PSEB Punjab Board Class 8 English Textbook Solution Chapter 3 The Aged Mother 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- despotic, suggestive, failing ,barbarous , widowed, humble , reckless,
Noun- blaze, frailty,
Verb- prompted, abandoning , snapped, hastended abolished
Activity 2
Put a tick on the option that brings out the meaning of the underlined word.
1) It was governed by a despotic
a) A persons who experts everyone to obey all his orders.
b) A persons who loved his people
Ans- a) a person who experts everyone to obey all his orders.
2) He had a great dislike for anything suggestive of failing health and strength.
a) Giving an idea of
b) Typical
Ans-a) giving an idea of
3) This prompted him to make a cruel law for the province.
a) Encouraged to do something
b) Made a rule
Ans- a) encouraged to do something.
4) Those were barbarous
a) Uncivilized
b) Crude
Ans- a) uncivilized
5) The custom of abandoning old people to die was not uncommon.
a) To leave or desert
b) To discontinue
Ans-a) to leave or desert
6) The narrow road was crossed and re-crossed by many paths made by the huntersand the woodcutters.
a) Small width
b) Big
Ans- a) small width
7) She starched forth her hand and snapped the twigs from bushes.
a) Broke
b) Pulled
Ans- a) broke
8) His demand was that his subjects should present him with a rope of ash.
a) People
b Studies
Ans- a) people
9) That very hour the curel law was
a) Came to an end
b) Destroyed
Ans- a) came to an end
10) He realized that old age meant experience of life and not
a) Physical weakness
b) Strength
Ans-a) physical weakness
Activity 3
Rearrange the sentences given below in the correct sequence. Write the numbers in the given brackets. The first one is done for you.
1) The son decide to take his mother back home.
2) A farmer decide to leave his old mother on the top of a mountain.
3) The governor realized his mistake and abolished the law.
4) Once in shining , a curel ruler made a law that all the old people must be put to death.
5) Using the idea of his old and experienced mother the famrmer made a rope of ash.
6) When the farmer turned to go back home, the mother advised him to return home with the help of twigs.
7) Filled with fear, he hid his mother in his home.
8) The mother dropped the small twigs as markers on the way to help her son return home safely.
Ans-
4) once is shining ,a curel ruler made a law that all the old people must be put to death.
2) a farmer decide to leave his old mother on the top of mountain.
8) the mother droped the small twigs as markers on the way to help her son return home safely.
6) when the farmer turned to go back home, the mother advised him to return home with the help of twigs.
1) the son decided to take his mother back home.
7) filled with fear, he hid his mother in his home.
5) using the idea of his old and experienced mother, the farmer made a rope of ash.
3) the governor realized his mistake and abolished the law.
Activity 4
Answer the following questions.
1) What was the curel announcement made by the despotic leader?
Ans- the curel announcement was to put all the aged people to death immediately.
2) Why was the farmer sorrowful?
Ans- the farmer war sorrowful because the order of despot filled his heart sorrow.
3) What things did the farmer carry to the top of the mountain?
Ans- the farmer carried unwhitened rice and her padded coat to the top of the mountain
4) What made the mother anxious as they clime dip the mountain?
Ans- the mother anxious because her son did not known many paths of the mountain and his might be dangerous.
5) What did the mother drop along the way?
Ans- the mother dropped handful of twigs along the way.
6) What was the advice given by the farmer’s mother for the safe return of her son?
Ans- the mother adviced to her son to look carefully and follow the path of piled twigs fot the safe return.
7) Where did the farmer hide his mother?
Ans- famer hid his mother in a walled closet beneath their kitchen floor.
8) When did the governor realize his mistake?
Ans- after witnessing the wisdom of the aged mother the governor realize his mistake.
Activity 5
Identify the underlined characters.
1) He gave orders for the aged to be put to death.
Ans- governor
2) He considered the order to be the kindest mode of death.
Ans- farmer
3) She quietly dropped some twigs on the way.
Ans- the aged mother
4) Together we will follow the path ,together we will die.
Ans- the farmer and the aged mother
5) He listened and mediated in silence.
Ans- governor
Activity 6
Fill in the blanks with suitable determines.
1) I went to — window which commanded a large green garden.
Ans- the
2) I have —- work to do.
Ans- some
3) Look out of the window for—– minute.
Ans- a
4) —– shirt is costly but— shirt is cheap.
Ans- this, that
5) —– books she had were all lost.
Ans- the
6) —– pen costs two rupees.
Ans- the or my or this
7) But I had —– idea of all this.
Ans- an
8) He didn’t make —– mistakes in a easssy.
Ans- many
9) I borrowed— books from him.
Ans- some
10) I educates both —– blind and helpers.
Ans- the
11) We should look into — depth of the problem
Ans- the
12) It was—- daring idea.
Ans- a
13) —- boys attended the class.
Ans- the or some
14) This is— good home for him.
Ans- a
15) — teachers were asked to be present on Sunday.
Ans- some or many or the
16) —- sum cannot be solved by — sily boys.
Ans- this ,those
17) Besides them stood Pasteur, holding a narrow tube in – land.
Ans- his
18) They took samples from — brain of a dog that had died.
Ans- the
19) — little knowledge is —- dangerous thing.
Ans- a, a
20) He takes—– interest in me.
Ans- hardly or little
Activity 7
Rewrite the following sentences after correcting them by adding/deleting a word wherever necessary in each sentence.
1) Only few men are honest.
Ans- only a few man are honest.
2) The man is mortal.
Ans- Man is mortal.
3) He acted like man.
Ans- he acted like a man.
4) Beas flows in Punjab.
Ans- The Beas flows in Punjab.
5) You are in wrong but he is in right.
Ans- you are in the wrong but he is in right.
6) He is far ablest boy.
Ans-He is by far the ablest boy.
7) Nobody likes a person with bad temper.
Ans- Nobody likes a person with a bad temper.
8) The iron is useful metal.
Ans- The iron is a useful metal.
9) Not word was said.
Ans-Not a word was said.
10) He has too high a opinion of you.
Ans- He has too high an opinion of you.
11) Learn this poem by the heart.
Ans- learn this poem by heart.
12) Never tell lie.
Ans- Never tell a lie.
Activity 8
Listen to your teacher carefully. She/he will tell you a story. Write the story in the given space as you hear it. Listen to the pauses and tone and use appropriate punctuation marks.
Ans- the lion and the boar
It was a hot summer day. A lion and a boar reached a small water body for a drink. They began arguing and fighting about who would drink first. After a while they were tried and stopped for breath, when they noticed vultures above. Soon they realized that the vultures are waiting for one or both them to fail, to feast on them. The lion and the boar then decide that it were best to make up and be friend than fight and become food for vultures. They drank the water together an went their own ways.
Activity 9
Create a dialogue between yourself and the fire station informing them about the fire near your house. Once you have written the dialogue in your notebook, practice it with your partner. You must turn to play both roles.
Ans-
You- Hello, Fire Department I need to report you fire.
Fire station- where is the fire?
You- It is near to my house i.e At Sheetal Appartment, Gandhi lane.
Fire Station- Is it a house fire ?
You- No, the whole building is on fire.
Fire station- is everyone safe there?
You- Yes.
Fire station- fire can be very dangerous. Tell everyone to stay away from the flame and from the smoke as possible. Is there a no where you can be reached?
You- Yes, my cell phone no is- 9592147204
Fire station- ok. Firefighters are on the way.
You – ok, thank you.
Activity 10
Write a short story. You may use some of the following words and phrases.
- Felt scared
- Heard the sound in the cupboard
- Thought it must be a thief
- Might be a killer
- Lay still
- Could hardly breathe
- Felt someone touched my foot
- Shouted with fear
- Parents came and switched on light
- Saw a rat.
Ans- begin your story with:
Suddenly , I woke up. It was very dark . I felt there was someone in my room. I tried to keep clam and silently listens the sound, but I felt very scared and just near my cupboard the sound was came largly. I thought it must be a thief or a killer. I was very scared and cloud hardly breathe and suddenly I felt that someone touched my foot. I started shouting with fear on listing my voice of shouting my parents came inside my room and switched on light but what we saw it was a rat.
Activity 11
Suppose your classroom has been attacked by a swarm of bees. It is time to go back home. Get into groups of five and think of how you will take your bags from the classroom full of bees. You will get 5min to discuss.
Ans- bees are sensitive to smell if we can burn a cardboard or firewood and direct into the classroom then bees run away and then we can collect our bags.
Or
We can take the help of local beekeeper. He has an experiences of that type of case then he deal with the situation according to his experienced and after that we can collect our bags.