NCERT Solutions Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 10 The Great Stone Face 2
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Board |
NCERT |
Class |
8 |
Subject |
English |
Book Name |
Honeydew |
Chapter |
10 |
Chapter Name |
The Great Stone Face 2 |
Topic |
Exercise Solutions |
NCERT Solutions Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 10 – The Great Stone Face 2
Comprehension Check
Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following statements.
1.) Ernest’s words reminded people of the wise old sayings.
Answer: True
2.) Total strangers from far away, who visited Ernest in the valley, found his face familiar.
Answer: True
3.) The Great Stone Face confirmed Ernest’s view that the poet could be worthy of its likeness.
Answer: False
4.) When Ernest and the poet met, they respected and admired each other equally.
Answer: True
5.) The poet along with Ernest addressed the inhabitants of the valley.
Answer: False
6.) The poet realised that Ernest’s thoughts were far nobler than his own verses.
Answer: True
Working with the text
Answer the following questions.
1.) How was Ernest different from others in the valley?
Answer: Ernest was a different man. He was a humble, hardworking and thoughtful man. Many people came to have a conversation with him and found his thoughts very deep and sincere.
2.) Why did Ernest think the poet was like the Stone Face?
Answer: The poet celebrated the Stone Face in one of his poems and Ernest had read them. When Ernest met the poet he found his face similar to the Stone Face. He thought his poems reflected his kind thoughts and made him look like the Stone Face.
3.) What did the poet himself say about his thoughts and poems?
Answer: The poet didn’t feel himself worthy to be compared with the Stone Face. He felt that his thoughts do not go with his life and its actions. He too had grand dreams but they didn’t turn into reality. He felt that he lacked in his own thoughts.
4.) What made the poet proclaim Ernest was the Stone Face?
Answer: After a conversation, both the poet and Ernest went to a meeting place . There Ernest talked whatever he had in his heart and mind. While listening to him, the poet thought that Ernest was indeed a kind and noble man. His thoughts were nobler than his. It reflected deep and kind things. Ernest was someone who did good deeds in life and had selfless love for the people. From distance the Stone Face was seen and gave an impression that it resemebled to Ernest. He then thought that Ernest himself is worthy of Great Stone Face.
5.) Write ‘Ernest’ or ‘Poet’, against each statement below.
(i) There was a gap between his life and his words.
Answer: Poet
(ii) His words had the power of truth as they agreed with his thoughts.
Answer: Ernest
(iii) His words were as soothing as a heavenly song but only as useful as a vague dream.
Answer: Poet
(iv) His thoughts were worthy.
Answer: Ernest
(v) Whatever he said was truth itself.
Answer: Ernest
(vi) His poems were noble.
Answer: Poet
(vii) His life was nobler than all the poems.
Answer: Ernest
(viii) He lacked faith in his own thoughts.
Answer: Poet
(ix) His thoughts had power as they agreed with the life he lived.
Answer: Ernest
(x) Greatness lies in truth. Truth is best expressed in one’s actions. He was truthful, therefore he was great.
Answer: Ernest
6.) (i) Who, by common consent, turned out to be like the Great Stone Face?
Answer: At the meeting place everyone agreed that Ernest had all those qualities that made him to be like the Great Stone Face.
(ii) Did Ernest believe that the old prophecy had come true? What did he say about it?
Answer: No, Ernest thought that he didn’t resemble the Great Stone Face. He was a humble man and he thought someone wiser and better than him would be worthy of comparing to the Great Stone Face.
Working with language
1.) Mark the meaning that best fits the word or a phrase in the story.
(i) (sun) going down
(a) becoming smaller
(b) weakening
(c) setting
(ii) brightening
(a) making (it) look bright and cheerful
(b) lending (it) a special glow
(c) causing (it) to appear hopeful
(iii) spacious
(a) lonely and wild
(b) big and wide
(c) special and important
(iv) prophecy
(a) proverb
(b) prediction
(c) rumour
(v) marvelous
(a) wonderful
(b) surprising
(c) shocking
(vi) proclaim
(a) reveal
(b) declare
(c) shout
(vii) cease
(a) happen
(b) stop
(c) remain
(viii) (a night’s) shelter
(a) stay
(b) safety
(c) hospitality
(ix) gazed
(a) wandered about
(b) stared at
(c) thought of
(x) took on
(a) challenged(an expression)
(b) resembled
(c) assumed
(ii) Which form of the verb is more natural in these sentences? Encircle your choice.
(a) I’m not free this evening. I will work/am working on a project.
Answer: I am working
(b) Have you decided where you will go for your higher secondary? Yes, I have. I will go/am going to the Kendriya Vidyalaya.
Answer: I will go
(c) Don’t worry about the dog. It won’t hurt/isn’t hurting you.
Answer: Won’t hurt
(d) The weatherman has predicted that it will snow/is snowing in Ranikhet tonight.
Answer: Will snow
(e) Swapna can’t go out this evening. Her father will come/is coming to see her.
Answer: Is coming
3.) (i) Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.
(a) Rani : Why are you turning on the radio?
Ravi : I am going to listento the news.
(b) Rani : Oh, I can’t buy this book. I have no money.
Ravi : Don’t worry. I will lend you some.
(c) Rani : Look at those dark clouds.
Ravi : I think it is going to rain.
(d) Rani : What shall we have for dinner?
Ravi : I can’t decide.
Rani : Make up your mind.
Ravi : All right, then. We will have fried rice and dry beans
(e) Rani : Why are you filling the kettle with water?
Ravi : I am going to make coffee.
(f) Rani : We need some bread and butter for breakfast.
Ravi : All right. I will go to the bakery and get some.
(Before he goes out, Ravi talks to their father.)
Ravi : I am going to get some bread and butter. Do you want anything from the bakery?
Father : Yes, I want some salt biscuits.
Ravi : Fine, I will get you a packet.
4.) (i) Put each of the following in the correct order to construct sentences.
- a resident of Noida near Delhi,/is visually impaired/George Abraham,
George Abraham, a resident of Noida near Delhi ,is visually impaired.
- confidence and competitive spirit/and infuses discipline among the participants/It provides
It provides confidence and competitive spirit and infuse discipline among the participants.
- he has helped/The brain behind the World Cup Cricket,/the disabled to dream
The brain behind the World Cup Cricket, he has helped the disabled to dream
- to the blind school in Delhi/It was a chance visit/that changed his life
It was a chance visit to the blind school in Delhi that changed his life.
- sport is a powerful tool/the disabled/He believes that/for rehabilitation of
He believes that the sport is a powerful tool for the rehabilitation of the disabled.
(ii) Now rearrange the sentences above to construct a paragraph.
George Abraham, a resident of Noida near Delhi ,is visually impaired. The brain behind the World Cup Cricket, he has helped the disabled to dream. It was a chance visit to the blind school in Delhi that changed his life. He believes that the sport is a powerful tool for the rehabilitation of the disabled. It provides confidence and competitive spirit and infuse discipline among the participants.