Class 5 English — Chapter 2: Wonderful Waste!

What you'll learn

• ▸Story Comprehension: Wonderful Waste!
• ▸Theme of Resourcefulness and Waste Management
• ▸Vocabulary Expansion: New Phrases
• ▸Sequencing Events and Instructions
• ▸Understanding Multiple Meanings of Words
• ▸Word Building with Suffixes
• ▸Folk Tale Comprehension: Bamboo Curry
• ▸Cultural Awareness: Regional Food
• ▸Basic Recipe Writing and Ingredient Identification

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- Wonderful Waste! Waste can be quite useful ! Find out for yourself from this story... Once, the Maharaja of Travancore ordered a grand dinner in his palace. In the afternoon before the dinner, the Maharaja entered the kitchen to survey the dishes that had been prepared for the feast. “What are you going to do with those vegetable scraps?” he asked the cook, pointing to the basket of scraps near the cook. The cook replied, “They are waste. We will throw them away.” “You cannot waste all these bits and pieces of vegetables. Find a way to use them,” the Maharaja commanded sternly and walked away. The cook was in a fix and kept s t a r i n g a t t h e vegetable scraps for some time. Suddenly, 10 Reprint 2024-25 --- PAGE 2 --- an idea flashed across his mind. H e t o o k a l l t h e vegetable bits, washed them and cleaned them well. Then he cut them into long strips. He put them in a huge pot and placed it on the fire to cook. Next, he g r o u n d s o m e f r e s h coco…

Practice Questions from this Chapter

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1. List creative uses for kitchen scraps. Get Solution →
2. Discover surprising facts about food history. Get Solution →
3. Explain the process of composting simply. Get Solution →
4. Who ordered a grand dinner in the palace? Get Solution →
5. What did the cook initially plan to do with the vegetable scraps? Get Solution →
6. What is the name of the new dish created by the cook? Get Solution →
7. In which part of India did 'avial' become famous? Get Solution →
8. Which three ingredients did the cook grind together to make a paste? Get Solution →

Did you know?

• 💡 Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for three hours.
• 💡 Ancient Romans recycled broken pottery and turned it into building materials.
• 💡 Carrots were originally purple or white, not orange, for many centuries.
• 💡 Honey never spoils and can remain edible for thousands of years.
• 💡 Composting food scraps helps create rich, healthy soil for new plants to grow.

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