill-treated the two of them. In fact, they were astonished that the Philemon couple accepted them as guests that night.
Recognize the words you are familiar with and make sentences of your own.
One is done for you
hoot: The passenger heard the hoot of the train in the station.
Answer:
- strangers – We should not accept anything from strangers.
- Welcome – The guests were welcomed by the hearts.
- hospitable – The hosts were very hospitable to the guests.
- Ill-treated – The master ill-treated his servant.
- astonished – I was astonished at my guest’s generosity.
- accepted – My host accepted my thanks humbly.
V4. Some words are given below. Add suffixes like – ion, – able, – ful to frame new form of the words.
(If necessary, look up the words in the dictionary)
- joy – joyful
- wonder – ______________
- dictate – ______________
- comfort – ______________
- hope – ______________
- success – __________, ___________
- possess – ______________
- concentrate – ______________
- honor – ______________
- medicate – ______________
Answer:
- joyful
- wonderful
- dictation
- comfortable
- hopeful
- successful, succession
- possession
- concentration
- honorable
- medication
Think about the text.
C2. Some questions are given below. Discuss the answers with your partner/group and write them.
Question 1.
Describe the hospitality of the old couple picking out at least two examples.
Answer:
- Philemon drove back the dogs and welcomed the strangers.
- How I wish you had come a little earlier! We would have shared our supper with you.
Question 2.
What makes Baucis think that the strangers were not ordinary people?
Answer:
both the cups from an almost empty bowl made Baucis think that the strangers were not ordinary people. She thought that they must be angels from heaven, come to bless them.
Question 3.
What did the strangers tell Philemon and his wife before going away?
Answer:
The strangers told that they were God’s messengers. They were pleased with the old couple’s kindness. So the old couple could ask anything they like and they shall have it.
C3. Discuss the answers to the following questions with your teacher.
Question 1.
Would Philemon and Baucis treat any other strangers in the same way?
Answer:
Yes, they would have treated all strangers in the same way as they treated these two poor strangers.
Question 2.
Why did God’s messengers come to the village?
Answer:
God’s messengers came to the particular village and went to old couples dwelling shows that they came only to bless them.
C4. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
Question 1.
“Don’t worry, good lady”
- Which lesson is this line taken from?
- Who is the “lady”?
- When did the speaker say so?
Answer:
- This line is taken from “The wonder Bowl”
- The lady is Baucis.
- The speaker said this when she told the strangers “ How I wish you had come a little earlier. We would have shared our supper with you.
Question 2.
“May your bowl be full of milk always”
- Who said this?
- Who did he say this to?
- Why did the speaker say so?
Answer:
- The guests
- To the good mother – Bauce’s
- The speaker said because Baucis offered them milk and extended fuSi hospitality.
Question 3.
“Good angels, we wish to die together”
- Who does the word ‘we’ stand for?
- Who was it said to?
- Why did the speaker say so?
Answer:
- Philemon & Baucis.
- To the god’s messengers.
- The god’s messengers were pleased with their kindness. In return they wanted them. To ask anything they like and they shall have it.
G1. a) Complete the following sentences with suitable forms of words in brackets.
One is done for you
Pradeep’s father ________ called him Deepu. (affectionate)
Pradeep’s father affectionately called him Deepu.
- The audience laughed ________ at the joke. (loud)
- His foot was injured, yet he played ________. (brave)
- I have done ________ in the exam, so I will pass. (well)
- A tortoise moves very _______ . (slow)
- Can you spell the word ‘queue’ _______? (correct)
- It rained ________, so I postponed my trip. (heavy)
- The baby is sleeping, please speak ________. (soft)
- He looked at me _________ when I laughed at him. (angry)
- The soldiers fought _________ and won the battle. (courage)
- We had to walk ________ to get to school on time. (fast)
[softly, bravely, well, fast, heavily, courageous, slowly, angrily, correctly, loudly]
Answer:
- loudly
- bravely
- well
- slowly
- correctly
- heavily
- softly
- angrily
- Courageously
- fastly
G2. Rewrite the following sentences using the adjective forms of the words underlined:
Example:
John drives the car carefully.
John drives the car with care.
- Bhuvana fed the puppy lovingly.
- They easily solved the sum.
- Vijaya sang melodiously.
- Pramod writes neatly.
- Rahim always speaks calmly.
Answer:
- Bhuvana fed the puppy with love.
- They solved the problem with lase
- Vijaya sang with melody
- Pramod write with neat
- Rahim always speaks with calm.
More Vocabulary
V1. Here is a list of incomplete words. Complete them by using ‘re’, ‘ar’, ‘er’, ‘or’ ‘ie’ ‘ei’. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- literatu – literature
- singul – singular
- burgl – burglar
- calend – calendar
- consid – consider
- horr – horror
- interi – interior
- bewa – beware
- cent – center
- gramm – grammer
- rec_ _ pt – receipt
- bel_ _ve – belive
- gr_ve – grave
- cone_ _ve – conceive
V2. There are some words that are often misused because they sound alike, but are spelt differently. Can you complete these words by putting the right letters in the boxes?
One is done for yon:
- a) Period when there is no war
b) a bit or part of something - a) A moral rule of general law for action.
b) The head of a school or college - a) A place on a farm where milk is kept
b) A daily record of the events in a person life - a) A person who is not strong
b) A period of seven days - a) A person who is loved or lovable
b) An animal which runs fast
W1. Some incidents from the story are given in these sentences. The words in each of the sentences are jumbled. Rewrite them correctly and sequentially as they appear in the story.
- the ragged strangers to meet went down Philemon
- food for Baucis to some he asked fine them
- with joy the guests they welcomed
- in this bowl as much as there is we want
- you desire as long as in it you live and to heaven come together
- a small bowl on the table placed Baucis of milk
Answer:
- Philemon went down to meet the ragged strangers.
- He asked Bauce’s to fennel food for them.
- They welcomed the guests with joy.
- There is milk in this bowl as much as we want.
- Live in it as long as you describe and come to heaven together.
- Bauces placed a small bowl of milk on the table.
The Wonder Bowl Summary in English
The Wonder Bow-1
Lord Surya, pleased by Yudhisthira’s prayers gave him a wonderful bowl ‘Akshaya Pathra’ which would give them unlimited food till Draupadi finishes her meal. One day Durvasa and his disciples came to Yudhistira’s hut and asked him to arrange food for them. They would have a bath in the river and then have the food. The Pandavas became very anxious as Draupadi had finished her meal.
Draupadi prayed to Lord Krishna to help them from this situation. Krishna asked her to bring the bowl, he carefully looked into it and found a single gram of rice and he ate it. He was satisfied which in turn satisfied Durvasa and his disciples and they did not come back to Pandavas for food.
Wonder Bowl – 2
The old couple Philomena and Baucis lived in a hut on a mound. They worked in a farm and they just earned for their living. Insite of this they were very kind that no stranger who came to their house would go hungry.
One evening they had finished their supper and were relaxing. They heard the barking of dogs and boys shouting. Philomena went out to see what was happening. He saw the bys ill-treating two strangers.
He went to bring them and asked his wife if any food was there for them to be offered. Philemon welcomed the strangers who were very tired. Baucis placed a small bowl of mil and told that she could offer only milk now. If they had come before they had their super, they could have shared their meal.
The strangers drank milk that she offered. They asked for more. She told them that there was not a drop of milk left in the bowl. For this one of the strangers replied., there was milk in the bowl as much as they wanted. They filled their cup again and again. She could not believe her eyes and she whispered to her husband that these two were not ordinary men.
They thanked the lady and blessed that their bowl would be full of milk always. They went to bed but the couples were awake. The next morning one of the guests told them they were God’s messengers and asked them to ask anything as they were very much pleased by their kindness.
The old people asked that they wanted to die together. Their wish was granted. They pointed to a mansion and told them “You both could live in your house as long as you wish and come to heaven together.’ They were astonished to see their poor cottage turned into a mansion. They thanked the angels. They humbly prayed to God and lived happily doing good to everyone.
The Wonder Bowl Summary in Kannada
