Question 1

Where did Raj’s mother send him?

Accepted Answer

Raj’s mother sent him to Muthu’s shop.

Question 2

What did mother ask Raj to buy?

Accepted Answer

Mother asked Raj to buy cinnamon, betel leaves and ginger, and garlic.

Question 3

What did Raj buy?

Accepted Answer

Raj bought seasame seeds, onions, tomatoes, and pickles. B. Choose the correct answers.

Question 4

Mother called …………………….

Accepted Answer

b) Raj

Question 5

Mother did not ask for …………………….

Accepted Answer

b) cardamon

Question 6

Raj did not buy …………………….

Accepted Answer

b) ginger and garlic
Appreciating the Poem (Text Book Page No. 148)
C. Find an example of alliteration in the poem.seasame – seeds
what – want
ginger – garlic
E. Tell the story of the poem in three or four sentences with the help of the pictures given below.

Question 7

My mother would say; “Little boy Raj… Go to Muthu’s a. Who would say to go to the shop?

Accepted Answer

Raj’s mother. b. How does she call Raj? Little boy.

Question 8

And so I go to the shops singing all the way a. Who goes to shops?

Accepted Answer

Raj goes to shops. b. How does he go? He goes singing all the way.

Question 9

When Muthu asks me what I’d want I rattle off a list; “Seasame seeds, onions tomatoes, and pickles? a. What does Muthu ask?

Accepted Answer

Muthu asks Raj what he would want. b. List the things he bought? Seasame seeds, onions, tomatoes, and pickles. I Dream of Spices Summary in English His mother says “Little boy Raj” Go to Muthu’s shop and get some cinnamom, betal leaves, ginger, and garlic. “So he goes to the shops singing all the way and when Muthu asks him what he would want, he rattle off a list. “Sesasme seeds, onions, tomatoes