Andhra Pradesh Board Class 8 English Bonsai Life (Part II) Question and Answers
Andhra Pradesh SCERT 8th Class English Solutions Unit 5 Chapter 5B Bonsai Life (Part II) Question and answers. Students who are searching for Andhra Pradesh Class 8 English Chapter 5B can find here Solution of this chapter.
Board |
Andhra Pradesh (AP Board) |
Class |
8th |
Subject |
English |
Unit |
5 (5B) |
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Solution |
UNIT-5
BONSAI LIFE (Part II)
COMPREHENSION
I.) Complete the statements giving more than one reason.
Answers:
1.) a.) A girl’s potential can be unlocked by sending her to school.
b.) Women with greater education are more inclined to make contributions for the future.
c.) The social and economic health of a country is boosted by educating girls.
2.) a.) We receive oxygen from them, which is necessary for human living.
b.) They give us shed from sunlight.
c.) It prevents erosion of the soil.
II.) Answer the following questions.
1.) Akkayya was flabbergasted by the pomegranate and turayi trees in miniature flower pots amid the other flower plants. She didn’t consider them bonsai trees. As a result, she interrogated Ammalu about why they had planted those trees in flower pots and that they had survived without even being allowed to grow organically. Ammalu burst out laughing when she overheard Akkayya utter those things. Akkayya couldn’t figure out why Ammalu had laughed. As a result, she was bewildered.
2.) Japanese art called bonsai uses tiny trees that are grown in pots. A specimen of source material serves as the foundation for a bonsai. The form of the original specimen is somewhat diminutive.
3.) The dainty bonsai tree resembles a housewife. The housewife and the bonsai were unable to protect themselves. They were unable to provide safety for anyone. They weren’t able to bear suffering. They were entirely reliant on others.
4.) Akkayya’s words moved the narrator’s heart. The narrator was inspired to release the Bonsai by Akkayya’s comments. She explained that it was similar to releasing a bird from a cage so it might fly.
5.) According to the core premise of “Bonsai Life,” women should be educated and empowered. Women should be able to care for themselves. They must protect themselves. They should be able to stand on their own. They should not be completely reliant on others. They need to find work.
III.) Make a list of activities done by a homemaker and a working woman.
Answer:
The following are the tasks performed by a working woman:
a.) Get the family breakfast ready.
b.) Cleaning the house.
c.) Having to put the children in school.
d.) Travelling to work.
e.) Preparing dinner.
A list of activities done a homemaker woman:
a.) Washing clothes.
b.) Taking care of the kids.
c.) Managing budgets.
d.) Going to the market.
e.) Cleaning the house.
IV.) Put a tickmark against the most appropriate meaning for the phrases given below.
Answer:
1.) a.
2.) b.
3.) c.
4.) c.
VOCABULARY
I.) Look at the phrasal verb underlined in the following sentence.
Refer to a dictionary and find out the meaning of some more phrasal verbs beginning with ‘give’ and ‘look’.
Answer:
Give in – to admit defeat and move on.
Give out – the process of ending.
Give away – to offer something to a person.
Look after – to look after someone.
Look up – in order to improve.
Look into – to make an effort to learn the truth about a situation.
Use the above phrasal verbs in your own sentences:
Answers:
1.) I forced him to give in the medicines.
2.) I gave-out the last sheet of paper.
3.) My Youtube channel is doing a give-away.
4.) I will look after your children.
5.) The paper will look up better if Mam corrects it nicely.
6.) The detective made huge efforts to look into the case.
II.) Look at the simile in the following sentence.
A.) Look at the following similes.
Now write five sentences using the above similes.
Answers:
1.) She looked as bright like a full moon.
2.) Ramesh sleeps like a dog.
3.) He is so fast, he eats like a bird.
4.) Her dress looked beautiful like a rose.
5.) He is not sweet like honey, as he looks like.
III.) Make some idioms from the words in circles and use them in your own sentences, one is done for you.
Answer:
Idiom Sentence
thorn in flesh He has been a thorn in flesh for them for years.
cat on the wall sriram has not yet decided; he is being like a cat on wall.
top of the world As Sharma got a job. he is on top of the world.
sore on back foot Mr. Rao has been annoying them like a sore on back foot.
GRAMMAR
III.) Identify subjects and predicates in each of the sentences in the following paragraph.
Answer:
i.) The narrator – subject
felt very happy to recieve her sister and brother-in-law, who came to stay with them – predicate
ii.) They – subject
brought many things with them – predicate
iii.) Akkayya – subject
made special dishes for her sister’s husband which he liked very much – predicate
iv.) She – subject
praised her sister for being employed and making her living – predicate
v.) She – subject
was very sorry about her position at home – predicate
vi.) the narrator – subject
showed her Bonsai plants and explained how they are grown but she did not like it – one day – predicate
vii.) many people – subject
gathered under a tree to take shelter on a rainy day – predicate
viii.) Akkayya – subject
Showing this – made the narrator understand the importance of freedom in one’s life – predicate
LISTENING
Listen to a debate on the topic ‘Education of the Girl Child is a Burden’. Now, complete the table based on the information you’ve just listened to:
Answer:
Speaker 1 (For) – Most of their resources are used for these priorities. Later, when they think of education, the first preference goes to the male child as he would be growing to be the breadwinner of the family, whereas the girl would leave the family one day. So, I feel that educating of the girl child is a burden.
Speaker 2 (against) – My knowledgeable opponent is of the opinion that the education of the girl child is a burden.
Speaker 1 (for) – When my opponent feels that the girl child would leave the family one day after marriage, can’t we agree that it is a waste of money to educate a girl child?
Speaker 2 (against) – Haven’t such traditional gender roles led to inequalities in the society? I strongly feel that an educated girl can render financial assistance to the father and later to the husband.
Speaker 1 (for) – As her duty in the later part of life is to look after the family and children, she better gets practice in the same. If she is away from home for longer periods, it would be an additional burden on the family.
Speaker 2 (against) – ‘If you educate a man, you educate an individual. If you educate a woman, you educate a family’.