Telangana SCERT Solution Class VIII (8) English Chapter 2
Here in this Page we provided Telangana SCERT Solution Class 8 English Chapter 2 Oliver Asks for More, The Cry of Children (Poem), Reaching the Unreached.
Unit- 2 Social Issues
Reading A: Oliver Asks for More
Comprehension
Answer the following questions.
1.) How did Oliver feel when he was asked to appear before the live board?
Answer:-Oliver did not clearly knew of what a live board was. Oliver was rather astonished by this information, and was not quite certain whether he ought to laugh or cry
2.) Why did Oliver tremble and cry in the white-washed room?
Answer:- Oliver tremble and cry in the large white – washed room as he was expecting to see the board instead of eight or ten fat gentlemen sitting round a table. He got frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen, which made him tremble. The beadle gave him a tap on his backwith his cane, which made him cry
3.) “What is that, sir?” inquired poor Oliver. What does ‘that’ refer to?
Answer:-
4.) What kind of people were the members of the board? Justify your opinion.
Answer:-
The members of this board were very wise and philosophical men. As they turned their attention to the workhouse, they discovered that it was the regular place of public entertainment for the poorer classes.They were of the opinion that the poor should be given only two alternatives – either to starve quickly outside the workhouse, or gradually inside the house.
5.) What main differences do you notice between the children and the master? (Observe the physical appearances, dress, behaviour, etc.) What can you infer from these differences?
Answer:- As mentioned the master is described as a fat and healthy man and Children’s were small shrankin size and thinner
6.) How do you look at Oliver’s request, “Please, sir, I want some more!”? What compelled him to say this?
Answer:-.Oliver Twist and his companions suffered the tortures of slow starvation for three months. He was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery
7.) What happened to Oliver at the end of the story?
Answer:-Oliver was ordered into instant confinement. A bill was passed in which 5 pounds were offered whoever wished to take Oliver Twist off hands of the parish. This bill was stick at the gate. It means five pounds and Oliver Twist were offered to any man or woman who wanted an apprentice to any trade, business, or calling
8.) Do you find children like Oliver around you ? How would you help them to live better?
Answer:-Yes I find children like Oliver around my area. I provide them my some old clothes and give food packets. Give their information to orphanages or any social worker. We also inform the child labour enforcement to keep watch on those children’s
Vocabulary
I.) Look at the underlined part in the following sentence.
“You have come here to be educated…” said the red-faced gentleman. The word ‘red-faced’ is called a Compound Adjective. The phrase ‘red-faced gentleman’ is a short form of ‘a gentleman with a red face’.
1.) Pick out the phrases with Compound Adjectives from the story or elsewhere and write how they can be rewritten to express the same meaning.
Answer:-
a.) Gold-laced cuff
b.) White-washroom
2.) Change the underlined parts in the following paragraph into compound adjectives. Rewrite the paragraph in your note book.
Sachin Tendulkar is a cricketer who is famous all over the world. He is a batsman playing with right hand. He has many world records to his credit which are mind blowing. Besides all these, he is a person with a kind heart. He works with an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) based in Mumbai to help more than 200 orphans every year.
Answer:- Sachin Tendulkar is a world-famous cricketer. He is right-handed batsman. He has many mind-blowing world records to his credit. Besides all these, he is kind-hearted person. He works with an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) based in Mumbai to help more than 200 orphans every year.
3.) Fill in the blanks with appropriate compound adjectives from the box given below.
Latha is a soft-spoken girl. She speaks kindly with her classmates. Look at her, she is wearing an old fashioned dress. She does not like to wear brand-new dresses. Don’t you think Latha is a well-mannered girl?
Grammar
1.) Look at the following sentence taken from the story. ‘The boy is a fool,’ said the gentleman in the white waistcoat. As you know, the above underlined expression, can be changed into a question. How do we change the above statement into a question? By putting the auxiliary verb before the subject ‘the boy’.
Look at some more sentences.
1.) ‘I understand that he asked for more.’
‘Do I understand that he asked for more?’
2.) ‘Oliver asks for more’
Does Oliver ask for more?
3.) ‘The boys took their places.’
Did the boys take their places?
These sentences are changed into questions by placing ‘do/does/did at the beginning. Such questions are called Yes / No questions.
1.) Oliver was frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen.
Answer:- Was Oliver frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen
2.) You are an orphan.
Answer:- Are you an Orphan?
3.You say your prayers every night.
Answer :- Do you say your prayers every night?
3.) You will pick oakum tomorrow morning.
Answer:- Will you pick oakum tomorrow morning
4.) Mr.Bumble rushed into the room.
Answer:- Did Mr.Bumble rushed into the room?
5.) They can devour the big bowl.
Answer:- Can they devour the big bowl
6.) Boys have generally excellent appetite.
Answer:-
II.) Read the following sentence taken from the story.
“You were brought up by the parish, weren’t you?”
In this sentence ‘weren’t you?’ at the end is called a question tag. Question tags are used to get information or confirmation. The question tags are positive if the statements are negative. And if the statements are positive, question tags are negative. These tags are short / contracted form of questions. If the statement has an auxiliary, the tag begins with an auxiliary. In case it does not have an auxiliary, it begins with do / does / did.
Read the following dialogue to understand the usage of question tags.
Ramu : The weather is good today, isn’t it?
Vijay : Indeed, Ramu.
Ramu : How about going out now? Hope you’ll join me, won’t you?
Vijay : I’ve got some important work now, I am afraid.
Read the following dialogue that took place at a party. Add suitable question tags to complete it.
Rohit : Hi, I’ve met you before, Haven’t I?
Suma : No, I don’t think so.
Rohit : But your name is Vani,isn’t it?
Suma : No, it’s Suma! Anyway, glad to meet you.
Rohit : Me too. This is Rohit. The party seems to be really lively, doesn’t it?
Suma : Yes, definitely. We enjoy ourselves a lot on such occasions, don’t we?
Rohit : Yeah, we do.
III.) Editing
Read the following passage. Every numbered sentence has an error. Identify and edit it.
(1.) When Rohit was nine, his family lived for a small town. (2)His father Rajarao were a clerk in Rao & Rao Company. (3)Janaki, Rohit’s mother, was an housewife. She used to be alone in the daytime when Rohit was at school, and Rajarao, in his office. (4)She wanted to has a pet. (5)She asked Rohit’s father several time for a pet.
Answer:-
(1) When Rohit was nine, his family lived ina small town.
(2) His father Rajaraowas a clerk in Rao & Rao Company.
(3) Janaki, Rohit’s mother, was a housewife. She used to be alone in the daytime when Rohit was at school, and Rajarao, in his office.
(4) She wanted to have a pet.
(5)
Writing
Anne Frank was a little girl of thirteen. She was as lonely as Oliver Twist. When the German army invaded her country, she had to hide in a small building with her family . She suffered a lot. She recorded her feelings and thoughts in her diary.
Friday, 1st October, 1942.
Just for fun, I am going to tell you each person’s first wish, when we are allowed to go out again. Mrs. Van says, ‘If I go out, I’ll eat cream cakes.’ Dussel says, ‘If I am let free, I’ll run to see my wife Lotje.’ Mummy says, ‘I will have a cup of coffee.’ Peter says, ‘I will go to the cinema.’ I long for so many things. But I long for a home of our own.
1.) What did Anne write in her diary?
♦ personal feelings/thoughts/reflections
♦ events other than routine
♦ future plans
Answer:- Anne shared her personal feelings, thoughts she felt. Mrs. Van, Dussel, mummy feels to eat cream cakes, dussel says to meethis wife, mummy wish to have a cup of coffee and go to cinema
2.) Did you notice any variety in the sentences ?
Answer :- Yes there is variety in the sentences as Anne mentioned the different wishes of different people around her
3.) Are all the sentences connected with each other properly ?
Answer:- No, all the sentences are not connected properly with each other. Everyone is mentioned with the different wishes.
After facing the live board, Oliver returned to his bed crying. He sat up to write his diary. Now, imagine you are Oliver Twist. Write a diary entry with the above features in mind.
Answer :-
Today I was informed to appear infront of board. I entered the white-washed room where eight to rent gentleman were sitting round the table. I was bit afraid seeing all the gentlemen. One of them asked me my name, before I answer, the beadle gave me a tap on my back with his cane, which made me cry, I wiped my tears in eyes.Then the gentleman reminded me that I was an orphan, but I had no idea what an orphan was, they cleared my question. Where the another gentleman commented that I am a fool. As I was informed an orphan means having no father and mother, this made be sad and cry. The gentleman asked reason behind my cry. Later the gentleman told I should be educated so brought to this workshop.
Reading B: The Cry of Children
Comprehension
Answer the following questions.
1.) What kind of places are the children working in?
Answer:- The children are working in coal mine and iron factories
2.) ‘The reddest flower would look as pale as snow.’ What does the phrase ‘reddest flower’ refer to? Why does it become pale?
Answer :The reddest flower that refers to beautiful and happy faces. Children work too hard in coal mines and iron factories due to which they look pale as snow
3.) How does the work affect the children?
Answer:- The children are too much tired of work that they don’t have proper sleep with tremble sorely knees in the stooping, they are all exhausted with such heavy work
4.) Do children enjoy themselves when engaged in work?
Answer:-No, the children are not enjoying themselves engaging in work. As the each line mentioned shows the pain they are going through while working in coal mines and iron factories. They are all tired of all work.
5.) If the poem is written from the point of view of a factory owner, what kind of things would he say about children?
Answer:-If the poem was written from the owner point of view then definitely the owner would blame children for not working properly and would tell about the excuses which children give always to run from the work and take free money
6.) What is the poet’s attitude towards child labour? Pick out the words / expressions that reveal her attitude.
Answer:- The poet feels sympathy for the child labour. She also feels sorry for them, who are working so hard in coal mines and factories. Poet shown her expression that revealed her attitude towards child labour, tremble sorely knees, falling faces, heavy eyelids, drag our burden tiring.
This shows poet is concerned for the child working in factories of iron and coal
Reading C: Reaching the Unreached
Comprehension
1.) Complete the following table based on the above article
Answer:-
SI. No | Name if the child | Age | Name of work for which engaged |
1 | Romesh | 14 | Rag picking |
2 | Shanti | 9 | cooking, mopping, cleaning and washing clothes. |
2.) Who rescued the two children? Where did they take them to?
Answer:- “The Childline”&“ Child Labour Enforcement Team.”rescued the two children.
3.) Many households in your neighbourhood employ children to do the menial jobs. What will you do to save those children?
Answer:-I would ask my neighbors to perform their own activities and leave those child labour to orphans or ask those child labour if they were forced for the work, if yes then would have immediately contact the child labour enforcement team. If no then would make them understand importance of education.
4.) What is the role of CRY ?
Answer :-CRY’s role is that of a bridge between child developmental organisations and people working for marginalised children.
5.) Whom can children report about their abuse?
Answer:- Children can report about their abuse to “The Childline” or “Save our soul”
6.) How does SOS work ?
Answer:- SOS work focuses on strengthening families, helping them to stay together during difficult times and provide the best care possible to their children.
Study Skills
Read the following passage extracted from the story ‘Oliver Asks for More’ and the notes made on it.
The members of this board were very wise and philosophical. As they turned their attention to the workhouse, they discovered that it was a regular place of public entertainment for the poorer classes. It was the place where they had breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper all the year round and free; where it was all play and no work. This was really a shocking state of affairs, they were of the opinion that the poor should be given only two alternatives, to starve either quickly outside the workhouse, or gradually inside the house. With this view, they decided that the inmates of the workhouse would be issued three meals of thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week.
For the first six months after Oliver Twist was moved in, the system was in full operation. As a result, during this period, the number of workhouse inmates got smaller, and the inmates themselves shrank in size and became thinner.
Observe the notes made from the above passage.
Title: Orphanage
1.) The board
a.) very wise and philosophical men
b.) their attention to the workhouse
c.) was a regular place of public entertainment
i.) had breakfast, dinner, tea and supper ii.) all play and no work
2.) The decision
a.) to starve quickly outside the workhouse
b.) gradually inside the house
i.) issued three meals of thin gruel
ii.) an onion twice a week
3.) Result of the decision
a.) the inmates of the work house got smaller in number
b.) shrank in size
c.) became thinner
Now, read the passage Child Rights and You (CRY) once again and make notes from it.
Answer :-
1.) The CRY
a.) believes that children are citizens and they have their own rights.
b.) do not believe in charity
c.) has freed more than 1 lakh children from hunger, exploitation and illiteracy
2.) The role of CRY
a.) bridge between child developmental organisations and people working for marginalised children.
b.) gather the support, money and time of the Indians around the world
c.) to enrich the lives of children.
Project Work
In your village/city you might have come across children who work in some households, factories, shops, hotels and construction sites for daily wages. Collect the following information about one child. Make a brief profile of the child you have met and present it in the class.
Profile:
Age : 16 years
Gender (M/F) : Female
Nature of work he/she is engaged in:working at store and sales the store product
Wages:5 thousands per month
No. of working hours : 9 hours
Why did he/she take up the work? :At her young age, father passed away and 4 years back she lost her mother too. She has one younger brother to look after. Due to financial issue she left the school after 6th standard and started working at store
Has he/she ever gone to school? : Yes
At what level did he/she drop out?
Is he/she willing to join school?: Yes