West Bengal Primary Board
The beauty and the beast
Activity 1
Choose the correct option:
What is the text type? Is it - (a) an imaginary story (b) a true story (c) the life story of a famous person?
Answer - (a) an imaginary story
Activity 2
Underline the correct answer:
Belle is the name of the
(i) Youngest daughter
(ii) Middle daughter
(iii) Eldest daughter
Answer - (i) youngest daughter
(b) Belle asked her father to bring
(i) jewels
(ii) dresses
(iii) a rose
Answer - (iii) a rose
(c) The owner of the castle was a
(i) rich merchant
(ii) beast
(iii) king
Answer - (ii) beast
Activity 3
Identify which of the following statements are true and which are False. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers:
(a) The merchant had three daughters. [True]
Supporting Statement - Once upon a time a wealthy merchant lived in a big mansion with his three daughters.
(b) The merchant lost his way on his return journey. [True]
Supporting Statement - While returning, he lost his way in a forest.
(c) Belle did not go to the castle on her own will. [False]
Supporting Statement - but she pride it from him and willingly went to the beat castle.
(d) Belle became the mistress of the castle. [True]
Supporting Statement - You are the mistress of the castle, and I am your servant.
Activity 4
Answer the following question:
(a) How did the fortune of the merchant charge?
Answer - The merchant lost all his wealth in a tempest.
(b) What were the gifts that the three daughters asked for?
Answer - Two daughters asked for jewels and fine dresses. The youngest daughter asked for a rose.
(c) Why did the merchant go to the castle?
Answer - The merchant went to the castle to have some shelter.
(d) What did the Beast demand from the merchant?
Answer - The beast demands the merchant’s youngest daughter.
(e) Why did Belle go to the castle of the Beast?
Answer - To save her father’s promise and life Belle go to the castle of the Beast
Activity 5
Fill in the table with information from the text:
| Cause | Effect |
| The merchant lost all his wealth in a tempest on sea. | The merchant moved over to a village farmhouse |
| The merchant promised to send Belle to the castle | The beast gave her lavish clothing and food and carried on lengthy conversations with her. |
| Belle found the Beast almost dead. | Belle wept over the body of the beast |
Activity 6
Answer the following sentences:
(1) Why did the Beast decide to kill the merchant?
Answer - The merchant took a precious rose from the beast’s garden.
(2) How did the beast look after Belle in his castle?
Answer - The beast gave belle lavish clothing and food. Belle lived in luxury.
(3) Why did Belle fail to find the prince of her dreams in the castle?
Answer - Because, the prince is the beast itself.
(4) What were the two things Belle carried to her father’s house? Why did she take them?
Answer - The two things are a mirror and a ring. If anything happens to the beast, then she can come quickly.
(5) How did a handsome price become an ugly beast?
Answer - A fairly gave curse to the prince and made him a beast.
The beauty and the beast Question Answer
Activity 7
Rearrange the sentences in the correct order by writing the numbers in the brackets. One is done for you:
Answer -
(1) The ugly beast became a handsome prince. (6)
(2) Belle declined to marry the Beast. (3)
(3) The merchant promised to bring a rose for Belle. (1)
(4) Belle wept on the dying body of the Beast. (5)
(5) Belle went to the castle of the Beast. (2)
(6) Belle promised to return to the castle exactly a week later. (4)
Activity 8
The meanings of certain words are given here. Identify those words.
Answer –
| words | meanings |
| (i) Imprisoned | captive |
| (ii) that which cannot be seen | invisible |
| (iii) friendly and kind behaviour to guests | graciously |
| (iv) completely changed | transformed |
Activity 9
In each set there is a word that does not fit with rest of the words in the set. Identify the word.
(i) Mansion/palace/flat/huge house
Answer – flat
(ii) drizzle/storm/tempest/cyclone
Answer – drizzle
(iii) friend/foe/ally/compatriot
Answer – foe
(iv) refuse/accept/decline/deny
Answer – accept
Activity 10
Form groups. Discuss among yourselves and identify the nouns that the participle
Adjectives in the above sentences of Activity 9 qualify.
-ed form - computerized, determined, excited, misunderstood, renowned, self-centred, talented, unknown
-ing form - annoying, exasperating, frightening, gratifying, misleading, thrilling, time-consuming, worrying
Activity 11
Underline the participle adjectives in the following sentences:
(1) Runa is a trained nurse.
(2) The police caught the absconding prisoner.
(3) A rising sun looks bright.
(4) Do not board a running bus.
(5) The sleeping girl is looking beautiful.
Activity 12
Identify whether the following sentences are in Direct or Indirect Speech:
(i) He said, "I am busy."
Answer – Indirect Speech
(ii) The master said that the clerk would not attend office that day.
Answer - Direct Speech
(iii) The student said that she had left her bag there.
Answer - Direct Speech
(iv) She said, "I am leaving for Delhi now"
Answer - Indirect Speech
Activity 13 (a)
You have just finished reading a beautiful story. Write a story in about seventy words with the help of the points given below. Give a title to your story:
[Merchant – going home through forest – has bag full of money – rain falls – gets wet – curses the rain – a robber comes – point’s gun at the merchant – shoots- unhurt – wet gunpowder – merchant thanks God for rain.]
Once upon a time, there was a merchant. He was going home through the forest. He had a bag which was full of money. He had five guards with him. Suddenly, when he was in deep forest, the sky began to be shrouded with dark cloud. Lightning began to spark. At that time rain was falling. He gets wet curses the rain. After walking some distance, suddenly he heard the sound of approaching footsteps. He looked forward in eagerness and what he saw was simply terrible. Suddenly a robber comes there. He points his gun at the merchant. Merchant shouts loudly. The robber fired a shot at him but nothing happened. The bullet did not go out as the gunpowder was wet in the pain. The merchant looked up and said thank to God for giving the rain .just because of the rain his money and his life was saved.
• Moral: There lies some amount of goodness in every act of God.
Activity 13 (b)
Describe in a short paragraph (within seventy words) about your experience of visiting a garden of flowers. You may use the following clues:
- Its location
- Objects seen there
- Types of flowers
- Its effect on you
- The beautiful memory that will always linger in your mind
Two days ago I went to one of my best friend’s house. I went there by bus. His father is a farmer and he is a Garden lover also. In his house there was a big and very beautiful garden in which I found several types of flowers and the fruit trees. It was very hard to me to believe that there was near about 60 types of flowers and fruit trees in theirs garden. Even I don’t know all their names. It was mind blowing one cannot imagine. After seeing that I have decided to make a garden in my house. That garden is a beautiful memory of my life.
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