Scarecrow Question Answers – Odisha Board – Class 8 English
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Board |
Odisha State Board |
| Class |
8 |
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Subject |
English |
| Book Name |
A New Approach to English |
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Lesson |
Scarecrow |
| Topic |
Question Answers Solution |
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1.) What is the poem about?
Ans.The poem is about the scarecrow.
2.) Who are there in this poem?
Ans. There are the scarecrow, the landowner and the poet in the poem.
3.) Who is ‘you’ and who is ‘I’?
Ans. ’You ‘in the poem is the scarecrow and the ‘I’ is the poet.
4.) Who does the poet talk to?
Ans. The poet talks to the scarecrow.
5.) Who has placed the scarecrow? For what purpose?
Ans. The landowner has placed the scarecrow for the purpose of scaring the animals and birds from the field.
6.) Who does ‘his’ stand for?
Ans. ’His’ stands for the owner of the land.
7.) Whose shirt, pants and cap are the scarecrow wearing?
Ans. The scarecrow is wearing the shirt, pant and cap of the landowner.
8.) Who has given him all these? Why?
Ans The owner of the land has given him all these items to make him look alike him.
9.) Can you say why the poet mistakes the scarecrow to be the landowner?
Ans. The poet mistook the scarecrow to be the landowner as it was wearing his shirt, pant, cap and the bow.
10.) Why has the landowner given his bow to the scarecrow?
Ans. The landowner has given the scarecrow his bow to make the animals and birds frightened.
11.) What are some of the uses of the scarecrow?
Ans. The use of the scarecrow is to frighten the birds and animals from the farm.
12.) Who looks -alike? Which twos look similar?
Ans. The scarecrow is look-alike of the landowner; they have similarity between clothes and appearances.
13.) When did the poet see the scarecrow?
Ans. The poet saw the scarecrow when he was walking through the fields in the early morning.
14.) Did the poet go there to steal?
Ans. No the poet did not go to the land to steal or spoil anything.
15.) Why did the poet call the scarecrow naughty?
Ans. The poet called the scarecrow naughty as the scarecrow stood there and tried to frighten the poet.
16.) Who does the poet talk to in this poem?
Ans. The poet talks to the scarecrow in the poem.
17.) Poets often treat non-living things as living. Has the poet done so here?
Ans. Yes, the poet has treated the non-living things as living.
18.) Who does he consider living? Why?
Ans. The poet considers the scarecrow living because the scarecrow frightens the birds and animals.
SESSION-2
2.) Comprehension Activities:
a.) MCQs: Choose the correct alternatives and fill in the blanks.
1.) The scarecrow does not A. dig the land .
A.) dig the land B. scare the crow
C.) scare birds D scare the other animals
2.) The scarecrow D. all the above
A.) wears the shirt of the landowner B. holds the bow of the land owner
C) wears the pant of the land owner all the above
3.) The poet wants to
A.) steal the land owner’s fruits B. spoil the landowner’s crops
C.) see the scarecrow D. go for a morning walk
4.) The poet confuses the scarecrow with the land owner because the scarecrow C. wears both his pant and shirt.
A.) wears his pants B. wears his shirt
C.) wears both his pant and shirt D. wears his shoes
b.) Some lines are repeated at the end of all stanzas except stanza 4 and 5. Write
these lines in the space below.
Ans. The lines are The landowner or the scarecrow.
SESSION -4
The following set of six pairs of words can be combined to form one word for each pair.
Dug well – dugwell swim suit – swimsuit
Foot print – footprint birth right- birthright
Bath suit -bathsuit tree house – treehouse
Sun flower – sunflower rain bow- rainbow
Door bell – doorbell foot ball – foot ball
6.) USAGE
Convert the following lines into past tense. One is done for you.
You wear his shirt.
Ans. You wore his shirt.
You hold his bow.
Ans. You held his bow.
You wear his pants.
Ans. You wore his pants.
You wear his cap too.
Ans. You wore his cap too.
You do his job.
Ans. You did his job.
You scare the crow.
You scared the crow.
You scare the birds and other animals too.
Ans. You scared the birds and animals too.
7.) WRITING
See stanzas 2 and 3 and write two small paragraphs -one about what the scarecrow wears and the other about what it does. The first lines are provided.
a.) i. The scarecrow wears the owner’s shirt.
It wears his pants and holds its bow. He looks similar to the owner.
ii.) It scares the crow. It scare the birds, and other animals.