MP Board Class 8 General English Chapter 15 A Secret Solution
Madhya Pradesh State Board Class 8 General English Chapter 15 A Secret full exercise question answer. Every questions answers are prepared by expert English teacher.
EXERCISES
Listen and Repeat
three. best. peep. laid
tree. rest. keep. afraid
free. chest. beep. grade
Word Power
1.) Fill in the blank spaces using the rhyming words given below :
wrong. tree. weep
(i) We are three under the sweet cherry _tree___.
(ii) When I sing a song, I am never __wrong__.
(ii) When I sleep I never __weep____.
2.) ‘g’ has two different sounds: जas in ‘page’ and ग as in ‘pig’. Classify the words given below accordingly.
giraffe, bridge, cage, gem,
leg, gun, gate, giant,
glass, gypsy, age, go,
bag, grass, message, twig
ज ग
giraffe. glass
gem. leg
cage. gate
bridge. gun
gypsy. grass
age. go
giant. bag
message twig
Comprehension
Answer: the following questions:
a.) Who is the speaker in the poem?
The poem’s speaker is a boy.
b.) Who told the secret to the boy?
The boy received the secret from the tree.
c.) In the second stanza the poet says, “And laid the four little….. something in it?” What does the poet mean by ‘four little’?
The eggs are the “four little”
d.) Who told the secret to the tree?
The bird told the secret to tree.
e.) When will the secret be out?
The secret will become public after the baby birds leave the nest.
f.) What is the secret?
The trick is that a bird made a nest in a tree and put four little eggs there.
g.) The poet says, “Just we three.” The first one is a bird, the second one is the npoet himself, Who is the third one?
The cherry tree is the third one.
Let’s Read
Read the poem carefully:
The leaves said, “It’s spring,
And here are we,
Opening and stretching
On every tree.”
The leaves said, ” It’s summer
Each bird has a nest,
We make the shadow
Where they can rest
The leaves said, “It’s autumn,
Aren’t we all gay?”
Scarlet and golden
And russet were they.
The leaves said, “It’s winter,
Weary are we.”
So they lay down and slept
Under the tree.
Now Answer: the following questions:
(i) What did the leaves say in the spring?
The leaves claimed that every tree’s leaves stretch and open in the spring.
(ii) In which season do birds make nests in the trees?
Words prepare their nest in summer.
(iii) What did the leaves say in the autumn?
The leaves claimed that every tree’s leaves stretch and open in the spring.
(iv) What happened to the leaves in the winter?
According to the leaves, people sleep under the tree in the winter because they are so exhausted.
(v) Give an appropriate title to the poem.
Leaves and nature
Let’s Write
Look at the picture given with the poem “A secret” carefully and describe it in at least five to six sentences.
The poem “A secret” has a picture that depicts some excellent countryside. Mountains can be found on one side. In flight are birds. There is one tree that has a nesting bird on it. Under it, a boy is standing. These three are conversing with one another.
Let’s do it
Find out a poem on birds or trees and write it in your notebook. Visit your library for this purpose.
Also See: Previous Chapter Question answer