📗 Lesson 2: Tenali Rama and The Thieves — Textbook (Reader) Answer Key
Let us Interact — Activity 1 (Page 79)
Answer the following questions orally.
1. What is the invitation about? — It is about a play called "Tenali Rama and The Thieves".
2. Who invites you to the play? — SMC, Teachers & students of M.P.P.S. Kothapalli.
3. What is the venue of the play? — M.P.P. School.
4. What is the title of the play? — Tenali Rama and The Thieves.
5. At what time does the play start? — 10:00 a.m.
Let us Think — Activity 2 (Page 82) 3rd English Tenali Rama and The Thieves Textbook
1. Who was Tenali Rama? — He was a court poet in the court of King Sri Krishnadevaraya, who lived in Vijayanagaram.
2. What kind of person was Tenali Rama? — He was a wise and funny (clever) man.
3. Did the couple put all their valuables in the box? — No, they filled the box with stones instead.
4. How did the thieves get the box? — They pulled water out of the well the whole night until they got the box.
5. What reward did Tenali Rama want to give the thieves? — He wanted to take them to the king's court for punishment.
Let us Learn — Vocabulary, Activity 3 (Page 84)
Match the words with their opposites.
big → small
right → wrong
after → before
up → down
pull → push
Grammar — Activity 4 (Page 84)
Write the words under the correct heading: person, place, thing.
| Person | Place | Thing |
|---|---|---|
| Tenali Rama | Vijayanagaram | garden |
| Sarada | court | box |
| Sri Krishnadevaraya | house | stone |
Activity 5 (Page 86)
Colour the clouds — blue for Proper Nouns, pink for Common Nouns.
Proper Nouns (blue): Sri Krishnadevaraya, Vijayanagaram, Sarada, Tenali Rama
Common Nouns (pink): box, house, garden, village
Let us Write — Activity 6 (Page 87) 3rd English Tenali Rama and The Thieves Textbook
Rewrite the sentences using capital letters wherever necessary.
1. He is at the market.
2. Kohli is a cricket player.
3. I like Visakhapatnam.
4. We celebrate Independence Day on August 15th every year.
5. I am going to Bengaluru on Sunday.
Activity 7 (Pages 87–88)
Write the relevant sentence for each picture, in order.
Picture 1 (watering the plant): Tenali Rama was watering the plants.
Picture 2 (thieves hiding in bushes): Tenali Rama saw two thieves hiding in the bushes.
Picture 3 (couple lowering box into well): Tenali Rama and his wife dropped the box into the well.
Picture 4 (thieves pulling water from the well): The thieves drew all the water from the well.
Picture 5 (thieves opening the box, seeing stones): The thieves were shocked to see the stones in the box.
Picture 6 (thieves running away): The thieves ran away from Tenali Rama.
Let us Listen and Respond — Activity 9 (Page 90, poem "Aachoo!")
1. What did the elephant go to buy? — ( b) a handkerchief )
2. Why was the sales girl surprised? — ( b) The elephant was too big )
3. What did the elephant ask for instead of a handkerchief? — ( b) a sheet )
4. What did the elephant say when it could not get a handkerchief? — ( a) 'Aachoo' )
5. Why did the elephant shake its head? — ( d) It had a cold. )
Let us Explore — Fun with Words (Page 92)
Pyramid 1 (Carrots / Cut Carrots / Chandu Cut Carrots): The first letter of each word is — C
Pyramid 2 (Apples / Ate Apples / Anu Ate Apples): The first letter of each word is — A
Write similar words beginning with 'S' (sample answer):
Songs / Sang Songs / Sam Sang Songs
The first letter of each word is — S
Let us Practise (Pages 93–94)
1. Opposite of 'heavy': ( B) light )
2. People who steal: Thieves
3. Opposites: huge x small, pull x push
4. "Tenali Rama saw two thieves hiding in the garden."
5. Sample sentences using Garden, Play, Box, Water:
This is my school garden. I like to play in the garden. Put the toys in the box. Give me a glass of water.
6. Proper Noun: ( B) Tenali Rama )
7. Common Noun in "Raju went to the school." → school
8. Capitalised sentence: I live in Andhra Pradesh.
9. Sri Krishnadevaraya — Proper Noun; City — Common Noun; Village — Common Noun; Sarada — Proper Noun
10. Sample: Ravi, Priya, Kiran, Anjali — These are Proper Nouns because they name particular persons, so each one begins with a capital letter.
11. Correctly written sentence: ( B) I live in Andhra Pradesh. )
12. School name on invitation card: ( B) M.P.P.S. Kothapalli )
13. Why did Tenali Rama shout loudly instead of whispering? — He wanted the hiding thieves to overhear him, so that they would believe there were jewels in the box and try to steal it — falling right into his trick.
14. Correct sequence: i. Thieves drew water from the well — ( 2 ); ii. Tenali dropped the box in the well — ( 1 )
15. Why were the plants happy? — Because the thieves unknowingly watered the whole garden while pulling water out of the well all night to reach the box.
16. Was Tenali Rama clever or strong? — He was clever, not strong. Example 1: He tricked the thieves into believing there were jewels in the box. Example 2: He made the thieves water his entire garden without them realising it.
17. Correctly written sentence: ( B) I like stories. )
18. Question to ask a friend about mangoes: "Do you like mangoes?"
19. How the thieves felt on finding only stones: The thieves felt shocked and foolish when they found only stones in the box.
20. Sample self-introduction to Tenali Rama:
My name is Ravi. I study in Class 3. I live in Visakhapatnam.
21. Sample role-play letter:
Dear Boss, I am sorry to inform you that I could not steal the jewels. The box we pulled out of the well had only stones in it. Tenali Rama had tricked us. Your thief.
22. Question to ask about a mango tree: ( B) "Do you have a mango tree in your garden?" )
Note: Oral activities (Activity 1, 8, 10, Let us Speak, Let us Do) and open-ended items above are given as sample answers — accept any reasonable response that matches the pattern shown.
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