Franz Xaver Gruber composed the music for Father Mohi’s poem on ..................
a. Christmas Eve.
b. Christmas day.

The elderly man at the fair invited the Strasser children to ...................
a. a music concert
b. Christmas carol.

Joseph told the Queen that the song was a ........................
a. folk song.
b. Christmas carol.

“It’s not for me, Father, but for a baby, born a while ago to some peasants.”

1. Who said this?

2. What did the speaker ask of Father Mohr?

3. What was Father Mohr’s reaction? Why?

“I have never heard this song before . . . can I learn it?”

1. Who said this and to whom?

2. Which song is the speaker referring to here?

3. What did the speaker do with the song after he went back?

Leipzig was a large, busy city, and the children often felt lost and uncomfortable in the crowded place.

1. Who do the ‘children’ refer to?

2. Why were the children in the city of Leipzig?

3. What did the children do when they felt homesick?

What did Father Mohr see when he visited the poor peasants’ hut?

Why did the Strasser family travel northward to Leipzig every spring?

What happened one day at the fair that delighted the Strasser children?

What were the children asked to do at the concert? How did the audience respond?

What did the King of Saxony ask the Strasser children to do?

Do you think the organ builder had an important role in making the song famous? Why?

Why do you think the Strasser children felt lost and uncomfortable in the city of Leipzig?

Make hyphenated compound words by correctly matching the words in the columns.

Fill in the blanks with the compound words you made in Exercise F.

1. The results of the election were an ____________________. The people had made their wishes amply clear.

2. Kahani Amma was an old, ____________________ woman who loved to narrate stories to the village children.

3. At the fair I was drawn towards the stalls that were selling ____________________ food.

4. The villagers have been worshipping the tree for years. It is an _________________ custom.

5. The fielder made a ____________________ attempt to catch the ball.

Underline the adjectives in these sentences and circle the nouns they describe. Mention the kinds of adjectives alongside.
1.    The song slowly spread to every corner of the world.                                       ______________
2.    These books were purchased at the Bologna book Fair.                                   ______________
3.    Elephants are huge but they dread the tiny ants.                                                ______________
4.    The Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram is a complex of three temples.         ______________
5.    If you want my opinion. I think we should wait and watch.                             ______________
6.    Whose car is parked near the gate?                                                                          ______________
7.    The manager asked Ashok to meet him on the third day of the fest.          ______________

Insert appropriate adjectives and rewrite the sentences.
1.    The market was full of shoppers.
2.    Her mouth curved into a smile.
3.    Suresh’s family dined at a table overlooking the harbour.
4.    The film is a glimpse into the lives of social activists.
5.    The book is a collection of essays and memoirs.

Fill in the blanks using the correct degree of the adjectives in brackets.

1. Karishma is a ______________ friend of mine. (close)

2. Mussoorie is ______________ than Shimla. (polluted)

3. The ______________ story was published in the school magazine. (good)

4. Ashoka was the ______________ king during his time. (powerful)

5. The flamingo is a ______________ bird, but not ______________ than an ostrich. (large)

6. Name the ______________ river in the world. (long)

7. It was getting ______________ and ______________ with each passing day. (hot)

8. Roshni Ekka is the ______________ girl who tackled the goons single – handedly. (brave)

A dialogue is conversation between two people. Write a dialogue between the Director General of Music and the King of Saxony. The two men are discussing the song sung by the Strasser children. They also talk about Father Mohr who wrote the song, and how the song came to travel such a great distance. You can begin like this:
                                KING: That was a beautiful song those children sang today!
DIRECTOR: Yes, Your Majesty. I was struck by it when I heard them singing at the fair...
Note the following before you start writing the dialogue.
-              Plan what each character is going to say.
-              How do you want the dialogue to start?
-              How do you want the dialogue to end?

Where did Father Joseph Mohr go on the Christmas Eve of 1818?