The Rainbow Question Answers – Odisha Board – Class 8 English
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The Rainbow Class 8 English Odisha Board
Board |
Odisha State Board |
Class |
8th |
Subject |
English |
Book Name |
A New Approach to English |
Lesson |
02 |
Topic |
Question Answers Solution |
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1.) What sail on the rivers?
Ans. Boats sail on rivers.
2.) What sail on the seas?
Ans. Ships sail on the seas.
3.) What sail across the sky?
Ans.The clouds sail across the sky.
4.) What are the boats and ships compared to?
Ans.The boats and ships are compared to clouds.
5.) What are the rivers and seas compared to?
Ans.The rivers and seas are compared to the vast sky.
6.) Which are prettier -the boats sailing on rivers or the clouds sailing across the sky?
Ans. According to the poet the clouds sailing on the sky are prettier than the boats sailing on rivers.
7.) Where are the bridges?
Ans.The bridges are built on the rivers.
8.) What does the ‘the bow’ in the poem refer to?
Ans.’The bow’ in the poem refer to the colorful rainbow in the sky.
9.) What builds a road from the earth to the sky?
Ans. The rainbow builds a road from the earth to the sky over the tree-tops.
10.) What is the rainbow compared to?
Ans. The rainbow is compared to the bridges on the rivers.
11.) Which is prettier -the bridge on a river or the rainbow across the sky?
Ans. The rainbow across the sky is prettier than the bridge on a river.
12) Which things in the poem are made by nature?
Ans. The rivers, seas, trees, clouds and rainbow are made by the nature.
13.) Which things in the poem are man -made?
Ans. Boats, ships and bridges are man -made items in the poem.
14.) Which things are more beautiful-the things made by man or the things made by nature?
Ans. The things made by nature like rivers, seas, trees, clouds and rainbow are more beautiful than the things made by man.
SESSION -2
2.) COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES:
a.) MCQs: Complete the sentences choosing the correct alternatives. Put a tick mark against the correct options.
1.)The bow in the poem refers to the ____.
(A) boat
(B) ship
(C) rainbow
(D) road
Ans. rainbow
2.) What sails across the sky?
(A) Bow
(B) Cloud
(C) Wind
(D) Rainbow
Ans. Cloud
3.) Which is the prettiest of all?
(A) Rainbow
(B) Cloud
(C) Ship
(D) Boat
Ans. Rainbow
4.) In the poem, the poet gives more importance to the rainbow because________.
(A) the title is “The Rainbow”
(B) there are more on the rainbow.
(C) it is compared to a bow.
(D) the rainbow is more beautiful.
Ans. the rainbow is more beautiful.
b.) Match the items under A with the items under B. Write the numbers of ‘A’ in brackets of ‘B’
A | B |
(i) Clouds
(ii) Rainbow |
(ii ) bow
( i ) ships (i ) boats (ii ) bridge
|
SESSION -3
3.) LISTENING
b.) Your teacher will read aloud the first stanza slowly. You listen to him /her and fill in the gaps.
Boats sailson the rivers,
And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier far than these.
SESSION -4
5.) Vocabulary
There are seven colours in the rainbow. Complete the colours of the rainbow in this cross-word puzzle with the help of clues.
1 | V | I | O | L | E | T |
2 | I | N | D | I | G | O |
3 | B | L | U | E | – | – |
4 | G | R | E | E | N | – |
5 | Y | E | L | L | O | W |
6 | O | R | A | N | G | E |
7 | R | E | D | – | – | – |
Clue:
1.) a mixture of blue and purple colours
2.) a mixture of blue and red colours
3.) the colour of the sky
4.) the colour of a leaf
5.) the colour of a ripe mango or banana or lemon
6.) the colour of the setting sun. It is also the name of a fruit.
7.) the colour of blood or fire
6.) USAGE
Some words are used both as verbs and nouns. See these four words in the poem. First say which of them are used as verbs and which are as nouns. Next try to use them as nouns or verbs. Use the verbs in the poems as nouns and nouns in the poems as verbs in sentences.
Sail ( V) -1. Boats sail on rivers.
Sail ( N ) -2. Boats need sails to sail.
Bridge-( N) -1. There are bridges on the river.
Bridge- (V) -2. The Rabindra Setu bridges Howrah and Kolkata.
Bow-(V)-1. The bow that bridges heaven is prettier.
Bow- (N) -2. The rainbow is a beautiful sight after a rainfall.
Top- (N) – 1, The tops of tall trees cannot be seen.
Top- (V)-2. The cake was topped with cherries and nuts.
SESSION-5
7) Writing:
a.) Answer the following questions:
i.) What sail on river?
Ans. Boats sail on river.
ii.) What sail on the seas?
Ans. Ships sail on the seas.
iii.) What sail across the sky?
Ans. Clouds sail across the sky.
iv.) What are prettier -the clouds or the boats and ships?
Ans. The clouds are prettier than the boats and ships.
v.) Which is the prettiest of all-boats, ships, clouds, bridges, rainbow?
Ans. The clouds and rainbows are prettiest of all.
b.) Look at the matching activity you did in (2) (b). Now write sentences. One is given for you.
i.) Clouds are compared to boats.
ii.) Clouds are compared to ships.
iii.)Rainbow is compared to bridge.
iv). Rainbow builds bridges in heaven.
SESSION -6
c.) Given below is a poem on ‘rainbow’ written by a child of your age (You can also write one) Some words and lines are missing. Read the poem and fill in the blanks choosing words/lines provided in brackets below.
Rainbow! Beautiful rainbow?
When and how do you
Come to the sky?
But you live for a short while
And away you fly!
Where from you
Get your colour?
Violet and green
Red and orange
Yellow blue and indigo.
But why don’t you live long in the sky?
But why don’t you live long in the sky?
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