MP Board Class 8th Special English Solutions Chapter 9 To the Rescue

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To the Rescue Textual Exercise

Word Power

(A) Fill in the blanks with the words opposite in meaning to the ones given in bold letters.

Mala is tidy but her handwriting looks ………………….
Brave children are rewarded but not the …………………. ones.
The above story is real but the names of the characters are ………………….
Ashutosh is wealthy but he does not hate the ………………….
Delhi is …………………. in winter but hot in summer.

Answer:

untidy
coward
unreal
poor
cold.

(B) The following boxes contain words, which are related to the names of different games. Find the names of the games. Two are done for you.

MP Board Class 8th Special English Solutions Chapter 9 To the Rescue 2

Answer:
Cricket Chess Badminton Boxing Hockey Polo Tennis Judo.

Answer:
A. Monotonous-boring, B. Grabhold somebody or something, C. Ignore-no attetion, D. Insult-offend some body.

(D) Choose one of the words in the brackets to complete these sentences.

Question 1.
A (massage, message) will help in pain.
Answer:
A massage will help in pain.

Question 2.
The policeman tried to (sieze, seize) the gun.
Answer:
The policeman tried to seize the gun.

Question 3.
The cold weather (affects, effects) my nose and makes me sneeze.
Answer:
The cold weather affects my nose and makes me sneeze.

Question 4.
The man stood on the (mushy,marshy) ground.
Answer:
The man stood on the marshy ground.

Question 5.
These apples taste (sour, sore).
Answer:
These apples taste sour.

Question 6.
Sonali (patted, pated) her pet dog on the head.
Answer:
Sonali patted her pet dog on the head.

Question 7.
Sheetal lay on his bed staring at the ceiling, sealing).
Answer:
Sheetal lay on his bed staring at the ceiling

Comprehension

(A) Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
Why did Anu take admission in a public school?
Answer:
Anu took admission in a public school because her father was transferred to the city.

Question 2.
How was Anu’s first day at school?
Answer:
Anu’s first day at school was not at all good. It was monotonous.

Question 3.
What did Anu’s do when she saw Kala drowning?
Answer:
Anu at once jumped into the pool when she saw Kala drowning.

Question 4.
What was the question Mala ask Anu when Kala was taken out of the pool?
Answer:
When Kala was taken out of the pool, Mala asked Anu why she pushed her (Kala) into the water.

Question 5.
Did Anu, Kala and Mala become friends at the end? If yes, which statement in the lesson proves this?
Answer:
Yes, Anu, Kala and Mala became friends at the end. The statement that proves this is given below: “Kala would have drowned but for you.” Mala said.

(B) Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the words given below :
(pat, monotyny, discuss, friend, drown)

Kala was ……………… in the pool.
The Principal ……………… Anu for her bravery.
Anu ar.d Mala became ……………… later.
The first day at school was ……………… for Anu.
Anu’s father ……………… the matter with the teacher.

Answers:

drowning
patted
friends
monotonous,
discussed.

Let’s learn

(A) Supply the missing punctuation marks in the following sentences :

Be careful said the officer.
What are you doing
He said I shall go to bhopal.
my dinner is ready to be served.
Its wonderful.
Wow what a beautiful thing.

Answers:

“Be careful” said the officer.
What are your doing?
He said, “I shall go to Bhopal.”
My dinner is ready to be served.
It’s wonderful!
Wow! what a beautiful thing!

(B) Change into negative sentences :

Anu spent her day in monotony.
Was Mala able to win the match?
Reena helped Kala.
4. Mala liked Anu’s company.
5. Seema plays badminton very well.
6. Do you study in the evenings?

Answers:

Anu did not spend his day in monotony.
Was Mala not able to win the match?
Reena did not help Kala.
Mala did not like Anu’s company.
Seema does not play badminton very well.
Do you not study in the evenings?

Kala would have drowned but for you.
But for the service done by the green
plants, animals would die out for lack of food.

Make three sentences from this table.

Answers:
(i) But for the green plants animals would soon die out.
(ii) But for your help I would have been in serious trouble.
(iii) But for adequate rainfall this year people would have faced another famine.

Let’s Read

Read the following passage carefully :

Once three friends set out on a long journey in search of jobs. As they passed through a dense forest, they saw a bag full of gold coins and felt very happy. They decided to divide the coins equally among themselves.

All of them were hungry, so one of them went to a nearby village to buy food. The friend who went to the village became greedy and he mixed poison in the food. The other two also became greedy, so they, too, made a plan to kill the third one. So when he came back, they killed him with a knife. After killing him they ate the poisoned food and fell down dead. As a result no one could get the money.

Now answer the following questions :

1. Why did the three friends decide to go on a long journey?
2. What did they see while passing through the forest?
3. What did they decide to do with the coins?
4. What did the friend who had gone to fetch food decided to do with his other friends?
5. What is the moral of the story?
6. Write the words which have been used in the passage to describe the following:

1. ……………… journey.
2. ……………… forest
3. ……………… food
4. ……………… coins
Answer:
1. The three friends decided to go on a long journey in search of jobs.
2. While passing through the forest, they saw a bag fall of gold coins.
3. They decided to divide the coins equally among themselves.
4. He decided to mix poison in the food of his other friends.
5. Don’t be greedy.
6. 1. long journey, 2. dense foreset, 3. poisoned food, 4. gold coins.

Let’s Write

(A) Look at the ballons, there are names of some famous players of different games. You have to write their names in the boxes of the concerned game.
Answer:

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