Three Questions
What was the king seeking for?
The king was seeking for answers of his three questions.
What does the rebel do when everybody talks during the lessons?
Answer: When everybody talks during the lessons, the rebel becomes absolutely silent.
Give an example of a Continuous Present Tense
She is going to the park.
What would be rewarded by the king if anyone answers these three questions?
The king promised a large sum of money as a reward
Where did the hermit live? What kind of life did he live?
The hermit lived alone in a small forest and leads a simple life
Why do rebel always contradict (say the opposite) the others?
The rebel always contradict others because they wish to stand out to be different from the rest of the crowd. They refrain themselves from being a part of crowd.
Give a sentence example of the Past Simple and Continuous Tense.
She slept in the room. She was sleeping in the room.
Whom did the king disguise himself when he went to met the hermit? Why?
The king disguised himself as a simple human with ordinary clothes because the hermit only interacted with simple people.
What was the answer given by some wise men to his first questions?
The first question was: What is the right time to do something? The answers were suggestions like, the king must prepare his timetable and strictly follow it. Others suggested the king to have a council of wise men, who would help him to act at the right time.
According to the poet, what is the character of the rebel?
According to the poet, the character of the rebel is like someone who always disagrees with everyone and delivers a different opinion about himself as well as others. This type of character is usually not accepted by the society.
Convert these sentences into Present Simple Sentences:-
1. She is going to the park.
2. They are loving the attention.
3. Rahul is trying to solve the problem.
She goes to the park. They love the attention. Rahul tries to solve the problem.
Why did the bearded man plan to kill the king and how?
The bearded man revealed that he was the enemy of the king because he killed his brother and seized all his property. So the bearded man took the opportunity to take revenge on him. He planned to kill him on his way back home. But later he was caught by the bodyguard of the king who wounded him.
What were the three questions that the king seeking for answers? Why was the king searching for these answers?
The king thought that if he knew this three questions answer, he would never fail in his life. The questions were –
(i) What would be the right time to begin something?
(ii) What type of people should he listen to?
(iii) What would be the most important thing for him to do?
“When everybody goes to the meeting, The rebel stays at home and reads a book. When everybody stays at home and reads a book. When everybody stays at home and reads a book the rebel goes to the meeting” – Explain
Here, in the poem “ The rebel”, the poet, D.J Enright expresses the rebel like an introvert. He stays at home and prefers to read a books when he find everyone is going to attend the meeting. And on the other hand, when the others stays at home and reads some books, he prefer to attend the meeting the rebel always follows the opposite path of the others.
What were the hermit's answers to the three questions?
According to hermit the most important time 'is present' because it is the time when we have power of action. (2) The most important person is one with whom we are at a particular time. (3) The most important business is to do good with that person