Unit 1

So you think you can divide!

Exercises
A. Comprehension
1. Answer the following questions.
a. How did the father ask his sons to divide the camels?
Ans. The father asked his first son to take half the
camels, his second son to take a third and his youngest
son to take a ninth of the camels.
b. Why was Hameed given the largest share?
Ans. Hameed was given the largest share because he
was the eldest son.
c. Why did the brothers quarrel?
Ans. The brothers quarreled because they were unable
to divide the camels according to their fathers will.
d. How did the brothers try to solve the problem?
Ans. The brothers gave different suggestions to solve
the problem.
Hameed said that his share is eight camels and a half
so he should take nine camels. Rafiq suggested that
they should either sell a camel and divide the money or
kill a camel and feed the villagers.
e. Who offered to help the brothers?
Ans. A holy man who was passing by leading a camel
offered to help the brothers.
f. Why did the brothers not want to take the holy mans
camel?
Ans. The brothers did not want to take the holy mans
camel because they did not want him to lose his camel
for solving their problem.
g. Was anyone unhappy in the end?
Ans. No, nobody was unhappy in the end.
h. Why do you think the father set such a difficult task?
Ans. The father wanted his sons to learn a lesson that
every problem has a solution if we try to solve it wisely
without fighting.
2. Refer to the text and answer the questions.

a. The younger boys were a little disappointed but they did

not complain.
i. Who were the younger boys?
Ans. Naeem and Rafiq were the younger boys.
ii. Why were they disappointed?
Ans. They were disappointed because they were given
less share in the property than their elder brother.
b. How about selling one camel and then dividing the
money? he said brightly.
1. Who made this statement, and to whom?
Ans.
2. Why did the speaker think it was a good idea to sell one
camel?
3. What did others think of this suggestion? How did they
react?
B. Working with words
Q. 1. find out the meanings of these words. Also tell what
part of speech each is?
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Words

Part of Speech

Meanings

Bequeath
Quarrel
Gloomy
Exactly
Inheritance

Verb
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Noun

leave
fight
depressing
accurately
legacy

Q.2. Use the following in your own sentences.

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a.
b.

Words/Phrase Sentences
s
According to Do your work according to the rules.
Interrupted
He interrupted me when I was talking
to my brother.

c.
d.
e.
f.

Struck with
amazement
Requested
If God wills
A friendly
manner

All the people struck with amazement

when they saw the feats of the juggler.
He requested me to help him.
If God wills, I will perform Hajj this year.
The policeman talked to me in a
friendly manner.