Class 8 English Solution New Course | Unit 8 Having Fun - I

Unit 8

Reading I

Having Fun

A. Underline the words in column B which are similar in meaning to the words in column A.

a. mischief - misconduct, mishap, misbehaving

b. precious- common, valuable, expensive

c. vain - useless, impossible, sufficient

d. happy- lively, depressed, cheerful

e. hugged - rejected, embraced, cuddled

B. Use appropriate words from 'column A' above to complete the sentences below.

a. Everyone likes her. She is .....happy...... and outgoing.

b. These guys are best known for causing ......mischief....... and making fun.

c. That old man tried in .....vain...... to escape from prison.

d. After they won the match, the players .......hugged....... their coach.

e. The Mountain Museum is full of rare and ......precious...... treasures.

C. Put these sentences in the correct order.

a. A pair of old shoes were lying on the road.

b. The father and son hid behind the bush.

c. The farmer found some coins inside his shoes.

d. The farmer was very happy to get the money.

e. The old farmer thanked God for everything he had got.

f. The son learnt a good lesson that day.

D. Read the story again and answer these questions.

a. What did the son want to do with the shoes?

The son wanted to hide the shoes and watch the farmer's reaction when he couldn't find them.

b. How did the father react to his son's proposal about hiding the shoes?

The father was disappointed in his son's proposal and told him that it was wrong to make fun of a poor person.

c. What was the farmer going to do with the money?

The farmer was going to use the money to buy medicine for his sick wife and food for his starving children.

d. What would have been the farmer's reaction if his shoes had been hidden?

The farmer would have been very upset and worried if his shoes had been hidden. He would have had to walk home barefoot, and he would have been unable to buy medicine for his wife or food for his children. e. What lesson did the son learn from the incident? The son learned that it is wrong to make fun of poor people and that it is more rewarding to help them than to hurt them. He also learned that it is important to be grateful for what you have, and that even a small act of kindness can make a big difference in someone's life.

E. Imaging you are the boy in the story. Retell the story in your own words.

Having Fun

I was walking with my father one evening when we saw a pair of shoes lying on the ground. I thought it would be funny to hide the shoes and watch the farmer who owned them get confused. But my father said that it was wrong to make fun of a poor person. Instead, he suggested that we put some coins in the shoes. We did, and when the farmer came back, he was so happy. He said that the coins would help him buy medicine for his sick wife and food for his children. I learned a valuable lesson that day: it is always better to be kind than to be cruel.

Grammar I

A. Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.

a. The climate of the city ...remained.. pleasant most of the time last year.

i. is remaining ii. remained iii. has remained

b. While they ...were having... lunch, some guests arrived.

i. were having ii. was having iii. had

c. Manita and Pasang ....were playing... hid and seek at this time yesterday.

i. played ii. were playing iii. have played

d. Sonali ...had painted... her house before she sold it.

i. had painted ii. painted iii. paint

e. Susan ..was working.. all day yesterday. He is not working today.

i. was working ii. had worded iii. worked

f. All the students ....were queuing... for lunch when I reached there.

i. was queuing ii. had queued ii. were queuing

g. Last year, we ...hadn't celebrated... any festival.

i. hadn't celebrated ii. didn't celebrated iii. celebrating

B. Use past simple, past continuous or past perfect forms of the verbs from the brackets to complete the sentences.

a. When the burglars broke into the house, I ....was having.... sound sleep. (have)

b. They were watching TV when they ....heard... a loud bang on the door. (hear)

c. Namrata ..had called.... her parents before she left for her office. (call)

d. .....Did you remember... to call your mother last night? (you/remember)

e. Sami ....called.... me twice yesterday but I didn't reply to him. (call)

f. Their team scored 150 runs after they ....had had.. lunch break. (have)

g. The bus ...had... already ..been.. there at the stop before we reached. (be)

h. Bipana was mending the roof when she ...fell off.. (fall off)

i. After Alina ..had read... a novel, she wrote its summary. (read)

Writing I

A. Choose the correct phrases / sentences from the box to complete the following story.

The correct order of the phrases/sentences is:

d. A busy couple used to live in Chicago

e. They booked a hotel room

c. his wife was planning to meet him there

f. he accidentally left out one letter from her email address

a. who had just returned home from her husband's funeral

b. she screamed and fainted

B. Write a story with the help of the given clues. Give it a suitable title.

The Starfish

A man was walking along the beach after a storm. He saw thousands of starfish that had been washed up on the sand. The starfish were all alive, but they were struggling to get back to the ocean.

The man saw a young girl picking up the starfish and throwing them back into the ocean. He asked her why she was doing it.

"I'm saving them," the girl said. "If I don't, they'll die."

The man looked at the thousands of starfish on the beach. "But there are so many," he said. "You can't save them all."

The girl picked up another starfish and threw it into the ocean. "It surely made a difference to that one," she said.

The man smiled. "You're right," he said. "It did make a difference."

The man and the girl continued to work together, picking up starfish and throwing them back into the ocean. They worked until all the starfish were safe.

The man and the girl were tired, but they were happy. They had made a difference in the lives of the starfish.

The moral of the story is that even small acts of kindness can make a difference.