Class-8 English Reader (Special), Lesson-3 The False Fight / M.P. Board

                                                           Lesson-3   

The False Flight

Glossary

Grab -  to hold firmly with hands

Smash -  to break into pieces

Retort -  a quick angry reply

Thrashing -  hitting somebody very hard

Courtyard – Yard, enclosure

Sow – plant seed

Valuable - precious

Word Power

(A)         Three words in each group have almost the same meaning.  but one of them is different.  point out the different one.

1.     anger, bitterness, fury, wrath

2.     annoyed, gloomy, sad, sorrowful

3.     amiable, courteous,  lenient,  polite

4.     despise,  disdain,  scold,  scorn

5.     anxiety,  distress,  pain,  worry

(B)          Here are some words showing reactions.  Write ‘ Plus’  for a positive reaction  and ‘ minus’  for a negative reaction.

1.      Awful (minus)

2.      Terrific (minus)

3.      Amazing (plus)

4.      Superb (plus)

5.      Terrible (minus)

6.      Remarkable (plus)

7.      Excellent (plus)

8.      Nonsense (minus)

Comprehension

(A)         Answer these questions:

Q1.       What was Sheikh Chilli’s plan?

Ans- Sheikh chilli’s plan was to buy a cow when he gets some money.

Q2.       How many pots did Sheikh Chilli’s wife buy?

Ans- Sheikh Chilli’s wife bought five pots.

Q3.       Why did she buy an extra pot?

Ans- She bought and extra pot for carrying some milk to her mother.

Q4.       What made the husband so angry?

Ans- The thought of his wife, taking milk to her mother's house without his permission, made the husband so angry.

Q5.       Why did the neighbour start hitting Sheikh Chilli?

Ans- The neighbour blamed Sheikh Chilli of letting his cow eat the wheat and corn from his courtyard and started hitting him. He did so to make Sheikh Chilli and his wife realise that they were fighting over imaginary issues.

(B)         complete the statements

1. Sheikh Chilli and his wife lived in a village.

2. Sheikh chilli grabbed the pots one by one and smashed them all against the wall.

3. I work and sweat all day and buy a cow and you give away the valuable milk to your mother!

4. I have been planning it for months and your cow has been eating all the wheat and corn.

  

Let’s Learn

 Some words are given in the box. Put them in the right column.

Needle, Bat,  car,  Agra,   bench,  grapes,  Mother Teresa,  kitchen,  Raman,  Geeta,  lion,  cat,  potato,  bathroom,  tomato,  mango,  dog,  Delhi,  background,  chart,  room,  Golu, kitten,  Bhopal,  Gandhiji,  zebra,  elephant,  classroom,  Tagore

Person	Place	Animal	Thing
Mother Teresa Raman Geeta Golu Gandhiji Tagore	Agra Kitchen Bathroom Delhi Background Bhopal Classroom	Lion Cat Dog Kitten Zebra elephant	Needle Bat Car Bench Grapes Potato Tomato Mango Chart Room

There are 5 types of noun-  Proper noun,  common noun,  material  noun,  collective noun,  abstract noun

 Proper Noun -  A Proper Noun  is the name of a particular person or place as India,  Bhopal,   Neeraj,  Diksha han etc.

e.g.  Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh.

Common Noun -  A Common Noun is a name given in common to every person or thing of the same class or kind as baby,  girl, book, man etc.

e.g. A  baby is crying.

Abstract Noun -  An Abstract Noun  is the name of something that we can only think of, as hope,  childhood,  sweetness,  honesty etc.

E.g. Honesty is the best policy.

Collective Noun - A Collective Noun is the name of a number of people or things considered as one unit as class, troop, assembly.

Material Noun - A noun which stands for the matter or substance of which things are made is called a Material Noun as iron,  wood,  gold,  cotton.

e.g. Ornaments are made of silver and gold.

Pick out the nouns in the following sentences and say whether they are Common, Proper, Material, Collective or Abstract Nouns.

1.   Clothes are made of cotton, wool and Silk.

2.   Ashoka was just and wise ruler.

3.   The judge found the prisoner guilty.

4.   We saw a herd of cattle grazing in the field.

Ans-

1.   Clothes (Collective Noun) are made of cotton (Material Noun), wool (Material Noun) and Silk (Material Noun).

2.   Ashoka(Proper Noun) was just and wise ruler.

3.   The judge (Common Noun)  found the prisoner (Common Noun) guilty.

4.   We saw a herd (Collective Noun) of cattle (Collective Noun) grazing in the field (Common Noun).

 Column A has ten common nouns. Match them with ten proper nouns in column B. 

A	B
City	Suman
Building	Chennai
girl	English Reader
book	The Taj Mahal
country	Karnataka
state	Himalayas
mountain range	India

Ans-

A	B
City	Chennai
Building	The Taj Mahal
girl	Suman
book	English Reader
country	India
state	Karnataka
mountain range	Himalayas

Pick a word from column ‘A’ and match it with the word from column ‘B’  and then write it in the space given below as given in the example.

A	B
swarm	bees
bunch	stairs
team	wolves
choir	people
pack	keys
flight	singers
army	players
crowd	soldiers

Ans-  

1.    A crowd of people

2.    A swarm of bees

3.    A bunch of keys

4.    A choir of singers

5.    A pack of wolves

6.    A flight of stairs

7.    An army of soldiers

8.    A team of players

Read the following sentences carefully:

That boy works hard.	Those boys work hard.
The woman goes to her work.	The women go to their work.

There are only two numbers in English.

Any noun  that stands for only one person or thing is said to be in singular number as boy,  woman,  pen.

Any noun that stands for more than one person or thing is said to be in plural number as  boys,  women,  pens

 Observe how the following nouns form their plurals.

bee	bees
gas	gases
watch	watches
city	cities
half	halves
buffalo	buffaloes
foot	feet
mouse	mice
ox	oxen
son-in-law	sons-in-law

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Nouns always used in singular	Nouns always used in plural	Nouns having the sane form in plural and singular
News Furniture Rice Bread Information Scenery	Alms Cattle People Scissors Trousers Spectacles Riches Clothes poultry	Sheep Deer Aircraft Innings Cannon Series

Separate singular and plural names given in the box into two columns:

Shirts, spoon, tiger, deer, roses, leaf, potatoes, storey, trousers, sheep, scissors, louse

One	Many
Spoon	Shirts
Tiger	Deer
Deer	Roses
Leaf	Potatoes
Storey	Trousers
Sheep	Louse
	Scissors

Which of the two word given in bracket is correct?

1.    My scissors (is, are) not very sharp.

Ans- My scissors are not very sharp.

2.    Mathematics (is, are) a difficult subject.

Ans- Mathematics is a difficult subject.

3.    The hunter shot three (deer, deers).

Ans- The hunter shot three deer.

4.    Fifty (sheep, sheeps) are grazing in the field.

Ans- Fifty sheep are grazing in the field.

Read the following sentences carefully:

(i) The king went to the palace. He ate his breakfast. (ii)The dog barks. (iii)The book is on the table.

(i)The queen went to the palace. She ate breakfast. (ii)The bitch barks. (iii)The child is sleeping.

A noun that denotes a male person or animal is said to be of the masculine gender, as man, boy, uncle, king, dog.

A noun that denotes a female person or animal is said to be of the feminine gender, as woman, girl, aunt, queen, bitch.

A noun that denotes an inanimate thing that is neither male or female is said to be of the neuter gender, as house, knife, tree, chair, table, desk, ball.

A noun that denotes either a male or a female is said to be of the common gender, as child, friend, cousin, parent, teacher.

Masculine – Feminine

lion   -        lioness       

poet -         poetess

bull -          cow

colt  -          filly

jack-ass -    jenny-ass

bride-groom – bride

Arrange these words under four categories:

Bird, wall, pencil, tables, sheep, cousin, child, baby, laundress, cock, bee, drone, watch, bitch, husband, landlord, bear, she-bear

Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Common
Cock Drone Husband Landlord bear	Laundress Bee Bitch She-bear	Wall Pencil Tables watch	Sheep Bird Cousin Cousin Child baby

* A male sheep is called a ram, and a female sheep is called a ram.

Fill in the blanks:

1.            A boy is to a girl, as a tiger is to a tigress.

2.            A prince is to a princess, as a hero is to a heroine.

3.            A host is to a hostess as a poet is to a poetess.

4.            A tailor is to a seamstress, as an actor to an actress.

Rewrite the following after changing the gender of the noun, making other changes if necessary.

1.    The lion carried away the son of a washerman.

Ans- The lioness carried away the daughter of the washerwoman.

2.    The hero of this play is a man of great skill and experience.

Ans- The heroine of this play is a woman of great skill and experience.

3.    His nephews and brothers came to see him.

Ans- His nieces and sisters came to see him.

4.    The host asked his maid servant to lay the table at once.

Ans- The hostess asked her man servant to lay the table at once.

Let’s Talk

Complete the conversation below by choosing a proper response from the box:

How sad! Really! Aren’t they lovely! That’s great! That’s terrible!

A: Our school has won the first prize in the debate competition.

B: That's great!

A: My purse has been stolen!

B: How sad!

A: Look at these beautiful peacocks.

B: Aren’t they lovely!

A: Have you heard? Amit has got a scholarship.

B: Really!

A: Have you heard about the dengue fever?  about 60 people have died in Delhi. 

B: That’s terrible!

Let’s Read

One day Nasiruddin went to the town to buy new clothes. First he tried on a pair of trousers. He didn't like it so he gave it back to the shopkeeper. Then he tried on a robe which had the same price as the trousers. Nasiruddin was pleased with the robe, and he left the shop with it. Before he climbed on his donkey to ride home, the shopkeeper and the shop assistant ran out.

“ You didn't pay for the rope!”, said the shopkeeper. “ But I gave you the trousers in exchange for the robe, didn’t I?”, replied Nasiruddin.

“ Yes, but you didn't pay for the trousers either,” said the shopkeeper.

“But I didn't buy the trousers,” replied Nasiruddin. “I am not so stupid as to pay for something which I never bought.”

 Now answer these questions:

Q1.       How did Nasiruddin get to the shop?

Ans- Nasiruddin got to the shop on his donkey to buy new clothes.

Q2.       What did Nasiruddin do first in the shop?

Ans- Nasiruddin tried on a pair of trousers first in the shop.

Q3.       What did Nasiruddin try on next?

Ans- Nasiruddin tried on a robe next.

Q4.       Which item did Nasiruddin like best?

Ans- Nasiruddin liked the robe best.

Q5.       Why was the shopkeeper angry when Nasiruddin left?

Ans- The shopkeeper was angry when Nasiruddin left because he did not pay for the robe.

Let's Write

Look at the pictures given below and write a short story with the help of the clues given.

Once there was a boy called Raju. He was very tired and wanted to have some rest so he went to a park to relax. There he saw an old man and a young men sitting on a bench. Raju sat between them, close to the old man. Soon Raju slept on the shoulder of the old man and started snoring Irritated by this, the old man left the bench. Raju was sleeping on the shoulder of the young man now. Very soon Raju started to snore again! So the young man also left the place. Finally, Raju was sleeping alone on the bench and enjoying.

Let's do it

(A)         Collect a funny story from your story book and narrate it in the Bal Sabha.

(B)         Write at least three jokes and tell them in the Bal Sabha.

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