West Bengal Board Class 8 English Solution Chapter 4 The Great Escape

West Bengal State Board Class 8 English Solution: Lesson 4 The Great Escape

Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given below .

1.) Subhas and Sisir chose the wanderer of their journey (6)

2.) Sisir entered Subhas’s bedroom that December afternoon .(1)

3.) The police were keeping a watch on Subhas’s house (4)

4.) Sisir was to help plan and carry out Subhas’s escape from India (2)

5.) Subhas‘s nephew helped him listen to foreign broadcast (5)

6.)  Sisir walked back to his own house in a state of wonder and excitement (3)

Activity -2

Complete the following sentences with information from text.

1.) On a December afternoon Sisir, Subhas’s nephew entered Subhas’s bedroom .

2.) The task that Subhas gave Sisir was to help planning and carry out Subhas’s escape from India .

3.) Woodburn park was the residence of Sisir kumar Bose.

4.) The escape plan of Subhas and Visit was to drive out , in the most natural fashion through the main gate.

Activity -3

Why did Subhas and Sisir ,as their plan of escape , decide to drive out in the most natural fashion through the main gate ?

Ans:  Subhas and Sisir drove through the main gate in most natural fashion because they can elude whatever suspicions of the British soldiers keeping a watch on Subhas .

Activity – 4

Write ‘T’ for true and ‘f’ for false. Give S.S.

(A) Akabar Shah operated in the northeastern frontier provinces. (F)

S.S :–He fully tried to operate in the northeastern frontier provinces but failed in it .

(B) The items of clothing for Subhas’s disguise were purchased from a shop in South kolkata (f)

S.S:– the shop they want in central Calcutta where they bought beggy ,shalwars ,trousers and a black Fez for Subhas’s disguise .

(C ) Everyone in Subhas’s family was aware of his plan of escape (f)

S.S:– only Subhas’s niece lila and a male cousin , Damien knew everything.

(D) The policemen preferred warm blankets on the cool winter night of 16 January (T)

S.S:– on January 16 in the night of winter , the policemen preferred that there should be warm blankets on charpoi.

Activity – 5

Answer the following questions

1.) What items were purchased for Subhas to be carried with him on his Journey ?

Ans: A suitcase , Bedroll , Shirts , Baggy shalwars etc. items were purchased for Subhas.

2.) Why do you think Subhas had to put on a false identify ?

Ans:- Because I think Subhas ji surely decided to free from his house arrest and therefore he had to put on a false identify.

Activity – 7

Answer the following questions

1.) In which direction did Sisir drive after leening Elgin Road ?

Ans: After Leening Elgin Road he drove the Car to Howrah Bridge.

2.) Who was Ashok ? How did he help in Subhas’s escape ?

Ans: Sisir’s brother was Ashok who helped the Subhas Chandra Bose to be stayed for while some time in his house at the time of escape from India .

3.) Describe Sisir’s last sight of Subhas.

Ans: When Subhas and Sisir decided to escape from India then for that first they purchased some dresses so that they can move in disguise from there .Then Sisir picked Subhas up in his wanderer and reached Gomoh Station in the moonlight night .Subhas said as parting words and Sisir watched him Mount the railway over bridge and walked along it with his usual majestic gait thus last sight of the Subhas.

4.) Why did Sisir pick Subhas up in his Car a little further from Ashok’s house?

Ans: Because Subhas was unknown for Ashok who only knew him as Muhammad Ziauddin in order to keep the identification belongs to Subhas secret .And so Sisir was able to pick up Subhas in his car a little further from Ashok’s house.

 

Activity 8 (a)

In the following sentences, underline the words that act like verbs and take objects:

1.) He likes to play badminton.

 

2.) His habit is to read the newspaper daily.

 

3.) Her greatest pleasure is to dance.

 

Activity 8 (b)

Underline the Infinitive in the following sentences:

1.) Raja is not afraid to speak the truth.

 

2.) The teacher was extremely sorry to hear it.

 

3.) The guava is fit to eat.

 

4.) To find fault is easy.

 

Activity 9

Add suitable prefix or suffix to the given words in brackets and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences meaningfully:

1.) The children were full of excitement as they went for a picnic.

 

2.) We should not discourage anyone.

 

3.) It was a comfortable journey as I got a place to sit.

 

4.) India became an independent nation in 1947.

 

Activity 10 (a)

Suppose you have read an interesting adventure story recently. Write a letter in about eighty words to your aunt describing the story and telling her why you liked it.

Answer:

Dear aunt,

I hope you and uncle are doing well. We miss you here. Recently I have read adventurous stories. I read 2 books from the Harry Potter series. The story is about an orphan boy who goes to a wizardly school and then the real adventure begins. In the first book, we come across many exciting characters and also magical spells. Also we get to know about Harry’s best friends and his life. It is such an engaging book that I finished both the books in just 5 days. I liked the books because not only they are full of adventure but also teach me many things.

I hope to see you soon.

Yours nephew

Mitesh

 

Activity 10 (b)

Write a summary of the following passage:

Answer: This is an inspiring incident from Mahatma Gandhi’s life. One day there was an inspection in his school. At that time, the inspector gave a couple of English spellings to the students. Gandhi wrote one wrong spelling which was read by his class teacher. His teacher gestured him to copy from another student’s book. But as Gandhi was firm with his honesty, he didn’t do that. When the inspector left, the teacher scolded him for not copying the correct spelling. But that didn’t stop Gandhi from being who he was. He replied that copying was an act of dishonesty and he didn’t like dishonesty.

Also See: The Great Escape Summary for Students

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Updated: February 4, 2023 — 5:25 pm

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  1. That’s really help me !!!
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