Class-8 English Chapter-14 To The New Year

 EVENTS CONVENT H.SCHOOL

11/02/2021       CLASS-8                SLOT-2
English
Chapter-14
To The New Year
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Word Power

(a) Match of words with their meanings.

Answers:

(i) – (d)

(ii) – (e)

(iii) – (b)

(iv) – (a)

(v) – (c)

 

(b) Read the poem carefully and find out the words which have the following meanings:

 

1.     It is the bottom of a door way threshold

2.    A hollow place in a wall niche.

3.    Hidden corners of a houses where light does not reach nooks

4.    A guard sentinel

5.    A sugary fluid collected by the bees honey

 

(c) Given below is a circle having a few words. The words outside the circle have been used with the words given inside the circle.

Match them:

Answers:

1.  infant-friend
2. golden- threshold
3. rose-buds
4. light of love-darkness
5. New-year
6. sacred-sentinel
7. niches-nooks
8. windows-doors.
9. Comprehension

  (A) Answer the following questions:

 Question 1.Whom does the poet address in the poem?

Answer:The poet addresses to the New year in the poem.

 Question 2.What does the poet long to be in the beginning of the poem?

Answer:The poet longs to be a child in the beginning of the poem.

 Question 3.Why does the poet want to open all windows and doors?

Answer:The poet wants to open ail windows and doors to allow light in every nook and corner.

 

(b) Choose the correct alternatives:

(i) The poet wants to drive out the darkness with:

(i) the light of the sun.

(ii) the light of the moon.

(iii) the light of love.

Answer:

(iii) the light of love.

 

(ii) The poet wants to be the infant friend of the:

(i) rose buds of goodness.

(ii) bright stars.

(iii) Temple of Life.

Answer:

(i) rose buds of goodness

 

(iii) The poet wants to be …………… at the golden threshold of the Temple of Life:

(i) child like

(ii) a sacred sentinel

(iii) stars.

Answer:

(ii) a sacred sentinel.