Bihar Board Class 8th English Chapter 6 Tess Buys a Miracle Question Answer
EXERCISE
A. WARMER
Miracles are lucky or happy things or events which happen in our favour beyond all expectations or possibilities.
Tess Buys A Miracle Question Answers Q.1.
Have you ever seen lucky things that happen to you or to someone known to you ? Talk about them to the class ?
Ans. No, I haven't seen lucky things happening to me. But I have heard stories of such happening with other persons.
Tess Buys A Miracle In Hindi Bihar Board Q.2.
Can you make lucky things happen whenever you want? If yes, what good things will you like to happen in your life?
Ans. No, it is not possible for me I can't make lucky things happen whenever I want. It could do such things, I would become the richest man of the world.
B. LET'S COMPREHEND
B.1. THINK AND TELL
Tess Buys a Miracle Class 8 Questions And Answer Q. 1.
Who was sick?
Ans. Andrew was sick.
Q.2. How did Tess know that her brother was sick?
Ans. She overheard her parents talking about this.
Q.3. Who operated on her brother?
Ans. Dr. Armstrong, a neurosurgeon.
Q.4. Which words, in your opinion, describe the character of Tess?
Ans. The faith of a little child'.
B.1.2. Say whether the following statements are "True" or "False".
1. Tess's parents were very hopeful that their son would recover from his illness.
2 Tess believed that miracles are things that one can buy.
3. Tess didn't want to use her own money to buy a miracle to save her brother.
4. Tess's brother needed a surgical operation.
5. The chemist's brother wanted to help Tess.
6. Dr. Armstrong made Tess believe that it was possible for her to buy the miracle she needed.
7. Tess's parents had to spend a lot of money on Andrew's
operation.
8. Dr. Armstrong was not a kind and sympathetic man.
9. Tess's parents saved Andrew's life.
Ans. 1. False 2. True 3. False 4. True 5. True 6. True 7. False 8. False 9. False
B.2. THINK AND WRITE
Tick (✓) the right answer.
1. Tess went to the drugstore
(a) to buy a miracle
(b) to meet the chemist
(c) to meet the chemist's brother
2. The doctor was impressed by
(a) Tess's concern for her brother (b) Tess's way of speaking
(c) Tess's love for her parents
3. Only a miracle could save Andrew's life because
(a) the disease was incurable
(b) his parents hadn't enough money to bear the cost of his treatment
(c) there were no good doctors available at that place Ans. 1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (b)
B.2.1. Answer the following questions.
Q.1. How much money did Tess have? How do you think she got this money?
Ans. Tess had one dollar and eleven cents. She had saved this money from her parents as a pocket money.
Q.2. Did Tess know what a miracle is ? Give reasons for your answer.
Ans. No, she went to drugstore to buy a miracle. It proves that she didn't know, what a miracle meant.
Q.3. What is your opinion about Dr. Armstrong ?
Ans. Dr. Armstrong was a kind and sympathetic man.
Q.4. How did Tess come to know that her brother was sick?
Ans. She knew it from parents. They talked each other about this.
Q.5. What did Tess want to know from the chemist ?
Ans. Tess wanted to know from the chemist, how much miracle costs.
Q.6. Who, in your opinion, helped Andrew recover from his illness?
Ans. Dr. Armstrong, á neurosurgeon, helped Andrew to recover from his illness in a hospital.
C.WORD STUDY
C. 1. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words from the box
drugstore, Chicago, miracle, operated, coins, back
1. Within a few weeks Andrew was......at home
2. My brother has just arrived from
3. Dr. Armstrong........... on her brother,
4. Tess made her way to........
5. Only a .......... can save him.
6. There were few........... in the jar.
Ans. 1. back 2. Chicago 3. operated 4. drugstore 5. miracle** 6. coins
C.3. Given below are group of words. Identify and encircle In each group the word that does not belong to the rest. One has been done for you.
1. disease, doctor, treatment, confident, diagnosis
2 medicine, cupboard, table, chair, stool
3. annoyed, irritated, loving, angry, cross
4. wife, husband, daughter, son, friend
5. well dressed, smart, elegant, unkempt, well-known
Ans. 1. confident 2. medicine 3. loving 4. friend 5. well known
D.GRAMMAR
Direct and Indirect speech
You can speak or write the words or sentences of another person in two ways
(a) By repeating the words or sentences of the other person as they were.
(b) By stating the meaning of the words or sentences of the other person in your own words.
Suppose Amrita speaks the words, "I am tired." Any person other than Amrita can express her words in the following ways:
(a) Amrita said, "I am tired."
OR
(b) Amrita said that she was tired.
In sentence (a), the exact words of the speaker, "I am tired." are quoted within the quotation marks. This is called the direct speech.
In sentence (b), we have reported what Amrita (the speaker) said, that is, she was tired without quoting the exact words. This is called the indirect speech.
Here, you will also observe the following facts
The first sentence gives Amrita's words as they were spoken by her. So they have been kept within double inverted commas or quotation marks.
The second sentence uses the relative word that order to connect Amrita's words with those of the reporting person.
We use reported speech when we want to repeat what someone had previously said.
Let's look at the difference between direct speech and reported speech:
Direct - Paras said = 'I am tired."
Reported speech - 'Paras said (that) he was tired."
Indirect speech (sometimes called reported speech), doesn't use-quotation marks to enclose what the person said and it doesn't have to be word for word.
When reporting speech, the tense usually changes. This is because when we use reported speech, we are usually talking about a time in the past (because obviously the person who spoke originally spoke in the past). The verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too. In reported speech, we need to use the
past tense form of the verb. In direct speech the present tense is used. As you can see, in the above sentence 'am changes to 'was' when we use reported speech.
D.1. Rewrite the following sentences into indirect speech:
1. Father said, "Only a miracle can save him now."
2 "My brother is really sick", said Tess.
3. Mother said to her husband, "I wonder how much Andrew's surgery cost.
4. The chemist said to Tess, What do you want? I am talking to my brother who has just come from Chicago".
5. The chemist's brother said to Tess, "What kind of miracle does your brother need?"
6. "How much do you have ?" asked the well dressed man.
7. She said to me, "How is your brother now
8. He said to her, "What do you want ?"
9. Tess replied, "He is really sick and he needs operation."
Ans. 1. Father said that only a miracle could save him then.
2. Tess said that her brother was really sick.
3. Mother told to her husband that she wondered how much Andrew's surgery costed.
4. The chemist asked Tess what did she want. Tess answered she was talking about her brother who had just come from Chicago.
5. The chemist's brother asked Tess what kind of miracle did her brother need.
6. The well dressed man asked how much had she.
7. She asked me how was my brother then.
8. He asked her what she wanted.
9. Tess replied that he was really sick and he needed an operation.
D.2. Report the following in direct speech.
1. The shopkeeper asked me what I wanted.
2. 1 requested my brother to help me in Chemistry.
3. The old woman told us that she could not see clearly.
4. They say that they are very thirsty.
5. She will say that the letter is to come tomorrow.
6. He says that we will reach there early morning.
7. She said that she had been learning Hindi for about two years.
8. Ayesha said that she would leave for her village the following day.
9. Anil said that he had not seen her for a long time.
Ans. 1. The shopkeeper said to me, "What do you want ?"
2. I said to my brother, "Please help me in Chemistry."
3. The old woman said to us, "I cannot see clearly."
4. They said, "We are very thirsty."
5. She will say, "The letter will come tomorrow."
6. He says, "We will reach there early morning."
7. She said, "She was learning Hindi for about two years."
8. Ayesha said, "I will leave for my village the next years."
9. Anil said, "I did not see her for a long time."
E. LET'S TALK
The teacher will assign some students the role of a doctor and rest of them to enact the role of a patient. He/she will give them certain situations like having fever, having stomach having an injury etc. The students will role play as doctor and upset, patient.
Hints: Do the role play yourselves as directed by your teacher and above direction.
E. COMPOSITION
On the basis of the discussion in E. Let's Talk, write a dialogue between a doctor and a patient.
Ans. Doctor: Yes, what problem do you have? Patient: My stomach is paining.
Doctor: Take these medicines as I have directed in the prescription.
G. TRANSLATION
Translate the first three paragraphs into Hindi or your mother tongue.
Hints: See 'Hindi Translation of the Chapter'..
H.ACTIVITY
H.1. Collect some newspaper clippings and pictures showing how cleanliness should be maintained at your homes, in classrooms and the surroundings where you live. Paste the pictures on a chart and display on the Class notice board.
Hints: Do it yourself.
