Written to be acted
A cast list, not a description.
This chapter is a play. You get a cast list, a note on the setting, and lines with a speaker’s name in front, so you build the picture yourself.
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Wisdom Paves the Way · Class 8 English · Poorvi
English 3 topics 105 leveled MCQs 51 flashcards 5 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Six speaking parts
A king, four men, a merchant.
Six parts speak: the young King of Ujjain, the four Datts, and the merchant. Sentries stand at the court door.
Dust first, then stone
A road, then a court.
Scene I is a dusty road with Ujjain in the distance. Scene II is the court, with tall pillars and a golden canopy.
A room where things are decided
Throne, pillars, canopy.
Scene II is the King’s court: a throne, courtiers, heavy curtains, tall columns and a golden canopy. It is a place where matters get decided.
A grievance, not a crime
The sentry chooses the word.
The sentry calls the case a grievance against four travellers. A grievance is a complaint to be heard, not a crime already proved.
Speak clearly
A claim has to be testable.
The King first makes the merchant state the accusation clearly. A claim has to be in testable words before it can be judged.
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What you'll study, topic by topic
1
The Play: Four Travellers and a Missing Camel
Four young men walk a dusty road to Ujjain looking for work. They read a camel’s tracks, describe the animal exactly to the merchant who has lost it, and are accused of theft for knowing too much.
- The play has six speaking parts: the young King of Ujjain, four young men, and a merchant, with sentries at the court.
- The four men are Ram Datt, Shiv Datt, Har Datt and Dev Datt.
- Scene I is set on a dusty road leading to Ujjain, at midday.
~34 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
The Court Scene: Four Deductions, and Why the King Believed Them
In the King’s court each man is asked how he knows. Four chains of reasoning turn an accusation into an appointment, and the play separates knowing facts from using judgement.
- A sentry reports the complaint, and the King orders the accused to be brought in.
- The King makes the merchant state his accusation clearly before anything else.
- The merchant’s case is that the men know too much about the camel to be innocent.
~36 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Words at Work: Noun Forms, Expressions and Modal Verbs
Five verbs from the play turn into nouns. Eight expressions mean more than their words. Face and bear each carry four meanings. And a modal verb tells you what the speaker is doing, not just what is happening.
- A noun form is the same word doing a different job in a sentence.
- Deduce becomes deduction, observe becomes observation, and scrutinise becomes scrutiny.
- Accuse becomes accusation, and recognise becomes recognition.
~36 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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105 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
You open the chapter and find a list of characters at the top, every line marked with the name of its speaker, and instructions set in brackets. What kind of text is this?
Beginner
A A play written to be acted
B A story told by one narrator
C A letter sent to a young king
D A poem about four travellers
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A play written to be acted
It opens with a cast list and a setting, and every line carries a speaker’s name.
A classmate argues that this chapter is simply a story with a great deal of conversation in it. Which single detail on the page settles that it is a script?
Intermediate
A The city is named in the title
B Stage directions sit in brackets
C The characters speak to each other
D There are two different settings
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Stage directions sit in brackets
Bracketed instructions for the actors appear nowhere in ordinary prose.
Read these statements about the people and the camel in Scene I. I. The play has six speaking parts, one of them a merchant. II. The four travellers are Ram Datt, Shiv Datt, Har Datt and Dev Datt. III. They describe the camel as lame, blind in one eye and short-tailed. Which statements are correct?
Advanced
A I and II only
B II and III only
C I and III only
D I, II and III
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I, II and III
All three are as the play has them: six characters speak, the four travellers share the name Datt, and their account of the camel runs to a lame leg, a blind right eye, a short tail and a sick stomach.
Where does the first scene take place?
Beginner
A Inside the palace court
B In a village square
C Beside a river crossing
D On a dusty road to Ujjain
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On a dusty road to Ujjain
The city is visible in the distance, and the time is midday.
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