Accident Question Answers – Odisha Board – Class 8 English
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Board |
Odisha State Board |
Class |
8 |
Subject |
English |
Book Name |
A New Approach to English |
Lesson |
Accident |
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Question Answers Solution |
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1.) What is the poem about?
Ans. The poem is about an accident on the road.
2.) How many persons are there in the first stanza? Who are they?
Ans. There were only two persons. They were the boy and his friend.
3.) What are they doing?
Ans. They were crossing the road.
4.) How did he walk up the street? Did he look left and right?
Ans.He walked up the street with his head high. No, he didn’t look left and right.
5.) Which line in the first stanza says that he was unmindful?
Ans. The third line in the first stanza ‘ he didn’t see the car’tells that he was unmindful.
- The poet has used ‘didn’t ‘four times in the poem. Why?
Ans.The poet has used ‘didn’t’ four times because the boy was not worried about his safety and was not aware of the cars on the roads. The poet wanted to put stress on the unmindful ness.
- He didn’t do these four things, but he did one thing. What was it?
Ans.He did one thing which was he started to run.
8.) Are the first stanza and the second stanza similar or different? How?
Ans.The first and second stanza are different. The first stanza describes about the unmindful boy and the accident. The second stanza is different as it describes about the ways one should follow while crossing the road and avoid the accident.
9.) What should you do when you want to cross the road?
Ans.I should look right, left and check the street for the cars and cross the road.
10.) How many times the word “He” is used in the poem? Why?
Ans.The word’ He” had been used 6 times to put stress on the fact that on that the boy was not cautious about the safety on the roads and met with an accident.
11.) Who does “You”in the 2nd stanza refer to?
Ans.” You” refers to the readers of the poem.
12.) What advice does the poet give through this poem?
Ans.The poet gives the advice to be aware of the dangers on the road and to be cautious and avoid accidents. He asked his readers to look left and right and cross the roads when it is clear and look for the cars.
13.) What rules should we follow for road safety?
Ans. We should stop, look and listen, look left, right and wait for the road to be clear and not run on the roads.
14.) Can you suggest some other ways for road safety?
Ans. We should use the zebra crossing to cross the roads and follow traffic signals.
15.) When do we observe road safety week?
SEESION-2
2.) COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES:
a.) Complete the sentences under “A” using the right phrases given under ‘B
b.) Answer the following questions choosing the most appropriate answer from the options.
1.) He walked up the street.
A.) street B. road C. bridge D. park
2.)” You ‘in the poem is used for the readers.
A.) poet B. child C. friend D. readers
3.) He heard his friend cry.
A.) laugh B. sing C. talk D. cry
4.) If you want to cross the road, you should lookboth left and right
A.) left B. front C. right D. both left and right
SESSION -3
b.) Listen to the first stanza and fill in the gaps.
1.) He walked up the street .
Withhead in the air.
He didn’t see the car.
He didn’t lookleft.
He didn’t right.
He started to run.
Then he heard his friend.
c.) Listen to the statements and say which one is TRUE and which one is FALSE.
i.) The poet wants us to look left and right when we walk up the street. TRUE
ii.) The poet is serious about the safety of our life. TRUE
iii.) His friend didn’t take care of himself. TRUE
iv.) We should look up to the sky while walking up the street. FALSE
v.) One should look where she/he is going. TRUE
SESSION -5
5.) VOCABULARY
a.) Find the words with opposite meanings of the following words in the poem and write against each in the space provided.
i.) finished (line 7)- started
ii). begin (line 11) – stop
iii.) go ( line 13)- stay
iv.) here (line 14) – where
v.) unclear ( line 16)-
SESSION -6
6.) USAGE
a.) Write the second (past) forms of the following words (verbs).
Walk-walked.
See- saw
Take- took
Look- looked
Start- started
Run- ran
Cry- cried
Stop- stopped
Listen- listened
Go- went
Want- wanted
Do- dine
b.) 1. He didn’t see the car.
2.) He saw the car.
Mark the two sentences above. The first one is a negative sentence. The second one is without ‘not’. Now rewrite the following sentences like the first or second sentence.
i.) He didn’t take care. – He did take care.
ii.) He didn’t look left. He looked left.
iii.) He didn’t look right. He did look right.
iv.) He started to run.-He didn’t start to run.
v.) He heard his friend cry. – He did not hear his friend cry.
c.) Mark the following sentences.
1.) He did not see the car. 2. He didn’t see the car.
Now change the following sentences and write in their short forms like the above example.
i.) He did not look his left. – He didn’t look his left.
ii.) He did not look his right. – He didn’t look his right.
iii.) He did not wait for the car. – He didn’t wait for the car.
iv.) His friend did not cry. – He didn’t cry.
v.) The car did not stop. – The car didn’t stop.
SESSION -7
7.) WRITING;
a.) Answer the following questions:
i.) What is the poem about?
Ans.The poem is about an accident on the road.
ii.) Which line in the first stanza says that he was unmindful?
Ans.The third line in the first stanza’ he didn’t see the car’ tells that he was unmindful
iii )Which line in the first and the second stanza similar or different? How?
Ans.The first and second stanza are different. The first stanza describes about the unmindful boy and the accident. The second stanza is different as it describes about the ways one should follow while crossing the road and avoid the accident.
iv.) Who does ‘You” in the 2nd stanza refer to?
Ans.” You” in the second stanza refers to the readers.
v.) What advice does the poet give us through this poem?
Ans.The poet gives the advice to be aware of the dangers on the road and to be cautious and avoid accidents. He asked his readers to look left and right and cross the roads when it is clear and look for the cars.
SESSION -8
b.) Given below are six lines from the first stanza. They are not in order. Arrange them.
He didn’t see the car
He didn’t look left.
With his head in the air
He didn’t look right.
He walked up the street
He didn’t take care.
Ans.He walked up the street
With his head in the air
He didn’t see the car.
He didn’t look left.
He didn’t look right.
1.Look left
2.Look right 3.Look where you’re going 4.Stop 5.Look left and right again. 6.Walk across the street.
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c.) Here are some rules of the road. But they are not in the right order. Put them in order and written them inside the box.
1.) Look right
2.) Look left
3.) Stop
4.) Walk across the street.
5.) Look where you’re going.
6.) Look left and right again.
d.) Order the words given in brackets related to ‘accident’. Then use them and write sentences.
(doctor, medicine, prescription, careless driving, ambulance, accident, hospital, cure, injury)
i.) If there is careless driving, there is an accident.
ii.) There will be injury of the person.
iii.) An ambulance needs to be called.
iv.) The victim is taken to the hospital.
v.) The doctor examines the patient.
vi.) The doctor writes the prescription
vii.)Different types of medicines are prescribed.
viii.) The patient is cured.
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