PSEB Punjab Board Class 8 English Textbook Solution Chapter 2 The Earths Needs You Exercise Questions and Answers, Grammar, Composition Writing.
Activity 1
Look up the following words in a dictionary. You should seek the following information about the words and put them in your WORDS notebook.
Adjective- single use, lasts
Noun- travel, tangels, oceans, lasts
Verb- forever
Activity 2
Given below is a table in which you will find one word for a statement or group of words/phrase. We substitute a group of words with only one word with that is why it is called ‘one word substitution’. The table has 20 entries. You will work in pairs to read and understand 10 words each. after you have understood these 10 words, you will discuss them with your partner.
Group of words/phrases | Word |
1. A disease the affects a large number of people in an area at the same time. | Epidemic |
2. A body of person appointed to hear evidence or judge and give their verdict(dicision). | Jury |
3. A game in which no one win. | Draw |
4. A list of books available in a library | Catalogue |
5. A man whi does not know how to read or write. | Illiterate |
6. An author’s handwritten or typed text has not yet been published. | Manuscript. |
7. Something written by an unkown person | Anonymous |
8. A person who can speak many languages. | Polyglot |
9. A person who does not take alcoholic dinks. | Teetotaler |
10. A person interested in reading books and doing nothing else. | Bookworm |
11. A person who travels to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion. | Pilgrim |
12. A woman whose husband is dead. | Widow |
13. A thing likely to be broken easily | Brittle |
14. One who practices one of the fine arts. | Artist. |
15. A person who eats too much. | Glutton. |
16. A place where clothes are kept. | Wardrobe |
17. One who loves or supports one’s country and is willing t defend it. | Patriot. |
18. One who is unable to pay one’s debt. | Bankrupt |
19. Something that can be heard | Audible |
20. the art of beautiful handwriting. | Calligraphy. |
Activity 3
Choose any ten words from the above and write their meaningful sentences in your notebook.
Ans-
- epidemic – Malaria is an epidemic.
- Jury- she is the member of jury.
- Draw- Today’s football match was draw.
- Catalogue-Make catalogue for students presenty.
- Illiterate- He was illiterate.
- Artist- she wants to become an artist.
- Calligraphy- the group of children doing calligraphy.
- Audible- his voice were audible.
- Wardrobe – I have beautiful wardrobe in my room.
- Manuscript- it is an old manuscript.
Activity 4
Read the poem carefully and answer the following questions.
- Who is ‘you’ in the first line?
Ans- you means human beings.
- What does the Earth want from human beings?
Ans- the Earth wants from human being to change their way.
- What difference can you and I make to save the earth?
Ans- you and I can cut down the usges of plastic
- What are some single-use plastic things that we buy and use?
Ans- there are some single use plastic things like bottles, straws, grocery bags, containers, cups, food packaging plastic, etc. are single use plastic we buy and use.
- ‘but it’s not very clever’ what according to the poet is not very clever?
Ans- make use of single use of plastic is not very cleaver.
- What happens to the single-use plastic after it is thrown? where does it end up?
Ans- when single use of plastic is thrown to the grounds it travels around. It ends up in oceans ,rivers and seas.
- What harm does it do to the oceans, rivers and trees?
Ans- plastic pollutes the oceans and rivers and tangles in trees.
- Does it stay where you thrown it? Why?
Ans- no it is not stay where you thrown, but it travels around with wind.
- What does the poet want you to cut down?
Ans- the poets wants to cut down the service of single use of plastic.
Activity 5
Think together and make a list of things that ‘you’ and ‘I’ can do to make a difference in save the earth in the space given below. You must write complete sentences.
sr. no. | Things we must do everyday to make a change to save the earth. |
1. | Plant more number of trees. |
2. | Try to use minimum water, save water. |
3. | Try to avoid pollution |
4. | Try to avoid use of single –use of plastic. |
Activity 6
Given below are some words. Categories them as nouns, pronouns, adjective, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjuction or exclamations.
Ans-
Noun- pen, dog, music , teacher, john, town, London.
Pronouns-you, he ,she , your, we, they, I ,in for, with, from, beneath.
Adjective- big, red, good, well, interesting, at, over.
Verbs- to be , have, do, like, work, sing, can, must, very.
Adverbs- badly ,silently, really, some, around, over.
Prepositions- throughout. To, after, before, around, over.
Conjuction- and, but, although, when, or, however, nevertheless, therefore, yet, so, quickly.
Exclamations- ouch, hi, oh!, on, wow.
Activity 7
Given below is a chart. Write three sentences for each part of speech in the given space. You must also underline the word that represents its category.
Noun-
a) Sakshi is beautiful girl.
b) Naman is an intelligent boy.
c) Godavari is a river.
Pronoun-
a) I am a girl.
b) She is busy.
c) It is a box.
Adjectives-
a) She is beautiful.
b) He is weak.
c) It is hard.
Verbs-
a) I eat slowly.
b) I run fast.
c) He
Adverbs-
a) He plays nicely.
b) He run fastly.
c) Do it quickly.
Prepositions-
a) I am going into school.
b) The dog is running on ground.
c) I am in the room.
Conjunctions-
a) Do not go before I come.
b) She is taller than me.
c) He is faster than me.
Interjection/exclamation-
a) Wow! She is looking so beautiful.
b) Hey! Are you there?
c) Hurrah! We have won the match.
Activity 10
Write a letter to your friend telling him why it is important to stop using single-use plastic.
F2401 Bollywood Greens
Sector 113
SAS Nagar
May 1,2021
Dear sakshi,
How are you? Hope you are fine. Today I am writing this letter to tell you why it is important to stop using of single use plastic. Plastic is very hazardous to our environment. Plastic bottles, plastic straw, container, cups, bags are the examples of single use of plastic. This single use of plastic is very hazardous to environment. It takes lot’s of years to break down. This plastic are very light to weight and easily flow with wind and make plastic pollution to everywhere. This plastic also pollute the rivers and seas. Single use plastic are also harmful for animals.
Therefore, to save our environment and animals, it is necessary to stop using of single use of plastic. We have to make awareness about the harmfulness of using this plastic and instead of using plastic options. We should start campaign within ourselves to avoid use of single use of plastic.
Yours sincerely
Jaya
Very use ful