Telangana SCERT Solution Class VIII (8) English Chapter 7
Here in this Page we provided Telangana SCERT Solution Class 8 English Chapter 7 Bonsai Life (Part I), Bonsai Life (Part II), I Can Take Care of Myself
Reading A:Bonsai Life (Part I)
1.) The narrator receives letters very frequently.
2.) The letter brought the news of the narrator’s sister and brother-in-law’s arrival.
3.) The narrator’s husband was very happy to hear the news of the visitors.
4.) Akkayya was not interested to continue her studies.
5.) The narrator’s husband likes the traditional food of Andhra Pradesh.
Answer:- 1,2,3,5
II.) Answer the following questions
1.) “The moment I see letters….. can’t contain my excitement.” Why does the narrator get excited?
Answer:-The narrator was far away from her dear and near one’s so whenever she received any letters from them see use to feel that she is talking to them face to face and they are speaking affectionately to her. All her exhaustion would run away. So the narrator get excited to see letter waiting at doorstep when she returns back to home from office.
2.) What change did the narrator observe in her father’s attitude towards education over a decade?
Answer:- narrator’s father dud not allow his first daughter to study after class 5 but as time changed his mind also changed and he allowed his second daughter that is narrator to study college for higher education.
3.) Why was Akkayya determined to send her daughter to college?
Answer:-Akkayya determined to send her daughter to college because she does not want to keep her daughter at home with education becauseAs per Akkayyaif woman doesn’t have any degree, she will need to live under husband’s thumb like a scorpion under a slipper.
4.) In what way is the narrator more fortunate than her sister?
Answer:- The narrator was more fortunate than her sister because her father let her study in college and take higher education. In case of her sister she did not got education after class 5. The narrator
5.) Can one be independent without a job or earning? Justify your answer.
Answer:-No, one cannot be independent without a job or earning because one is able to lead a dignified life unlike who have to depend on others even for a few paise worth of karivepaku,
Reading B: Bonsai Life (Part II)
I.) Complete the statements giving more than one reason
1.) Girls should be educated like boys because…
a.) They should lead a dignified life unlike who have to depend on others
b.) They should not be dependent on others for few paisa
c.) They should earn their own livehood like men.
2.) Fully grown trees are more useful because…
a.) They give shade and shelter during sun and rain
b.) They control pollution
c.) They provide fruits and seeds
II.) Answer the following questions.
1.) Why was Akkayya perplexed?
Answer:- Akkayya was perplexed because the narrator that is Akkayya’s sister asked her why she planted he turayi and pomegranate trees into flower pots, she even felt sorry the trees. The narrator burst into laughter seeing all this.
2.) How is a bonsai reared?
Answer:- Bonsai is reared because even a huge banyan tree can be grown in a flowerpot. Grow it even with its roots hanging down from the branches. Justt need to keep cutting its branches, changing the pot now and then, trimming it into a small-sized tree and making it bear fruit. It needs to be handle carefully.
4.) What made the narrator feel the urge to free the bonsai?
Answer:-The narrator understood importance of tree. If they are kept cutting and dependent on other, they cannot provide shade and shelter to people. Narrator felt trees should be grown freely, should be free same as the free bird from the cage. She feel the urge to free the bonsai tree from their flower pot.
5.) What is the central theme of ‘Bonsai Life’?
Answer:- The bonsai tree life is beautiful and smartly compared with women life. The bonsai is restricted to grow freely and needs to to handle and take care. It have tended so lovinglyIt looks proper and sweet, like a housewife. It cannot withstand a small dust storm or squall because it is dependable on other the same way women is dependent on her husband for everything.
III.) Make a list of activities done by a homemaker and a working woman.
IV.) Put a tick (✔️) mark against the most appropriate meaning for the phrases given below
1.) ‘… to keep the washerman’s account’ means
a) to take care of household work.
b) to count clothes.
c) to maintain the washerman’s account.
Answer:- b)
2.) ‘…uphill task’ means
a) high quality work.
b) a difficult job.
c) working on a hill.
Answer:- b)
3.) ‘…… grass is greener on the other side’ means
a) the grass on this side is green.
b) others are as good as we are.
c) others are in a better position than us
Answer:- c)
4.) ‘…like a scorpion under a slipper’ means
a) killing a scorpion with a slipper.
b) being guided and controlled.
c) feeling totally suppressed.
Answer:- c)
Vocabulary
I.) Look at the phrasal verb underlined in the following sentence.
“I feel like giving it up. (give up). What does it mean?
‘Give’ is a verb and ‘up’ is a preposition. Such combinations are called phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb normally gives a meaning different from the meaning of its parts.
‘Give up’ means ‘to stop doing something’.
Refer to a dictionary and find out the meaning of some more phrasal verbs beginning with ‘give’ and ‘look’.
give in :
give out :
give away :
Look after
Look up:
Look into:
Use the above phrasal verbs in your own sentences
II.) Look at the simile in the following sentence.
Without it, she will have to live under her husband’s thumb ‘ like a scorpion under a slipper’.
The life of a homemaker is compared to a scorpion under a slipper. When we compare two things, we often use the word ‘like’.
Here are a few more examples of similes.
1.) He roars like a lion.
2.) They eat like wolves.
A.) Look at the following similes.
bright like a full moon
sleep like a log
eat like a bird
beautiful like a rose
sweet like honey
Now write five sentences using the above similes
1.) bright like a full moon : Renny’s face looked bright like a full moon when he was gifted his favorite bike
2.) sleep like a log : Her sleep is like log, she don’t even hear the noise of thunderstorms
3.) eat like a bird : baby eat like a bird
4.) beautiful like a rose : Wow! Makeup done is good. U look beautiful like a rose.
5.) sweet like honey :My Mother is sweet like honey.
III.) Make some idioms from the words in the circles and use them in your own sentences, one is done for you.
An idiom is a phrase similar to the phrasal verbs you have learnt in previous class. It is difficult to guess the meaning of an idiom by looking at the individual words
Answer:-
Idiom | sentence |
1. Fish out of water : | When he was away from home, he felt like a fish out of water. |
2. Torn in flesh: | The boss is torn in flesh all the time |
3. Sore on back foot | Riyazwon many matches making others feel sore on back |
4. Top of the world | |
5. Cat on the wall : | selection of wedding destination is like cat on the wall |
Grammar
A.) Read the sentences
1.) Akkayya grew accustomed to village life.
2.) Iwent into the kitchen.
The words in circles are subjects. The words underlined are predicates
II.) Circle the subjects and underline the predicates
1.) The girls danced.
2.) The dark clouds filled the sky.
3.) Shiva drove a silver Toyota.
Answer :- 1.) The girls 2.) The dark clouds 3.) Shiva
III.) Identify subjects and predicates in each of the sentences in the following paragraph
The narrator felt very happy to receive her sister and brother-in-law, who came to stay with them. They brought many things with them. Akkaya made special dishes for her sister’s husband, which he liked very much. She praised her sister for being employed and making her living. She was very sorry about her position at home. One day the narrator showed her Bonsai plants and explained how they are grown but she did not like it. On a rainy day many people gathered under a tree to take shelter. Showing this, Akkaya made the narrator understand the importance of freedom in one’s life.
Answer:-
1.) The narrator : subject
felt very happy to receive her sister and brother-in-law, who came to stay with them.: predicates
2.) They: subject
brought many things with them: predicates
3.) Akkaya: Subject
made special dishes for her sister’s husband, which he liked very much.: predicates
4.) She: Subject
praised her sister for being employed and making her living: predicates
5.) She: Subject
as very sorry about her position at home: predicates
6.) the narrator: subject
showed her Bonsai plants and explained how they are grown but she did not like it: predicates
7.) many people: subject
gathered under a tree to take shelter: predicates
8.) Akkaya: Subject
understand the importance of freedom in one’s life: predicates
Writing
Look at the following poster.
List the features of this poster. e.g. Who has issued the poster? What is it about? The date, time, place of the event, layout and nature of the sentences.
I.) Now, make a poster based on the information given below.
Issuing authority : Telangana Arts and Crafts Society, Nizamabad.
Event : Dance performance by Aarthi.
Date : November 14.
Chief Guest : Honourable Chief Minister of Telangana.
Venue : Rajiv Gandhi Auditorium, Khaleelwadi, Nizamabad
Reading C: I Can Take Care of Myself
Comprehension
Answer the following questions
1.) What do you think is the most important thing to learn to live well ?
Answer:-One should learn to live on its own and not depend on others people. Standing on your feet is very important
2.) What are the skills or qualities that would help you to be independent in your life?
Answer :- One should not depend on another person’s power, position or prosperity rather than one has to depend on the power within oneself to seek the target in one’s life. Standing on own feet is very important.
3.) Do you agree/ disagree with the daughter of the mother rat? Give reasons for your response.
Answer:- Yes, I agree with the daughter of the mother rat. Depending on another person’s power, position or prosperity does not promise peace and security in the long run.one has to depend on the power within oneself to seek the target in one’s life.
Study Skills
I.) Observe the data given in the bar diagrams related to male and female infant mortality rates (IMR) in India over the years 1990 to 2008 and answer the questions given
1.) In which year is the difference in infant mortality rates between male and female the highest?
Answer:- 2003 yearis the difference in infant mortality rates between male and female the highest
2.) In which case and in which year do we find a sudden decrease in the IMR?
Answer:-male IMR in year 2003 we find a sudden decrease in the IMR
3.) What will happen if there is a wide gap in IMR between male and female?
Answer:- There will be change in ratio between males and females if there is a wide gap in IMR between male and female. If female count is decrease than male count will increase more and they won’t get female for marriage when they grow up.
4.) What, according to you, may the reasons be for the female IMR being higher than the male IMR?
Answer:- People think girls go to other home after marriage so it’s burden to educate and grow up them. This may the reasons be for the female IMR being higher than the male IMR?
5.) What may the reasons be for the decrease in IMR over the years?
Answer:-The doctors, government who made society understand the importance of child girl. The medical facilities and changed mindset of people may the reasons be for the decrease in IMR over the years
6.) Do you think there could be a further decrease in the IMR after 5 years?
Answer:- Yea, definitely there could be a further decrease in the IMR after 5 years
7.) What, according to you, may the reasons be for the death of more than half of both male and female infants?
Answer:- poor people, villagers who don’t get proper medical facilitiesmay the reasons be for the death of more than half of both male and female infants
Oral Activity
A.) Debate on the following proposition. “Reservation in education, employment and legislature will empower the women.”
Answer:-
B.) Given below are 4 different statements. Give your opinion and discuss with your classmates.
1.) Interest in music, dance and sports distract from studies.
2.) One should not be punished for telling the truth.
3.) When an older person says something, we should blindly obey.
4.) It is wrong for actors to model for cigarettes and fairness creams
Answer :- Interest in music, dance and sports distract from studies.
This statement is disagreed because if we have proper planning, schedule , proper time table, music dance and sports will not distract from studies.
Project Work
A.) Interview some female members in your family and neighbourhood with the following questions. Would you like the girls in the family to take up a job after they have received education?
If yes, give some reasons
Answer:- Yes,
1.) To stand on their own feet
2.) To become financially strong
3.) To be independent
If no, give some reasons.
Answer :- No,
1.) To look after household work
2.) To look after the husband and children at home
B.) Work on the following items. Note down whether the woman you have interviewed is educated or uneducated; working / not working; married / unmarried.
SI.No | Name | Status: Working/Not working | |
1 | Shobha | Working | |
2 | Rita | Working | |
3 | Laxmi | Not working | |
4 | Lisa | Working | |
5 | Geeta | Not Working | |
6 | Pratiksha | Working | |
7 | Chandra | Not working | |
8 | Sheetal | Working | |
9 | Jyotika | Not working | |
10 | Sharmila | Working |
C.) Based on the above information write a report on ‘Woman Empowerment’and present it to the class
Answer:- I have interviewed 10 women, out of these 6 women are working and 4 are not working. As concluded from the interview women who are working have strong mindset and firm on their thoughts of having well education , women should stand on their own feet and not depend on others financially. Now a days being independent is important. Where the women who are not working have thoughts of sitting home and look after the household work and children. As per my thoughts women should be educated and worked , earn money to live their livehood, stay with dignity in society.