Chhattisgarh State Class 8 English Chapter 20 Solution
Chhattisgarh State Board Class 8 English Textbook Solution Chapter 20 Fog Exercise Questions and Answers.
Fog Chapter Solution – Lesson 20 – CG Board
CG SCERT Chhattisgarh State Board Class 8 English Chapter 20 Fog Exercises Questions and Answers.
Fog
Reading Comprehension
A.) Answer the following Questions:
(i) Whom does ‘I’ refer to in the poem ?
Ans :- Here ‘I’ refers to the the poet W.H.Davies in the poem ‘Fog’.
(ii) How does the poet’s eyes look like in the fog?
Ans :- In the fog, the poet’s eyes look like balls of burning lead.
(iii) Why did the poet lose his judgement and why?
Ans :- The poet lost his judgement because his eyes were obscured by fog, and eyes was like balls of burning lead. Even, when it grew so black, the poet could know no place and lost all judgement.
(iv) Who was the man who passed by the poet ?
Ans :- The man who was blind passed by the poet.
(v) How did the poet reach home ?
Ans :- A man who was blind passed close by the poet and asked his way and said to come and follow him. Then, he rapped the stone in front and told the poet to keep trust and come, and the poet followed him like a child. Thus, a blind man led the poet to reach home.
(vi) Which word indicates to us that the second man was blind ?
Ans :- The word ‘Blind’ indicates to us that the second man was blind.
(vii) What message do you get from this poem ?
Ans :- Through this poem, we get a great message that physically challenged people have done great things and reached so high. So, we should not judge special challenged people but should seek into their within abilities.
B.) Write true or false against the given statements:
(i) The man was able to see everything in the fog. [false]
(ii) In the fog, his eyes looked like burning lead. [true]
(iii) He imagines that the lamps, light and cars are heavenly stars. [true]
(iv) The blind man helped him to cross the road. [true]
(v) The poet reached his home safely. [true]
C.) Write the stanza number which gives the following sense:
(i) The person reached his home safely with the help of a blind man.
(ii) The man was helpless and was not able to decide where he was.
(iii) It is not possible to see anything during fog.
(iv) He imagines the lights to be like stars.
(v) The person compares the eyes with burning lead.
Ans :-
(i) The person reached his home safely with the help of a blind man.
Ans :- [ v ]
(ii) The man was helpless and was not able to decide where he was.
Ans :- [ iii ]
(iii) It is not possible to see anything during fog.
Ans :- [ i ]
(iv) He imagines the lights to be like stars.
Ans :- [ iv ]
(v) The person compares the eyes with burning lead.
Ans :- [ ii ]
Vocabulary
I.)
A.) Complete the word web:
Ans :-
SITUATION WHEN YOU COUGH :- Dust, Smoke, Flu, Allergy, Cold, Sickness, Fever.
B.) Two seasons in which you can see fog : winter and late autumn or early spring.
II.) Give three rhyming words for the word given below:
Head :- Lead, Dead, Bread.
Place :- Space, Race, Trace.
Cars :- Stars, Wars, Bars.
III.) Use the following words in sentences: (Don’t use words in isolation, Give situations)
(1) Rap :- She does not care a rap whether it is true or false.
(2) Lead :- He had the lead in a new film.
(3) judgement :- She achieved her aim more by luck than judgement.
Grammar
Your teacher often uses some sentences in the class.
1.) Write the sentences as given in the example:
Ans –
The teacher said, “Write your name on the board.”
The teacher said, “Come here.”
The teacher said, “Bring your note book here.”
The teacher said, “Please, give me your pen.”
The teacher said,“Stand up on the bench.”
The teacher said,“Please, take your seat.”
The teacher said,“Clean the board.”
The teacher said, “Call him here.”
The teacher said,“Don’t be late.
2.) Rewrite your sentences again to explain to your mother at home what you were made to do.
The teacher ordered me to Write my name on the board.
The teacher ordered me to Come there.
The teacher ordered me to bring my note book there.
The teacher requested me to give my pen.
The teacher ordered me to Stand up on the bench.
The teacher requested me to take my seat.
The teacher ordered me to clean the board.
The teacher ordered me to call him there.
The teacher ordered me not to be late.
Writing
A.)
1.) You must have noticed that visually impaired (blind) people use some aids to carry out normal activities. Some of the things that they use are:
a.) Cane or walking stick
b.) Dark Glasses
c.) Tape Recorder
Write why you think these aids are necessary for visually impaired people. Add some more tools you have seen them use.
Ans :-
2.) Fog affects visibility and this causes accidents. Think about why this happens. Write any incident in a paragraph that you have read/heard.
Ans – Fog affects the visibility of human and animal. In forest, rural area or in mountains fog totally covered the road. This affects the visibility of human eye. As a result it’s very hard to see what’s on the road even if it is just a metre away. This caused accident.
Once I heard that a truck hit a deer. It happened due to fog covered the road. The driver didn’t saw the deer.
B.) Consult the dictionary and find two meanings for the given words:
Ans :-
1.) Lead :- Guidance, Direction .
2.) Pan :- Plate, Griddle.
3.) Fog :- Mist, Vapour.
4.) Place :- Location, Position.
5.) Judgement :- Verdict, Decision.
6.) Follow :- Chase, Enquire.
7.) Trust :- Faith, Belief.
8.) Blind :- Eyeless, One-eyed.
9.) Dumb :- Mute, Voiceless.
10.) Patient :- Tolerant, Enduring.
Activity
A.)
I.) Listen to the story carefully and order the pictures according to the story sequence. See Appendix-1 Lesson-20
II.) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
1.) The girl noticed a boy in a wheel chair.
2.) The girl went to a local park.
3.) The girl played in the sand box.
4.) The girl filled the bucket with sand.
5.) The girl dumped the sand in the boys lap.
6.) The girl put some toys in the boy’s lap
7.) The boy said he couldn’t play
8.) The girl asked the boy “Could you play with me?’’
B.) I. Instructions for the activity:
(Language Game)
Divide the class into two groups. Let two students from each group stand near the teacher’s table by turns. Blindfold one of them. Keep two pencil boxes or two bags or two tiffin boxes on the teacher’s table. The student who is not blindfolded will describe one of the two pencil boxes/bags/tiffin boxes kept on the table. The blind folded student will touch and feel one of the similar items kept on the table and then guess which of them has been described.
To describe, you could talk about the shape, material, size etc. Some useful words/phrases:
[ big, long, plastic, small, thin, metal, slender ]