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This is a reading passage about a maths story from India. It includes a clever way of making a line shorter with clever thinking. It also includes practice question to find verbs from the story.
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# A Maths Story from India Birbal was a wise man who lived in India many years ago. When King Akbar gave him tricky problems to solve, he always found an answer! ## Clever Birbal One day, King Akbar picked up a piece of chalk and drew a line on the floor. "Birbal," he said to his friend, "I want...
# A Maths Story from India Birbal was a wise man who lived in India many years ago. When King Akbar gave him tricky problems to solve, he always found an answer! ## Clever Birbal One day, King Akbar picked up a piece of chalk and drew a line on the floor. "Birbal," he said to his friend, "I want you to make this line shorter. But you mustn't rub out the ends of the line." Birbal looked at the line and thought. Then he drew a long line under King Akbar's line. "Look," said Birbal. "My line is longer than your line. So your line is shorter!" King Akbar laughed. "You are right, Birbal," he said. "You made my line shorter. What a clever answer!" ## Verbs in the story In the story, find the words that are the past simple of: - look - think - draw - laugh - make - say Choose four of the words. Write things that you or your family did this morning. - My mother **made** my breakfast for me.
