The quarrel
One sale, two stories.
A farmer buys a well. The seller then says the water in it is still his own.
↳ The well changed hands, the water did not.
📚 Chapter Learning Kit
The Decision of the Panchayat · Class 5 English · Santoor
English 3 topics 66 leveled MCQs 36 flashcards 8 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Four turns
How the story turns.
↳ Buy, block, ask, rule.
A panchayat
Who decides?
A group of village elders. They hear both sides in the open, then settle the matter together.
↳ Elders listen, then decide.
Preposition
Small word, big job.
A short word before a naming word. It shows where a thing is, or when it happened.
↳ It answers where or when.
Words for place
One bucket, four pictures.
↳ Change the word, change the picture.
Words for time
Now the clock.
↳ These answer when, not where.
📖 Smart notes
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1
The Story: The Decision of the Panchayat
A hard-working farmer buys a well, and his tricky neighbour says the water is still his. The village panchayat answers the trick with one clever ruling.
- A farmer works hard, prospers, and buys a third field with a well beside it.
- The neighbour sells the well, then says that the water in it is still his.
- The village chief calls the panchayat, and both men are asked to speak.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Words at Work: Prepositions, the Suffix less and Order Words
Small words that fix a thing in place or in time, the ending less that means without, and the signal words that keep a retold story in the right order.
- A preposition is a small word that shows where or when something is.
- In, on, under, beside and at usually answer the question where.
- Before, after, by and during usually answer the question when.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Speak, Listen and Write about a Fair Decision
Writing a friendly letter about something that happened, listening to a read-aloud passage for facts, and speaking about how to be fair when two people both want one thing.
- A friendly letter has a greeting, a reason for writing, the news and a signing off.
- The middle of a letter tells events in order, and says how the writer felt.
- While listening, catch the names, the numbers and the order of events.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
❓ Leveled MCQ practice
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66 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
A person who is clever in a tricky way is ____.
Beginner
A honest
B cunning
C generous
D careless
Show answer & explanation
cunning
Cunning cleverness is used to trick somebody.
Somebody who will not change his mind at all is ____.
Intermediate
A worried
B gentle
C adamant
D grateful
Show answer & explanation
adamant
An adamant person is as hard to move as a rock.
To say sorry for a wrong you did is to ____.
Beginner
A apologise
B prosper
C summon
D gather
Show answer & explanation
apologise
The cheat had to do this in front of everybody.
The farmer could buy a third field because he had ____.
Beginner
A lost his savings
B sold both fields
C moved to a city
D saved for years
Show answer & explanation
saved for years
Hard work over many seasons paid for the new field.
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