Class-8 English Lesson-9 The sacrifice

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                   11/01/2021                                  CLASS-8                                  SLOT-2

ENGLISH 

Lesson-9  The Sacrifice

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 (A) Match column A with column B for finding the meaning of words in column

 

 (B) Answer the following questions :

Question 1.What were the two questions of King Shibi?

Answer:Justice and righteousness were the two qualities of king Shibi.

Question 2.Why was the eagle angry?
Answer:The eagle was angry because the king refused it surrend the dove.

Question 3.Why did the king refuse to surrender the dove?
Answer:The king refused to surrender the dove because he thought that his foremost duty was to protect the innocent bird.

Question 4.What did the eagle demand in place of dove?
Answer:The eagle demanded king’s flesh equal to the weight of the dove.

Question 5.The eagle made the king’s sacri fice more difficult by laying down certain conditions. What were these?
Answer:The certain conditions laid down by the eagle were –

The flesh must be cut from the right side of the king’s body.

The king’s wife and his son must be present at the sacrifice.

Question 6.Why did a tear drop from the left eye of the king?
Answer:A tear dropped from the left eye of the king for the weak and the unprotected dose. The king was upset to think that his flesh was not sufficient to protect the dove.

Question 7.What happened to the eagle and the dove?
Answer:The eagle and the dove vanished and is their place stood Indra, the chief of gods and Agni, the god of Fire.

(C) Choose the right answer :

(a) What did the king say when he saw the dove?
(i) Oh! What nonsense!
(ii) Oh! What an innocent bird!
(iii) Oh! what a poor bird!
(iv) Oh! take this bird away!
Answer( ii) Oh! What an innocent bird!

(b) What did the eagle ask the king?
(i) Keep the dove with you.
(ii) Give me shelter.
(iii) Surrender my prey.
(iv) I want to rest.
Answer:(iii) Surrender my prey.

(c) What did the queen say to the king?
(i) We are not with you.
(ii) We don’t like your decision.
(iii) I am very scared.
(iv) We are with you and may all the gods be with you.
Answer:(iv) We are with you and may all the gods be with you.

(d) ‘What did God Indra grant King Shibi?
(i) You have the highest place in heaven.
(ii) You don’t have a place in heaven.
(iii) You have a place in hell.
(iv) You will live on the earth only.
Answer:(iv) You will live on the earth only.

 D. Use the verbs given below as gerunds in the following sentences,

 1.      pack, make, swim, collect, sleep, walk, play, paint.

2.      Swimming is a good exercise.

3.      Rhea’s hobby is Collecting stamps.

4.      Making fun of others is not a good thing.

5.      Children love Playingcricket

6.      Walking in the morning is good.

7.      Sleeping during the day time is not good for health

8.      Painting is an art.

9.      They started packing their luggage.