The Golden Touch
1. Answer the following questions:
a) What did the king wish for?
Answer: The king wished that everything he touched would turn into gold.
b) How did the king test his power?
Answer: The king tested his power by touching a stone to see if it would turn into gold.
c) What happened to the princess when the king hugged her?
Answer: When the king hugged his daughter, she turned into a golden statue.
d) How did the king get rid of his golden touch?
Answer: The king was told by the divine spirit to bathe in the Pactolus River to wash away his golden touch.
e) What lesson did King Midas learn at the end?
Answer: King Midas learned that gold and wealth are not more valuable than love and family.
2. Tick (✓) the correct statements, and cross (✗) the incorrect ones:
a) Midas was very happy with his wealth. ✗Â
b) The king tested his new power by touching a stone. ✓Â
c) The divine spirit did not warn Midas. ✗Â
d) When Midas touched a stone, it turned into gold. ✓Â
e) The divine spirit didn’t solve Midas’ problem. ✗
3. Read the sentences given below, and replace the underlined part with a sentences given word from the
shocked | excited | granted | insisted |
i. Midas was surprised.
Answer: Midas was shocked.
ii. The divine spirit agreed to fulfil his wish.
Answer: The divine spirit granted his wish.
iii. Midas demanded forcefully that his wish be fulfilled.
Answer: Midas insisted that his wish be fulfilled.
iv. Midas was happy and enthuasiastic when his wish was fulfilled.
Answer: Midas was excited when his wish was fulfilled.
4. Choose the correct alternative from the options to complete each sentence:
(a) King Midas’ greatest desire was to
(i) Hug his daughter.
(ii) Have more gold.
(iii) Wash his hands.
(iv) Walk in the garden.
Answer: (ii) Have more gold.
(b) Granted the wish of King Midas.
(i) The stone.
(ii) The Divine Spirit.
(iii) Midas daughter.
(iv) A golden statue.
Answer: (ii) The Divine Spirit.
(c) King Midas got rid of his golden touch by
(i) Wishing it away.
(ii) Washing his hands in the river.
(iii) Taking a walk in the garden.
(iv) By hugging his daughter.
Answer: (ii) Washing his hands in the river.
(d) The lesson that King Midas learnt from his experience is that
(i) Gold is the key to happiness.
(ii) Power is more important than love.
(iii) Love and happiness are worth more than gold.
(iv) Greed is everything in life.
Answer: (iii) Love and happiness are worth more than gold.
(e) After losing the golden touch, King Midas
(i) Became greedier.
(ii) Became wiser.
(iii) Remained the same.
(iv) Lost his kingdom.
Answer: (ii) Became wiser.
(f) The message that the story conveys is that
(i) Material wealth gives happiness.
(ii) Greed makes a man blind and foolish.
(iii) Gold is more valuable than life.
(iv) A golden touch is more valuable than happiness.
Answer: (ii) Greed makes a man blind and foolish.
5. Arrange the jumbled sentences in the proper order to get the summary of the story ‘The Golden Touch’. Rewrite the sentences in the correct order. Begin some of the sentences with Then, After that, Next and Finally to show how the events happen.
i. Midas learned to be happy with what he had.
ii. The divine spirit told Midas to wash his hands in the river.
iii. Midas quickly went to the river and washed his hands.
iv. Midas always wanted more gold.
v. His daughter came back to life.
vi. A divine spirit met King Midas one day.
vii. When she hugged him, she instantly turned a statue of gold.
viii. Midas became very sad.
ix. The divine spirit said, ‘I will grant you one wish.”
x. Excited, he ran to tell his daughter the news.
xi. Midas said, “I wish whatever I touch turns into gold”.
Answer: iv. Midas always wanted more gold.
vi. A divine spirit met King Midas one day.
ix. The divine spirit said, “I will grant you one wish.”
xi. Midas said, “I wish whatever I touch turns into gold.”
x. Excited, he ran to tell his daughter the news.
vii. When she hugged him, she instantly turned into a statue of gold.
viii. Midas became very sad.
ii. The divine spirit told Midas to wash his hands in the river.
iii. Midas quickly went to the river and washed his hands.
v. His daughter came back to life.
i. Midas learned to be happy with what he had.
6. (a) Some letters may have more than one sound. Let’s take the example of the letter ‘a’. Read these words aloud and notice the sounds of letter ‘a’ in them:
Names | Midas | Want |
Happy | Grant | Saw |
(b) Now, fill in the blanks in the following sentences with words given in the box below:
Lost | She | Pull | Time |
(i) The sound of ‘e’ in ‘get’ is different from the sound of ‘e’ in _____________
Answer: She
(ii) The sound of ‘i in ‘king’ is different from the sound of ‘f in _______________
Answer: Time
(iii) The sound of ‘o’ in ‘gold’ is different from the sound of o’ in ______________
Answer: Lost
(iv) The sound of u’ in turn’ is different from the sound of ‘u’ in ______________
Answer: Pull
Updated On: 06/11/2025