Kerala SCERT Class 8 English Unit 2 Chapter 4 The little round red house Question Answer Solution here. Kerala Board Class 8 Students can find Here 4th Chapter The little round red house Notes provide by our teacher.
- Board- Kerala Board.
- Class – 8.
- Subject – English Part 1
- Chapter Name – The little round red house.
- Topic – Question Answer Solution.
Kerala SCERT Class 8 English The little round red house Question Answer
1.) What did the little boy always complain about?
Answer. The little boy always complained about being bored with everything. He was bored of reading books, drawing pictures, playing with toys with all the usual options. He wanted to do something new and exciting to get out of his boredom.
2.) What activities did the mother suggest to engage the little boy?
Answer. The mother suggested the little boy to engage himself in drawing pictures, reading books and playing with his toys all these activities one by one.
3.) What did the boy’s grandmother ask his mother to do to avoid boredom when she was a child?
Answer. The boy’s grandmother asked his mother to search for the strangest little house to avoid boredom when she was a child. She told her to put on raincoat, hat, scarf, mittens and boots. Then she had to go outside and walk up and down the block once and she would find the little house around the block.
4.) What did the mother ask the little boy to search for?
Answer. The mother asked the little boy to search for the strangest little house around the block like her mother used to tell her.
5.) How was the boy dressed?
Answer. The little boy put on his raincoat and hat, then wore his scarfs and his mittens along with boots.
6.) What were the features of the first red house that the boy found?
Answer. The first red house that the boy found was square in shape not round. It had a chimney, a door and lots of windows. He could not find if it had a star or not. The windows had curtains from inside of it.
7.) Why did the mail carrier ask the boy, ‘are you lost’?
Answer. The mail carrier asked the boy if he were lost because he found him standing on the sidewalk quite puzzled. So, he felt he might be lost his home and was feeling helpless.
8.) Could the mall carrier help the boy? Why?
Answer. No, the mail carrier could not help the boy.
The mail carrier was eager to help the little boy in finding the particular house. When the boy asked him if he knew people lived around the place. He proudly said that he knew every house of that block due to his job. But he never saw any house of that particular description the boy gave. He never saw that cute little red house with chimney and star that the boy was searching. So, he could not help the boy.
9.) What did the police officer tell the boy about the house?
Answer. the police officer told the boy about the little red round house with no doors and windows, a chimney on top and a star in the middle that she had never seen a house like that. She had seen all houses in that town so she asked the boy if he was sure his mother told him about that house. After knowing that his mother found the same house she told the boy she could not help him. She had got to be getting back to his street patrol.
10.) Why did the little boy feel discouraged?
Answer. The little boy felt little discouraged because both the mail carrier and the police officer told they had never seen suck little red round shaped house in that area. His mother said he would not need to cross the street but he could not find it.
11.) Who is Mr. Fetzer?
Answer. Mr. Fetzer had lived in their neighbourhood for much longer than anyone. Only Mr. Fetzer had his own farm in Bridgewater while others had sold their lands or houses had been built there.
12.) Why did the little boy go to Mr. Fetzer’s barn?
Answer. The little boy went to Mr. Fetzer’s barn because he thought only Mr. Fetzer could answer about the house he was looking for. Mr. Fetzer was the oldest neighbour of Bridgewater so he would definitely know about all houses.
13.) What help did the little boy ask from Mr. Fetzer?
Answer. The little boy asked help from Mr. Fetzer to search for the little red round house with no doors and windows, a chimney on top and a star in the middle. He told her mother found that house when she was of his age so he thought Mr. Fetzer would know about the house.
14.) What advice did Mr. Fetzer give to the little boy?
Answer. Mr. Fetzer advised the little boy to run nearby the tree far away and take a look around there. He would find the house there what he was looking for.
15.) Where did the little boy find the ‘little round red house’ with a star in it?
Answer. The little boy ran across the field up the hill. He stood under one apple tree and looked all around. A red apple fall off the tree for the dancing breeze near his feet. The boy realise the apple was the red little house after picking up and having a closer look of it.
16.) Why did the boy’s mother cut the apple into half right through its middle?
Answer. The boy’s mother cut the apple into half right through its middle to show the boy the centre of the fruit where was a star holding five brown seeds.
17.) What did the little boy see inside the apple?
Answer. The little boy saw a star laid inside the apple holding five brown seeds. He said it was wonderful to eat the apple without looking at the star.
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Write a graphic novel with the help of pictures and main events |
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Consolidate the ideas given in the text through mind mapping |
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Identify the meaning of unfamiliar words by referring to a dictionary or glossary |
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| Read a given text with proper stress and intonation |
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Enjoy listening to poems, read aloud and recite them |
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Write newspaper headlines and prepare newspaper reports |
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| Conduct an interview |
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Identify and edit errors in a passage |
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| Engage in language games |
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