Class-8 English Chapter-11 The Cherry Tree

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22/01/2021                          CLASS-8                                  SLOT-2
ENGLISH

Chapter-11 The Cherry Tree

A. Hard Words:-

1.       breeze

2.       bulging

3.       haunches

4.       mantis

5.       outskirts

6.       pebbles

7.       plod

8.       promptly

9.       scramble

10.   scythe

11.   sprinkling

12.   swish

13.   tang

14.   whisper

 

(B) Read this web chart containing words related to the expression ‘the story book’. (Once you have selected a particular book, know everything related to that book-the title, the author, etc.)

Now collect related information and complete these two web charts.
Answer:    

C. Answer the following qQuestions:-
Question 1.Where did Rakesh live?
Answer:Rakesh lived on the outskirts of Mussoorie.

Question 2.What did Rakesh do to the seed?
Answer:Rakesh planted the seed.

Question 3.What happened to the plant when it was two feet high?
Answer:A goal entered the garden and ate all the leaves of the plant.

Question 4.Why did grandfather scold the woman?
Answer:Grandfather scolded the woman because she had cut the plant into two.

Question 5.Why did Rakesh like the tree so much?
Answer:Rakesh liked the tree so much because he planted it himself.

Question 6.Why did he encircle the small cherry plant with pebbles?
Answer:Do yourself.

Question 7.How does the cherry tree prove the creative power of nature?
Answer:It did not die even though its leaves were all eaten by a goat and it was cut into two with a scythe by a woman. It lived and grew in due course.

Question 8.“Nothing is lucky if you put it away. If you want luck, you must put it to some use.” What did grand-father means by these words.
Answer:Grandfather meant to say that the seed of the cherry should be planted.

 

D.Use the simple past tense to talk about actions that happened in the past.

 

1.       Sheelu _________ up at 70′ clock.

2.       She _________ a large breakfast

3.       She _________ to work.

4.       It _________ her about half an hour to get to work.

5.       She _________ work at 8.45.

6.       She _________ (not) lunch.

7.       She _________ her work at 5 ‘o’ clock.

8.       She was tired when she _________ home.

9.       She _________ a meal yesterday evening.

10.   She _________ (not) out yesterday evening.

11.   She _________ bed at 11 ‘o’ clock.

12.   She _________ well last night

 Answers:

1.       got

2.       ate

3.       began

4.       took

5.       finished

6.       didn’t take

7.       began

8.       reached

9.       ate

10.   did’nt go

11.   went

12.   slept.