CBSE Class 8 English Practice Worksheet Set B

English Worksheet

Class VIII-________

Name: ____________ Roll number: __

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Past Tense
Past Tense is used to indicate an action, event or condition that has happened in the past.

Past Tense is divided into four parts :-
1) Simple past / Past Indefinite
2) Past Continuous
3) Past Perfect
4) Past Perfect Continuous

Simple Past/ Past Indefinite
The simple past is used to show that a completed action took place at a specific time in the past. The simple past is also frequently used to talk about past habits and generalizations.
Affirmative:- Subject + 2nd form of verb
Ex. She went to the market.
Negative :- Subject + did not + 1st form of verb
Ex. She didn't go to the market.
Interrogative :- Did +Subject +1st form of verb
Ex. Did she go to the market ?
Past Continuous Tense
The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. ... There are many situations in which tense might be used in a sentence. For example, it is often used to describe conditions that existed in the past.
Affirmative :- Subject + was/were + 1st form of verb + ing.
Ex. She was going to the market.
They were going to the market.
Negative :- Subject + was/were + not + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. She was not going to the market.
They were not going to the market.
Interrogative was/ were + Subject + 1st form of the verb + ing
Ex. Was she going to the market ?
Were they going to the market ?
Past Perfect Tense
The past perfect continuous is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.
Affirmative:- Subject + had + 3rd form of verb
Ex. She had gone to the market.
Negative :- Subject + had + not + 3rd form of verb
Ex. She had not gone to the market.
Interrogative:- Had + Subject + 3rd form of verb
Ex. Had she gone to the market?
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
The past perfect continuous is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.
Affirmative:- Subject + had + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. She had been going to the market.
Negative:- Subject + had + not + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. She had not been going to the market.
Interrogative:- Had + Subject + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. Had she been going to the market?

Q.1 Fill in the blanks with correct form of verb given in the bracket:-
1) It ------------- heavily when I entered the house. ( rain - past Continuous )
2) ------- the match ------------ on for two hours ? ( go - past perfect Continuous )
3) The patient ---------- before the doctor came.( die - past perfect )
4) ------- you ----------- all your friends on your birthday party ? ( invite - simple past )
5) They __ to Bhopal. ( travel - past continuous)
6) Thomas Alva Edison __ the bulb. ( invent - simple past )
7) He wished that he __ the offer. ( accept - past perfect )
8) I ___ work in the kitchen for two hours. ( do - past perfect continuous )
9) I ___ an accident yesterday. ( see - simple past )
10) Titanic __ across the Atlantic Ocean from England to America. ( sail - past continuous )

NOTE:- Do the above mentioned exercise in a copy or on a paper.

Q1. In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and after in your worksheet.

APJ Abdul Kalam was born a middle-class Tamil                               a) _________

family. He was one many children. He was                                       b) _________

a short boy rather undistinguished looks                                           c)_________

born to tall handsome parents. They lived                                         d)_________

in their ancestral house, was built in the                                           e)_________

middle of 19th century. It was a fairly large                                       g)_________

house on the Mosque Street Rameshwaram.                                    h)_________

his austere father used avoid all essential                                         i)__________

comforts and luxuries, but childhood was quite                                 j)_________

secure one.

Q2.The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline the incorrect word and the correction in your worksheet.

Andhra Pradesh is one state                             a)__________

abounding of natural wonders,                            b)__________

rich in culture heritage and                                c)_________

most and all, excellent tourism                          d)__________

spot. Andhra Pradesh on this day                      e)__________

retain much of its regal glory                             f)__________

or old worldly charm. Geographically                 i)__________

A state enjoys a strategic                               g)_________

location. Most of it stand on the                       i)_________

High Deccan Plateau.                                     j)_________

Q3.Combine the following pairs of sentences using infinitives:

a) The clown does tricks. He makes people laugh.

b) We did not play well enough. We did not win the game.

c) He did not have any money. He could not buy food.

d) She collects matchboxes. It is her hobby.

e) The hawker goes to the market every day. He sells his wares.

Q4. Combine the following pairs of sentences by replacing the verb by its gerundial form.

a) May we leave now? Is there any objection?

b) He murdered his wife. He was sent to prison.

c) May I borrow your pen? Do you mind?

d) He became a clerk. His parents objected to this.

Q5. Rearrange the following to form meaningful sentences.

a) Silvery green/her/the/trees/frightened/olive.

b) In the/dancers/they/the/swayed/and/in/ghostly/like/mind/dark/rain.

The worksheet is divided into three sections:

Section A

1. Read the passage given below and write the option that you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheets:

Many animals are able to communicate with each other very well – but none of them can talk as we do. That is, no animals use words. Birds cry out and make sounds that other birds understand. Smells, movements, and sounds are used for communication by animals, through which they express joy or anger or fear.

Human speech is a very complicated process, which no animal can perform. One reason is that in a very special way we use a whole series of organs to produce the sounds we want to make when we utter words. The way our vocal cords are made to vibrate, the way the throat, mouth and nasal cavities are adjusted, the way the lips, teeth, lower jaw, tongue, and palate are moved – just to make vowel and consonant sounds, is something animals can’t do. They cannot produce a whole series of words to make a sentence.

And there is another, perhaps more important reason why animals can’t talk. Words are only labels for objects, actions, feelings, expressions and ideas. For example, the word ‘bird’ is a label for a living, flying object. Other words describe its colour, shape, flying and singing. Still other words would be used to tell what the speaker thinks or feels about the bird or its actions.

For human beings, therefore, the use of words means the use of labels or symbols, and then organizing them in a certain way to communicate something. This requires a degree of intelligence and logical thinking that no animals have. So, they can’t talk the way people do.

A. Communication in animals is made through

a. smells, movements and sounds

b. smells, setting and flying

c. smells, sitting and running

d. smells, sitting and eating

B. The emotions which are expressed by birds are

a. joy, love, hate

b. joy, jealousy or zeal

c. joy, fear or anger

d. joy, cry or anger

C. Animals cannot talk like us as human speech is a

a. complete process

b. easy process

c. complex process

d. confused process

D. For using words properly human beings require

a. a degree of graduation

b. intelligence and logical thinking

c. logical thinking and vocal cords

d. logical thinking and imagination

E. The noun form of ‘communicate’ is

a. communicative

b. communicated

c. communication

d. communicating

Section B

2. ABC Public School has been invited to present a program on POGO Channel in the popular program ‘Buds and Blossoms’. Ravina, the secretary is asked to write the notice in 50- 60 words for the school notice board inviting talented students to appear for selection for the different programs. Write a notice as Ravina the Cultural Activity Head.

Section C

3. Choose the correct options from the brackets and write them in the space provided.

1. Bulgaria is an ____________ (old/older) state found in 681.

2. Sofia is the __________ (largest/ most large) city in Bulgaria.

3. Of the two spa hotels,the Bankya Spa Palace is (friendlier/most friendly).

4. The Boyana Church is _________ (beautifully/most beautiful) church in Mount Vitosha near Sofia.

5. The Lom River is ___________ (shallow/shallower) than Iskar River.

4. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words given in the brackets.

1. When Carol (call) _________ last night, I (watch) __________ my favorite show on television.

2. I (work) __________ for this company for more than thirty years.

3. Sharon (love) ___________ to travel.

4. Thomas is an author who (write) mystery novels and travel memoirs.

5. We (eat) __________ a hearty meal.

WORKSHEET

1. Fill in the blanks : (Past form)

1. I __________ (receive) his letter a week ago.

2. He __________ (learn) Hindi in Nagpur.

3. She did not __________ (sleep) well last night.

4. Babar __________ (defeat) Rana at Kanwaha.

5. The light __________ (go) out when I was reading.

2. Fill in the blanks (Past and Past Perfect)

1. When I reached the station, the train __________ (start)

2. I __________ (do) my exercise when Hari came to see me.

3. She __________ (write) the letter before he arrived.

4. The patient had died before the doctor __________ (come).

5. Children had reached the school before the bell __________

Past Tense

Past Tense is used to indicate an action, event or condition that has happened in the past.
Past Tense is divided into four parts :-
1) Simple past / Past Indefinite
2) Past Continuous
3) Past Perfect
4) Past Perfect Continuous

Simple Past/ Past Indefinite
The simple past is used to show that a completed action took place at a specific time in the past. The simple past is also frequently used to talk about past habits and generalizations.
Affirmative:- Subject + 2nd form of verb
Ex. She went to the market.
Negative :- Subject + did not + 1st form of verb
Ex. She didn't go to the market.
Interrogative :- Did +Subject +1st form of verb
Ex. Did she go to the market ?

Past Continuous Tense
The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. ... There are many situations in which tense might be used in a sentence. For example, it is often used to describe conditions that existed in the past.
Affirmative :- Subject + was/were + 1st form of verb + ing.
Ex. She was going to the market.
They were going to the market.
Negative :- Subject + was/were + not + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. She was not going to the market.
They were not going to the market.
Interrogative was/ were + Subject + 1st form of the verb + ing
Ex. Was she going to the market ?
Were they going to the market ?

Past Perfect Tense
The past perfect continuous is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.
Affirmative:- Subject + had + 3rd form of verb
Ex. She had gone to the market.
Negative :- Subject + had + not + 3rd form of verb
Ex. She had not gone to the market.
Interrogative:- Had + Subject + 3rd form of verb
Ex. Had she gone to the market?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense
The past perfect continuous is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.
Affirmative:- Subject + had + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. She had been going to the market.
Negative:- Subject + had + not + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. She had not been going to the market.
Interrogative:- Had + Subject + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. Had she been going to the market?

Fill in the blanks with correct form of verb given in the bracket:-
1) It ------------- heavily when I entered the house. ( rain - past Continuous )
2) ------- the match ------------ on for two hours ? ( go - past perfect Continuous )
3) The patient ---------- before the doctor came.( die - past perfect )
4) ------- you ----------- all your friends on your birthday party ? ( invite - simple past )
5) They __ to Bhopal. ( travel - past continuous)
6) Thomas Alva Edison __ the bulb. ( invent - simple past )
7) He wished that he __ the offer. ( accept - past perfect )
8) I ___ work in the kitchen for two hours. ( do - past perfect continuous )
9) I ___ an accident yesterday. ( see - simple past )
10) Titanic __ across the Atlantic Ocean from England to America. ( sail - past continuous )

Present tense

Present tense is divided into four parts
1) Simple present / Present Indefinite
2) Present Continuous
3) Present Perfect
4) Present Perfect Continuous
The simple present tense is used:
To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes:
I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is a large city (general truth) To give instructions or directions:
Simple Present :-

# Affirmative: - Subject + 1st form of Verb + 1st form of verb +s/es
Ex. She works in a bank.
* They work in a bank.

# Negative :- Subject + do / does + not + 1st form of verb
Ex. She does not work in a bank.

# Interrogative :- Do/ Does + Subject + 1st form of verb
Ex. Does she work in a bank.
Present Continuous Tense
The present continuous tense indicates that an action or condition is happening now, frequently, and may continue into the future.
Present Continuous Tense

# Affirmative :- Subject + is/ am/are + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex:-
Radha is going to school.
I am going to school.
They are going to school.

# Negative :- Subject + is/am/ are + not + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex:-
She is not going to school.
I am not going to school.
They are not going to school.

# Interrogative :- Is/Am/Are + subject + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex:-
Is she going to school ?
Am I going to school ?
Are they going to school ?
Present Perfect Tense
The present Perfect tense expresses an action which happened in the past and completed at the present time.
Present Perfect Tense

# Affirmative :- Subject + has/have + 3rd form of verb
Ex.-
She has gone to the school.
They have gone to the school.

# Negative :- Subject + has/have + not + 3rd form of the Verb
Ex.:-
She has not gone to the school.
They have not gone to the school.

# Interrogative :- Has/Have + subject + 3rd form of the Verb
Ex.:-
Has she gone to the school ?
Have they gone to the school ?
Present perfect continuous
The present perfect continuous tense (also known as the present perfect progressive tense) shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time.
Affirmative :- Subject + has / have + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex.
Radha has been doing her work since morning.
Negative:- Subject + has/have + not + been + 1st form of verb + ing.
Ex.
Radha has not been doing her work since morning.
Interrogative :- Has/Have + subject + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex.
Has Radha doing her work since morning ?

Fill in the blanks with correct form of verb:-
1). Sheena-----------------in the garden at the moment.(water --present continuous)
2). They ------------a new car.( buy--present perfect )
3) We -------------- our lunch one hour ago.( finish -- present perfect)
4) Rahul ------------ to bed at 10 o'clock. ( go -- simple present)
5) He is a student but he -------------- in the restaurant also. (work -- present continuous)
6) My mother --------- food and ------------ the house. ( cook , clean --- simple present)
7) The train ------------ before we reached the railway station. ( leave -- present perfect)
8) She ----------- in the school for ten years. (teach -- present perfect continuous)
9) My father --------- at the weekend. (not work ---- simple present )
10) He ------- here all his life. (live -- present perfect)
NOTE Do the above mentioned exercise in a copy or on paper.

Future Tense

The future tense is used for a future activity or a future state of being
Future Tense is divided into four parts :-
1) Simple future / Future Indefinite
2) Future Continuous
3) Future Perfect
4) Future Perfect Continuous

Simple Future/ Future Indefinite
Future indefinite indicates that an action or occurrence has not happened yet and will take place at some point in the future.
Affirmative :- Subject + will/shall + 1st form of the verb
Ex. I shall bake a cake.
She will bake a cake.
Negative :- Subject + will/shall + not + 1st form of the verb.
Ex. I shall not bake a cake.
She will not bake a cake.
Interrogative:- Will / Shall + Subject + 1st form of verb
Ex. Shall I bake a cake?
Will she bake a cake?

Future Continuous Tense
The future continuous tense indicates that something will occur in the future and continue for an expected length of time.
Affirmative:- Subject + will / shall + be + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. I shall be baking a cake.
She will be baking a cake.
Negative:- Subject + will / shall + not + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. I will not be baking a cake.
She will not be baking a cake.
Interrogative:- Will / Shall + Subject + be + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. Shall I be baking a cake?
Will she be baking a cake?

Future Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Tense is used to express an action which, the speaker assumes, will have completed or occurred in the future. ... This tense is also sometimes used to express completion of an action in future before another activity happens.
Affirmative:- Subject + will / shall + have + 3rd form of verb
Ex. I shall have baked the cake.
She will have baked the cake.
Negative:- Subject + will / shall + not + have + 3rd form of verb
Ex. I shall not have baked the cake.
She will not have baked the cake.
Interrogative:- Will / Shall + subject + have + 3rd form of verb
Ex. Shall I have baked the cake?
Will she have baked the cake?

Future Perfect Continuous Tense
We use the future perfect continuous to show that something will continue up until a particular event or time in the Future.
Affirmative:- Subject + will / shall + have + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. I shall have been baking the cake.
She will have been baking the cake.
Negative:- Subject + will / shall + have + not + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. I shall have not been baking a cake.
She will have not been baking a cake.
Interrogative:- Will / Shall + Subject + have + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. Shall I have been baking a cake?
Will he have been baking a cake?

Fill in the blanks with correct form of the verb given in the brackets:-
1) Saurabh ----------- the meeting tomorrow. ( attend - simple future)
2) They -----------to a new place next month. (shift - future Continuous )
3) He --------- success in exams. (achieve - future perfect )
4) She --------- this work. ( do -- simple future )
5) My father ------------ rest .( take - future perfect )
6)---------- they ---------- in the office ? ( talk - future Continuous)
7)She -------- in the dance competition. ( perform - simple future)
8) My mother ------------- to attend the birthday party.( go - future Continuous)
9) She----------- this goal. (achieve - future perfect)
10) Sunita -------------- on this topic. ( think - future Continuous)

NOTE Do the above mentioned exercise in a copy or on paper.

Q1. You are Meenakshi/Deepak living in 121, Shivaji Park, Jammu. Write a letter to your friend telling him/her about the trip you have gone to during your summer vacation.

Q2. You are Mohan/Mohini of 145, Chandni Chowk, Delhi. Write a letter to the Editor of your local newspaper, complaining about the inadequate supply of water in your area.

Q3. The role of education cannot be less effective in shaping one’s personality. Write an article in 150 words on the importance of ‘Education in One’s Life’.

Q4. You have to deliver a speech on ‘How to prepare for Exams’ in your school assembly. Write the speech in about 150 words.

(Hints: Divide time, check syllabus, prepare notes, revise, learn and write.)

Q5. A fest on Teacher’s Day was organized by JEE-IIT Academy in your locality. Write a report on the fest featuring its main attractions in 120 words.

Q6. You are the prefect of Heritage Club of your school. Write a notice for your school notice board to request students of your club to contribute Rs. 20 to organize a Heritage Fest in your school in not more than 50 words.

Q7. Write an advertisement for a local daily for the launch of a new computer series along with its company name,

2 advantages and discount offers. (draw pictures and use text)

Q8. Prepare a poster depicting the activities of an “Eco-Club”.

SECTION – C (GRAMMAR)
Q1. Do as directed.
I. Fill in each blank with an appropriate determiner from the given options:
Health is a great blessing for (a)………..men, women and children. It is (b)…….better blessing than wealth. If (c)…..person is healthy, he can earn (d)………wealth. He can also enjoy (e)……..blessings of God. But (f)…….ailing person cannot enjoy wealth or (g)………other blessing. Disease is (h)………biggest curse on earth. Even weakness is no less than a curse. To be healthy and strong is (i)……….great boon.
a) all/few/little
b) the/an/a
c) few/some/a
d) some/more/a little
e) much/more/few
f) an/the/some
g) the/any/a
h) the/a/any
i) an/a/any

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct future form of the verb from the given options.
It (a)……be my great pleasure if you will visit my house. When you (b)……..reach my house, I shall be (c)……for you at the door. All my family members (d)……welcome you with open arms. So, soon you should (e)……to make a visit to Delhi. I (f)…….also show you the whole Delhi. You (g)…….be (h)………to travel in Metro. Please let me know when (i)……you come to Delhi, so that I (j)…….book a ticket for you.
a) will/would/shall
b) will/should/shall
c) wait/waiting/waited
d) will/shall/are
e) planned/planning/plan
f) will/am/shall
g) been/shall/will
h) gladden/glad/gladded
i) will/should/would
j) will/shall/can

c) wait/waiting/waited
d) will/shall/are
e) planned/planning/plan
f) will/am/shall
g) been/shall/will
h) gladden/glad/gladded
i) will/should/would
j) will/shall/can

IV. Fill in each blank with the correct Passive Voice form of the verb from the options given.
a) I do not know…………….is my pocket picked.(by whom/by who/who)
b) The telegram……………….. Ravi on time. (is sent by/was sent/is send by)
c) My friends……………….by………when they needed. (helped…mine/were helped…..me/were be help….me)
d) The luggage……….by the porter. (was being carried/was carried/is carry)
e) The parcel……….by you. (has been sent/have sent/sent)
f) Many new words……………by the parrot. (been learnt/ are learn/have been learnt)
g) A bicycle……………….by my uncle on my birthday. (was bring/shall be bought/will be bought)
h) The match…………by all of us. (is watching/watched/was being watched)

V. Change the following into indirect speech.
a) Reena said to me, “I shall go to Mumbai tomorrow to attend a meeting.”
b) Lata said to me, “Have you done my job?”
c) The teacher said to the students, “Whose books are these?”
d) Priyanka said to me, “Can I stay her for sometime?”
e) Aishwariya said to me, “I have been doing your work since morning.”

SECTION - D (LITERATURE)

Q1. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.
After Twenty Years
a) There is an air of mystery about the events of the night. Do you think the weather too plays a part in heightening the mystery?
b) What is the surprise at the end of this story?
The Listeners
c) Does the setting belong to modern times? How can you tell?
d) How did the poem make you feel?
Chasing the Rainbow
e) Why did the narrator not want to learn, read and write?
f) The man took hold of the narrator and yet the latter did not scream or cry. Why?
Geography Lesson
g) If the jet had not risen six miles high, what features of humankind would the poet have perhaps not noticed?
h) What is the ‘logic of geography’ that the poet is talking about in the second stanza?
The Maths Teacher……
i) Is this story a work of fantasy? Why/Why not?
j) How did Mr. Pink teach Narhari Babu a lesson?
The Village Schoolmaster
k) How did the schoolmaster react when he discovered that a pupil had played truant?
l) Make a list of all the things that the schoolmaster was good at.
A Tiger in the School
m) The headmaster was a ‘sorry spectacle’. Describe how.
n) What did master mean when he said that the tiger was What did master mean when he said that the tiger was ‘same and another’ to Alphonse?

MCB

Unit-1
a) Describe the feelings of Guliver when he was a spectacle.
b) What are the fables that the children had heard and read before they got the invitation of Antarctica Visit?
c) Why do you think Antarctica was named ‘Terra Incognito’?
d) How can you say that the narrator intended to cover all the places in a single day? (Travel)

Unit-2
e) Why was Evelyn nervous on her first day at the Royal Academy of Music in London?
f) Why did Evelyn’s marks in school deteriorated?
g) How do people generally react to a natural disaster?
h) Why does Erwin say that he wishes to know if the young girl was alive?
i) Describe the horse that the narrator was riding.
j) Describe the people who attack the party.

Unit-3
k) What is the reason for many superstitions regarding eclipses?
l) Describe the reaction of birds and hippos to the eclipse.
m) How is advertising in year 2889 different from what we have today?
n) How did Archimede rush to the king and why?

Unit-4
o) How did Gandhi influence countless Indians?
p) What are the two sources of information regarding Gandhi’s school days?
q) What excuse does Pia give for not wanting her parents to be called?
r) What is Pia’s reputation in the class?
s) How does the number fly in Arithmetic?
t) Why do we squeeze numbers from our head as per the poem?

Summary of the poem

The ant and the Cricket
The poem ‘The Ant and The Cricket’ is a fable. A fable is a traditional story that teaches us a moral lessons. Usually the characters in fables are animals. This poem also teaches us a very important moral lessons of being industrious like an ant. It also teaches us we should not be like the cricket.
This poem is about a cricket (an insect), who found himself in trouble as the winter season arrived. He found he had nothing to eat; nor had he cared to make a shelter for himself.
He decided to go to an ant for help. He wished to borrow some grain from her and to spend a day or two in her hole during the rainy days. His intention was to pay her back later on.
However, the ant did not help the cricket. She told him without mincing words that it was rule of ants that they neither borrowed nor lent. She asked the cricket in astonishment if he had not saved anything for the winter. To which the cricket replied in negative. She asked him the reason. He replied he was so busy enjoying his life, he did not bother to save or put by anything. The ant taunted him to go and dance during the winter also.
In conclusion it can be said that we must be responsible for our future. We must not just spend our good times idly; we must also secure our future against the bad times also.

Hard words of the poem:-
1. Accustomed to sing- Used to singing; in the habit of singing.
2. Famine- Scarcity of food; having nothing to eat
3. Lay nothing by- Say nothing
4. Quoth- said
5. Crumb- A very small amount
6. Starvation- Deprived of food
7. Trembling- Shivering
8. Hastly- Acting with speed or urgency
9. Folk- People
10. Warrant (here) Justification

Read and write the extract from the poem and it's question answers:
Not a crumb to be found ,
On the snow covered ground,
Not a flower could he see,
Not a leaf on a tree

Question.
a) Give the rhyming words in the above lines.
b)Who couldn't find a crumb on the snow covered ground?
c)What did he do then?
d)What reply did he get?
Answer :
1. a) The rhyming words in the above lines are: Found-Ground See- Tree
b) The cricket couldn't find a crumb on the snow-covered ground.
c) He went to the ant for help.
d) He got the reply from the ant that he should go and dance the winter away because he didn't do any work and sang all summer.

2. My heart was so light
That I saw day and night,
In a very happy way,
You sang, Sir you say?

Question.
a) When and why did the cricket sing?.
b)What is the meaning of ' my heat was so light'?
c)Who is the speaker of the last line?
d)Which season is being referred to in the above lines?
Answer :
2. a) The cricket sang during summer months because he was happy.
b) 'My heart was so light' meant that the cricket was cheerful and carefree.
c) The narrator of the story is the speaker of the last line.
d) Summer season is being referred in the above lines.

Write and learn the following question answers :

Question. The cricket says, “Oh! What will become of me?” When does he say it, and why?
Answer : The cricket said the given line when it found that its cupboard was empty and winter had arrived. It could not find a single crumb to eat on the snow covered ground and there were no flowers or leaves on the tree. It wondered what would become of it because it was getting cold and since there was nothing to eat, it would starve and die.

Question. The ant tells the cricket to “dance the winter away”. Do you think the word ‘dance’ is appropriate here? If so, why?
Answer : The ant told the cricket to “dance the winter away” because when it asked the cricket what it did in the summers and why it had not stored any food for summers, the cricket answered that it sang through the warm and sunny months of summers. Therefore, in reply to this, the ant asked the cricket to “dance” the winter away just like it “sang” all through the summers and did not bother to store food for winters

Question. Why did the cricket began to complain?
Answer : .The cricket began to complain when he found out at home that the cupboards were empty with no food and the winter was to come.

Question. What did the cricket do in summer months ?
Answer : The cricket sang in the summer months.

Question. Describe the condition of the cricket. ?
Answer : The condition of the cricket was that he didn't have a crumb, flower or a leaf to eat on the snow-covered ground .

Question. Whom did the cricket ask for help?
Answer : The cricket asked a ant for help.

Question. What did the cricket tell her?
Answer : The cricket asked the ant whether he would provide him shelter from rain and a mouth full of grain. He also said that he would only borrow and would repay her tomorrow .

Question. .What does wicket mean?
Answer : Wicket means a small gate.

Question. What does the word 'fable' mean?
Answer : Fable means a short story which has animals as characters and which conveys a moral to its readers.

WORK SHEET

Use appropriate prepositions with the help of the words given in the brackets :

1. He has placed __________ two girls. (between, among)

2. He congratulated me __________ my success. (for, on)

3. She is not __________ home just now. ( at, in)

4. My son is afraid __________ dogs. (about, of)

5. The students are sitting __________ the class. (into, in)

6. I jumped __________ the gate. (over, behind)

7. The ball went __________ the net. (in, into)

8. Every mother has a lot of love __________ her child. (for, of)

9. The milk shop opens __________ 5 a.m. (at, in)

10. Sweets were distributed __________ the students on 15th August. (between, among)