KSEEB Solution Class 8 English First Language – The Bees
Board |
KSEEB |
Class |
Eight (8) |
Subject |
English |
Language |
1st Language |
Chapter |
15 |
Chapter Name |
The Bees |
The Bees Class 8 English Karnataka Board Kannada
THE BEES
William Shakespeare
I.) Let’s read and respond:
Following are jumbled statements drawn from the poem. Rearrange them in the right order:
a.) The poor bees are like porters crowding in with the heavy burdens at their narrow gate.
b.) The bees knead up the honey.
c.) They build their hives with roofs of gold.
d.) By nature, they are very sincere and they serve their master and thus set an example to human beings.
e.) They share their work and they are very professional in their work like soldiers and merchants.
f.) All the bees deliver their goods and serve the lazy drone.
g.) The honey is brought to the royal tent of the emperor.
h.) The soldier bees armed with their stings suck honey from the velvet buds.
Answer:
d.) By nature, they are very sincere and they serve their master and thus set an example to human beings.
e.) They share their work and they are very professional in their work like soldiers and merchants.
h.) The soldier bees armed with their stings suck honey from the velvet buds.
g.) The honey is brought to the royal tent of the emperor.
c.) They build their hives with roofs of gold.
b.) The bees knead up the honey.
a.) The poor bees are like porters crowding in with the heavy burdens at their narrow gate.
f.) All the bees deliver their goods and serve the lazy drone.
II.) Appreciation:
A.) Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each:
1.) What is the unique quality of bees?
Answer: The unique quality of bees is they live by the rule in Nature. The Bees have the art of order to a peopled kingdom like they have king, officers, magistrates, merchants and soldiers and all of them work very hard and sincerely.
2.) How do the bees serve as example to people?
Answer: Bees are hardworking and loyal, they always busy in doing their assigned job honestly and this is the example to people.
3.) How is the work distributed among the bees?
Answer: The work is naturally distributed among the bees, they have king, officers, magistrates, merchants, soldiers, porters and executors.
B.) Answer the following in four or five sentences each:
1.) How does the poet describe the duty – consciousness of the bees?
Answer: The poet observes the systematic nature of the bees and he find that there are king, officers, magistrates, merchants, soldiers, porters and executors among them and they do the work very honestly and professionally. Poet finds that the bees are very conscious doing their job.
2.) Mention the different types of bees according to the nature of their work.
Answer: The poet finds the hierarchy of bees according to their work. There is the king who is the head of all of them. Then there are officers of sorts and magistrates to correct at home. There are merchants be for venture trade abroad and there are armed soldiers ready with their stings. Poet find poor mechanic porters crowding-in and there are executors.
3.) How does the poet describe the drone?
Answer: Poet says that there is ‘lazy yawning’ drone which just fly around and those drones are delivered over to executors.
C.) Fill in the blanks in the following sentences:
1.) The poet describes the bees asking sand officers because the bees are the creatures by a rule in Nature and they know the art of order to a peopled kingdom and all of them do their duty honestly and sincerely.
2.) The poet is sympathetic towards some of the bees because some mason bees are making roofs of gold and some civil citizens bee are kneading-up the honey but poet feel sympathetic for mechanic porters crowding-in and the heavy burdens they carry at narrow gate.
III.) Find out the meanings of the following words from a dictionary:
Magistrates–A civil officer who administers the law especially one who conducts a court that deal with minor offences and holds preliminary hearing for more serious ones.
venture – a risky or daring journey or undertaking.
masons – A craftsman who works with stone or brick.
mechanic – a skilled worker who repairs and maintains vehicle engines and other machinery.
porters – A person employed to carry luggage and supplies
burdens – a load, typically a heavy one.
surly – bad-tempered and unfriendly.
Executors – a person or institution appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of their will.
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