Muqbil Toshota I

Pre - Reading activities
Discuss these questions.

1. 
   Guessing the story and predicting what will happen from the title?
   
2. 
   What do you know about main idea of the story?
   
3. 
   What do you think why title is called “Muqbil Toshotar”?
   
4. 
   Work in pairs and talk in English for 1 minute about the story.
   

While - Reading activities

1. 
   What is this story about and who is the main character?
   

2. “What would I do if I were in the princess's place?”, “Would I feel / behave the way the people in the story do, or would I have a different attitude / reaction?”.
3. Why the Muqbil went to the Hotam’s country? What would have happened if Muqbil had been cut off Hotam’s head? What would you have done if you had been in the princess’s place?
True/False/Not Given

1. 
   One day, Mehrinigor went hunting with nine hundred young men and walked to a mountain.
   
2. 
   Just two steps before the tiger reached the princess, a nearby shepherd struck a stone on the tiger's forehead.
   
3. 
   The shepherd was the favorite son of the mountain people and his name was Muqbil.
   
4. 
   Muqbil Toshotar had an old father, mother, sister and brother.
   
5. 
   The wise old man followed two men and went to the king's daughter as a matchmaker.
   

Post - Reading activities
I. Getting the message.

1. 
   According to the story, in Bukhara there was a …….. king.
   

1. 
   Wise
   
2. 
   Generous
   
3. 
   Tyrant
   
4. 
   Oppressor
   

2. 
   Muqbil lives the …….. and he was the favourite son of the ……… people.
   

1. 
   Mountain
   
2. 
   Reeds
   
3. 
   Thicket
   
4. 
   Palace
   

3. 
   How many tigers Muqil had caught?
   

1. 
   4
   
2. 
   5
   
3. 
   7
   
4. 
   8
   

4. 
   Why Muqbil went to the Hotam’s home?
   

1. 
   To kill
   
2. 
   To make friend
   
3. 
   He didn’t know
   
4. 
   To give help