5. promised to get / The Raja / the fisherman’s daughter married
6. on condition / the gatekeeper / allowed / the fisherman / that he would get half
the price
7. at the strange request of the fisherman / the Raja was surprised / and knew about
the bad gatekeeper
8. from the service/ the Raja gave / to the gatekeeper and dismissed him / two
hundred lashes.
Vocabulary
Read the following sentence carefully:
The fisherman placed the fish with great respect at the Raja’s feet.
The underlined word can be replaced with ‘politeness’. The word ‘politeness’ in the
above context means respect. Words which give similar meanings as other words are
called Synonyms.
I. Now read the following passage carefully. Replace the underlined words with
other words that have similar meaning.
The King felt ashamed to have a bad servant in his court. He dismissed the servant
from the service as he was a cheat. But he praised the fisherman for his wisdom. Finally,
the fisherman was successful to find a worthy young man for his daughter. He married off
his daughter with the help of the King.
II. Read the following passage carefully. You find certain words have been left out.
Fill in the blanks with words opposite in meaning of those underlined.
The King liked the fisherman but ____________ the gatekeeper. The bad servant
was ________ and the fisherman was rewarded. Thus, the wise fisherman taught a lesson to
the _________ gatekeeper with his wisdom.
III.A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new
word.