BIHAR BOARD CLASS 8 ENGLISH CHAPTER 1 I WONDER ( मुझे आश्चर्य है)
BSEB Bihar Board Class 8 English Book Solutions Chapter 1 I WONDER
A. WARMER
I WONDER Question Answer Q.1.
There are many things that we wonder at. Tell your class some such things that you have often wondered at.
Ans. I often wonder how our world was made. How did the planets come into existence. How were so many creatures formed.
Radiance class 8 solutions Q. 3.
Bihar board class 8 english chapter 1 question answer Q.4.
a. The shape of moon is fixed.
Bihar board class 8 English book solution chapter 1 Q.1.
C.1.2. Look up a dictionary and list other phrasal verbs that begin with 'blow, and use themn in your own sentences.
Ans. Blow out (to one out with force)- With the explosion, the high flames blew out from the gas go down/building.
To blow upon (to speak ill of) -It is bad to blow upon your friends.
To blow one's own trumpet (to praise oneself)-He is master in blowing his own trumpet.
C.1.3. Fill in the blanks in the sentences given below with the suitable phrasal verbs given in the box.
1.put out: to extinguish
2.call out: to summon
3.set out: to begin a journey
4.wipe out: to remove
5.give up: to leave
a .The government is ready to ......... Polio.
b ..... for Kolkata with his father.
c ....a doctor to examine the patient.
d .He had to ...... smoking because he had breathing problems.
e ..... the lantern.
Ans. I often wonder how our world was made. How did the planets come into existence. How were so many creatures formed.
B. LET'S COMPREHEND
B.1. THINK AND TELL
B.1.1. Answer these questions orally:
I WONDER class 8 question answer Q. 1.
I WONDER class 8 question answer Q. 1.
What things in the first stanza tell you that the poet is curious ?
Ans. The colour of the grass, not seen wind, the making of birds nest, and the trees in rest. These are the things in the first stanza that tell us that the poet is curious to know why they are so..
Radiance english book class 8 solutions Q. 2.
Ans. The colour of the grass, not seen wind, the making of birds nest, and the trees in rest. These are the things in the first stanza that tell us that the poet is curious to know why they are so..
Radiance english book class 8 solutions Q. 2.
Why do you think the speaker calls the cloud fluffy?
Ans. The cloud moves in the sky quite swiltly. So, the speaker calls the cloud flully.
Ans. The cloud moves in the sky quite swiltly. So, the speaker calls the cloud flully.
Radiance class 8 solutions Q. 3.
Does the wind have any colour ?
Ans. No, the wind has no colour. It's colourless.
Bihar board class 8 english chapter 1 question answer Q.4.
Do you often ask your father about the things that you wonderat ? Does he answer your questions? If he doesn't, what do you do to satisfy your curiosity ?
Ans. I also do ask to my father about the things I wonder at. My father answered my questions. If he doesn't know, some question's answer, he tells me to ask it from others. To Satisfy my curiosity I ask such questions from my teachers and other elderly persons. They answer to my questions. Thus, I satisfy my curiosity.
Ans. I also do ask to my father about the things I wonder at. My father answered my questions. If he doesn't know, some question's answer, he tells me to ask it from others. To Satisfy my curiosity I ask such questions from my teachers and other elderly persons. They answer to my questions. Thus, I satisfy my curiosity.
B.1.2. Based on your reading of the poem say whether the following statements are 'true' or 'false'.
a. The shape of moon is fixed.
b. The birds make their own nests.
c. The rainbow is not always colourful.
d. The stars do not give light.
Ans.
a. False
b.True
c.False
d. False
B.2. THINK AND WRITE
B.2.1. Think of things and ideas that you associate with rain. Then create a web chart around the word 'rain'.
Ans.
CLOUD
B.2.1. Think of things and ideas that you associate with rain. Then create a web chart around the word 'rain'.
Ans.
CLOUD
HAIL
RAIN
WATER
POND
SEA
B.2.2. Answer the following questions in not more than 50 words.
B.2.2. Answer the following questions in not more than 50 words.
Bihar board class 8 English book solution chapter 1 Q.1.
Make a list of things that the poet is curious to know about.
Ans. The poet is curious to know that why the grass is green, why the wind is never seen. The poet wants to know, who taught the birds to build a neet. Why the trees take rest.
Where goes the missing bit of moon He also wants to know about the lights of stars . about lightning's origin .How comes rainbow and the fluffy clouds up in the sky. so high.
Ans. The poet is curious to know that why the grass is green, why the wind is never seen. The poet wants to know, who taught the birds to build a neet. Why the trees take rest.
Where goes the missing bit of moon He also wants to know about the lights of stars . about lightning's origin .How comes rainbow and the fluffy clouds up in the sky. so high.
Bihar board class 8 English book solutions chapter 1 Q.2.
Who do you think is the 'I' in the poem - a child or an adult? Give reasons for your answer.
Ans- In my opinion, T in the poem is a child, He is not an adult. The questions that ries in his nind, are the questions of a child's curiosity Adults don't ever think of such questions. So, I agree to the point that the speaker 'T' the poem is a child
and not an adult
and not an adult
Bihar board solution class 8 english Q.3
What opinion do you form about the speaker ?
Ans- In my opinion, the speaker is a child of high mental level He is intelligent. His mind is full of queries and questions.
Bihar Board Class 8 English Solutions in Hindi Q.4.
Ans- In my opinion, the speaker is a child of high mental level He is intelligent. His mind is full of queries and questions.
Bihar Board Class 8 English Solutions in Hindi Q.4.
What does the question in the end suggest about the speaker's attitude towards his dad ?
Ans- he question, coming in the end of the poem suggests that the boy is undecisive. He is not sure that his Dad knows the answers of his questions. And even if he knows it, it was
doubtful that he would answer to all of his queries.
C. WORD STUDY
C.I.Phrasal Verb
C.1.. What does the phrasal verb 'blow out' mean in the poem ? look up a dictionary and list the meaning. Note down other meaning of the phrasal verb and use it in your own sentences conveying other meanings.
Ans Blow out in the poem means 'to extinguish' or to 'put out fire
Ans- he question, coming in the end of the poem suggests that the boy is undecisive. He is not sure that his Dad knows the answers of his questions. And even if he knows it, it was
doubtful that he would answer to all of his queries.
C. WORD STUDY
C.I.Phrasal Verb
C.1.. What does the phrasal verb 'blow out' mean in the poem ? look up a dictionary and list the meaning. Note down other meaning of the phrasal verb and use it in your own sentences conveying other meanings.
Ans Blow out in the poem means 'to extinguish' or to 'put out fire
Blow out -The fire was blown out by the strong wind. Some other meanings of the phrasal verb conveyed in
sentences.
Blow out (to lose force) -The fire blew itself out.
Blow out (to defeat someone easily) – One can't blow out my courage.
Blow out (lame put off by wind)-The candle blew out as he opencd the window.
sentences.
Blow out (to lose force) -The fire blew itself out.
Blow out (to defeat someone easily) – One can't blow out my courage.
Blow out (lame put off by wind)-The candle blew out as he opencd the window.
C.1.2. Look up a dictionary and list other phrasal verbs that begin with 'blow, and use themn in your own sentences.
Ans. Blow out (to one out with force)- With the explosion, the high flames blew out from the gas go down/building.
To blow upon (to speak ill of) -It is bad to blow upon your friends.
To blow one's own trumpet (to praise oneself)-He is master in blowing his own trumpet.
C.1.3. Fill in the blanks in the sentences given below with the suitable phrasal verbs given in the box.
1.put out: to extinguish
2.call out: to summon
3.set out: to begin a journey
4.wipe out: to remove
5.give up: to leave
a .The government is ready to ......... Polio.
b ..... for Kolkata with his father.
c ....a doctor to examine the patient.
d .He had to ...... smoking because he had breathing problems.
e ..... the lantern.
Ans.
a. The government is ready to wipe out Polio
b. He set out for Kolkata with his father,
c. Call out a doctor to examine the patient.
d. He had to give up smoking becausc he had breathing problems.
Put out the lantern.
Look at the following pairs of words:
green - seen
nest - rest
These pairs of words, you will notice, end with simá
sounds. Such pairs of words that end with a similar sound
called rhyming pairs or words,
Pick out the rhyming pairs from the poem and add o
more to each pair. One has been done for you.
green -seen-been
Ans. Rhyming pairs from the poem- Added rhyming
words
nest - rest - chest - crest
round - found - sound - mound
out-about-shout-scout
sky - high - cry –fry
suppose- knows - prose - chose
E. LET'S TALK
Discuss the following in groups or pairs and imagine
If the moon did not appear in the sky, what would happen
Ans. Rani : If the moon did not appear in the sky.
nights will become absolute dark.
Savita : It's so frightening to think of the nights, with
the moon. Then, children can't be able to play in the night.
Monu: Yes, it's great delight to play in the moonlit night
Sunil : People in villages, will badly suffer. They walkft
off distances in villages only with the hclp of moon's light
the night.
F. TRANSLATION
Translate into your mother tongue any one of the stand
of the poem that you have just read.
Ans. See Hindi Translation of the poem.
G. ACTIVITY
Find in the grid the words related to weather. Wordscan
appear horizontally, vertically or diagonally. One has bet
done for you.
Ans-
Temperature
Cloud
Rainbow
Cloudy
Weather
Hail
Lightning
Forecast
Snow
Wind
Sunny
Umbrella
Rain
