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Question
How did Odysseus plan to defeat the Trojans?
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Solution
- Odysseus advised his troops to construct a massive wooden horse large enough to contain men and hide some of their greatest combatants within it.
- Then let them burn their tents and pretend to leave aboard their ships. But instead of sailing away, they would return at night.
- When the Trojans were sleeping, they would attack the city, destroying it and defeating them.
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Why? : Form groups of five. Choose a familiar character from any one of the epics you know. One person from the group plays the role of that character. Others in the group frame questions related to that character’s life. The condition is that all the questions should begin with ‘Why ... ?’. They interview the character using these ‘Why-?’ questions. Practice and present the interview in the classroom.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
Troy traded in cattle and grass, with other cities.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
Helen eloped with Menelaus.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
The Greek armies and heroes always defeated the Trojans.
State the counter-action for the following actions.
| Action | Counter-action | ||
| (a) | Helen eloped with Paris. | (1) | ____________ |
| (b) | The Greeks sailed to Troy and attacked it. | (2) | ____________ |
| (c) | Hector was killed by Achilles. | (3) | ____________ |
| (d) | The siege continued for ten long years. | (4) | ____________ |
| (e) | The fighting went on daily | (5) | ____________ |
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
The Greeks were tired of the long war.
______ tired of ______.
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
They made it too big to go inside your city.
______ too ______ to ______.
Put the following events in the order in which they took place. Number them accordingly.
| (a) | The Trojans found a Greek man under the big wooden horse. |
| (b) | They broke down part of the wall and brought the horse in. |
| (c) | The cunning Odysseus thought of a plan. |
| (d) | The Greeks burnt their tents and sailed away. |
| (e) | Troy was burnt down. |
| (f) | The Greeks built a big wooden horse. |
| (g) | The great heroes hid inside the horse. |
| (h) | The priest warned the Trojans not to break the wall. |
| (i) | The Trojans were happy to see the Greek ships go. |
| (j) | The Trojans slept soundly. |
| (k) | The Greeks came out of the horse and opened the gates. |
| (l) | The Greek army entered the city. |
Form pairs. Imagine you are a pair of Trojans and you have come to know about Odysseus’s plan. Make a counter plan to defeat the Greeks. Write down your plan as you would explain it to your fellow Trojans.
How were the Trojans protected during wartime?
What was the cause of the ten-year-old war between the Greeks and Trojans?
Who were the brave heroes on either side who were killed in the war?
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Underline the subject in the following sentence:
Paris had brought her to Troy.
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
The Greeks waited to take revenge on Troy.
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
The Trojans, too, fought hard.
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
The fighting went on.
Was the big wooden horse really an offering to the god of the sea?
How did the cunning Greek explain the presence of such a large wooden horse?
How did the Greek ships remain hidden from Troy?
What did the Greek soldiers hidden in the wooden horse do after nighfall?
What was the destiny of the royal family of Troy and that of Helen?
Identify one example of a main clause and one example of a dependent clause from page 74.
