PSEB Punjab Board Class 8 English Textbook Solution Chapter 6 The Old Sage And The Brothers 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- delighted , annoyed
Verb-summoned, acquiring, approached , poultry, deny , snatched
Noun- journey
Activity 2
Lets do the following activity. Make nouns of the given words.
1) Try- try
2) Distract- distraction
3) Move-movement
4) Educate-education
5) Inform-information
6) Agree-agreement
7) Argue-argument
8) Pass-pass
9) Bag- bag
10) Pay-payment
11) Marry- marriage
12) Refuse-refusal
13) Propose-proposal
14) Arrive-arrival
15) Fail-failure
16) Press-pressure
17) Confuse-confusion
18) Decide-decision
19) Revise-revision
20) Teach-teaching
Activity 4
Complete the following exercise on the basis of the lesson.
1) The farmer had—- fields and three—
Ans- three, houses
2) The sage made the brothers promise that they would help the —- and the —-
Ans- poor and needy
3) The sage gave a piece of — to Raman.(choose the correct option)
a) Cloth
b) Stick
c) Rope
d) Cake
Ans-stick
4) Sandeep broke his promise.( true or false)
Ans- False
5) The sage punished /did not punish Harry and Raman.(choose the correct option)
Ans- punished
Activity 5
Imagine that you are Harry. Use five sentences to narrate your feelings after your gifts were santched away from you
Ans- alas! I have lost all my beautiful gifts . I feel very sad and I was shocked. I feel very repent this later. Shloud have kept my promise of helping the poor and the needy.
Activity 6
Pick out the infinitive in the following sentences and underline them.
1) I saw him go.
2) He promised to come.
3) To forgive is difficult.
4) I watched her dance.
5) It is bad to cheat your family.
Activity 7
Fill in the blanks with appropriate non- finite forms.
1) You ought —- (get) up earlier.
Ans- to get
2) It is easy— (make) mistakes.
Ans- to make
3) He made me—- (repeat) the lessons.
Ans- repeat
4) You needn’t —–(say) anything.
Ans- say
5) Would you like —-(come) in my car?
Ans-to come
6) He will be able— (swim ) very soon.
Ans- to swim
Activity 8
Combine the following pairs of sentences into one sentence using too/enough + infinitive.
1) You are very young. You can’t have a gun.
Ans- you are too young to have a gun.
2) He’s very ill. He can’t eat anything.
Ans- he is too ill to eat anything.
3) Mickey was very foolish. He told to the police.
Ans- Mickey was foolish enough to tell lies to the police.
4) The fire isn’t very hot. It won’t boil the kettle.
Ans- the fire isn’t hot enough to boil the kettle.
5) I am rather old. I can’t walk that far.
Ans- I am too old to walk that
Activity 9
Pick out gerunds in the following sentences.
1) Swimming is a good exercise.
Ans- swimming
2) I enjoy sleeping.
Ans- sleeping
3) Old men enjoy gossiping.
Ans- gossiping
4) I hate waiting.
Ans- waiting
5) Stealing is crime.
Ans- stealing
6) I am fond of walking.
Ans- walking
7) I am good at spelling.
Ans- spelling
8) We took part in boating.
Ans- boating
9) My sister does not like cooking.
Ans- cooking
10) She’s fond of dancing.
Ans- dancing
Fill in the blanks with the correct gerund or infinity form o the given in the brackets.
1) He agreed—– me. (help) ans= to help
2) Suresh enjoys — football. (play) ans= playing
3) We failed — the train (catch) ans= to catch
4) They decided — hard (work) ans- to work
5) She loves – to music ( listen) ans- listing
6) I am learning how— (drive) ans- to drive
7) The class wanted — for a picninc. ( go) ans- to go
8) He urged is —– faster.( work) ans- to work
9) She loves — books (read) ans- reading
10) I am looking forward to—you (meet) ans- meeting
Activity 10
You will listen carefully to your teacher. Your teacher will read a passage slowly. Write in your notebook what you hear. Do not make spelling mistakes and put appropriate punctuation marks such as comma, question mark or full stop ,where needed, (refer to appendix 1 at page no 166.)
Ans- Did you known that a Cheetah is the fasted animal in the world? It can reach a top speed of 114kph . it is three times faster than the speed of a human .the Cheetah has a very beautiful coat for which people have been killing these beautiful animas. In India , the cheetah has become extinct. In the world, it fails under critically endangered animals. Other endangered animals are tigers, chirus, black bucks, and Asiatic lions. We must protect these animals so tat our environment remains balanced.
Activity 11
Look at the pictures given below. There are 8 differences. Do this activity with your partner. While identifying the difference you all must speak in English only.
Ans-
1) I can see difference here the timing shown by both watch in a pictures are different.
2) The left side picture has more fruits than right .
3) Clouds are show from window in left side picture which is not in right side.
4) The curtain bar in the left picture has rounded ends.
5) One pillow in left side picture is blue clour right side all are yellow pillow.
6) The handles of the drawers at left side are different than right side picture.
7) In left picture at window side has photo frame which is not see in the right side picture.
8) The book designs are different.
Activity 12
Write an application to your principal asking for a school leaving certificate in the space given below. You must write.
Ans-
The principal,
Poddr Senior Secondary School,
Anand nagar, Delhi.
15th June 2021.
Respected sir,
I am a student of class 8th B of yours school. I am writing this application to inform you that due to my father transfer I have to leave the school as we are transferring to Pune.
Sir please can you give me my school leaving certificate as on 25th June. I have to travel to Pune and also take admission there for my class 9th .
Name – Anand B. Ahuja.
Class – 8th B
Roll no. 15
Looking for your response.
Thanking you
Yours sciencerly,
Anand Ahuja ,
Roll. No 15 class 8th .
June 15, 2021.
Activity 13
Read the four conversation given below and fill in the blanks using the words and phrases given in the table.
What’s the problem? |
Do you mind if I —- | Go ahead ! |
Is it OK if— | Telling me— |
Thanks! |
Here you are! |
Could you turn—– |
Can I borrow_ |
Conversation 1-
Raghav – yeah?
Gurtej- hello ,—– turn the music down ,please? It’s one o’clock and I’m trying to sleep.
Raghav- oh, sorry . is that okay?
Gutrej- yes, —– .perhaps I can get some sleep now. Good night!
Ans- cloud you turn
Yes ,thanks!
Conversation 2
Japtej – I’m sorry, —- leave early today? I’m going to take my dog to see the vet.
Palak- you’re going to take your dog to the vet? What’s the matter with him?
Japtej- I don’t know. That’s why I’m going to take him to the vet’s
Palak- oh ,I see! Sure,— .thanks for —-
Ans- is it ok if i
Go ahead! Thanks for telling me
Conversation 3-
Sheenam- Divya,. Do you have your mobile phone with you?
Divyam – um—, yes ,why?
Sheenam- —— it, please? I need to make a quick call to my mother.
Divyam- OK,—– .
Ans- can I borrow it please?
Here you are!
Conversation 4
Jyoti- —— change seats?
Rajneesh- yes, all right. —-?
Jyoti- I can’t see because of the sun.
Rajneesh- OK, then .why don’t you sit there, next to Piyush.
Ans- do you mind if I
What’s the problem ?
Action 14
Given below are some polite request with equality polite responses. Match the question in column A with the correct response in column B.
Ans –
Column A | column B(answers) |
1) Can I have a glass of juice? | 6.Of course, there’s some in the fridge. |
2) Is it alright if I make a phone call? | 3. well, OK ,if it’s a local call. |
3) Cloud you say that again, please? | 2. I said that some friends were coming over. |
4) Can I speak to you for a moment? | 1. Yes of course! |
5) Do you mind if I look at your books? | 7. you can borrow some if you want. |
6) Is it OK if I miss the class tomorrow? | 5. well not really. Why can’t you come? |
7) Cloud you move a little, please? | 8. yes sorry . I didn’t realize you wanted to sit down. |
8) Do you mind if I turn the TV up? | 4. oh sure. The remote’s on the table. |