KSEEB Solution Class 8 English Second Language – Machine
Board | KSEEB |
Class | Eight (8) |
Subject | English |
Language | 2nd Language |
Chapter | 7 |
Chapter Name | Machine |
Machine Class 8 English Karnataka Board Kannada
POETRY
MACHINE
IRA) Read what Encyclopedia Britannica has to say about a Machine and answer the questions that follow.
* Name a few machines that we use. How do they run or work?
Answer: Mixer, vacuum cleaner, washing machine, etc are a few machines that we use. They run or work with the help of electricity.
* Some words are given in the box. Classify them into words used in Mechanics and words used in Biology. Note that some may be used in both.
Biology | Mechanics |
Emu
Bear Mouse Boa Rhino Ray Turtle Mink |
Cog
Nut Wedge Furnace Tool File
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C1) Answer the following questions and share your responses with your partner.
1.) Look at the first stanza. See how a machine made of a metal goes through a process in the making. Fill in the empty boxes with the appropriate steps.
1.) Minced
2.) Melted
3.) Cast
4.) Wrought
5.) Hammered
6.) Cut
7.) Filed
8.) Tooled
9.) Gauged
2.) What do simple machines need to start working?
Answer: Simple machines need some water, coal and oil to start working.
3.) Name at least five machines or mechanical devices, and write how they are useful to man.
e.g. an iron box – for ironing clothes.
Answer: Washing machines – for washing clothes
Mixer – for juicing purpose
Vacuum cleaner – for cleaning
Wedge – for splitting material
Inclined plane – to move heavy objects
4.) What can a machine not do? [stanza 4]
Answer: Machines cannot lie. They cannot love or forgive. They don’t have pity. They are feeling less unlike humans.
5.) What is the risk, if the machine is mishandled? [stanza 4]
Answer: If we mishandle any machine, there are chances of injury or even death.
Read and Write:
C2) Read and discuss with your partner. Then write.
1.) How are machines and human beings different? Study the last stanza and write.
Answer: Machine varies in sizes and shapes. They possess certain power to carry functions. But they don’t have feelings like humansAfter all they are the creation of the human brains. They work as per the man’s orders. It doesn’t have any individuality.
2.) Do you observe any rhyme scheme in each stanza? If you do, write the words that rhyme together.
e.g. ask-task, play-day [second stanza]
mine – design
pit- fit
drive- dive
light- write
live- forgive
lie- die
eyes- size
again – brain
3.) List all the words that suggest motion.
e.g. pull, jump, haul, push, lift, drive, print, plough, run, jump, swim, fly, dive, read, write.
4.) Note how the word like ‘and’ is used in the poem. Also, identify other words and phrases that are repeated. What is the effect of such repetition?
Answer: ‘We were’ and ‘we can’ are repeated more times. The repetition emphasizes the ability of the machines .
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